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In 850 analytical articles, this two-volume set explores the developments that influenced the profound changes in thought and sensibility during the second half of the eighteenth century and the first half of the nineteenth century. The Encyclopedia provides readers with a clear, detailed, and accurate reference source on the literature, thought, music, and art of the period, demonstrating the rich interplay of international influences and cross-currents at work; and to explore the many issues raised by the very concepts of Romantic and Romanticism.
Presents a comprehensive guide to the geography of the world, with world maps and articles on cartography, notable explorers, climate and more.
Between 1945 and 1991, tension between the USA, its allies, and a group of nations led by the USSR, dominated world politics. This period was called the Cold War – a conflict that stopped short to a full-blown war. Benefiting from the recent research of newly open archives, the Encyclopedia of the Cold War discusses how this state of perpetual tensions arose, developed, and was resolved. This work examines the military, economic, diplomatic, and political evolution of the conflict as well as its impact on the different regions and cultures of the world. Using a unique geopolitical approach that will present Russian perspectives and others, the work covers all aspects of the Cold War, from communism to nuclear escalation and from UFOs to red diaper babies, highlighting its vast-ranging and lasting impact on international relations as well as on daily life. Although the work will focus on the 1945–1991 period, it will explore the roots of the conflict, starting with the formation of the Soviet state, and its legacy to the present day.
Volume XXVII/2 of History of Universities contains the customary mix of learned articles and book reviews which makes this publication such an indispensable tool for the historian of higher education. The volume is, as always, a lively combination of original research and invaluable reference material.
This comprehensive three-volume work on the French Revolution and Napoleon's rule and campaigns covers a wide range of military, political, social, and cultural events and personalities during a time of dramatic change in Europe. In three extraordinarily rich volumes, The Encyclopedia of the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars captures the full sweep and legacy of the transformation of Europe from 1792 to 1815. Its nearly 900 alphabetically organized, fully cross-referenced entries provide students and general readers with vivid biographies of politicians, sovereigns, and commanders; accounts of battles, weaponry, and diplomatic affairs; insights into the art, music, and culture of the ...
The Science and Passion of Communism presents the battles of the brilliant Italian communist Amadeo Bordiga in the revolutionary cycle of the post-WWI period, through his writings against reformism and war, for Soviet power and internationalism, and then against fascism, on one side, Stalinism and the degeneration of the International, on the other. Equally important was his sharp critique of triumphant U.S. capitalism in the post-WWII period, and his original re-presentation of Marxist critique of political economy, which includes the capital-nature and capital-species relationships, and the programme of social transformations for the revolution to come. Without any form of canonization, we can say that Bordiga’s huge workshop is a veritable goldmine, and anyone who decides to enter it will not be disappointed. He will guide you through a series of instructive, energizing and often highly topical excursions into the near and distant past, into the present that he largely foresaw, and into the future that he sketched with devouring passion.
Provides up-to-date profiles on the careers of leading and emerging poets.
Tra le centinaia di pagine autografe di Silvio Pellico, pervenute al comune di Saluzzo attraverso varie donazioni dall'800 fino ad oggi, sono conservati materiali molto eterogenei: stralci di lettere, abbozzi di poesie, citazioni bibliche o tratte da qualche autore classico, trascrizioni di testi ad uso della marchesa Di Barolo di cui Pellico è stato a lungo collaboratore e segretario, manoscritti integrali di alcune tragedie ed infine alcuni fogli più "misteriosi" ossia testi in gergo carbonaro che finora sono stati trascurati dagli studiosi del Pellico, ad esclusione di Domenico Chiattone, storico saluzzese, studioso di storia locale e biografo del Pellico. In uno di questi fogli, scritto a matita sopra al testo scritto a penna, c'è il codice di decifrazione ossia Pellico ha riscritto sopra a matita la frase in italiano, riportata sotto in gergo carbonaro, il che ha permesso cento anni fa a Chiattone e negli ultimi mesi anche a me di decriptare questi testi. Cristina Contilli, aprile (giugno) 2016
Circa venti collaboratori prendono qui in esame il ruolo svolto dagli intellettuali durante la Grande Guerra: una guerra con "nomi e cognomi", più o meno noti al grande pubblico. I singoli contributi pongono in risalto le diverse opinioni che si vennero a determinare prima dell'adesione dell'Italia al conflitto, analizzando il vivace dibattito che si accese tra interventisti e neutralisti, con le numerose e sfumate scelte e prese di posizione di poeti, artisti, giornalisti e intellettuali di varia matrice ideologica ed estrazione sociale. Il testo viene presentato in due volumi, di cui questo è il secondo.
L'archivio storico del comune di Saluzzo contiene diversi autografi di Silvio Pellico, provenienti da varie donazioni, la più consistente delle quali venne fatta nel 1863 dalla sorella Giuseppina. Tra questi manoscritti c'è n'è uno poco conosciuto, intitolato Las Casas, scritto sulla carta arrangiata che i prigionieri politici usavano durante la detenzione allo Spielberg. La struttura del testo non corrisponde, però, a quella di una tragedia né per numero di personaggi né per partizione né per durata dell'azione che inizia nel 1513 e termina tre anni dopo. Protagonista è il frate domenicano Bartolomeo de Las Casas esempio di religioso che vuole convincere gli indigeni a convertirsi al cristianesimo senza forzarli e senza assoggettarli al dominio spagnolo con la violenza...