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When the Venetian merchant, Marco Polo, first arrived in Dynastic China he was faced with a society far advanced of anything he had encountered in Europe. The ports were filled with commodities from all over the eastern world, while new technology was driving the...
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Robinson
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2016-09-16
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The ‘battle for Beijing’ is universally – and quite wrongly – believed to have been about opium. This book argues that it was about freedom to trade, Britain’s demands for diplomatic equality, and French demands for religious freedom in China. Both countries agreed that...
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Palgrave Macmillan
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2016-09-16
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The history of Ancient Babylonia in ancient Mesopatamia is epic. After playing host to three great empires, the Hammurabic and Kassite empires, and the Neo-Babylonian Empire ruled by Nebuchadnezzar, it was conquered by the Persians. Entered triumphantly by Alexander the...
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OUP Oxford
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2016-09-15
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In the late 1890s, Britain was basking in the high noon of empire, albeit with the sobering experience of the Boer War just around the corner. By 1956, the year of the Suez debacle and less than a lifetime later, the age of empire was drawing rapidly to a close and...
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OUP Oxford
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2016-09-15
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Ireland in its own words: a dazzling compendiumOver the past hundred years,Ireland has undergone profound political, social and cultural changes. But one thing that has not changed is the Irish genius for observation and storytelling, invective and self-scrutiny....
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Penguin
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2016-09-15
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The history of Ancient Babylonia in ancient Mesopatamia is epic. After playing host to three great empires, the Hammurabic and Kassite empires, and the Neo-Babylonian Empire ruled by Nebuchadnezzar, it was conquered by the Persians. Entered triumphantly by Alexander the...
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OUP Oxford
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2016-09-14
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Can the government seize your house to build a shopping mall?Can it determine what control you have over your own body?Can police search your cellphone? The answers to those questions come from the Supreme Court, whose rulings have shaped American life and justice and...
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Union Square & Co.
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2016-09-13
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Between 2011 and 2015, the Opinion section of The New York Times published Disunion, a series marking the long string of anniversaries around the Civil War, the most destructive, and most defining, conflict in American history. The works were startling in their range...
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Oxford University Press
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2016-09-13
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Entführungen, Folter und grausame Morde. In den 1970er Jahren wurde die Operation Cóndor zum Inbegriff des Staatsterrorismus in Südamerika. Das Werk analysiert auf der Grundlage von Quellen aus chilenischen und amerikanischen Archiven Aufbau und Funktionsweisen des...
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Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
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2016-09-12
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Urban history is a well-established and flourishing field of historical research. Written by a leading scholar, this short introduction demonstrates how urban history draws upon a wide variety of methodologies and sources, and has been integral to the rise of...
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Polity
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2016-09-12
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What is History?
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The third edition of Ancient Greek Civilization is a concise, engaging introduction to the history and culture of ancient Greece from the Minoan civilization to the age of the Roman Empire. Explores the evolution and development of Greek art, literature, politics, and...
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Wiley-Blackwell
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2016-09-12
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This book explores the development of tactical air power in Britain between 1940 and 1943 through a study of the Royal Air Force’s Army Co-operation Command. It charts the work done by the Command during its existence, and highlights the arguments between the RAF...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2016-09-10
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In the autumn of 1777, near Saratoga, New York, an inexperienced and improvised American army led by General Horatio Gates faced off against the highly trained British and German forces led by General John Burgoyne. The British strategy in confronting the Americans in...
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Oxford University Press
Parution :
2016-09-09
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'ENORMOUS FUN' GUARDIAN'SO ENTERTAINING' THE TIMES'GOSSIPY, LIGHT AND FUN' TLSQueen Bees looks at the lives of six remarkable women who made careers out of being society hostesses, including Lady Astor, who went on to become the first female MP, and Mrs Greville, who...
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John Murray
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2016-09-08
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In this meticulously researched volume, Leonard Wood presents his ground breaking history of Islamic revivalist thought in Islamic law. Islamic Legal Revival: Reception of European Law and Transformations in Islamic Legal Thought in Egypt, 1879-1952 brings to life the...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2016-09-08
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In this meticulously researched volume, Leonard Wood presents his ground breaking history of Islamic revivalist thought in Islamic law. Islamic Legal Revival: Reception of European Law and Transformations in Islamic Legal Thought in Egypt, 1879-1952 brings to life the...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2016-09-08
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Today's Russia, also known as the Russian Federation, is often viewed as less powerful than the Soviet Union of the past. When stacked against other major nations in the present, however, the new Russia is a formidable if flawed player.
Russia: What Everyone Needs to...
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Oxford University Press
Parution :
2016-09-08
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The Politics of Self-Determination examines the territorial restructuring of Europe between 1917 and 1923, when a radically new and highly fragile peace order was established. It opens with an exploration of the peace planning efforts of Great Britain, France, and the...
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OUP Oxford
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2016-09-08
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The Politics of Self-Determination examines the territorial restructuring of Europe between 1917 and 1923, when a radically new and highly fragile peace order was established. It opens with an exploration of the peace planning efforts of Great Britain, France, and the...
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OUP Oxford
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2016-09-08
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The importance of the medieval abbot needs no particular emphasis.The monastic superiors of late medieval England ruled over thousands of monks and canons, who swore to them vows of obedience; they were prominent figures in royal and church government; and collectively...
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OUP Oxford
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2016-09-08
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