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The Church and the Slums
The Victorian Anglican Church and its Mission to Liverpool’s Poor
In Victorian Liverpool’s notorious slums, the Anglican Church faced a seemingly impossible task. How could its clergy overcome local hostility to reach the working classes? This book reveals their surprising success, judged not just by worshippers, but by community engagement.
In Victorian Liverpool’s notorious slums, the Anglican Church faced a seemingly impossible task. How could its clergy overcome local hostility to reach the working classes? This book reveals their surprising success, judged not just by worshippers, but by community engagement.
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Religion and Belief
A Moral Landscape
This collection of essays initiates a discussion on the nuances of religion and belief. Topics range from ancient Greek philosophy to 21st century ‘New-Atheism’, challenging simple conceptions and showing caricatures of belief to be misleading.
This collection of essays initiates a discussion on the nuances of religion and belief. Topics range from ancient Greek philosophy to 21st century ‘New-Atheism’, challenging simple conceptions and showing caricatures of belief to be misleading.
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The so-called “spiritual conquest” of Mexico was no easy victory. Native populations overtly and covertly resisted the imposition of Catholicism, incorporating the new faith on their own terms. These essays examine this centuries-long cultural war.
The so-called “spiritual conquest” of Mexico was no easy victory. Native populations overtly and covertly resisted the imposition of Catholicism, incorporating the new faith on their own terms. These essays examine this centuries-long cultural war.
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In 1832, French missionary Eugène Casalis forged an extraordinary friendship with King Moshoeshoe of Lesotho, becoming his trusted advisor and a key ally in the desperate struggle to save his kingdom from Boer expansionism.
In 1832, French missionary Eugène Casalis forged an extraordinary friendship with King Moshoeshoe of Lesotho, becoming his trusted advisor and a key ally in the desperate struggle to save his kingdom from Boer expansionism.
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Masks of Identity
Representing and Performing Otherness in Latin America
This collection reveals how Otherness, a legacy of colonization, shapes Latin American society. Essays explore how the identities of indigenous peoples, women, and others are constructed, visually represented, performed, and contested.
This collection reveals how Otherness, a legacy of colonization, shapes Latin American society. Essays explore how the identities of indigenous peoples, women, and others are constructed, visually represented, performed, and contested.
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Networks of Global Governance
International Organisations and European Integration in a Historical Perspective
This book analyses the relationship between the United Nations and European integration from 1945 to the present. It describes how the dynamic evolved: from UN bodies shaping the integration process to the EU impacting the UN, to today's complex partnership.
This book analyses the relationship between the United Nations and European integration from 1945 to the present. It describes how the dynamic evolved: from UN bodies shaping the integration process to the EU impacting the UN, to today’s complex partnership.
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This unique collection of essays sheds light on mixed marriages throughout history. How did people overcome obstacles put in their path by church, family, and state? Mixed marriages offer a window on the tensions between societal norms and individual choice.
This unique collection of essays sheds light on mixed marriages throughout history. How did people overcome obstacles put in their path by church, family, and state? Mixed marriages offer a window on the tensions between societal norms and individual choice.
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Undoing Plessy
Charles Hamilton Houston, Race, Labor, and the Law, 1895-1950
Undoing Plessy explores the life of Charles Hamilton Houston, a “social engineer” who used the law to dismantle racial barriers. Houston understood the right to work was necessary for true freedom and built a strategy to win civil rights in the pre-Brown era.
Undoing Plessy explores the life of Charles Hamilton Houston, a “social engineer” who used the law to dismantle racial barriers. Houston understood the right to work was necessary for true freedom and built a strategy to win civil rights in the pre-Brown era.
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Speaking With Their Own Voices
The Stories of Slaves in the Persian Gulf in the 20th Century
This unique study of slavery in the 20th-century Persian Gulf gives voice to the enslaved. Through their own statements asking for manumission, it presents hundreds of life stories, uncovering new aspects of everyday life in the Arabian Peninsula.
This unique study of slavery in the 20th-century Persian Gulf gives voice to the enslaved. Through their own statements asking for manumission, it presents hundreds of life stories, uncovering new aspects of everyday life in the Arabian Peninsula.
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The Great War
Localities and Regional Identities
The First World War transformed British society. While most focus is on military aspects, this volume considers how these changes varied across Britain’s Home Front. Was there a common national response, or did strong regional identities prevail?
The First World War transformed British society. While most focus is on military aspects, this volume considers how these changes varied across Britain’s Home Front. Was there a common national response, or did strong regional identities prevail?
