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The Modern Memory of the Military-religious Orders: Engaging the Crusades, Volume SevenThis volume examines the pervasive and persistent appropriations of the military orders across a broad chronology and several regions, including Mexico, Brazil, and Greece, areas beyond the traditional focus of prior research in medievalism. Templars, Hospitallers, and Teutonic Knights, the military orders are among...
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Totally Pizza: The Wild Story of the World's Most Famous FoodTotally Pizza explores the history, culture, and general mayhem associated with the world's most popular food.Author: Mark MaskerPublisher: Sunbelt EditionsPublished: 03/15/2022Pages: 170Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.80lbsSize: 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.38dISBN: 9780983251583
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Sumerians: The Great Civilization of Ancient MesopotamiaApart from being generally considered the first developed civilization in human history, the Sumerians were first in many other important ways. In fact, Sumer was the fountainhead of what some scholars refer to as "the thirty-nine firsts." These civilizational breakthroughs included educational institutions and...
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Confucianism and Christianity: Interreligious Dialogue on the Theology of MissionThis book reflects on three broad themes of Confucian-Christian relations to assist in the appreciation of the church's theology of mission. While the themes of this volume are theological in orientation, the dialogue is engaged in from an interdisciplinary approach that prioritises the act...
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Experiencing 11 November 2018: Commemoration and the First World War CentenaryIn a unique collection of international and interdisciplinary research, this book focuses on commemorative events around the world on the same day: 11 November 2018, the centenary of Armistice Day, the end of the First World War. It argues that we need to move...
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Barbara Wootton and the Legacy of a Pioneering Public CriminologistThis book offers an assessment of Barbara Wootton's legacy as a pioneering public criminologist. Barbara Wootton (1897-1988) was a leading British social scientist, magistrate, academic and public servant. She was also a life peer (Baroness Wootton of Abinger) and the first woman to sit...
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Sports Media History: Culture, Technology, IdentityThis research collection explores the ongoing interaction between sports, media, and society throughout important periods in history, from the nineteenth century to the present day. It examines both historical moments and broader trends in sports, with an emphasis on the media's role.Encompassing a variety...
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School Reform and Democracy in East AsiaThis book discusses how East Asia has introduced school and curricular reform to reflect democratic citizenship and globalized skills, knowledge, dispositions, and competencies in the 21st century. It also focuses on the tendencies and reasons students from Japan, China, South Korea, Taiwan, and Singapore...
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Architects of Continental Seapower: Comparing Tirpitz and GorshkovThis book describes and analyses two iconic figures in twentieth-century naval history: the German Admiral Alfred von Tirpitz and the Russian Admiral Sergei Gorshkov. It examines the men, what they thought and wrote about seapower, the fleets they created and the strategic consequences of...
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Execution Culture in Nineteenth Century Britain: From Public Spectacle to Hidden RitualThis edited collection offers multi-disciplinary reflections and analysis on a variety of themes centred on nineteenth century executions in the UK, many specifically related to the fundamental change in capital punishment culture as the execution moved from the public arena to behind the prison...
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A History of Interest and Debt: Ancient CivilizationsWith the spread of interest-based transactions, major problems such as inequality, poverty and debt-based slavery have emerged. Those who practiced professions such as usury have, despite the negative connotations attributed to them, contributed extensively to the construction of the conventional financial system in the...
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In the Shadow of the Swastika: The Relationships Between Indian Radical Nationalism, Italian Fascism and NazismThis book examines and establishes connections between Italian Fascism and Hindu nationalism, connections which developed within the frame of Italy's anti-British foreign policy. The most remarkable contacts with the Indian political milieu were established via Bengali nationalist circles. Diplomats and intellectuals played an important...
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Us Policy Towards Afghanistan, 1979-2014: 'A Force for Good'Providing a study of US policy towards Afghanistan from the Soviet intervention of 1979 to the exit of US/International Security Assistance Forces combat troops at the end of 2014, this book examines how the United States' construction of its interests has shaped its long-term...
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Debating African Issues: Conversations Under the Palaver TreeThis debate style textbook allows students to explore diverse, well-founded views on controversial African issues, pushing them to go beyond superficial interpretations and complicate and ground their understanding of the continent. From the positive images in the film Black Panther, to the derogatory remarks...
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Building the Classical World: Bauforschung as a Contemporary ApproachThis multiauthor volume presents thirteen case studies that showcase the scientific, analytical, and often archaeological study of historic buildings that is known in German as Bauforschung. Written by established and emerging experts in this field, the chapters focus on the architecture of the Classical...
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Encyclopedia of the Holy GrailIn the twelfth century, a French poet wrote a verse romance about a young knight who witnesses a mysterious procession centered on a radiant vessel, a "grail." Left unfinished, the poem inspired other writers of prose and verse, until the story was completely rewritten...
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Gold Rush Burgess DescendentsThis book, my friends, will share victories to uplift your spirit, educate your mind, and expand your knowledge. You see, much of our history was hidden, unknown, and destroyed, by those hoping it would never be discovered. The enslaved were not supposed to know...
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Excommunicating the Faithful: Jewish Christianity in the Early ChurchExcommunicating the Faithful traces the development of Jewish Christianity from among the earliest Jesus followers through its apparent disappearance in the fourth or fifth century. The author's thesis is that among Jewish Christians in the early Church, there existed at least one Jewish Christian...
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The Gist of SwedenborgThe Gist of Swedenborg is a controversial text by the great Swedish philosopher Emanuel Swedenborg that deals with the subject of the New Jerusalem Church. This religious and philosophical classic contains the following forward: "Swedenborg's theological writings comprise some thirty or more substantial volumes,...
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We Carry Their Bones: The Search for Justice at the Dozier School for BoysWith We Carry Their Bones, Erin Kimmerle continues to unearth the true story of the Dozier School, a tale more frightening than any fiction. In a corrupt world, her unflinching revelations are as close as we'll come to justice. -Colson Whitehead, Pulitzer-Prize Winning author...
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