World History category: 14642 books
The Ends of History
Questioning the Stakes of Historical Reason
Language: English
Release Date: May 2, 2013
The Ends of History? considers how, despite the fact that events in the past 20 years have called Francis Fukuyama’s infamous announcement of the end of history into question, the issue of the end of history is now a matter of renewed interest and debate.
Two decades ago we were confronted...
The Australian Exploration Anthology
Texts from William Dampier, Capt. Cook, Matthew Flinders, John Macdouall Stuart, John McKinlay, William Wills
Language: English
Release Date: April 7, 2017
The Australian Exploration Anthology features the first-hand personal accounts of the explorers: Captain William Dampier, Captain James Cook, Matthew Flinders, John McDouall Stuart, John McKinlay and William Wills.
This book charts the history of the exploration of the vast continent of Australia...
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Language: English
Release Date: September 18, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: September 18, 2013
Ideal for classroom use, this anthology also provides a valuable tool for preparing or performing public speeches. Twenty of the world's most influential and stirring public lectures include Martin Luther King's "I Have a Dream" speech, Lincoln's Gettysburg Address, and Patrick Henry's "Give...
Climate Change in Human History
Prehistory to the Present
Language: English
Release Date: January 25, 2018
Climate Change and Human History provides an up-to-date and concise introduction to the relationship between human beings and climate change throughout history.
Starting with periods hundreds of thousands of years ago and continuing up to the present day, the book illustrates how natural climate...
Manhunts
A Philosophical History
Language: English
Release Date: July 22, 2012
Touching on issues of power, authority, and domination, Manhunts takes an in-depth look at the hunting of humans in the West, from ancient Sparta, through the Middle Ages, to the modern practices of chasing undocumented migrants. Incorporating historical events and philosophical reflection, Grégoire...
by Catherine McGrew Jaime
Language: English
Release Date: December 3, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: December 3, 2010
This little book includes:A Brief Look at Advent and CHRISTmas; CHRISTmas Traditions Around the World; CHRISTmas Scriptures and Hymns; and CHRISTmas Carols and Their History.A great little resource if you are looking for more about the history and traditions of this important holiday.
Fish on Friday
Feasting, Fasting, and the Discovery of the New World
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2008
What gave Christopher Columbus the confidence in 1492 to set out across the Atlantic Ocean? Fish on Friday tells the story of the discovery of America as a product of the long sweep of history: the spread of Christianity and the radical cultural changes it brought to Europe, the interaction of economic...
The Age of Revolution (Barnes & Noble Library of Essential Reading)
A History of the English-Speaking Peoples: Volume 3
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2009
Winston S. Churchill's A History of the English Speaking Peoples is the literary masterwork of the twentieth century's greatest historical figure. Beginning with Marlborough's victory at Blenheim in 1704 and ending with Wellington's defeat of Napoleon at Waterloo in 1815, Churchill recounts Britain's...
The Great Democracies (Barnes & Noble Digital Library)
A History of the English-Speaking Peoples, Volume 4
Language: English
Release Date: March 13, 2012
This edition includes a modern introduction and a list of suggested further reading. In The Great Democracies, Winston Churchill makes his case for the unique and fundamental role the English-speaking people played in bringing economic progress and political freedom to the world at large. As a work...
Fishing
How the Sea Fed Civilization
Language: English
Release Date: September 26, 2017
Humanity’s last major source of food from the wild, and how it enabled and shaped the growth of civilization In this history of fishing—not as sport but as sustenance—archaeologist and best-selling author Brian Fagan argues that fishing was an indispensable and often overlooked element in the growth...
Injustice
State Trials from Socrates to Nuremberg
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2006
To a lawyer, injustice is the unfair conduct of a trial. Consequently, a trial can be considered 'fair' even though an innocent man has been convicted, and vice versa. To the person on the street a fair trial is one which results in the guilty being convicted and the innocent acquitted. In this fascinating...
by Alan Farmer
Language: English
Release Date: May 13, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: May 13, 2019
This title is endorsed by Cambridge Assessment International Education to support the History of the USA 1820-1941 Option from the Cambridge AS Level History syllabus for first examination from 2021.
Develop knowledge and analytical skills with engaging comprehensive coverage of the History...
Conquest
How Societies Overwhelm Others
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2012
In this bold, sweeping book, David Day surveys the ways in which one nation or society has supplanted another, and then sought to justify its occupation - for example, the English in Australia and North America, the Normans in England, the Spanish in Mexico, the Japanese in Korea, the Chinese in Tibet....
The African Diaspora
A History Through Culture
Language: English
Release Date: May 19, 2009
Patrick Manning refuses to divide the African diaspora into the experiences of separate regions and nations. Instead, he follows the multiple routes that brought Africans and people of African descent into contact with one another and with Europe, Asia, and the Americas. In weaving these stories together,...