The Italian Emigration of Modern Times
Patrizia Famà Stahle investigates diplomatic issues that arose between Italy and the United States over a series of lynchings of Italian immigrant labourers before World War I. The work explores a significant epoch in Italian economic and diplomatic history.
472 Days Captive of the Abu Sayyaf
Australian Warren Rodwell was kidnapped in the Philippines and held captive by terrorists for 472 days. Surviving a gunshot wound, starvation, and the constant threat of beheading, his is the amazing story of a determination to overcome all odds and live.
Based on fresh research into primary sources, this volume examines the formative years (1849–1875) of the International Telegraph Union. It appraises the ITU’s mechanics amid constant diplomatic pressure, offering a history of media, international relations and business.
Visualizing the Miraculous, Visualizing the Sacred
Contrary to a facile spiritual conquest, native peoples in Mexico incorporated Catholicism on their own terms. This study examines visual evidence of the persistence of traditional religious practices, from pre-hispanic stones in churches to pagan iconography in murals.
This book analyzes how postcolonial writers used autobiography to express themselves. By using the ‘I’ and ‘me’ as subjects, not objects, they affirmed their identity and established autobiographical writing as a true art form.
This book investigates social policy in Iraqi Kurdistan, introducing a “clientelistic model of policy implementation.” It argues that politicians interfere, distributing social security benefits based on socio-political status, not socio-economic need.
Roaming, Wandering, Deviation and Error
This title presents a comparative reading of John Milton’s epic Paradise Lost in relation to four novels by Salman Rushdie, namely The Satanic Verses, The Moor’s Last Sigh, Fury and The Ground Beneath Her Feet, confronting terms such as influence and inheritance.
Museums beyond the Crises
The predominant model of the museum is collapsing. The old paradigm is being replaced by a new one that still needs to be defined. This book investigates what such a new paradigm may entail and its consequences for the preservation of heritage.
Civilization at Risk
The evil of sex trafficking will not stop, but it can be discouraged and lives spared. All of the author’s proceeds for this book go directly to the Justice and Mercy Initiative at Bryan College to fight human trafficking.
40 Years are Nothing
The 1973 coups in Uruguay and Chile ushered in a new kind of dictatorship. Through state terror and ideological genocide, they imposed radical neoliberal systems whose brutal legacies continue to shape both nations today.
Between the 16th and 19th centuries, towns in Europe and East Asia helped shape individual consciousness. These essays explore how personal writings placed individuals into urban histories, challenging the idea that individualism emerged only in European society.
From Colonies to Countries in the North Caribbean
This publication explores how military engineers in the Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico reshaped the physical landscape for imperial reasons, laying the foundations for colonial development, and highlights the role of military engineers in articulating new American countries.
Many thought riots were an outdated form of protest. They were wrong. This book probes various historical riots—from 18th-century Scotland to a 1930s US police riot—to understand the issues that motivate them and why they still take place today.
This volume explores regional history from around the globe, showing how time and space are connected. Through case studies ranging from romantic operas in Europe and gold-mining in South Africa to urban planning in New Zealand, it examines the most personal level of belonging.
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.
Managing Mass Education, and the Rise of Modern and Financial Management
This book reveals the unrecognized link between modern management and mass education. It explores how the charismatic teacher Joseph Lancaster’s plan for mass education enabled the industrial revolutions and the parallel growth of financial management worldwide.
Alec Nelson and British Athletics prior to World War II
The life of coach Alec Nelson explores the hypocrisy of British athletics in the Chariots of Fire era. Though necessary for success, professional coaches were kept in their place by elite athletes, exposing the class-based antagonism at the heart of the sport.
Edmund Roberts of New Hampshire
Edmund Roberts negotiated America’s first treaties with Asian powers. Appointed by President Jackson, he secured deals with Siam and Oman. Yet he was also a secret slave trader and illegal merchant who nearly sabotaged his own historic mission through his reckless greed.
Britain’s Flirtation with the Socialist Imaginary
In 1945, Winston Churchill won the war and was promptly thrown out of office. What followed was a revolutionary period in British history. This book traces the origins of this transformation to explain the new society that emerged and the enduring problems Britain still faces.
The North Korea Nuclear Crisis, 1992-2002
A landmark US-DPRK deal was meant to stop a nuclear North Korea. It failed. Why? A key negotiator who was in the room reveals the inside story from his 28 secret, contemporaneous notebooks.
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