Author : Hermann Kulke
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 406 pages
File Size : 50,48 MB
Release : 1998
Category : India
ISBN : 0415154820
Presenting a grand sweep of Indian history, this work covers antiquity to the later half of the 20th century. The authors examine the major political, social and cultural forces which have shaped the history of the Indian subcontinent. This third edition of the text has been updated to include current research as well as a revised preface, index and dateline.
Author : Louise Nicholson
Publisher : National Geographic Books
Page : 404 pages
File Size : 12,74 MB
Release : 2014
Category : Travel
ISBN : 142621183X
"Off-the-beaten path excursions, insider tips, not-to-be-missed lists, authentic experiences"--Cover.
Author : Stanley Wolpert
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 19,97 MB
Release : 2009-08-17
Category : History
ISBN : 0520260325
Praise for previous editions: “To all of us who delightedly and sometimes repetitively call ourselves Old India hands, Stanley Wolpert is the acknowledged authority. This book tells why. Indian history, art, culture, and contemporary politics are here in accurate, wide-ranging, and lucid prose."—John Kenneth Galbraith “Wolpert understands India. . . . . Fluent, wide-ranging and often wise, this volume is a useful addition to a shelf of books on India.”—Washington Post Book World “A superb distillation of a lifetime's learning by UCLA's great historian of India. Refreshingly concrete and detailed, [and] vibrantly written, Wolpert's overview repeatedly succeeds at explaining a culture that gave us little things like the decimal system, chess, cotton cloth, meditation, and two religions called Buddhism and Hinduism.”—Philadelphia Inquirer “If one were to read a single book about India in a lifetime, this should be it.”—Library Journal
Author : Orest Subtelny
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 829 pages
File Size : 33,12 MB
Release : 2009-11-10
Category : History
ISBN : 1442697288
In 1988, the first edition of Orest Subtelny's Ukraine was published to international acclaim, as the definitive history of what was at that time a republic in the USSR. In the years since, the world has seen the dismantling of the Soviet bloc and the restoration of Ukraine's independence - an event celebrated by Ukrainians around the world but which also heralded a time of tumultuous change for those in the homeland. While previous updates brought readers up to the year 2000, this new fourth edition includes an overview of Ukraine's most recent history, focusing on the dramatic political, socio-economic, and cultural changes that occurred during the Kuchma and Yushchenko presidencies. It analyzes political developments - particularly the so-called Orange Revolution - and the institutional growth of the new state. Subtelny examines Ukraine's entry into the era of globalization, looking at social and economic transformations, regional, ideological, and linguistic tensions, and describes the myriad challenges currently facing Ukrainian state and society.
Author : Stanley A. Wolpert
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 15,20 MB
Release : 1999-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780520221727
"To all of us who delightedly and sometimes repetitively call ourselves Old India hands, Stanley Wolpert is the acknowledged authority. This book tells why. Indian history, art, culture, and contemporary politics are here in accurate, wide-ranging, and lucid prose."--John Kenneth Galbraith
Author : Lesley Cormack
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 763 pages
File Size : 40,74 MB
Release : 2012-03-12
Category : History
ISBN : 1442604484
A History of Science in Society is a concise overview that introduces complex ideas in a non-technical fashion. Andrew Ede and Lesley B. Cormack trace the history of science through its continually changing place in society and explore the link between the pursuit of knowledge and the desire to make that knowledge useful. In this edition, the authors examine the robust intellectual exchange between East and West and provide new discussions of two women in science: Maria Merian and Maria Winkelmann. A chapter on the relationship between science and war has been added as well as a section on climate change. The further readings section has been updated to reflect recent contributions to the field. Other new features include timelines at the end of each chapter, 70 upgraded illustrations, and new maps of Renaissance Europe, Captain James Cook's voyages, the 2nd voyage of the Beagle, and the main war front during World War I.
Author : Vincent Arthur Smith
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 39,74 MB
Release : 1970
Category : India
ISBN : 9780198215141
Author : Leonard Monteath Thompson
Publisher :
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 12,4 MB
Release : 1995
Category : History
ISBN : 9780300065428
Reexamines the history of South Africa, traces the development of apartheid, and describes the anti-apartheid movement
Author : John F. Pile
Publisher : Laurence King Publishing
Page : 476 pages
File Size : 46,12 MB
Release : 2005
Category : Design
ISBN : 1856694186
Delivers the inside story on 6,000 years of personal and public space. John Pile acknowledges that interior design is a field with unclear boundaries, in which construction, architecture, the arts and crafts, technology and product design all overlap.
Author : Thomas Cable
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 177 pages
File Size : 47,58 MB
Release : 2013-10-18
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 1134425368
This comprehensive and accessible student workbook accompanies the fifth edition of Albert C. Baugh and Thomas Cable's History of the English Language. Each chapter in the workbook corresponds directly to a chapter in the textbook and offers exercises, review questions, extensive supplementary examples, additional explanations and a range of sample extracts taken from texts of different periods. An additional 'pre-chapter' on the sounds of English also provides phonetic information and exercises that will prove useful throughout the book. This third edition has been revised alongside the textbook and includes new exercises to accompany the sections on Gender Issues and Linguistic Change, and African American Vernacular English. This workbook is an invaluable companion for all History of English Language courses.
