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  • af University of Vienna, Professor of History, Austria) Pohl & mfl.
    1.386,95 kr.

    This book deals with the ways empires affect smaller communities and vice versa. It raises the question how these different types of community were integrated into larger imperial structures, and how tensions between local and central interests affected the development of the post-Roman West, Byzantium and the early Islamic world.

  • - A Short History
    af Gillis J. (Professor of History, Professor of History & Grove City College) Harp
    543,95 kr.

    This short book explores the complicated relationship between Protestants and American conservatism from colonial times to the recent past. It connects the dots in an accessible way that sheds new light on the Religious Right that has garnered public attention since the 1980s.

  • - Selections from the Diary
    af The Graduate Center, Matthew (associate professor of history, CUNY) Waldstreicher, mfl.
    403,95 - 415,95 kr.

    John Quincy Adams's long diary (late 1780s-mid 1840s) offers a unique perspective on the history of the early republic. For the first time, David Waldstreicher and Matthew Mason produce an edition of the diary that is not only of accessible length but also focused on one central issue: the politics of slavery.

  • - A Life of Alexander the Great
    af Professor of History, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill) Naiden & F. S. (Professor of History
    216,95 - 336,95 kr.

    Soldier, Priest, and God is the first life of Alexander the Great to explore his religious experience. F. S. Naiden puts Alexander the Great's experience in Egypt and Asia on a par with his Macedonian upbringing and Greek education and explains how the European conqueror became a Muslim saint.

  • - Exploring Modes of Communication in the Ancient World
    af Jr., University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill) Talbert, mfl.
    1.383,95 kr.

    Mercury's Wings marks a milestone as the first-ever volume devoted to ancient communications. Its eighteen wide-ranging essays by art historians, Assyriologists, Classicists and Egyptologists explore communications as a powerful vehicle not just for the transmission of information, but also for the conduct of religion, commerce, diplomacy, culture and more.

  • - A History in Documents
    af Professor of History, Florida State University) Gray & Edward G. (Professor of History
    679,95 kr.

    By examining the lives of the colonists through their own words-in diaries, letters, sermons, newspaper columns, and poems-Colonial America: A History in Documents, Second Edition, reveals how immigrants, despite their vast differences, laid the foundations for a new nation.

  • - From Pagan Ritual to Party Night
    af Professor of History, Nicholas (Professor of History & York University) Rogers
    386,95 kr.

    Boasting a rich, complex history in Celtic and Christian ritual, Halloween has evolved from ethnic celebration to a blend of street festival, fright night, and vast commercial enterprise. In this colorful history, Nicholas Rogers takes a lively, entertaining look at the cultural origins and development of one of the most popular holidays of the year.