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This series is for the Cambridge International AS History syllabus
(9489) for examination from 2021. Written by an author with
experience writing, examining and teaching, this coursebook
supports the Cambridge International AS History syllabus. With
increased depth of coverage, this coursebook helps build confidence
and understanding in language, essay-writing and evaluation skills.
The coursebook also develops students' conceptual understanding of
history with the five new 'Key concepts', for example exploring
cause and consequence in the Second Sino-Japanese War. In addition,
it encourages individuals to make substantiated judgments and
reflect on their own learning. Students can also consolidate their
skills though exam-style questions with source material and sample
responses.
Over the last few years, it has been impossible to ignore the
steady resurgence of xenophobia. The European migrant crisis and
immigration from Central America to the United States have placed
Western advocates of globalization on the defensive, and a 'New
Xenophobia' seems to have emerged out of nowhere. In this
fascinating study, George Makari traces the history of xenophobia
from its origins to the present day. Often perceived as an ancient
word for a timeless problem, 'xenophobia' was in fact only coined a
century ago, tied to heated and formative Western debates over
nationalism, globalization, race and immigration. From Richard
Wright to Sigmund Freud, Jean-Paul Sartre and Simone de Beauvoir,
writers and thinkers have long grappled with this most dangerous of
phobias. Drawing on their work, Makari demonstrates how we can
better understand the problem that is so crucial to our troubled
times.
In September 2012, UNESCO held its first ever consultation with
member states on the subject of Holocaust and genocide education,
recognising the importance of teaching the history of genocide. The
aim was to find approaches to raise awareness about the recurrence
of mass atrocities and genocide in different environments. It is in
this context that Mohamed Adhikari has put together this title,
giving perspective to historical European overseas conquests which
included many instances of the extermination of indigenous peoples.
In cases where invading commercial stock farmers clashed with
hunter-gatherers - in southern Africa, Australia and the Americas -
the conflict was particularly destructive, often resulting in a
degree of dispossession and slaughter that destroyed the ability of
these societies to reproduce themselves biologically or culturally.
The question of whether this form of colonial conflict was
inherently genocidal has not in any systematic way been addressed
by scholars until now. Through chapters written by leading
academics, this volume explores the nature of conflict between
hunter-gatherers and market-oriented stock farmers in
geographically and historically diverse instances, using a wide
range of theoretical approaches and comparative studies, which also
consider exceptions to the pattern of extermination.
'A dazzling, beguiling story . . . told at an exhilarating pace'
Literary Review 'Henry Gee makes the kaleidoscopically changing
canvas of life understandable and exciting. Who will enjoy reading
this book? - Everybody!' Jared Diamond, author of Guns, Germs, and
Steel For billions of years, Earth was an inhospitably alien place
- covered with churning seas, slowly crafting its landscape by way
of incessant volcanic eruptions, the atmosphere in a constant state
of chemical flux. And yet, despite facing literally every
conceivable setback that living organisms could encounter, life has
been extinguished and picked itself up to evolve again. Life has
learned and adapted and continued through the billions of years
that followed. It has weathered fire and ice. Slimes begat sponges,
who through billions of years of complex evolution and adaptation
grew a backbone, braved the unknown of pitiless shores, and sought
an existence beyond the sea. From that first foray to the spread of
early hominids who later became Homo sapiens, life has persisted,
undaunted. A (Very) Short History of Life is an enlightening story
of survival, of persistence, illuminating the delicate balance
within which life has always existed, and continues to exist today.
It is our planet like you've never seen it before. Life teems
through Henry Gee's lyrical prose - colossal supercontinents drift,
collide, and coalesce, fashioning the face of the planet as we know
it today. Creatures are engagingly personified, from 'gregarious'
bacteria populating the seas to duelling dinosaurs in the Triassic
period to magnificent mammals with the future in their (newly
evolved) grasp. Those long extinct, almost alien early life forms
are resurrected in evocative detail. Life's evolutionary steps -
from the development of a digestive system to the awe of creatures
taking to the skies in flight - are conveyed with an alluring,
up-close intimacy.
Presented in two volumes for maximum flexibility, Patterns of World
History, Brief Fourth Edition, offers a distinct framework for
understanding the global past through the study of origins,
interactions, and adaptations. The authors examine the full range
of human ingenuity over time and space in a comprehensive,
evenhanded, and critical fashion. They offer a distinct
intellectual framework for the role of innovation and historical
change through patterns of origins, interactions, and adaptations.
The Brief Edition offers a streamlined narrative and the lowest
price points of any full-color world history textbook currently
available. DIGITAL RESOURCES Visit www.oup.com/he/vonsivers4e for a
wealth of digital resources for students and instructors, including
an enhanced eBook with embedded learning tools and the Oxford
Insight Study Guide, which delivers custom-built adaptive practice
sessions based on students' performance.
