The Iwakura embassy, 1871-73

a true account of the ambassador extraordinary & plenipotentiary's journey of observation through the United Sates of America and Europe

This is the first English translation of the official report submitted by the Iwakura Embassy to the Meiji government. The five volume report was first published in Japanese in 1878. Between 1977 and 1982, Iwanami Shoten published a Japanese language library edition which enabled academics ...

The tragedy of the Middle East

The Middle East has changed clearly, substantially, and dramatically during the last decade. Yet scholarly and public understanding lags far behind these events. This book explains why the previous era came to end, giving an historical and political summation of the region. Three interlinked themes ...

Britain and Empire, 1880-1945

Britain and Empire, 1880-1945 traces the relationship between Britain and its empire during a period when the two spheres intersected with one another to an unprecedented degree. The story starts with the imperial expansion of the late nineteenth century and ends with the Second World ...

La ciudad europea del siglo XV al XX

Orígenes, desarrollo y crisis de la civilización urbana en la Edad Moderna y Contemporánea

De la ciudad utópica del Renacimiento a los problemas de la ciudad postindustrial, de la idea de “ciudad barroca” al Milán de nuestros días, de Alberti a Marx, Cesare de Seta aborda en el presente libro algunos de los hitos que han marcado el desarrollo ...

America and the world since 1945

American foreign policy is fundamental to any understanding of how the post-war world has been shaped. This insightful and wide-ranging book analyses the policies pursued by each presidency from that of Harry Truman to George W. Bush, and reviews the far-reaching consequences of these actions ...

El asesinato de Lumumba

El 17 de enero de 1961 Patrice Lumumba, jefe del gobierno de la República del Congo, democráticamente elegido por su pueblo, fue torturado y asesinado como consecuencia de una conspiración organizada por el gobierno de Bélgica, con la complicidad de Estados Unidos, de Gran Bretaña ...

Sport y autoritarismos

la utilización del deporte por el comunismo y el fascismo

ue con el paso del tiempo el deporte se haya convertido en un fenómeno social de extraordinaria importancia, no es desconocido para nadie. Sin embargo, tal vez no sean muchos los que tengan una clara idea de cómo y por qué llegó a ser un ...

La crisis de la sociedad civil

Neofeudalización y posfordismo

Vivir la crisis, como hoy la experimentamos, no implica necesariamente el fin de la esperanza. Por el contrario, comporta un desafío que incita a buscar y dar respuesta. Pero esas respuestas deberían encuadrarse como un todo integrado, entendiéndolas como elementos de lo que Jean Jaurés ...

The new world power

American foreign policy, 1898-1917

From the era of the Spanish American war onward, the United States found itself increasingly involved in the affairs of countries beyond North America. The New World Power offers an interpretive framework for understanding U.S. foreign policy during the first two decades of America ...

The world since 1945

a concise history

Keith Robbins' accessible and stimulating account of world history since 1945 provides a framework for making sense of the political and social developments of the period. The focus is firmly on global political interaction. The underlying theme of the book is the tension between the ...

La politique du peuple

XVIIIe-XXe siècle : racines, permanences et ambiguïtés du populisme

Au départ de ce livre, un constat : la condescendance avec laquelle les historiens français, toutes tendances confondues et à l'exception de Michelet, ont dénié au peuple, même durant l'épisode révolutionnaire, la capacité d'exprimer spontanément un véritable projet politique. À l'inverse, Roger ...

Science in dispute

.V.1

Each volume of this new series, modeled on the History in Dispute series, will include approximately 30 signed articles, with illustrations, covering major contemporary and historic scientific disputes and controversies

Science in dispute

.V.2

Each volume of this new series, modeled on the History in Dispute series, will include approximately 30 signed articles, with illustrations, covering major contemporary and historic scientific disputes and controversies

Andre Malraux

Una vida

«Mi vida no me interesa en absoluto», solía decir públicamente André Malraux (1901-1976). Pero, de hecho, sólo le interesaba su vida, que concebía como una obra y que quizá sea su mejor novela. Así es como la aborda Olivier Todd, que en esta biografía exhaustiva ...

Biotechnology

the making of a global controversy

Biotechnology is one of the fastest-growing areas of scientific, technical and industrial innovation and one of the most controversial. As developments have occurred such as genetic test therapies and the breeding of genetically modified food crops, so the public debates have become more heated and ...

Political actors

representative bodies and theatricality in the age of the French Revolution

From the start of the French Revolution, contemporary observers were struck by the overwhelming theatricality of political events. Examples of convergence between theater and politics included the election of dramatic actors to powerful political and military positions and reports that deputies to the National Assembly ...

Christianity and revolutionary Europe, c.1750-1830

Christianity and Revolutionary Europe, 1750–1830, first published in 2003, provides a comprehensive and accessible summary of the role of the churches during this turbulent period in European history. How did the churches survive the political and intellectual challenges posed by the French Revolution, despite ...

The people in arms

Military myth and national mobilization since the French Revolution

Napoléon au jour le jour, 1769-1821

Ajaccio, rue Malerba, 15 août 1769, 11 h du matin. Sainte-Hélène, Longwood, 5 mai 1821, 5 h 49 du soir. Entre ces deux dates, un destin s'est joué, unique... le destin d'un homme d'exception : Napoléon. De sa naissance en Corse à son ...

Napoléon prisonnier

vu par les anglais

La plupart des historiens français qui travaillent sur la vie de Napoléon à Sainte-Hélène ont souvent ignoré les sources anglaises, se contentant des récits produits par les proches de l’Empereur. Cet ouvrage est le premier à prendre en compte et à traduire des témoignages ...