This volume provides a history of the computer which now comes properly up to the ubiquitous age, with new chapters that look at globalization, platformitization and regulation, allowing readers to engage with the more recent takeover by computers in their historical perspective. With the growing ubiquity of computers, the subject is one of interest to many students and this will feature in history of science and technology courses, and world history courses as well as ones specifically on co...

This one thousand year history of the civilization of western Europe has already been recognized in France as a scholarly contribution of the highest order and as a popular classic. Jacques Le Goff has written a book which will not only be read by generations of students and historians, but which will delight and inform all those interested in the history of medieval Europe. Part one, Historical Evolution , is a narrative account of the entire period, from the barbarian settlement of Roman Eu...

This new edition of one of the most widely used course books on Islamic civilizations around the world has been substantially revised to incorporate the new scholarship and insights of the last twenty-five years. Ira Lapidus' history explores the beginnings and transformations of Islamic civilizations in the Middle East and details Islam's worldwide diffusion. The history is divided into four parts.

Part I is a comprehensive account of pre-Islamic late antiquity; the beginnings of Islam; the ...

For sixty years, different groups in Europe have put forth interpretations of World War II and their respective countries' roles in it consistent with their own political and psychological needs. The conflict over the past has played out in diverse arenas, including film, memoirs, court cases, and textbooks. It has had profound implications for democratization and relations between neighboring countries.

This collection provides a comparative case study of how memories of World War II have be...

In this new edition of A Short History of the Middle Ages, Barbara H. Rosenwein offers a panoramic view of the medieval world from Iceland to China and from Sweden to West Africa. Yet the book never loses sight of the main contours of the period (c.300 to c.1500) or of the fate of the heirs of the Roman Empire.

Its lively and informative narrative covers the major events, political and religious movements, men and women, saints and sinners, economic and cultural changes, ideals, fears, and fa...

Europa. Voor de een slaat de naam op een staatkundig samenwerkings- en eenwordingsproject, voor de ander op 'Brusselse' instanties en regels waarmee Nederlanders te maken krijgen. Soms wordt gedoeld op een soort gemeenschap die probeert haar gezamenlijke economische en politieke belangen staande te houden op het wereldtoneel. Achter deze tegenstrijdige en stuk voor stuk omstreden betekenissen schuilt een vaag geheel van associaties en connotaties: de beeldvorming.In Spiegelpaleis Europa analy...

Although it has long been known that the Indonesian War of Independence was far more violent than generally assumed by the Dutch public, for a long time the tendency to downplay, ignore, or justify the scale and nature of this violence dominated. 'Tales of Violence' examines how politicians and administrators in both the Netherlands and Indonesia have dealt with this large-scale violence and poses painful questions.

How were the violence of war and the numerous excesses between 1945-1949 disc...

De militairen op de voorkant van dit boek zijn niet alleen met geweer en sabel afgebeeld, maar ook met een plattegrond van de vesting die belegerd of ontzet moest worden. Mondelinge aanwijzingen voor de bouw van vestingen, oorlogsschepen en wapentuig maakten rond 1600 plaats voor schriftelijke instructies. Het was prins Maurits die bij zijn legerhervormingen controle, boekhouding en verantwoording invoerde. Een goed leger moest goed gevoed en op tijd betaald worden. Dat kon alleen als uitgave...

Is ‘Hebban olla vogala’ echt het oudste zinnetje in het Nederlands? Waarom kondigde Maria van Bourgondië taalwetten af? Was de Statenbijbel het eerste boek in het Standaardnederlands? Was het Nederlands in Vlaanderen inderdaad belabberd tijdens het Verenigd Koninkrijk der Nederlanden? Waarom werd tante Sidonie in de jaren zestig tante Sidonia? Welke woorden en uitdrukkingen hebben we te danken aan Koot en Bie? Waarom zijn de Limburgse dialecten wel een erkende streektaal in Nederland e...

In guerrilla warfare such as the Indonesian War of Independence, intelligence is critical for achieving military success. No wonder, then, that the Netherlands and the Republic of Indonesia waged a grim intelligence war from 1945-1949 by means of espionage, infiltration and other – often extremely violent – methods, including the interrogation of prisoners. In addition, both Dutch and Indonesians set up – with varying degrees of success – an extensive alarm system to warn their own tr...