In "Historical Lectures and Essays," Charles Kingsley presents a compelling exploration of key historical moments and figures through a unique blend of scholarly rigor and engaging prose. Kingsley'Äôs literary style is marked by a fervent passion for social justice and reform, interweaving historical analysis with m...

This is the first Open Access book introducing more than 20 of Japan’s leading innovative entrepreneurs from the 17th century to the present. The author outlines the innovative business models created by entrepreneurs including SoftBank’s Masayoshi Son, Fast Retailing (Uniqlo)’s Yanai Tadashi, Honda’s Soichiro Honda...

It is generally accepted that Roman administrators, arriving in Egypt in the aftermath of Augustus’ annexation of the province, confiscated en masse the land and other property belonging to the temples of Egyptーestimated at as much as one-third of the country. It is further accepted that this confiscation doomed th...

This book demonstrates that living martyrdom was an important spiritual aspiration in the late antique Latin west and argues that, consequently, attempts to define, study, or locate martyrdom must move away from conceptualizations that require or center on death. After an introduction that traces the persistence of ...

◎史明親自改寫，親筆繪畫，認識台灣史最佳入門。 ◎第一本站在被統治的台灣大眾立場的台灣史。 ◎原著百萬字精華濃縮，再收錄一百餘幅史明親繪漫畫。 ◎本書另收錄史明首次曝光的文章〈謝雪紅的慘境〉。 史明親自改寫的《台灣人四百年史》濃縮本，更附上史明手繪的一百餘幅漫畫，圖文相輔，認識台灣史的最佳入門。 跳脫歷代官方史書的統治者...

Abraham Lincoln's "State of the Union Addresses" is a profound collection of communications that underscore the nation'Äôs tumult during the Civil War era. Delivered with eloquence and gravitas, these addresses are not merely political statements but poignant reflections on democratic ideals, unity, and the moral im...

This anthology contributes to creating awareness on how digital ageism operates in relation to the widely spread symbolic representations of old and young age around digital technologies, the (lack of) representation of diverse older individuals in the design, development, and marketing of digital technologies and i...

History from Loss challenges the common thought that "history is written by the winners" and explores how history-makers in different times and places across the globe have written histories from loss, even when this has come at the threat to their own safety. A distinguished group of historians from around the glob...

This volume provides novel social-scientific and historical approaches to religious identifications in late antique (3rd–12th century) Egyptian papyri, bridging the gap between two academic fields that have been infrequently in full conversation: papyrology and the study of religion. Through eleven in-depth case stu...

This edition is compiled out of articles, essays, executive orders, statements and speeches written and spoken by president Putin. This collection was created in order to shed light on the cause of the war and real plans of Russian president. His words are showing his true intent, his final goal that was formed year...

On 24 February 2022, Russia invaded Ukraine in a major escalation of the Russo-Ukrainian War, which began in 2014. Following the 2014 Ukrainian Revolution, Russia annexed Crimea, and Russian-backed paramilitaries seized part of the Donbas region of south-eastern Ukraine, which consists of Lugansk and Donetsk oblasts...

While researching family genealogy, I was surprised to learn that my wife is related to Major General George Armstrong Custer, Major General Galusha Pennypacker, Governor Samuel W. Pennypacker, and Frank Knox Morton Pennypacker. This is the story of these four fascinating characters that have played important roles ...

Born to a powerful family and educated at the prominent Mindröling Monastery, the Tibetan Buddhist nun and teacher Mingyur Peldrön (1699–1769) leveraged her privileged status and overcame significant adversity, including exile during a civil war, to play a central role in the reconstruction of her religious communit...

Queer Tolstoy is a multidimensional work combining psychoanalysis, political history, LGBTQ+ studies, sexology, ethics, and theology to explore the life and art of Count Lev Nikolaevich Tolstoy. Using a psychobiographical framework, Sethness Castro uncovers profoundly queer dimensions in Tolstoy’s life experiences a...

Civil War Missouri stood at the crossroads of America. As the most Southern-leaning state in the Middle West, Missouri faced a unique dilemma. The state formed the gateway between east and west, as well as one of the borders between the two contending armies. Moreover, because Missouri was the only slave state in th...

Presenting a new historical narrative on European integration and identity this title examines how the concept of Europe has been entangled in a dynamic and dramatic tension between calls for unity and arguments for borders and division. Through an in-depth intellectual history of the idea of Europe, Mats Andren int...