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Jovial Bigotry
Max O’Rell and the Transnational Debate over Manners and Morals in 19th Century France, Britain and the United States
The late 19th-century debate over manners and morals in France, Britain, and the US was truly about gender and sexuality. Commentators used stereotypes of women to discuss their roles, but this analysis reveals a common outlook: an agreement on patriarchy.
The late 19th-century debate over manners and morals in France, Britain, and the US was truly about gender and sexuality. Commentators used stereotypes of women to discuss their roles, but this analysis reveals a common outlook: an agreement on patriarchy.
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Julian Among the Books
Julian of Norwich's Theological Library
This book explores the European background of Julian of Norwich's manuscripts, arguing for ‘Holy Conversations’ where readers participate in her visions. It discusses her Benedictine context, links to other mystics, and preservation by exiled nuns who treasured her text.
This book explores the European background of Julian of Norwich’s manuscripts, arguing for ‘Holy Conversations’ where readers participate in her visions. It discusses her Benedictine context, links to other mystics, and preservation by exiled nuns who treasured her text.
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Using extensive unpublished archival material, Bosco principally examines the first eighteen months of the Federal Union, during which time it was able to raise itself to the attention of the general public, and the political class, as the heir of the League of Nations.
Using extensive unpublished archival material, Bosco principally examines the first eighteen months of the Federal Union, during which time it was able to raise itself to the attention of the general public, and the political class, as the heir of the League of Nations.
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Kamp Melbourne in the 1920s and ’30s
Trade, Queans and Inverts
Homosexual men in Melbourne in the 1920s and ‘30s formed a subculture of friendship groups, meeting places and secret signs which allowed them to live their lives despite legal, social and moral restrictions. Murdoch investigates this subculture and those men who lived within it.
Homosexual men in Melbourne in the 1920s and ‘30s formed a subculture of friendship groups, meeting places and secret signs which allowed them to live their lives despite legal, social and moral restrictions. Murdoch investigates this subculture and those men who lived within it.
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Keeping the Lid on
Urban Eruptions and Social Control since the 19th Century
This book explores social segregation, urban conflict, and collective memory. From epidemics and uprisings to memories in song and novels, case studies consider cities like London, New York, and Salvador de Bahia, filling the gaps in official history.
This book explores social segregation, urban conflict, and collective memory. From epidemics and uprisings to memories in song and novels, case studies consider cities like London, New York, and Salvador de Bahia, filling the gaps in official history.
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Knights Down Under
The Knights of Labour in New Zealand
While the Knights of Labour is a failed experiment in US history, in New Zealand its story was strikingly different. This is the story of how the KOL became an international force that helped enact sweeping reforms like women’s suffrage decades ahead of its time.
While the Knights of Labour is a failed experiment in US history, in New Zealand its story was strikingly different. This is the story of how the KOL became an international force that helped enact sweeping reforms like women’s suffrage decades ahead of its time.
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Kwame Nkrumah and Félix Houphouët-Boigny
Divergent Perspectives on African Independence and Unity
This book discusses the divergent approaches to African independence of two great leaders, Kwame Nkrumah and Félix Houphouët-Boigny. It identifies the impact their differences had on Africa and explores why, despite vast resources, it remains the world's poorest continent.
This book discusses the divergent approaches to African independence of two great leaders, Kwame Nkrumah and Félix Houphouët-Boigny. It identifies the impact their differences had on Africa and explores why, despite vast resources, it remains the world’s poorest continent.
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Kyrgyzstan and the Legacies of Collectivisation
Under the Soviet Shadow
Soviet rule in Kyrgyzstan was enabled by collectivisation and forcible population displacement. These strategies of colonisation reconfigured the population but were met with resistance. The book explores these changes and how independent Kyrgyzstan struggles with their legacy.
Soviet rule in Kyrgyzstan was enabled by collectivisation and forcible population displacement. These strategies of colonisation reconfigured the population but were met with resistance. The book explores these changes and how independent Kyrgyzstan struggles with their legacy.
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Labor’s Canvas
American Working-Class History and the WPA Art of the 1930s
Labor’s Canvas argues that New Deal art reveals important tensions. Artists saw themselves as cultural workers, yet struggled to reconcile social protest and aesthetics, often depicting laborers as bodies without minds and exposing cultural contradictions.
Labor’s Canvas argues that New Deal art reveals important tensions. Artists saw themselves as cultural workers, yet struggled to reconcile social protest and aesthetics, often depicting laborers as bodies without minds and exposing cultural contradictions.
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Landscape, Place and Culture
Linkages between Australia and India
This collection of essays explores the cultural, social, and ecological dimensions of the Australia-India relationship. Through comparative studies of colonial experience, migration, and shared environmental crisis, this work reassesses our relationship to place.
