History category: 194783 books

Cover of Aspects of Roman History 31 BC-AD 117
by Richard Alston
Language: English
Release Date: November 7, 2013

This new edition of Aspects of Roman History 31 BC- AD 117 provides an easily accessible guide to the history of the early Roman Empire. Taking the reader through the major political events of the crucial first 150 years of Roman imperial history, from the Empire’s foundation under Augustus to the...
Cover of Ancient Near Eastern History and Culture
by William H. Stiebing Jr., Susan N. Helft
Language: English
Release Date: September 7, 2017

Organized by the periods, kingdoms, and empires generally used in ancient Near Eastern political history, Ancient Near Eastern History and Culture interlaces social and cultural history with a political narrative. Charts, figures, maps, and historical documents introduce the reader to the material...
Cover of Pre-Revolutionary America (1763-1776) (SparkNotes History Note)
by SparkNotes
Language: English
Release Date: August 12, 2014

Pre-Revolutionary America (1763-1776) (SparkNotes History Note) Making the reading experience fun! SparkNotes History Guides help students strengthen their grasp of history by focusing on individual eras or episodes in U.S. or world history. Breaking history up into digestible lessons, the...
Cover of The Roman Empire (60 BCE-160 CE) (SparkNotes History Note)
by SparkNotes
Language: English
Release Date: August 12, 2014

The Roman Empire (60 BCE-160 CE) (SparkNotes History Note) Making the reading experience fun! SparkNotes History Guides help students strengthen their grasp of history by focusing on individual eras or episodes in U.S. or world history. Breaking history up into digestible lessons, the History...
Cover of Battle on the Bookshelves: History, Desert Storm, and the United States Armed Forces - Defense Department Uses Various Versions of History to Shape Perceptions of Accomplishments, Influence Decisions
by Progressive Management
Language: English
Release Date: January 5, 2016

Professionally converted for accurate flowing-text e-book format reproduction, this book by the U.S. Army examines the use of history by the American armed forces during three distinct periods: the defense reorganization of the late 1940s, the Reagan military buildup of the 1980s, and the years following...
Cover of The Russian Revolution (1917-1918) (SparkNotes History Note)
by SparkNotes
Language: English
Release Date: August 12, 2014

The Russian Revolution (1917-1918) (SparkNotes History Note) Making the reading experience fun! SparkNotes History Guides help students strengthen their grasp of history by focusing on individual eras or episodes in U.S. or world history. Breaking history up into digestible lessons, the History...
Cover of We Remember, We Celebrate, We Believe / Recuerdo, Celebración, y Esperanza
by Armando Solórzano
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2014

The history of Mexican Americans in Utah is complex, but it is also a history that is neither well represented in mainstream recounting nor well recognized in the mainstream understanding of Utah’s past. Convoluted interactions among Native Americans, Spaniards, French, Mexicans, Anglos, and others...
Cover of Women in Texas History
by Angela Boswell
Language: English
Release Date: October 12, 2018

Winner, 2019 Liz Carpenter Award, sponsored by the Texas State Historical Association (TSHA) In recent decades, a small but growing number of historians have dedicated their tireless attention to analyzing the role of women in Texas history. Each contribution—and there have been many—represents...
Cover of The Cold War (SparkNotes History Note)
by SparkNotes
Language: English
Release Date: August 12, 2014

The Cold War (SparkNotes History Note) Making the reading experience fun! SparkNotes History Guides help students strengthen their grasp of history by focusing on individual eras or episodes in U.S. or world history. Breaking history up into digestible lessons, the History Guides make it easier...
Cover of Writing Local History
by John Beckett
Language: English
Release Date: July 19, 2013

This fascinating book looks at how local history developed from the antiquarian county studies of the sixteenth century through the growth of 'professional' history in the nineteenth century, to the recent past. Concentrating on the past sixty years, it looks at the opening of archive offices, the...
Cover of Europe (1871-1914) (SparkNotes History Note)
by SparkNotes
Language: English
Release Date: August 12, 2014

Europe (1871-1914) (SparkNotes History Note) Making the reading experience fun! SparkNotes History Guides help students strengthen their grasp of history by focusing on individual eras or episodes in U.S. or world history. Breaking history up into digestible lessons, the History Guides make...
Cover of Encyclopedia of Chinese History
by
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2016

China has become accessible to the west in the last twenty years in a way that was not possible in the previous thirty. The number of westerners travelling to China to study, for business or for tourism has increased dramatically and there has been a corresponding increase in interest in Chinese culture, society...
Cover of Hermeneutics, History and Memory
by Philip Gardner
Language: English
Release Date: January 21, 2010

History is the true record of an absent past. The trust between historians and their readers has always been founded upon this traditional claim. In a postmodern world, that claim and that trust have both been challenged as never before, drawing either angry or apologetic responses from historians. Hermeneutics,...
Cover of The Oxford Handbook of the Reception History of the Bible
by Christopher Rowland
Language: English
Release Date: January 10, 2013

In recent decades, reception history has become an increasingly important and controversial topic of discussion in biblical studies. Rather than attempting to recover the original meaning of biblical texts, reception history focuses on exploring the history of interpretation. In doing so it locates...
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