New Releases by David Armitage

臺灣位處於歐亞板塊與太平洋之間，從陸地的觀點看我們顯得渺小，但從南島族的海洋觀點，我們是太平洋的一份，共享世界上最大的海域。

Dreams can be anything you want them to be, but imagine flying through space doing cartwheels, flying past a giant floating doggy biscuit, or realizing that planet Mars, was in fact a giant chocolate bar. But this is just part of the story. Connor used to be such a happy little boy, but world events had made him sad and confused. Despite the best efforts of his mum and dad, and all the people who loved him, to cheer him up, nothing seemed to work. A new plan was needed, but would it work? It didn’t take long for Connor and his new dog, Sparky, to become the best of friends. At night-time, sleeping soundly, the pair would begin to have the wildest of adventures together. Join them on their first as they race aliens around Saturn and try to beat the current intergalactic champion. Starting from the back, the dynamic duo would need all their skills, determination, and resilience, to cross the ‘Slime Line’ first, but could they, do it?

Now you may not think a cornflake can be special...... but you would be wrong. Connor is different, very different. He is strong, brave, fearless, a cereal version of James Bond and a really cool dude. But having been thrown in the rubbish, he soon realizes that he is special, but his first mission is to escape the jaws of a four-legged foe who thinks it''s snack time. Join Connor the Cornflake and the Mighty Variety team of cereal superheroes on a fast paced, action-packed adventure as they try to stop the evil Colonel Cereal’s plot to scare the children of the world, with his Krispy robots, so they will never eat cereal again. From a walking stick-wielding ninja Granny Granola and a baby oiled tag team wrestling wheat biscuit duo, to a sugar cube powered flying cereal box and a flying dog on the back of a remote-controlled monster truck; can the team fight off this mad robotic Krispy army to save the world from a future of boring breakfast?

