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Democracy in America (1838): Translated by Henry Reeve, Esq. With an Original Preface and Notes by John C. SpencerThe first English-language edition published in 1838 and translated by Henry Reeve, Esq. with Preface and notes by John C. Spencer. This landmark work initiated a dialogue about the nature of democracy and the United States and its people that continues to this day....
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An Historical Account of the Black Empire of HaytiAs the first complete narrative in English of the Haitian Revolution, Marcus Rainsford's An Historical Account of the Black Empire of Hayti was highly influential in establishing nineteenth-century world opinion of this momentous event. This new edition is the first to appear since the...
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All Fools: George ChapmanOf all the poets Francis Meres names in his famous Palladis Tamia, Wits Treasury (1598), just two rate a mention as being both 'our best for tragedy' and 'the best poets for comedy' William Shakespeare and George Chapman. All Fools, written in 1599, is...
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Specters of World Literature: Orientalism, Modernity, and the Novel in the Middle EastAt the heart of this book is a spectral theory of world literature that draws on Edward Said, Aamir Mufti, Jacques Derrida and world-systems theory to assess how the field produces local literature as an "other" that haunts its universalising, assimilative imperative with the...
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A True Account of the Siege of London-derry. By the Rev. Mr. George Walker,The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions...
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The History of the Inquisition. By Philip a Limborch, ... Translated Into English by Samuel Chandler. In two Volumes. ... To Which is Prefixed, a LargThe 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions...
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American Culture in the 1980sThis book looks beyond the common label of 'Ronald Reagan's America' to chart the complex intersection of cultures in the 1980s. In doing so it provides an insightful account of the major cultural forms of 1980s America - literature and drama; film and television;...
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Scottish Literature and World War IExplores the connections between Scottish writing and World War I Includes studies united by an innovative methodological approach to Scottish World War I writing Contends that the war's effect on Scotland and Scottish letters was more multifaceted and far-ranging than prior assessments have allowed...
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Commemorative Modernisms: Women Writers, Death and the First World WarReconsiders the relationship between the Great War and modernism through women's literary representations of death Provides the first sustained study of death and commemoration in women's literature in the wartime and postwar period Offers a reconsideration of the relationship between the First World War...
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Same Old: Queer Theory, Literature and the Politics of SamenessSame old offers a rethinking of positions that have defined queer theory since its inception in the early 1990s. Steeped in philosophical and political commitments to 'difference', queer theoretical frameworks have tended to assume that ideas related to 'sameness' only thwart and stymie queer...
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The War of 1812 in the Old NorthwestThis work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...
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Lion of White Hall; the Life of Cassius M. ClayThis work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...
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Lost on the Freedom Trail: The National Park Service and Urban Renewal in Postwar BostonBoston National Historical Park is one of America's most popular heritage destinations, drawing in millions of visitors annually. Tourists flock there to see the site of the Boston Massacre, to relive Paul Revere's midnight ride, and to board Old Ironsides--all of these bound together...
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Ottoman Historical Documents: The Institutions of an EmpireThis collection of translated primary sources for Ottoman history shows how the major institutions of Ottoman government developed and functioned. Each chapter covers a key topic: Legitimation and Titulature; Princes; Recruitment into the Sultan's service; the Vizierate and the Dīvān; the Religio-Legal Institution; Ḳānūnnāmes...
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Redefining Science: Scientists, the National Security State, and Nuclear Weapons in Cold War AmericaThe Cold War forced scientists to reconcile their values of internationalism and objectivity with the increasingly militaristic uses of scientific knowledge. For decades, antinuclear scientists pursued nuclear disarmament in a variety of ways, from grassroots activism to transnational diplomacy and government science advising. The...
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The Revolutionary Imaginations of Greater Mexico: Chicana/O Radicalism, Solidarity Politics, and Latin American Social MovementsBringing to life the stories of political teatristas, feminists, gunrunners, labor organizers, poets, journalists, ex-prisoners, and other revolutionaries, The Revolutionary Imaginations of Greater Mexico examines the inspiration Chicanas/os found in social movements in Mexico and Latin America from 1971 to 1979. Drawing on fifteen...
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The Design and Construction of the NautilusExpanded 4th Edition with 60+ pages of new material. Is there anyone, of any age, who has read Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea and not sketched their vision of the Nautilus in their imagination or down on paper? For 150 years, the submarine...
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An Essay on Universal History, the Manners, and Spirit of Nations, From the Reign of Charlemaign to the age of Lewis XIV...Translated Into English, WiThe 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions...
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Anthropological Intelligence: The Deployment and Neglect of American Anthropology in the Second World WarBy the time the United States officially entered World War II, more than half of American anthropologists were using their professional knowledge and skills to advance the war effort. The range of their war-related work was extraordinary. They helped gather military intelligence, pinpointed possible...
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A Hubert Harrison ReaderCritical writings by the "father of Harlem radicalism".The brilliant writer, orator, educator, critic, and activist Hubert Harrison (1883 - 1927) is one of the truly important, yet neglected, figures of early twentieth-century America. Known as "the father of Harlem radicalism, ' and a leading...
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