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When Flemish engraver and publisher Theodore de Bry issued the first volume of his America series in 1590, the New World was truly novel for most Europeans. Gleaned from the travel accounts of adventurers like Thomas Harriot, Sir Francis Drake, and Sir...

From renowned Civil War historian Earl J. Hess comes a study of Union and Confederate soldiers as never seen before. Shattered Courage examines the experience of the men who refused to fight on the day of battle. When Abraham Lincoln took the oath of...

The modern Indian State, with all its democratic paraphernalia, seemed to have never undergone thorough academic scrutiny, whether in the mainstream or otherwise. Historians, political analysts, economists, and sociologists have all been trying to...

This book presents an exhaustive analytical history of the great Spanish publishing house Editorial Gustavo Gili, specifically the scientific and technological works in its catalogue that were published during the years of the Franco regime. The history...

In this fascinating collection, thirteen engaging authors share their views of Mary Lincoln’s complex nature and show how she is viewed today. With a superb blend of private and public views of her life, mixed with gripping prose and in-depth...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781913083366Author James HawesFormat HardbackPage Count 250Imprint Old Street PublishingPublisher Old Street Publishing

In 1877 former president Ulysses S. Grant, along with his family and friends, embarked on a two-year world tour that took him from Liverpool to Yokohama with stops throughout Europe and Asia. Biographies of Grant deal very briefly, if at all, with this...

Amid the political turmoil of China's Cultural Revolution, a small group of painters in Beijing defied state control, creating art in secrecy that challenged the ideological constraints of their time. Painting into Being is the first in-depth study of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781806721535Author John DongFormat PaperbackPage Count 438Imprint Helion & CompanyPublisher Helion & Company

In RICHARD III UNSPUN, Annette Carson investigates two incidents, shortly before Richard became king, that readers find especially perplexing. In the Stony Stratford affair, we look at what led Richard to make a series of arrests, as 12-year-old Edward...

Through primary sources and valuable analysis, this book presents a study and exploration of the foundation, structure, and design of the Westminster Empire and the three stages of empire-building between 1717 and 1858.Westminster’s first stage of...

Bursting with fun would-you-rather questions and fascinating facts about capybaras to keep kids busy and for family fun. Would you rather your fingers never stopped growing OR your teeth never stopped growing? ...

Bursting with fun would-you-rather questions and fascinating facts about animals, science, inventions and more, to keep kids busy and for family fun. * Would you rather have a watermelon for a head or a pea for a head? ...

The Filthiest Village in Europe traces how a community shrouded by "industrial fog," at the brink of gaping coal pits, became a symbol that galvanized grassroots ecology - campaigns by diverse local actors that exposed environmental and economic crises...

Collects critical essays by the author of Making the Second Ghetto. Arnold R. Hirsch (1949-2018) was one of the preeminent urban historians of his generation, a reputation cemented by his landmark book, Making the Second Ghetto. With compelling...

A new perspective on renowned twentieth-century artist Paul Klee, revealing his enduring creativity in the face of darkness by foregrounding his lesser-known late work Celebrated for his colorful, fantastical paintings, Paul Klee (1879-1940), a pioneer...

These photographs of once top-secret institutes reveal both fantastical and futuristic technology, alongside crumbling and decrepit facilities, forming a unique document of the condition and situation of scientific research in the post-Soviet landscape. ...

This open access book examines the work of the 17th-century Baroque painter, Bartolomé Esteban Murillo (1618-1682) – a figure who barely left the city of Seville – as a way of understanding globalization, its consequences, and its limits.Full of saints,...

God's Own Land follows the tectonic shift from traditional religious pilgrimage in the early twentieth-century to contemporary pilgrim tourism, in which ever-burgeoning visitor numbers have brought both benefits and challenges to the Garhwal region of...

The Filthiest Village in Europe traces how a community shrouded by "industrial fog," at the brink of gaping coal pits, became a symbol that galvanized grassroots ecology - campaigns by diverse local actors that exposed environmental and economic crises...

