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Tibet

Sam Van Schaik

• Paperback | Engels
• A timely and illuminating history of Tibet, from the seventh century to what it means to be Tibetan today Situated north of the Himalayas, Tibet is fa... Lees meer

The Fall of Egypt and the Rise of Rome

Guy De La Bedoyere

• Hardcover | Engels
• A compelling history of the Ptolemies, the decline of Egypt, and the rising power of the Roman Empire The Ptolemaic era, Egypt's last and one of its l... Lees meer

My Soul Is a Witness

Mari N Crabtree

• Hardcover | Engels | New Directions in Narrative History
• An intimate look at the afterlife of lynching through the personal stories of Black victims and survivors who lived through and beyond its trauma Mari... Lees meer

Why the Constitution Matters

Mark Tushnet

• Hardcover | Why X Matters Series
• Argues that the Constitution matters, not because it structures our government but because it structures our politics. This title focuses on the ways ... Lees meer

Argentina's Lost Patrol

Mar A J Moyano, Maria Jose Moyano

• Paperback | Engels
• Argentine guerrillas began fighting against the country's military government in 1969. After four years, in large part because of guerrilla activity, ... Lees meer

The Genius

Eliyahu Stern

• Hardcover
• Elijah ben Solomon, the "Genius of Vilna", was perhaps the best-known and most understudied figure in modern Jewish history. In this book, the author ... Lees meer

Henry III

David Carpenter

• Hardcover | Engels | English Monarchs
• The second volume in the definitive history of Henry III's rule, covering the revolutionary events between 1258 and the king's death in 1272 After com... Lees meer

The Georgians

Penelope J Corfield

• Paperback | Engels
• A comprehensive history of the Georgians, comparing past views of these exciting, turbulent, and controversial times with our attitudes today The Geor... Lees meer

The Architecture of the Roman Empire, Volume 1

William L MacDonald

• Paperback | Engels | Yale Publications in the History of Art | nr. 17
• First published in 1965 and now available in a revised edition, The Architecture of the Roman Empire has been hailed as a comprehensive and penetratin... Lees meer

Marie-Antoinette

John Hardman

• Paperback | Engels
• A new look which fundamentally overturns our understanding of this famously “out of touch” queen Lees meer

The Problem of Knowledge

Ernst Cassirer

• Paperback | Engels
• "Cassirer employs his remarkable gift of lucidity to explain the major ideas and intellectual issues that emerged in the course of nineteenth century ... Lees meer

Why the Dreyfus Affair Matters

Louis Begley

• Paperback | Engels | Why X Matters
• From the prize-winning author of Wartime Lies , an anatomy of the infamous prosecution of a Jewish officer attached to the French Army's General Staff... Lees meer

A Cultural History of the British Empire

John MacKenzie

• Hardcover | Engels
• A compelling history of British imperial culture, showing how it was adopted and subverted by colonial subjects around the world As the British Empire... Lees meer

Winslow Homer and the Camera

Frank H Goodyear, Dana E Byrd

• Hardcover | Engels
• A revelatory exploration of Winslow Homer's engagement with photography, shedding new light on his celebrated paintings and works on paper One of the ... Lees meer

Confronting Climate Gridlock

Daniel S Cohan

• Hardcover | Engels
• An atmospheric scientist explains why global climate change mitigation and energy decarbonization demand American diplomacy, technology, and policy "D... Lees meer

A World Safe for Democracy

G John Ikenberry

• Hardcover | Engels
• A sweeping account of the rise and evolution of liberal internationalism in the modern era, selected as a Best Book of 2021 by Foreign Affairs "A thou... Lees meer

George Ball

James A Bill

• Paperback | Engels
• George Ball---undersecretary of state, diplomat, and respected "wise man"---wielded enormous influence in American foreign policy for more than four d... Lees meer

Defenders of the Race

John M Efron

• Hardcover | Engels
• By the late nineteenth century, physical anthropologists were engaged in debates about the ""Jewish Racial Question,"" asking whether there was a biol... Lees meer

Baedeker of Decadence

George C Schoolfield

• Hardcover | Engels
• During the final decades of the nineteenth century, a common mind-set emerged among many intellectuals--"la d cadence." Many novels and novellas of th... Lees meer

The New Majority

• Paperback | Engels
• In an era of widespread and unsettling change in workplaces, families, and communities, most Americans yearn for a government that will take their sid... Lees meer

The Self After Postmodernity

Calvin O Schrag

• Paperback | Engels
• American philosopher Calvin O. Schrag here sketches a new portrait of the human self by way of a critical engagement with the proponents of postmodern... Lees meer

The Great Awakening

Thomas S Kidd

• Paperback | Engels
• A groundbreaking historical treatment of the First Great Awakening and its contribution to the American ideal of equality for all people In the mid-ei... Lees meer

Dark Persuasion

Joel E Dimsdale

• Hardcover | Engels
• A "highly readable and compelling" account ( Science ) of brainwashing's pervasive role in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries "Riveting. . . . D... Lees meer

Security First

Amitai Etzioni

• Paperback | Engels
• The need for drastic change in American foreign policy is clear, argues Etzioni, and he proposes an approach that is both pragmatic and morally sound ... Lees meer