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Dieses essential bietet auf knappem Raum die ganze Geschichte des russisch-ukrainischen Krieges, seine Ursachen, seinen Verlauf und seine Folgen.
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Springer VS
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2026-04-26
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The Spanish Civil War was a landmark conflict of the twentieth century with deep international, political, and cultural resonance. Even given its impact, sustained interest in the plethora of ways music was employed during the era is a much more recent development....
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Oxford University Press
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2026-04-24
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This book is the first full-length academic study of sport in nineteenth-century Dublin. Drawing extensively from historical and archival material, it maps out the emergence and development of modern sport in the city as traditional pastimes were progressively replaced...
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Peter Lang Ltd, International Academic Publishers
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2026-04-24
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For over five centuries, the Roman Empire ruled much of Europe, North Africa and the Middle East. It produced some of history's greatest orators and statesmen, as well as some of its most debauched and corrupt tyrants. Shaping world affairs, the Roman Empire advanced...
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Tallis Street Books
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2026-04-23
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Very Brief Histories
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Editeur :
Monoray
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2026-04-23
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Walking defines us as human beings. But how much do we know about the paths that we walk? Why do they matter? What caused so many to be lost? And can we create more of them?In The Path More Travelled, acclaimed geographer and travel writer Nicholas Crane explores the...
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Weidenfeld & Nicolson
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2026-04-23
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Nicolas Appert invented canned food in Paris in 1810 and is celebrated as the founder of modern food processing and the field of food science, but does he deserve the recognition? Appert was no scientist and the “cans” he made by a process of trial and...
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Springer
Parution :
2026-04-22
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American history is, in part, a history of immigration – of waves of people from other lands making their way to America's shores.Immigration: How the Past Shapes the Present argues that the past is critical in understanding current immigration; that a new historical...
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Polity
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2026-04-22
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This interdisciplinary study addresses Hungarian perspectives on Ireland and Irish engagements with Hungary from the early nineteenth to the early twentieth centuries, examining nationalist, colonialist and imperialist aspects of these encounters. It discusses Hungarian...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2026-04-22
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This book explores Yugoslavia’s expulsion from the Soviet Cominform and its broader impact on international politics. Although being acknowledged as a crucial turning point during the Cold War, the split between Josip Broz Tito and Joseph Stalin in 1948 has not...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2026-04-21
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This is an open access title available under the terms of a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 International licence. It is free to read at on Oxford Academic and offered as a free PDF download from OUP and selected open access locations.
The Promise of Ukraine: A Conceptual History of...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2026-04-21
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Once upon a time, I was meandering down the road of life with my husband, Jon. It was a regular and beige life, and it worked. It was a warm beige. We felt, and were, blessed and lucky. Normal. On the morning of October 7th, 2023, Rachel Goldberg-Polin's beloved...
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Constable
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2026-04-21
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A new perspective on the life of the US politician best known for the infamous assault that paved the bloody road to the Civil War.
In 1856, South Carolina Congressman Preston Brooks assaulted Massachusetts Senator Charles Sumner with a cane in the US Capitol,...
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Oxford University Press
Parution :
2026-04-20
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This book outlines the main process of Chinese history and social evolution and clarifies the rules of Chinese historical development and characteristics of Chinese civilization. It aims to provide an authoritative reference for history researchers. It covers Chinese...
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Springer
Parution :
2026-04-19
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This book paints a vivid picture of caregiving for the elderly throughout history, using the innovative concept of a 'carerscape'. Inspired by Appadurai's 'ethnoscape', this framework highlights diverse aspects of caregiving across time and cultures. From kin and...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2026-04-19
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This book documents linguistic practices and ideologies toward language, identity, and nationalism among 35 members of the first generation in Spain to grow up with democracy and Catalan language normalization. Part I reproduces, translates, and analyzes artifacts...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2026-04-17
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'Buckle your trousers, fasten your seatbelts, here comes Kate Lister. Her curious history of sex is a wild ride, made all the more enjoyable by a wonderfully irreverent approach . . . I’ve never had so much fun learning stuff' The Times'Had Victoria Wood decided to...
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Transworld Digital
Parution :
2026-04-16
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One of the most decisive and irreversible consequences of the Spanish conquest of the Americas was the alphabetic revolution which changed the forms of communication in indigenous societies. Writing, paper and books arrived in the Americas with the conquistadors and...
Editeur :
Polity
Parution :
2026-04-16
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Editeur :
Monoray
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2026-04-16
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