McNeely presents a compact history of Western culture via the institutions that have shaped knowledge from the classical period to the present.
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McNeely presents a compact history of Western culture via the institutions that have shaped knowledge from the classical period to the present.
In Harbinger of Modernity: Marcos Aguinis and the Democratization of Argentina , Dalia Wassner presents an integrated analysis of the civic work and literary oeuvre of Marcos Aguinis, who served as Secretary of Culture during Argentina's transition from dictatorship to democracy…
"This is the first modern, book-length study of the case of Thomas Aikenhead, the sometime University of Edinburgh student who in 1697 earned the unfortunate distinction of being the last person executed for blasphemy in Britain." "Taking a micro-historical approach, Michael F. …
"The Great War that engulfed Europe between 1914 and 1918 was a catastrophe for France. French soil was the site of most of the fighting on the Western Front. French dead were more than 1.3 million, the permanently disabled another 1.1 million, overwhelmingly men in their twenti…
The Great War that engulfed Europe between 1914 and 1918 was a catastrophe for France. French soil was the site of most of the fighting on the Western Front. French dead numbered more than 1.3 million, the permanently disabled another 1.1 million - overwhelmingly men in their tw…
Arabic Thought in the Liberal Age is the most comprehensive study of the modernizing trend of political and social thought in the Arab Middle East. Albert Hourani studies the way in which ideas about politics and society changed during the nineteenth and the first half of the tw…
"Due in no small part to his aversion to solitude, Samuel Johnson's life was situated within a rich social and intellectual community of friendships--and antagonisms. Community and Solitude is a collection of ten essays that explores relationships between Johnson and several of …
"Due in no small part to his aversion to solitude, Samuel Johnson's life was situated within a rich social and intellectual community of friendships--and antagonisms. Community and Solitude is a collection of ten essays that explores relationships between Johnson and several of …
Autobiografia di una nazione : memory and the Italian Resistance -- Resistance on screen : varieties of witnessing, modes of remembrance -- The Italian Resistance : of a literary "path" and a cinematic "stratagem"--La revisione di sé : women's autobiographies of the Resistance -…
