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Berlin Since the Wall’s End
Shaping Society and Memory in the German Metropolis since 1989
Since the Wall fell, Berlin has confronted the daunting challenges of reunification. This book examines two broad concerns—society and historical memory—casting light on a metropolis scarred, but not destroyed, by the upheavals of recent history.
Since the Wall fell, Berlin has confronted the daunting challenges of reunification. This book examines two broad concerns—society and historical memory—casting light on a metropolis scarred, but not destroyed, by the upheavals of recent history.
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Bethsaida in Archaeology, History and Ancient Culture
A Festschrift in Honor of John T. Greene
Uncover biblical Bethsaida, a key site in Jesus’s life. Decades of archaeological discoveries reveal the vibrant daily life, culture, and religion of the first-century Holy Land for scholars and interested readers alike.
Uncover biblical Bethsaida, a key site in Jesus’s life. Decades of archaeological discoveries reveal the vibrant daily life, culture, and religion of the first-century Holy Land for scholars and interested readers alike.
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Between Fear and Freedom
Cultural Representations of the Cold War
The Cold War was not just a political and military competition, but a cultural one. This collection of essays by international scholars explores the conflict’s strategies and legacies in film, propaganda, music, architecture, fiction, and theatre.
The Cold War was not just a political and military competition, but a cultural one. This collection of essays by international scholars explores the conflict’s strategies and legacies in film, propaganda, music, architecture, fiction, and theatre.
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Between Memory and Mythology
The Construction of Memory of Modern Wars
This volume examines the relationship between myth and memory, exploring how war narratives are used to construct modern identities. These essays show how political elites engage in mythmaking to shape national and cultural self-perception.
This volume examines the relationship between myth and memory, exploring how war narratives are used to construct modern identities. These essays show how political elites engage in mythmaking to shape national and cultural self-perception.
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Between Regulation and Freedom
Work and Manufactures in European Cities, 14th-18th Centuries
These studies re-frame the roles of guilds in medieval and early modern European cities. They focus on the ways in which we can understand the interfaces between regulatory frameworks, represented by guild and civic regulations, and the wider world of labour and production.
These studies re-frame the roles of guilds in medieval and early modern European cities. They focus on the ways in which we can understand the interfaces between regulatory frameworks, represented by guild and civic regulations, and the wider world of labour and production.
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This volume explores regional history from around the globe, showing how time and space are connected. Through case studies ranging from romantic operas in Europe and gold-mining in South Africa to urban planning in New Zealand, it examines the most personal level of belonging.
This volume explores regional history from around the globe, showing how time and space are connected. Through case studies ranging from romantic operas in Europe and gold-mining in South Africa to urban planning in New Zealand, it examines the most personal level of belonging.
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Beyond the Battlefields
New Perspectives on Warfare and Society in the Graeco-Roman World
Beyond the Battlefields explores the relationship between warfare and society in the Graeco-Roman world. This collection of essays examines the political, social, and artistic affects of war, covering topics from espionage to fantasies of peace in the Iliad.
Beyond the Battlefields explores the relationship between warfare and society in the Graeco-Roman world. This collection of essays examines the political, social, and artistic affects of war, covering topics from espionage to fantasies of peace in the Iliad.
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Biographies of Drink
A Case Study Approach to our Historical Relationship with Alcohol
This book offers the “biographies of drink” approach, an innovative methodology for studying alcohol. Each essay constructs a “biography” of a drink, place, or idea, from Roman vessels to 1950s whisky ads, showcasing insights for anyone interested in alcohol's role in society.
This book offers the “biographies of drink” approach, an innovative methodology for studying alcohol. Each essay constructs a “biography” of a drink, place, or idea, from Roman vessels to 1950s whisky ads, showcasing insights for anyone interested in alcohol’s role in society.
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These essays trace the historical construction of white and black Southern masculinities. From the antebellum era to today, they reveal how conceptions of manhood intersected with race, class, and power to define the American South.
These essays trace the historical construction of white and black Southern masculinities. From the antebellum era to today, they reveal how conceptions of manhood intersected with race, class, and power to define the American South.
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Black Hamlet, The Play
By John Bright and Wulf Sachs
A newly discovered stage version of the famous psychobiography Black Hamlet, dramatised by its author, Wulf Sachs, and screenwriter John Bright. This extraordinary play, written in 1949, foresees the collapse of South Africa’s apartheid system before the menace had begun.
A newly discovered stage version of the famous psychobiography Black Hamlet, dramatised by its author, Wulf Sachs, and screenwriter John Bright. This extraordinary play, written in 1949, foresees the collapse of South Africa’s apartheid system before the menace had begun.
