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spanish inquisition her ability to track and explain the development of those myths over time is remarkable the volume is wonderfully written and consistently accessible for a student audience i learned a great deal from it and look forward to assigning it in my classes lu ann homza william and mary learn more add to cart the book of the courtier baldesar castiglione edited and translated by with an introduction by peter hainsworth peter hainsworth s sparkling eminently readable new english translation of the book of the courtier baldesar castiglione s 1478 1529 literary and philosophical masterpiece captures all the nuance stylistic flair and humor of this foundational work of renaissance humanism learn more add to cart seven myths of the russian revolution jonathan daly and leonid trofimov this fascinating volume is a major contribution to our understanding of the russian revolution from world war i to consolidation of the bolshevik regime the seven myths include the exaggeration of rasputin s influence a purported conspiracy behind the february revolution the treasonous bolshevik dependence on german support the multiple anastasia pretenders to the royal inheritance the antisemitic claims about judeo bolsheviks distortions about america s intervention in the civil war and the inevitability of bolshevism in each case the authors analyze the facts uncover the origins of the myth and trace its later perseverance even in contemporary russia to assist readers the volume includes three reference guides people terms dates nine maps and twenty nine illustrations the result is immensely valuable for undergraduate courses in russian history gregory l freeze raymond ginger professor of history brandeis university learn more add to cart the french revolution edited and translated with an introduction by laura mason and tracey rizzo this new edition of mason and rizzo s anthology is a welcome addition to the study of the revolutionary and napoleonic french atlantic it includes a wealth of documents related to life in metropolitan and colonial france from the middle of the eighteenth century through the napoleonic consulate as well as concise section overviews that detail experiences on the continent and in saint domingue france s wealthiest caribbean colony during this tumultuous era these features along with images maps and a detailed timeline provide an invaluable resource for scholars and students alike rebecca hartkopf schloss texas a m university learn more add to cart the mexican revolution edited and translated with an introduction by jurgen buchenau and timothy henderson selected as one of the best historical materials of 2023 by the reference and user services association a division of the american library association henderson and buchenau have done an excellent and thoughtful job of collecting a wide range of voices for students to learn about the mexican revolution and its causes both from above and from below i m particularly appreciative of the authors inclusion of women s voices and women s issues of the era including the point of view of the first woman elected to public office in mexico they deserve praise for including documents that complicate widely accepted heroic revolutionary narratives of the period for students such as the experience of soldaderas and the massacre of chinese people in torreón it is also worth mentioning that the editors have done an admirable job in choosing documents from across mexico s many diverse and heterogenous regions the general introduction is excellent it is both accurate and highly readable for students it is no easy feat to succinctly describe both the events and the significance of this period in mexican history as the authors have done here sarah osten the university of vermont learn more add to cart the essential greek historians edited with introduction and notes by stanley burstein includes an introduction maps and selections from herodotus the histories thucydides history of the peloponnesian war xenophon s the hellenica aristotle s the constitution of athens the parian marble polybius the histories memnon s history of heracleia plutarch s life of alexander see the full table of contents pdf here burstein s the essential greek historians is an excellent collection of texts representing the development of historiography in the ancient greek world each text is presented in an engaging and readable translation with an insightful introduction exploring the purposes behind its composition the significance of its contribution to the growth of historiography as a literary genre and the context in which its author thought and wrote these texts include not only familiar favorites like herodotus and thucydides but also sources such as the parian marble and memnon s history of heracleia which give a broader and richer view of the ways in which greeks engaged with history in one economical volume burstein has created an indispensable introduction to the historical thought of the ancient greeks no student of greek historiography should be without it erik jensen salem state university learn more add to cart destroying to replace mohamed adhikari series editor alfred j andrea this book explores settler colonial genocides in a global perspective and over the long durée it does so systematically and compellingly as it investigates how settler colonial expansion at times created conditions for genocidal violence and the ways in which genocide was at times perpetrated on settler colonial frontiers this volume will prove invaluable to teachers and students of imperialism colonialism and human rights lorenzo veracini swinburne university of technology and author of the world turned inside out settler colonialism as a political idea a succinct insightful and highly readable text discussing an issue that deserves to be integral to any world history course using four finely crafted yet widely dispersed case studies adhikari strikingly shows how vulnerability and