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History of the War in the Peni...Published between 1828 and 1840 Napier s History of the War in the Peninsula w... Published between 1828 and 1840 Napier s History of the War in the Peninsula was a tremendously influential if controversial work. Napier had been actively involved in the campaigns turning to history in peacetime in part to refute Southey s account of... more
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Oxford Medieval Texts: The St ...Thomas Walsingham a monk of St Albans has been described as the last of the gr... Thomas Walsingham a monk of St Albans has been described as the last of the great medieval chroniclers. His major work the Chronica maiora covers the years 1376-1422 and is arguably the most important account of English history to be written in England... more
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The Germans of Charleston Rich...This work is the first monograph which closely examines the role of the German... This work is the first monograph which closely examines the role of the German minority in the American South during the Civil War. In a comparative analysis of German civic leaders businessmen militia officers and blockade runners in Charleston New... more
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Historical Dictionaries of Eur...Historical Dictionary of the Russian Federation provides insight into this rap... Historical Dictionary of the Russian Federation provides insight into this rapidly developing country. The volume includes coverage of pivotal movements events and persons in the late Soviet Union (1985-1991) and contemporary Russia (1991-present) as... more
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Studies in the Early Middle Ag...Dedicated as a memorial to the great historian of England and the Continent in... Dedicated as a memorial to the great historian of England and the Continent in the eighth century Wilhelm Levison this book provides the widest and most in-depth exploration to date of relations between England and the Continent during an equally... more
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Culture and History of the Anc...This volume of collected essays brings together for the first time the range o... This volume of collected essays brings together for the first time the range of Winter s pioneering studies related to Neo-Assyrian relief sculpture and seals Phoenician and Syrian ivory and bronze production and inter-polity connections across the... more
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Pleasure and Politics at the C...Series information from publisher s website. For her commissioning and perform... Series information from publisher s website. For her commissioning and performance of a French vernacular version of the Arabic Tale of the Thousand and One Nights - recorded in one of the most vivid and sumptuous extant late thirteenth-century... more
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History of Water A Series II V...How has water been perceived in different societies and across different eras ... How has water been perceived in different societies and across different eras of world history? How have these changing conceptions informed and influenced our ideas about society and ourselves? In The Idea of Water leading international scholars... more
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Sacred Violence: African Chris...One route to understanding the nature of specifically religious violence is th... One route to understanding the nature of specifically religious violence is the study of past conflicts. Distinguished ancient historian Brent D. Shaw provides a new analysis of the intense sectarian battles between the Catholic and Donatist churches... more
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The Routledge Encyclopedia of ...Behind the familiar names of the military and political leaders whose names we... Behind the familiar names of the military and political leaders whose names we all know--Lincoln Davis Lee Grant Sherman and Jackson are the people whose lives and hard work defined the Civil War era: abolitionists slaves inventors manufacturers... more
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Experience History: Interpreti...Known for its friendly narrative style and careful blending of political and s... Known for its friendly narrative style and careful blending of political and social history Nation of Nations offers a balanced approach to teaching the American history survey course. The story presented by the authors reflects their belief that the... more
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John Skylitzes: A Synopsis of ...9780521767057. New condition. Hard cover. Language: English. Pages: 526. Glued... 9780521767057. New condition. Hard cover. Language: English. Pages: 526. Glued binding. Cloth over boards. With dust jacket. 526 p. John Skylitzes extraordinary Middle Byzantine chronicle covers the reigns of the Byzantine emperors from the death of... more
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University of Cambridge Orient...Recent archaeological discoveries including manuscripts have shed new light on... Recent archaeological discoveries including manuscripts have shed new light on China s history in particular Qin and Han (221 BCE-220 CE) this volume s main focus. They make possible a deeper account of the growth of cities and of the spread of Chinese... more
