A Global and Environmental Narrative from the Fifteenth to the Twenty-Fi
This clearly written and engrossing book presents a global narrative of the origins of the modern world from 1400 to the present. Now in a new edition that brings the saga of the modern world to the present in an environmental context, the book considers how and why the United States emerged as a world power in the twentieth century.
Teaching World History Through Wayfinding, Art, and Mindfulness approaches world history instruction through standards-based arts- and story-telling prompts.
Commerce, Migration, and Colonization on the Qing Frontier
This book analyzes the social, economic, and political impact of Han Chinese migration into the borderlands that became Inner Mongolia during the Qing period. Linking local history to global movements, Yi Wang traces Inner Mongolia's...
Post-communism, Democracy, and Illiberalism in Central and Eastern Europe after the fall of the Soviet Union explores how the downfall of communism brought about a difficult transition for Eastern and Central Europe. The collapse of communism in this region varied from one case to another and the consequences of this process can still be noticed ......
Teaching World History Through Wayfinding, Art, and Mindfulness approaches world history instruction through standards-based arts- and story-telling prompts.
Investigating Babyn Yar: Shadows from the Valley of Death pieces together the story of the destruction of Kyiv's Jews using history's shattered fragments. Martin Dean traces their journey out of the city, using discarded clothing and distinctive terrain as a trail of breadcrumbs to identify the killing site in the ravine. Shadowy figures in ......
The Everyday and Private Life of a Communist Ruling Class: Greed and Creed discusses the history of everyday life under state socialism and the ways in which post-1945 modernity reached the shores of Soviet Bloc societies. This book explains state socialism's failure to deliver on its promise to create a new type of modern civilization, an ......
Including a Visit with Noah John Rondeau the Hermit of Cold River Flow
Travel with Paoli Boy Scout Troop 1 on its 1956 paddle from Old Forge to Saranac Lake as documented in its recently discovered photo journal "The Adirondack Log", including a visit with Noah John Rondeau the Hermit of Cold River Flow.
Including a Visit with Noah John Rondeau the Hermit of Cold River Flow
Travel with Paoli Boy Scout Troop 1 on its 1956 paddle from Old Forge to Saranac Lake as documented in its recently discovered photo journal "The Adirondack Log", including a visit with Noah John Rondeau the Hermit of Cold River Flow.
