The Debate on the Crusades, 1099–2010 by Christopher Tyerman (Issues in Historiography) Requirements: .PDF/.ePUB reader, 4 mbOverview: David Hume, the eighteenth century philosopher, famously declared that ‘the crusades engrossed the attention of Europe and have ever since engaged the curiosity of man kind’. This is the first book length study of how succeeding generations from […]
The Debate Over Creationism vs. Evolution by Scientific American Editors (Scientific American Explores Big Ideas)Requirements: .ePUB reader, 1 mbOverview: Since the theory of evolution was popularized by Charles Darwin in the mid-nineteenth century, it has been a source of intense controversy. To some, evolution is viewed as fundamentally opposed to creationism, or the belief that […]
Debates on Stalinism by Mark EdeleRequirements: .ePUB reader, 0.45mbOverview: The years of Stalin’s brutal reign over the Soviet Union – from the late 1920s to the dictator’s death in 1953 – have produced enormous debate. Did ‘Stalinism’ form a system in its own right or was it a mere stage in the overall development of […]
Fair Play: How Sports Shape the Gender Debates by Katie Barnes Requirements: .ePUB reader, 0.7 MbOverview: A richly reported and provocative look at the history of women’s sports and the controversy surrounding trans athletes by a leading LGBTQ+ sports journalist. For decades women have been playing competitive sports, thanks in large part to the protective […]
A Stage for Debate: The Political Significance of Vienna’s Burgtheater, 1814-1867 (German and European Studies) by Martin WagnerRequirements: .ePUB reader, 1 MBOverview: A Stage for Debate presents a detailed analysis of the repertoire of the leading German-language stage of the nineteenth century, Vienna’s Burgtheater. The book explores the extent to which the Burgtheater repertoire contributed […]
