'At a historic moment, when religion shows all its social and political strength in various post-modern societies around our globe, this fascinating collection of studies from the Middle Ages to twentieth-century Europe demonstrates all the richness and innovative force of investigating individual and shared experie...

《21世紀的21堂課》全新修訂改版！ 在一個資訊滿滿卻多半無用的世界上， 清楚易懂的見解，就成了一種力量。 ーー 哈拉瑞 在《人類大歷史》，哈拉瑞展現了他「後見之明」的洞識，深刻闡述了人類簡史； 在《人類大命運》，哈拉瑞則以他「先見之明」的睿智，為我們預示了未來簡史。 而在這本「人類三部曲」的第三部《21世紀的21堂課》，哈拉瑞聚...

This book delves into the notion of intimacy as a defining feature of podcasting, examining the concept of intimacy itself and how the public sphere explores the relationships created and maintained through podcasts. The book situates textual analysis of specific American podcasts within podcast criticism, monetizat...

Norfolk Annals is a two volume work collected from the Norfolk Chronicle by British historian Charles Mackie. It presents a chronological record of the most remarkable events in the nineteenth century. Split down the middle, volume one covers the period from 1801 to 1850 and volume two continues from 1851 and ends w...

Experience the life and death struggle of close combat in thick jungle by a soldier who blended with the shadows and led the way into some of the most dangerous places in Vietnam. "…we'd feel 10 feet tall and bulletproof on the LZ, and we'd walk among the LZ's regulars knowing we were elite. It didn't matter if they...

作者是退休电视新闻编辑，旧南洋大学历史系毕业，现年73岁。 本着对历史的兴趣，作者从学术的角度，客观地评述了中国在1989年发生的天安门事件。（《重读‘六四’-提点问题 说点感想》） 古为今用，“中（中国）为新（新加坡）用”，作者也尝试探讨中国“五四运动”中的白话文改革如何影响本地的华文和学生。（《“五四”跟狮城学生有何相干》） 在编...

The author of the New York Times bestseller The Plantagenets and The Templars chronicles the next chapter in British historyーthe historical backdrop for Game of Thrones The inspiration for the Channel 5 series Britain's Bloody Crown The crown of England changed hands five times over the course of the fifteenth cent...

The earliest surviving works of ancient Greek literature, dating back to the early Archaic period, are the two epic poems the Iliad and the Odyssey. These two epics, along with the Homeric Hymns and the two poems of Hesiod, Theogony and Works and Days, comprised the major foundations of the Greek literary tradition ...

This book examines the LaGG family of fighters, that were amongst the first modern piston-engined interceptors made available to the Red Air Forces in early 1941 and proved far better fighters than their radial-engined predecessors. Despite technical maladies and political interference from Moscow, the LaGG-3 mature...

This book is open access under a CC BY 4.0 license. Rethinking the ways global history is envisioned and conceptualized in diverse countries such as China, Japan, Mexico or Spain, this collections considers how global issues are connected with our local and national communities. It examines how the discipline had ev...

This book explores the meanings of Queer and Trans People of Colour (QTPOC) activist groups in the UK, considering the tensions around inclusion and belonging across lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, and queer (LGBTQ) and of colour communities and wider British society. Davis draws de-/anti-/post-colonial, Black femini...

How do social movements intersect with the agendas of mainstream political parties? When they are integrated with parties, are they coopted? Or are they more radically transformative? Examining major episodes of contention in American politics – from the Civil War era to the women's rights and civil rights movements...

The History of Julius Caesar was written by Napoleon III, the nephew of Napoleon Buonaparte at the time of his reign. The book starts from the description of the Roman history before Caesar, the establishment of the republic, and Punic wars and gradually flows into the main points of Caesar's life up to his death. B...

This open access edited collection brings together established and new perspectives on Cold War civil defence in Western Europe within a common analytical framework that also facilitates comparative and transnational dimensions. The current interest in creating disaster-resilient societies demands new histories of c...

A obra Aproximando universidade e escola: ensino de histórias e culturas indígenas, tendo como principal mote atividades desenvolvidas no projeto de extensão do curso de História da Universidade Federal da Grande Dourados (UFGD), busca apresentar aos leitores e as instituições de ensino, o importante papel do povo i...

Honourable Mention - 2023 ASR Prize for Best Africa-focused Anthology or Edited Collection Innovative study of state politics, identity and buildings that sheds new light on the links between the material and the ideational realms of contemporary life in Africa. Buildings shape politics in the ways they define commu...