Browsing HEC Books by Type "Book"

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Title: La rivolta: Bronte 1860 Author(s): RIALL, Lucy Date: 2012 Type of Publication: Book Abstract: «Triste missione per noi venuti a combattere per la libertà!». Parla Nino Bixio, il più intransigente comandante di Garibaldi. Ha appena assistito all’esecuzione dei cinque uomini considerati colpevoli dell’efferata rivolta ...
Title: Historische Nationsforschung im geteilten Europa 1945-1989 Author(s): KOLAR, Pavel; REZNIK, Milos Date: 2012 Type of Publication: Book Abstract: Dabei werden Autoren, Werke, Schulen und Paradigmen in den Blick genommen, die an die Phänomene „Nation und Nationalismus“ aus einer – im weiteren Sinne – historischen Perspektive herangehen, die „Nation“ als eine historisch ...
Title: Storia internazionale dell’età contemporanea Author(s): ROMERO, Federico Date: 2012 Type of Publication: Book Abstract: A survey of international politics and visions of the international system from the late 19th century to the present. Interweaving international, transnational and economic history, it recounts the mains trend and events ...
Title: The Rise of Fiscal States: A global history, 1500-1914 Author(s): YUN-CASALILLA, Bartolome; O’BRIEN Patrick K.; COMÍN COMÍN, Francisco Date: 2012 Type of Publication: Book Abstract: From the Netherlands to the Ottoman Empire, to Japan and India, this groundbreaking volume confronts the complex and diverse problem of the formation of fiscal states in Eurasia between 1500 and 1914. This series of country ...
Title: Richelieu Author(s): D'ALBIS, Cécile Date: 2012 Type of Publication: Book Abstract: Il est très difficile de connaître un homme dont ses flatteurs ont dit tant de bien, et ses ennemis tant de mal », écrivait Voltaire. Cardinal et ministre de Louis XIII pendant près de vingt ans, Richelieu a dirigé la ...
Title: Regional Histories and Historical Regions: The concept of the Baltic Sea region in Polish and Swedish historiographies Author(s): GRZECHNIK, Marta Date: 2012 Type of Publication: Book Abstract: This book takes as its point of departure an enthusiasm for Baltic Sea region history which appeared in some European countries after the fall of the Iron Curtain. In search for the historiographical traditions and earlier ...
Title: Mass Violence and the End of the Dutch Colonial Empire in Indonesia Author(s): LUTTIKHUS, Bart; MOSES, A. Dirk Date: 2012 Type of Publication: Book Abstract: A recent strand of research in genocide studies emphasizes the intimate connections and the porous boundary between imperial and colonial violence and genocidal practices. So far, the British and German settler colonies ...
Title: Staats-Opern? Der Wandel von Staatlichkeit und die Opernkrisen in Berlin, London und Paris am Ende des 20. Jahrhunderts Author(s): ZALFEN, Sarah Date: 2011-01-01 Type of Publication: Book Abstract: Im 20. Jahrhundert wurden europaweit aus Hofopern, Bürgeropern und kommerziellen Opernunternehmen Staatsopern. Sie waren subventionierte und institutionalisierte Teile staatlicher Strukturen, staatlich verantwortetes ...
Title: Field Day and the Translation of Irish Identities: Performing Contradictions Author(s): O'MALLEY, Aidan Date: 2011-01-01 Type of Publication: Book Abstract: In the 1980s, Field Day brought together some of the most important names in Irish artistic life—Brian Friel, Stephen Rea, Seamus Deane, Seamus Heaney, Tom Paulin, David Hammond and Thomas Kilroy—to articulate a cultural ...
Title: La dette des familles. Femmes, lignage et patrimoine à Florence aux XIVe et XVe siècles Author(s): CHABOT, Isabelle Date: 2011-01-01 Type of Publication: Book Abstract: Pour que la maison des pères fonctionne à la perfection, seuls les hommes doivent se succéder dans la continuité temporelle de la famille et la transmission des biens patrimoniaux. Les femmes sont et ne sont pas dans la ...
