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Fleeing Hitler

France 1940

Wednesday 12th June 1940. The Times reported 'thousands upon thousands of Parisians leaving the capital by every possible means, preferring to abandon home and property rather than risk even temporary Nazi domination'. As Hitler's victorious armies approached Paris, the French government abandoned the city ...

69 A. D.

the year of four emperors

The Year of Four Emperors, so the ancient sources assure us, was one of the most chaotic, violent and frightening periods in all Roman history: a time of assassinations and civil wars, of armies so out of control that they had no qualms about occupying ...

China

fragile superpower

What kind of superpower will China become, cooperative or aggressive? Susan Shirk, a former U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of State responsible for China, has spent years thinking about this critical question. In China: The Fragile Superpower, she opens up the black box of Chinese ...

A new history of Western Philosophy

Volume II: Medieval Philosophy

Sir Anthony Kenny continues his magisterial new history of Western philosophy with a fascinating guide through more than a millennium of thought from 400 AD onwards, charting the story of philosophy from the founders of Christian and Islamic thought through to the Renaissance.The middle ...

The history

This is the first English translation and study of George Akropolites' History, the main Greek source for the history of Byzantium between 1204 and 1261. Akropolites relates what happened to Byzantium after the Latin conquest of its capital, Constantinople, by the Fourth Crusade in 1204 ...

The Constitution as treaty

the international legal constitutionalist approach to the U.S. Constitution

The Constitution as Treaty addresses U.S. constitutional interpretation from a novel, yet originalist perspective: the U.S. Constitution is a treaty. As a treaty, the Constitution must be construed in conformity with the United States' international legal obligations. This book specifically examines how federal ...

International relations

a very short introduction

Of undoubtable relevance today, in a post-9-11 world of growing political tension and unease, this Very Short Introduction covers the topics essential to an understanding of modern international relations. Paul Wilkinson explains the theories and the practice that underlie the subject, and investigates issues ranging ...

Geographical Information Systems

an introduction

Geographical Information Systems is designed to give a sound introduction to GIS for students with little or no knowledge of the subject. Using real world examples, this text provides a concise introduction to the theory and practice of GIS. Interviews are included throughout the text ...

Ethnic conflict

a global perspective

Why is it that Catholics and Protestants in Northern Ireland have been in perpetual conflict for thirty years when they can live and prosper together elsewhere? Why was there a bloody civil war in Bosnia and Herzegovina when Croats, Serbs, and Muslims had lived peacefully ...

Beyond war

the human potential for peace

The classic opening scene of 2001, A Space Odyssey shows an ape-man wreaking havoc with humanity's first invention--a bone used as a weapon to kill a rival. It's an image that fits well with popular notions of our species as inherently violent, with ...

The Reagan diaries

Brought together in one volume and edited by historian Douglas Brinkley, The Reagan Diaries provides a striking insight into one of this nation's most important presidencies and sheds new light on the character of a true American leader. Whether he was in his White ...

Obras reunidas

T.I: Fundaciones mexicanas

à qui appartient l'oeuvre d'art ?

Droit du créateur, droit du propriétaire, droit du public, diversité des régimes juridiques, les #uvres d'art ont, de tout temps, fait l'objet d'un éventail infini de formes d'appropriation et de transaction... Or l'évolution culturelle rend de plus en plus incertaines ...

Le cas Beaubourg

mécénat d'Etat et démocratisation de la culture

1977 : le Centre Georges-Pompidou ouvre ses portes. À l'extérieur, la polémique fait rage ; à l'intérieur, la cohue du premier jour consacre d'emblée un succès qui, par-delà divers aléas, ne se démentira pas. Une question surgit : comment se fait-il que cette véritable révolution ...

Le nouvel âge des musées

les institutions culturelles au défi de la gestion

Longtemps considérés comme n'étant pas soumis aux " forces du marché " les musées, bien que reconnus comme relevant du secteur non lucratif, connaissent à présent dans leur fonctionnement l'influence grandissante de la communication, de la commercialisation de la culture, de la globalisation et de ...

Ce peuple

l'existence juive

Voici, enfin traduite en français, l'une des #uvres majeures du XXe siècle. On y trouve à la fois l'une des présentations les plus fidèles et abouties jamais proposées du judaïsme, et l'une des expressions spirituelles les plus élevées jamais inspirées par ce ...

The Talmud

whats it is and what is says

Wherever Jews have settled and whatever languages they spoke, they created a community with a single set of common values. One law, one theology defined the community throughout their many migrations. A single book explains how this came about - the Talmud. Renowned scholar, Jacob Neusner ...

Dictionary of antisemitism

from the earliest times to the present

Spanning three thousand years of antagonism to Jews, Dictionary of Antisemitism details not only the "longest hatred" but also the most widespread. A comprehensive introduction discusses the definitions, causes, and varieties of antisemitism, and the dictionary contains 2,500 entries ranging from Aaron of Lincoln ...

Scènes de la vie d'un éditeur

les pendus de Victor Hugo

Manuscrits, commandes, traductions, contrats, refus ; découvertes, enthousiasmes, lancements, échecs, succès : l'éternel recommencement. Portraits d'éditeurs, d'auteurs, d'agents, de critiques, de libraires : des personnages qui semblent n'avoir guère changé depuis Balzac et ses Illusions perdues. Foires, salons, cocktails, amitiés, complicités, rivalités, brouilles ...

Découvrir l'art islamique en Méditerranée

En même temps que leur fascinant héritage artistique et culturel, les grandes dynasties islamiques de la Méditerranée sont les protagonistes de ce livre. Il s#agit d#un ouvrage collectif qui s#adresse à tous ceux qui partagent notre conviction qu#il n#y a ...