從全球史的角度重新檢視獨立宣言， 也透過獨立宣言看見不一樣的世界史！ 舉世聞名的《獨立宣言》，不僅是美國最重要的立國文書， 更為現代世界立下基礎，對世界各地造成巨大深遠的影響。 廣大世界的痕跡，就鑲嵌在一部簡潔而充滿力量的文件中。 ★全球思想史的典範之作★ 《泰晤士報文學副刊》年度最佳圖書 陳禹仲（中央研究院人文社會科學中心助研究員）【專文導讀】 美國《獨立宣言》舉世聞名，相關研究無數。但在本書中，哈佛大學歷史學教授大衛．阿米蒂奇卻另闢蹊徑，提供了理解這份文獻的全新方式：一個全球史的角度。 《獨立宣言》的誕生，象徵一個曾經被統治、壓迫的政治社群，採取自力救濟的手段，宣示自己成為國家的意圖。它不僅昭告美國進入世界舞臺，也成為其他國家仿效的模範。阿米蒂奇強調，《獨立宣言》的出現，代表了18世紀晚期的一個全球性時刻，與當代不無相似：它是那個年代歐洲、非洲與美洲逐漸結成單一經濟與文化體系、政治與印刷術交會、以及個人遷徙與商品移動下的產物。 阿米蒂奇以1776年以來超過一百份獨立宣言為根據，佐證美國《獨立宣言》在世界史上的重要性，以及它如何從帝國主宰的世界中，創造出由國家組成的世界。另外，他也探討世界各地如何詮釋《獨立宣言》，而這份文件又如何對全球的獨立運動發揮巨大影響。 透過這本書，阿米蒂奇示範了政治思想史研究的國際轉向與全球轉向。他說：每個世代都有他們應得的獨立宣言，我們身處的全球時刻，讓我們應該擁有一部《獨立宣言》的全球史。 書中除收錄美國《獨立宣言》全文，以及十多份世界各地《獨立宣言》的譯文，更首度彙整了讓人大開眼界的清單，列出1776年以來的所有獨立宣言。這個獨特的全球觀點顯示出美國《獨立宣言》獨一無二的地位：為我們這個現代世界立下基礎的文件。 媒體讚譽 在這本精彩著作中，阿米蒂奇不僅探討美國的立國文件，也針對現代世界提出了刺激人思考的觀點。美國《獨立宣言》的相關著作中，沒有一部能與這個精彩絕倫的著作相比。 ——彼得．奧努夫（Peter S. Onuf），《傑佛遜的帝國》（Jefferson’s Empire）作者 大衛．阿米蒂奇引人入勝而思路清晰的這本書，將在堪稱是全新領域的跨國思想史中，成為關鍵著作。 ——克里斯多福．貝里（Christopher Bayly），《被遺忘的軍隊與戰爭》（Forgotten Armies and Forgotten Wars）共同作者 阿米蒂奇流暢可讀的研究，為美國這份真正革命性的宣言，尋回了其歷史脈絡。 ——美國圖書館協會《書目雜誌》（Booklist） 阿米蒂奇提出並分析《獨立宣言》的全球影響，讓我們看見這份文件不僅是強大的全球象徵，也是在其發表後的五十年間，在其他地方產生主權國家的手段。為了探究美國宣言的國際影響，阿米蒂奇檢視了19世紀其他國家類似宣言的發展，並提供來自各地的例子。他要做的是找出「《宣言》為美國主張的獨立究竟意義為何」，也對世界各國間政治上的相互依存提出他仔細思考過的問題。他對《獨立宣言》本土與國際脈絡的新觀點，顯示了在國家成為全球政治主要單位的過程中，這份宣言所具有的重要性。 ——《圖書館雜誌》（Library Journal） 大衛．阿米蒂奇這本著作精簡扼要而洞察力十足，示範了真正以跨國途徑書寫歷史的潛在力量……他將眼光望向美國以外，改變了我們看待《獨立宣言》涵義的視角……阿米蒂奇考察一份既屬於特定時空卻又超越時間的文件，藉此對關於現代世界的基礎最重要的一些問題，提供了新的理解。 ——《泰晤士報文學副刊》（Times Literary Supplement） 美國《獨立宣言》長久以來被視為國家財產。但是，雖然美國大眾傳統從宣言文字中看到的是他們國家的身影，大衛．阿米蒂奇卻看出其中反映的更大世界……這則故事是關於由國家組成的世界如何從帝國稱霸的世界中興起……。這樣的全球史無疑見證了文字與觀念的力量。 ——《哈佛國際評論》（Harvard International Review） 美國《獨立宣言》比起其憲法是一份更為全球性的文件，它是世界共有的知識與政治財產，超越了其創造當時的情境，或許甚至超越了起草者的本意。令人意外的是，這份文件的「來生」並未受到歷史學者有系統和全球性的考察，而借用大衛．阿米蒂奇的話，他將《獨立宣言》當作「一個事件、一份文件，也是一種文類的濫觴」來研究，以此寫出的簡明流暢之作值得讚揚。他證實了《宣言》首先是一份「國際」文件，背後驅力是要在國家體系中建立北美聯合殖民地的正當性，以及這些殖民地與他國結盟對抗英國的權利。 ——《華爾街日報》（Wall Street Journal） 這本書是針對一個你可能以為已經了無新意的主題所進行的考察，引人思考。 ——《波士頓環球報》（Boston Globe） 這本簡明流暢的著作，是對《獨立宣言》研究的重大貢獻。從全球角度而言，這個文件的重要性似乎並不源自它的第二段（「人人生而平等」），而是來自宣告獨立的結論。阿米蒂奇的主張也許會引發一些反對意見，但是為先前學者所忽略而經他提出的證據，必須受到嚴肅看待。 ——保琳．邁爾（Pauline Maier），《美國聖典》（American Scripture）作者 阿米蒂奇的核心主張引人入勝而意義重大。 ——《出版者週刊》（Publishers’ Weekly）

