Against War and Empire

Against War and Empire
Author: Richard Whatmore
Publisher: Yale University Press
Total Pages: 415
Release: 2012-07-31
Genre: History
ISBN: 0300175574

As Britain and France became more powerful during the eighteenth century, small states such as Geneva could no longer stand militarily against these commercial monarchies. Furthermore, many Genevans felt that they were being drawn into a corrupt commercial world dominated by amoral aristocrats dedicated to the unprincipled pursuit of wealth. In this book Richard Whatmore presents an intellectual history of republicans who strove to ensure Geneva's survival as an independent state. Whatmore shows how the Genevan republicans grappled with the ideas of Rousseau, Voltaire, Bentham, and others in seeking to make modern Europe safe for small states, by vanquishing the threats presented by war and by empire.

American Geographers, 1784-1812

American Geographers, 1784-1812
Author: Ben A. Smith
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Total Pages: 328
Release: 2003-07-30
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 031305293X

The first major work to identify the original generation of American geographers—teachers, writers, surveyors, cartographers, engravers, and others—who made significant contributions to the field of geography during the early years of the republic. As such, it represents a powerful research tool for scholars interested in learning about this group and the products of their labors. A comprehensive and inclusive reference work, this book depicts the individuals who engaged in the establishment and description of the United States. It includes information on people who were involved in activities that led to a remarkable body of information, maps, and literature of a geographic nature about the country.

On Revolution

On Revolution
Author: Hannah Arendt
Publisher: Penguin Group
Total Pages: 40
Release: 1963
Genre: Revolutions
ISBN:

History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Vol 1

History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Vol 1
Author: Edward Gibbon
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 525
Release: 2013-01-18
Genre: History
ISBN: 1625584156

Gibbon offers an explanation for why the Roman Empire fell, a task made difficult by a lack of comprehensive written sources, though he was not the only historian to tackle the subject. Most of his ideas are directly taken from what few relevant records were available: those of the Roman moralists of the 4th and 5th centuries.

A History of the Church in Latin America

A History of the Church in Latin America
Author: Enrique Dussel
Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Total Pages: 396
Release: 1981
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9780802821317

This comprehensive history of the church in Latin America, with its emphasis on theology, will help historians and theologians to better understand the formation and continuity of the Latin American tradition.

The History Of The Decline And Fall Of The Roman Empire;

The History Of The Decline And Fall Of The Roman Empire;
Author: Edward Gibbon
Publisher: Wentworth Press
Total Pages: 604
Release: 2019-03-25
Genre: History
ISBN: 9781011259670

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