What are the distinctive characteristics of the discipline of history? How do we teach those characteristics effectively, and what benefits do they offer students? How can history instructors engage an increasingly diverse student body? Teaching History in Higher Education offers instructors an innovative and coherent approach to their discipline, addressing the specific advantages that studying history can bring. Edward Ross Dickinson examines the evolution of methods and concepts in the ...

"In the shimmering haze of a clear midwinter evening, Howard could plainly make out his target: the broad dome of the US Capitol Building less than half a mile away. Just beyond that lay the limestone edifices of the Everett Dirksen Senate Office and the Sam Rayburn House Office Buildings. He checked his watch: it was 4.22 p.m. In less than three hours, the government of the United States would be no more. Opening a small paper bag, he casually began munching on a sandwich that Jackie had ...

*Shortlisted for the British Book Design and Production Award for Graphic Novels*'A love letter to gaming in all its forms - from board games, to role-play, to virtual reality and video games. For fans of gaming, this is the perfect read. For those new to gaming, it is the perfect introduction' The ScotsmanA thrilling illustrated journey through the history of video games and what they really mean to usPac-...

This masterful collection of poems represents over thirty years of work by the author, Ross Edward Percifield II, guided by the Force that compels him to write, the Lord Jesus Christ. This poetry is grouped into broad themes that cover a wide range of topics, such as life and death, Christian religion and spirituality, love and romance, disappointment, friendship, many other deeply felt emotions, Mother Nature, etc. These poems, which are engaging and fast moving, have something for everyo...

What can be called the long twentieth century represents the most miraculous and creative era in human history. It was also the most destructive. Over the past 150 years, modern societies across the globe have passed through an extraordinary and completely unprecedented transformation rooted in the technological developments of the nineteenth century. The World in the Long Twentieth Century lays out a framework for understanding the fundamental factors that have shaped our world o...

This is a remarkable account of the revolutionary impact of modern dance on European cultural life in the early twentieth century. Edward Ross Dickinson uncovers modern dance's place in the emerging 'mass' culture of the modern metropolis, sufficiently ubiquitous and high-profile to spark media storms, parliamentary debates, and exasperated denunciations even from progressive art critics. He shows how modern dance spoke in multiple registers - as religious and as scientific; as redemptivel...

This is a study of the intense, complex, and escalating debate over sexuality and sexual morality that roiled politics in Germany between 1880 and 1914. That debate was grounded in the rapid evolution and growing complexity of German society - the multiplication of cultural groupings, professional associations, and social movements; the emergence of new social groups, social milieus, and professions; the rapid development of the media and commercial entertainments; and so on. All parties i...

STEPHEN DEBROS was born in Zimbabwe. This collection of 30 poems and reflections examines contemporary life, relationship with a "higher power" and the pain and joy of being human. If you enjoy watching life from the inside and wonder how it all fits together, this is for you.ROSS EDWARDS is based in Cape Town, South Africa. In the madness of #IdentityPolitics he is deeply amused by the fact that as a Zimbabwean-born African, now living in South Africa, he is doubly entitled to cal...

"Even more valuable than its widely praised predecessor, The Culture of Narcissism." —John W. AldridgeFaced with an escalating arms race, rising crime and terrorism, environmental deterioration, and long-term economic decline, people have retreated from commitments that presuppose a secure and orderly world. In his latest book, Christopher Lasch, the renowned historian and social critic, powerfully argues that self-concern, so characteristic of our time, h...

Lines from Life presents a sensitive and touching collection of thoughts, dreams, and wishes by poet Peter Overduin. He offers a realistic view of lifes disappointments and failures, hoping to provide companionship and sympathy to those on journeys like his ownboth in times where there is only darkness and in those that hold a sweeter melancholy and even hope.From lost love to hopes and dreams, he delves into the emotional ups and downs of his everyday life. His poignant reflection...

An unprecedented examination of the ways in which the uninhibited urban sexuality, sexual experimentation, and medical advances of pre-Weimar Berlin created and molded our modern understanding of sexual orientation and gay identity.Known already in the 1850s for the friendly company of its “warm brothers” (German slang for men who love other men), Berlin, before the turn of the twentieth century, became a place where scholars, activists, and medical professionals could explore and ...

Very Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring T.W. Adorno (1903-69) was a German philosopher and social and cultural theorist. His work has come to be seen as increasingly relevant to understanding the pathologies of contemporary society evident in today's climate emergency, the financial crash, the reappearance of fascism in many countries, and the growing instability of the world order. This Very Short Introduction covers Adorno's work and life, explain...