Действие повести разворачивается в середине 19 века, повествование ведётся в форме писем, адресованных одной известной оперной певицей своему врачу и другу, излечившему её в своё время от осуждаемой...
The period in which we live is marked by increasingly frequent and intense cultural encounters of all kinds. However we react to it, the global trend towards mixing or hybridization is impossible to...
It is commonly assumed that we live in an age of unbridled individualism, but in this important new book Montserrat Guibernau argues that the need to belong to a group or community – from peer groups...
This history of Native Americans, from the period of first contact to the present day, offers an important variation to existing studies by placing the lives and experiences of Native American...
Updated with new material to reflect the latest developments in the field, Gender in History: Global Perspectives, 2nd Edition, provides a concise overview of the construction of gender in world...
The new edition of The Making of Modern South Africa provides a comprehensive, current introduction to the key themes and debates concerning the history of this controversial country. Engagingly...
Running for Freedom, Fourth Edition, updates historian Steven Lawson’s classic volume detailing the history of African-American civil rights and black politics from the beginning of World War II to...
Poland in the Modern World presents a history of the country from the late nineteenth century to the present, incorporating new perspectives from social and cultural history and positioning it in a...
This comprehensive but concise narrative of China since the eighteenth century builds its story around the delicate relationship between central government and local communities. Rejects the...
Beyond Borders: A History of Mexican Migration to the United States details the origins and evolution of the movement of people from Mexico into the United States from the first significant flow...
Protestants: A History from Wittenberg to Pennsylvania, 1517-1740 presents a comprehensive thematic history of the rise and influence of the branches of Christianity that emerged out of the...
A succinct, up-to-date overview of the history of slavery that places American slavery in comparative perspective. Provides students with more than 70 primary documents on the history of slavery in...
Fischer offers a captivating analysis of Europe’s turbulent history during the first half of the twentieth century, from the optimism at the turn of the century to the successive waves of destruction...
Featuring revised and extended coverage, the second edition of A History of Modern Germany offers an accessible and engagingly written account of German history from 1800 to the present. Provides...
The Last Caudillo presents a brief biography of the life and times of General Alvaro Obregón, along with new insights into the Mexican Revolution and authoritarian rule in Latin America. Features a...
25 июня 1941-го 137-я стрелковая дивизия выехала на Западный фронт и под Могилевом вступила в бой против 2-й танковой группы Г. Гудериана. Через 4 месяца из третьего окружения вышли 806 человек. Из...
Сотни сотрудников транспортной милиции с 1994 по 2003 годы несли службу по охране стратегически важных объектов на железных дорогах Чечни. О событиях тех драматических лет, о службе отряда милиции...
В этой книге нет ничего мистического. Все факты известны и многократно доказаны, только люди боятся на них посмотреть. Но разумно ли «прятать голову под крыло», ожидая, что само собой «рассосется»?...
Жизнь можно рассматривать как череду бесконечных историй с продолжением. Любовная драма XVIII века десятками нитей переплетена с остросюжетной историей наших дней. Любовь и смерть, верность и...
This book explores the development of tombs as a cultural phenomenon in ancient Egypt and examines what tombs reveal about ancient Egyptian culture and Egyptians’ belief in the afterlife....