This collection of essays explores the cultural, social, and ecological dimensions of the Australia-India relationship. Through comparative studies of colonial experience, migration, and shared environmental crisis, this work reassesses our relationship to place.
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This collection of essays is devoted to last letters: notes to sever a relationship, messages written before death, and even fictional texts or poems. By focussing on these ultimate messages, the contributors provide an original approach to closure.
This collection of essays is devoted to last letters: notes to sever a relationship, messages written before death, and even fictional texts or poems. By focussing on these ultimate messages, the contributors provide an original approach to closure.
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This conference proceedings sheds new light on the debate surrounding the periodization of Late Antiquity. It recalls key moments of the discovery of the world of Late Antiquity, and shows how it is possible to reach a definition of an age.
This conference proceedings sheds new light on the debate surrounding the periodization of Late Antiquity. It recalls key moments of the discovery of the world of Late Antiquity, and shows how it is possible to reach a definition of an age.
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Late Nineteenth-Century Italy in Africa
The Livraghi Affair and the Waning of Civilizing Aspirations
Bruner looks at an 1891 affair concerning a claim that officials in Italy’s Red Sea colony ordered the secret and brutal killing of certain indigenous notables. He studies how this affair re-shaped the Italian outlook on colonialism, opening the door to conflicts and battles.
Bruner looks at an 1891 affair concerning a claim that officials in Italy’s Red Sea colony ordered the secret and brutal killing of certain indigenous notables. He studies how this affair re-shaped the Italian outlook on colonialism, opening the door to conflicts and battles.
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Latin America and the Global Political Stage
From the Columbian Exchange to Trumpism
This collection of essays on international relations provides a global view of diplomacy with a special focus on Latin America. Featuring contributions by recognized authorities, it considers the most recent developments, including the concept of Trumpism.
This collection of essays on international relations provides a global view of diplomacy with a special focus on Latin America. Featuring contributions by recognized authorities, it considers the most recent developments, including the concept of Trumpism.
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While most analyses of state formation focus on Europe and North America, this volume pays particular attention to Latin America. It provides the first detailed perspective on the formation of the State’s bureaucracies and offers an innovative analysis.
While most analyses of state formation focus on Europe and North America, this volume pays particular attention to Latin America. It provides the first detailed perspective on the formation of the State’s bureaucracies and offers an innovative analysis.
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Law, Morality, and Abolitionism
Francis Wayland and Antislavery in America
Brown University President Francis Wayland denounced slavery as sinful yet respected the laws protecting it. Events forced him to confront his own moral arguments: If slavery violates natural rights, how could he not act? This work explores his journey.
Brown University President Francis Wayland denounced slavery as sinful yet respected the laws protecting it. Events forced him to confront his own moral arguments: If slavery violates natural rights, how could he not act? This work explores his journey.
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Leadership in Anaesthesia
Five Pioneers of the Deadly Quest for Surgical Insensibility
Through the lens of leadership, discover five pioneers who forged modern anesthesiology. From William Morton's discovery of ether to Virginia Apgar's life-saving Score and Bjørn Ibsen, the father of intensive care, their stories reveal the birth of a medical specialty.
Through the lens of leadership, discover five pioneers who forged modern anesthesiology. From William Morton’s discovery of ether to Virginia Apgar’s life-saving Score and Bjørn Ibsen, the father of intensive care, their stories reveal the birth of a medical specialty.
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Learning Abroad
A History of the Commonwealth Scholarship and Fellowship Plan (Second Edition)
Since 1959, Commonwealth scholarships have moved over 30,000 people across borders. This book sets out the narrative of the scholarship plan, looking at both the scholars and those who selected them, and examines the policies of countries offering scholarships and the recipients.
Since 1959, Commonwealth scholarships have moved over 30,000 people across borders. This book sets out the narrative of the scholarship plan, looking at both the scholars and those who selected them, and examines the policies of countries offering scholarships and the recipients.
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Learning Abroad
A History of the Commonwealth Scholarship and Fellowship Plan
Since 1959, Commonwealth scholarships have moved 25,000 people across borders, launching them into influence. This book tells the story of the plan, asking who was selected and why, and assesses the long-term impact to answer a key question: was it good value?
Since 1959, Commonwealth scholarships have moved 25,000 people across borders, launching them into influence. This book tells the story of the plan, asking who was selected and why, and assesses the long-term impact to answer a key question: was it good value?
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Lee Miller, Photography, Surrealism and the Second World War
From Vogue to Dachau
Hilditch considers how Lee Miller’s war photographs can be interpreted as ‘surreal documentary’ combining a surrealist sensibility with a need to inform. Each chapter contains a close analysis of specific photographs in a generally chronological study with a thematic focus.
Hilditch considers how Lee Miller’s war photographs can be interpreted as ‘surreal documentary’ combining a surrealist sensibility with a need to inform. Each chapter contains a close analysis of specific photographs in a generally chronological study with a thematic focus.
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