The Anchor Atlas Of World History From The French Revolution To The American Bicentennial

Author : Hermann Kinder,Werner Hilgemann
Publisher : Anchor
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 1978
Category : History
ISBN : STANFORD:36105002105331

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The Anchor Atlas of World History: From the French Revolution to the American Bicentennial by Hermann Kinder,Werner Hilgemann Pdf

This second volume covers key events from the French Revolution to the American Bicentennial. It chronicles the discoveries, battles, inventions, political movements, treaties, elections, births, assassinations, coups, and coronations that have shaped our modern world.

Author : Walter Goffart
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 626 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2011-04-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9780226300726

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Historical Atlases by Walter Goffart Pdf

Today we can walk into any well-stocked bookstore or library and find an array of historical atlases. The first thorough review of the source material, Historical Atlases traces how these collections of "maps for history"—maps whose sole purpose was to illustrate some historical moment or scene—came into being. Beginning in the sixteenth century, and continuing down to the late nineteenth, Walter Goffart discusses milestones in the origins of historical atlases as well as individual maps illustrating historical events in alternating, paired chapters. He focuses on maps of the medieval period because the development of maps for history hinged particularly on portrayals of this segment of the postclassical, "modern" past. Goffart concludes the book with a detailed catalogue of more than 700 historical maps and atlases produced from 1570 to 1870. Historical Atlases will immediately take its place as the single most important reference on its subject. Historians of cartography, medievalists, and anyone seriously interested in the role of maps in portraying history will find it invaluable.

Author : A. Wess Mitchell
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 422 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2019-10
Category : History
ISBN : 9780691196442

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The Grand Strategy of the Habsburg Empire by A. Wess Mitchell Pdf

The Habsburg Empire's grand strategy for outmaneuvering and outlasting stronger rivals in a complicated geopolitical world The Empire of Habsburg Austria faced more enemies than any other European great power. Flanked on four sides by rivals, it possessed few of the advantages that explain successful empires. Yet somehow Austria endured, outlasting Ottoman sieges, Frederick the Great, and Napoleon. A. Wess Mitchell tells the story of how this cash-strapped, polyglot empire survived for centuries in Europe's most dangerous neighborhood without succumbing to the pressures of multisided warfare. He shows how the Habsburgs played the long game in geopolitics, corralling friend and foe alike into voluntarily managing the empire's lengthy frontiers and extending a benign hegemony across the turbulent lands of middle Europe. The Grand Strategy of the Habsburg Empire offers lessons on how to navigate a messy geopolitical map, stand firm without the advantage of military predominance, and prevail against multiple rivals.

Author : David Carment,Patrick James
Publisher : University of Pittsburgh Pre
Page : 314 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780822971795

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Wars in the Midst of Peace by David Carment,Patrick James Pdf

This volume of essays assembles a diverse array of approaches to the problems of ethnic conflict, with researchers and scholars using pure theory, comparative case studies, and aggregate data analysis to approach the complex questions facing today's leaders.

Author : Manus I. Midlarsky
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2014-06-03
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781317645221

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The Internationalization of Communal Strife (Routledge Revivals) by Manus I. Midlarsky Pdf

First published in 1992, this edited collection argues that conflicts have a growing tendency both to intensify and to lengthen, thus increasing the likelihood of external actors being drawn into the on-going violence. Here, leading experts in comparative and international politics examine this tendency of communal conflicts to spill over into the international arena. They also look at the conditions under which these processes do not occur and are mediated successfully. The authors combine theoretical perspectives with case studies, covering examples from the origins of the First World War, to state building in Iraq, and whether it was a precursor of the Iran-Iraq War and the Gulf Crisis. They present both a global overview and a focus on the state as the single most important intermediary in the internationalization process. A comprehensive and relevant reissue, this volume will appeal to students and scholars of International Relations, Comparative Politics and Strategic Studies.

Author : Richard F. America
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 381 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2024-01-17
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9783031328046

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Accounting for Colonialism by Richard F. America Pdf

This book examines qualitatively and quantitatively the exploitation of African through colonialism and imperialism. The contribution included build on previous qualitative analyses of the effects of imperialism and colonialism in Africa. Chapters expand on that body of work and introduce new ways to measure some of the benefits that accrued to Europe and North America through centuries of systematic underpayments and overcharges that one can consider abuse of dominance. The collection also adds to an ongoing process that is related to the growing work related to reparations. This book, thereby, contributes to a process of changing international development assistance policy. It helps to create a basis for officially estimating the continuing gains from past and current actions against African economic, social, and political institutions and systems. This edited volume, which showcases a diversity of scholars and their perspectives, attempts to establish wrongful benefits and damages from almost 600 years of international harm to the African continent.

Author : Godfrey Mwakikagile
Publisher : New Africa Press
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2014-10-11
Category : History
ISBN : 9789987160495

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Congo in The Sixties by Godfrey Mwakikagile Pdf

The author looks at the former Belgian Congo during the turbulent sixties. He also looks at the events that followed, including American involvement, in the bleeding heart of Africa. Mercenaries from apartheid South Africa were also some of the most important players on the Congo scene during that period. The author also looks at the role a number of African countries such as Tanzania played in the Congo to help the pro-Lumumbist nationalist forces during that critical period in the history of the continent as colonial rule was coming to an end. Another important player on the Congo scene was Che Guevara together with a number of Cuban troops who entered Congo through Tanzania. Tanzania served as a conduit and as a rear base for them during their Congo mission. The author takes an in-depth look at the role of Che Guevara and the Cubans during the Congo crisis and at a number of other events which unfolded during that period. The Congo crisis was one of the most important political developments in the history of post-colonial Africa. And its impact is still felt today as the country continues to suffer from years of abuse and neglect, including external intervention, a fate it has endured since the sixties.

