alibi251

Prezent
Ulubiony
Wiadomość

widziany: 26.06.2019 13:29

159
83
3670
3098

7381 plików
100,39 GB

Ostatnio pobierane pliki

Richard F. Hamilton, Holger H. Herwig - Decisions for ....pdf

Andrew Tyrrell, William O. Frazer - Social Identity in....pdf

Peter McPhee - The French Revolution, 1789-1799 (2002).pdf

Bruce Springsteen - The Promise [2010].rar

Tabish Khair - The Gothic, Postcolonialism and Otherne....pdf

Ralph D. Sawyer- Ancient Chinese Warfare (2011).pdf

George Robert Elford - Devil's Guard (1972).pdf

Osprey - Men-at-Arms 284 - C.J. Peers - Imperial Chine....pdf

Eric H. Cline - Jerusalem Besieged, From Ancient Canaa....pdf

Robert G. Moeller - War Stories, The Search for a Usab....pdf

All History

Galeria

sortuj według:
nazwa
typ pliku
rozmiar
data dodania

« poprzednia strona następna strona »

11,1 MB
16 gru 11 2:49

Karin Tilmans - Performing the Past; Memory, Histo ry, and Identity in Modern Europe (2010).pdf

zachomikowany

234 KB
16 gru 11 2:49

Martha Himmelfarb - A Kingdom of Priests; Ancestry and Merit in Ancient Judaism (2010).jpg

According to the account in the Book of Exodus, God addresses the children of Israel as they stand before Mt. Sinai with the words, "You shall be to me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation" (19:6). The sentence, Martha Himmelfarb observes, is paradoxical, for priests are by definition a minority, yet the meaning in context is clear: the entire people is holy. The words also point to some significant tensions in the biblical understanding of the people of Israel. If the entire people is holy, why does it need priests? If membership in both people and priesthood is a matter not of merit but of birth, how can either the people or its priests hope to be holy? How can one reconcile the distance between the honor due the priest and the actual behavior of some who filled the role? What can the people do to make itself truly a kingdom of priests?
Himmelfarb argues that these questions become central in Second Temple Judaism. She considers a range of texts from this period, including the Book of Watchers, the Book of Jubilees, legal documents from the Dead Sea Scrolls, the writings of Philo of Alexandria, and the Book of Revelation of the New Testament, and goes on to explore rabbinic Judaism's emphasis on descent as the primary criterion for inclusion among the chosen people of Israel—a position, she contends, that took on new force in reaction to early Christian disparagement of the idea that mere descent from Abraham was sufficient for salvation.

zachomikowany

5,3 MB
16 gru 11 2:49

Martha Himmelfarb - A Kingdom of Priests; Ancestry and Merit in Ancient Judaism (2010).pdf

zachomikowany

138 KB
16 gru 11 2:49

James R. Farr - Authority and Sexuality in Early M odern Burgundy (1550-1730) (1995).jpg

A sociocultural analysis of the relationships among law, religion, and sexual morality in Burgundy during the Catholic Reformation, this book is divided into two, interrelated parts: the world of prescription and the world of practice. The first part examines the construction of authority, focusing primarily upon Burgundy's dominant elite legal community. The second part of the book examines the deployment of authority, and its appropriation by French men and women. The new moral order focused on sexuality and the imposition of this order involved a legal contest over the disposition of bodies, both male and female, be they priests, courting couples, victims of seduction or rape, or prostitutes. James Farr's book offers an unusually fertile approach to study the link between sexuality and criminality.

zachomikowany

16,4 MB
16 gru 11 2:49

James R. Farr - Authority and Sexuality in Early M odern Burgundy (1550-1730) (1995).pdf

zachomikowany

33 KB
16 gru 11 2:49

Jost Dülffer, Marc Frey - Elites and Decolonizatio n in the Twentieth Century (2011).jpg

All History - Jost Dlffer, Marc Frey - Elites and Decolonization in the Twentieth Century 2011.jpg

Decolonization changed the spatial order of the globe, the imagination of men and women around the world and established images of the globe. Both individuals and social groups shaped decolonization itself: this volume puts agency squarely at the center of debate by looking at elites and leaders who changed the course of history across the world.

zachomikowany

1,0 MB
16 gru 11 2:49

Jost Dülffer, Marc Frey - Elites and Decolonizatio n in the Twentieth Century (2011).pdf

zachomikowany

39 KB
16 gru 11 2:49

Michael Wintle, Menno Spiering - European Identity and the Second World War (2011).jpg

The two concepts at the centre of this book: Europe, and the Second World War, are constantly changing in public perception. Now that 'Europe' is an even more contested idea than ever, this volume informs the current discourse on European identity by analysing Europe's reaction to the tragedy, heroism and disgrace of the Second World War.

