" This superb book . . . will undoubtedly become the definitive volume on British Aircraft carriers and naval aviation . . . magnificent."ーMarine News This book is a meticulously detailed history of British aircraft-carrying ships from the earliest experimental vessels to the Queen Elizabeth class, currently under ...

This volume explores and elucidates critical ancient world studies (CAWS), a new model for the study of the ancient world operating critically, setting itself against a long history of a discipline formulated to naturalise a hierarchical, white supremacist origin story for an imagined modern West. CAWS is a methodol...

Unleash Your Inner Conqueror: Journey into the Epic Legacy of Alexander the Great! Are you ready to embark on an unforgettable odyssey through the annals of history, led by the indomitable spirit of one of the greatest figures ever known? Brace yourself for "A Conqueror's Legacy" a masterpiece that transcends time a...

Taking into account politics, history and aesthetics, this edited volume explores the main expressions of primitivism in Iberian and Transatlantic modernisms. Ten case studies are thoroughly analyzed concerning both the circulations and exchanges connecting the Iberian and Latin American artistic and literary milieu...

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...

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...