Author : Lois Swan Jones
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 762 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2013-12-16
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781135933456

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Art Information and the Internet by Lois Swan Jones Pdf

In the first book of its kind, art information expert Lois Swan Jones discusses how to locate visual and textual information on the Internet and how to evaluate and supplement that information with material from other formats--print sources, CD-ROMS, documentary videos, and microfiche sets--to produce excellent research results. The book is divided into three sections: Basic Information Formats; Types of Websites and How to Find Them; and How to Use Web Information. Jones discusses the strengths and limitations of Websites; scholarly and basic information resources are noted; and search strategies for finding pertinent Websites are included. Art Information and the Internet also discusses research methodology for studying art-historical styles, artists working in various media, individual works of art, and non-Western cultures--as well as art education, writing about art, problems of copyright, and issues concerning the buying and selling of art. This title will be periodically updated.

Author : Godfrey Mwakikagile
Publisher : New Africa Press
Page : 716 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : History
ISBN : 9789987160075

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Africa 1960 - 1970 by Godfrey Mwakikagile Pdf

The author looks at Africa in the sixties and at the major events which have shaped the destiny of the continent for decades since the end of colonial rule. Most of the countries had won independence by 1968. It was the euphoric and turbulent sixties when African countries were confronted with the harsh realities of nationhood including nation building and state consolidation. They were also years of military coups and assassinations as well as conflicts: the ouster of Kwame Nkrumah who led Ghana to become the first black African country to win independence; the Congo crisis including the secession of Katanga province and the assassination of Patrice Lumumba; the Nigerian civil war triggered by the secession of the Eastern Region which declared independence as the Republic of Biafra; the Zanzibar Revolution followed by the union of Tanganyika and Zanzibar which led to the creation of a new country, Tanzania, which is the only union of independent states ever formed on the continent; and liberation wars in the countries of southern Africa which were under white minority rule. There were many other events which took place across the continent during those years. Almost all the major events which have taken place on the continent through the decades can be traced back to the sixties in one way or another. That was when the foundations of the young African nations were laid. It was also during those years when African governments adopted and implemented policies, including imported -isms which had a profound impact on the continent for decades. It was probably the most important decade in the history of post-colonial Africa.

Author : Godfrey Mwakikagile
Publisher : New Africa Press
Page : 378 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2014-06-19
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9789987160341

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Africa in The Sixties by Godfrey Mwakikagile Pdf

This is a general survey of Africa in the sixties. The work focuses on the major events which took place across the continent during those years. It was the euphoric sixties, a period when Africans celebrated the end of colonial rule. Most of the countries on the continent won independence in the sixties. But they were also turbulent years marked by conflict. Some of the most tragic events during those years include the Congo crisis – the assassination of Patrice Lumumba, the secession of Katanga province, civil unrest across the country and intervention by external forces which turned Congo into the bleeding heart of Africa. Another tragedy was the Nigerian civil war. There was also the Zanzibar revolution. The sixties were also a decade of military coups, and much more. Its complementary volume, Remembering the Sixties: An African Experience, addresses other subjects on some of the major events which took place during those years. The sixties stand out as some of the most important years in the history of post-colonial Africa. It is a decade that will never be forgotten, especially by those, including the author, who were there during those days.

Author : Hermann Kinder,Werner Hilgemann
Publisher : Anchor
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 1974
Category : History
ISBN : STANFORD:36105041045472

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The Anchor Atlas of World History: From the Stone Age to the eve of the French Revolution by Hermann Kinder,Werner Hilgemann Pdf

The first of two volumes offers a unique combination of over 270 color maps and illustrations with a detailed chronological summary. The accompanying text gives full details of the main cultural, scientific, religious, and political events of the centuries from the Old Stone Age to the eve of the French Revolution.

Author : Roger G. Kennedy
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 527 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : History
ISBN : 0812213289

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Orders from France by Roger G. Kennedy Pdf

A revealing and controversial look at the pervasive influence and activities of the French in America during the years of the French Revolution--published in connection with the French bicentennial. 150 halftones, 3 maps.

Author : Andrew L. March
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Reference
ISBN : UOM:39015025393607

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Recommended Reference Books in Paperback by Andrew L. March Pdf

Over 900 in-print, high-quality paperback reference books, chosen on the basis of quality, availability and economy are encompassed by this second edition. Many valuable works available in paperback editions at substantial savings compared with their hardback editions (often overlooked in standard reviewing sources) are cited.

Author : Bohdan S. Wyner
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 860 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 1979-04
Category : Reference
ISBN : STANFORD:36105117839113

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American Reference Books Annual by Bohdan S. Wyner Pdf

1970- issued in 2 vols.: v. 1, General reference, social sciences, history, economics, business; v. 2, Fine arts, humanities, science and engineering.

Author : Mary Alice Deveny
Publisher : Littleton, Colo. : Libraries Unlimited
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 1981
Category : Reference
ISBN : UOM:39015004895655

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Recommended Reference Books in Paperback by Mary Alice Deveny Pdf