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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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Routledge Studies in Security ...This book examines the application of the UN Security Council s mandatory sanc... This book examines the application of the UN Security Council s mandatory sanctions since 1946 and in particular the regimes adopted for specific types of conflict. Beginning in the Cold War period with South Africa and Southern Rhodesia and continuing... more
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New Press People s History: Qu...Originally published by Greenwood Press in 2008. Placing GLBT people at the ce... Originally published by Greenwood Press in 2008. Placing GLBT people at the center of the history of the twentieth century Vicki L. Eaklor s Queer America: A People s GLBT History of the United States is a major new effort to popularize a... more
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Palgrave Historical Studies in...The late Victorian period witnessed the remarkable revival of magical practice... The late Victorian period witnessed the remarkable revival of magical practice and belief. Butler examines the individuals institutions and literature associated with this revival and demonstrates how Victorian occultism provided an alternative to the... more
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Hitler vs. Stalin : The Easter...Originally published as Deathride this is the true story of the Eastern Front ... Originally published as Deathride this is the true story of the Eastern Front in World War II emphasizing how close Germany came to winning and the USSR to losing; the severity of the Soviet losses which have been minimized due to Soviet propaganda;... more
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Ordinary Egyptians: Creating t...The popular culture of pre-revolution Egypt did more than entertain--it create... The popular culture of pre-revolution Egypt did more than entertain--it created a nation. Songs jokes and satire comedic sketches plays and poetry all provided an opportunity for discussion and debate about national identity and an outlet for... more
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Nationalism and the Reshaping ...This book brings together a distinguished group of historians to explore the p... This book brings together a distinguished group of historians to explore the previously neglected relationship between nationalism and urban history. It reveals the contrasting experiences of nationalism in different societies and milieus. It will help... more
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Cambridge Studies on the Ameri...On the eve of the Revolution the Carolina lowcountry was the wealthiest and un... On the eve of the Revolution the Carolina lowcountry was the wealthiest and unhealthiest region in British North America. Slavery Disease and Suffering in the Southern Lowcountry argues that the two were intimately connected: both resulted largely from... more
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The Chaplains of the East Indi...The East India Company s merchants were called Adventurers because they ventur... The East India Company s merchants were called Adventurers because they ventured their money in the risky markets of the Spice Islands and the fabulously wealthy Mughal Empire. In another sense also the Company s entire 250 years were an adventure... more
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The Freemasons : A History of ...What did Mozart and Bach Oscar Wilde and Anthony Trollope George Washington an... What did Mozart and Bach Oscar Wilde and Anthony Trollope George Washington and Frederick the Great Winston Churchill and Franklin D. Roosevelt have in common? They were all Freemasons a subject of endless fascination. To the layman they are a... more
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The Illustrated History of Wor...A highly readable history of the military and political events of the war with... A highly readable history of the military and political events of the war with expert commentary on the political and economical factors leading to the conflict and the key turning points A highly readable history of the events of World War Two... more
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Civil War: Andersonville Civil...Andersonville (Camp Sumter) Civil War prison was only in operation for little ... Andersonville (Camp Sumter) Civil War prison was only in operation for little more than one year from 1864 into 1865. In just a few of those months however it became the largest city in Georgia and the fifth largest city in the Confederate States of... more
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Civic Ceremony and Religion in...Public religious practice lay at the heart of civic society in late medieval E... Public religious practice lay at the heart of civic society in late medieval Europe. In this illuminating study Andrew Brown draws on the rich and previously little-researched archives of Bruges one of medieval Europe s wealthiest and most important... more
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Civil War: Charleston Under Si...Join historian Doug Bostick as he tells the story of the siege of Charleston t... Join historian Doug Bostick as he tells the story of the siege of Charleston the longest siege of the Civil War. Charleston was the prize that the Union army and navy desperately sought to capture. Union General Halleck in writing to General W.T.... more
