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Volume XXIX/2 of History of Universities contains the customary mix of learned articles and book reviews which makes this publication such an indispensable tool for the historian of higher education. This special issue, guest edited by Alexander Broadie, particularly focuses on Seventeenth-Century Scottish Philosophers and their Philosophy. The volume is, as always, a lively combination of original research and invaluable reference material.

This is a new edition of the radical social history of America from Columbus to the present. This powerful and controversial study turns orthodox American history upside down to portray the social turmoil behind the "march of progress". Known for its lively, clear prose as well as its scholarly research, A People's History is the only volume to tell America's story from the point of view of - and in the words of - America's women, factory workers, African-Americans, Native Americans, the wor...

This volume focuses on the US domestic politics of the inter-war period. The central theme is the movement of the country from a period of apparent prosperity during 1923-1929 to the onset of depression and the New Deal, designed to bring about "relief, recovery and reform". The author not only centres on the role played by the Wall Street Crash in the depression, but also the transition and attendant tensions in society and the issue of whether the prosperity of the 1920s was "real".

This volume recounts the experiences of female missionaries who worked in Uganda in and after 1895. It examines the personal stories of those women who were faced with a stubbornly masculine administration representative of a wider masculine administrative network in Westminster and other outposts of the British Empire. Encounters with Ugandan women and men of a range of ethnicities, the gender relations in those societies and relations between the British Protectorate administration and Ugandan...

Despite increasing scholarship on the cultural Cold War, focus has been persistently been fixed on superpowers and their actions, missing the important role played by individuals and organizations all over Europe during the Cold War years. This volume focuses on cultural diplomacy and artistic interaction between Eastern and Western Europe after 1945. It aims at providing an essentially European point of view on the cultural Cold War, providing fresh insight into little known connections and coo...

Les principales questions abordees dans le present volume sont dans la continuite de celles qui faisaient la trame du deuxieme semestre de l'annee 1969. Ce sont: la politique francaise a l'egard de la candidature britannique a la CEE; la politique mediterraneenne de la France; les relations franco-americaines a l'occasion du voyage du president Pompidou aux Etats-Unis; les relations avec les regimes sud-africain et portugais qui mettent la France en difficulte avec les pays africains. A la suit...

Further your teaching of Key Stage 3 History with this Year 7 Teacher's Resource Book which accompanies the Pupil's Book and provides advice on implementing the National Curriculum. Part of the dynamic and coherent book-per-year course by SHP, this Teacher's Resource Book strengthens your students' understanding and skills by including advice on assessment, lessons for the entire year and worksheets to support all main tasks. The lesson plans and PDF worksheets are also available on the CD incl...

Medieval society created many kinds of records and written material which differ considerably, giving us such sources as last wills, sermons, manorial accounts, or royal biographies. Primary sources are an exciting way for students to engage with the past and draw their own ideas about life in the medieval period. Understanding Medieval Primary Sources is a collection of essays that will introduce students to the key primary sources that are essential to studying medieval Europe. The sources ar...

This third edition has been revised and updated to reflect the needs of the current specifications. The title explores the developments and factors in nineteenth century Germany that affected the move towards national unity, before going on to examine Bismarck's Germany and his fall, and ending with a new section examining the policies and changes within the new German state up to the formation of the Weimar Republic in 1919. The book also includes an assessment of Bismarck as a leader and quest...

Die Erfindung des Buchdrucks war die technologische Antwort auf den im Spatmittelalter gerade bei Laien enorm gestiegenen Literaturbedarf. Diesem Bedarf vermochten selbst eine ausgedehnte gewerbliche Handschriftenproduktion und ein entsprechender Handschriftenmarkt kaum mehr zu genugen. Die Beitrage dieses Bandes behandeln die Frage, welche Bucher in dieser Ubergangszeit des Medienwechsels hergestellt, verkauft und gelesen wurden, wer die Produzenten und Rezipienten von Handschriften und Fruhdru...

Build confidence and develop your students' exam skills with this student workbook filled with ready-prepared lesson solutions.This workbook for GCSE Schools History Project will help build your students' understanding of all key topics. For use either in class or for homework, this full-colour workbook provides instant lesson solutions for specialist and non-specialist teachers: stimulus materials on all the topics followed by sets of questions designed to develop and test skills. - Help your...

The use of primary sources as texts in the classroom is growing. Teachers realize these vital witnesses provide opportunities to motivate students and improve learning. They bring students closer to the people, places, and events being studied and help students improve content knowledge while building skills. Recent trends in standards, such as Common Core, and the increasing use of the Document-Based Questions also promote primary source use. The strong push to use primary sources in teaching...

Die Studien befassen sich mit unterschiedlichen Aspekten der studentischen Migration in und nach Europa vom 18. bis in die 2. Halfte des 20. Jahrhunderts. Untersucht werden Ursprungsregionen und Ziele der Studentenwanderung, Fragen ihrer nationalen, ethnischen sowie sozialen Zusammensetzung, ihre fachlichen Interessen. Dabei wird reiches statistisches Material vorgelegt. Ein zentrales Thema bilden die Organisation, Wahrnehmung und Selbstwahrnehmung der Studierenden im Ausland sowie die Politik b...

British Cultural Identities assesses the degree to which being British impinges on the identity of the many people who live in Britain, analysing contemporary British identity through the various and changing ways in which people who live in the UK position themselves and are positioned by their culture today. This new edition is updated to include discussion of key events and societal shifts such as the 2016 ‘Brexit’ referendum, the 2015 British General Election, the growing emphasis on devolu...