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China Policy: Legitimating the...The dominant view concerning the rule of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is ... The dominant view concerning the rule of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is that it is simply a matter of time before it comes to an end. This view has been dominant since the pro-democracy protests in 1989 and has only been strengthened by the... more
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Routledge Research Guides to A...Women s participation in the U.S. Armed Forces has grown over time in response... Women s participation in the U.S. Armed Forces has grown over time in response to the national need for their services. Throughout each era of American history patriotic women volunteered to serve their country in a wide variety of official and... more
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Records of the Salem Witch-Hun...This book represents the first comprehensive record of all legal documents per... This book represents the first comprehensive record of all legal documents pertaining to the Salem witch trials in chronological order. Numerous newly discovered manuscripts as well as records published in earlier books that were overlooked in other... more
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Oxford Handbooks: The Oxford H...The essays in this volume provide a comprehensive overview of Atlantic history... The essays in this volume provide a comprehensive overview of Atlantic history from c.1450 to c.1850 offering a wide-ranging and authoritative account of the movement of people plants pathogens products and cultural practices--to mention some of the... more
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Red Land Black Land: Daily Lif...Internationally renowned Egyptologist Barbara Mertz transports us back thousan... Internationally renowned Egyptologist Barbara Mertz transports us back thousands of years and immerses us in the sights and sounds of day-to-day life in a vanished desert culture. Their civilization has inspired myriad films books pieces of art myths... more
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Global Japan: The Experience o...The Japanese have long regarded themselves as a homogenous nation clearly sepa... The Japanese have long regarded themselves as a homogenous nation clearly separate from other nations. However this long-standing view is being undermined by the present international reality of increased global population movement. This has resulted... more
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Schooling Citizens: The Strugg...While white residents of antebellum Boston and New Haven forcefully opposed th... While white residents of antebellum Boston and New Haven forcefully opposed the education of black residents their counterparts in slaveholding Baltimore did little to resist the establishment of African American schools. Such discrepancies Hilary Moss... more
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Reinterpreting History: How Hi...Atlantic history with its emphasis on inter-regional developments that transce... Atlantic history with its emphasis on inter-regional developments that transcend national borders has risen to prominence as a fruitful perspective through which to study the interconnections among Europe North America Latin America and Africa. These... more
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The Mekong Delta : Ecology Eco...Mining a wealth of archival sources in France and Vietnam Pierre Brocheux cons... Mining a wealth of archival sources in France and Vietnam Pierre Brocheux constructs a fascinating picture of how French capital and technology transformed the Mekong Delta. From the cutting of the first canals in the 1880s to the eruption of the Viet... more
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Cornell Studies in the History...Paul Lerner traces the intertwined histories of trauma and male hysteria in Ge... Paul Lerner traces the intertwined histories of trauma and male hysteria in German society and psychiatry and shows how these concepts were swept up into debates about Germany s national health economic productivity and military strength in the years... more
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French Battleships 1922-1956 (...The French battleships of the Dunkerque and Richelieu classes were the most ra... The French battleships of the Dunkerque and Richelieu classes were the most radical and influential battleship designs of the interwar period and were coveted by the British German and Italian navies following the Armistice of June 1940. Using a wealth... more
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Kadoc Studies on Religion Cult...KADOC Studies on Religion Culture and Society Volume 6Research continues to sh... KADOC Studies on Religion Culture and Society Volume 6Research continues to show that the Christian religion is gradually disappearing from the public cultural and social spheres in Western Europe. Even on the individual level institutionalized... more
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Getting Away with Murder on th...In 1916 in the tiny West Texas town of Benjamin a gunman slips into a courtroo... In 1916 in the tiny West Texas town of Benjamin a gunman slips into a courtroom and murders the defendant. In 1912 in Fort Worth s finest hotel a young man kills an old gentleman in cold blood in the middle of the lobby. The verdict in both of these... more
