A detailed and authoritative account of the last two centuries of the development of 'Western' medicine, a tradition now important everywhere in the world. It is a new account, written by leading experts who not only describe the most important people, events, and transformation…
For far too long, the history of the modern era has been written as a history of isolated nation states. This book which presents both interpretation and primary source documents challenges a nation-centred account, exploring the interconnected and interrelated nature of societi…
4e de couv.: Qu'est-ce que le colonialisme et comment peut-on en écrire l'histoire ? Pourquoi les études coloniales suscitent-elles un regain d'intérêt depuis les années 1980 ? Comment des concepts tels que " identité ", " globalisation " et " modernité " sont-ils utilisés par l…
4e de couv.: Qu'est-ce que le colonialisme et comment peut-on en écrire l'histoire ? Pourquoi les études coloniales suscitent-elles un regain d'intérêt depuis les années 1980 ? Comment des concepts tels que " identité ", " globalisation " et " modernité " sont-ils utilisés par l…
"Women at Work presents the field of rhetorical studies with fifteen chapters that center on gender, rhetoric, and work in the US in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Feminist scholars explore women's labor evangelism in the textile industry, the rhetorical constructions o…
"Visions of the Land looks at the period from 1840 to 1970 through the works of seven explorers, scientists, and writers, in order to examine the various ways our culture has viewed nature. In this ambitious work, Michael A. Bryson draws upon a wide array of references (narrativ…
"The growing importance of business in the economic and social life of the country notwithstanding, research on the formative phases of Indian business is almost non-existent. The Oxford History of Indian Business is one of the first to provide an analysis of the roots of modern…
"The growing importance of business in the economic and social life of the country notwithstanding, research on the formative phases of Indian business is almost non-existent. The Oxford History of Indian Business is one of the first to provide an analysis of the roots of modern…
Since the early nineteenth century, mesmerists, mediums and psychics have exhibited extraordinary phenomena. These have been demonstrated, reported and disputed by every modern generation. We continue to wonder why people believe in such things, while others wonder why they are …
Die interdisziplinären Bewegungen innerhalb der Literaturwissenschaft in den letzten Jahrzehnten und die Formierung neuer Disziplinen wie Kulturwissenschaften und Medienwissenschaften machen diese zu einem eigentümlichen Unruheherd im Feld der Geisteswissenschaften. So erfährt g…
In der deutschen Geistesgeschichte wurde seit Hegel und Hölderlin die Geschichte als tragischer Prozess verstanden. Ein Drama wie die Antigone des Sophokles sollte als das vollkommenste Werk der Kunst die griechische Deutung des Miteinanders der Menschen und der Götter zeigen. H…
