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A History of Modern EuropeA History of Modern Europe surveys European history from the defeat of Napoleon to the twenty-first century, presenting major historical themes in an authoritative and compelling narrative. Concise, readable single volume covering Europe from the early nineteenth century through the early twenty-first century Vigorous...
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The Enthusiast: Anatomy of the Fanatic in Seventeenth-Century British CultureThe Enthusiast tells the story of a character type that was developed in early modern Britain to discredit radical prophets during an era that witnessed the dismantling of the Church of England's traditional means for punishing heresy. As William Cook Miller shows, the caricature...
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A Lost Peace: Great Power Politics and the Arab-Israeli Dispute, 1967-1979In A Lost Peace, Galen Jackson rewrites an important chapter in the history of the middle period of the Cold War, changing how we think about the Arab-Israeli conflict.During the June 1967 Middle East war, Israeli forces seized the Sinai Peninsula and the Gaza...
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The Condition of PostmodernityIn this new book, David Harvey seeks to determine what is meant by the term in its different contexts and to identify how accurate and useful it is as a description of contemporary experience.Author: David HarveyPublisher: Wiley-BlackwellPublished: 10/14/1991Pages: 392Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 1.29lbsSize: 8.95h x...
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The Instrumental University: Education in Service of the National Agenda After World War IIIn The Instrumental University, Ethan Schrum provides an illuminating genealogy of the educational environment in which administrators, professors, and students live and work today. After World War II, research universities in the United States underwent a profound mission change. The Instrumental University combines intellectual,...
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Freeze!: The Grassroots Movement to Halt the Arms Race and End the Cold WarIn Freeze!, Henry Richard Maar III chronicles the rise of the transformative and transnational Nuclear Weapons Freeze Campaign. Amid an escalating Cold War that pitted the nuclear arsenal of the United States against that of the Soviet Union, the grassroots peace movement emerged sweeping...
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Iroquoian Women: The GantowisasIroquoian Women: The Gantowisas provides a thorough, organized look at the social, political, economic, and religious roles of women among the Iroquois, explaining their fit with the larger culture. Gantowisas means more than simply woman - gantowisas is woman acting in her official capacity...
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FDR in American Memory: Roosevelt and the Making of an IconHow was FDR's image constructed--by himself and others--as such a powerful icon in American memory?In polls of historians and political scientists, Franklin Delano Roosevelt consistently ranks among the top three American presidents. Roosevelt enjoyed an enormous political and cultural reach, one that stretched past...
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The Congress of ViennaConvened following Napoleon's defeat in 1814, the Congress of Vienna is remembered as much for the pageantry of the royals and elites who gathered there as for the landmark diplomatic agreements they brokered. Historians have nevertheless generally dismissed these spectacular festivities as window dressing...
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Golden Fetters: The Gold Standard and the Great Depression, 1919-1939This book offers a reassessment of the international monetary problems that led to the global economic crisis of the 1930s. It explores the connections between the gold standard--the framework regulating international monetary affairs until 1931--and the Great Depression that broke out in 1929. Eichengreen...
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Great Souls: Six Who Changed a CenturyAs a senior journalist with Time magazine, David Aikman witnessed some of the most important world events and interviewed many of the prominent global power figures of his time. In this moving volume, Aikman profiles six of these figures: Billy Graham, Nelson Mandela, Aleksandr...
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The Aubrys - Free People of Color in Early New OrleansThe Aubrys - Free People of Color in Early New Orleans and other Allied Families including: Allain, Bonneval, Bringier, Chiapella, Coudrain, Dalcour, Delachaise, Domingon, Dupuy, Edmunds, Flot, Foy, Grandmaison, Lassize, Latrobe, Lemelle, Lorreins, Ozenne, Pinta, Raby, Rigaud, St. Hubert, Watkinson, & Whittaker. The Aubry...
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Johann Henrich Wagner: The Chronicle of an 18th Century German PioneerWalk through history in the footsteps of Johann Henrich Wagner, a.k.a Henry Wagner, a.k.a Henry Waggoner of Russell County, an early 18th century German pioneer. In 1742, Johann Henrich Wagner (later identified as Henry Waggoner of Russell County, Virginia), disembarked in Philadelphia with his...
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King George County, Virginia 1720-1990Mrs. Harris' book features chapters on the early history of King George, prominent men of the county, the courthouse, King George in the various wars, historic homes and other landmarks, etc. Of greatest interest to genealogists is a collection of King George County marriage...
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The Last Generation of the German Rabbinate: German Refugee Rabbis in the United States, 1933-2010After the Nazi seizure of power on January 30, 1933, over 250 German rabbis, rabbinical scholars, and students for the rabbinate fled to the United States. The Last Generation of the German Rabbinate follows their lives and careers over decades in America. Although culturally...
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The Irish Coroner: Death, Murder and Politics in Co. Monaghan, 1846-78Coroners who conducted inquests into sudden and suspicious deaths in nineteenth century Ireland were viewed with disdain and disrespect in a society that was highly politicised and deeply divided. Whilst men who served in the role represented the authority of government and the need...
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Dublin from 1970 to 1990: The City TransformedDublin's footprint grew steadily during the 1970s with housing transforming the landscape of the west of the city, especially in Tallaght, Clondalkin, and Blanchardstown. It was a time of change with the dominance of the city centre increasingly challenged by suburban shopping centres as...
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Democracy by Petition: Popular Politics in Transformation, 1790-1870Winner of the James P. Hanlan Book AwardWinner of the J. David Greenstone Book PrizeWinner of the S. M. Lipset Best Book Award This pioneering work of political history recovers the central and largely forgotten role that petitioning played in the formative years of...
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Lyric Poetry and Modern Politics: Russia, Poland, and the WestThis exploration of poetry and national life in Poland and Russia from 1917 to the present also offers a comparative study of the poetry of the Eastern and Western sides of the "iron curtain," and an examination of these topics in light of Western...
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Divided America, Divided Korea: The Us and Korea During and After the Trump YearsAuthor: David P. FieldsPublisher: Cambridge University PressPublished: 03/28/2024Pages: 266Binding Type: HardcoverWeight: 1.24lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.75dISBN: 9781009100571This title is not returnable
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