“…Grounded in the emerging field of critical archival studies, this book uncovers how dominant western archival theories and practices are oppressive by design, while looking toward the the radical politics of community archives to envision new liberatory theories and practices. …”

“…For over 400 years, Black African men, women and children suffered the worst type of enslavement and humiliation from the hands of Catholics and other Western Christians during the transatlantic slave trade. …”

“…Parliaments are often seen as Western European and North American institutions, and their establishment in other parts of the world as a derivative and mostly defective process. …”

“…Critical and artistic appraisals of Milton's works in the communist era proved more controversial than receptions of other major Western authors: on the one hand, Milton's participation in the Civil War earned him the title of a 'revolutionary hero,' on the other hand, religious aspects of his works were often disregarded and sometimes proactively suppressed. …”

“…It is a well-known fact both among scholars of propaganda and disinformation, and among political leaders that Sputnik and RT are using their news coverage for disinformation purposes to harm Western and European societies. Following the Russian invasion of Ukraine, which enhanced the security threat by disinformation, the EU decided to ban these two media. …”

“…But in this moment of what author Ryan Claycomb terms the "rightward lurch" of western democracies, does this idealized space of democratic deliberation remain effective? …”

“…Many historians have dismissed these political experiments as corrupt pantomimes of governments of Western Europe and the United States. Challenging that perspective, James E. …”

“…Aries shows, is a recent event in Western Man's development. Until the end of the Middle Ages, the child was, almost as soon as he was weaned, regarded as a small adult who mingled, competed, worked, and played with mature adults. …”

“…Ringer also considers the importance of Weber to contemporary life, discussing his insights into the limits of scholarly research and the future of Western capitalist societies. Weber, Ringer reminds us, believed in democracy, liberalism, and fundamental human rights; his ethic of responsibility remains as vital to our historical moment as it was to his own…”

“…Another challenge is to explain the diversity of experiences: why some European societies were not traumatized by war and invasion, why liberal democracy survived throughout north-western Europe, why general living standards continued to rise, and why the status of women continued to improve. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Conté: Western Morning News Headquarters, Plymouth / Nicholas Grimshaw & Partners - National Gymnastics Centre, Alicante / Enric Miralles - Ignus Factory, Cologne / Nicholas Grimshaw & Partners - Alamillo Bridge, Seville - Trinity Bridge, Salford / Santiago Calatrava - Exhibition Hall, Linz / Thomas Herzog - RAC Regional Control Centre, Bristol / Nicholas Grimshaw & Partners - Wilkahn Factory, Bad Munthet / Thomas Herzog - Museum of Fruit, Yamanashi / Itsuko Hasegawa - Law Faculty, Cambridge / Foster & Partners - Secondary School, Vienna / Helmut Richter - Museum of Glass, Kingswinford / Design Antenna - Cy Twombly Gallery, Houston / Renzo Piano Building Workshop - Cartier Foundation, Paris / Jean Nouvel - Glass Hall, Leipzig / Von Gerkan Marg & Partners & Ian Ritchie - Cite Internationale, Lyon - UNESCO Laboratory & Workshop, Vesima / Renzo Piano Building Workshop - Exhibition Hall, Hanover / Thomas Herzog - British Pavilion, Seville / Nicholas Grimshaw & Partners - Microelectronics Park, Duisberg / Foster & Partners - Inland Revenue Headquarters, Nottingham / Michael Hopkins & Partners - Channel Four Headquarters [Channel 4], London / Richard Rogers Partnership - Bracken House, London / Michael Hopkins & Partners - Kabuki-cho Tower, Tokyo / Richard Rogers Partnership - Carre d'art, Nimes / Foster & Partners - Port Restoration, Genoa / Renzo Piano Building Workshop - Century Tower, Tokyo / Foster & Partners - Kansai Airport, Osaka / Renzo Piano Building Workshop - Waterloo Station International Terminal, London / Nicholas Grimshaw & Partners - Marseilles Airport, Marseilles / Richard Rogers Partnership - Lyons Airport TGV Station, Lyon / Santiago Calatrava - Stuttgart Airport, Stuttgart / Von Gerkan Marg & Partners - Ferry Terminal, Hamburg / Will Alsop & me di um Architects - Euralille Station, Lille / SNCF Architects - Stansted Airport, Stansted / Foster & Partners - Regional Development Centre, Marseilles / William Alsop Architects - Superstore, Plymouth / Jeremy Dixon & Edward Jones - Communications Tower, Barcelona / Foster & Partners - Barometer, London / Brookes Stacey Randall Fursdon - European Court of Human Rights, Strasbourg / Richard Rogers Partnership…”

“…Galileo's encounter with the Catholic Church was not only a major turning point in the history of western culture; it is the paradigm case of the clash between the institutional authority of religion and the authority of scientific reason, a clash that has come to define the modern era. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Unger -- Les vices et la criminalité des marins vénitiens à bord des navires vers la Mer Noire, XIVe-XVe siècles / Sergei Karpov -- Byzantine shipbuilding in fifteenth-century Venetian Crete : war galleys and the link to the Arsenal in Venice / Ruthy Gertwagen -- A Mediterranean encounter : the Fatimids and Europe, tenth to twelfth centuries / Yaacov Lev -- Local trade networks in medieval Sicily : the evidence of Idrisi / David Abulafia -- Aspects of intercoastal trade in the western Mediterranean : the voyage of the Santa María de Natzare / Lawrence V. …”

“…Western society has become estranged from the borders and social boundaries that have for centuries given meaning to human experience. …”

“…But Soviet prosecutors at Nuremberg were unable to deal comfortably with the complexities of an open, western-style legal proceeding, which undercut their effectiveness throughout the trial. …”

“…Sarah Ferber offers a challenging study of one of the most intriguing phenomena of early modern Europe; looking also at the present day, it argues that early modern conflicts over the devil still carry an unexpected force and significance for western Christianity…”

“…An intriguing yet underexplored segment of Jesuit school theatre is that which stages non-classical, non-Western subjects such as Japan, and this volume is the first to present Latin texts of two of these plays alongside full English translations, commentaries and an extensive introduction. …”

“…This volume brings together 20 contributions that focus on the early 20th century in Western Europe with the aim of examining the tensions, practices and limitations of military justice during the two World Wars. …”

“…One of the oldest and most celebrated cities in the Western Hemisphere, Havana is a fascinating metropolis where history has left its handprint on every corner. …”