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This book uses
story-telling to recreate the history of German veteran migration after the
First World War. German veterans of the Great War were among Europe’s most
volatile population when they returned to a defeated nation in 1918, after
great expectations of victory...
Editeur :
Palgrave Pivot
Parution :
2016-05-23
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This book provides an economic analysis of the earliest Islamic society, focusing on the policies of the Messenger of Islam (Sawa) and his successors during the first four formative decades of Islam. Two institutions of great importance – the market and the public...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2016-05-23
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The third edition of author Richard O. Davies' highly praised narrative of American sports, Sports in American Life: A History, features extensive revisions and updates to its presentation of an interpretative history of the relationship of sports to the larger themes...
Editeur :
Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2016-05-23
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This book examines the little studied story of Bellinghausen, and includes the fullest biography of the celebrated Russian explorer ever published, and with thoughtful discussion of the achievements and limitations of the expedition and suggestions for further research.
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2016-05-23
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This book foregrounds the role of the Royal Navy in creating the British Atlantic in the eighteenth century. It outlines the closely entwined connections between the nurturing of naval supremacy, the politics of commercial protection, and the development of national and...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2016-05-22
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Ehe- und Familienpolitik – für Dynastien des mittelalterlichen Hochadels war dies ein wichtiges Aktionsfeld mit Einfluss auf den Fortbestand der Familien sowie den Rang und die politischen Handlungsoptionen. Vor diesem Hintergrund analysiert die Autorin die...
Editeur :
Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2016-05-20
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This study explores the consumption practices of the landed aristocracy of Georgian England. Focussing on three families and drawing on detailed analysis of account books, receipted bills, household inventories, diaries and correspondence, Consumption and the Country...
Editeur :
OUP Oxford
Parution :
2016-05-20
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In association with the flagship BBC2 series.This is the story of the men and women of a truly remarkable generation. Born into a world still reeling from the earth-shattering events of the Great War, they grew up during the appalling economic depression of the 1930s,...
Editeur :
Cornerstone Digital
Parution :
2016-05-19
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We live in a world obsessed by luxury. Long-distance airlines compete to offer first-class sleeping experiences and hotels recommend exclusive suites where you are never disturbed. Luxury is a rapidly changing global industry that makes the headlines daily in our...
Editeur :
OUP Oxford
Parution :
2016-05-19
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We live in a world obsessed by luxury. Long-distance airlines compete to offer first-class sleeping experiences and hotels recommend exclusive suites where you are never disturbed. Luxury is a rapidly changing global industry that makes the headlines daily in our...
Editeur :
OUP Oxford
Parution :
2016-05-19
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'Borman approaches her topic with huge enthusiasm and a keen eye for entertaining...this is a very human story of a remarkable family, full of vignettes that sit long in the mind.' Dan Jones, The Sunday Times'Tracy Borman's eye for detail is impressive; the book is...
Editeur :
Hodder & Stoughton
Parution :
2016-05-19
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Libya has a short, volatile history. Foreigners played a significant role in shaping Libya’s institutions and policies, and this book explores longer term trends in the relations betweenLibya and the West, placing current developments in their historical context....
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2016-05-18
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What is intellectual history? Those who practice intellectual history have described themselves as eavesdroppers upon the conversations of the past, explorers of alien ideological worlds, and translators between historic societies and our own, while their critics have...
Editeur :
Polity
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2016-05-18
Collection :
What is History?
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This anthology presents a selection of texts on Polish socialist realist literature, written from the early 1980s to date. They depict a comprehensive picture of this literary phenomenon: starting from its holistic interpretations, through detailed analyses of the...
Editeur :
Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2016-05-13
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While the Naval base in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba is well-known for its infamous prison camp, few people are aware of its prior use as an immigrant detention center for Haitian and Cuban refugees. Beginning in August 1994, the United States government declared that thousands...
Editeur :
Oxford University Press
Parution :
2016-05-13
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Piers Brendon's magisterial overview of the 1930s is the story of the dark, dishonest decade - child of one world war and parent of the next - that determined the course of the twentieth century. Dealing individually with each of the period's great powers - the USA,...
Editeur :
Vintage Digital
Parution :
2016-05-12
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A major new TV series - MASTERS OF THE AIR How America's bomber boys and girls in England won their war, and how their English allies responded to them.'A gripping tribute to the British-based US 8th Air Force during the Second World War' Mail on Sunday'A brilliant...
Editeur :
Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Parution :
2016-05-12
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Why have some nations acquired nuclear weapons while others have refrained from doing so? Most research related to this question has focused on states that have built nuclear weapons, yet little attention has been devoted to countries that have chosen nuclear restraint....
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2016-05-11
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The definitive account of General Douglas MacArthur's rise during World War II, from the author of the bestsellerThe Admirals. World War II changed the course of history. Douglas MacArthur changed the course of World War II. Macarthur at War will go deeper into this...
Editeur :
Little, Brown and Company
Parution :
2016-05-10
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Exam Board: EdexcelLevel: AS/A-levelSubject: HistoryFirst Teaching: September 2015First Exam: June 2016Endorsed for EdexcelEnable your students to develop high-level skills in their Edexcel A level History breadth and depth studies through expert narrative and extended...
Editeur :
Hodder Education
Parution :
2016-05-09
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