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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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Governing Migration in the Late Ottoman EmpireHow do terms used to describe migration change over time? How do those changes reflect possibilities of inclusion and exclusion? Ella Fratantuono places the governance of migrants at the centre of Ottoman state-building across a 60-year period (1850-1910) to answer these questions. She traces...
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Newman and his Critics"Criticism is often received as a sharp sword, enraging and embittering the recipient. Yet it may also prompt an honest re-examination and a humble defense of one's writings. Newman and his Critics, Edward Short's masterful account of John Henry Newman's dealings with hiscritics demonstrates...
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Mere Bagatelles: Women's Diaries from Ireland, 1760-1810An Open Access edition of this book will be available on publication on the Liverpool University Press website and the OAPEN library.Engaging with previously overlooked diaries by women in Ireland, written between 1760 and 1810, this book opens new avenues concerning authorship and female...
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Infernal Paradise: Mexico and the Modern English NovelThis title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed...
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Dazed and Confused: America Confronts the 1970sWhile historians have revisited every aspect of America history in the tumultuous 1960s, coverage of the following decade is sparse. As America reflects on the 50th anniversary of the 1970s, Blaine Browne reexamines the decade's major international, political, social, cultural, economic, and intellectual developments,...
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Tragedy and HopeUNCENSORED! Tragedy & Hope: A History of the World in Our Time by Carroll Quigley is the ultimate insider admission of a secret global elite that has impacted nearly every modern historical event. Learn how the Anglo-American banking elite were able to secretly establish...
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The White Image in the Black Mind: African-American Ideas about White People, 1830-1925How did African-American slaves view their white masters? As demons, deities or another race entirely? When nineteenth-century white Americans proclaimed their innate superiority, did blacks agree? If not, why not? How did blacks assess the status of the white race? Mia Bay traces African-American...
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How Sweet It Is: The Timeless Service and Sisterhood of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated Delta Rho Omega Chapter Brooklyn, NewHow Sweet It Is provides a loving and comprehensive rendering of the impressive and compelling 66-year history of Delta Rho Omega Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. The rich legacy of the sorority's oldest and largest graduate chapter in Brooklyn, New York is...
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With and Without Galton: Vasilii Florinskii and the Fate of Eugenics in RussiaIn 1865, British polymath Francis Galton published his initial thoughts about the scientific field that would become 'eugenics.' The same year, Russian physician Vasilii Florinskii addressed similar issues in a sizeable treatise, entitled Human Perfection and Degeneration. Initially unheralded, Florinskii's book would go on...
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Plague and Fire: Battling Black Death and the 1900 Burning of Honolulu's ChinatownA little over a century ago, bubonic plague--the same Black Death that decimated medieval Europe--arrived on the shores of Hawaii just as the islands were about to become a U.S. territory. In this absorbing narrative, James Mohr tells the story of that fearful visitation...
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