zachomikowany

2,0 MB
16 gru 11 2:49

Michael Wintle, Menno Spiering - European Identity and the Second World War (2011).pdf

zachomikowany

304 KB
16 gru 11 2:49

Irma Thoen – Strategic Affection; Gift Exchange in Seventeenth-Century Holland (2007).jpg

Since the early days of humanity, gifts as varied as valued objects, hospitality, and works of art have been an essential means of establishing and maintaining social ties. Strategic Affection? studies the exchange of gifts in order to explore the nature of seventeenth-century Dutch social relations. Looking at such widely divergent figures as schoolmasters, artisans, poets, and nobles, Irma Thoen compares seventeenth-century Dutch gifts with contemporary gift exchanges to show that both strategy and affection are necessary elements of any social relations—and that what changes most is not the system but the discourse of exchange.

zachomikowany

1,4 MB
16 gru 11 2:49

Irma Thoen – Strategic Affection; Gift Exchange in Seventeenth-Century Holland (2007).pdf

zachomikowany

259 KB
16 gru 11 2:49

Roger Henry - Synchronized Chronology; Rethinking Middle East Antiquity (2003).jpg

The Synchronized Chronology resolves the structural problems of Egyptian chronology and then outlines the correct history of the Middle East and Mediterranean time of Abraham and his wandering into the Empire of Alexander the Great. Recognizing some overlapping of dates and names in Manetho's List of Kings, frees history to place pharaohs and dynasties where archaeology supports their existence. This resolves a myriad of discrepancies and unlikely assumptions that historians have been forced to swallow, and neatly opens the way to synchronizing Egyptian dynasties with Biblical chronology.

zachomikowany

5,3 MB
16 gru 11 2:49

Roger Henry - Synchronized Chronology; Rethinking Middle East Antiquity (2003).pdf

zachomikowany

290 KB
16 gru 11 2:49

Simon J. Bronner – Crossing the Line; Violence, Pl ay, and Drama in Naval Equator Traditions (2007).jpg

For centuries, new sailors from European and North American countries have been subjected to an elaborate hazing at sea called “crossing the line.” Typically initiated upon a crossing of the equator, the beatings, dunkings, sexual play, and drinking displays that constitute crossing the line have in recent decades been banned by some fleets— but they have also been the subject of staunch defenses and fond reminiscences. Crossing the Line studies the purpose and the changing meaning of the ceremony, substantially revising long-held assumptions.

zachomikowany

5,3 MB
16 gru 11 2:49

Simon J. Bronner – Crossing the Line; Violence, Pl ay, and Drama in Naval Equator Traditions (2007).pdf

zachomikowany

392 KB
16 gru 11 2:49

Emmeline Besamusca, Jaap Verheul – Discovering the Dutch; On Culture and Society of the Netherlands (2010).jpg

What are the most salient and sparkling facts about the Netherlands that those interested in its history need to know? This volume tackles the heart of this question of Dutch identity through a number of essential themes that run through the culture, history, and society of the Netherlands. Running the gamut from the Randstad to the Dutch Golden Age, from William of Orange to Anne Frank, Discovering the Dutch uses a series of charming vignettes written by academic experts in their fields in order to address historical and contemporary issues such as immigration, tolerance, and the struggle against water, as well as issues of culture—painting, literature, architecture, and design among them.

zachomikowany

16,9 MB
16 gru 11 2:49

Emmeline Besamusca, Jaap Verheul – Discovering the Dutch; On Culture and Society of the Netherlands (2010).pdf

zachomikowany

118 KB
16 gru 11 2:49

Guy Halsall - Settlement and Social Organization; The Merovingian Region of Metz (2002).jpg

This book is a regional study of what is now northern Lorraine during the period between the end of the Roman Empire and the accession of Charlemagne. It covers a broad range of historical themes, looking at all areas of society and the settlements in which it lived. Adopting a new multi-disciplinary methodology that integrates historical and archaeological evidence, it argues that early medieval society was not stagnant, as is often thought, but was both diverse and open to constant change.

zachomikowany

4,3 MB
16 gru 11 2:49

Guy Halsall - Settlement and Social Organization; The Merovingian Region of Metz (2002).pdf

zachomikowany

36 KB
16 gru 11 2:49

Corey Ross, Pamela Swett, Fabrice dAlmeida - Pleas ure and Power in Nazi Germany (2011).jpg

Although we associate the Third Reich above all with suffering, pain and fear, pleasure played a central role in its social and cultural dynamics. This book explores the relationship between the rationing of pleasures as a means of political stabilization and the pressure on the Nazi regime to cater to popular cultural expectations.