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Victory For Us Is to See You S...During the second Palestinian intifada Philip C. Winslow worked in the West Ba... During the second Palestinian intifada Philip C. Winslow worked in the West Bank with the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) driving up to 600 miles a week in the occupied territory. He returned to the region in 2006. In this book Winslow... more
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A History of Portugal and the ...A comprehensive overview and reinterpretation of Portugal s formation and hist... A comprehensive overview and reinterpretation of Portugal s formation and history up to 1807 and of its wide-flung maritime empire. The Kingdom of Portugal was created as a by-product of the Christian Reconquest of Hispania. With no geographical raison... more
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Vintage Civil War Library: Thi...NATIONAL BESTSELLER - NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST - An extraordinary ... prof... NATIONAL BESTSELLER - NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST - An extraordinary ... profoundly moving history (The New York Times Book Review) of the American Civil War that reveals the ways that death on such a scale changed not only individual lives but the... more
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Water and the West : The Color...Water and the West: The Colorado River Compact and the Politics of Water in th... Water and the West: The Colorado River Compact and the Politics of Water in the American West more
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Day Of Deceit : The Truth Abou...In Day of Deceit Robert Stinnett delivers the definitive final chapter on Amer... In Day of Deceit Robert Stinnett delivers the definitive final chapter on America s greatest secret and our worst military disaster.Drawing on twenty years of research and access to scores of previously classified documents Stinnett proves that Pearl... more
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Islamic Central Asia: An Antho...Islamic Central Asia is the first English-language anthology of primary docume... Islamic Central Asia is the first English-language anthology of primary documents for the study of Central Asian history. Scott C. Levi and Ron Sela draw from a vast array of historical sources to illustrate important aspects of the social cultural... more
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Images of America (Arcadia Pub...Images of America: Richmond: A Historic Walking Tour guides readers through on... Images of America: Richmond: A Historic Walking Tour guides readers through one of the earliest cities in the United States. The book offers stories about settlers and Native Americans our Founding Fathers and even famous celebrities such as Elvis... more
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Cold War on the Home Front : T...Amid a display of sunshine-yellow electric appliances in a model home at the 1... Amid a display of sunshine-yellow electric appliances in a model home at the 1959 American National Exhibition in Moscow Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev and U.S. Vice President Richard Nixon squared off on the merits of their respective economic... more
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Soul Survivor : The Reincarnat...This is the story of James Leininger who-- a little more than two weeks after ... This is the story of James Leininger who-- a little more than two weeks after his second birthday-- began having blood-curdling nightmares that just would not stop. When James began screaming out recurring phrases like Plane on fire! Little man can t... more
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Australian Fashion Unstitched ...Australian Fashion Unstitched provides a compelling and authoritative survey o... Australian Fashion Unstitched provides a compelling and authoritative survey of the myriad influences and attributes of Australian fashion over the last sixty years. This post-war period saw Australia s fashion industry come of age. The word couturier... more
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After the Bounty : A Sailor s ...A firsthand account of the mutiny on the H.M.S. Bounty and its aftermath In 17... A firsthand account of the mutiny on the H.M.S. Bounty and its aftermath In 1787 the Royal Navy ship H.M.S. Bounty captained by William Bligh set sail for Tahiti in search of breadfruit plants. Soon after leaving Tahiti Master s Mate Fletcher Christian... more
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A History of Modern Russia (Pa...Russia had an extraordinary twentieth century undergoing upheaval and transfor... Russia had an extraordinary twentieth century undergoing upheaval and transformation. Updating his acclaimed History of Modern Russia Robert Service provides a panoramic perspective on a country whose Soviet past encompassed revolution civil war mass... more
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Critical Issues in American Hi...This concise history focuses on the development of American conservatism in th... This concise history focuses on the development of American conservatism in the twentieth century up to the present. more
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Walls of Algiers: Narratives o...Walls of Algiers examines the historical processes that transformed Ottoman Al... Walls of Algiers examines the historical processes that transformed Ottoman Algiers the Bulwark of Islam into Alger la blanche the colonial urban showpiece - and after the outbreak of revolution in 1954 - counter-model of France s global empire. In... more