resistance occur as the waves of global capitalism hit indigenous societies robert gordon university of vermont learn more add to cart seven myths of military history john d hosler series editors alfred j andrea and andrew holt this brief provocative and accessible book offers snapshots of seven pernicious myths in military history that have been perpetrated on unsuspecting students readers moviegoers game players and politicians it promotes awareness of how myths are created by the spurious misuse and ignorance of history and how misleading ideas about a military problem as in asymmetric warfare can lead to misguided solutions both scholarly and engaging this book is an ideal addition to military history and historical methodology courses in fact it could be fruitfully used in any course that teaches critical thinking skills including courses outside the discipline of history military history has a broad appeal to students and there s something here for everyone from the so called western way of war to its sister myth technological determinism to the academic party game of once faddish military revolutions the book shows that while myths about history may be fun myth busting is the most fun of all reina pennington norwich university why does military history generate so many myths is it because easily digestible myths make the subject easier to teach and study or because such myths help to paper over the simple but depressing fact that mankind has since its very origins permitted the slaughter of millions often for the most minor of reasons while such questions are difficult if not impossible to answer in bringing together seven of the world s finest military historians to dispel seven of these myths john hosler provides a great service in laying bare the myths origins anyone interested in the subject should read this book first before embarking on further study kelly devries loyola university maryland learn more add to cart islamic legal theory a critical introduction david r vishanoff david vishanoff s thorough and original unpacking of the sunnī jurist al juwaynī s 1028 1085 kitāb al waraqāt fī uṣūl al fiqh introduces english speaking readers to the main concepts terms principles and functions of the classical islamic discipline of legal theory this volume offers an ideal entry to the otherwise dense and complex mainstream sunnī views that dominated islamic legal thought in al juwaynī s day and that are still widely accepted today a critical edition of al juwaynī s arabic text is also included in this brilliant innovative and engaging book vishanoff guides readers through some of the most fundamental questions muslims have debated and struggled with for centuries most muslim scholars books on these topics are dense and difficult but here vishanoff takes one such book al juwaynī s classic waraqat and explains with lucidity and precision its complex and obscure arguments through this book readers will reach a better understanding of why such debates mattered to muslims in the past why they matter now and how they affect the ways in which the sharia god s law might be understood in the future robert gleave university of exeter learn more add to cart samurai and the warrior culture of japan 471 1877 edited and translated with an introduction by thomas donald conlan listen to thomas conlan s interview with jingyi li about samurai and the warrior culture of japan on the new books network here this sourcebook provides for the first time in english translations of the key primary sources for the study of the history of the samurai across all eras of japanese history conlan has framed these sources with compelling historical analysis making the book required reading not only for students of the warrior class but for everyone interested in the broad sweep of japanese history this is an astounding resource morgan pitelka the university of north carolina at chapel hill learn more add to cart the essential thucydides on justice power and human nature second edition thucydides translated with introduction and notes by paul woodruff thucydides was the first ancient greek historian to double as a social scientist he set out to understand human events entirely in human terms without recourse to myth he sought to know why people go to war and how they are affected by its violence he studied the civil war in corcyra which began when radicals burst into the council house and killed leaders who favored democracy the strengths and weaknesses of democracy are a major theme of his history its larger story shows how the athenians tried to expand their empire too far and came to a crushing defeat here are vivid stories of land and sea battles interspersed with fascinating and disturbing debates about war and policy all of thucydides s history is here either in summary or translation in a volume short enough for a wide readership this second edition is expanded to include all the important debates and battle scenes and the entire translation has been revised in accord with the latest scholarship the essential thucydides is the second edition of paul woodruff s on justice power and human nature selections from the history of the peloponnesian war first published by hackett 1993 paperback isbn 978 0 87220 168 2 cloth isbn 978 0 87220 169 9 at last a good way to navigate the choppy waters of thucydides s account of the great war woodruff has focused on themes of lasting importance human nature justice and war itself these have guided his skillful selection of passages and his deft explanatory comments all in a fast moving readable style w r connor andrew fleming west professor of classics emeritus princeton university learn more add to cart the rise of the mongols five chinese sources edited and translated with an introduction by christopher p atwood our modern fascination with the mongol empire only increases with each passing year one global myth even claims that chinggis khan s dna can be found among most of the ...
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