Indestrutable youth, poor decision making, wrong headed mindsets: This story has all that and more. But if you expect catastrophic results, not this time. Some times it's better to be lucky than good. Just a little slice of history recalled just for fun.

A Rosetta Key For U.S. History: Renewal or Rigidification? This work explores a generational history from America's Colonial period to the United States of contemporary times. A novel historical approach will rely on generational markers every 15th year, rather than yearly astronomical dates. This method will make h...

我們從未理解的關鍵歷史 一場史無前例、改變百年世界走向的戰爭。 集合多國現代史學者，重新檢視影響深遠的中日戰爭！ 重探一個民族的命運，看近百年世界走向。 *「中國、日本、美國，以及所有參與這場戰爭的政府和人民，在慘重的損傷中得到了什麼經驗與教訓？我們如何避免再犯相同的錯誤？這場戰爭與現在的我們有什麼關聯？80多年過去了，許...

Esta edición digital en formato ePub se ha realizado a partir de una edición impresa digitalizada que forma parte de los fondos de la Biblioteca Nacional de España. El proyecto de creación de ePubs a partir de obras digitalizadas de la BNE pretende enriquecer la oferta de servicios de la Biblioteca Digital Hispánica...

This booklet introduces the classic text by Kōtoku Shūsui that launched Japan's first anarchist movement in late Meiji era Japan. In 1907, Kōtoku, one of Japan's foremost socialists of the time, laid out the reasons for his move toward anarchist thought, his insistence that "direct action" would be the only way to t...

For a relatively short war, the Crimean War holds an important place in history. Finally, a resource that provides a historical overview of the war from a number of different angles including, the causes, the motivations, the course, and the consequences. This volume fully explores the: o Main engagements o Principa...

Information and knowledge were essential tools of early modern Europe’s global ambitions. This volume addresses a key concern that emerged as the competition for geopolitical influence increased: how could information from afar be trusted when there was no obvious strategy for verification? How did notions of doubt ...

Contrary to what Kant believed about the Dutch (and their visual culture) as “being of an orderly and diligent position” and thus having no feeling for the sublime, this book argues that the sublime played an important role in seventeenth-century Dutch visual culture. By looking at different visualizations of except...

Charting the increase in the use of games for the dissemination of extremist propaganda, radicalization, recruitment, and mobilization, this book examines the "gamification of extremism." Editors Linda Schlegel and Rachel Kowert bring together a range of insights from world-leading experts in the field to provide th...

Offering a comprehensive study into the perceptions of ancient and medieval Iran in the Byzantine empire, this book explores the effects of Persian culture upon Byzantine intellectualism, society and culture. Byzantine Ideas of Persia, 650-1461 focusses on the enduring position of ancient Persia in Byzantine cultura...

知識人、知識分子始終是余英時先生筆下最關切的對象。 在中國現代史世局動盪的百年篇章中， 知識人呈現了何種面貌？是否真的改變了自身及其國家的命運？ 從東漢士族、魏晉士風，到南宋朱熹的歷史世界，再到明清的士商互動，以及王陽明、方以智，還有清代的戴震、章學誠，清末民初的陳寅恪、胡適，余先生累積數十年的學術研究著作，構成了一幅...

This open access book examines the implications of The Bell Curve for the social, economic, and political developments of the early 21st century. Following a review of the reception of The Bell Curve and its place in the campaign to end affirmative action, Professor Tucker analyses Herrnstein’s concept of the “merit...

Bodies and Boundaries of UK Bear Spaces is an exploration of the spaces of the UK’s Bear community – and the people who are in them. The book details a wealth of existing writing and scholarship on Bears – both historical and contemporary – and uses new empirical research to demonstrate and explain the complexity of...

THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER / OVER A MILLION COPIES SOLD THE AMERICAN VICE PRESIDENT'S ORIGIN STORY ‘Essential reading for this moment in history’ New York Times 'You will not read a more important book about America this year' Economist ‘Brilliant … offers an acute insight into the reasons voters have put their tr...

**NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “No single book is as relevant to the present moment.”ーClaudia Rankine, author of Citizen “With unsettling insight and disturbing clarity, How Fascism Works is an essential guidebook to our current national dilemma of democracy vs. authoritarianism.”ーJelani Cobb, New Yorker staff writ...

This open access book provokes critical thinking regarding the most ambitious Chinese project since the founding of the People’s Republic of China, The Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). The book presents extensive quality research and original insights in assessing the status of China’s outbound investment and constru...