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Esta historia general de China y de su civilización es el único libro existente en el mercado que, en sólo 700 páginas, nos ofrece una síntesis global de la evolución de China en todos los campos y en todas las epocas. El profesor Jacques Gernet dibuja en este libro, paso a paso, las transformaciones sucesivas del mundo chino y la interrelacion entre sociedad, formas politicas, economia, tecnicas, religiones y vida intelectual que han ido trenzando la peculiaridad china. Esta obra es un libro unico en su genero porque situa a China en un contexto mundial, en relacion permanente con los otros grandes centros de la civilizacion, para ayudarnos a comprender mejor la trayectoria de nuestro propio mundo occidental.

La gran historia del conflicto entre árabes y judíos: una superación de las narrativas enfrentadasLa gran historia del conflicto entre árabes y judíos: una superación de las narrativas enfrentadasIan Black recorre los cien años de violencia continua que ha sufrido la region de Israel y Palestina, pasando por la rebelion arabe de los años treinta o los Acuerdos de Oslo. Cuando la autodeterminacion de una faccion supone la negacion y el exilio de la otra, la propia historia parece inseparable de la politica; sin embargo, este libro consigue conjugar ambos relatos y nos ofrece el analisis mas riguroso, objetivo y completo que se haya elaborado hasta la fecha, con hitos que definen el presente y condicionan el futuro del conflicto mas polarizador de la era moderna.Ian Black se basa en decadas de experiencia como periodista en Palestina e Israel para ofrecer un relato matizado y exhaustivo del centenario conflicto. Una evaluacion amena y justa de por que este enfrentamiento ha continuado sin tregua durante tanto tiempo. Rashid Khalidi, autor de Palestina

A menudo África ha sido descrita de forma simplista como una tierra uniforme de hambrunas y safaris, pobreza y luchas, despojada de todo matiz. En este libro audaz y perspicaz, Dipo Faloyin ofrece un correctivo muy necesario, tejiendo un vibrante tapiz de historias que dan vida a la rica diversidad, comunidades e historias de Africa.Comenzando con una descripcion envolvente de la animada y compleja vida urbana de Lagos, Faloyin desentierra verdades sorprendentes sobre la herencia colonial de muchos paises africanos y cuenta la historia de las luchas del continente con la democracia a traves de siete dictaduras. Con mordacidad, aborda el fenomeno del complejo del salvador blanco y saca a la luz los daños causados por las campañas beneficas de las ultimas decadas, revisando hitos culturales como la pelicula KONY 2012. Adentrandose en las rivalidades que dinamizan el continente, Faloyin participa en el acalorado debate sobre que pais de Africa Occidental elabora el mejor arroz jollof y describe la extraña e incongruente belleza de la Copa Africana de Naciones. Con la mirada puesta en las futuras promesas del continente, explora los movimientos culturales y politicos liderados por jovenes que estan definiendo y reimaginando Africa en sus propios terminos.Las historias que Faloyin comparte son por momentos alegres y enfurecedoras; orgullosas y optimistas de cara al futuro, incluso cuando se enfrentan inequivocamente a los obstaculos sistematicamente establecidos por las antiguas potencias coloniales. Rebosante de humor e ingenio, lleno de ideas politicas y, sobre todo, impregnado de un profundo amor por la region, Africa no es un pais lleva la historia del continente hacia la realidad, celebrando la energia y el tejido de sus diferentes culturas y comunidades de una forma que nunca antes se habia hecho.

George Downing came of age as a Puritan pioneer in colonial Massachusetts, before crossing the Atlantic to sign up for the English Civil War. He fast became Oliver Cromwells chief of military intelligence and was later a diplomat and an MP. However, Downing spectacularly switched sides, shamelessly betraying his friends. He prospered under Charles II, yet he remains one of the most elusive figures of his age. In Turncoat he emerges as the extraordinary - if troubling - anti-hero of his own life story. Judged by contemporaries to be a fearful gentleman and a perfidious rogue, Downing was a double-dealer who bribed and blackmailed his way to diplomatic success across Europe; and, when it was expedient, betrayed friends to horrifically violent deaths. He pioneered the practice of judicial kidnapping known today as extraordinary rendition, was a booster of the Atlantic slave trade and had a hand in starting two major wars. Always at the centre of events, Downing engaged with the most illustrious men and women of his times. His patrons were Oliver Cromwell and King Charles II. Samuel Pepys was his clerk; John Milton prepared his letters and dispatches. William of Orange was godfather to his son; his next-door neighbour was Queen Elizabeth of Bohemia; and when Downing finally built his street, his surveyor was Sir Christopher Wren. Turncoat follows George Downing from the asceticism of Puritan New England, across English battlefields, through courts, chancelleries and parliaments, to the fleshpots of Restoration London, where he would spend his final years in unrestrained indulgence as one of the richest men in the kingdom.