Forma por excelência de conhecimento sobre o passado, a história se encontra diante de uma questão incontornável: qual será seu futuro? Se a ideia de crise já foi mobilizada inúmeras vezes para tratar dos impasses colocados à disciplina, hoje os caminhos da reflexão atravessam o terreno daquilo que lhe é inerente, ou seja, a temporalidade. Marcada pelo "culto da urgência" e pela "tirania do instante", segundo fórmulas recorrentes, a experiência contemporânea se manifesta a partir de uma característica marcante, a aceleração presentista, ou seja, aquela que, em vez de apressar o passo do presente rumo ao futuro, procura antecipar o porvir para o agora, provocando uma já cotidiana sensação de vertigem. O tempo que se abre hoje para a escrita da história é o tempo apressado do short-termism. E é para esse tempo que Jo Guldi e David Armitage fazem seu Manifesto pela história, que traz ainda as marcas de um tempo em que os manifestos enunciavam a existência de um espectro para, ao final, lançar um apelo conciliatório de unidade. A proposta não deixa de ser provocativa, uma vez que situa no âmbito da longue durée – adaptada às possibilidades técnicas de trato com big data – a capacidade da história de intervir no presente, oferecendo, senão lições, perspectivas abertas de futuro por meio de um olhar de longo prazo para o passado. Uma espécie de historia magistra vitae para tempos digitais, portanto, um recurso seguro ao passado da disciplina quando não se tem mais segurança sequer de que haverá um futuro para ela. Fernando Nicolazzi

Bürgerkriege sind die Kriege unserer Zeit. Das neue Standardwerk über innerstaatliche Konflikte "Diese lang erwartete Studie über den Bürgerkrieg ist eine Ideengeschichte, die den Kampf um den Begriff mit den realen Kämpfen verwebt, vom alten Rom über die großen Bürgerkriege der Neuzeit bis hin zum zerrütteten Syrien heute." Johan Schloemann, Süddeutsche Zeitung Vom Balkan über Afghanistan, den Irak oder Südsudan bis hin zu den aktuellen Ereignissen in Syrien und der Ukraine: Der Bürgerkrieg ist zur vorherrschenden Form politischer Gewalt in unserer modernen Welt geworden. Was genau meinen wir aber, wenn wir von Bürgerkrieg sprechen? Und wer entscheidet darüber, wann eine Auseinandersetzung zum Bürgerkrieg wird? Innerstaatliche Konflikte, asymmetrische Kriegsführung, Rebellion und Revolution bezeichnen gewaltsame Ausbrüche im Inneren eines Landes – doch die begrifflichen und faktischen Grenzen verschwimmen. Armitage zeigt anhand historischer Beispiele auf, dass der Bürgerkrieg in unserer Gegenwart seine Blütezeit erfährt. Seine einzigartige Perspektive auf die Ursprünge und spezifischen Dynamiken des Phänomens verdeutlicht, dass allein die Benennung eines innerstaatlichen Konflikts als Bürgerkrieg dessen Ausgang beeinflussen kann.

Las guerras de Siria, Irak y Libia, anteriormente las de Yugoslavia, Ruanda, Liberia, Líbano, Afganistán... Todas han ocupado grandes espacios en los medios de comunicación, todas tienen un elemento en común: son guerras civiles. ¿Qué es una guerra civil? La guerra civil es una de las formas menos comprendidas de las distintas maneras de agresión humana. Las ideas de lo que son las guerras civiles, y de lo que no son, han tenido una larga tradición de debates académicos y políticos. Cuando se habla de guerra las palabras se convierten en armas y en ocasiones la definición de guerra civil ha dependido de la posición de quien la formula: si era gobernante o sublevado, vencedor o vencido, participante u observador externo. El que un conflicto sea calificado de guerra civil puede ayudar a otras naciones a implicarse o a mantenerse al margen, como ocurrió a lo largo de la Historia en casos como la Revolución americana o la última guerra del Golfo. Sin contar que a veces la política actual en el mundo occidental "parece una guerra civil llevada por otros medios". En Las guerras civiles el profesor David Armitage estudia esta forma de conflictos a lo largo de la Historia: desde la antigua Roma hasta nuestros días, pasando por el Renacimiento, las revoluciones de los últimos cuatro siglos, la guerra civil de Estados Unidos, la de España... A través de pensadores como Hobbes, Locke, Sidney, Clausewitz..., que teorizaron sobre las mismas, establece una genealogía de las a veces nociones erróneas de lo que es una guerra civil. Una herencia intelectual que ha marcado las decisiones políticas tomadas hasta ahora con respecto a las mismas y que debería ayudarnos a pensar en esta forma de violencia en el futuro.

