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Public Offices, Personal Demands
Capability in Governance in the Seventeenth-Century Dutch Republic
This collection of essays explores a fundamental question of seventeenth-century governance: what makes a person capable for office? Focusing on the Dutch Republic, it shows how scientists, citizens, and merchants all joined the heated debate.
This collection of essays explores a fundamental question of seventeenth-century governance: what makes a person capable for office? Focusing on the Dutch Republic, it shows how scientists, citizens, and merchants all joined the heated debate.
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Purgatory between Kentucky and Canada
African Americans in Ohio
In the purgatory between Kentucky and Canada, ordinary African Americans in Ohio fought to create a space of peace. These histories reveal how individuals in the 19th and 20th centuries used social networks to secure education, voting rights, and liberty.
In the purgatory between Kentucky and Canada, ordinary African Americans in Ohio fought to create a space of peace. These histories reveal how individuals in the 19th and 20th centuries used social networks to secure education, voting rights, and liberty.
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Pursuing Eudaimonia
Re-appropriating the Greek Philosophical Foundations of the Christian Apophatic Tradition
This book recovers an ancient, ‘negative’ reason as a spiritual way of life. By investigating the Christian apophatic tradition and its philosophical heritage, it offers a path to rediscovering the wellsprings of human passion, desire and happiness.
This book recovers an ancient, ‘negative’ reason as a spiritual way of life. By investigating the Christian apophatic tradition and its philosophical heritage, it offers a path to rediscovering the wellsprings of human passion, desire and happiness.
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Pursuits and Joys
Great Victorian Antiquarians and Intellects
This volume is a collection of updated papers exploring the remarkable Lukis family and their contemporaries. It examines their pioneering work and the evolution of archaeology as a discipline in the nineteenth century across Britain and Europe.
This volume is a collection of updated papers exploring the remarkable Lukis family and their contemporaries. It examines their pioneering work and the evolution of archaeology as a discipline in the nineteenth century across Britain and Europe.
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This book uses quantitative methods to study 10 medieval Swedish laws (c. 1225–1350). This novel framework reassesses long-standing problems in legal history, revealing a shift from criminal to civil law and a clear transition from casuistic to more abstract legal provisions.
This book uses quantitative methods to study 10 medieval Swedish laws (c. 1225–1350). This novel framework reassesses long-standing problems in legal history, revealing a shift from criminal to civil law and a clear transition from casuistic to more abstract legal provisions.
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Discover how quantum mechanics shapes nanotechnology, material science, and quantum computing. This book breaks down complex ideas, exploring quantum tunneling, quantum dots, and graphene. See how abstract concepts blend theory and real-world application to transform our world.
Discover how quantum mechanics shapes nanotechnology, material science, and quantum computing. This book breaks down complex ideas, exploring quantum tunneling, quantum dots, and graphene. See how abstract concepts blend theory and real-world application to transform our world.
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Racism in Novels
A Comparative Study of Brazilian and South African Cultural History
Novels from early 20th-century Brazil and South Africa reveal a shared history: the use of racial policy to control society. Elaine Rocha examines how literature reflected the stark realities of everyday segregation in both nations.
Novels from early 20th-century Brazil and South Africa reveal a shared history: the use of racial policy to control society. Elaine Rocha examines how literature reflected the stark realities of everyday segregation in both nations.
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Radiation and Nuclear Energy
What Everyone Needs to Know
This book explains the benefits and risks of radiation and nuclear power in a simple manner. It covers applications in medicine, agriculture, and industry, then looks at nuclear power, arguing it has minimal environmental effects. Written for students and the public.
This book explains the benefits and risks of radiation and nuclear power in a simple manner. It covers applications in medicine, agriculture, and industry, then looks at nuclear power, arguing it has minimal environmental effects. Written for students and the public.
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This interdisciplinary collection explores the connections between radicalism and localism across the globe. It questions how the local fosters new political possibilities, empowers under-represented groups, and shapes distinct cultural forms of resistance.
This interdisciplinary collection explores the connections between radicalism and localism across the globe. It questions how the local fosters new political possibilities, empowers under-represented groups, and shapes distinct cultural forms of resistance.
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This ground-breaking book analyzes the impact of colonial railways in North India (1860-1914). It details the wide-ranging economic, social, and environmental effects in Uttar Pradesh, revealing how railways created new opportunities while also deepening regional inequalities.
This ground-breaking book analyzes the impact of colonial railways in North India (1860-1914). It details the wide-ranging economic, social, and environmental effects in Uttar Pradesh, revealing how railways created new opportunities while also deepening regional inequalities.