zachomikowany

3,1 MB
16 gru 11 2:49

Corey Ross, Pamela Swett, Fabrice dAlmeida - Pleas ure and Power in Nazi Germany (2011).pdf

zachomikowany

435 KB
16 gru 11 2:49

Geoff Mortimer - Wallenstein; The Enigma of the Th irty Years War (2010).jpg

A minor Bohemian nobleman who within the space of a few years became a prince and one of the greatest landowners of his age; a military entrepreneur who twice saved the Holy Roman Emperor from disaster with armies he raised, financed and led, but was then twice dismissed; an able general who rescued the Empire from invasion by the Swedish King Gustavus II Adolphus, but was accused of planning to defect to the self-same Swedes; the emperor's commander-in-chief, but assassinated on the emperor's orders; a successful soldier who fell because he tried too hard to make peace; Wallenstein was all these things. Contemporary legends and propaganda were taken up by early biographers of this fascinating character to create a historical myth, elements of which are still present in many more recent accounts. In this book, Geoff Mortimer sets out to clarify the picture and to resolve the enigma.

zachomikowany

265 KB
16 gru 11 2:49

Peter Morris - Science for the Nation; Perspective s on the History of the Science Museum (2010).jpg

This latest volume in the definitive six-volume biography of Herbert Hoover tracks Hoover’s life and career from 1918 to 1928—a period defined largely by his role as United States Secretary of Commerce and leading directly to his election as the thirty-first President of the United States. It tells the story of how Hoover the engineering progressive turned relief and war manager developed a public philosophy for dealing with a wide array of problems. It also fits Hoover into the larger thought, action, and developmental patterns of the period, interweaving his family matters, business affairs, and other projects with the larger historical context.

zachomikowany

6,3 MB
16 gru 11 2:49

Peter Morris - Science for the Nation; Perspective s on the History of the Science Museum (2010).pdf

zachomikowany

161 KB
16 gru 11 2:49

Sheila Lawlor - Churchill and the Politics of War, 1940-1941 (1994).jpg

This is a new examination of the politics of strategy and the background to them during Churchill's first year as Britain's wartime leader. It draws extensively both on official archives and on the private papers of many of the political and military leaders. Among the individual topics considered and reinterpreted are Churchill's relations with Chamberlain and the Conservative Party, the political repercussions of the fall of France and the Battle of Britain, and the emergence of a strategy for the Middle East and Greece that would affect the postwar settlement of Europe.

zachomikowany

3,5 MB
16 gru 11 2:49

Sheila Lawlor - Churchill and the Politics of War, 1940-1941 (1994).pdf

zachomikowany

217 KB
16 gru 11 2:49

Cesar Caviedes - El Nino in History; Storming Thro ugh the Ages (2001).jpg

Cesar Caviedes provides a comprehensive historical account of El Nino, the fascinating and disruptive weather phenomenon that has affected weather cycles all over the globe for thousands of years. Combining scientific accuracy with readable presentation, he brings together all existing information, references and clues about past El Nino occurrences and their impact on political, military, social, economic and environmental history. This sweeping demonstration of the impact of climatic fluctuation on human history should be fascinating to the scientific community as well as to the general public. From the extraordinary discovery of Easter Island and Pizarro's conquest of the Incas to the defeat of both Napoleon and Hitler in Russia and the sinking of the Titanic, Caviedes shows how this enigmatic phenomenon has swayed the course of history and human affairs. Seaching historical sources, traditional accounts, archaeological findings and geological evidence in North America, South America and Europe, Caviedes discusses at length the toll that El Ninos have taken on populations in various parts of the world and offers an overview of La Nina, the equally feared twin.

Presenting basic concepts necessary to understand the oceanic and meteorological processes associated with El Nino, Caviedes explains how air flows from the Pacific Ocean export heat and humidity to distant parts of the world, describes the impact of these climatic variations on ecological systems, and discusses the methods used to track down past episodes of El Nino and La Nina. He also looks back at the origins of the term "El Nino" among regional fishermen in northern Peru during colonial times and presents a compilation of El Nino events that have occurred in recent centuries.

zachomikowany

4,2 MB
16 gru 11 2:49

Cesar Caviedes - El Nino in History; Storming Thro ugh the Ages (2001).pdf

zachomikowany

21 KB
16 gru 11 2:49

Paul Monod - Loyalty and Identity; Jacobites at Ho me and Abroad (2020).jpg

This collection of essays provides a series of fresh approaches to a fascinating subject: Jacobitism. The contributors focus on issues of identity and memory among Jacobites in Scotland, Ireland, England and Europe. They examine Jacobitism as an integral aspect of culture and society in the British Isles and beyond during the century after 1688.

zachomikowany