A single species of fly, Drosophila melanogaster, has been the subject of scientific research for more than one hundred…

In one concise volume, Hagen Schulze brilliantly conveys the full sweep of German history, from the days of the Romans to…

Against Nazi dictatorship,the disillusionment of Weimar, and Christian austerity, Hermann Hesse's stories inspired a…

Patrice Gueniffey, the leading French historian of the Revolutionary and Napoleonic age, takes up the epic narrative at the…

Traces the history of family life during the Middle Ages and examines medieval marriages, childhood, motherhood, and…

Prior to the Civil War, the U.S. did not have a single, national currency. Counterfeiters flourished amid this anarchy,…

Between the cultural ephemera, folklore, song, and history embedded in Moses's paintings and the potent advertising…

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This history of medical thought from antiquity through the Middle Ages reconstructs the slow transformations and sudden…

The authors review Navaho history from archaeological times to the present, and then present Navaho life today. This book…

Kull provides us with the previously unwritten history of the color-blind liberal ideal that the government take no account…

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\nIn Ukraine, War, Love, award-winning fiction writer Olena Stiazhkina chronicles day-to-day developments in her beloved…

\nGuru to the World tells the story of Swami Vivekananda, the nineteenth-century Hindu ascetic who introduced the West to…

\nDo democratic citizens have equal right to rule? Is it enough that they have equal standing before the law, or must there…

\nThe US government has long sought investment opportunities for US companies in developing countries. But the results have…

\nLaura J. Martin examines ecological restoration\'s long history. Since the early 1900s, restorationists have confronted…

\nThe Greek war for independence (1821-1830) goes missing from the narrative of the Age of Revolutions, yet the overthrow of…

Explores two successive transformations of the Western legal tradition under the impact of the 16th Century German…

Produkt New England Textiles in the Nineteenth Century - McGouldrick, Paul F. zakoupíte na Bookshop.cz od nakladatele…

This study of the Wounded Knee trials demonstrates the impact that legal institutions and the media have on political…

Produkt Revolution of the Saints - Walzer, Michael zakoupíte na Bookshop.cz od nakladatele Harvard University Press.…

The family, Cynthia Patterson demonstrates, played a key role in the political changes that mark the history of ancient…

Commonwealth, when first published in 1947, was a pioneer effort to investigate the historical role of government in the…

Produkt Gershom Scholem - Biale, David zakoupíte na Bookshop.cz od nakladatele Harvard University Press.…

A survey of the historical and political significance of one the Great Wall, of the world's most recognizable monuments.…

From a wealth of previously unexamined material, Roger R. Thompson demonstrates the energy and significance of late-Qing…

\nFor nearly two decades, including after its independence, Algeria was named as a part of the European Economic Community.…

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\nTravis Zadeh revives the work of the thirteenth-century Persian scholar Qazwini, whose Wonders and Rarities was for…

\nJennifer Allen details a German utopian movement that arose against capitalist triumphalism at the end of the Cold War.…

\nAvant-Garde Post– follows seven Russophone poets as they reinvigorate leftist art in the wake of state socialism.…

The California Gold Rush is thought to exemplify the Wild West, yet miners were expert organizers. Driven by property…

\nIn 1675 English America descended into anarchy, as rebellions, massacres, and riots swept the colonies from New York to…

\nNo major economy is more dependent on fossil fuel exports than Russia, yet it is unprepared for the global transition away…

\nMargarita Fajardo tells the story of the cepalinos, Latin American economists and policymakers, and their dependentista…

Histories of the book often move straight from the codex to the digital screen. Left out are nearly 150 years of audio…

Was punk just another moment in music history? Marcus delves into the after-life of punk as a richer phenomenon-a form of…

Peasants of remote history rarely speak to us in their own voices, but Thomas Bisson's engagement with the records of…

Thomas Bonner unveils the dramatic history of women's long struggle to become physicians, focusing both on international…

Cuban takes a richly detailed history of the Austin, Texas, school district, under Superintendent Pat Forgione, to ask the…

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Benjamin Gomes-Casseres presents the first detailed account of the new world of business alliances and shows how…

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Alexander George's lucid interpretation of Hume's "Of Miracles" provides fresh insights into this provocative text,…

Chronicling one of the great scientific adventures of our time, the eminent geochemist Claude Allgre offers a fascinating…

\nUnder French rule, majority Muslim Algeria became one of the world\'s largest wine producers. Owen White explores the…

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In 1960, when Japan revised the postwar treaty that allows a U.S. military presence in Japan, the popular backlash changed…

\nNational security once was not limited to physical defense. FDR equated national security with safety from foreign attack…

\nZongyuan Zoe Liu provides the first in-depth examination of sovereign funds in China. Under President Xi, the state has…