This book demythologises the Hitlerjugend Division. Using an innovative social psychology approach, it provides insights into the psychological mechanisms that facilitated their moral disengagement, culminating in the division’s unparalleled combat motivation and war crimes.
These wide-ranging essays are based on new research and linked by a vigorous methodology. Some re-visit well-known historians and subjects. Others make a convincing case for resurrecting the neglected or forgotten. All are problem solving and reach outwards, as well as inwards.
This volume presents collaborative research on key issues in medical science and public health. Topics include manufacturing vaccines in Africa, preventing HIV/AIDS and cancer, decreasing global childhood cancer disparities, and improving sanitation and health practices.
Voices on the Loss of National Independence in Korea and Vietnam, 1890-1920
This comparative study of anti-colonial movements in Korea and Vietnam examines two protagonists. Molded by shared pasts, they dealt with their countries’ condition and envisioned an alternative world order that has pertinence today.
This book explores patterns in Jewish history, diagnosing a national neurosis as the cause for four previous fiascos. It explains what must be done in the twenty-first century to prevent past tragedies from recurring and secure the future of the Jewish nation.
Modern Raman Microscopy
This book presents confocal Raman microscopy, a powerful technique to noninvasively characterize complex samples with sub-micron resolution. It highlights the key aspects of this technique for practical application, appealing to researchers, engineers, and novice users.
Working Women, 1800-2017
This book examines how women have adapted their dual role as carers and breadwinners, from the industrial revolution to the digital age. Drawing on original fieldwork, this volume sheds new light on gender, family, and labour issues across Europe.
The Life of James Hamilton Stanhope (1788-1825)
A soldier present at the deaths of Prime Minister William Pitt and General Sir John Moore, James Stanhope’s life was marked by war and tragedy. This first biography uses his letters and diaries to reveal his short, idyllic marriage and the heartbreak that led to his suicide.
Horace’s Sermones is an artwork of enormous originality. It is the work of an outsider grappling with identity during a pivotal time in Roman history, detailing a journey from ‘nobody’ to ‘somebody’ in a simultaneous invention of the poet and reinvention of a poetic genre.
From the Ancient Near East to Christian Byzantium
This book combines the history of religions with Byzantine studies to analyze kings, symbols, and cities. It demonstrates how the ancient pagan ruler cult was gradually replaced by the ruler becoming subordinate to Christ, the ‘Master of All’ (Pantokrator).
Data, New Technologies, and Global Imbalances
The idea that technology is neutral is untenable. Pervasive data shapes our world, creating innovation but also deep imbalances. This book explores these risks and asks: How can policymakers address this? Should data be public? Do we need a global data-governance structure?
Mindoro and Lingayen Liberated
From Dec 1944 to Jan 1945, two Allied invasions in the Philippines turned the tide against Japan. This book covers the battles of Mindoro Island and Lingayen Gulf, focusing on the devastating Kamikaze attacks on Allied ships and the war crimes of high-ranking Japanese officers.
This book presents 15 papers by specialists on Late Antique Egypt. Articles deal with its history, from monasticism to the Arab conquest. Other contributions provide new writings and readings of texts from inscriptions, papyri and ostraca, offering a close-up look at the period.
Ambrose was a protean figure whose motives are not always clear. This interdisciplinary volume investigates his efforts to create social cohesion for Nicaean Christianity against heresy and paganism by fusing Graeco-Roman and Judeo-Christian intellectual traditions.
A “Biography” of Lynchburg
Lynchburg, Virginia, is not a typical Southern city. It thrived on manufacture, not agriculture, while retaining its cultural identity. A city with enormous vitality and resiliency, it has a soul. This book covers its infrastructure, legacy, economics, and key defining moments.
Edward Long’s Libel of Africa
This book examines Edward Long’s 1774 History of Jamaica as a catalyst for British racial supremacy. Long vehemently denigrated Africans in a work of race vilification whose unjust ramifications for black people are still felt in Britain today.
This history of computing from 1950 to 1970 reveals how an arithmetic machine evolved into a cornerstone of global society. Pioneers laid the platform for a social revolution, leading to the phone in your pocket and the PC on your desk. No one saw this coming.
Issues of Identity Metamorphoses in Transitional Epochs
In our transition to a global society, what happens to our identity? This book explores how collective and individual identity have evolved during major transitional periods, providing real-life examples of change for individuals and social groups.
South Arabian Long-Distance Trade in Antiquity
In pre-Islamic times, South Arabia was a crossroads linking the Near East with Africa and the Mediterranean with India. The region is unique, with a written history extending to the first millennium BCE. This volume explores the history and languages of ancient South Arabia.
A Traditionalist History of the Great War, Book II
Combining Sacred Geography and Sea Power, this book offers a Traditionalist perspective on the choices facing the Ten Great Powers on the eve of the Great War. It shows the world of 1914 on its own terms, free from the projections of contemporary historiography.
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