Che cos’è una guerra civile? Tutti noi pensiamo di saperlo, quando ce ne troviamo una di fronte. In realtà, le idee a proposito di cosa essa sia, e cosa non sia, hanno una storia lunga e dibattuta. Quando si parla di guerre le parole stesse vengono brandite come armi, e nessuna forma di guerra è più controversa, anche sul piano linguistico, della guerra civile. In questo campo infatti ogni definizione comporta un atto eminentemente politico: l’applicazione dell’espressione «guerra civile» a un conflitto spesso dipende dal fatto di essere un governante o un ribelle, il vincitore o il vinto, un nativo o uno straniero. L’uso stesso del termine «civile», dunque, fa parte del conflitto: può determinarne l’esito, a seconda che altre nazioni scelgano di intervenire o decidano di starne fuori. In questo libro originalissimo, David Armitage, uno dei più eminenti storici americani, ripercorre la forma meno compresa e più controversa di violenza umana organizzata dall’antica Roma fino ai giorni nostri, passando per il Rinascimento, le rivoluzioni settecentesche, la guerra civile americana e i drammatici conflitti che hanno scandito il Novecento. Dai Balcani al Ruanda, dall’Afghanistan all’Iraq, fino al recente drammatico caso della Siria, il conflitto civile sembra essere oggi più che mai tornato alla ribalta del nostro tempo. E all’interno dell’Occidente perfino la lotta politica «sembra sempre più una guerra civile condotta con altri mezzi». La prospettiva unitaria con cui questo libro guarda al fenomeno, indagandone le origini e le dinamiche nel lungo periodo, si rivela indispensabile, se si vuole provare a fare i conti con quello che appare un problema tragicamente attuale.

A highly original history, tracing the least understood and most intractable form of organized human aggression from Ancient Rome through the centuries to the present day. We think we know civil war when we see it. Yet ideas of what it is, and what it isn''t, have a long and contested history, from its fraught origins in republican Rome to debates in early modern Europe to our present day. Defining the term is acutely political, for ideas about what makes a war "civil" often depend on whether one is a ruler or a rebel, victor or vanquished, sufferer or outsider. Calling a conflict a civil war can shape its outcome by determining whether outside powers choose to get involved or stand aside: from the American Revolution to the war in Iraq, pivotal decisions have depended on such shifts of perspective. The age of civil war in the West may be over, but elsewhere in the last two decades it has exploded--from the Balkans to Rwanda, Burundi, Somalia, and Sri Lanka, and most recently Syria. And the language of civil war has burgeoned as democratic politics has become more violently fought. This book''s unique perspective on the roots and dynamics of civil war, and on its shaping force in our conflict-ridden world, will be essential to the ongoing effort to grapple with this seemingly interminable problem.

