Henry Carter Hull

Can one be nostalgic for the home one never had? Why is it that the age of globalization is accompanied by a no less global epidemic of nostalgia? Can we know what we are nostalgic for? In the seventeenth century, Swiss doctors believed that opium, leeches, and a trek through the Alps would cure nostalgia. In 1733 a Russian commander, disgusted with the debilitating homesickness rampant among his troops, buried a soldier alive as a deterrent to nostalgia....

The New York Times bestselling authors call out the powerful who are blocking progress: "A must read for anyone concerned with climate and energy issues." --Leonardo DiCaprio The science is overwhelming; the facts are in. The planet is heating up at an alarming rate and the results are everywhere to be seen. Yet, as time runs out, climate progress is blocked by the people who are profiting from the burning of the planet: fossil fuel moguls and powerful...

The changing fortunes of Detroit, told through the lens of the city's major sporting events, by the bestselling author of Soccernomics, and a prizewinning cultural critic. From Ty Cobb and Hank Greenberg to the Bad Boys, from Joe Louis and Gordie Howe to the Malice at the Palace, City of Champions explores the history of Detroit through the stories of its most gifted athletes and most celebrated teams, linking iconic events in the history of Motown...

On August 28, 1963, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. led the historic March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, where he delivered the most iconic speech of the civil rights movement. In The Speech, Gary Younge explains why King's "I Have a Dream" speech maintains its powerful social relevance by sharing the dramatic story surrounding it. Today, that speech endures as a guiding light in the ongoing struggle for racial equality. Younge roots his work in...

Este libro es una guía práctica y accesible para saber más sobre el macartismo o el Temor Rojo, que le aportará la información esencial y le permitirá ganar tiempo. En tan solo 50 minutos usted podrá: • Analizar el contexto histórico del macartismo, enmarcado en plena Guerra Fría, así como las cazas de brujas previas en los EUA, desde las brujas de Salem hasta la doctrina Truman, pasando por el Primer Temor Rojo • Examinar las vidas...

Leon Trotsky's 1905 - despite long being out of print - has remained the central point of reference for those looking to understand the rising of workers, peasants, and soldiers that nearly unseated the Tsar in 1905. Trotsky's elegant, beautifully written account draws on his experience as a key leader of the revolution.

An exploration of how a state transitions from the collectivized production and distribution of socialism to the consumer-focused culture of capitalism. In Balkan Blues, Yuson Jung considers the state as an economic agent in upholding rights and responsibilities in the shift to a global market. Taking Bulgaria as her focus, Jung shows how impoverished Bulgarians developed a consumer-oriented society and how the concept of "need' adapted in surprising...

Découvrez enfin tout ce qu'il faut savoir sur le maccarthysme en moins d'une heure! Le 9 février 1950, Joseph McCarthy annonce lors du Lincoln Day qu'il existe au sein même du Gouvernement américain des communistes qui influenceraient la politique du pays. Si l'on se méfiait déjà du communisme depuis de très longues années, l'information sème un vent de panique tel qu'on n'en a jamais vu. La peur rouge ou Red Scare atteint son apogée....

The first collection of its kind, this anthology by members of the Mohawk Warrior Society uncovers a hidden history and paints a bold portrait of the spectacular experience of Kanien'kehá:ka survival and self-defense. Providing extensive documentation, context, and analysis, the book features foundational writings by prolific visual artist and polemicist Karoniaktajeh Louis Hall (1918—1993)-such as his landmark 1979 pamphlet, “The Warrior's Handbook”,...

This book records strains and stresses, doubts and uncertainties such as were never known, on such a scale, since men first trod the surface of the earth. The author of REMEMBER THESE THINGS, Paul Harvey, literally "grew up" with radio and matured in the atmosphere of television. He has a regular following that is numbered by millions of people. History is the record of events which fashion the lives of men and the destinies of nations. In a very...