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!

Afro-Surinamers zijn de vrijverklaarde slaafgemaakten en hun nakomelingen. In deze publicatie gaat Chan Choenni na hoe het Afro-Surinamers is vergaan na de afschaffing van de slavernij in 1863 tot en met 1963. Hij geeft een levendig beeld van deze periode op basis van uitgebreid historisch onderzoek naar hun integratie in Suriname. Het heeft honderd jaar geduurd alvorens Afro-Surinamers politiek volwaardige burgers werden in Suriname. Hij stelt vast dat de Afro-Surinaamse groep na de Tweede ...

De prehistorie blijft veel mensen fascineren. Onze kennis over het verste menselijk verleden is er in de laatste decennia sterk op vooruit gegaan, maar we worden nog voortdurend met nieuwe methodologische en inhoudelijke ontwikkelingen geconfronteerd. Dit vierde volume in de reeks Historisch denken biedt op bevattelijke wijze een aantal recente wetenschappelijke inzichten uit de archeologie, antropologie en geschiedenis.

De auteurs zoomen in op onze vroegste voorouders, hun verspreiding over...

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...

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...

A brilliant new account of one of the world's most remote, mysterious and misunderstood places: Easter Island.

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...