The values instilled in him by his family and those in his close-knit community, together with life experiences through education and from living, working, and traveling abroad over more than forty years as an educator, shaped his approach to leading...

Tracey Emin talks about painting: what it is, why she does it, why it matters. Tracey Emin is one of the most widely admired artists working in Britain today. Richly illustrated with photographs of the artist and her art, here is a vivid and intimate...

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An immersive analysis of camp life and soldiers' well-being during the Civil WarThe Civil War was a watershed in public awareness of the many health-related issues soldiers faced while living in camps. Sanitarians among civilians and regular army...

The Contours of Endearment offers a fresh, Southeast Asia-centered perspective on the complex and evolving relationship between Japan and the nations of Southeast Asia. While much scholarship has emphasized state-to-state political and economic ties,...

Scotland's diaspora, reframed through the Dutch East Indies: the intertwined lives of Highland lairds, Islay farmers and metropolitan merchants who built fortunes, and families, on the island of Java. A vivid group portrait of Scots who embedded...

This book is a comparative-intergenerational and interregional-history of Asia Minor memories and identities of forced displacement that examines the multilayered relationship between contemporary attitudes and refugee past. In light of the centenary of...

The Korean War was never formally declared, and no peace treaty ending the war was ever signed. The 1953 armistice did not stop the war but marked its extension and expansion into a warlike state of emergency. How did the new reality of life under...

Modern Paris is often hailed as a capital of urban infrastructure. Baron Georges-Eugene Haussmann's rebuilding of Paris in 1853-1870, branded "Haussmannization," helped define urban modernity for cities worldwide.Challenges the Myth of Paris as a Model...

Argues that engineers influenced by French Enlightenment science built much of the machinery of America's military state while redrawing the line between the federal government and society. In The Scientific-Military State, Sveinn M. Johannesson charts...

The Korean War was never formally declared, and no peace treaty ending the war was ever signed. The 1953 armistice did not stop the war but marked its extension and expansion into a warlike state of emergency. How did the new reality of life under...

In Servants of God, Slaves of the Church, Lisa Kaaren Bailey uncovers the surprising intimacy between sacred devotion and coerced labor in early medieval Europe. From queens who scrubbed monastery floors to enslaved women forced into lifelong service,...

Critical Failures revisits the overlooked messiness at the heart of Japan's early experiments with modern criticism. In the Meiji era, young intellectuals posited that mastering the art of critical reading - called hihyo - was essential for Japan's...

Lyric Poetry as State Criticism in Modern Japan explores how seemingly apolitical verse became a subtle vehicle for political expression under censorship. In an era of intense state control, Japanese poets such as Kitahara Hakushu, Hagiwara Sakutaro,...

Lyric Poetry as State Criticism in Modern Japan explores how seemingly apolitical verse became a subtle vehicle for political expression under censorship. In an era of intense state control, Japanese poets such as Kitahara Hakushu, Hagiwara Sakutaro,...

Critical Failures revisits the overlooked messiness at the heart of Japan's early experiments with modern criticism. In the Meiji era, young intellectuals posited that mastering the art of critical reading - called hihyo - was essential for Japan's...

In the 1848-1867 period, the Habsburg Adriatic was contended by incipient nationalisms, particularly the Italian, German, and South Slavic. The Fight for a Supranational World focuses on Trieste, Fiume/Rijeka, and Dalmatia, where opposing nationalisms...

In the 1848-1867 period, the Habsburg Adriatic was contended by incipient nationalisms, particularly the Italian, German, and South Slavic. The Fight for a Supranational World focuses on Trieste, Fiume/Rijeka, and Dalmatia, where opposing nationalisms...

First published in 1957, Modern Italy examines the complex political and economic challenges Italy faced during the 1950s. The book explores the strength and policies of major political parties, the new constitution, and efforts to combat...

Jean Morrison, Ruth McKenzie, Harriet Rouillard, Isabel Wilson, and Clare Clark were among the many intellectual women contributing to the birth and growth of the Canadian Association for Adult Education, which was transformative for literacy in the...