This volume is a synthesis and analysis of colonialism from its origins to the present. Marc Ferro gives comparative coverage of all the European colonial powers (including Russia), as well as Arab, Turk and Japanese colonialism. In addition, he presents perspectives from the ex-colonies, offering an alternative to the conventional Euro-centric view. He emphasizes the social and cultural aspects of colonization, and looks at the new types of societies and economies to which it gave birth. The book also covers decolonization, and the author looks at how the globalization of the world economy...

This book, by a renowned and distinguished historian, is an arresting account of the role that resentment has played throughout history, from Antiquity and early Christianity through to the present day.

At the origin of resentment we always find an injury, an act of humiliation, an affront, a trauma. Those who feel victimized cannot react because they are powerless. They brood on their desire for revenge, which they cannot satisfy but which constantly nags at them. Until finally they explode with anger. This period of waiting may also be accompanied by a repudiation of the...

Roku 2000 Centra pro kontrolu a prevenci nemocí v USA oznámila, že těla amerických žen obsahují vysoké hladiny ftalátů způsobujících vrozené vady a neplodnost. Podezření, že tyto látky pocházejí z kosmetických přípravků, vedlo k velmi zneklidňujícím objevům…
Kniha Doba jedová 3 popisuje složitou cestu aktivistek bojujících proti rakovině prsu a ochránkyň životního prostředí, které navštívily představitele největších mezinárodních kosmetických společností a položily jim několik nepohodlných otázek.
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