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Diasporas comprise an inescapable part of the human experience and few are more interesting and diverse than African diasporas. By providing a panoramic view across time and geographical space this collection of essays illustrates the inherent variability of African, European and Asian diasporic formation. Even when such communities share a common origin, diasporas behave like living organisms that respond sensitively to specific geographical locations...
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In this exciting, interactive eBook, the minds behind HowStuffWorks.com's top-rated podcast Stuff You Missed in History Class bring you the real scoop on history's biggest myths, mysteries, and marvels. Discover history as you never knew it. For years, the hosts of Stuff You Missed in History Class, the popular podcast from Discovery's award-winning website HowStuffWorks.com, have been giving listeners front-row seats to some of the most astonishing...
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Recueil des contributions du colloque Images du Cambodge: mythe, histoire et mémoire.
Ces contributions issues du colloque intitulé Images du Cambodge : mythe, histoire et mémoire, tenu à Paris en 2015, questionnent l'impact des processus mémoriels sur la constitution d'une identité culturelle en soulignant que l'histoire du Cambodge ne peut se réduire à la splendeur d'Angkor d'un cté et l'horreur des années khmères rouges de l'autre.
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Comme autant de défis à la dépossession et à l'inégalité coloniales, bien des combats que l'on peut qualifier de « démocratiques » ont été menés dans l'Algérie sous domination française par des membres des deux communautés, ensemble ou séparément. Nés du refus des discriminations comme de l'irrépressible aspiration individuelle et collective à se faire reconnaître, à s'exprimer, à s'organiser, à s'émanciper, ils ont investi...
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Ancient Non-Greek Rhetorics contributes to the recovery and understanding of ancient rhetorics in non-Western cultures and other cultures that developed independently of classical Greco-Roman models. Contributors analyze facets of the rhetorics as embedded within the particular cultures of ancient China, Egypt, Mesopotamia, the ancient Near East more generally, Israel, Japan, India, and ancient Ireland.
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A century ago, between the uneasy aftermath of the First World War and the chaos of the Russian Revolution, an elite group of Russian intellectuals announced the discovery of a new continent they called "Eurasia", a sprawling landmass wedged between Europe and Asia fated to upend mainstream Eurocentric narratives on history and civilization. The intellectual trend these diverse thinkers initiated came to be called "Eurasianism", a school of thought...
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This book represents the final instalment of research and analysis by one of the Caribbean's foremost historians. In this volume, Eric Williams reflects on the institution of slavery from the ancient period in Europe down to New World African Slavery. The book also includes other forms of bondage which followed slavery, including Japanese, Chinese, Indians and Pacific peoples in many locations worldwide. The book points ways in which this bondage...
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Cet ouvrage, contribution de l'Académie des Sciences, Belles-Lettres et Arts d'Angers au Centenaire de la Grande guerre évoque d'abord Angers et le Maine-et-Loire. Avec la Société d'Agriculture, Sciences et Arts — c'était alors son nom — qui a su poursuivre ses travaux quand certains des siens perdent leurs fils au front, et que chaque jour arrivent des blessés à la gare Saint-Laud. Avec des figures, parfois attendues, ainsi Lucien Lizé...
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