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Generations in Towns
Succession and Success in Pre-Industrial Urban Societies
This book fills a gap in urban history with twelve studies of generations in late medieval and early modern European towns. Dealing with topics like succession, inheritance, and conflict, the articles demonstrate the importance of generational studies on pre-modern towns.
This book fills a gap in urban history with twelve studies of generations in late medieval and early modern European towns. Dealing with topics like succession, inheritance, and conflict, the articles demonstrate the importance of generational studies on pre-modern towns.
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This volume explores the relations between multinational empires and the nation. It analyzes the origins of nation-states, the issue of national minorities after the dissolution of empires, and the role of art and culture in forming national identities.
This volume explores the relations between multinational empires and the nation. It analyzes the origins of nation-states, the issue of national minorities after the dissolution of empires, and the role of art and culture in forming national identities.
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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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This collection explores monarchy, family, suicide, and sodomy in eighteenth-century France. It argues that the private and public weakness of sovereigns and husbands undermined their legitimacy, challenging simplistic assumptions about absolutism and Revolution.
This collection explores monarchy, family, suicide, and sodomy in eighteenth-century France. It argues that the private and public weakness of sovereigns and husbands undermined their legitimacy, challenging simplistic assumptions about absolutism and Revolution.
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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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Why did the idealistic goals of revolutionary periods in Britain (1642-1688) and Egypt (2011-2013) lead to counter-revolutions? This book explains how sectarian strains magnified the blunders of new rulers, causing religion to destabilize their regimes instead of saving them.
Why did the idealistic goals of revolutionary periods in Britain (1642-1688) and Egypt (2011-2013) lead to counter-revolutions? This book explains how sectarian strains magnified the blunders of new rulers, causing religion to destabilize their regimes instead of saving them.
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Governing Diversities
Democracy, Diversity and Human Nature
How should we govern diverse populations? This volume addresses this core political question by engaging with the history of ideas on democracy and diversity, from ancient Greece to modern-day Mexico, with contributions from innovative and leading scholars.
How should we govern diverse populations? This volume addresses this core political question by engaging with the history of ideas on democracy and diversity, from ancient Greece to modern-day Mexico, with contributions from innovative and leading scholars.
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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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Trade and Security
The United States and East Asia, 1961-1969
The US achieved its true goal in Vietnam: not saving a nation, but buying time for a region. This book reveals how America sacrificed its economy to build prosperous Asian allies as a firewall against Communism.
The US achieved its true goal in Vietnam: not saving a nation, but buying time for a region. This book reveals how America sacrificed its economy to build prosperous Asian allies as a firewall against Communism.
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Jacob Bryant was an eminent scholar and “the outstanding figure among mythagogues.” His work, “An Analysis of Antient Mythology,” is regarded as one of the most in-depth Classical works on Ancient Greece and the ancient world.
Jacob Bryant was an eminent scholar and “the outstanding figure among mythagogues.” His work, “An Analysis of Antient Mythology,” is regarded as one of the most in-depth Classical works on Ancient Greece and the ancient world.
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On Allegory
Some Medieval Aspects and Approaches (with an Introduction by Eric Stanley and an Afterword by Vincent Gillespie)
This collection of essays explores the allegorical imagination in pre-modern western culture. Contributors study its impact on literature, philosophy, and the visual arts, revealing the variety and complexity of allegory at the heart of medieval civilisation.
This collection of essays explores the allegorical imagination in pre-modern western culture. Contributors study its impact on literature, philosophy, and the visual arts, revealing the variety and complexity of allegory at the heart of medieval civilisation.
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Historical Representation and the Postcolonial Imaginary
Constructing Travellers and Aborigines
This work provides an overview of oral history's role in empowering marginalized social groups, like the Irish Travellers and Australian Aborigines. It explores how oral history enables such groups to document pasts that were previously ignored.
This work provides an overview of oral history’s role in empowering marginalized social groups, like the Irish Travellers and Australian Aborigines. It explores how oral history enables such groups to document pasts that were previously ignored.
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The American Occupation of Australia, 1941-45
A Marriage of Necessity
During WWII, over 120,000 American troops were based in Australia. This book examines the resulting "fault lines" in the alliance: GI crime, jurisdictional disputes, and fraught race and gender relations, challenging the accepted history of this occupation.
During WWII, over 120,000 American troops were based in Australia. This book examines the resulting “fault lines” in the alliance: GI crime, jurisdictional disputes, and fraught race and gender relations, challenging the accepted history of this occupation.
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Microorganisms control key biogeochemical processes. This book covers the ecological activities and diversity of microflora in the plant species Elaeagnus latifolia L., focusing on bacterial interactions. For students and researchers in microbiology and ecology.
Microorganisms control key biogeochemical processes. This book covers the ecological activities and diversity of microflora in the plant species Elaeagnus latifolia L., focusing on bacterial interactions. For students and researchers in microbiology and ecology.
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Towards Efficient Photovoltaic Devices
Key Facts and Experiments on Dye Sensitised Solar Cells
As solar energy is the only renewable resource capable of adequately meeting today’s total global energy demand, Andrei focuses on the possibilities of optimising dye-sensitised solar cells’ efficiency.
As solar energy is the only renewable resource capable of adequately meeting today’s total global energy demand, Andrei focuses on the possibilities of optimising dye-sensitised solar cells’ efficiency.
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New Journeys in Iberian Studies
A (Trans-)National and (Trans-)Regional Exploration
The research collected here consists of 18 chapters which explore a number of key areas of investigation in contemporary Iberian studies. There is a strong emphasis on trans-national and trans-regional approaches to the subject area, reflecting current discourse and scholarship.
The research collected here consists of 18 chapters which explore a number of key areas of investigation in contemporary Iberian studies. There is a strong emphasis on trans-national and trans-regional approaches to the subject area, reflecting current discourse and scholarship.
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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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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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Before St. John’s, the first fever hospital, patients suffered and died in their homes. The spread of fever was controlled by isolating them. This Irish study covers the cholera epidemic of 1832 and the Great Famine of the 1840s.
Before St. John’s, the first fever hospital, patients suffered and died in their homes. The spread of fever was controlled by isolating them. This Irish study covers the cholera epidemic of 1832 and the Great Famine of the 1840s.
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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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