When the Berlin Wall was stormed and the Soviet Union fell apart, the West and above all the United States looked like the sole victors of history. Three decades later, the spirit of triumph rings hollow. What went wrong? In this sequel to his award-winning history of neoliberal Europe, the renowned historian Philip...

A primary source collection that offers a window into the mind of nineteenth-century author and public intellectual, William Gilmore Simms. William Gilmore Simms was in his lifetime considered the South's preeminent man of letters, and Edgar Allan Poe once claimed that Simms was "immeasurably the greatest writer of ...

Museums, Identity and Family Practices locates museum participation and meaning making in the realm of everyday family practices, which are central to understanding the role museums play in family social life. Drawing on a substantial amount of data from a wide range of sources, Moussouri discusses the importance of...

Interweaving social, political, environmental, economic, and popular history, John Alexander Williams chronicles four and a half centuries of the Appalachian past. Along the way, he explores Appalachia's long-contested boundaries and the numerous, often contradictory images that have shaped perceptions of the region...

Famines and the Making of Heritage is the first book to bring together groundbreaking research on the role of European famines in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries in relation to heritage making, museology, commemoration, education, and monument creation. Featuring contributions from famine experts across Europ...

中国服饰的历史源远流长，其发展历程可以看作是一部生动的文化史。中国服饰文化从夏朝至清代的漫长发展历程，展现各朝代服饰的独特风貌与变迁轨迹。服饰作为社会文化的重要载体，不仅映射了不同历史时期的审美观念、工艺水平，还深刻反映了社会结构、文化交融及政治变迁。可以说，从原始社会的简单衣着到现代的新中式服饰风格，中国服饰经历...

In "The War of Quito," Pedro de Cieza de León presents a vivid historical account that intricately weaves the socio-political dynamics of 16th-century South America. Written in a narrative style that reflects a blend of firsthand observations and engaging storytelling, Cieza de León captures the tumultuous conflict ...

In "The Pope, the Kings and the People," William Arthur offers a profound exploration of the intricate relationships between religious authority, monarchy, and the common populace during the tumultuous periods of European history. Blending scholarly rigor with accessible prose, Arthur delves into the political and s...

This book charts the transoceanic history of South Asian women in California through their speech and songs across the twentieth century. Nicole Ranganath reimagines the history of the South Asian diaspora through an examination of gender and the dynamic interplay of water and land in the cultural history of Sikhs, ...

In "On the Ruin of Britain," Gildas presents a poignant and somber reflection on the state of post-Roman Britain, revealing the moral decay and societal fractures that plagued the island during the 6th century. This work is marked by its mix of historical narrative and religious exhortation, employing a rhetorical s...

In "Chief of Scouts," William F. Drannan crafts a vivid narrative that delves into the tumultuous life of a scout in the American frontier during the late 19th century. This memoir-style account intertwines personal anecdotes with historical events, capturing the spirit of a bygone era marked by exploration, conflic...

A fascinating history of Finland from prehistoric times to the twenty-first century. The modern nation of Finland is the heir to centuries of history, as a wilderness at the edge of early Europe, a borderland of the Swedish empire, and a Grand Duchy of tsarist Russia. And, as Jonathan Clements’s vivid, concise volum...

This open access book considers that the Central and South Asian region sits at the middle of geographical, geopolitical, economic and historical cross-roads. Since the independence of the Central Asian states in the 1990s, following the demise of the Soviet Union, and emergence of regional trade and political ties ...

This open access book explores how medieval societies conversed about the city and citizen in texts, visual imagery and material culture. It adopts a long-term, interdisciplinary, and cross-cultural perspective, bringing together contributions on the early, high, and later Middle Ages, covering both the medieval Eas...

In "The Book of Buried Treasure," Ralph D. Paine embarks on an adventurous exploration of folklore and treasure hunting, weaving together captivating tales of lost riches and hidden fortunes. The text is structured within a rich narrative style that combines historical analysis with anecdotal storytelling, effective...

Código Grey - Ingeniería Militar (Militarismo). Primera Edición - 01/05/2024.