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This volume explores warfare and its political implications from archaic Greece to the late Roman Empire. With a focus on cultural and social history, it presents an overview of current issues and diverse approaches to the “new” military history.
This volume explores warfare and its political implications from archaic Greece to the late Roman Empire. With a focus on cultural and social history, it presents an overview of current issues and diverse approaches to the “new” military history.
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W. L. Mackenzie King was Canada’s longest-serving and most unusual prime minister. The keeper of famous personal diaries, he inspired some 24 biographies—a study in extreme contrasts. This is a critical collective history of those works.
W. L. Mackenzie King was Canada’s longest-serving and most unusual prime minister. The keeper of famous personal diaries, he inspired some 24 biographies—a study in extreme contrasts. This is a critical collective history of those works.
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The Materiality of Res Publica
How to Do Things with Publics
This richly illustrated volume re-examines res publica, focusing not on government, but on the res—the things and affairs that bring people together. It explores the central role of bridges in Venice and Novgorod and analyzes republican iconography.
This richly illustrated volume re-examines res publica, focusing not on government, but on the res—the things and affairs that bring people together. It explores the central role of bridges in Venice and Novgorod and analyzes republican iconography.
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Modern medicine in England today is chiefly the product of the scientific developments of the nineteenth century. This title focuses on the history of medicine in Lancaster and a community of practice amongst a few medical professionals who shaped its medical landscape.
Modern medicine in England today is chiefly the product of the scientific developments of the nineteenth century. This title focuses on the history of medicine in Lancaster and a community of practice amongst a few medical professionals who shaped its medical landscape.
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The Meeting Place of British Middle East Studies
Emerging Scholars, Emergent Research & Approaches
This volume unites young scholars at the cutting edge of Middle East Studies. Their work spans diverse fields, from medieval literature to contemporary policy, and is selected for its relevance to general readers and academics alike. A timely and indispensable source.
This volume unites young scholars at the cutting edge of Middle East Studies. Their work spans diverse fields, from medieval literature to contemporary policy, and is selected for its relevance to general readers and academics alike. A timely and indispensable source.
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The Memoirs of Ambassador J. Graham Parsons
A Foreign Service Life
The memoirs of US diplomat J. Graham Parsons, who served from pre-war Japan to postwar Laos. Interacting with 20th century giants, this old-school diplomat challenges his reputation as a hawk, offering a final warning on the over-politicization of American foreign policy.
The memoirs of US diplomat J. Graham Parsons, who served from pre-war Japan to postwar Laos. Interacting with 20th century giants, this old-school diplomat challenges his reputation as a hawk, offering a final warning on the over-politicization of American foreign policy.
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The Memoirs of Resi Weglein, a Holocaust Survivor
A Translation
In the Theresienstadt camp, nurse Resi Weglein tended to the dying while fighting for her own life. Her astounding memoir is a rare eyewitness testimony to the Holocaust and a powerful testament to preserving one's humanity in the face of unimaginable horror.
In the Theresienstadt camp, nurse Resi Weglein tended to the dying while fighting for her own life. Her astounding memoir is a rare eyewitness testimony to the Holocaust and a powerful testament to preserving one’s humanity in the face of unimaginable horror.
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The Middle East and the Cold War
Between Security and Development
This volume integrates historical debate with fresh insights on the Cold War's impact on the Middle East. Superpowers proved constrained in their interventions, while Middle Eastern rulers enjoyed remarkable autonomy, exploiting global rivalry to achieve their goals.
This volume integrates historical debate with fresh insights on the Cold War’s impact on the Middle East. Superpowers proved constrained in their interventions, while Middle Eastern rulers enjoyed remarkable autonomy, exploiting global rivalry to achieve their goals.
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The Minister and his Peace
Lord Shelburne, the British Pamphlet Press and the Peace of Paris, 1783
The eighteenth-century press significantly influenced politics, making or breaking careers. This book examines Lord Shelburne, the enigmatic Prime Minister who recognized US independence, investigating why he was so distrusted and challenging the view of him as an idealist.
The eighteenth-century press significantly influenced politics, making or breaking careers. This book examines Lord Shelburne, the enigmatic Prime Minister who recognized US independence, investigating why he was so distrusted and challenging the view of him as an idealist.
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The Mirror of Antiquity
20th Century British Travellers in Greece
This book exposes how 20th-century travel writers’ responses to Greece were conditioned by classical scholarship and history. David Wills shows how, in their hands, Greece became less a modern country and more a mirror of its ancient past.
This book exposes how 20th-century travel writers’ responses to Greece were conditioned by classical scholarship and history. David Wills shows how, in their hands, Greece became less a modern country and more a mirror of its ancient past.
