History category: 194783 books
Reading and Writing History from Bruni to Windschuttle
Essays in Honour of Gary Ianziti
Language: English
Release Date: April 8, 2016
Featuring work by researchers in the fields of early modern studies, Italian studies, ecclesiastical history and historiography, this volume of essays adds to a rich corpus of literature on Renaissance and early modern historiography, bringing a unique approach to several of the problems currently...
National History and the World of Nations
Capital, State, and the Rhetoric of History in Japan, France, and the United States
Language: English
Release Date: January 16, 2009
Focusing on Japan, France, and the United States, Christopher L. Hill reveals how the writing of national history in the late nineteenth century made the reshaping of the world by capitalism and the nation-state seem natural and inevitable. The three countries, occupying widely different positions...
by Jo Guldi, David Armitage
Language: English
Release Date: October 2, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: October 2, 2014
How should historians speak truth to power – and why does it matter? Why is five hundred years better than five months or five years as a planning horizon? And why is history – especially long-term history – so essential to understanding the multiple pasts which gave rise to our conflicted present?...
by John Dalberg-Acton
Language: English
Release Date: March 29, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: March 29, 2013
THE HISTORY OF FREEDOM AND OTHER ESSAYS
BY JOHN EMERICH EDWARD DALBERG-ACTON
First Baron ACTON D.C.L., L.L.D., ETC. ETC.
REGIUS PROFESSOR OF MODERN HISTORY IN THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE
EDITED WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY JOHN NEVILLE FIGGIS, Litt.D.
SOMETIME LECTURER IN ST. CATHARINE'S COLLEGE,...
by Annie Wood Besant
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2015
The origin of all religions, and the ignorance which is the root of the God-idea, having been dealt with in Part I. of this Text-Book, it now becomes our duty to investigate the evidences of the origin and of the growth of Christianity, to examine its morality and its dogmas, to study the history of...
What Hath God Wrought: The Transformation of America, 1815-1848
The Transformation of America, 1815-1848
Language: English
Release Date: September 29, 2007
The Oxford History of the United States is by far the most respected multi-volume history of our nation. In this Pulitzer prize-winning, critically acclaimed addition to the series, historian Daniel Walker Howe illuminates the period from the battle of New Orleans to the end of the Mexican-American...
The Birth of the Grand Old Party
The Republicans' First Generation
Language: English
Release Date: December 30, 2011
The period from 1850 to 1876 was the most transformative era in American history. During the course of this tumultuous quarter century Americans fought a bloody civil war, tried to settle the issue of state versus central government power, recognized the dominance of the new industrial economy over...
by John Clark Ridpath
Language: English
Release Date: August 7, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: August 7, 2017
To the American youth the history of our country is more important than any other branch of education. A fair degree of knowledge respecting the progress of the American people from the discovery of the New World to the present is almost essential to that citizenship into which our youth are soon...
Hitler's Secret Jewish Psychic
And Other Strange and Obscure History
Language: English
Release Date: October 14, 2014
A treasure trove filled with fascinating anecdotes about the tiny ripples that have caused big waves in history, Hitler’s Secret Jewish Psychic will cure you of two misconceptions: the first being that history is relentlessly boring and the second that significant historical events are caused by...
by Progressive Management
Language: English
Release Date: March 11, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: March 11, 2015
This is a professionally-formatted, free flowing ebook reproduction of four unique, up-to-date guides produced by the Department of Defense that provide comprehensive information about all aspects of life in Iraq, with a special emphasis on geography, history, the economy, society, security and military...
American History in 50 Events
History by Country Timeline, #1
Language: English
Release Date: December 30, 2015
American History in 50 Events
Have you ever wondered why America is the way it is?
Do you want to understand the events that have shaped American culture?
Are you interested in seeing the long-term historical connections that explain how America moved from a group of colonies to the most powerful...
by Joan Dayan
Language: English
Release Date: January 30, 1996
Language: English
Release Date: January 30, 1996
In Haiti, History, and the Gods, Joan Dayan charts the cultural imagination of Haiti not only by reconstructing the island's history but by highlighting ambiguities and complexities that have been ignored. She investigates the confrontational space in which Haiti is created and recreated in fiction...
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Language: English
Release Date: October 24, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: October 24, 2011
The inaugural volume in a new historiography series
Historians possess the power to shape the view of history for those who come after them. Their efforts to illuminate significant events of the past often result in new interpretations, which frequently conflict with ideas proposed by earlier...
Athens and Sparta
Constructing Greek Political and Social History from 478 BC
Language: English
Release Date: May 20, 2016
Athens and Sparta is an essential textbook for the study of Greek history. Providing a comprehensive account of the two key Greek powers in the years after 478 BC, it charts the rise of Athens from city-state to empire after the devastation of the Persian Wars, and the increasing tensions with their...