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Black Soldiers in a White Man’s War
Race, Good Order and Discipline in a Great War Labour Battalion
Pollock investigates the story of 600 Black men from across North America and the Caribbean, who, in 1917, went to war in a labour unit. Based on service records of the 600 volunteers and 35 courts-martial in the unit, he probes the lives of these soldiers between 1917 and 1918.
Pollock investigates the story of 600 Black men from across North America and the Caribbean, who, in 1917, went to war in a labour unit. Based on service records of the 600 volunteers and 35 courts-martial in the unit, he probes the lives of these soldiers between 1917 and 1918.
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Black Women Activists in Nineteenth Century New Orleans
Marie Laveaux and Henriette Delille
In nineteenth-century New Orleans, free women of color Marie Laveaux and Henriette Delille rejected a life of privilege. This book explores how they chose service instead, using their faith-based practices to address the needs of the city’s poor, enslaved, and disenfranchised.
In nineteenth-century New Orleans, free women of color Marie Laveaux and Henriette Delille rejected a life of privilege. This book explores how they chose service instead, using their faith-based practices to address the needs of the city’s poor, enslaved, and disenfranchised.
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Blest Gana via Machiavelli and Cervantes
National Identity and Social Order in Chile
Vilches reflects on the work of Chilean author Alberto Blest Gana (1830–1920) through the lens of Machiavelli and Cervantes. She delves into Chile’s emergence as a nation, and illustrates conflicts among the political parties and social classes in the early days of independence.
Vilches reflects on the work of Chilean author Alberto Blest Gana (1830–1920) through the lens of Machiavelli and Cervantes. She delves into Chile’s emergence as a nation, and illustrates conflicts among the political parties and social classes in the early days of independence.
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Blue Black Sea
New Dimensions of History, Security, Strategy, Energy and Economy
Experts from the Black Sea states analyze the region’s complex security, political, and economic dynamics, offering essential assessments of the international policies shaping the area today.
Experts from the Black Sea states analyze the region’s complex security, political, and economic dynamics, offering essential assessments of the international policies shaping the area today.
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Book Three of the Corpus Tibullianum
Introduction, Text, Translation and Commentary
This commentary on [Tibullus] 3 presents a text, translation, and a detailed argument for a single author. It shows how one anonymous poet composed the whole work by impersonating different characters, from Lygdamus and Sulpicia to Tibullus himself.
This commentary on [Tibullus] 3 presents a text, translation, and a detailed argument for a single author. It shows how one anonymous poet composed the whole work by impersonating different characters, from Lygdamus and Sulpicia to Tibullus himself.
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Border Folk Balladeers
Critical Studies on Américo Paredes
This book contains critical studies on Américo Paredes, a founder of Mexican American Studies. Renowned scholars analyze his pioneering work on border culture, from the traditional Texas-Mexican corrido to its contemporary offshoots like narcoballads and narconovels.
This book contains critical studies on Américo Paredes, a founder of Mexican American Studies. Renowned scholars analyze his pioneering work on border culture, from the traditional Texas-Mexican corrido to its contemporary offshoots like narcoballads and narconovels.
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Born in the Jungles of Burma
Behind Enemy Lines in the China-Burma-India Theater of Operations
In WWII's unforgiving China-Burma-India Theater, a unique US-British air unit, Air Commando 1, was forged. It pioneered large-scale air supply and support deep behind enemy lines, establishing a vital method of warfare for all subsequent wars.
In WWII’s unforgiving China-Burma-India Theater, a unique US-British air unit, Air Commando 1, was forged. It pioneered large-scale air supply and support deep behind enemy lines, establishing a vital method of warfare for all subsequent wars.
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Brazilian History
Culture, Society, Politics 1500-2010
Machado presents a critical introduction to Brazilian history. Combining a didactic approach with insightful historical analysis, he discusses the main political, cultural, and social developments that took place in the Latin American country from 1500 to 2010.
Machado presents a critical introduction to Brazilian history. Combining a didactic approach with insightful historical analysis, he discusses the main political, cultural, and social developments that took place in the Latin American country from 1500 to 2010.
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Brazil is more than samba and football. This book journeys through novels, poetry, music, art, and film from 1865 to the present day to uncover the surprising and vital cultural relationship the nation has had with its railways.
Brazil is more than samba and football. This book journeys through novels, poetry, music, art, and film from 1865 to the present day to uncover the surprising and vital cultural relationship the nation has had with its railways.
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Bridges Across the Sahara
Social, Economic and Cultural Impact of the Trans-Sahara Trade during the 19th and 20th Centuries
This book rethinks the history of modern Africa, examining the Saharan trade not as a barrier, but as a bridge. It critiques colonial scholarship and provides an alternative narrative of the forgotten histories that linked North, Central, and West Africa.
This book rethinks the history of modern Africa, examining the Saharan trade not as a barrier, but as a bridge. It critiques colonial scholarship and provides an alternative narrative of the forgotten histories that linked North, Central, and West Africa.
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