What Is Global History', Paperback - Sebastian Conrad

Contributor(s): Author: Sebastian ConradUntil very recently, historians have looked at the past with the tools of the nineteenth century. But globa...

For as long as there have been nations, there has been an "international"--a sphere of cross-border relations. But for most of human history, this ...

Reducere. In this book, the Swedish doctor Sebastian Rushworth examines some of the most central questions about the Covid-19 pandemic: How deadly is Covid-1...

We can see light. We know it makes plants grow. Light pours from the sun and from glowing light bulbs. But we can't touch it, or hold it. What is l...

What makes things move, but cannot be seen? It pushes and pulls but remains invisible. Learn about the magic of magnetism! Then try a hands-on expe...

Publisher: Capstone Global Library LtdAuthor(s): Mari SchuhNumber of pages: 32Collection: Mind MattersPublication date: 2022Dimensions: 172 x 229 x...

Listen up! Spread the word and ride the wave of science basics with this book about sound. Then look and listen during a hands-on science experimen...

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The first global study of the distinctive Korean soju beverage. Tracing the history of soju from the premodern world to the twenty-first century, H...

Get moving! By opening this book, you'll be using force to make the cover move. You use forces every day. But how? Learn more about this science ba...

The first-ever comprehensive history of animation surveys the evolution of this dynamic industry around the world - from Hollywood to Tokyo, from M...

'A landmark work giving a global panorama of Mao's ideology filled with historic events and enlivened by striking characters' Jonathan Fenby, autho...

Reducere. Clare Anderson provides a radical new reading of histories of empire and nation, showing that the history of punishment is not solely connected to ...

Reducere. By every principle of war, every shred of military logic, logistics support to Canada's Task Force Orion in Afghanistan should have collapsed in Ju...

Media is everywhere! Emerging readers need to know the different types of media, how to interact with media and what exactly media literacy is. Str...

DescriptionIn this classic text, James Elkins communicates the experience of painting beyond the traditional vocabulary of art history. Alchemy pro...

Publisher: OrionAuthor(s): Helen CarrPublication date: 2021Dimensions: 152 x 233 x 28Cover type: PaperbackRedescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti...

What is Cultural History? has established itself as an essential guide to what cultural historians do and how they do it. Now fully updated in its ...

Urban history is a well-established and flourishing field of historical research. Written by a leading scholar, this short introduction demonstrate...

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A global history of historical writing and thought from the ancient world to the present. This is a definitive guide to human efforts to recover, u...

Publisher: Gallic BooksNumber of pages: 1392Publication date: 2021Dimensions: 130 x 198 x 58Cover type: Paperback / softbackEditor(s): Stephane Ger...

Publisher: Penguin Books LtdAuthor(s): Lucy DelapNumber of pages: 416Collection: Pelican BooksPublication date: 2021Dimensions: 110 x 182 x 30Cover...

DescriptionA richly nuanced cultural history of an enigmatic and controversial folktalePerhaps the best-known version of the tar baby story was pub...

A comparative history of the practices, technologies, institutions, and people that created distinct literary traditions around the world, from anc...

Colonialism: A Global History interprets colonialism as an unequal relationship characterised by displacement and domination, and reveals the ways ...

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Publisher: Polity PressAuthor(s): Marshall EakinNumber of pages: 176Collection: What is History?Publication date: 2021Dimensions: 138 x 216 x 18Cov...

DescriptionEpistemology is the philosophical study of knowledge. Epistemologists seek to understand knowledge's nature and availability. What is kn...

Sufism: A Global History is a unique account of global Sufism, tracing the gradual spread and adaptation of Sufi Islam through the Middle East into...

Reducere. Oil palms are ubiquitous--grown in nearly every tropical country, they supply the world with more edible fat than any other plant and play a role i...

Reducere. Niobe: She is Life collects the 4 issue comic series written by creator Sebastian A. Jones and actress Amandla Stenberg (The Hunger Games) and illu...

DescriptionStiff Little Fingers fan Roland Link has compiled many images of the legendary Belfast band. These include previously unseen photographs...

Publisher: Capstone Global Library LtdAuthor(s): Lisa M. Bolt SimonsNumber of pages: 32Collection: Science EnquiryPublication date: 2022Dimensions:...

Reducere. DescriptionA distinctive Christian heresy? A competitor of burgeoning Christianity? A pre-Christian folk religion traceable to "Oriental syncretism...

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A groundbreaking collection from a diverse mix of historians, both bestselling names and emerging voices, addressing the burning issue of what hist...

DescriptionA new history of the United States that turns American exceptionalism on its headAmerican Empire is a panoramic work of scholarship that...

Reducere. DescriptionMao Zedong's Little Red Book (Quotations from Chairman Mao) - a compilation of the Chinese leader's speeches and writings - is one of th...

The trajectory of Friedrich Nietzsche's thought has long presented a difficulty for the study of his philosophy. How did the young Nietzsche--class...

DescriptionWhat might Godzilla and Kurosawa have in common? What, if anything, links Ozu's sparse portraits of domestic life and the colorful world...

Reducere. In this epoch of instability, crisis, war and ever-growing inequality, Marxism is becoming an increasingly attractive proposition to millions of wo...

Reducere. This is It, is the never-before told and often shocking inside story of the King of Pop, Michael Jackson and his personal physician Dr. Conrad Murr...

Publisher: Taylor & Francis LtdAuthor(s): Kok-Chor (University of Pennsylvania, USA) TanNumber of pages: 206Publication date: 2021Dimensions: 175 x...

Charts the facts and myths surrounding the invention of the bicycle in the 19th century, and then to consider its cultural impact on western and no...

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