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Guerra a las dos en punto

crisis nuclear en la guerra árabe-israelí de 1973

Capitalismo y modernidad

el gran debate

El profesor Jack Goody nos ofrece en este libro una visión nueva y polémica de las causas y las condiciones que llevaron a la Europa occidental a sobrepasar en crecimiento económico y social a los demás continentes. Buen conocedor de la historia económica y social ...

La guerra de Troya

mito y realidad

Holy War, holy peace

how religion can bring peace to the middle east

War has been made holy by the families of Abraham, and the monotheistic religions of those families, for many centuries. But, argues Marc Gopin, peacemaking was made holy too, through a variety of cultural and religious practices that have been virtually overlooked by scholars and ...

Liberty and freedom

A stunningly original and inspiring illustrated history of America's founding ideals and how they have been understood from colonial times to the present, by one of America's most gifted historians.

Medieval Europe and the world

from late Antiquity to Modernity, 400-1500

This brief but comprehensive textbook covers the history of the time period known as the Middle Ages. Beginning with the rise of Christianity in the West, and ending with the crises that shook Europe and Byzantium in the fifteenth century, the text serves as an ...

Rethinking the Mediterranean

In this collection of essays, an international group of renowned scholars attempt to establish the theoretical basis for studying the ancient and medieval history of the Mediterranean Sea and the lands around it. In so doing they range far afield to other Mediterraneans, real and ...

The sepulcre of Christ and the medieval west

from the beginning to 1600

What was the impact of the tomb of Christ in Jerusalem on the history of western Europe? Colin Morris shows that the Holy Sepulchre had a vital influence on pilgrimage, the Crusades, the cult of the Cross, and art and architecture. The recovery of the ...

Fundamentalism

the search for meaning

The Silicon eyes

Memorias de ultratumba

Epopeya extraordinaria de unos tiempos convulsos que François de Chateaubriand vivió como testigo y protagonista, las Memorias de ultratumba son un documento literario atemporal. Melancólico y desengañado, aristócrata que presenció la Revolución Francesa, que viajó a la joven República americana y conoció el esplendor y ...

Cómo decidir mejor y más rápido

La pretensión de esta obra es ayudar al lector a actuar con confianza, habilidad y autenticidad cuando se vea en situaciones difíciles, tanto en la vida profesional como personal. Pero no da recetas simplistas, sino que es más bien un texto para "aprender haciendo", que ...

Jaque a los impagados

el recobro de los impagados mediante la negociación efectiva con los morosos

Cuando una empresa no consigue cobrar puntualmente sus facturas no podrá atender sus propias obligaciones de pago y su tesorería entrará en crisis. Además, los impagados obligan a las empresas a buscar financiación a corto de terceros, y esto supone un coste financiero elevado. Este ...

Gestión de marcas

Con la creciente globalización de las marcas, se ha hecho esencial diferenciar los productos. Este libro le ofrece tas últimas ideas, expuestas por autores tan destacados como David A. Aaker y John A. Quelch, para maximizar el valor de sus marcas y de sus productos ...

War and peace in the Balkans

the diplomacy of conflict in the former Yugoslavia

Shattering tradition

custom, law and the individual in the Muslim Mediterranean

Few deny that in the Muslim world religion and law are intimately linked. However, local legal realities mean that Islamic law is often pushed out of the picture by customary law, which is usually tribal, and by state law. Shattering Tradition concentrates on customary law ...

Ottoman reform and Muslim regeneration

The late Ottoman period was one of enormous change. This book focuses on the evolution of Ottoman reform as it was perceived, and negotiated, from the perspectives of the capital Istanbul and of the Arab provinces of Syria, including Palestine. It also examines the close ...

Frontiers of Ottoman studies

state, province and the west

Frontiers of Ottoman Studies provides a comprehensive overview of the surge in research into Ottoman history and culture over the past two decades. The first volume reflects the growing interest in the provinces, communities and cultures outside the imperial capital of Istanbul and covers four ...

Frontiers of Ottoman studies

state, province and the west

The second volume covers Ottoman-European International Relations; Ottoman manuscripts in Europe; Ottoman-European cultural exchange and Christian influence and the advent of the Europeans. The work makes a significant contribution to diplomatic history and international relations; Ottoman geographical knowledge; the nature of Ottoman artistic and cultural ...

Afghanistan

a modern history: monarchy, despotism or democracy?: the problems of governance in the muslim tradition