Israel: An Anti-Textbook to the Most Misunderstood Country on Earth is The Case for Israel for fans of Drunk History and the Skimm: a personal, accessible, conversational “anti-textbook” moving chronologically from Biblical times to today, from one of Israel's most prominent activists and celebrities—now in trade paperback!

Op 19 juni 1867 wordt keizer Ferdinand Maximiliaan

door een vuurpeloton ter dood gebracht. Zijn laatste

woorden luiden: ‘Lang leve Mexico, lang leve de onafhankelijkheid.’

De executie is de climax van een buitengewoon

machtsspel. De Oostenrijkse aartshertog,

telg uit het illustere geslacht Habsburg en broer van de

Oostenrijkse keizer Frans Jozef, was door Napoleon iii

in Mexico op de troon gezet. In plaats van de hem

voorgespiegelde heldenontvangst wachtte hem een

burgeroorlog waar hij ni...

In Witte onschuld onderzoekt Gloria Wekker een centrale paradox in de Nederlandse samenleving: de passie en agressie die ras oproept, terwijl het bestaan van ras en racisme tegelijkertijd in alle toonaarden wordt ontkend. In haar verkenning van het dominante zelfbeeld van de witte Nederlander is het ‘culturele archief’ een leidend concept: de diep ingesleten attitudes en emoties die racisme in stand houden en hun oorsprong kennen in het koloniale verleden. Deze herziene editie bevat een n...

The Silk Road was the current name for a complex of ancient trade routes linking East Asia with Central Asia, South Asia, and the Mediterranean world. This network of exchange emerged along the borders between agricultural China and the steppe nomads during the Han Dynasty (206BCE-220CE), in consequence of the inter-dependence and the conflicts of these two distinctive societies. In their quest for horses, fragrances, and spices, gems, glassware, and other exotics from the lands to their west...

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...