Books in category World - General

Mines and Minerals of the British Empire; Being a Description of the Historical, Physical, & Industrial Features of the Principal Centres of Mineral P

Author: Stokes, Ralph S. G.
Publisher : Rossetti Press
ISBN : 9781408628393

History of Congress - The Fortieth Congress of the United States - 1867-1869 Vol I

Author: Barnes, William Horatio
Publisher : Swedenborg Press
ISBN : 9781408603994

The Conquest of the Continent

Author: Burleson, Hugh Latimer
Publisher : Kessinger Publishing
ISBN : 9780548068427

Fantasy and Reality in History

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Publisher : 101 Productions
ISBN : 9780195067637
In Fantasy and Reality in History, Peter Loewenberg, a historian, political psychologist, and psychoanalyst, brings what the discipline of psychoanalysis has learned about human conduct and the irrational to bear on the analysis and writing of history. The result is a remarkable series of studies on individual and social anxiety, racism and nationalism, and crisis management. The first section pro

The Women of the Arabs (Dodo Press)

Author: Jessup, Henry Harris
Publisher : Dodo Press
ISBN : 9781406535013
Study from 1873. In that eloquent Sura of the Koran, called Ettekwir, (lxxxi. ) it is said, When the girl buried alive shall be asked for what sin she was slain. The passage no doubt refers to the cruel practice which still in Mohammed's time lingered among the tribe of Temm, and which was afterwards eradicated by the influence of Islam. The origin of this practice has been ascribed to the superst

The World of Rural Dissenters: 1520-1725

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Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN : 9780521410618
There has been dispute amongst social historians about whether only the more prosperous in village society were involved in religious practice. A group of historians working under Dr. Spufford's direction have produced a factual solution to this dispute by examining the taxation records of large groups of dissenters and churchwardens, and have established that both late Lollard and post-Restoratio

People's Handy Atlas of the World (Illustrated Edition) (Dodo Press)

Author: Geographical Publishing Co, The
Publisher : Dodo Press
ISBN : 9781406550177
1910 Census Edition of the People's Handy Atlas of the World. Containing over 100 Specially Engraved Maps, Diagrams and Thousands of Indexed Entries of Towns, and Countries with Populations from the 1910 U.S. Federal Census and other Latest Sources for Foreign Places. Includes a list of the principal towns of the United States of 5,000 Population and Over, and the principal cities of the world.

Indian Nationalism - Its Origin, History, and Ideals

Author: Panikkar, K. M.
Publisher : Osler Press
ISBN : 9781408623206

The Histories (Dodo Press)

Author: Tacitus, Caius Cornelius
Publisher : Dodo Press
ISBN : 9781406548556

Tacitus on Germany (Dodo Press)

Author: Tacitus, Caius Cornelius
Publisher : Dodo Press
ISBN : 9781406548549

The Germany and the Agricola of Tacitus (Dodo Press)

Author: Tacitus, Caius Cornelius
Publisher : Dodo Press
ISBN : 9781406548525

The Escape from Hunger and Premature Death, 1700-2100: Europe, America, and the Third World

Author: Robert W. Fogel
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN : 9780521004886
Nobel laureate Robert Fogel's compelling new study examines health, nutrition and technology from 1700 to 2100. Although throughout most of human history, chronic malnutrition has been the norm, a synergy between improvements in productive technology and human physiology has enabled humans to more than double their average longevity and to increase their body size by over fifty percent over the pa

The Shores of the Adriatic, the Austrian Side: The Kustenlande, Istria & Dalmatia

Author: Jackson, Frederick Hamilton
Publisher : Cosimo Classics
ISBN : 9781605200286
First published in 1908, The Shores of the Adriatic, the Austrian Side is a companion book to The Shores of the Adriatic, the Italian Side. Written by British painter and author FREDERICK HAMILTON JACKSON (1848-1923), this is a scholarly work, dealing with the geography of Eastern Europe surrounding the Adriatic Sea and the customs of the people found there. Given the unique cultures found in the

Nihongi: Volume II - Chronicles of Japan from the Earliest Times to A.D. 697

Author: Aston, W. G.
Publisher : Cosimo Classics
ISBN : 9781605201474
From its early stories of gods, monsters, and mischievous mythical creatures to its more grounded recountings of historical events, this classic collection of the first literary efforts of the Japanese people is the preeminent source of knowledge about Japanese antiquity. First published in this translation in 1896, includes a history of the Shinto, variations on the basic myths and legends of the

Nihongi: Volume I - Chronicles of Japan from the Earliest Times to A.D. 697

Author: Aston, W. G.
Publisher : Cosimo Classics
ISBN : 9781605201450
From its early stories of gods, monsters, and mischievous mythical creatures to its more grounded recountings of historical events, this classic collection of the first literary efforts of the Japanese people is the preeminent source of knowledge about Japanese antiquity. First published in this translation in 1896, includes a history of the Shinto, variations on the basic myths and legends of the

Nihongi: Volume II - Chronicles of Japan from the Earliest Times to A.D. 697

Author: Aston, W. G.
Publisher : Cosimo Classics
ISBN : 9781605201467
From its early stories of gods, monsters, and mischievous mythical creatures to its more grounded recountings of historical events, this classic collection of the first literary efforts of the Japanese people is the preeminent source of knowledge about Japanese antiquity. First published in this translation in 1896, includes a history of the Shinto, variations on the basic myths and legends of the

Cambodia Now: Life in the Wake of War

Author: Karen J. Coates
Publisher : McFarland & Company
ISBN : 9780786420513
Cambodia has never recovered from its Khmer Rouge past. The genocidal regime of 1975?1979 and the following two decades of civil war ripped the country apart. This work examines Cambodia in the aftermath, focusing on Khmer people of all walks of life and examining through their eyes key facets of Cambodian society, including the ancient Angkor legacy, relations with neighboring countries (particul

Policing Shanghai, 1927-1937

Author: Wakeman, Frederic E.
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN : 9780520207615
Prewar Shanghai: casinos, brothels, Green Gang racketeers, narcotics syndicates, gun-runners, underground Communist assassins, Comitern secret agents. Frederic Wakeman's masterful study of the most colorful and corrupt city in the world at the time provides a panoramic view of the confrontation and collaboration between the Nationalist secret police and the Shanghai underworld.In detailing the lif

Sinisterism: Secular Religion of the Lie (Revised and Updated Edition)

Author: Walker, Bruce
Publisher : Outskirts Press
ISBN : 9781432705466
The Common Thread of Evil in the World Sinisterism is that narcotic substitute for genuine religious faith which lusts for power and which will lie and will use ever savagery without remorse to get power. Sinisterism is cannibalistic. It eats its own with special cruelty. The purpose of Sinisterism is to strip the human soul of love, truth and hope and to replace that love, truth and hope with hat

Writings on Empire and Slavery

Author: Alexis de Tocqueville
Publisher : Johns Hopkins University Press
ISBN : 9780801877568
After completing his research for Democracy in America, Alexis de Tocqueville turned to the French consolidation of its empire in North Africa, which he believed deserving of similar attention. Tocqueville began studying Algerian history and culture, making two trips to Algeria in 1841 and 1846. He quickly became one of France's foremost experts on the country and wrote essays, articles, official