America's First Chaplain is a biography of the life of Philadelphia's Jacob Duche, the Anglican minister who offered the most famous prayer and wrote one of the most infamous letters of the American Revolution. For the prayer to open the First Continental Congress, Duche was declared a national hero and named the first chaplain to the newly ......
The Atlas of the Irish Revolution is a definitive resource that brings to life this pivotal moment in Irish history and nation-building. Published to coincide with the centenary of the Easter Rising, this comprehensive and visually compelling volume brings together all of the current research on the revolutionary period, with contributions from ......
This book traces the intellectual evolution of one important China scholar from the 1970s to the present, introducing some of the big issues that have dominated and continue to dominate the field to the present day. Joseph Esherick provides a nuanced historical perspective and conceptual toolkit for analyzing the important issues of modern China.
This book traces the intellectual evolution of one important China scholar from the 1970s to the present, introducing some of the big issues that have dominated and continue to dominate the field to the present day. Joseph Esherick provides a nuanced historical perspective and conceptual toolkit for analyzing the important issues of modern China.
Examines the prospects for conflict management and resolution in Africa. The authors review scholarship in resolution in light of international changes now taking place. Addressing the undying, internal causes of conflict, they question whether global events will promote peace or threaten to unleash even more conflict.
This clear text extends our understanding of revolutions with critical narrative analysis of key case studies. Becker analyzes revolutions through the lens of participants and explores the sociopolitical conditions that led to a revolutionary situation, the differing responses to those conditions, and the outcomes of the political changes.
This clear text extends our understanding of revolutions with critical narrative analysis of key case studies. Becker analyzes revolutions through the lens of participants and explores the sociopolitical conditions that led to a revolutionary situation, the differing responses to those conditions, and the outcomes of the political changes.
