A History of Modern Taiwanese Ceramics (Taiwanese Ceramics, 1)

This book broadens the discussion of pottery and china in the Victorian era by situating them in the national, imperial, design reform, and domestic debates between 1840 and 1890. ...

The textbook is devoted to a systematic presentation of the basics of chemical technology of ceramic and composite materials. A detailed overview of the methods of obtaining cerami...

Historical Teleologies in the Modern World tracks the fragmentation and proliferation of teleological understandings of history – the notion that history had to be explained as a g...

This book provides a sobering look at modern-day slavery—which includes sex trafficking, domestic servitude, and other forms of forced labor—and documents the development of the mo...

Who did the ancient Greeks describe as the world's best athlete? What does the Koran say about women's rights? How has the digital revolution changed life in the modern age? From t...

This volume presents innovative studies of how the emerging disciplines of archaeology and ancient history shaped the modern Middle East, and how they were in turn shaped by compet...

The Concept of History reflects on the presuppositions behind the contemporary understanding of history that often remain implicit and not spelled out. It is a critique of the mode...

Incorporating a wide range of visual and translated written sources, The Modern Spain Sourcebook documents Spain’s history from the Enlightenment to the present. ...