Title: Tschernobyl und Frankreich. Die Debatte um die Auswirkungen des Reaktorunfalls im Kontext der französischen Atompolitik und Elitenkultur Author(s): KALMBACH, Karena Date: 2011-01-01 Type of Publication: Book Abstract: Die französische Debatte um die Auswirkungen von Tschernobyl nahm ihren Ausgangspunkt in einem politischen Skandal: 1986 verzichtete Frankreichs Regierung auf Schutzmaßnahmen, da die französischen Nuklearexperten den ...
Title: Crises and Opportunities: The shaping of modern finance Author(s): CASSIS, Youssef Date: 2011-01-01 Type of Publication: Book Abstract: As the world's political and economic leaders struggle with the aftermath of the financial crisis of 2008, this book asks the question: have financial crises presented opportunities to rebuild the financial system? Examining ...
Title: I verbali del mercoledì. Riunioni editoriali Einaudi 1943-1952 Author(s): MUNARI, Tommaso Date: 2011-01-01 Type of Publication: Book Abstract: Quando ormai anche le stagioni sembrano aver perso la loro naturale cadenza, a ritmare il passaggio del tempo, sopravvivono, implacabili e a regolari intervalli, le polemiche sulla casa editrice Einaudi. L’occasione può ...
Title: Des esclaves énergétiques : réflexions sur le changement climatique histoire environnementale Author(s): MOUHOT, Jean-Francois Date: 2011-01-01 Type of Publication: Book Abstract: Ce livre explore les liens historiques et les similarités entre esclavage et utilisation contemporaine des énergies fossiles et montre comment l’histoire peut nous aider à lutter contre le changement climatique. Il décrit ...
Title: Tatort: Versöhnung. Aktion Sühnezeichen in der BRD und in der DDR und Gedenkdienste in Österreich Author(s): LEGERER, Anton Date: 2011-01-01 Type of Publication: Book Abstract: Versöhnung - ein schwer fassbares, ursprünglich der Auseinandersetzung mit dem jüdischen Gott entstammendes Ritual - findet in den deutschen Nachfolgestaaten des Dritten Reiches und in Österreich konkrete Umsetzung: Die ...
Title: L’inconscient au paradis : Comment les catholiques ont reçu la psychanalyse Author(s): DESMAZIERES, Agnès Date: 2011-01-01 Type of Publication: Book Abstract: En fondant la psychanalyse, Freud provoque les catholiques dans leurs convictions religieuses et morales. Après lui, l’Église peut-elle nier toute jouissance dans l’acte sexuel ? Parler de péché est-il source de culpabilité ...
Title: Fra Mauro's Mappa Mundi and Fifteenth-Century Venice Author(s): CATTANEO, Angelo Date: 2011-01-01 Type of Publication: Book Abstract: Fra Mauro's mappamundi, drawn around 1450 in the monastery of San Michele on Murano in the lagoon of Venice, is among the most relevant compendia of knowledge of the Earth and the Cosmos of the fifteenth century. By examining ...
Title: Germania e Fiume: La questione fiumana nella diplomazia tedesca (1921-1924) Author(s): KLINGER, William Date: 2011 Type of Publication: Book
Title: "A Splendid Return": The intellectual reception of the Catholic social doctrine in Hungary (1931-1944) Author(s): PETRAS, Eva Date: 2011 Type of Publication: Book Abstract: The inception of the encyclical writing of the popes started in the eighteenth century with Benedict XIVs first encyclical in 1740.1 In the past nearly 270 years a coherent papal social doctrine has been developed around ...
Title: Inter-Trans-Supra? Legal relations and power structures in history Author(s): DOMEIER, Norman; AUGUSTI, Eliana; PRUTSCH, Markus J.; VON GRAEVENITZ, Fritz Georg Date: 2011 Type of Publication: Book Abstract: This edited volume covers a range of topics on two main themes. On the one hand, the volume focuses on hierarchies and power structures in legal history and analyses legal historical topics from an inter-, trans- and/or ...