Europe is one area that we Americans have a grasp of-think again. The great stories of the century-the two world wars, the rise and fall of Nazism and Communism- are self-evident in their importance. But behind the politics and the ideologies lies another history: the history of forces that shaped the lives of individual Europeans and the lives of men and women around the world. These are stori…
It begins some 4,000 years ago in the jungles of Mexico and Central America with the chocolate tree, Theobroma Cacao, and the complex processes necessary to transform its bitter seeds into what is now known as chocolate. This was centuries before chocolate was consumed in generally unsweetened liquid form and used as currency by the Maya and the Aztecs after them. The Spanish conquest of Centra…
Pada peringatan dua puluh tahun berakhirnya Perang Dingin, Conor O'Clery telah membangun narasinya yang menarik dan dibangun dengan cemerlang tentang kejatuhan Uni Soviet sekitar suatu hari, 25 Desember 1991, tanggal Gorbachev mengundurkan diri dan Uni Soviet secara efektif tercatat dalam sejarah. Dari sana, O'Clery melihat kembali peristiwa-peristiwa enam tahun sebelumnya: kebijakan reformasi …
Contents: 1. The founders 2. The global struggle 3. War and strategy 4. The hydrocarbon age 5. The battle for world mastery.
The contents of this book: - Domestic Bank Chapter 1: A Quetion of Purpose Chapter 2: Putting the Bank in Its Place Chapter 3: A Place to Work
Contents: 1. Welcome to Indonesia! 2. Shocks 3. On Bahasa Indonesia 4. First impressions 5. Climate 6. Bugs and health 7. Food 8. Eating out, etc.
The Contents of this book Part One: Post-War: 1945-1953 Part Two: Prosperity and Its Discontents: 1953-1971 Part Three: Recessional: 1971-1989 Part Four: After the Fall: 1989-2005
This new edition of the preeminent history of Latin America has been brought up to date in all areas, examining the implications of the end of the Cold War on U.S.-Latin America realtions, such recent developments as international drug trafficking, and the ongoing trend away from authoritarian regimes toward civilian leaders and elected goverments.
This book contains: 1. The immediate aftermath of the disintegration of the Soviet empire in Europe and the Soviet Union itself 2. The convulsive collapse of the former Yugoslavia and the wars in Bosnia and Kosovo 3. The Gulf War against Iraq and its various sequels 4. The Maastrhict Treaty for the furthering of the Europen Union 5. The tensions in China between economic liberalisation and…
Buku ini berisi: 1. Indonesia: Ekonomi minyak dan gas bumi dari pelita ke pelita 2. Potensi ekonomi OPEC 3. Beberapa wajah anggota OPEC kaya 4. Amerika Serikat dan Jepang bergelut dalam energi