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Edward Gibbon's monumental The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire is of enduring interest to literary scholars, classicists and historians of the... Læs mere
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What constitutes historical truth? How do we draw a boundary between truth and fiction? What is the relationship between history and memory? How do we grapple with... Læs mere
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These two memoirs provide windows into the Sumatran past, in particular, and the early 20th-century history of south-east Asia, in general. In reconstructing their own passage into adulthood, the writers tell the story of their country's turbulent journey to independence.
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Soon after Alexander Gardner's "Photographic Sketch Book" was published, in 1866, it became the Civil War's best-known visual record and... Læs mere
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The author of this text proposes a bold approach to writing local history in this exploration of the meaning of place and home. Arguing that people of... Læs mere
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Examines the application of the materialist conception of history to the analysis of Chinese history in a period when Marxist... Læs mere
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In a post-structuralist study of 13th-century French historical texts, the author investigates the reasons for the rise of French vernacular prose historiography at this particular time.
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A volume of essays selected to enrich world history teaching and scholarship. It features forty-four articles that take stock of the... Læs mere
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A comprehensive volume of essays selected to enrich world history teaching and scholarship. It features forty-four articles that take stock of the history, evolving literature, and the trajectories of new world history.
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Explores the transition from oral to written history that is taking place in tribal Jordan, a transition... Læs mere
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The Rape of Nanjing was one of the worst atrocities committed during WWII. On December 13, 1937, the Japanese army captured the city of Nanjing, then... Læs mere
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Features twelve essays that emphasize the cultural interaction of Greek and non-Greek societies in the Hellenistic period, in contrast to more conventional focuses on politics, society, or economy. This volume is dedicated to Frank Walbank and includes a bibliography of his work.