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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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 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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Toward, Around, and Away from Tahrir
Tracking Emerging Expressions of Egyptian Identity
The 2011 revolution complicated questions about Egyptian identity. This volume focuses on written and oral expression, viewed through the lenses of rhetoric and communication, to understand how the demand for change altered Egyptians’ perceptions of themselves.
The 2011 revolution complicated questions about Egyptian identity. This volume focuses on written and oral expression, viewed through the lenses of rhetoric and communication, to understand how the demand for change altered Egyptians’ perceptions of themselves.
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The Holocaust
Memories and History
This collection of scholarly articles analyzes Holocaust testimonies, photographs, literature, and films. Based on multi-disciplinary research, these essays provide new perspectives on the Holocaust and explore innovative methods for teaching its significance.
This collection of scholarly articles analyzes Holocaust testimonies, photographs, literature, and films. Based on multi-disciplinary research, these essays provide new perspectives on the Holocaust and explore innovative methods for teaching its significance.
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William Rooke Creswell argued that, as an island continent, Australia could not defend itself without a navy. He saw no point in a large army if one enemy battleship could destroy its cities. He was the one constant advocate for an Australian navy.
William Rooke Creswell argued that, as an island continent, Australia could not defend itself without a navy. He saw no point in a large army if one enemy battleship could destroy its cities. He was the one constant advocate for an Australian navy.
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In Search of Agamemnon
Early Travellers to Mycenae
Before Schliemann, pioneers and ancients were fascinated by Mycenae. This book brings to life their thoughts and descriptions of the Lion Gate and ‘Treasury of Atreus’—observations that are not only of historical interest, but pure poetry.
Before Schliemann, pioneers and ancients were fascinated by Mycenae. This book brings to life their thoughts and descriptions of the Lion Gate and ‘Treasury of Atreus’—observations that are not only of historical interest, but pure poetry.
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Ali Mazrui synthesizes Africa’s political and social thought in this original interpretation of timeless relevance. It covers themes from liberation movements to the convergence of African, Islamic, and Western thought, and the role of religion in politics.
Ali Mazrui synthesizes Africa’s political and social thought in this original interpretation of timeless relevance. It covers themes from liberation movements to the convergence of African, Islamic, and Western thought, and the role of religion in politics.
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This volume explores the ethics of National Socialism, from its ideology of racial warfare and “euthanasia” killings to the moral convictions of perpetrators who acted with a “good conscience.” It connects Nazi ideology to current ethical challenges.
This volume explores the ethics of National Socialism, from its ideology of racial warfare and “euthanasia” killings to the moral convictions of perpetrators who acted with a “good conscience.” It connects Nazi ideology to current ethical challenges.
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Ninety Years of the Abruzzo National Park 1922-2012
Proceedings of the Conference held in Pescasseroli, May 18-20, 2012
The Abruzzo National Park is one of the oldest protected areas in Europe. This volume reconstructs the highlights of the Park’s troubled but influential history and its connections with environmentalism and Italian society at large.
The Abruzzo National Park is one of the oldest protected areas in Europe. This volume reconstructs the highlights of the Park’s troubled but influential history and its connections with environmentalism and Italian society at large.
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“An Ald Reht”
Essays on Anglo-Saxon Law
This volume brings together thirteen essays on the legal system of Anglo-Saxon England. Based on twenty years of research, it offers important insights into English law from the sixth century through to its preservation in twelfth-century manuscripts.
This volume brings together thirteen essays on the legal system of Anglo-Saxon England. Based on twenty years of research, it offers important insights into English law from the sixth century through to its preservation in twelfth-century manuscripts.
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This work traces how Oxford and Cambridge colleges, founded for celibate men, clung to a monastic way of life into the nineteenth century. It explores the struggle of courageous individuals who finally overturned the statutes in 1882, allowing Fellows to marry.
This work traces how Oxford and Cambridge colleges, founded for celibate men, clung to a monastic way of life into the nineteenth century. It explores the struggle of courageous individuals who finally overturned the statutes in 1882, allowing Fellows to marry.
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