This book analyzes Zionism, from its origins in European antisemitism to its implantation in historic Palestine. It maps its development since the creation of Israel and examines the consequences: the occupation, the violation of inhabitants’ rights, and Hamas’s response.
Daimonic Imagination
This volume of essays celebrates the daimonic presence—god, angel, muse, spirit—and its role in inspired creativity. Contributors evoke the daimon through history, literature, and encounter, exploring humanity’s relationship with mysterious and numinous reality.
In Virginia’s Shenandoah Valley, a false myth denies the history of enslavement. This book challenges it by refocusing on the narratives of two enslaved individuals, asserting they were astute historians who knew they were amending the historical record that had kept them absent.
Gáldy presents the history, art, and architecture of 25 of the main Florentine churches. She also provides plans and photos of the façades, and introduces important vocabulary and the main textual sources of the 13th to the 17th centuries.
Latin America and the Global Political Stage
This collection of essays on international relations provides a global view of diplomacy with a special focus on Latin America. Featuring contributions by recognized authorities, it considers the most recent developments, including the concept of Trumpism.
Though much has been written on the Grenada Revolution and its untimely demise, the majority of authors have been non-Grenadian. All the contributors here, except one, are Grenadian, giving voice to persons who were active participants, children, teenagers, and young adults.
The Rhetoric of Emperor Hirohito
This book investigates the wartime role of Emperor Hirohito and the transition of the Emperor System. It explores three episodes of the wartime experience: the initiation of the conflict, accomplishing an end to the war, and the transition to post-war society.
This illustrated historical study investigates 1960s Greek advertising and its focus on female consumption. It reveals the key role of Greek women, not just as consumers, but as protagonists in shaping a new consumer model imported from the United States.
This book uses geometry as the cornerstone for visualization. Through linguistic deduction, discover innovative solutions for aesthetic design that can be transformed into mathematical equations. Each chapter is written independently and may be read in any order.
The Diarists of 1940
Witness 1940 unfold in real-time through the unfiltered diaries of seven key figures. From Nazi propagandist Göbbels and Italy’s Foreign Minister to a British General and a persecuted German Jew, they recorded history as it happened, without the benefit of hindsight.
History books frequently refer to similarities between the Italian region of Piedmont and the United Kingdom, but neglect the people who contribute to it. Though providing a brief history of this relationship, this work instead focuses on examining it on an individual level.
Churchill likened Lloyd George’s attitude to Germany to Marshal Pétain. This book reveals why. Believing Germany was an underdog, Lloyd George supported appeasement even during Hitler’s chancellorship and advocated a compromise peace during World War Two.
The Burning of Byron’s Memoirs
A collection of essays on Byron’s life and work, informed by primary texts. The title essay is hailed as the best-ever documentation of the disgraceful destruction of Byron’s Memoirs. For anyone interested in Byron, this is essential reading.
Chymia
This book consists of selected papers on the history of alchemy, shedding light on little-studied medieval and early modern texts, important doctrines, and prominent figures like Paracelsus. It also offers new insights on the history of Spanish alchemy.
From Distant Tales
The most comprehensive book on Sumatra in over half a century. Despite its major role in world trade for 2,000 years, its rich culture and archaeology have been surprisingly neglected. This volume by leading authorities remedies this defect.
The Common Touch
Beginning where volume one of The Common Touch leaves off, selections of English popular literature from the Restoration to the mid-years of the eighteenth century are offered in this second and final volume.
The Ruins
This is the first modern, English edition of The Ruins (1791). C. F. Volney’s exemplary Enlightenment work on history, religion, and civil unrest, provides an invaluable window into the historical anxieties of intellectuals at the beginning of the French Revolution.
This book explores history through a multi-paradigmatic approach, applying four diverse worldviews to key historical concepts and events. It shows how understanding different paradigms leads to a more comprehensive and balanced understanding of our multi-faceted past.
Genetically Modified Organisms
The rejection of GMOs is fueled by a misdirected struggle that fosters public fear. This book explains this contemporary taboo and calls for the well-regulated use of all biotechnological innovations, ending a stalemate which stymies public research and its benefits.
The Politics of Civil Society in Africa
This book chronicles how civil society confronts challenges facing Africa, from democracy and human rights to climate change. As state power fails the world’s youngest population, this book makes a clarion call for a more activist civil society to shape the continent’s future.
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