This Open Access book includes chapters on the key turning points in modern Japanese history from the Meiji Restoration to Japan-China diplomatic normalization in the 1970s and beyond. The topics covered include the First Sino-Japanese War, the Russo-Japanese War, the First and Second World Wars, the Manchurian Cris...

Globalizing the Soybean asks how the soybean conquered the West and analyzes why and how the crop gained entry into agriculture and industry in regions beyond Asia in the first half of the twentieth century. Historian Ines Prodöhl describes the soybean’s journey centered on three hubs: Northeast China, as the crop’s...

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喜馬拉雅山區族群的生命經歷 搖盪在中國與印度的權力拔河中 強國夾縫中的內陸小國該往何方尋求出路？ 潘美玲 國立陽明交通大學人文社會學系教授兼系主任 專文導讀 尹雯慧 記者 阿潑 文字工作者 林汝羽 《桑和朵瑪：西藏離散社群的流動與社會韌性》作者 林齊晧 《udn global 轉角國際》主編 陳徳政 作家 楊重源 台東馬偕身心科主治醫師 劉士銘...

Elam was an important state in southwestern Iran from the third millennium BC to the appearance of the Persian Empire and beyond. Less well-known than its neighbors in Mesopotamia, Anatolia, the Levant or Egypt, it was nonetheless a region of extraordinary cultural vitality. This book examines the formation and tran...

Notre civilisation est-elle en danger ? S’aventurant dans le champ de la philosophie politique, c’est à l’avenir d’une Europe meurtrie et morcelée par la Grande Guerre que l’auteur nous invite à réfléchir, posant avec justesse les jalons d’un débat qui reste d’actualité. Il nous invite ainsi à interroger l’Histoire ...

Dive into the extraordinary journey of a man who transitioned from a beloved comedian to a wartime president. Volodymyr Zelensky’s inspiring biography captures the essence of resilience, leadership, and the unbreakable will of a nation under siege. Witness the pivotal moments that defined a leader and galvanized a c...

This volume offers a socio-technical exploration of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and the way it reflects and reproduces certain normative representations of gender and sexuality, to ultimately guide more diverse and radical discussions of life with digital technologies. Moving beyond the examination of empirical exa...

Эта книга - мемуары невероятного человека, который прожил не менее невероятную жизнь! "Все события, люди, эпоха, победы, боль и радость, о которых я рассказываю вам, дорогие мои, в этой книге - истинная правда. Написать воспоминания меня вдохновили дети и внуки, которые, как я заметил, всегда с интересом слушали мои...

NATIONAL BESTSELLER. Astronaut Jim Lovell and coauthor Jeffrey Kluger’s harrowing account of the Apollo 13 disaster. Serving as the basis for Ron Howard’s blockbuster Apollo 13, the book reveals true details not shown in the movie. Thrilling and evocative, you feel as though you’re alongside Lovell in the lunar modu...

A "learned and lively" (Wall Street Journal) history of archaeological adventureーwith tales of danger, debate, audacious explorers, and astonishing discoveries around the globeーfor readers of all ages What is archaeology? The word may bring to mind images of golden pharaohs and lost civilizations, or Neanderthal s...

La science peut se réapproprier l'hypothèse atlantide car depuis les années 1880, la théosophie puis le channelling surfent sur le sujet et atteignent des niveaux d'égarement confondants. Dans un premier temps, nous évoquerons des faits divers récents. Ensuite, nous nous intéresserons à la genèse de l'hypothèse. Enf...

A string of four "unidentified objects" entered North American airspace during late-January and early-February 2023, only to be shot down by U.S. military aircraft. U.S. officials have referred to the object shot down off the coast of South Carolina on 4 February 2023 as a "surveillance balloon," while the three oth...

The day of 9 Thermidor (27 July 1794) is universally acknowledged as a major turning-point in the history of the French Revolution. At 12.00 midnight, Maximilien Robespierre, the most prominent member of the Committee of Public Safety which had for more than a year directed the Reign of Terror, was planning to destr...

A decade before the American Civil War, James Churchwill Vaughan (1828–1893) set out to fulfill his formerly enslaved father's dying wish that he should leave America to start a new life in Africa. Over the next forty years, Vaughan was taken captive, fought in African wars, built and rebuilt a livelihood, and led a...

Revolutions are a commonly studied but only vaguely understood historical phenomenon. Now updated to include the perspectives of grassroots revolutionary movements and biographies of often marginalized voices, this clear and concise text extends our understanding with a critical narrative analysis of key case studie...