«Ci troviamo nel pieno di una crisi della governante globale; siamo in balìa di mercati finanziari completamente deregolati; il cambiamento climatico minaccia la sopravvivenza della nostra stessa specie. Mai prima d’ora la necessità di guardare alla longue durée è stata così vitale. Per collocare in prospettiva tutte queste sfide, e combattere il dominio del “breve periodo” che contraddistingue la nostra epoca, abbiamo urgente bisogno di quello sguardo lungo che solo gli storici possono offrire». Qual è oggi il compito civile della storia? È ancora utile la riflessione sul passato per coloro che hanno la responsabilità di decidere il presente? E quale storia gli storici devono e possono raccontare? Perché è importante che lo facciano? Il libro prende le mosse da una dichiarazione di crisi delle discipline storiche nel mondo d’oggi. La verità è che l’orizzonte temporale che sostiene la nostra percezione del presente si è, negli ultimi decenni, inaridito e contratto. Gli stessi storici di mestiere hanno progressivamente ridotto l’arco di tempo da prendere in considerazione per le loro ricerche, appiattendolo sempre più sul «breve periodo». Ma il breve periodo finisce con l’essere l’anticamera del dimenticatoio della storia: una dimensione che lascia sempre più spazio all’egemonia – non sempre virtuosa – di altri punti di vista disciplinari, primi fra tutti quelli degli economisti e di altri scienziati sociali. Il fatto è che i grandi problemi del presente – la questione ambientale, il governo delle società complesse, la diseguaglianza dei redditi e delle opportunità su scala planetaria – non possono essere neanche pensati senza tener conto della profondità del passato. Lo studio della «lunga durata» non è dunque un lusso per intellettuali alla ricerca di gratificazioni. È una necessità, per chi voglia capire l’incrocio dei tanti passati che hanno dato vita al complesso mondo in cui viviamo. Scritto a quattro mani da una storica e uno storico tra i più prestigiosi e autorevoli discesa in campo a favore di una ripresa della «storia civile», una chiamata alle armi, rivolta non solo agli storici, ma a tutti quelli che sono interessati a una consapevole riflessione sul ruolo della storia – e delle scienze umane in generale – nell’era digitale. Non a caso, fin dalla sua prima uscita nell’edizione inglese, il Manifesto per la storia ha suscitato un ampio dibattito tra studiosi, lettori, studenti e insegnanti. E la discussione si va allargando fino a comprendere in modo diretto anche il mondo della politica.

"How should historians speak truth to power--and why does it matter? Why is five hundred years better than five months or five years as a planning horizon? And why is history--especially long-term history--so essential to understanding the multiple pasts which gave rise to our conflicted present? The History Manifesto is a call to arms to historians and everyone interested in the role of history in contemporary society. Leading historians David Armitage and Jo Guldi identify a recent shift back to longer-term narratives, following many decades of increasing specialization, which they argue is vital for the future of historical scholarship and how it is communicated. This provocative and thoughtful book makes an important intervention in the debate about the role of history and the humanities in a digital age. It will provoke discussion among policymakers, activists and entrepreneurs as well as ordinary listeners, viewers, readers, students and teachers"--

A call to arms to historians and everyone interested in history in contemporary society. This title is also available as Open Access.

The first comprehensive account to place the Pacific Islands, the Pacific Rim and the Pacific Ocean into the perspective of world history. A distinguished international team of historians provides a multidimensional account of the Pacific, its inhabitants and the lands within and around it over 50,000 years, with special attention to the peoples of Oceania. It providing chronological coverage along with analyses of themes such as the environment, migration and the economy; religion, law and science; race, gender and politics.

This insightful and wide-ranging volume traces the genesis of international intellectual thought, connecting international and global history with intellectual history.

A historiografia americana é tradicionalmente vista como autocentrada e paroquial, em geral incapaz de analisar o impacto dos Estados Unidos no mundo e, sobretudo, de enxergar o país como parte da comunidade internacional. Neste livro, o autor partilha dessa visão crítica da pesquisa histórica norte-americana, e propõe, em ''Declaração de Independência'', uma ''história global'', que contextualize a influência dos Estados Unidos no mundo e vice-versa. Para tanto, analisa o documento fundador do país e seu papel como modelo e inspiração para a emancipação de comunidades políticas ao redor do mundo.

A distinguished international team of historians examines the dynamics of global and regional change in the late eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Providing uniquely broad coverage, encompassing North and South America, the Caribbean, Europe, Africa, the Middle East, South and Southeast Asia, and China, the chapters shed new light on this pivotal period of world history. Offering fresh perspectives on: - The American, French, and Haitian Revolutions - The break-up of the Iberian empires - The Napoleonic Wars The volume also presents ground-breaking treatments of world history from an African perspective, of South Asia''s age of revolutions, and of stability and instability in China. The first truly global account of the causes and consequences of the transformative ''Age of Revolutions'', this collection presents a strikingly novel and comprehensive view of the revolutionary era as well as rich examples of global history in practice.