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The Mysterious and Obvious in American Diplomacy
From Monroe to Trump
This book analyses how the Monroe Doctrine established a US policy of interference and preventive strikes. It proves this doctrine remains the basis for American diplomacy, a tool of domination used by presidents from Monroe to Trump.
This book analyses how the Monroe Doctrine established a US policy of interference and preventive strikes. It proves this doctrine remains the basis for American diplomacy, a tool of domination used by presidents from Monroe to Trump.
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The Mystique of the Northwest Passage
Martin Frobisher’s Voyages to the Arctic Wasteland, 1576–1578
Chylińska highlights the 16th-century English-Atlantic connections constructed on the basis of the world division defined by two fundamental documents of the late 15th century: namely, the papal bull Inter Caetera, and the Portuguese-Spanish Treaty of Tordesilla.
Chylińska highlights the 16th-century English-Atlantic connections constructed on the basis of the world division defined by two fundamental documents of the late 15th century: namely, the papal bull Inter Caetera, and the Portuguese-Spanish Treaty of Tordesilla.
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The Nation and its Margins
Rethinking Community
This volume questions the nation-state as the only form of community, challenging its control over belonging. It explores cross-cultural encounters in the Global South, allowing invisible narratives to emerge and revealing radically innovative forms of cohesion and identity.
This volume questions the nation-state as the only form of community, challenging its control over belonging. It explores cross-cultural encounters in the Global South, allowing invisible narratives to emerge and revealing radically innovative forms of cohesion and identity.
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McElwee explores the under-representation of the poor rural worker in paintings of the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, showing that depictions of the rural landscape rarely reflected the harsh realities of the life of the labourer.
McElwee explores the under-representation of the poor rural worker in paintings of the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, showing that depictions of the rural landscape rarely reflected the harsh realities of the life of the labourer.
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The North Korea Nuclear Crisis, 1992-2002
A Diplomat's Undiplomatic Critic
A landmark US-DPRK deal was meant to stop a nuclear North Korea. It failed. Why? A key negotiator who was in the room reveals the inside story from his 28 secret, contemporaneous notebooks.
A landmark US-DPRK deal was meant to stop a nuclear North Korea. It failed. Why? A key negotiator who was in the room reveals the inside story from his 28 secret, contemporaneous notebooks.
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The Notes and Queries Folklore Column, 1849-1947
Subject Indexes
For the first time, a consolidated index to England’s folklore heritage from the periodical Notes and Queries (1849-1947). This book provides ready access to a neglected corpus of material, with over 12,000 references to folklore, proverbs, nursery rhymes, songs, and dialects.
For the first time, a consolidated index to England’s folklore heritage from the periodical Notes and Queries (1849-1947). This book provides ready access to a neglected corpus of material, with over 12,000 references to folklore, proverbs, nursery rhymes, songs, and dialects.
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This book explores the roles Nigerian women have played since pre-colonial times in shaping their culture and society. It highlights the effects of patriarchy, colonialism, and industry on women in Africa’s most populous country, making a major contribution to women's history.
This book explores the roles Nigerian women have played since pre-colonial times in shaping their culture and society. It highlights the effects of patriarchy, colonialism, and industry on women in Africa’s most populous country, making a major contribution to women’s history.
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The Waldere fragments reveal the world of migration-era heroes. At its heart, a climactic duel between Walter and Guðhere forces an ethical crisis for Hagen. This new critical edition resolves key textual cruces, unlocking the epic’s power.
The Waldere fragments reveal the world of migration-era heroes. At its heart, a climactic duel between Walter and Guðhere forces an ethical crisis for Hagen. This new critical edition resolves key textual cruces, unlocking the epic’s power.
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The Old World and the New
The Marriage and Colonial Adventures of Lord and Lady Northcote
This biography tells the untold story of two British aristocrats. It details the drama of their personal lives and their rule in colonial India and Australia, examining the decline of an upper class and raising questions of Empire and social mobility.
This biography tells the untold story of two British aristocrats. It details the drama of their personal lives and their rule in colonial India and Australia, examining the decline of an upper class and raising questions of Empire and social mobility.
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The Orient of Europe
The Mythical Image of India and Competing Images of German National Identity
Why did German Romantics call Germany "the Orient of Europe"? This book reveals how they used an idealized India as a mirror to forge a national identity based on culture and spirit, not military might, during the Napoleonic Wars.
Why did German Romantics call Germany “the Orient of Europe”? This book reveals how they used an idealized India as a mirror to forge a national identity based on culture and spirit, not military might, during the Napoleonic Wars.
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