Principe di questo mondo. Il diavolo in Occidente
Nella cultura e nella spiritualit cristiana Satana un personaggio storico, presente in ogni momento della vita dei singoli e dei popoli. Non solo il tentatore … Read more
Social History
Land: How the Hunger for Ownership Shaped the Modern World
None The author of The Professor and the Madman and The Perfectionists explores the notion of property—our proprietary relationship with the land—through human history, how … Read more
Craft: An American History
A groundbreaking and endlessly surprising history of how artisans created America, from the nation’s origins to the present day.At the center of the United States’ … Read more
The Chinese Lady: Afong Moy in Early America
In 1834, a young Chinese woman named Afong Moy arrived in America, her bound feet stepping ashore in New York City. She was both a … Read more
The Colfax Massacre: The Untold Story of Black Power, White Terror, and the Death of Reconstruction
On Easter Sunday, 1873, in the tiny hamlet of Colfax, Louisiana, more than 150 members of an all-black Republican militia, defending the town’s courthouse, were … Read more
Una nuova storia (non cinica) dell’umanit
FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE ‘NEW YORK TIMES’ BEST SELLER ‘UTOPIA FOR REALISTS’, A “BOLD” (DANIEL H. PINK), “PROVOCATIVE” (ADAM GRANT) ARGUMENT THAT OUR INNATE … Read more
Espaa libre!
Ante todo, ESPAA LIBRE! fue el grito de esperanza durante la guerra, la barricada contra el fascismo nacional e italiano, y la ocupacin nazi que … Read more
Genres of Recollection: Archival Poetics and Modern Greece
This innovative ethnography of history-in-the-making explores some of the most traumatic and wrenching experiences of twentieth-century modern Greece: refugee crisis, transatlantic migration, civil war, urbanization, … Read more
The Neanderthal Legacy: An Archaeological Perspective from Western Europe
The Neanderthals populated western Europe from nearly 250,000 to 30,000 years ago when they disappeared from the archaeological record. In turn, populations of anatomically modern … Read more
Mediterranean Modernism: Intercultural Exchange and Aesthetic Development
This book explores how Modernist movements all across the Mediterranean basin differed from those of other regions. The chapters show how the political and economic … Read more
Technology, Self-Fashioning and Politeness in Eighteenth-Century Britain: Refined Bodies
This innovative book explores the role of cast steel in instruments for refining the body in the eighteenth century, amidst the changing climate of ideas … Read more