Crossing Empires. Taking U.S. History into Transimperial Terrain, Paperback - ***

Weaving U.S. history into the larger fabric of world history, the contributors to Crossing Empires de-exceptionalize the American empire, placing i...

In June 1887, a man known as General Husayn, a manumitted slave turned dignitary in the Ottoman province of Tunis, passed away in Florence after a ...

DescriptionIn the summer of 1912 Hopi runner Louis Tewanima won silver in the 10, 000-meter race at the Stockholm Olympics. In that same year Tewan...

Reducere. Explores the competing understandings of how best to manage the Adirondack Mountains. Philip G. Terrie introduces the key players and events that h...

Georgia is the most Western-looking state in today's Near or Middle East. This book begins with the first intimations of the existence of Georgians...

In An Aqueous Territory Ernesto Bassi traces the configuration of a geographic space he calls the transimperial Greater Caribbean between 1760 and ...

Empires--vast states of territories and peoples united by force and ambition--have dominated the political landscape for more than two millennia. E...

A fully illustrated middle-grade anthology celebrating Black women singers throughout history in a first-of-its-kind collection.Publisher: Running ...

Reducere. This coming-of-age saga is told through the eyes of Ricardo, a young Spanish-Filipino, as he voyages to America in 1916. He embarked on his journey...

Reducere. The Fate of Empires asks why many civilizations throughout human history have risen to greatness but later collapse into ruin. Can there be a perma...

Reducere. The break-up of the Ottoman empire and the disintegration of the Russian empire were watershed events in modern history. The unravelling of these e...

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Publisher: Dark Horse Comics, U.S.Author(s): Jack SmithIllustration(s): 1 Illustrations, unspecifiedNumber of pages: 120Publication date: 2022Dimen...

Looking at the issues surrounding collaborative art from a practitioner's perspective, this book examines the working relations between artists and...

Reducere. The battle of Tannenberg (August 27-30, 1914) opened World War I with a decisive German victory over Russia--indeed the Kaiser's only clear-cut vic...

Reducere. The transformation to a neo-colonial world has only begun, but it promises to be as drastic, as disorienting a change as was the original european ...

The story of thirteen Empires, showing their key role in the foundation of today's global civilization.

DescriptionA cherished heirloom reveals the destinies of three generations of women in a powerful saga of lost love by the bestselling Greek author...

A critical examination of how contemporary criminal justice reforms expand rather than shrink structurally violent systems of policing, surveillanc...

Reducere. Viking Empires is a definitive new history of five hundred years of Viking civilization and the first study of the global implications of the expan...

Discover the great civilisations of the African continent and the people within these complex societies

A unique survey of seven great Asian empires, powerful forces on the world stage during a thousand years of history and that continue to resonate i...

Tempestuous and beautiful Wanda Miles, daughter of Ruth and Stephen Miles (or so she thinks), aspires to more than the life of a debutante, but the...

Publisher: Penguin Books LtdAuthor(s): Donna LancasterNumber of pages: 336Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 146 x 223 x 36Cover type: HardbackRedes...

Highlights a neglected war between the two superpowers of the era.Publisher: Pen & Sword Books LtdAuthor(s): Gareth C SampsonIllustration(s): 20 il...

Reducere. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is ...

DescriptionAt the beginning of 1917, the three empires fighting on the Eastern Front were reaching their breaking points, but none was closer than ...

Reducere. Six months after the Declaration of Independence, the American Revolution was all but lost. A powerful British force had routed the Americans at Ne...

Provide students with a solid foundation in Caribbean history and encourage social studies skills, with an active approach to the study of social h...

Publisher: John Murray PressAuthor(s): Levi RoachPublication date: 2022Dimensions: 153 x 234 x 25Cover type: PaperbackRedescopera farmecul lecturii...

Written by one of the world's foremost historians of human migration, Peoples and Empires is the story of the great European empires--the Roman, th...

DescriptionFrom international bestselling author Marc Levy comes a witty and beguiling novel of one woman's unexpected journey to follow her destin...

The compelling story of the world's greatest ancient powers.Illustrations: 10 Illustrations, black and white; 28 Illustrations, colorEditor(s): Tho...

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DescriptionThe Fate of Empires asks why many civilizations throughout human history have risen to greatness but later collapse into ruin. Can there...

Reducere. A dazzling new history of the world through ten major empires.

The fighting that raged in the East during the First World War was every bit as fierce as that on the Western Front, but the titanic clashes betwee...