History

INTRODUCTION: Belfast, the capital of Northern Ireland sits astride the river Lagan as it makes its way towards Belfast Lough and the Irish Sea. Th...

The source of tremendous power and the focus of incredible devotion, throughout history notions of beauty have been integral to social life and cul...

Read any history of New York City and you will read about men. You will read about men who were political leaders and men who were activists and cu...

From bestselling author Simon Winchester, the extraordinary story of how America was united into a single nation. For more than two centu...

The New Iranian Cinema is considered by many to be the most fascinating cultural phenomenon produced within the Islamic Republic of Iran. Containin...

In 1963 Richard Hofstadter published his landmark book Anti-Intellectualism in American Life. Today, Matt Lewis argues, America's inclination towar...

In the Western world, coffee consumption is around one-third that of tap water. After petroleum, coffee is the second-most traded commodity in the ...

This fascinating new study traces traditions and memories relating to the twelfth-century Indian ruler Prithviraj Chauhan; a Hindu king who was def...

Born in China, Benedict Anderson spent his childhood in California and Ireland, was educated in England and finally found a home at Cornell Univers...

Italian performance in the First World War has been generally disparaged or ignored compared to that of the armies on the Western Front, and troop ...

Ever since the dawn of human history, islands have been at the heart of our desires - and our fears. Drawing on anthropology, literature, biology...

Standing as I was between the guns and the trenches... Henry Gill SJ Life here is very pleasant and interesting, provided one does not mind being k...

This powerful collection, depicting the first war in the air, showcases the work of the contemporary combat artists and illustrators from the Great...

What makes the difference between excellent and mediocre research? The answer is scientific rigor and innovation based on creativity. For both, cri...

This volume offers a collection of papers dealing with how adversities have been tackled and expressed artistically from various perspectives in Ir...