From the "taming of the West" to the dropping of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima, the portrayal of the past has become a battleground at the heart of American politics. What kind of history Americans should read, see, or fund is no longer merely a matter of professional interest to teachers, historians, and museum curators. Everywhere now, history is increasingly being held hostage, but to what end and why? In History Wars, eight prominent historians...

Los tres tomos que componen Derecho internacional: Investigación, estudio y enseñanza recogen algunas de las reflexiones discutidas en el marco del Simposio Internacional Repensando y Renovando el Derecho Internacional dentro, desde y sobre la América Latina, celebrado en Bogotá, en 2017. Los capítulos que aquí se incluyen (en español, inglés y portugués) son resultado de múltiples proyectos que buscaban responder a una premisa general:...

Remembering and reconstructing the past inevitably involves forgetting-and nowhere more so than in the complex relationship between the United States and Japan since the end of World War II. In this provocative and probing series of essays, John W. Dower-one of our leading historians of postwar Japan and author of the Pulitzer Prize–winning Embracing Defeat-explores the uses and abuses to which this history has been subjected and, with deliberation...

A new picture of China's rise since the Age of Exploration and its historical impact on the modern world. The establishment of the Great Ming dynasty in 1368 was a monumental event in world history. A century before Columbus, Beijing sent a series of diplomatic missions across the South China Sea and Indian Ocean that paved the way for China's first modern global era. 1368 maps China's ascendance from the embassies of Admiral Zheng He to the arrival...

Bienvenue dans la collection Les Fiches de lecture d'Universalis Avec cet ouvrage paru en 1960, Philippe Ariès (1914-1984) poursuit de façon novatrice un programme de recherches qui, initié dès 1948 avec son Histoire des populations, s'achèvera sur les monumentaux travaux consacrés à la mort (Essais sur l'histoire de la mort en Occident du Moyen ge à nos jours, en 1975 ; L'homme devant la mort, en 1977 ; Images de l'homme devant la mort,...

We all know the name Nostradamus, but who was he really? Why did his predictions become so influential in Renaissance Europe and then keep resurfacing for nearly five centuries? And what does Nostradamus's endurance in the West say about us and our own world? In Nostradamus: How an Obscure Renaissance Astrologer Became the Modern Prophet of Doom, historian Stéphane Gerson takes readers on a journey back in time to explore the life and afterlife...

In recent years, the culture wars have called into question the way America's history of slavery is depicted in books, films, television programs, historical sites, and museums. In the first attempt to examine the historiography of slavery, this unique collection of essays looks at recent controversies that have played out in the public arena, with contributions by such noted historians as Ira Berlin, David W. Blight, and Gary B. Nash. From the...

En las últimas décadas, los saqueos se han convertido en episodios recurrentes de la sociedad argentina, que reaparecen cada fin de año en forma de amenaza, expectativa o posibilidad latente. Pocos hechos son más emblemáticos de las crisis terminales del país que los sucesos de 1989 y 2001, a tal punto que la imagen cristalizada de los saqueos, mezcla de desesperación y violencia, quedó asociada casi exclusivamente a estos dos momentos. Sin...

Since the early days of Buddhism in China, monastics and laity alike have expressed a profound concern with the past. In voluminous historical works, they attempted to determine as precisely as possible the dates of events in the Buddha's life, seeking to iron out discrepancies in varying accounts and pinpoint when he delivered which sermons. Buddhist writers chronicled the history of the Dharma in China as well, compiling biographies of eminent monks...

Los entrevistados que concurren en esta compilación se adentran en la historia con sus propias ideas, cargando el bagaje de sus vidas. Se trata de hombres y mujeres de diferentes procedencias: venezolanos -caraqueños y de otras regiones- y extranjeros que se asentaron en el país. Hay católicos, uno de ellos sacerdote, y otros más bien escépticos. También hay quienes hablan desde la izquierda y otros tantos desde la derecha. Comelones y refinados....