World History
Palgrave Advances in World Histories
World histories vary widely in shape, structure, and range in space and time.
Making Peoples
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We face a future in which it cannot be guaranteed that histories will supply identities any longer; but in that world, powerful inputs will continue to be made by those peoples who have histories and are not afraid to write them. James Belich has ...
The Histories
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The central theme of The Histories is the epic clash between the Persian Empire of King Xerxes, and a handful of Greek city stat Copyright (C) Muze Inc. 2005. For personal use only. All rights reserved.
China
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?A wonderful job! So lucid, beautfully written, with great range and insight. This will set a new standard for short general histories of China.? ?
The Histories
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Herodotus is considered the father of history, and is read for his fascinating accounts of ancient times, most notably the legendary wars between the Spartans and the Persians which culminated in the battle of Thermopylae in 480 B.C.E. As is the case ...
Histories of the Hanged
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A history of the war between the colonial government and the insurrectionist Mau Mau between 1952 and 1960 casts Gikuyu rebels in a more sympathetic light and profiles the British as the conflict`s aggressors, in a volume that also discusses the con Copyr