This volume is one of a series of handbooks pre- pared by Foreign Area Studies (FAS) of The Ameri- pan University, designed to be useful to military and other personnel who need a convenient compilation of basic facts about the social, economic, political and military institutions and practices of various countries. The emphasis is on objective description of the na- tion's present society and …
On four counts this volume is to be included among the out- standing documents of intellectual history in the United States and, in a way, the Western World. It deserves a prime place among the writings of the Adams family on the nature and course of so- cial politics, from the The Defence of the Constitutions of the United States by John Adams to the three penetrating and ex- plosive essays on…
We live today in a world different, in almost all its basic preconditions, from the world in which Bismarck lived and died. How have these changes come about? What are the formative influences and qualitative differences which are the distinguishing marks of the contemporary era? It is with these questions that the present book is concerned, and for that reason I have called it an introduction …
Junghuhn, wiens leven voor een groot deel gewijd is ge- weest aan het natuuronderzoek op Java, werd in 1809 in Mansfeld geboren in het voormalige koninkrijk Pruisen. Hij stierf in 1864 te Lembang, een plaatsje gelegen tegen de hellingen van zijn geliefde vulkaan de Tangkoeban Prahoe, nabij Bandoeng Java was zijn vaderland gewor- den, zei hij en schreef hij Op de top van een van Java's vulkanen …
Dalam buku Toba Na Sae diungkapkan beberapa mitos, legenda, dan pokok-pokok, sejarah Batak Toba sebelum dan permulaan penjajahan Belanda. Dalam buku Guru Somalaing diuraikan pandangan Modigliani yang menjelajahi Batak Toba selama kurang lebih 3 bulan, dan kegiatan Guru Somalaing Pardedernrnmengembangkan agama Parmalim dalam rangka melawan penjajah Belanda. Emilio Modigliani, orang Italia, adala…
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THE journey of which an account is given in the following pages was not undertaken in the special interests of geographical or other science nor in the service of any Government. My chief object was to gratify a long-felt desire to visit those portions of the Chinese Empire which are least known to Europeans, and to acquire some knowledge of the various tribes subject to China that inhabit the …