World History category: 14642 books
by James Cook
Language: English
Release Date: June 4, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: June 4, 2013
4 works of James Cook British explorer, navigator, cartographer, and captain in the Royal Navy (1728-1779)
This ebook presents a collection of 4 works of James Cook. A dynamic table of contents allows you to jump directly to the work selected.
Table of Contents: A Voyage Towards...
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Language: English
Release Date: April 14, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: April 14, 2016
Considering the ways in which the ‘global turn’ is changing the theory and practice of historical disciplines, Explorations in History and Globalization engages with the concept and methodology of globalization, challenging traditional divisions of space and time to offer a range of perspectives...
by George Soros
Language: English
Release Date: March 16, 2005
Language: English
Release Date: March 16, 2005
Never before have we stood to gain or lose as much from understanding the international economy. Scandals plague the world's largest corporations, the American trade deficit has soared to historic heights, and international organizations from the World Bank to the WTO are accused of being inefficient...
by U.S. Government
Language: English
Release Date: February 17, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: February 17, 2012
All Americans are familiar with the day that will live in infamy. On December 7, 1941, the Japanese conducted a surprise attack on Pearl Harbor (called Hawaii Operation or Operation AI by the Japanese Imperial General Headquarters (Operation Z in planning), carried out by the Imperial Japanese Navy against...
The Great American Mission
Modernization and the Construction of an American World Order
Language: English
Release Date: August 8, 2011
The Great American Mission traces how America's global modernization efforts during the twentieth century were a means to remake the world in its own image. David Ekbladh shows that the emerging concept of modernization combined existing development ideas from the Depression. He describes how ambitious...
After the Imperial Turn
Thinking with and through the Nation
Language: English
Release Date: May 29, 2003
From a variety of historically grounded perspectives, After the Imperial Turn assesses the fate of the nation as a subject of disciplinary inquiry. In light of the turn toward scholarship focused on imperialism and postcolonialism, this provocative collection investigates whether the nation remains...
by U.S. Government
Language: English
Release Date: February 17, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: February 17, 2012
The Yalta Conference, sometimes called the Crimea Conference and codenamed the Argonaut Conference, held February 411, 1945, was the wartime meeting of the heads of government of the United States, the United Kingdom, and the Soviet Union, represented by President Franklin D. Roosevelt, Prime Minister...
Bizarre History
Strange Happenings, Stupid Misconceptions, Distorted Facts and Uncommon Events
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2011
This is history served up high-octane, with all of the fun and none of the boredom. It's not about memorizing lists of dates or names, or remembering which general won what battle. Instead, BIZARRE HISTORY merrily digs up the scandals, the strangeness, and the scintillating details that illuminate...
Summary of World Order
by Henry Kissinger | Includes Analysis
Language: English
Release Date: May 17, 2016
World Order by Henry Kissinger - A 30-minute Instaread Summary PLEASE NOTE: This is a summary of the book and NOT the original book. Inside this Instaread Summary: Overview of the entire book Introduction to the important people in the book ...
by Stuart Elden
Language: English
Release Date: September 9, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: September 9, 2013
Territory is one of the central political concepts of the modern world and, indeed, functions as the primary way the world is divided and controlled politically. Yet territory has not received the critical attention afforded to other crucial concepts such as sovereignty, rights, and justice. While...
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Language: English
Release Date: June 25, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: June 25, 2013
Where do ideas fit into historical accounts that take an expansive, global view of human movements and events? Teaching scholars of intellectual history to incorporate transnational perspectives into their work, while also recommending how to confront the challenges and controversies that may arise,...
The Superpower Myth
The Use and Misuse of American Might
Language: English
Release Date: May 2, 2008
"For eight years, Nancy Soderberg served with distinction and creativity at the highest levels of American government. She is uniquely positioned to explain how the world works in this new era-and when it's in danger of breaking down."—Dr. Madeleine K. Albright, former U.S. Secretary of StateAre...
Freedom and Fate
An Inner Life of Ralph Waldo Emerson
Language: English
Release Date: April 7, 2017
First published in 1953, Freedom and Fate: An Inner Life of Ralph Waldo Emerson is widely recognized to be the most illuminating of commentaries on Emerson’s thought.
“EMERSON enjoyed, as he wished, an original relation to the universe, one which, like all living relationships, developed...
Myths and Legends
From Cherokee Dances to Voodoo Trances
Language: English
Release Date: October 5, 2011
Many ancient legends in circulation, either through verbal story-telling, ancient script or paintings, have assisted the human race in understanding the complex world we live in, even if they have been embellished over the years. They have helped us form societies and have given people reason to live,...