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Forensic science pioneer Ralph Turner's work was the basis for drunk driving laws. He founded the field's leading professional organization and was one of the first persons to question the Warren Commission Report on the assassination of President Kennedy.
Forensic science pioneer Ralph Turner’s work was the basis for drunk driving laws. He founded the field’s leading professional organization and was one of the first persons to question the Warren Commission Report on the assassination of President Kennedy.
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These essays reflect the international and pluridisciplinary nature of Holocaust scholarship, widening the definition of Holocaust literature to include comic books, fiction, and film. Contributors engage controversial issues of authenticity, morality, and representation.
These essays reflect the international and pluridisciplinary nature of Holocaust scholarship, widening the definition of Holocaust literature to include comic books, fiction, and film. Contributors engage controversial issues of authenticity, morality, and representation.
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Re-Inventing Western Civilisation
Transnational Reconstructions of Liberalism in Europe in the Twentieth Century
This book reveals neoliberalism as a transnational tradition carried by a network seeking societies based on individual freedom and a free market, transforming the overall picture of European (neo)liberalisms in the twentieth century.
This book reveals neoliberalism as a transnational tradition carried by a network seeking societies based on individual freedom and a free market, transforming the overall picture of European (neo)liberalisms in the twentieth century.
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International scholars explore the work of Pat Barker, one of Britain’s most notable novelists. This collection offers fresh and innovative readings on themes of gender, class, and violence, exploring the social and ethical issues in her novels.
International scholars explore the work of Pat Barker, one of Britain’s most notable novelists. This collection offers fresh and innovative readings on themes of gender, class, and violence, exploring the social and ethical issues in her novels.
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Reading a Dynamic Canvas
Adornment in the Ancient Mediterranean World
Personal adornment shapes identity, but can be manipulated to conceal or exaggerate reality. The essays in this volume explore this discourse through material evidence, covering a broad span from the ancient Near East to Roman Britain.
Personal adornment shapes identity, but can be manipulated to conceal or exaggerate reality. The essays in this volume explore this discourse through material evidence, covering a broad span from the ancient Near East to Roman Britain.
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Reading Hobbes Backwards
Leviathan, the Papal Monarchy and Islam
Beyond Leviathan lies Hobbes the peace theorist. Unable to speak freely as a courtier’s client, he used clandestine philosophy and satire to attack the sectarian causes of religious war and champion classical civic humanism.
Beyond Leviathan lies Hobbes the peace theorist. Unable to speak freely as a courtier’s client, he used clandestine philosophy and satire to attack the sectarian causes of religious war and champion classical civic humanism.
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Realising Health
The Peckham Experiment, Its Descendants, and the Spirit of Hygiea
This book examines the Pioneer Health Centre, a world-renowned experiment in health-creation. Forced to close in 1950, its ideas continue to inspire. It investigates why such initiatives struggle against a culture that values cure more than prevention.
This book examines the Pioneer Health Centre, a world-renowned experiment in health-creation. Forced to close in 1950, its ideas continue to inspire. It investigates why such initiatives struggle against a culture that values cure more than prevention.
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Rebellion and Revolution
Defiance in German Language, History and Art
This collection of essays by scholars of history, literature, and film offers new perspectives on key moments of German rebellion. It takes a multidisciplinary approach to analyze events from the 1525 Peasants’ War to the fall of the GDR.
This collection of essays by scholars of history, literature, and film offers new perspectives on key moments of German rebellion. It takes a multidisciplinary approach to analyze events from the 1525 Peasants’ War to the fall of the GDR.
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Rebellion, Resistance and the Irish Working Class
The Case of the ‘Limerick Soviet’
This book explores the 1919 ‘Limerick Soviet,’ a major strike in Ireland that made headlines worldwide. This volume considers this seminal event in Irish history and illuminates its connection to larger European controversies over workers' rights.
This book explores the 1919 ‘Limerick Soviet,’ a major strike in Ireland that made headlines worldwide. This volume considers this seminal event in Irish history and illuminates its connection to larger European controversies over workers’ rights.
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Rebuilding Sustainable Communities in Iraq
Policies, Programs and International Perspectives
Current reconstruction in Iraq is failing because a top-down approach cannot succeed. This volume presents expert analysis from an international conference on rebuilding sustainable communities with lessons from across the globe for Iraq.
Current reconstruction in Iraq is failing because a top-down approach cannot succeed. This volume presents expert analysis from an international conference on rebuilding sustainable communities with lessons from across the globe for Iraq.
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