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_Knowledge_Is_Power
[ebook_store ebook_id=”6959″]Brown here explores America’s first communications revolution–the revolution that made printed goods and public oratory widely available and, by means of the steamboat, railroad and telegraph, sharply accelerated the pace at which information travelled. He describes the day-to-day experiences of dozens of men and women, and in the process illuminates the social dimensions of…
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_Changing_Landscapes _ The-Development of the_International_Tropical_ Timber_Organization and Its Influence on_Tropical_Forest_Management
[ebook_store ebook_id=”6625″]This is the history of the International Tropical Timber Organization (ITTO); its aims, policies and achievements, through drawing on contemporary records and the author’s own wide experience. The book uses examination of past successes and failures to formulate a 21st-century agenda for the most practical ways of improving the management of forests and deciding…
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_Engineers of_Dreams _Great_Bridge_Builders and the_Spanning of_America
[ebook_store ebook_id=”6511″] Petroski reveals the science and engineering–not to mention the politics, egotism, and sheer magic–behind America’s great bridges, particularly those constructed during the great bridge-building era starting in the 1870s and continuing through the 1930s. It is the story of the men and women who built the St. Louis, the George Washington, and the…
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_ICE_Manual of_Bridge_Engineering_2nd Ed
[ebook_store ebook_id=”6503″] The fully revised, restructured and updated second edition of the ICE Manual of Bridge Engineering has been written and edited by a team of leading experts and presents valuable contributions from across the field within a single resource. The second edition comprehensively addresses key topic within bridge engineering, from history and aesthetics to…
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The_Creation of the_State of_Israel
[ebook_store ebook_id=”6474″] Grade 10 Up—This collection of excerpts and essays provides a solid foundation in the history of one of today’s most complex and controversial situations. The introduction is an overview of Zionism and Jewish immigration to Palestine before 1948. Several excerpts from British newspapers discuss the British mandate in Palestine after the First World…
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_Economics and_World_History_Myths and_Paradoxes
[ebook_store ebook_id=”6470″] Paul Bairoch sets the record straight on twenty commonly held myths about economic history. Among these are that free trade and population growth have historically led to periods of economic growth; that a move away from free trade caused the Great Depression; and that colonial powers in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries…
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_Encyclopedia of_Latin_America_4 Vol set
[ebook_store ebook_id=”6466″] Authoritative yet accessible, the four-volume Encyclopedia of Latin America covers the history and culture of Central America, South America, and the Caribbean from early settlements to the present day. Each volume focuses on a specific time period in the area’s development. The first volume explores prehistory through the achievements of the Incas in the 16th century, and…
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_Axial_Civilizations and_World_History (Jerusalem Studies in Religion and Culture)
[ebook_store ebook_id=”6462″] The overarching theme of the book is the historical meaning of the Axial Age, commonly defined as a period of several centuries around the middle of the last millennium BCE, and its cultural innovations. The civilizational patterns that grew out of this exceptionally creative phase are a particularly rewarding theme for comparative analysis.…
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_Technology_A_World_History
[ebook_store ebook_id=”6458″] Today technology has created a world of dazzling progress, growing disparities of wealth and poverty, and looming threats to the environment. Technology: A World History offers an illuminating backdrop to our present moment–a brilliant history of invention around the globe. Historian Daniel R. Headrick ranges from the Stone Age and the beginnings of agriculture to…
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eligion in_World_History-_The_Persistence of_Imperial_Communion
[ebook_store ebook_id=”6454″] In Religion and World History, distinguished authors John C. Super and Briane K. Turley examine the value of religion for interpreting the human experience in the past and present. They explore the elements of religion which best connect it to the cultural and political dynamics that have influenced history. Working within this framework, Super…
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_Servants of the_Dynasty-_Palace_Women in_World History
[ebook_store ebook_id=”6450″] Mothers, wives, concubines, entertainers, attendants, officials, maids, drudges. By offering the first comparative view of the women who lived, worked, and served in royal courts around the globe, this work opens a new perspective on the monarchies that have dominated much of human history. Written by leading historians, anthropologists, and archeologists, these lively…
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A_World_History of_Nineteenth-Century_Archaeology_Nationalism_Colonialism and the_Past (Oxford Studies in the History of_Archaeology)
[ebook_store ebook_id=”6446″] Margarita Diaz-Andreu offers an innovative history of archaeology during the nineteenth century, encompassing all its fields from the origins of humanity to the medieval period, and all areas of the world. The development of archaeology is placed within the framework of contemporary political events, with a particular focus upon the ideologies of nationalism…
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_Encyclopedia of_Capitalism (Facts on File Library of_World History) 3 VOL1
[ebook_store ebook_id=”6442″] The first and only encyclopedic set focusing exclusively on this phenomenon, Encyclopedia of Capitalism provides clearly written definitions, descriptions, and explanations of topics and terms that one is likely to encounter when studying capitalism. With more and more countries participating in capitalist business practices, this work serves as a timely, accessible reference on…
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The_Silk_Road in_World_History
[ebook_store ebook_id=”6438″] This book is part of the New Oxford World History, an innovative series that offers readers an informed, lively, and up-to-date history of the world and its people that represents a signifi cant change from the “old” world history. Only a few years ago, world history generally amounted to a history of the…
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_Encyclopedia of_War_Crimes and_Genocide
[ebook_store ebook_id=”6434″] The title Encyclopedia of War Crimes and Genocide was chosen for the sake of simplicity and compression, because the book’s scope extends to such topics as crimes against humanity, crimes against peace, and human rights violations. Many of the individuals profiled here—a veritable “rogues’ gallery”—were never formally indicted for war crimes; indeed, they…
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The Turks in World History
[ebook_store ebook_id=”6430″] Beginning in Inner Asia two thousand years ago, the Turks have migrated and expanded to form today’s Turkish Republic, five post-Soviet republics, other societies across Eurasia, and a global diaspora. For the first time in a single, accessible volume, this book traces the Turkic peoples’ trajectory from steppe, to empire, to nation-state. Cultural,…
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_Encyclopedia Of The_Palestinians
[ebook_store ebook_id=”6426″] Praise for the previous edition: Selected as an “Outstanding Reference Source, 2000” RUSA Selected as an “Editors’ Choice Reference Source, 2000” Booklist/RBB “This encyclopedia will remain a definitive work on Palestine for years to come. Highly recommended for public and academic libraries.” Library Journal By mid-2004, Palestinian attacks, including suicide bombings, directed at Israelis in the…
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_Teaching_English to the_World_History_Curriculum and_Practice
[ebook_store ebook_id=”6421″] Teaching English to the World: History, Curriculum, and Practice is a unique collection of English language teaching (ELT) histories, curricula, and personal narratives from non-native speaker (NNS) English teachers around the world. No other book brings such a range of international ELT professionals together to describe and narrate what they know best. The book…