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Faith and Foreign Affairs in the American CenturyThe United States has led the world in almost every way since World War I. In 1941, Life magazine publisher Henry Luce dubbed his country's preponderant power "the American Century." His editorial was a statement of fact but also an aspiration for countrymen to...
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The South and America Since World War IIIn this superb volume, James C. Cobb provides the first truly comprehensive history of the South since World War II, brilliantly capturing an era of dramatic change, both in the South and in its relationship with the rest of the nation. Here is a...
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The Glasgow Sugar Aristocracy: Scotland and Caribbean Slavery, 1775-1838The first book to outline Scotland's colonial past and Glasgow's direct links with the slave trade through sugar plantations. This important book assesses the size and nature of Caribbean slavery's economic impact on British society. The Glasgow Sugar Aristocracy, a grouping of West India...
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The World Transformed, 1945 to the Present: A Documentary ReaderOxford University Press is pleased to be the new publisher of the bestselling anthology The World Transformed, 1945 to the Present: A Documentary Reader, Second Edition. Edited by Michael H. Hunt, this collection invites students to interpret and evaluate 180 documents organized into forty...
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Beyond Truman: Robert H. Ferrell and Crafting the PastThis study draws on the life of renowned historian, Robert H. Ferrell, to explore issues related to the history profession. Ferrell's life story contextualizes postmodernism, the New Left, and the challenges of crafting history. The author analyzes Ferrell's biases, examining distinctions between his morals...
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Bhakti and Yoga: A Discourse in Seventeenth-Century CodicesThe religious order named Dādūpanth, which originated in Rajasthan, produced a wealth of manuscripts from about 1600 onwards. From the begining of this manuscript culture, huge codices were produced representing a chorus of voices, and reflecting the decisions made by the compilers or copyists...
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The New Era in American Mathematics, 1920-1950A meticulously researched history on the development of American mathematics in the three decades following World War I As the Roaring Twenties lurched into the Great Depression, to be followed by the scourge of Nazi Germany and World War II, American mathematicians pursued their...
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The Holy Alliance: Liberalism and the Politics of FederationA major new account of the post-Napoleonic Holy Alliance and the promise it held for liberals The Holy Alliance is now most familiar as a label for conspiratorial reaction. In this book, Isaac Nakhimovsky reveals the Enlightenment origins of this post-Napoleonic initiative, explaining why...
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Understanding 19th-Century Slave NarrativesAfrican American slave narratives of the 19th century recorded the grim realities of the antebellum South; they also provide the foundation for this compelling and revealing work on African American history and experiences.Naturally, it is not possible to really know what being a slave...
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Crude Oil, Crude Money: Aristotle Onassis, Saudi Arabia, and the CIAThe untold story of how Exxon, Mobil, Chevron, and Texaco teamed up with the CIA and Department of State to thwart the plans of Greek shipping magnate Aristotle Onassis, who almost managed to reshape the Middle East.In 1954 Aristotle Onassis (long before he married...
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The Origins of Aegis: Eli T. Reich, Wayne Meyer, and the Creation of a Revolutionary Naval Weapons SystemThis book provides readers with an in-depth understanding of the professional development of two notable and highly accomplished naval officers and their contributions to the development of the Aegis Weapons System. The main argument is that there was no single career path or set...
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Sea Power and the American Interest: From the Civil War to the Great WarFrom the Civil War to the Great War, the transatlantic commercial trading system that dated from the nation's colonial times continued in America. By 1900, the sustainability of this Atlantic System was in the material interest of an industrial America on which its aggregate...
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Modern Arab Kingship: Remaking the Ottoman Political Order in the Interwar Middle EastHow the "recycling" of the Ottoman Empire's uses of genealogy and religion created new political orders in the Middle East In this groundbreaking book, Adam Mestyan argues that post-Ottoman Arab political orders were not, as many historians believe, products of European colonialism but of...
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Avant-Garde Post-: Radical Poetics After the Soviet UnionThe remarkable story of seven contemporary Russian-language poets whose experimental work anchors a thriving dissident artistic movement opposed to both Putin's regime and Western liberalism. What does leftist art look like in the wake of state socialism? In recent years, Russian-language avant-garde poetry has...
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Journalism, Satire, and Censorship in MexicoSince the 2000 elections toppled the PRI, over 150 Mexican journalists have been murdered. Failed assassinations and threats have silenced thousands more. Such high levels of violence and corruption question one of the fundamental assumptions of modern societies, that democracy and press freedom are...
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Asia After Europe: Imagining a Continent in the Long Twentieth CenturyA concise new history of a century of struggles to define Asian identity and express alternatives to European forms of universalism. The balance of global power changed profoundly over the course of the twentieth century, above all with the economic and political rise of...
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A Marvelous Solitude: The Art of Reading in Early Modern EuropeA preeminent Renaissance scholar illuminates early modern encounters with books, in which literature became a portal to self-awareness and miraculous communion between author and reader. The experience of reading is often presented as personal and transformative--a journey of self-discovery and, perhaps, renewal. In A...
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The Liberals' Moment: The McGovern Insurgency and the Identity Crisis of the Democratic PartyWhen George McGovern lost the 1972 presidential election, Richard Nixon's landslide victory buried more than an insurgent campaign. In resurrecting the largely forgotten story of McGovern's remarkable presidential bid, Bruce Miroff reveals how his crushing defeat produced an identity crisis for liberals torn between...
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In the Shadow of Tyranny: Between Hitler & Stalin (Vol. 2)To purchase the complete book, vol. 1 and vol. 2 must be purchased individually.Although personal stories of the Second World War are numerous, timeless stories such as this are particularly apropos our present struggle over the tyranny of terrorism. Czechoslovakia during the dreadful years...
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A Secret Among the Blacks: Slave Resistance Before the Haitian RevolutionA bold rethinking of the Haitian Revolution reveals the roots of the only successful slave uprising in the modern world. Unearthing the progenitors of the Haitian Revolution has been a historical project of two hundred years. In A Secret among the Blacks, John D....
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