Need a reason to feel mnásome? Look no further!For each day of the year, we celebrate Irish women, their extraordinary achievements and landmark victories. From stone-throwing suffragists, scientific geniuses and intrepid adventurers to controversial writers, record-breaking sportswomen and global music icons all determined to shape their own destinies.These are the Mna na hEireann who took on the patriarchy, one hard-fought milestone at a time; the unsung heroes and fearless firebrands who shaped Irelands past and inspire its future. Youll never be prouder.

Im letzten Jahrzehnt erschienen zahlreiche Beitrage, die den transnationalen Charakter des Faschismus untersuchten, wenige jedoch gingen auf die Verstrickungen und Einflusse zwischen dem Dritten Reich und den rechtsradikalen Bewegungen der deutschen Minderheiten in Sudosteuropa ein. Der vorliegen- de Band mochte diese Lucke schlieen, indem erUntersuchungen uber die NS-Bewegungen unter den Deutschen in Rumanien, Ungarn, Jugoslawien und der Tschechoslowakei sowie deren Beziehungen zu Deutschland veroffentlicht. Die Kapitel behandeln Aspekte wie das Anwachsen der NS-Bewegung unter den jungen "Volksdeutschen", das Kulturleben, die Veranderungen in der deutschsprachigen Presse oder die Ressourcen-Mobilisierung zur Unterstutzung des von Hitler gefuhrten Krieges. Besondere Aufmerksamkeit wird dem Transfer von Praktiken in Politik, Ideologie und Propaganda geschenkt.

Covers Petersburgs political, social, economic, architectural, cultural and intellectual history, recounting events of world importance, and the often tragic lives of the citys many great citizens. This book focuses on the citys key role as a link to the West and in modernizing Russia and encouraging the growth of civil society.

Gaza, in story form. The past, present and future of a world now in ruins. Gazas physical fabric has been shattered but Gazans, by their very survival, preserve its culture, which persists in words, music, recipes, histories, and memories of places and happenings, as well as in each other. Daybreak in Gaza preserves the heritage that has been lost and the heritage that can never be lost. It showcases the illustrious Gazans of the past, in stories and remembrances woven among first-hand insights from Gazans today. This timely and necessary book lets us look past appalling headlines to reveal the breadth of Gazas social landscape and the depth of its history. Daybreak in Gaza weaves to and fro across time and space, breaking the stereotypes of poverty, destruction and war to evoke place through the voices of its people. Contemporary vignettes of artists, acrobats, chefs, shopkeepers and medics rub shoulders with vivid accounts of the warriors and travellers of old, humanising Gazans as ordinary storytellers living lives rich with culture and meaning. Daybreak in Gaza satisfies a global readerships appetite to understand Gaza and Gazans as a place and people to understand what it means to its inhabitants and to those who have come to know it. Daybreak in Gaza offers a full and rounded picture of a place at the margins of the global imagination, voiced by the people of Gaza themselves.

Alice Hunt brilliantly reanimates this most extraordinary decade. It is a gripping tale of political and cultural crisis but also one of joy and hopeful innovation, told with eloquence and passion.MALCOLM GASKILLA magisterial, compelling and eye-opening biography of Britains great and extraordinary experiment.SUZANNAH LIPSCOMB Events moved with giddying speed in the 1650s. After the execution of Charles I, dangerous monarchy was abolished and the House of Lords was dismissed, sending shock waves across the kingdom. These revolutionary acts set in motion a decade of bewildering change and instability, under the leadership of the soldier-statesman Oliver Cromwell. Englands unique and distinctive republican experiment may have been short-lived, but it changed the course of British history. It transformed the relationship between England, Scotland and Ireland, reset the compact between the monarch and the people, and re-fashioned the story the British told - and continue to tell - about themselves. REPUBLIC is a richly engrossing year-by-year account of this exhilarating and daring period. It tells the story of what Britains republic was really like: why it failed, but also, what it got right.

A terrific overview of Japans long and rich history... covers an astonishing amount of ground PETER FRANKOPANJapan is a country of islands, strung like a necklace around the Asian mainland...Ever since US Commodore Matthew Perry forced Japan to open its borders in 1853, the culture of this remarkable and distant archipelago has enriched western life. At the same time the country has embraced foreign institutions from baseball to barber shops. Yet for centuries under the rule of the shoguns, the islands were largely sealed off from the outside world. In charting a course between openness and insularity, Japan has found a way to become ultra-modern while breathing new life into its own unique traditions.In The Shortest History of Japan, Lesley Downer brings an expert storytellers eye to the sweep of Japanese history. Here are the emperors and warlords, the samurai and women warriors, the merchants and geisha who shaped this extraordinary modern society. From the hunter-gatherers who fashioned the worlds first pots to the novel-writing ladies of the eleventh-century Heian court, from the devastation of Hiroshima to todays economic and cultural powerhouse, this is an indispensable, riveting history of the land of the rising sun.