Rethinking Dance History
From the ballet de cours of the 17th century to Matthew Bourne's
Swan Lake , this fascinating selection of new writing invites the reader to revisit key moments in the history of western theatre dance practice. By taking a fresh approach to the study of history in general, Alexandra Carter's Rethinking Dance History
offers new perspectives on important periods in dance history and seeks to address some of the gaps and silences left within that history.
The Penguin History of Europe
A history of the nations of the European continent from the fall of the Roman Empire to the present day, written by a distinguished professor of history at Oxford University. A New York Times Notable Book for 1998.
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In Command Of History
In 1953, when Winston Churchill was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature, the citation noted his mastery of historical and biographical description. Churchill`s six-volume HISTORY OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR--which is really both memoir as well as history--was an unprecedented publishing event between 1948 and 1954. David Reynolds`s IN COMMAND OF HISTORY tells the story behind the stories of how Churchill came to write his masterpiece. Reynolds is forthcoming about Churchill`s motives and his method of writing (he used teams of ghostwriters), as well as the historical revisionism and mythmaking that comprise the six volumes. Nevertheless, Churchill`s literate but accessible account, based on his experiences and using documents only he had access to, touched a nerve with readers thirsty for a comprehensive history of the recent war, from the leader who had motivated the British people in their finest hour. Reynolds makes history and biography come alive in his portrait of Churchill the historian....
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A Traveller's History of the U.S.A
In the beginning,
John Locke wrote, all the world was America. The land was vast, verdant, and bountiful but devoid of one element: humanity. That gap has been filled for some twenty-five thousand years, by the continuous passage of travellers who have come to the American strand, crossing first by land bridge, later ocean vessel, and then aircraft, to see what the New World presented. For some, it was a place of new beginnings and fresh starts; for others, a land of bondage and subjugation; for all, a region of stark contrasts between what the world may have been and what it could be. A Traveller's History of the U.S.A. guides today's travellers through a general history of the people and places of America. Starting with file lay of the land and the cultures of its first inhabitants, it examines the rise of European colonies, the emergence of a new nation, and the tragic, triumphant, twisting course of its republican experiment, right up to the present day.
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New American History
Originally released in 1990, The New American History, edited for the American Historical Association by Eric Foner, has become an indispensable volume for teachers and students. In essays that chart the shifts in interpretation within their fie lds, some of our most prominent American historians survey the key works and themes in the scholarship of the last three decades. Along with substantially revised essays from the first edition, this volume presents three entirely new ones -- on intellectu al history, the history of the West, and the histories of the family and sexuality. The second edition of The New American History reflects, in Foner's words, the continuing vitality and creativity of the study of the past, how traditional fields are being expanded and redefined even as new ones are created.
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How to Read Church History
This introduction to Church history sets the development of Christianity from the sixteenth century to the present in the wider history of the world. Direct quotations from primary sources accompany the narrative.
How to Read Church History
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The Penguin History of Europe
A history of the nations of the European continent from the fall of the Roman Empire to the present day, written by a distinguished professor of history at Oxford University. A New York Times Notable Book for 1998.
The Penguin History of Europe
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In Command Of History
In 1953, when Winston Churchill was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature, the citation noted his mastery of historical and biographical description. Churchill`s six-volume HISTORY OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR--which is really both memoir as well as history--was an unprecedented publishing event between 1948 and 1954. David Reynolds`s IN COMMAND OF HISTORY tells the story behind the stories of how Churchill came to write his masterpiece. Reynolds is forthcoming about Churchill`s motives and his method of writing (he used teams of ghostwriters), as well as the historical revisionism and mythmaking that comprise the six volumes. Nevertheless, Churchill`s literate but accessible account, based on his experiences and using documents only he had access to, touched a nerve with readers thirsty for a comprehensive history of the recent war, from the leader who had motivated the British people in their finest hour. Reynolds makes history and biography come alive in his portrait of Churchill the historian....
In Command Of History
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