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Early Modern Court CultureThrough a thematic overview of court culture that connects the cultural with the political, confessional, spatial, material and performative, this volume introduces the dynamics of power and culture in the early modern European court.Exploring the period from 1500 to 1750, Early Modern Court Culture...
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Theuerdank: The Illustrated Epic of a Renaissance KnightNow appearing in its first English translation, Theuerdank introduces readers to the fascinating world of the Renaissance. A forerunner of the graphic novel, Theuerdank , first published in 1517, includes more than 100 woodcuts executed by leading artists of Central Europe. Long hailed by...
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The Lost Village: A History of Sharon, New HampshireDuring the winter of 1777, Reuben Law strapped on snowshoes and walked from Massachusetts into the wilderness of New Hampshire, pulling a sled with all his worldly possessions. He was the first of many settlers to arrive at a 'slip' of land that didn't...
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After Kant: The Romans, the Germans, and the Moderns in the History of Political ThoughtTracing the origins of modern political thought through three sets of arguments over history, morality, and freedom In this wide-ranging work, Michael Sonenscher traces the origins of modern political thought and ideologies to a question, raised by Immanuel Kant, about what is involved in...
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Theodore Roosevelt: Preacher of RighteousnessOften dismissed by scholars as an opportunistic politician whose ideas lacked historical import, Theodore Roosevelt has been underestimated as a thinker. But to disdain Roosevelt's politics is to overlook his important and lasting contributions to the shape of modern America, says the author of...
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The Italian InquisitionThe Italian Inquisition, or Holy Office, was established in 1542, stimulated partly by the earlier Spanish operation. Certainly Spain's 'black legend' affected opinions of the Inquisition in Italy, but as this pioneering book shows, there were significant differences between their operations, targets and casualties....
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Virginia Woolf "The Hours. The British Museum Manuscript of _Mrs. Dalloway_An edited transcription of the holograph British Museum manuscript of Virginia Woolf's 1925 novel _Mrs. Dalloway_, "The Hours" was Woolf's early title for the novel. This transcription reproduces Woolf's creative process in great detail, showing every revision and emendation.Author: Helen M. Wussow, Virginia WoolfPublisher:...
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Italy and the Grand TourFor members of the social elite in eighteenth-century England, extended travel for pleasure came to be considered part of an ideal education as well as an important symbol of social status. Italy, and especially Rome--a fashionable, exciting, and comfortable city--became the focus of such...
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A. Philip Randolph: A Life in the VanguardBefore the emergence of Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr., there were several key leaders who fought for civil rights in the United States. Among them was A. Philip Randolph, who perhaps best embodied the hopes, ideals, and aspirations of black Americans. Born in the...
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Martin Van Buren and the Emergence of American Popular PoliticsMartin Van Buren was a one-term president whose public life has long been overshadowed by the more fiery personalities of his day-Andrew Jackson, Henry Clay, Daniel Webster, and John C. Calhoun. Nevertheless, Van Buren was a transforming political figure in American history, one of...
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Cosima Wagner: The Lady of BayreuthAn enthralling new biography of the woman behind Bayreuth In this meticulously researched book, Oliver Hilmes paints a fascinating and revealing picture of the extraordinary Cosima Wagner--illegitimate daughter of Franz Liszt, wife of the conductor Hans von Bülow, then mistress and subsequently wife of...
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The Shattering of the Union: America in the 1850sThe 1850s offered the last remotely feasible chance for the United States to steer clear of Civil War. Yet fundamental differences between North and South about slavery and the meaning of freedom caused political conflicts to erupt again and again throughout the decade as...
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ViktoriaBerlin, Germany Two loves rule Viktoria Jochum-Kraus's life. One is the Hotel Quadriga, built by her father, opened on the day she was born and, in January 1933, the most luxurious hotel in Berlin. The other is her son, Stefan. Only Viktoria knows that...
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A Hard Rain: America in the 1960s, Our Decade of Hope, Possibility, and Innocence Lost"There are many different ways to remember the sixties," Frye Gaillard writes, "and this is mine. As future generations debate the meaning of the decade, I hope to offer a sense of how it felt to have lived it. A Hard Rain is one...
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Masters of Small Worlds: Yeoman Households, Gender Relations, and the Political Culture of the Antebellum South Carolina Low CountryIn this innovative study of the South Carolina Low Country, author Stephanie McCurry explores the place of the yeomanry in plantation society--the complex web of domestic and public relations within which they were enmeshed, and the contradictory politics of slave society by which that...
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Making Friends Is Our Business: 100 Years Of Anheuser BuschMaking Friends Is Our Business: 100 Years Of Anheuser Busch is a comprehensive book that explores the history of one of the most iconic beer companies in the world. Written by Roland Krebs, a former employee of Anheuser Busch, the book delves into the...
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Wooden Leg: A Warrior Who Fought CusterTold with vigor and insight, this is the memorable story of Wooden Leg (1858-1940), one of sixteen hundred warriors of the Northern Cheyennes who fought with the Lakotas against Custer at the Battle of the Little Bighorn. Wooden Leg remembers the world of the...
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La espada, el rayo y la pluma: Quevedo y los campos literario y de poderThis text explores the literary, cultural, and political relationships of Francisco de Quevedo (1580-1645), one of the major writers of the Spanish Golden Age. It establishes the birth and development of the first Spanish literary field circa 1600 then focuses on the relationship between...
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Colonialism and Cold War: The United States and the Struggle for Indonesian Independence, 1945-49The disintegration of former colonial empires in Asia, Africa, and the Middle East after World War II profoundly affected the international balance of power, irrevocably altering the political map of the world. The United States was in a unique position to influence the outcome...
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Montmartre: A Cultural History'What is Montmartre? Nothing. What must it be? Everything', proclaimed Rodolphe Salis in 1881, when his cabaret Le Chat Noir launched an entertainment boom in the 9th and 18th Arrondissements of Paris which would dominate the worlds of popular and high culture until the...
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