Warfare and culture in world history

It has long been acknowledged that the study of war and warfare demands careful consideration of technology, institutions, social organization, and more. But, for some, the so-called "war and society" approach increasingly included everything but explained nothing, because it all too often seemed to ignore ...

Historia contemporánea de Alemania (1945-1995)

de la división a la reunificación

"Desde 1945 hasta 1989, Alemania vivió una división tajante del país. Por un lado, las zonas occidentales comenzaron su andadura con una recuperación de la democracia pluripartidista y parlamentaria en una economía de mercado; por otro lado, en la zona oriental, los responsables soviéticos impulsaron ...

Warfare in woods and forests

Fighting in woods and forests is a very special form of war. Avoided by military commanders unless such terrain is to their advantage, for soldiers forest battles are a chaotic mix of dread, determination, and, all too often, death. Adversaries remain in constant fear of ...

A social history of knowledge

Vol.II: From the Encyclopédie to Wikipedia

Peter Burke follows up his magisterial "Social History of Knowledge," picking up where the first volume left off around 1750 at the publication of the French Encyclopedie and following the story through to Wikipedia. Like the previous volume, it offers a social history (or a ...

The origins of nationalism

an alternative history from Ancient Rome to Early Modern Germany

In this wide-ranging work, Caspar Hirschi offers new perspectives on the origins of nationalism and the formation of European nations. Based on extensive study of written and visual sources dating from the ancient to the early modern period, the author re-integrates the history of pre-modern ...

Las setenta grandes ciudades de la historia

Este libro relata el devenir de las ciudades a través del tiempo, empezando por las más antiguas, desde Uruk y Tebas hasta Jerusalén y Alejandría. Más adelante aparecen las fabulosas ciudades del primer milenio, Damasco y Bagdad, en los días de los califatos; Teotihuacán y ...

America and the world

culture, commerce, conflict

While the twenty-first century may well be the age of globalization, this book demonstrates that America has actually been at the cutting edge of globalization since Columbus landed here five centuries ago. Lawrence A. Peskin and Edmund F. Wehrle explore America's evolving connections with ...

The Cambridge world history of slavery

.Vol. 1: The Ancient Mediterranean World

Eds. Keith Bradley, Paul Cartledge. Volume 1 in the new Cambridge World History of Slavery surveys the history of slavery in the ancient Mediterranean world. Although chapters are devoted to the ancient Near East and the Jews, its principal concern is with the societies of ...

Cavernas, pirámides, imperios

el pasado del Hombre como nunca te lo habían contado

Qué grandes hitos de la historia antigua conocemos? ¿Cuánto del pasado ha trascendido al mundo contemporáneo? Fueron muchos los pueblos poderosos que alcanzaron la gloria y se desplomaron. ¿Qué sabemos de ellos? Cavernas, pirámides, imperios es una apasionante crónica de nuestro pasado, que concede voz ...

Breve historia de los Persas

Acérquese a este apasionante recorrido por la historia del Imperio persa, desde la aparición de los primeros estados en la zona del Creciente Fértil (Mesopotamia) en torno a año 3000 a.C. hasta la conquista musulmana (siglo VII d.C. ). La obra se extiende desde ...

A concise survey of western civilization

supremacies and diversities throught history

This engaging text offers a brief, readable description of our common Western heritage. Providing a tightly focused narrative and interpretive structure, Brian Pavlac covers the basic historical information that all educated adults should know. His joinedterms "supremacies and diversities" develop major themes of conflict and ...

Algunos hombres buenos

Veloy recorre con maestría la vida de Kennedy, Mandela, Wojtyla, Gandhi, Che Guevara, Vicente Ferrer, Benjamin, Wittgenstein, Picasso y Cohen. ¿No buscamos a nuestro alrededor hombres buenos que nos guíen cuando debemos tomar una decisión sobre la que tenemos serias dudas? Y, a menudo, ¿no ...

Historia del mundo con los trozos más codiciados

La cronología habitual de la Historia se concentra en reyes y reinas, fechas de batallas, grandes Tratados#pero hay otra Historia por contar, una Historia mucho más #codiciada## La historia del mundo con los trozos más codiciados es un paseo ameno y original por los ...

A cultural history of animals in Antiquity

Ed. Linda Kalof. A Choice Outstanding Academic Title, 2008 Animals had a ubiquitous and central presence in the ancient world. A Cultural History of Animals In Antiquity presents an extraordinarily broad assessment of animal cultures from 2500 BC to 1000 AD, describing how animals were ...

A cultural history of animals in the Medieval Age

Ed. Brigitte Resl. A Choice Outstanding Academic Title, 2008 A Cultural History of Animals in the Medieval Age investigates the changing roles of animals in medieval culture, economy and society in the period 1000 to 1400. The period saw significant changes in scientific and philosophical ...

A cultural history of animals in the Renaissance

Ed. Bruce Boehrer. A Choice Outstanding Academic Title, 2008 The Renaissance was an extraordinary period of change in the West, fuelled by changing cultural formations, shifting empires, the growth in exploration, and developments in science and technology. A Cultural History of Animals in the Renaissance ...

A cultural history of animals in the Age of Enlightement

Ed. Matthew Senior. A Choice Outstanding Academic Title, 2008 The period of the Enlightenment saw great changes in the way animals were seen. The codifying and categorising impulse of the age of reason saw sharp lines drawn between different animal species and between animals and ...

A cultural history of animals in the Age of Empire

Ed. Kathleen Kete. A Choice Outstanding Academic Title, 2008 A Cultural History of Animals in the Age of Empire explores the cultural position of animals in the period from 1800 to 1920. This was a time of extraordinary social, political and economic change as the ...

A cultural history of animals in the Modern Age

Ed. Randy Malamud. A Choice Outstanding Academic Title, 2008 Human culture is now more dangerous to non-human animals than ever before. The destruction of natural habitats and the killing of animals for food, science, medicine or trophy - sometimes to the point of extinction - is the ...

Las grandes profecías de la historia

VV.AA. Todos los libros, fruto de la colaboración entre Plaza & Janés y Canal de Historia, han tenido un gran éxito de ventas. El primero, Los grandes misterios de la historia (2008), ha vendido más de 100.000 ejemplares, y el segundo, Las grandes batallas ...