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Landmark Political: The Making...[White] revolutionized the art of political reporting. --William F. Buckley Th... [White] revolutionized the art of political reporting. --William F. Buckley The Making of the President 1972 is the fourth book in Theodore H. White s landmark series a riveting account of the 1972 presidential campaign and Richard M. Nixon s... more
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Historical Tours: Vicksburg : ...MOVE THROUGH TIME AS NEVER BEFORE with this one-of-a-kind guide which brings y... MOVE THROUGH TIME AS NEVER BEFORE with this one-of-a-kind guide which brings you face-to-face with the people and events that led to the Confederate surrender at Vicksburg on July 4 1863 which helped turn the tide of the Civil War. more
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Our Neck of the Woods : Explor...What are the odds of finding Minnesota s tiniest orchid? Why take a Breathalyz... What are the odds of finding Minnesota s tiniest orchid? Why take a Breathalyzer test to study frogs? How does ice fishing warm the heart? Who would live in such a cold lean region? Our Neck of the Woods takes on these and other urgent (and sometimes... more
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Triumph Revisited: Historians ...More than thirty years later the Vietnam War still stands as one of the most c... More than thirty years later the Vietnam War still stands as one of the most controversial events in the history of the United States and historians have so far failed to come up with a definitive narrative of the wartime experience. With competing... more
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Politics and Society in Modern...Los Angeles has attracted intense attention as a world city characterized by m... Los Angeles has attracted intense attention as a world city characterized by multiculturalism and globalization. Yet little is known about the historical transformation of a place whose leaders proudly proclaimed themselves white supremacists less than... more
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Blackwell History of Europe: E...Fischer offers a captivating analysis of Europe s turbulent history during the... Fischer offers a captivating analysis of Europe s turbulent history during the first half of the twentieth century from the optimism at the turn of the century to the successive waves of destruction of the First and Second World Wars. Written by a... more
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Blood on the Stone: Greed Corr...Africa s diamond wars took four million lives. Blood on the Stone tells the st... Africa s diamond wars took four million lives. Blood on the Stone tells the story of how diamonds came to be so dangerous describing the great diamond cartel and a dangerous pipeline leading from war-torn Africa to the glittering showrooms of Paris... more
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Who Speaks for Margaret Garner...Reinhardt presents a fascinating documentary history of the fugitive slave cas... Reinhardt presents a fascinating documentary history of the fugitive slave case that captivated the nation--and inspired Toni Morrison s acclaimed novel Beloved. In January 1856 Margaret Garner and her family were at the center of one of the most... more
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New Histories of American Law:...Using the British Empire as a case study this succinct study argues that the e... Using the British Empire as a case study this succinct study argues that the establishment of overseas settlements in America created a problem of constitutional organization that created deep and persistent tensions within the empire during the... more
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Stanford Studies in Jewish His...A deeply researched and revealing study of the Jews of Moravia throughout the ... A deeply researched and revealing study of the Jews of Moravia throughout the nineteenth century. more
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Images of America: Seattle s 1...When the United States entered the 1960s the nation was swept up in the Space ... When the United States entered the 1960s the nation was swept up in the Space Race as the United States and the Soviet Union competed for supremacy in rocket and satellite technologies. Cities across the country hoped to attract new aerospace companies... more
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Planes and Pilots: Mikoyan-Gur...The MiG-21 originated with an official request from the Soviet authorities in ... The MiG-21 originated with an official request from the Soviet authorities in 1954 for a light high-performance (Mach 2 at 20 000 m) frontline fighter to protect military and production installations from potential raids by American bombers. Built for... more
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When A Billion Chinese Jump : ...As a young child Jonathan Watts believed if everyone in China jumped at the sa... As a young child Jonathan Watts believed if everyone in China jumped at the same time the earth would be shaken off its axis annihilating mankind. Now more than thirty years later as a correspondent for The Guardian in Beijing he has discovered it is... more
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Ancestral Leaves : A Family Jo...Ancestral Leaves follows one family through six hundred years of Chinese histo... Ancestral Leaves follows one family through six hundred years of Chinese history and brings to life the epic narrative of the nation from the fourteenth century through the Cultural Revolution. The lives of the Ye family- Ye means leaf in... more
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