Le sens du progrès

une approche historique et philosophique

Dès ses premières conceptualisations, aux XVIIe et XVIIIe siècles, l'idée de progrès implique l'abolition des limites jusque-là imposées au savoir et au pouvoir de l'homme : l'humanité est indéfiniment perfectible, l'avenir ouvert et constellé de promesses. Maître de la nature, sujet ...

Le petit Mourre

dictionaire d'Histoire universelle

En plus de 5 800 articles embrassant l'histoire mondiale des origines à nos jours, le Petit Mourre livre au lecteur les clés de l'Histoire, nécessaires à la compréhension du monde contemporain. Entièrement actualisée, cette nouvelle édition offre également une approche encyclopédique de l ...

Aproximación a la cultura japonesa

Ante los ojos del visitante casual, Japón se dibuja como un escenario tremendamente caótico. Basta con una mirada panorámica a la distribución urbanística de sus ciudades para quedar atónito ante la implacable extensión de terreno que ocupan casas sin fin, adosadas o separadas, de madera ...

Atlas des esclavages

traites, sociétés coloniales, abolitions de l'Antiquité à nos jours

Voici, sur l#esclavage - un sujet d#actualité parce que polémique - un état à la fois synthétique et complet des connaissances historiques actuelles. En effet, les recherches érudites sur la traite négrière, les sociétés esclavagistes et les processus d#abolition sont nombreuses mais dispersées de ...

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 Mediterranean's, real ...

Viaje por las mentiras de la historia universal

compendio de mentiras, tópicos, mitos y leyendas de la historia en el cine, la literatura y el saber oficial

Curioso fenómeno este de la mentira, que afecta a todos los ámbitos de la existencia. La vida cotidiana está plagada de falacias, de las que no se salvan ni las noticias de hoy, que son de actualidad, ni las de ayer, que constituyen la Historia ...

El gran libro de los mapas

Organizado de manera sencilla a partir de la progresión a través del tiempo, cada mapa no sólo constituye a menudo una obra de arte maravillosa por derecho propio, sino que además nos informa acerca de nuestra percepción cambiante de la tierra. Con la difusión de ...

Writing history essays

a student's guide

To write history successfully, it is essential to understand the nuts and bolts of technique as well as the underlying principles which are too rarely made explicit, but which govern the whole process. I.W. Mabbett carefully analyzes these principles, and takes us step-by-step through ...

Global history

interactions between the universal and the local

This fresh collection of case studies is essential reading for anyone studying globalization, world history, transnational history or world politics. A.G. Hopkins' invaluable introduction places the new global history in the context of world, international and transnational history, and an afterword by pioneering historian ...

The european diplomatic corps

diplomats and international cooperation from Westphalia to Maastricht

Are diplomats agents of international co-operation or transmission belts for states? Traditional theories of international relations seriously underestimate the ability of diplomats as a collective to impact outcomes in the international environment beyond initial state preferences. "The European Diplomatic Corps" argues that diplomats comprise a ...

Atlas maoir of 1665 Germania, Astria and Helvetia

Germanien. Österreich. Schweitz= Germnaia. Austria. Switzerland= Germanie. Austriche. Suisse

The Atlas Maior, the cartographical masterpiece of the Baroque period, was brought out between 1662 and 1665 by the Amsterdam publisher Joan Blaeu, one of Holland#s leading cartographers. Originally appearing in Latin, the atlas comprised 594 maps in 11 volumes, which depicted the whole ...

Atlas maior of 1665 Gallia

France= France= Frankreich

The Atlas Maior, the cartographical masterpiece of the Baroque period, was brought out between 1662 and 1665 by the Amsterdam publisher Joan Blaeu, one of Holland#s leading cartographers. Originally appearing in Latin, the atlas comprised 594 maps in 11 volumes, which depicted the whole ...

Atlas maior of 1665 Italia

Italia= Italy= Italien

The finest and most comprehensive baroque atlas was Joan Blaeu's exceptional "Atlas Maior", completed in 1665. The original eleven-volume Latin edition, containing 594 maps, put Blaeu ahead of his staunch competitor, mapmaker Joanes Janssonius, whose rivalry inspired Blaeu to produce a grandiose edition of ...

Mentiras de la historia...

de uso común

«Las mentiras históricas nunca han sido inocentes. No derivan de la falibilidad humana, del escaso conocimiento que tenemos de algunos hechos o de la especulación. No, en realidad las mentiras que se encarnan en la Historia suelen tener una intencionalidad ideológica clara. Mediante su uso ...

La locura del poder

de Calígula a los tiranos del siglo XX

Locos en el poder, de ellos trata este libro. No de cómo el poder enloquece o pierde a los individuos, sino de los gobernantes afectados por varias psicopatologías, los llamados "reyes locos".

What is environmental history?

What is environmental history? It is a kind of history that seeks understanding of human beings as they have lived, worked and thought in relationship to the rest of nature through the changes brought by time. In this seminal student textbook, J. Donald Hughes provides ...

The armenians

from kings and priests to merchants and commissars

The book traces the evolution of Armenia and Armenian collective identity, in the homeland and in the diaspora, from its beginnings to the eve of the Armenian nationalist movement over Gharabagh in 1988. The emphasis is on the modern era - the seventeenth century onwards, including ...

The information-literate historian

a guide to research for history students

INDEX: Introduction : what it means to be a historian. Historians and the research process : getting started. Reference resources.Finding monographs and using catalogs. Finding journals, magazines, and newspapers : using indexes. Evaluating your sources.The thrill of discovery : primary sources.History and the Internet.Maps : from ...

A dictionary of world history

This wide-ranging dictionary contains a wealth of information on all aspects of history, from prehistory right up to the present day. Over 4,000 clear, concise entries include biographies of key figures in world history, separate entries for every country in the world (summarising key ...

Fenómenos

enanos y gigantes que hicieron historia

Enanos y gigantes son personajes centrales en las mitologías de las más diversas culturas. Encontramos enanos-dioses protectores en el Antiguo Egipto, desobedientes gigantes en las Sagradas Escrituras cristianas o valerosos pueblos de pigmeos en la lucha con las grullas en los relatos de la Grecia ...