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Police records from 18th-century Paris reveal the lives of thousands of men who desired men. This is the first book to explore all the archives, examining patterns in their lives and in the surveillance and punishment of same-sex relations across the century.
Police records from 18th-century Paris reveal the lives of thousands of men who desired men. This is the first book to explore all the archives, examining patterns in their lives and in the surveillance and punishment of same-sex relations across the century.
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This book explores various topics relevant to understanding the complexities of biological effects generated by solar radiation, and evaluates solar-energy-absorbing substances, including sunscreen agents, and their influence on cancers and diseases.
This book explores various topics relevant to understanding the complexities of biological effects generated by solar radiation, and evaluates solar-energy-absorbing substances, including sunscreen agents, and their influence on cancers and diseases.
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Soldiers, Bombs and Rifles
Military History of the 20th Century
Military History is not just for experts. It is an essential, interdisciplinary tool for interpreting historical processes. This book analyzes the main wars of the 20th century, with contributions on WWI, WWII, the Spanish Civil War, and asymmetric conflicts.
Military History is not just for experts. It is an essential, interdisciplinary tool for interpreting historical processes. This book analyzes the main wars of the 20th century, with contributions on WWI, WWII, the Spanish Civil War, and asymmetric conflicts.
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Solway Country
Land, Life and Livelihood in the Western Border Region of England and Scotland
The Solway Country is a little-known world on the Anglo-Scottish border, its identity rooted in landscape and a turbulent history. This book captures its spirit, exploring a hybrid culture of ballads born from the theft and mayhem of the border reivers.
The Solway Country is a little-known world on the Anglo-Scottish border, its identity rooted in landscape and a turbulent history. This book captures its spirit, exploring a hybrid culture of ballads born from the theft and mayhem of the border reivers.
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Sons of Crispin
The St Crispin Lodges of Edinburgh and Scotland
This study affords a rare insight into the “secret” associational life of Scottish shoemakers. It investigates the Royal St Crispin Society (1817–1909), which devised and practised unique rituals based on shoemaking legends and traditions.
This study affords a rare insight into the “secret” associational life of Scottish shoemakers. It investigates the Royal St Crispin Society (1817–1909), which devised and practised unique rituals based on shoemaking legends and traditions.
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Soupy Sales and the Detroit Experience
Manufacturing a Television Personality
While Soupy Sales achieved national fame in the 1960s, the template was set in Detroit. This study of his early WXYZ TV shows explores the manufacturing of a personality and offers insights into 1950s pop culture, the Cold War, Jewish-inflected humor, and jazz.
While Soupy Sales achieved national fame in the 1960s, the template was set in Detroit. This study of his early WXYZ TV shows explores the manufacturing of a personality and offers insights into 1950s pop culture, the Cold War, Jewish-inflected humor, and jazz.
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A collection of radical documents covering revolutionary and working-class politics in Great Britain. It covers movements in British history from ancient Britain (60 CE) to the rise of the modern labour movement in 1920.
A collection of radical documents covering revolutionary and working-class politics in Great Britain. It covers movements in British history from ancient Britain (60 CE) to the rise of the modern labour movement in 1920.
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South Arabian Long-Distance Trade in Antiquity
“Out of Arabia”
In pre-Islamic times, South Arabia was a crossroads linking the Near East with Africa and the Mediterranean with India. The region is unique, with a written history extending to the first millennium BCE. This volume explores the history and languages of ancient South Arabia.
In pre-Islamic times, South Arabia was a crossroads linking the Near East with Africa and the Mediterranean with India. The region is unique, with a written history extending to the first millennium BCE. This volume explores the history and languages of ancient South Arabia.
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Sparks From Spartacus
Life and Afterlife of the Ancient Rebel
Who was the real Spartacus? To the ancient elite, he was a dangerous rogue. To later ages, a noble, tragic hero. For the first time, this richly illustrated book presents his continuous story from ancient sources, revealing the man behind the myth and his lasting legacy.
Who was the real Spartacus? To the ancient elite, he was a dangerous rogue. To later ages, a noble, tragic hero. For the first time, this richly illustrated book presents his continuous story from ancient sources, revealing the man behind the myth and his lasting legacy.
