Dejiny sú nevyhnutnou súčasťou pohľadu, akým každý národ vníma sám seba, preto často bývajú predmetom sporov. Publikácia prináša príspevky 28 renomovaných historikov, ktorí vlastnými slovami opisujú minulosť svojej krajiny tak, ako ju vnímajú oni a ako sa bežne chápe v ich vlasti. Čitateľ má možnosť pozrieť sa na niektoré známe štáty z netradičného uhla: ako vidia samy seba, ako sa vyrovnávajú s kontroverznými udalosťami svojich dejín a ako si želajú byť vnímané v súčasnosti. Je zaujímavé sledovať, aký odlišný môže byť tento pohľad v porovnaní s optimistickým obrazom prezentovaným napríklad v turistických sprievodcoch.
From the editor of the bestselling Histories of Nations, an eye-opening anthology showing how people have suffered and survived during plague and pandemic, from the ancient world to the present.
A compelling day-by-day glimpse of highlights from 2,500 years of human history through 366 quotations. History Day by Day presents an original perspective on over two millennia of human history through 366 quotations, one for each day of the year, including leap years. Each quotation, tied to the anniversary of a significant historical event, captures that moment with the immediacy of an eyewitness or the narrative flair of a chronicler. Every day becomes a window to the past: on March 15, 44 BCE, Julius Caesar falls victim to Brutus and his coconspirators; on May 1, 1851, novelist Charlotte Bront visits London’s Great Exhibition; on June 28, 1919, in the Hall of Mirrors at the Palace of Versailles, broken-spirited German delegates sign the treaty that brings World War I to its fateful conclusion; and on September 11, 2001, people across the globe watch in horror as the Twin Towers topple and change the world forever. History Day by Day embraces a wide range of voices, moods, and mediums, from the powerful to the impoverished, the revolutionary to the reactionary, the joyful to the grief-stricken, and the eyewitness to the diarist. Both engrossing anthology and informative overview of world history, History Day by Day offers readers entertainment and information in equal measure.
Traces the history of Quakerism through the tumultuous period of the Civil War
and Restoration, its zealous and unrelenting opposition to the slave trade,
and its continued work at the forefront of peacemaking, poverty relief,
conflict resolution and charity.
