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Global Japan: The Experience o...The Japanese have long regarded themselves as a homogenous nation clearly sepa... The Japanese have long regarded themselves as a homogenous nation clearly separate from other nations. However this long-standing view is being undermined by the present international reality of increased global population movement. This has resulted... more
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Schooling Citizens : The Strug...While white residents of antebellum Boston and New Haven forcefully opposed th... While white residents of antebellum Boston and New Haven forcefully opposed the education of black residents their counterparts in slaveholding Baltimore did little to resist the establishment of African American schools. Such discrepancies Hilary Moss... more
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Reinterpreting History: How Hi...Atlantic history with its emphasis on inter-regional developments that transce... Atlantic history with its emphasis on inter-regional developments that transcend national borders has risen to prominence as a fruitful perspective through which to study the interconnections among Europe North America Latin America and Africa. These... more
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Mekong Delta : Ecology Economy...Mining a wealth of archival sources in France and Vietnam Pierre Brocheux cons... Mining a wealth of archival sources in France and Vietnam Pierre Brocheux constructs a fascinating picture of how French capital and technology transformed the Mekong Delta. From the cutting of the first canals in the 1880s to the eruption of the Viet... more
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Cornell Studies in the History...Paul Lerner traces the intertwined histories of trauma and male hysteria in Ge... Paul Lerner traces the intertwined histories of trauma and male hysteria in German society and psychiatry and shows how these concepts were swept up into debates about Germany s national health economic productivity and military strength in the years... more
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The Gamble : General Petraeus ...Thomas E. Rick s news-breaking follow up to the #1 New York Times bestseller F... Thomas E. Rick s news-breaking follow up to the #1 New York Times bestseller Fiasco Now updated to fully document the inside story of the Iraq war since late 2005 The Gamble is the definitive account of the insurgency within the U.S. military that led... more
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Kadoc Studies on Religion Cult...KADOC Studies on Religion Culture and Society Volume 6Research continues to sh... KADOC Studies on Religion Culture and Society Volume 6Research continues to show that the Christian religion is gradually disappearing from the public cultural and social spheres in Western Europe. Even on the individual level institutionalized... more
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Getting Away with Murder on th...In 1916 in the tiny West Texas town of Benjamin a gunman slips into a courtroo... In 1916 in the tiny West Texas town of Benjamin a gunman slips into a courtroom and murders the defendant. In 1912 in Fort Worth’s finest hotel a young man kills an old gentleman in cold blood in the middle of the lobby. The verdict in both of these... more
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Landmark Political: The Making...[White] revolutionized the art of political reporting. --William F. Buckley Th... [White] revolutionized the art of political reporting. --William F. Buckley The Making of the President 1972 is the fourth book in Theodore H. White s landmark series a riveting account of the 1972 presidential campaign and Richard M. Nixon s... more
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Historical Tours: Vicksburg : ...MOVE THROUGH TIME AS NEVER BEFORE with this one-of-a-kind guide which brings y... MOVE THROUGH TIME AS NEVER BEFORE with this one-of-a-kind guide which brings you face-to-face with the people and events that led to the Confederate surrender at Vicksburg on July 4 1863 which helped turn the tide of the Civil War. more
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Our Neck of the Woods : Explor...What are the odds of finding Minnesota s tiniest orchid? Why take a Breathalyz... What are the odds of finding Minnesota s tiniest orchid? Why take a Breathalyzer test to study frogs? How does ice fishing warm the heart? Who would live in such a cold lean region? Our Neck of the Woods takes on these and other urgent (and sometimes... more
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Triumph Revisited: Historians ...More than thirty years later the Vietnam War still stands as one of the most c... More than thirty years later the Vietnam War still stands as one of the most controversial events in the history of the United States and historians have so far failed to come up with a definitive narrative of the wartime experience. With competing... more
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Politics and Society in Modern...Los Angeles has attracted intense attention as a world city characterized by m... Los Angeles has attracted intense attention as a world city characterized by multiculturalism and globalization. Yet little is known about the historical transformation of a place whose leaders proudly proclaimed themselves white supremacists less than... more
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Blackwell History of Europe: E...Fischer offers a captivating analysis of Europe s turbulent history during the... Fischer offers a captivating analysis of Europe s turbulent history during the first half of the twentieth century from the optimism at the turn of the century to the successive waves of destruction of the First and Second World Wars. Written by a... more
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Blood on the Stone: Greed Corr...Africa s diamond wars took four million lives. They destroyed the lives of mil... Africa s diamond wars took four million lives. They destroyed the lives of millions more and they crippled the economies of Angola the Congo Liberia and Sierra Leone. The biggest UN peacekeeping forces in the world--in Sierra Leone Liberia the Congo... more
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Who Speaks for Margaret Garner...A fascinating documentary history of the fugitive slave case that captivated t... A fascinating documentary history of the fugitive slave case that captivated the nation-and inspired Toni Morrison s acclaimed novel Beloved. more
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New Histories of American Law:...Using the British Empire as a case study this succinct study argues that the e... Using the British Empire as a case study this succinct study argues that the establishment of overseas settlements in America created a problem of constitutional organization that created deep and persistent tensions within the empire during the... more
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Stanford Studies in Jewish His...A deeply researched and revealing study of the Jews of Moravia throughout the ... A deeply researched and revealing study of the Jews of Moravia throughout the nineteenth century. more
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Images of America: Seattle s 1...When the United States entered the 1960s the nation was swept up in the Space ... When the United States entered the 1960s the nation was swept up in the Space Race as the United States and the Soviet Union competed for supremacy in rocket and satellite technologies. Cities across the country hoped to attract new aerospace companies... more
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When A Billion Chinese Jump : ...As a young child Jonathan Watts believed if everyone in China jumped at the sa... As a young child Jonathan Watts believed if everyone in China jumped at the same time the earth would be shaken off its axis annihilating mankind. Now more than thirty years later as a correspondent for The Guardian in Beijing he has discovered it is... more
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