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Originating from a belief in healing waters, spas became exclusive resorts for 18th-19th century elites. Amid fierce competition, these centers of leisure and medicine declined, paving the way for modern thalassotherapy, the latest avatar of this long story.
Originating from a belief in healing waters, spas became exclusive resorts for 18th-19th century elites. Amid fierce competition, these centers of leisure and medicine declined, paving the way for modern thalassotherapy, the latest avatar of this long story.
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Spatial Appropriations in Modern Empires, 1820-1960
Beyond Dispossession
This book offers fresh insights into colonial histories through spatial appropriations—the ways people claim a space as their own. These were not sites of simple domination or resistance, but complex interactions, explored on a journey from Russia to Africa in the imperial age.
This book offers fresh insights into colonial histories through spatial appropriations—the ways people claim a space as their own. These were not sites of simple domination or resistance, but complex interactions, explored on a journey from Russia to Africa in the imperial age.
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Speaking of Endangered Languages
Issues in Revitalization
This book provides an overview of endangered indigenous languages, describing local responses to maintaining them. Each chapter presents a case study of a threatened language, examining local grassroots efforts at revival and suggesting a re-examination of retention programs.
This book provides an overview of endangered indigenous languages, describing local responses to maintaining them. Each chapter presents a case study of a threatened language, examining local grassroots efforts at revival and suggesting a re-examination of retention programs.
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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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Spooked
Britain, Empire and Intelligence since 1945
Britain's leading intelligence historians present a fresh study of British secrecy since 1945. Drawing on recently declassified archives, these essays explore the use and misuse of intelligence, from the era of decolonisation to the ‘War on Terror’.
Britain’s leading intelligence historians present a fresh study of British secrecy since 1945. Drawing on recently declassified archives, these essays explore the use and misuse of intelligence, from the era of decolonisation to the ‘War on Terror’.
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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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Challenging the official record, this book reveals the gruesome history of communism under Stalin and Mao and their confrontations with the West. A stark warning against totalitarianism and a powerful argument for freedom.
Challenging the official record, this book reveals the gruesome history of communism under Stalin and Mao and their confrontations with the West. A stark warning against totalitarianism and a powerful argument for freedom.
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Stepney
Profile of a London Borough from the Outbreak of the First World War to the Festival of Britain, 1914-1951
A vivid history of Stepney, an iconic East End borough. From the murders of Jack the Ripper and the Blitz to the Battle of Cable Street, this ground-breaking book charts the rise and fall of the docks, waves of immigration, and the struggles of its people.
A vivid history of Stepney, an iconic East End borough. From the murders of Jack the Ripper and the Blitz to the Battle of Cable Street, this ground-breaking book charts the rise and fall of the docks, waves of immigration, and the struggles of its people.
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What would a piece of clay say if it could speak? This book revisits the enigma of the Phaistos Disc, exploring archaeological excavations, archaic languages, and myths to uncover new information and allow “The Stones to Speak.”
What would a piece of clay say if it could speak? This book revisits the enigma of the Phaistos Disc, exploring archaeological excavations, archaic languages, and myths to uncover new information and allow “The Stones to Speak.”
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Street Literature of the Long Nineteenth Century
Producers, Sellers, Consumers
For centuries, street literature was the main reading material of the working classes. Fascinating today for the unique light it shines on the lives of ordinary people, it has long been neglected as a historical resource, and this title is the first book on the trade for decades.
For centuries, street literature was the main reading material of the working classes. Fascinating today for the unique light it shines on the lives of ordinary people, it has long been neglected as a historical resource, and this title is the first book on the trade for decades.
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Struggle for the Control over the Red Sea
Ottoman British Relations in Sudan 1821-1914
This book unveils the untold power struggle between the Ottoman and British Empires for control of the Red Sea and Sudan. Political intrigue and military strategy shaped the region’s future, forever altering Sudan's history and defining its modern era.
This book unveils the untold power struggle between the Ottoman and British Empires for control of the Red Sea and Sudan. Political intrigue and military strategy shaped the region’s future, forever altering Sudan’s history and defining its modern era.
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