History category: 194783 books
Anthropology and Global History
From Tribes to the Modern World-System
Language: English
Release Date: October 11, 2013
Anthropology and Global History explains the origin and development of human societies and cultures from their earliest beginnings to the present—utilizing an anthropological lens but also drawing from sociology, economics, political science, history, and ecological and religious studies.
Carmack...
The Nostalgic Imagination
History in English Criticism
Language: English
Release Date: January 3, 2019
This unusual book explores the historical assumptions at work in the style of literary criticism that came to dominate English studies in the twentieth century. Stefan Collini shows how the work of critics renowned for their close attention to 'the words on the page' was in practice bound up with...
History and Hope in American Literature
Models of Critical Patriotism
Language: English
Release Date: November 10, 2016
Throughout history, creative writers have often tackled topical subjects as a means to engage and influence public discourse. American authors—those born in the States and those who became naturalized citizens—have consistently found ways to be critical of the more painful pieces of the country’s...
by Sundem, Garth
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2017
Making learning fun and interactive builds excitment for your social studies students. This book includes game-formatted activities for the study of important events in American history such as Colonial America, The American Revolution, American Indian Experience, The Civil War, the Oregon Trail,...
by William Arthur Shaw
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2015
The purpose of this book is twofold—first and foremost, to illustrate a question of principle by the aid of historic test and application; secondly, to furnish for the use of historical students an elementary handbook of the currencies of the more important European states from the thirteenth century...
PRAXIS II History/Social Studies Test Prep Review--Exambusters World History Flash Cards
PRAXIS II Exam Study Guide
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2016
"PRAXIS HISTORY AND SOCIAL STUDIES Study Guide 2 of 2: WORLD HISTORY" 600 questions and answers (ILLUSTRATED). Essential names, dates, and summaries of key historical events. Topics: Ancient Egypt and Asia, Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome, Early Asia, Evolution of Religion, Middle Ages, Early Modern...
by Dr Sonja Cameron, Sarah Richardson
Language: English
Release Date: September 20, 2005
Language: English
Release Date: September 20, 2005
Information and communications technology is now an essential tool for the historian and for anyone engaging in historical study. Today's 'history workstation' includes computers, modems, scanners, printers, digital cameras and a wide range of software applications to access the World Wide Web and...
by David Barrows
Language: English
Release Date: September 17, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: September 17, 2018
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- A History of the Philippines - Original and complete content with classic illustration pictures
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The Great Eastern Railway in South Essex
A Definitive History
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2019
The Great Eastern Railway In South Essex: A Definitive History is the history of the Great Eastern’s lines from Shenfield to Southend, Wickford to Southminster and Woodham Ferrers to Maldon including their ancestor. It is the only comprehensive history of all three lines and was researched using...
by John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton
Language: English
Release Date: October 20, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: October 20, 2014
The History of Freedom John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton, english Catholic historian, politician, and writer (1834-1902) This ebook presents «The History of Freedom», from John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton. A dynamic table of contents enables to jump directly to the chapter selected....
by Frederick Starr
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2015
Since 1911 it has been my privilege to make four journeys into Korea, so long known as “The Hermit Kingdom.” To-day Korea has ceased to be an independent nation; she has been completely absorbed by Japan and forms part of the Japanese Empire. I found much of interest in the country. I studied the...
History of the Mayflower Voyage and the Destiny of Its Passengers
Including Mayflower Ship's Log, History of Plymouth Plantation, Mayflower Descendants and Their Marriages for Two Generations After the Landing
Language: English
Release Date: February 9, 2018
The Mayflower was an English ship that transported the first English Puritans, known today as the Pilgrims, from Plymouth, England to the New World in 1620. There were 102 passengers. The culmination of the voyage in the signing of the Mayflower Compact was an event which established a rudimentary...
Sir Walter Raleigh and the Air History
A Personal Recollection
Language: English
Release Date: August 30, 2014
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At a meeting of a sub-committee of the Committee of Imperial Defence which met in the middle of July, 1918, to consider the question of the official history of the Air Force, Admiral Slade welcomed Sir Walter Raleigh as the prospective...
Acceleration of History
War, Conflict, and Politics
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2016
We willingly imagine that the speed of development of events has always remained constant here on earth. This is reflected in the fact that it is generally believed that the rate of natural phenomena is the same today as it has always been in the past and will remain this way more or less in the future....