This core textbook gathers an international team of historians to present a comprehensive account of the central themes in the histories of Britain, British America, and the British Caribbean seen in Atlantic perspective. This collection of individual essays provides an accessible overview of essential themes, such as the state, empire, migration, the economy, religion, race, class, gender, politics, and slavery. This new and revised edition brings this text up to date with recent work in the field of Atlantic history and extends its scope to cover themes not treated in the first edition, notably the history of science and global history. Placing the British Atlantic world in imperial and global contexts, this book offers an indispensable survey of one of the liveliest fields of current historical enquiry. This text is a primary resource for both undergraduate and postgraduate students of History, particularly those taking modules on Early Modern British History, Colonial American History, Early American History, Caribbean History, Atlantic History and World History. Together, the essays also provide a useful starting point for researchers in British, American, imperial and Atlantic history. New to this Edition: - Updated and expanded to take account of new research - Two new essays treating ''Science'' and ''The British Atlantic World in Global Perspective'' - Timeline of British Atlantic history - A revised Introduction and updated guides to further reading

"This volume asks us to reread and rethink our founding document. The Declaration of Independence as we now understand it - the stirring passages that define our democratic creed - is not the Declaration that Thomas Jefferson and his congressional colleagues drafted, nor the document that inspired or provoked contemporaneous readers and listeners at home and abroad." "Essays by four of the Declaration''s leading students make the historic text come alive, enabling us to hear what it had to say in its own time and what it might have to say to us today. Copiously illustrated with selections from the Albert H. Small Declaration of Independence Collection at the University of Virginia and complemented by biographical sketches of the Declaration signers, this volume offers a rich resource for discovering the origin and influence of America''s founding document."--BOOK JACKET.

Not only did the Declaration announce the entry of the United States onto the world stage, it became the model for other countries to follow. This unique global perspective demonstrates the singular role of the United States document as a founding statement of our modern world.

Microdisplays are tiny, high-resolution electronic displays, designed for use in magnifying optical systems such as HDTV projectors and near-eye personal viewers. As a result of research and development into this field, Microdisplays are incorporated in a variety of visual electronics, notably new 3G portable communications devices, digital camera technologies, wireless internet applications, portable DVD viewers and wearable PCs. Introduction to Microdisplays encapsulates this market through describing in detail the theory, structure, fabrication and applications of Microdisplays. In particular this book: Provides excellent reference material for the Microdisplay industry through including an overview of current applications alongside a guide to future developments in the field Covers all current technologies and devices such as Silicon Wafer Backplane Technology, Liquid Crystal Devices, Micromechanical Devices, and the emerging area of Organic Light Emitting Diodes Presents guidance on the design of applications of Microdisplays, including Microdisplays for defence and telecoms, from basic principles through to their performance limitations Introduction to Microdisplays is a thorough and comprehensive reference on this emerging topic. It is essential reading for display technology manufacturers, developers, and system integrators, as well as practising electrical engineers, physicists, chemists and specialists in the display field. Graduate students, researchers, and developers working in optics, material science, and telecommunications will also find this a valuable resource. The Society for Information Display (SID) is an international society, which has the aim of encouraging the development of all aspects of the field of information display. Complementary to the aims of the society, the Wiley-SID series is intended to explain the latest developments in information display technology at a professional level. The broad scope of the series addresses all facets of information displays from technical aspects through systems and prototypes to standards and ergonomics

The articles and essays in this volume represent the results of a decade''s work on British history as a set of interlocking national histories, as a transnational history linked to the history of continental Europe and as an international history within the Atlantic world.

The Ideological Origins of the British Empire presents a comprehensive history of British conceptions of empire for more than half a century. David Armitage traces the emergence of British imperial identity from the mid-sixteenth to the mid-eighteenth centuries, using a full range of manuscript and printed sources. By linking the histories of England, Scotland and Ireland with the history of the British Empire, he demonstrates the importance of ideology as an essential linking between the processes of state-formation and empire-building. This book sheds light on major British political thinkers, from Sir Thomas Smith to David Hume, by providing fascinating accounts of the ''British problem'' in the early modern period, of the relationship between Protestantism and empire, of theories of property, liberty and political economy in imperial perspective, and of the imperial contribution to the emergence of British ''identities'' in the Atlantic world.