The culmination of Mungello’s forty years of study on Sino-Western history, this book provides a compelling and nuanced history of Catholicism in modern China.
Designing Online Information Literacy Games Students Want to Play sets the record straight with regard to the promise of games for motivating and teaching students in educational environments. Drawing
Parsons uses vivid detail to show how Africans, Asians, Arabs, and West Indians brought about the demise of the seemingly invincible British Empire by refusing to be treated as inferior imperial subje
Now in a new edition, this penetrating study by noted Yale historian Paul Bushkovitch casts new light on the profound impact of Peter the Great, one of the most revered and enigmatic leaders in world
Now in a new edition, this penetrating study by noted Yale historian Paul Bushkovitch casts new light on the profound impact of Peter the Great, one of the most revered and enigmatic leaders in world
This deeply knowledgeable text illuminates the places where the Big History of China’s last two centuries intersects with the daily lives of ordinary people, using gender as its analytic lens. B
This deeply knowledgeable text illuminates the places where the Big History of China’s last two centuries intersects with the daily lives of ordinary people, using gender as its analytic lens. B
The British Imperial Century provides a concise but comprehensive overview of the formation and administration of the empire from its origins in the early nineteenth century, to its climax at mid-cent
This book provides a concise overview of the British Empire from its origins in the early 19th century, to its climax at mid-century, to its denouement on the eve of WWI. Considering the impact of imp
Examining one of the defining events of the twentieth century, Doris L. Bergen situates the Holocaust in its historical, political, social, cultural, and military contexts. Including firsthand account
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