Kategoria BISAC: History >> Reference

This annotated bibliography describes a variety of print and electronic reference sources published in the past two decades about Northern Africa, including the Maghreb, the Sahel Region, and the Horn of Africa. The book is organized in three sections. The first part covers general reference works, the second part addresses area studies references by subject, and the third section covers reference sources by region and country. Each citation includes all bibliographic information except price.

Law of the Sea in East Asia selects the most prominent maritime legal issues that have emerged since the post-LOS Convention era for a detailed discussion and assessment. The current marine legal order in East Asia is based on the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (LOS Convention) and accordingly coastal states in the region are obliged to cooperate amongst themselves to exercise their rights and perform their duties.

Keyuan, a respected expert in the fields of international and Chinese law, explores issues concerning compliance with the law of the sea,...

Das Werk des lateinisch schreibenden Jesuiten Famiano Strada (1572-1649) bietet zahlreiche Ansatzpunkte fur Forschungen zur neulateinischen Philologie und zur Geschichte der Geschichtsschreibung. In der vorliegenden Arbeit stehen die Fragen im Vordergrund, wie nach Auffassung Stradas geschichtliche Ereignisse erforscht und wie sie sprachlich vermittelt werden konnen. Strada hat sich dazu zunachst in verschiedenen Abhandlungen (Prolusiones Academicae, 1617) geauert. In ihnen schreibt er uber Rhetorik, Poetik und Historik und verdeutlicht an Beispielen, wie unterschiedlich Redner,...

The Atlas of Ancient Rome provides a comprehensive archaeological survey of the city of Rome from prehistory to the early medieval period. Lavishly illustrated throughout with full-color maps, drawings, photos, and 3D reconstructions, this magnificent two-volume slipcased edition features the latest discoveries and scholarship, with new descriptions of more than 500 monuments, including the Sanctuary of Vesta, the domus Augusti, and the Mausoleum of Augustus. It is destined to become the standard reference for scholars, students, and anyone interested in the history of the...

Im 19. Jahrhundert gehorte Dante (1265-1321) zu den zentralen Symbolfiguren der italienischen Einigungsbewegung. Mit dieser Studie liegt erstmals eine umfassende Untersuchung des Dantekultes im Zeitraum von der Franzosischen Revolution bis zum Eintritt Italiens in den Ersten Weltkrieg vor. Gestutzt auf Quellen wie Gedenkschriften, Dantebiographien, Briefe, Akten der Zensur- und Schulbehorden, Schulbucher, Denkmaler und Abbildungen fragt sie nach den Tragergruppen des Dantekultes, seiner Verbreitung und Entwicklung, nach den 'Konjunkturen' sowie regionalen Besonderheiten der Erinnerung.

"Clothing through American History: The British Colonial Era" presents, in six chapters, a description of all aspects of dress in British colonial America, including the social and historical background of British America, and covering men's, women's, and children's garments. The book shows how dress reflected and evolved with life in British colonial America as primitive settlements gave way to the growth of towns, cities, and manufacturing of the pre-Industrial Revolution.

Readers will discover that just as in the present day, what people wore in colonial times represented an...