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In the Shadow of Auschwitz: German Massacres Against Polish Civilians, 1939-1945The Nazi invasion of Poland was the first step in an unremittingly brutal occupation, one most infamously represented by the network of death camps constructed on Polish soil. The systematic murder of Jews in the camps has understandably been the focus of much historical...
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Rethinking Social Movements After '68: Selves and Solidarities in West Germany and BeyondThe year 1968 has widely been viewed as the only major watershed moment during the latter half of the twentieth century. Rethinking Social Movements after '68 takes on this conventional approach, exploring the spaces, practices, organization, ideas and agendas of numerous activists and movements...
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Calvinists and Indians in the Northeastern WoodlandsAuthor: Stephen StaggsPublisher: Amsterdam University PressPublished: 01/27/2023Binding Type: HardcoverISBN: 9789463723770This title is only available via back order
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Designs on Empire: America's Rise to Power in the Age of European ImperialismIn the eyes of both contemporaries and historians, the United States became an empire in 1898. By taking possession of Cuba and the Philippines, the nation seemed to have reached a watershed moment in its rise to power--spurring arguments over whether it should be...
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Unfree Markets: The Slaves' Economy and the Rise of Capitalism in South CarolinaThe everyday lives of enslaved people were filled with the backbreaking tasks that their enslavers forced them to complete. But in spare moments, they found time in which to earn money and obtain goods for themselves. Enslaved people led vibrant economic lives, cultivating produce...
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The Part and the Whole in Early American Literature, Print Culture, and ArtThe essays in this pathbreaking collection consider the significance of varied early American fragmentary genres and practices--from diaries and poetry, to almanacs and commonplace books, to sermons and lists, to Indigenous ruins and other material shards and fragments--often overlooked by critics in a scholarly...
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Louis Sébastien Mercier: Revolution and Reform in Eighteenth-Century ParisFrench playwright, novelist, activist, and journalist Louis Sébastien Mercier (1740-1814) passionately captured scenes of social injustice in pre-Revolutionary Paris in his prolific oeuvre but today remains an understudied writer. In this penetrating study--the first in English devoted to Mercier in decades--Michael Mulryan explores his...
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The Oxford Handbook of DecadenceThe meaning of decadence varies with context, depending on what (or who) is understood to have declined, decayed, or degenerated. These negative meanings are familiar from history (the decline and fall of Rome), sociology (the decay of communities), morality (the degeneration of values), and...
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Comp Wrks Evelyn Waugh Robbery Under Law: Volume 24This volume is part of the Complete Works of Evelyn Waugh critical edition, which brings together all Waugh's published and previously unpublished writings for the first time with comprehensive introductions and annotation, and a full account of each text's manuscript development and textual variants....
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Complete Works of Evelyn Waugh: The Ordeal of Gilbert Pinfold: A Conversation Piece: Volume 14This volume is part of the Complete Works of Evelyn Waugh critical edition, which brings together all Waugh's published and previously unpublished writings for the first time with comprehensive introductions and annotation, and a full account of each text's manuscript development and textual variants....
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The Oxford Handbook of the History of TerrorismThe Oxford Handbook of the History of Terrorism presents a revaluation of the major narratives in the history of terrorism, exploring the emergence and the use of terrorism in world history from antiquity up to the twenty-first century. The essays collected in this handbook...
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Making Stars: Biography and Celebrity in Eighteenth-Century BritainIn bringing biography and celebrity together, the essays in Making Stars interrogate contemporary and current understandings of each. Although biography was not invented in the eighteenth century, the period saw the emergence of works that focus on individuals who are interesting as much, if...
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The Oxford Handbook of the American Civil WarEvery time Union armies invaded Southern territory there were unintended consequences. Military campaigns always affected the local population -- devastating farms and towns, making refugees of the inhabitants, undermining slavery. Local conditions in turn altered the course of military events. The social effects of...
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Leonardo Da Vinci's Codex Leicester: A New Edition: Volume II: Interpretative Essays and the History of the Codex LeicesterThis new edition of Leonardo Da Vinci's Codex Leicester is the most comprehensive scholarly edition of any of Leonardo's manuscripts. It contains a high-quality facsimile reproduction of the Codex, a new transcription and translation, accompanied by a paraphrase in modern language and a page-by-page...
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Comics and Nation: Power, Pop Culture, and Political Transformation in PolandComics and Nation offers a fresh perspective on the role of popular culture in the one-hundred-year history of the Polish state, from its foundation in 1918 to the present. Drawing on dozens of press articles, interviews, and readers' letters, Ewa Stańczyk discusses how journalists,...
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The Politics of Personal Information: Surveillance, Privacy, and Power in West GermanyIn the 1970s and 1980s West Germany was a pioneer in both the use of the new information technologies for population surveillance and the adoption of privacy protection legislation. During this era of cultural change and political polarization, the expansion, bureaucratization, and computerization of...
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Scattered and Fugitive Things: How Black Collectors Created Archives and Remade HistoryDuring the first half of the twentieth century, a group of collectors and creators dedicated themselves to documenting the history of African American life. At a time when dominant institutions cast doubt on the value or even the idea of Black history, these bibliophiles,...
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Writing Backwards: Historical Fiction and the Reshaping of the American CanonContemporary fiction has never been less contemporary. Midcentury writers tended to set their works in their own moment, but for the last several decades critical acclaim and attention have fixated on historical fiction. This shift is particularly dramatic for writers of color. Even as...
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Black Lives Under Nazism: Making History Visible in Literature and ArtIn a little-known chapter of World War II, Black people living in Nazi Germany and occupied Europe were subjected to ostracization, forced sterilization, and incarceration in internment and concentration camps. In the absence of public commemoration, African diaspora writers and artists have preserved the...
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Slaves of the Emperor: Service, Privilege, and Status in the Qing Eight BannersChina's last imperial dynasty governed a vast and culturally diverse territory, encompassing a wide range of local political systems and regional elites. But the Qing empire was built and held together by a single imperial elite: the more than two million members of the...
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