'Very beautiful and illuminating' Mariella Frostrup Edward
Brooke-Hitching, author of the international bestseller The Phantom
Atlas delivers an atlas unlike any other. The Devil's Atlas is an
illustrated guide to the heavens, hells and lands of the dead as
imagined throughout history by cultures and religions around the
world. Packed with colourful maps, paintings and captivating
stories, the reader is taken on a compelling tour of the geography,
history and supernatural populations of the afterworlds of cultures
around the globe. Whether it's the thirteen heavens of the Aztecs,
the Chinese Taoist netherworld of 'hungry ghosts', or the 'Hell of
the Flaming Rooster' of Japanese Buddhist mythology (in which
sinners are tormented by an enormous fire-breathing cockerel), The
Devil's Atlas gathers together a wonderful variety of beliefs and
representations of life after death. These afterworlds are
illustrated with an unprecedented collection of images, ranging
from the marvellous 'infernal cartography' of the European
Renaissance artists attempting to map the structured Hell described
by Dante and the decorative Islamic depictions of Paradise to the
various efforts to map the Garden of Eden and the spiritual vision
paintings of nineteenth-century mediums. The Devil's Atlas
accompanies beautiful images with a highly readable trove of
surprising facts and narratives, from the more inventive torture
methods awaiting sinners, to colourful eccentric catalogues of
demons, angels and assorted death deities. A traveller's guide to
worlds unseen, The Devil's Atlas is a fascinating study of the
boundless capacity of human invention, a visual chronicle of man's
hopes, fears and fantasies of what lies beyond.
First published in 1930, New Zealand in the Making is an economic
history of the democratic experiments in New Zealand. The
geography, population, government ownership of public utilities,
compulsory arbitration, pensions and all other factors have been
covered in detail. The book will be of interest to anyone keen on
learning about New Zealand as well as to students of economy,
history, agriculture, and government.
A lively, engaging guide to music around the world, from prehistory
to the present Human beings have always made music. Music can move
us and tell stories of faith, struggle, or love. It is common to
all cultures across the world. But how has it changed over the
millennia? Robert Philip explores the extraordinary history of
music in all its forms, from our earliest ancestors to today's
mass-produced songs. This is a truly global story. Looking to
Europe, South America, Asia, Africa, and beyond, Philip reveals how
musicians have been brought together by trade and migration and
examines the vast impact of colonialism. From Hildegard von Bingen
and Clara Schumann to Bob Dylan and Aretha Franklin, great
performers and composers have profoundly shaped music as we know
it. Covering a remarkable range of genres, including medieval
chant, classical opera, jazz, and hip hop, this Little History
shines a light on the wonder of music-and why it is treasured
across the world.
The urge to censor is as old as the urge to speak. From the first
Chinese emperor's wholesale elimination of books to the Vatican's
suppression of pornography from its own collection, and on to the
attack on Charlie Hebdo and the advent of Internet troll armies,
words, images and ideas have always been hunted down by those
trying to suppress them. In this compelling account, Eric Berkowitz
reveals why and how humanity has, from the beginning, sought to
silence itself. Ranging from the absurd - such as Henry VIII's
decree of death for anyone who 'imagined' his demise - to claims by
American slave owners that abolitionist literature should be
supressed because it hurt their feelings, Berkowitz takes the
reader on an unruly ride through history, highlighting the use of
censorship to reinforce class, race and gender privilege and guard
against offence. Elucidating phrases like 'fake news' and 'hate
speech', Dangerous Ideas exposes the dangers of erasing history,
how censorship has shaped our modern society and what forms it is
taking today - and to what disturbing effects.
A STUNNINGLY ILLUSTRATED BOOK REVEALING THE GREATEST MYTHS, LIES
AND BLUNDERS ON MAPS 'Highly recommended' - Andrew Marr 'A
spectacular, enjoyable and eye-opening read' - Jonathan Ross The
Phantom Atlas is an atlas of the world not as it ever existed, but
as it was thought to be. These marvellous and mysterious phantoms -
non-existent islands, invented mountain ranges, mythical
civilisations and other fictitious geography - were all at various
times presented as facts on maps and atlases. This book is a
collection of striking antique maps that display the most erroneous
cartography, with each illustration accompanied by the story behind
it. Exploration, map-making and mythology are all brought together
to create a colourful tapestry of monsters, heroes and volcanoes;
swindlers, mirages and murderers. Sometimes the stories are almost
impossible to believe, and remarkably, some of the errors were
still on display in maps published in the 21st century. Throughout
much of the 19th century more than 40 different mapmakers included
the Mountains of Kong, a huge range of peaks stretching across the
entire continent of Africa, in their maps - but it was only in 1889
when Louis Gustave Binger revealed the whole thing to be a fake.
For centuries, explorers who headed to Patagonia returned with
tales of the giants they had met who lived there, some nine feet
tall. Then there was Gregor MacGregor, a Scottish explorer who
returned to London to sell shares in a land he had discovered in
South America. He had been appointed the Cazique of Poyais, and
bestowed with many honours by the local king of this unspoiled
paradise. Now he was offering others the chance to join him and
make their fortune there, too - once they had paid him a bargain
fee for their passage... The Phantom Atlas is a beautifully
produced volume, packed with stunning maps and drawingsof places
and people that never existed. The remarkable stories behind them
all are brilliantly told by Edward Brooke-Hitching in a book that
will appeal to cartophiles everywhere.
