The sun is setting on the Western world. Slowly but surely, the direction in which the world spins has reversed: where for the last five centuries the globe turned westwards on its axis, it now turns to the east...For centuries, fame and fortune was to be found in the west - in the New World of the Americas. Today, it is the east which calls out to those in search of adventure and riches. The region stretching from eastern Europe and sweeping right across Central Asia deep into China and Indi...

Captures students’ interest in the everyday life of the past

Praised by instructors and students alike for its readability and attention to everyday life, the twelfth edition of A History of Western Society includes many tools to engage today's students and save instructors time. This edition features a comprehensive primary source program, five chapters devoted to the lives of ordinary people that make the past real and relevant, and the best and latest scholarship throughout.

Exploring the central themes in modern American cultural studies and discussing how these themes can be interpreted, American Cultural Studies offers a wide-ranging overview of different aspects of American cultural life such as religion, gender and sexuality, regionalism, and ethnicity and immigration. The fourth edition has been revised throughout to take into account the developments of the last four years. Updates and revisions include:discussion of Barack Obama's time in the White Housec...

Hundreds of books, long and short, have been written about the Chernobyl tragedy. Few people are left indifferent once they understand a little about the biggest technological catastrophe in history. Wladimir Tchertkoff's book "The Crime of Chernobyl - the Nuclear Gulag" occupies a central place in this library aboutChernobyl. Many journalists, like Wladimir Tchertkoff, a documentary film maker for Swiss television", were shocked by what they saw in the areas affected by the radioactive emiss...

You've heard the many slogans of Palestinian propaganda. They sound something like: "Palestinian terror is a logical result of the occupation," "Israel was established because of Western guilt over the Holocaust," or, "The settlements make peace impossible." If you've felt that these were misplaced but couldn't articulate the reason why, then this book is for you. This book gives you the answers. It blows away the haze of Palestinianpropaganda with real, verifiable facts.The chapters are sort...

Ten zuidwesten van Hoek van Holland, waar niet lang geleden nog meeuwen foerageerden boven het water van de Noordzee, ligt nu nieuw land, met spoor- en waterwegen en twee hypermoderne containerterminals. Dit nieuwe land is Maasvlakte 2, een project waar meer dan vijftien jaar van besluitvorming aan voorafging. Maasvlakte 2 is een voortzetting van eerdere havenuitbreidingen die Rotterdam na de Tweede Wereldoorlog tot de grootste haven ter wereld maakten. Lobby for Land beschrijft hoe het polit...

Praised by instructors and students alike for its readability and attention to everyday life, the twelfth edition of A History of Western Society includes many tools to engage today's students and save instructors time. This edition features a comprehensive primary source program, five chapters devoted to the lives of ordinary people that make the past real and relevant, and the best and latest scholarship throughout. With over 200 written and visual primary sources included in the document f...

Fully updated and carefully revised, this new 2nd edition of History by Numbers stands alone as the only textbook on quantitative methods suitable for students of history. Even the numerically challenged will find inspiration. Taking a problem-solving approach and using authentic historical data, it describes each method in turn, including its origin, purpose, usefulness and associated pitfalls.

The problems are developed gradually and with narrative skill, allowing readers to experience the ...

The idea of heritage as a "capital of irreplaceable cultural, social and economic value" was already present in the European Charter of the Architectural Heritage, adopted by the Council of Europe in 1975 (par.3). Today, this discourse is getting increasing attention on the research agenda. Some argue that, although heritage is always valued highly, the current interest in the impact of heritage is caused by the democratisation of heritage and the increased importance of heritage in today's s...

Oral history is increasingly acknowledged as a key tool for anyone studying the history of the recent past, and Oral History Theory provides a comprehensive, systematic and accessible overview of this important field. Combining the study of theories drawn from disciplines ranging from linguistics to psychoanalysis with the observations of practitioners and including extensive examples of oral history practice from around the world, this book constitutes the first integrated discussion of oral...