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Images of America: Narraganset...This collection of historic photographs and illustrations will guide you throu... This collection of historic photographs and illustrations will guide you through quaint Narragansett s early years into its peak in the late 19th century. Narragansett By-the-Sea is a narrow strip of land along the southwestern shore of Narragansett... more
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Local Government in Early Amer...In Local Government in Early America Brian P. Janiskee examines the origins of... In Local Government in Early America Brian P. Janiskee examines the origins of the town hall meeting and other iconic political institutions whose origins lie in our colonial heritage. This work offers an overview of the structure of local politics in... more
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Images of America: Skokie (Pap...Settled in the late 1840s and incorporated as Niles Centre in 1888 Skokie was ... Settled in the late 1840s and incorporated as Niles Centre in 1888 Skokie was founded by immigrants from Germany and Luxembourg who created a small-town rural community filled with farms and greenhouses. A short-lived real estate boom in the 1920s gave... more
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It Happened in Italy: Untold S...IMAGINE ELIZABETH BETTINA S SURPRISE when she discovered that her grandmother ... IMAGINE ELIZABETH BETTINA S SURPRISE when she discovered that her grandmother s village had a secret: over a half century ago many of Campagna s residents defied the Nazis and risked their lives to shelter and save hundreds of Jews during the... more
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303 Squadron : The Legendary B...Summer of 1940 and the Battle of Britain — the darkest days of WWII. England... Summer of 1940 and the Battle of Britain — the darkest days of WWII. England stood alone fighting for its life against the powerful German war machine. The celebrated squadron of Polish fighter pilots whose superb skill in the air helped save England... more
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Routledge Studies in Middle Ea...This book provides a detailed survey and analysis of US-Kurdish relations and ... This book provides a detailed survey and analysis of US-Kurdish relations and their interaction with domestic regional and global politics. Using the Kurdish issue to explore the nature of the engagement between international powers and weaker... more
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Seminar Studies: Bismarck and ...Bismarck s role in the unification and consolidation of Germany is central to ... Bismarck s role in the unification and consolidation of Germany is central to any understanding of Germany s development as a nation and its consequent role as aggressor in two world wars. This study provides students with a concise up-to-date and... more
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International Library of Twent...After World War II Europe stood divided between two clearly defined and compet... After World War II Europe stood divided between two clearly defined and competing ideologies and systems of government. Within this context of confrontation and mutual hostility between the United States and the Soviet Union Rinna Kullaa provides a... more
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Albion s Fatal Tree : Crime an...In the popular imagination informed as it is by Hogarth Swift Defoe and Fieldi... In the popular imagination informed as it is by Hogarth Swift Defoe and Fielding the eighteenth-century underworld is a place of bawdy knockabout rife with colourful eccentrics. But the artistic portrayals we have only hint at the dark reality. In this... more
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Packard Takes Flight : A Bird ...After a frightening fall from his nest high up on a ledge of the Rhodes Tower ... After a frightening fall from his nest high up on a ledge of the Rhodes Tower in downtown Columbus Packard a peregrine falcon chick sets off to find his way back home. Follow Packard as he visits many of the wonderful sites in Ohio s capital city... more
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Molotov : Stalin s Cold Warrio...The orthodox view of Vyacheslav Molotov is that he was no more than Stalins fa... The orthodox view of Vyacheslav Molotov is that he was no more than Stalins faithful servant a dogmatic communist and a conservative hard-liner of little or no imagination.Molotov was indeed Stalins right-hand man; from the 1920s to the early 1950s the... more
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Images of America: Around Camb...The Cambridge Valley has always been united and divided each community holding... The Cambridge Valley has always been united and divided each community holding tightly to its identity. In 1773 the Cambridge District was formed comprised of the current towns of Cambridge White Creek and Jackson. In 1788 the area became the Town of... more
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Pages from History: Twentieth ...The twentieth century was a time of great change in China s government economy... The twentieth century was a time of great change in China s government economy culture and everyday life. Twentieth Century China Second Edition chronicles this period of revolutions and uprisings with the words and images of the participants. This is... more
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