The Birth of the Modern World, 1780-1914: Global Connections and Comparisons, Paperback - C. A. Bayly

DescriptionThis thematic history of the world from 1780 to the onset of the First World War reveals that the world was far more 'globalised' at thi...

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Reducere. It is an era that redefined history. As the 1790s began, a fragile America teetered on the brink of oblivion, Russia towered as a vast imperial pow...

Reducere. This volume provides a synthesis of some of the most important themes to emerge from the recent proliferation of specialized scholarship on the per...

This pioneering history of modern India explores a multiplicity of connections between India and the world. Situating India in global context over ...

Reducere. To modern sensibilities, nineteenth-century zoos often seem to be unnatural places where animals led miserable lives in cramped, wrought-iron cages...

Environmental history in southern Africa has only recently come into its own as a distinct field of historical inquiry. While natural resources lie...

Reducere. There may not be a more fascinating a historical period than the late fourteenth century in Europe. The Hundred Years' War ravaged the continent, y...

Publisher: University of Wales PressAuthor(s): John B ElliottIllustration(s): NoNumber of pages: 288Publication date: 2005Dimensions: 155 x 235 x 1...

The Mongol army led by Genghis Khan subjugated more lands and people in twenty-five years than the Romans did in four hundred. In nearly every coun...

How did the United States appoint itself as the world's supreme military power? Stephen Wertheim delves into the archives of the U.S. foreign polic...

DescriptionEmerging at the turn of the seventeenth century, the Dutch Republic rose to become a powerhouse of economic growth, artistic creativity,...

A new history explains how and why, as it prepared to enter World War II, the United States decided to lead the postwar world.For most of its histo...

The Magical Imagination: Magic and Modernity in Urban England, 1780–1914 - Karl Bell

Reducere. Which weighs more, a pound of lead or a pound of feathers? How many ants does it take to steal a piece of cake? Life-size photos and a clever text ...

Reducere. "Old maps lead you to strange and unexpected places, and none does so more ineluctably than the subject of this book: the giant, beguiling Waldseem...

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A lucid and inspiring consideration of the challenges we and our world now face, and a proposal for a way to overcome them.Publisher: Oneworld Publ...

Reducere. AMERICAN HAUNTINGS THE RISE OF THE SPIRIT WORLD AND THE BIRTH OF THE MODERN GHOST HUNTER BY TROY TAYLORDo you believe in ghosts? You're not alone. ...

Offers a critical and realistic reassessment of the threats posed to the environment in the Middle East, and what can be done about them.

Publishing during the 100th Anniversary of the First World War An NYRB Classics Original The budding young Hungarian artist B la Zombory-Moldov n w...

Reducere. The archaeological site of Bagan and the kingdom which bore its name contains one of the greatest concentrations of ancient architecture and art in...

Reducere. In the most famous scandal of sports history, eight Chicago White Sox players--including Shoeless Joe Jackson--agreed to throw the 1919 World Serie...

This volume addresses directly the question of cross-cultural influence on and by Gandharan art. The contributors wrestle with old controversies, p...

Reducere. Dividing the century into the Age of Catastrophe, 1914 1950, the Golden Age, 1950 1973, and the Landslide, 1973 1991, Hobsbawm marshals a vast arra...

The Twentieth-Century World, 1914 to the Present introduces students to five distinct historical themes in 20th century history - politics, economi...

Reducere. In the United States alone, roughly 1% of all births take place every year at home or at a birthing center. While this percentage may not seem sign...

Studies the fiercely fought battles of the British Expeditionary Force September 1914.Publisher: Pen & Sword Books LtdAuthor(s): Jerry MurlandNumbe...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Rana A. HogarthIn 1748, as yellow fever raged in Charleston, South Carolina, doctor John Lining remarked, "There is somethi...

Publisher: Velocity PressAuthor(s): Martin JamesNumber of pages: 320Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 128 x 197 x 29Cover type: Paperback / softbac...

DescriptionIn this remarkable book Michel Foucault, one of the most influential thinkers of recent times, calls us to look critically at specific h...

The world faces an environmental crisis unprecedented in human history. Carbon dioxide levels have reached heights not seen for three million years...

Reducere. Inspired by the historiographical model of "connected histories" (S. Subrahmanyam and S. Gruzinski), the volume examines the intellectual trajector...

Reducere. The remarkable story of the birth of Our Savior, retold in large type and fully illustrated, is both interesting for children and easy to understand.

A history of the global nature of the radical union, The Industrial Workers of the World