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Themes in World History Happiness in World History (Paperback)

Happiness in World History traces ideas and experiences of happiness from early stages in human history to the maturation of agricultural societies and their religious and philosophical systems to the changes and diversities in the approach to... more

Pre-Owned Neither Slave nor Free: The Freedman of African Descent in the Slave Societies of the New World (The Johns Hopkins Symposia in Comparative History) Hardcover

An important collection of 10 essays on the almost totally neglected subject of the freedman in North and South American slave societies... All of these essays furnish important insights into our understanding of racism and slave societies in the... more

Pre-Owned State Society and University in Germany 1700-1914 9780521227421

This is a comprehensive history of the German university system in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. It examines the evolution of the universities from their moribund state in 1700 to their rise to the pinnacle of world prestige and... more

Asian History: The Macanese Diaspora in British Hong Kong (Hardcover)

Diaspora transformed the urban terrain of colonial societies creating polyglot worlds out of neighborhoods workplaces recreational clubs and public spheres. It was within these spaces that communities reimagined and reshaped their public identities... more

History and Society in the Islamic World The Assassination of Jacques Lemaigre Dubreuil (Hardcover)

This is a political biography of the French industrialist and political activist Jacques Lemaigre Dubreuil (1894-1955) president of the Taxpayers Federation in the 1930s entrepreneur in wartime France and Africa organizer of the Group of Five in... more

Lost Worlds of 1863: Relocation and Removal of American Indians in the Central Rockies and the Greater Southwest (Paperback)

A comparative history of the relocation and removal of indigenous societies in the Greater American Southwest during the mid-nineteenth century Lost Worlds of 1863: Relocation and Removal of American Indians in the Central Rockies and the Greater... more

Pre-Owned Gothic Europe 1200-1450 (Paperback) by Derek Pearsall

9780582276383. Pre-owned: Good condition. Trade paperback. Language: English. Pages: 308. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 308 p. Arts Culture and Society in the Western World. This uniquely ambitious history offers an account of all aspects of... more

Chinese History and Society / Berliner China-Hefte: China s Interaction with the World : Historical and Contemporary Aspects (Series #49) (Paperback)

China s Interaction With the World : Historical and Contemporary Aspects more

Societies Networks and Transitions: A Global History Volume I:: To 1500: A Global History (Paperback)

Introducing world history in a truly global framework Lockard s SOCIETIES NETWORKS AND TRANSITIONS VOLUME l: TO 1500: A GLOBAL HISTORY Fourth Edition explores the regions of the world with a strong focus on culture social change economic patterns... more

Early Modern Americas: Jewish Autonomy in a Slave Society: Suriname in the Atlantic World 1651-1825 (Hardcover)

A fascinating portrait of Jewish life in Suriname from the 17th to 19th centuries Jewish Autonomy in a Slave Society explores the political and social history of the Jews of Suriname a Dutch colony on the South American mainland just north of... more

Pre-Owned A History of World Societies 9780395753774

CONDITION – USED: Books sold are in GOOD or better condition. Good Condition: Minimal damage to the cover dust jacket may not be included minimal wear to binding most of the pages undamaged(e.g. minimal creases or tears) highlighting / underlining... more

New Oxford World History Gender: A World History (Paperback)

Gender exists in almost every society as a way of organizing its people. Gender is used to assign certain responsibilities obligations and privileges to some and to deny them to others. In Gender: A World History Susan Kingsley Kent tells the story... more

Epidemics and Society: From the Black Death to the Present (Audiobook)

A brilliant and sobering (Paul Kennedy Wall Street Journal) look at the history and human costs of pandemic outbreaks As seen on 60 Minutes The World Economic Forum #1 book to read for context on the coronavirus outbreak This sweeping exploration of... more

New Oxford World History Migration: A World History (Paperback)

Migration began with our origin as the human species and continues today. Each chapter of world history features distinct types of migration. The earliest migrations spread humans across the globe. Over the centuries as our cultures societies and... more

Pre-Owned Soviet Civilization: A Cultural History Paperback

One of the earliest and most impassioned Soviet dissident writers Andrei Sinyavsky offers a remarkable and sober introduction to the Soviet world through its literature society and political kaleidoscope. Sinyavsky makes a strong case for the... more

Studies in Early American Economy and Society from the Libra: The Fabric of Empire (Hardcover)

Revealing the entangled lives of texts and textiles in the early modern Atlantic world. Textiles are the books that the colony was not able to burn. --Asociación Femenina para el Desarrollo de Sacatepéquez (AFEDES) A history of the book in the... more

Studies in History Memory and Politics: The Rehabilitation and Ethnic Vetting of the Polish Population in the Voivodship of Gdańsk after World War II (Hardcover)

This book describes the tragedy of a border society that had no place inside the boundaries of a nation-state after 1945. The story takes place in Gdańsk-Pomerania which was a difficult homeland. The book presents the fate of Pomeranians and the... more

History of Turkey and Early Anatolia: The Origin Turkish World War Crisis in Democracy Society The Economy (Paperback)

History of Turkey and Early Anatolia. The Origin Turkish World War Crisis in Democracy Society The Economy Government. Sociologists and other scholars both Turkish and foreign have noted that a majority of the population estimated at the end of 1994... more

Islamic Societies to the Nineteenth Century (Hardcover)

Ira Lapidus global history of Islamic societies first published in 1988 has become a classic in the field. For over two decades it has enlightened students scholars and others with a thirst for knowledge about one of the world s great civilizations.... more

History and Society in the Islamic World The Creation of Saudi Arabia (Paperback)

Overturning previous interpretations that see the territorial expansion of the Saudi state between 1915 and 1926 as the result of an aggressive Wahhabi ideology carried out by a politically ambitious Ibn Saud this book explores the links between... more

Routledge Library Editions: Japan Japan Under Taisho Tenno: 1912-1926 (Paperback)

A journalist on the Japan Chronicle for eleven years this volume examines the history economy politics and society of Japan from just before the First World War until 1926. Japan s relations with the West as well as with Russia and China are also... more

Universal History Americanised; Or an Historical View of the World from the Earliest Records to the Year 1808; With a Particular Reference to the State of Society Literature Religion and Form of Government in the United States of America. Vol. III....