This set gathers together a collection of previously out-of-print
titles that examine China's great heritage in literature, poetry,
theatre and performance, painting and crafts. This reference
resource spans Chinese traditions and artforms to provide in-depth
analysis of some of China's great cultural treasures from many
different periods in the country's long history.
'A brilliant and important book ... Five Stars!' Mark Dolan,
talkRADIO 'An important new book' Daily Express An alternative
history of the world that exposes some of the biggest lies ever
told and how they've been used over time. Lincoln did not believe
all men were created equal. The Aztecs were not slaughtered by the
Spanish Conquistadors. And Churchill was not the man that people
love to remember. In this fascinating new book, journalist and
author Otto English takes ten great lies from history and shows how
our present continues to be manipulated by the fabrications of the
past. He looks at how so much of what we take to be historical fact
is, in fact, fiction. From the myths of WW2 to the adventures of
Columbus, and from the self-serving legends of 'great men' to the
origins of curry - fake history is everywhere and used ever more to
impact our modern world. Setting out to redress the balance,
English tears apart the lies propagated by politicians and think
tanks, the grand narratives spun by populists and the media, the
stories on your friend's Facebook feed and the tales you were told
in childhood. And, in doing so, reclaims the truth from those who
have perverted it. Fake History exposes everything you weren't told
in school and why you weren't taught it.
Readers will discover: Who was John Kennedy's first dangerous
lover? Who made rock music possible? Who created the 'Green
Revolution'? Who was Simon Cowell's mentor? Who stopped Catholic
priests marrying? Who invented the 'hole in the wall' ATM? Whose
hand does the French Foreign Legion salute? Who inspired the Red
Cross? Who built the first bra? Whose driving error started World
War I? Whose 'devil's paintbrush' killed millions? Which doctors
finished off Elvis and Michael Jackson? Who first broke the sound
barrier? Whose blood cells are 'immortal'?
For centuries, fame and fortune was to be found in the west - in
the New World of the Americas. Today, it is the east which calls
out to those in search of adventure and riches. The region
stretching from eastern Europe and sweeping right across Central
Asia deep into China and India, is taking centre stage in
international politics, commerce and culture - and is shaping the
modern world. This region, the true centre of the earth, is obscure
to many in the English-speaking world. Yet this is where
civilization itself began, where the world's great religions were
born and took root. The Silk Roads were no exotic series of
connections, but networks that linked continents and oceans
together. Along them flowed ideas, goods, disease and death. This
was where empires were won - and where they were lost. As a new era
emerges, the patterns of exchange are mirroring those that have
criss-crossed Asia for millennia. The Silk Roads are rising again.
A major reassessment of world history, The Silk Roads is an
important account of the forces that have shaped the global economy
and the political renaissance in the re-emerging east.
A RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK 'Full of delightful nuggets' Guardian
online 'Entertaining, informative and philosphical ... An essential
read' All About History 'Extraordinary range ... All the world and
more is here' Evening Standard 165 million years ago saw the birth
of rhythm. 66 million years ago came the first melody. 40 thousand
years ago Homo sapiens created the first musical instrument. Today
music fills our lives. How we have created, performed and listened
to music throughout history has defined what our species is and how
we understand who we are. Yet it is an overlooked part of our
origin story. The Musical Human takes us on an exhilarating journey
across the ages - from Bach to BTS and back - to explore the
vibrant relationship between music and the human species. With
insights from a wealth of disciplines, world-leading musicologist
Michael Spitzer renders a global history of music on the widest
possible canvas, from global history to our everyday lives, from
insects to apes, humans to artificial intelligence. 'Michael
Spitzer has pulled off the impossible: a Guns, Germs and Steel for
music' Daniel Levitin 'A thrilling exploration of what music has
meant and means to humankind' Ian Bostridge
A new, updated, revised edition of JERUSALEM: THE BIOGRAPHY, the
wider history of the Middle East through the lens of the Holy City,
covering from pre-history to 2020, from King David to Donald Trump.
The story of Jerusalem is the story of the world. Jerusalem is the
universal city, the capital of two peoples, the shrine of three
faiths; it is the site of Judgement Day and the battlefield of
today's clash of civilisations. How did this small, remote town
become the Holy City, the 'centre of the world' and now the key to
peace in the Middle East? Drawing on new archives and a lifetime's
study, Montefiore reveals this ever-changing city through the wars,
love affairs and revelations of the kings, empresses, prophets,
poets, saints, conquerors and whores who created, destroyed,
chronicled and believed in Jerusalem. A classic of modern
literature, this is not only the epic story of 3,000 years of
faith, slaughter, fanaticism and co-existence, but also a
freshly-updated history of the entire Middle East, from King David
to the twenty-first century, from the birth of Judaism,
Christianity and Islam to the Israel-Palestine conflict and the
wars of today. This is how Jerusalem became Jerusalem - the only
city that exists twice - in heaven and on earth.
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