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Neither Good Nor Bad
Why Human Beings Behave How They Do
Why do individuals and even entire nations commit violent acts, convinced they are fighting for a just cause? This study explores the motivations for human behavior, revealing the extent to which we live in socially-constructed realities that can fall apart in a crisis.
Why do individuals and even entire nations commit violent acts, convinced they are fighting for a just cause? This study explores the motivations for human behavior, revealing the extent to which we live in socially-constructed realities that can fall apart in a crisis.
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Can scientific principles be a priori yet still change? This book argues they can be, proposing a novel concept: a priori revisability. Using case studies from physics and geometry, it reveals a new dynamic of science driven by non-empirical moves.
Can scientific principles be a priori yet still change? This book argues they can be, proposing a novel concept: a priori revisability. Using case studies from physics and geometry, it reveals a new dynamic of science driven by non-empirical moves.
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The Greek Church of Cyprus, the Morea and Constantinople during the Frankish Era (1196-1303)
A New Perspective
This book examines the Greek Church in Cyprus, Morea and Constantinople during the Frankish Era (1196–1303). It analyses the establishment of the Latin Church and its relations with the Greek clergy and secular authorities.
This book examines the Greek Church in Cyprus, Morea and Constantinople during the Frankish Era (1196–1303). It analyses the establishment of the Latin Church and its relations with the Greek clergy and secular authorities.
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Intellectual Agent, Mediator and Interlocutor
A. B. Assensoh and African Politics in Transition
This book critically examines African politics, arguing that many contemporary problems have their roots in the fifteen years prior to independence (1945–1960). This was the incubation period for the dysfunction that has stymied the continent ever since.
This book critically examines African politics, arguing that many contemporary problems have their roots in the fifteen years prior to independence (1945–1960). This was the incubation period for the dysfunction that has stymied the continent ever since.
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Saharan Crossroads
Exploring Historical, Cultural, and Artistic Linkages between North and West Africa
The Sahara is not a barrier, but a vibrant crossroads. This book explores millennia of historical, cultural, and artistic linkages between North and West Africa, revealing long histories of peaceful coexistence, interdependence, and cooperation.
The Sahara is not a barrier, but a vibrant crossroads. This book explores millennia of historical, cultural, and artistic linkages between North and West Africa, revealing long histories of peaceful coexistence, interdependence, and cooperation.
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Unseen Enemy
The English, Disease, and Medicine in Colonial Bengal, 1617 – 1847
In colonial Bengal, Europeans faced diseases their medicine failed to treat. This book follows English doctors, backed by the East India Company, in their struggle, culminating in Calcutta's controversial experimental Mesmeric Hospital.
In colonial Bengal, Europeans faced diseases their medicine failed to treat. This book follows English doctors, backed by the East India Company, in their struggle, culminating in Calcutta’s controversial experimental Mesmeric Hospital.
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From a Heuristic Point of View
Essays in Honour of Carlo Cellucci
How do we get new knowledge? Carlo Cellucci argues that traditional logic is inadequate. We need a new, heuristic logic for generating knowledge. This book is a collection of essays from leading figures who discuss, criticize, and expand on Cellucci’s work.
How do we get new knowledge? Carlo Cellucci argues that traditional logic is inadequate. We need a new, heuristic logic for generating knowledge. This book is a collection of essays from leading figures who discuss, criticize, and expand on Cellucci’s work.
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The Isle of Man TT Races
Motorcycling, Society and Identity
This book uses the Isle of Man TT Races to examine the deep links between sport and society. It charts the event's history and its role in shaping Manx politics, economy, and identity. Where else can a racer take in so much history at 200 mph?
This book uses the Isle of Man TT Races to examine the deep links between sport and society. It charts the event’s history and its role in shaping Manx politics, economy, and identity. Where else can a racer take in so much history at 200 mph?
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Political institutions are often treated as un-gendered, yet rationality has been ascribed to masculinity. This book explores the interdependence of masculinities and concepts like the state, citizenship, and democracy, shedding light on their construction.
Political institutions are often treated as un-gendered, yet rationality has been ascribed to masculinity. This book explores the interdependence of masculinities and concepts like the state, citizenship, and democracy, shedding light on their construction.
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This volume analyzes the relations between multinational empires and the idea of the nation. Topics range from colonialism and the Great Powers to the Great War, decolonization, ethnic conflicts, the dissolution of empires, and the East-West conflict.
This volume analyzes the relations between multinational empires and the idea of the nation. Topics range from colonialism and the Great Powers to the Great War, decolonization, ethnic conflicts, the dissolution of empires, and the East-West conflict.
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