Title: Universal History Americanised; or an historical view of the World from the earliest records to the year 1808; with a particular reference to the state of Society literature religion and form of government in the United States of America. To... more

Patriotic War and the Russian Society 1812-1912 years. Volume 4 (Paperback)

World War II - one of the most dramatic and the most significant consequences of the moments of Russian history. It captures all the work and makes all scientific thought. In it and in the events that unfolded in it will find an inexhaustible fount... more

Canadians and Their Pasts (Hardcover)

What role does history play in contemporary society? Has the frenetic pace of today s world led people to lose contact with the past? A high-profile team of researchers from across Canada sought to answer these questions by launching an ambitious... more

Pre-Owned A Brief History of Ancient Greece: Politics Society and Culture (Paperback) 0195156811 9780195156812

The story of the ancient Greeks is one of the most improbable success stories in world history. A small people inhabiting a country poor in resources and divided into hundreds of quarreling states created one of the most remarkable civilizations.... more

Themes in World History Education in World History (Paperback)

Education in World History shows how broad currents in transnational history have interacted with trends in educational organization and teaching practices over time. From antiquity and early classical societies to present day this book highlights... more

A History of World Societies High School Edition 9780312569693 0312569696 - Pre-Owned: Like New

Title: A History of World Societies High School Edition Condition: Pre-Owned: Like New SKU: G0312569696932 ISBN-13: 9780312569693 ISBN-10: 0312569696 Author: McKay University John P Hill University Bennett D Buckler University John Publisher:... more

Pre-Owned Global Passages: Sources in World History Volume II: Since 1500 (Paperback) 0618067965 9780618067961

Designed to supplement world history survey texts this distinctive primary source reader has a conceptual framework that emphasizes comparative analysis by presenting foreigners accounts of a given society alongside accounts from citizens of the... more

Histories of Internationalism: Placing Internationalism: International Conferences and the Making of the Modern World (Paperback)

Exploring how modern internationalism emerged as a negotiated process through international conferences this edited collection studies the spaces and networks through which states civil society institutions and anti-colonial political networks used... more

War Culture and Society: Japanese Perceptions of Papua New Guinea: War Travel and the Reimagining of History (Paperback)

Japanese Perceptions of Papua New Guinea exposes the interactions between two ostensibly opposing worlds: war and travel. While soldiers deployed to Eastern New Guinea during the Second World War recalled first-hand their experience of war post-war... more

Liverpool Studies in Ancient History Work and Labour in the Cities of Roman Italy (Hardcover)

Work and labour are fundamental to an understanding of Roman society. In a world where reliable information was scarce and economic insecurity loomed large social structures and networks of trust were of paramount importance to the way work was... more

Key Themes in Ancient History Space and Society in the Greek and Roman Worlds (Paperback)

We cannot properly understand history without a full appreciation of the spaces through which its actors moved whether in the home or in the public sphere and the ways in which they thought about and represented the spaces of their worlds. In this... more

Pre-owned - The World Is Flat 3.0 : A Brief History of the Twenty-First Century (Further Updated and Expanded) (Edition 3) (Paperback)

In this brilliant book an award-winning New York Times columnist explains how the flattening--i.e. connectedness--of the world happened at the dawn of the 21st century what it means to the global economy and how governments and societies must adapt.... more

World Histories of Crime Culture and Violence: Collective Identities and Post-War Violence in Europe 1944-48: Reshaping the Nation (Paperback)

This book analyses the process of reshaping liberated societies in post-1945 Europe. Post-war societies tried to solve three main questions immediately after the dark times of occupation: Who could be considered a patriot and a valuable member of... more

An Abridged History of the United States Volume II (Paperback)

The period from the end of the Civil War to the end of WWII was a dramatic one for the United States. It grew from a war torn society to emerge as the most powerful nation on earth at the end of WWII. more

Pre-Owned Societies Networks and Transitions Volume 1: A Global History: To 1500 (Paperback) 1285783085 9781285783086

SOCIETIES NETWORKS AND TRANSITIONS connects the different regions of the world within and across chapters and explores broader global themes in part-opening essays to show you world history in a truly global framework. The book also features a... more

A Concise History of Modern Korea: From the Late Nineteenth Century to the Present (Paperback - Used) 0742567133 9780742567139

This comprehensive and balanced history of modern Korea explores the social economic and political issues it has faced since being catapulted into the wider world at the end of the nineteenth century. Placing this formerly insular society in a... more

Pre-Owned Persian Gulf Command: A History of the Second World War in Iran and Iraq (Hardcover 9780300221961) by Ashley Jackson

9780300221961. Pre-Owned: Good condition. Hard cover. Pages: 432. Cloth over boards. 432 p. 1 map & 24 b-w illus. A new history of the long-overlooked WWII theater in Iran and Iraq its unrecognized significance and its impact on local society and... more