Author: Max Hastings
Publisher: Osprey Publishing
Keywords: world, histories, specials, essential, flames, war, second
Number of Pages: 480
Published: 2004-03-25
List price: $29.95
ISBN-10: 1841768308
ISBN-13: 9781841768304

The period from 1939 to 1945 saw some of the most devastating events in living memory. Existing in the shadows of fear, sacrifice, deprivation and uncertainty, soldiers and civilians of all nationalities were driven to extremes of selfless loyalty, dogged determination or bitter cruelty by the demands of a world at war. Bringing the experience of war to life through a wealth of contemporary documentation, private writings and historical research, this book tells the stories of the men and women who lived and died during the Second World War. Also assessing the political, military and historica

Author: Mary Schoeser
Publisher: Thames & Hudson
Keywords: world, art, history, concise, textiles
Number of Pages: 224
Published: 2003-06
List price: $19.95
ISBN-10: 0500203695
ISBN-13: 9780500203699

The history of textiles, more than that of any other artifact, is the history of human ingenuity. From the earliest needles of 25,000 years ago to techno textiles used in Space Shuttle parachutes today, textiles have been fundamental to human existence and achievements, and have informed developments in other areas from agriculture to metallurgy. Textiles are global commodities, common to every culture and for a long time the motivation for trade, the exchange of ideas, and sometimes even conflict. Silks from China, carpets from Persia, ikats from Indonesia, cottons from India, fine linens fro

Author: World Bank Group
Publisher: World Bank Publications
Keywords: indicators, development, world
Number of Pages: 440
Published: 2005-04
List price: $60.00
ISBN-10: 082136071X
ISBN-13: 9780821360712

World Development Indicators, the World Bank’s respected statistical publication presents the most current and accurate information on global development on both a national level and aggregated globally. This information allows readers to monitor the progress made toward meeting the goals endorsed by the United Nations and its member countries, the World Bank, and a host of partner organizations in September 2001 in their Millennium Development Goals. The print edition of World Development Indicators 2005 allows you to consult over 80 tables and over 800 indicators for 152 economies and

Author: Gerhard L. Weinberg
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Keywords: world, war, global, history
Number of Pages: 1198
Published: 1995-07-28
List price: $25.99
ISBN-10: 0521558794
ISBN-13: 9780521558792

Widely hailed as a masterpiece, this is the first history of World War II to provide a truly global account of the war that encompassed six continents. Starting with the changes that restructured Europe and her colonies following the First World War, Gerhard Weinberg sheds new light on every facet of World War II. Actions of the Axis, the Allies, and the Neutrals are covered in every theater of the war. More importantly, the global nature of the war is examined, with new insight into how events in one corner of the world helped affect events in other distant parts. A World at Arms is a fasci

Author: Loyd E. Lee
Publisher: M.E. Sharpe
Keywords: world, readings, commentary, crucible, war, contemporary
Number of Pages: 427
Published: 1991-10
List price: $38.95
ISBN-10: 0873327322
ISBN-13: 9780873327329

This anthology contains 16 readings by English-language scholars that deal with military, political, diplomatic, and social aspects of World War II and its consequences for the contemporary world. The readings are grouped around seven major topics and each topic is prefaced with a substantial commentary by Professor Lee that places it in historical context. The readings consist of complete articles or integral chapters rather than abridged selections so that each author’s argument can be read in its original form. The authors are: Gerhard L. Weinberg, Akira Ireye, Jan Thomasz Gross, Betr

Author: Timothy D Taylor
Publisher: Routledge
Keywords: world, markets, music, global, pop
Number of Pages: 304
Published: 1997-07-22
List price: $37.95
ISBN-10: 0415918723
ISBN-13: 9780415918725

Global Pop examines the rise of "world musics" and "world beat", and some of the musicians associated with these new genres such as Peter Gabriel, Ladysmith Black Mambazo, and Johnny Clegg. Drawing on a wide range of sources--academic, popular, cyber, interviews, and the music itself--Global Pop charts an accessible path through many of the issues and contradictions surrounding the contemporary movement of people and musics worldwide. Global Pop examines the range of discourses employed in and around world music, demonstrating how the central concept of authenticity is wielded by musicians, fa

Author: Howard Winant
Publisher: Basic Books
Keywords: world, war, democracy, race, ghetto
Number of Pages: 448
Published: 2002-06
List price: $21.00
ISBN-10: 0465043410
ISBN-13: 9780465043415

A masterful account of world racial politics and the future of global race relations by a leading American sociologist. The World Is a Ghetto compares post-World War II racial dynamics in four countries or regions: the United States, South Africa, Brazil, and the European Union. Howard Winant argues that race remains crucial both for contemporary politics and for concepts of identity and culture. By investigating how economic development, labor processes, the ideals of democracy and popular sovereignty, patterns of social stratification, and even concepts of social and individual identity h