This first systematic study of mother-daughter relationships as represented in Western European fiction... Læs mere
The United States is an immigrant country. Germany is not. This volume shatters this widely held myth and reveals the remarkable similarities... Læs mere
To augment the many celebrations of the anniversary of European revolutions of the middle 19th century, historians from the continent,... Læs mere
Aimed at professional anthropologists, their students and academic policy-makers, the contributions to this volume provide an unprecedented array of... Læs mere
Based on original research in Northern Thailand and drawing on the breadth of indigenous Thai language materials, this study offers a sustained and... Læs mere
Why do people rebel? This is one of the most important questions historians and social scientists have been grappling with over the years. It is a question to which no satisfactory answer has been found, despite more than a century of research.
France's response to the rise of European fascism during the 1930s, and subsequently to the Nazi occupation 1940-44, has been a difficult subject for the nation's historians.
Using Nietzsche's categories of monumentalism, antiquarian and critical history, the author examines the historical and theoretical... Læs mere