The New Penguin Dictionary of Modern History
Author: Duncan Townson
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Published: 1995
Total Pages: 941
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The Penguin Dictionary of Modern History, 1789-1945
Author: Alan Warwick Palmer
Publisher: Puffin
Published: 1983
Total Pages: 332
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis dictionary looks at the personalities, events and ideas from 1789 to 1945. While the main emphasis is on British affairs and on political topics, this dictionary also records trends in the history of all the major regions of the world including the USA, Russia, Australia and Canada.
The Penguin Dictionary Of Modern History
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Published: 1996
Total Pages: 361
ISBN-13: 9780140510263
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Author: Alan W. Palmer
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Published: 1979
Total Pages: 0
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Author: Alan Warwick Palmer
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Published: 1971
Total Pages: 362
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Japanese Empire
Author: S. C. M. Paine
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2017-03-06
Total Pages: 223
ISBN-13: 1107011957
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAn accessible, analytical survey of the rise and fall of Imperial Japan in the context of its grand strategy to transform itself into a great power.
Disenchanted Modernity in Robert Kroetsch's The Studhorse Man
Author: Francis Zichy
Publisher: Peter Lang
Published: 2010
Total Pages: 266
ISBN-13: 9781433108334
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book undertakes a detailed reading of Robert Kroetsch's The Studhorse Man, examining this Canadian novel in its transnational historical and socio-cultural context. Key subject headings are biology and culture, sex and gender, eugenics and contraception, writing and reading. The overarching theme is «disenchanted modernity» in the twentieth-century, the systematic displacement of the divine and natural order by a humanly ordained social regime, and by forms of social engineering that brought to bear the full force of modern science, invasively to alter the most fundamental conditions of human life. The more immediate literary frames of reference are Greek mythology, early Christian debates on the body and marriage, and the lore of the North American Aboriginal trickster, as these are deployed and alluded to in Kroetsch's novel. In establishing the sources and contexts of The Studhorse Man, this study examines Robert Kroetsch's early drafts of the novel, and his many notes taken and clippings assembled during its composition. An effort has been made to appeal to a wide range of general and academic readers alike by avoiding specialized jargon and adopting a cross-disciplinary approach. This book will be of interest to scholars of literature and literary theory, and of use in courses on literature and the novel, on masculinity and gender studies, and on cultural history in the twentieth century.
Historical Dictionary of Democracy
Author: Norman Abjorensen
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Published: 2019-06-15
Total Pages: 551
ISBN-13: 1538120747
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDemocracy is easy to talk about but hard to define in other than broad generalizations; its history is a long, complex, and contested subject. What this volume seeks to do is to explore the general evolution of political and social thinking that would eventually coalesce into what we now know as democracy, for all its imperfections and shortcomings. The question of just why some societies evolved into a democratic trajectory and others did not continues to engage the interest of historians, political scientists, sociologists, and anthropologists. Much conjecture surrounds the rise of certain elements we now recognize if not as democratic, then proto-democratic, such as collective decision-making, constraints on the exercise of power and a degree of accountability of the ruler to the ruled. If democracy in the sense of “rule by the people” has two essential qualities – rule by the majority and the equal treatment of free citizens - then its origins, however feeble, are to be found in these early examples of government. Historical Dictionary of Democracy contains a chronology, an introduction, a glossary, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has over 600 cross-referenced entries. This book is an excellent resource for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about democracy.
Ye Shall Know the Truth
Author: Mateus Soares de Azevedo
Publisher: World Wisdom, Inc
Published: 2005
Total Pages: 386
ISBN-13: 0941532690
DOWNLOAD EBOOKContains essays on mysticism, prayer, sacred art, the relationship between Christianity and other religious.
ENGLISH SOCIAL AND CULTURAL HISTORY
Author: CHOUDHURY, BIBHASH
Publisher: PHI Learning Pvt. Ltd.
Published: 2019-05-01
Total Pages: 418
ISBN-13: 9388028864
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe second edition of the book, with its emending and updated text, provides a glimpse into the English life and culture, starting from the middle ages to the twenty-first century. As the English life and culture are inextricably interwoven with the literary traditions of England and its myriad aspects, this study provides significant insights into the field of English literature and the contexts it emerges from. The text begins with a description of English life and culture from the Medieval period to the Renaissance. The author gives a masterly analysis of such subjects as Feudalism, Medieval Drama and literature, the Renaissance, the Reformation and most significantly, the Elizabethan Theatre. A new sub-section on 'Women Writers of the Renaissance' has been added to this chapter. Then, the text goes on to describe in detail about the Restoration Period and the Age of Reason. Besides, the book gives a wealth of information on important topics like Romanticism, the Industrial Revolution, Victorianism and Victorian literature. The text concludes with a chapter that deals on Modernism, Literature and Culture in the Postmodern World, and Aspects of Contemporary Culture and Society. In the last chapter, two sub-sections have been introduced on 'British Fiction in the Twenty-First Century' and 'Brexit'. What distinguishes the text is the provision of a Glossary at the end of each chapter, which gives not only the meaning and definition of the terms but also provides the entire cultural background and the history that these terms are associated with. Students of English literature—both undergraduate honours and postgraduate students—will find this book highly informative, enlightening, and refreshing in its style. In addition, all those who have an abiding interest in English life and culture will find reading this text a stimulating and rewarding experience TARGET AUDIENCE • BA (Hons.) English • MA English Literature/English
