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The Norman Conquest in 1066 was the last time England was successfully invaded, and was one of the most profound turning points in English history, cataclysmically transforming a disparate collection of small nations into a European state. But what actually happened?...
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OUP Oxford
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2009-11-26
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Few historical changes occur literally overnight, but on 13 August 1961 eighteen million East Germans awoke to find themselves walled in by an edifice which was to become synonymous with the Cold War: the Berlin Wall.
This new history rejects traditional, top-down...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2009-11-26
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Few historical changes occur literally overnight, but on 13 August 1961 eighteen million East Germans awoke to find themselves walled in by an edifice which was to become synonymous with the Cold War: the Berlin Wall.
This new history rejects traditional, top-down...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2009-11-26
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Deserts make up a third of the planet's land surface, but if you picture a desert, what comes to mind? A wasteland? A drought? A place devoid of all life forms?
Deserts are remarkable places. Typified by drought and extremes of temperature, they can be harsh and...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2009-11-26
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Deserts make up a third of the planet's land surface, but if you picture a desert, what comes to mind? A wasteland? A drought? A place devoid of all life forms?
Deserts are remarkable places. Typified by drought and extremes of temperature, they can be harsh and...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2009-11-26
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From the beginnings of industrial capitalism to contemporary disputes over evolution, nature has long been part of the public debate over the social good. As such, many natural scientists throughout American history have understood their work as a cultural activity...
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Oxford University Press
Parution :
2009-11-25
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John Ross has been living in the old colonial quarter of Mexico City for the last three decades, a rebel journalist covering Mexico and the region from the bottom up. He is filled with a gnawing sense that his beloved Mexico City's days as the most gargantuan, chaotic,...
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Bold Type Books
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2009-11-24
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Gun-for-hire James 'Ash' Ashcroft thought he'd left Iraq behind. Last time he only got out alive thanks to the bravery of his interpreter and friend Sammy. But now a call for help means Ash must once again face the chaos of war-torn Baghdad - and this time there's no...
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Virgin Digital
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2009-11-24
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This book showcases extensive research on gender under state socialism, examining the subject in terms of state policy and law; sexuality and reproduction; the academy; leisure; the private sphere; the work world; opposition activism; and memory and identity.
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2009-11-23
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Integrating the history of Paris with the history of consumption, the press, publicity, advertising and spectacle, this book traces the evolution of the urban core districts of consumption and explores elements of consumer culture such as the print media, publishing,...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2009-11-23
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Elizabethan English culture is saturated with tales and figures from Ovid s Metamorphoses. While most of these narratives interrogate metamorphosis and transformation, many tales - such as those of Philomela, Hecuba, or Orpheus - also highlight heightened states of...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2009-11-23
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As World War II ended, few Americans in government or universities knew much about the Soviet Union.As David Engerman shows in this book, a network of scholars, soldiers, spies, and philanthropists created an enterprise known as Soviet Studies to fill in this dangerous...
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Oxford University Press
Parution :
2009-11-20
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In contrast to Continental Europe, where the Iron Age is abundantly represented by funerary remains as well as by hill-forts and major centres, the British Iron Age is mainly represented by its settlement sites, and especially by houses of circular ground-plan,...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2009-11-19
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A brilliant appraisal of the Civil War and its long-term consequences, by an acclaimed historian.The political upheaval of the mid-seventeenth century has no parallel in English history. Other events have changed the occupancy and the powers of the throne, but the...
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Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Parution :
2009-11-19
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More than one-third of the population of the United States now lives in the South, a region where politics, race relations, and the economy have changed dramatically since World War II. Yet historians and journalists continue to disagree over whether the modern South is...
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Oxford University Press
Parution :
2009-11-19
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The rise of China presents a long-term challenge to the world not only economically, but politically and culturally. Callahan meets this challenge in China:The Pessoptimist Nation by using new Chinese sources and innovative analysis to see how Chinese people understand...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2009-11-19
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The rise of China presents a long-term challenge to the world not only economically, but politically and culturally. Callahan meets this challenge in China:The Pessoptimist Nation by using new Chinese sources and innovative analysis to see how Chinese people understand...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2009-11-19
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This book reveals that 1969-74 was a crucial period for the special relationship. The Heath Government attempted to reverse Britain's decline as a great power by forging an American-European special relationship out of the Anglo-American relationship. Simultaneously the...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2009-11-19
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A comprehensive look at how the 'establishment' responded to the Italian student revolt of 1968. Using oral interviews, media analysis and archival evidence, the book explores the reactions of those who became the frequent targets of student protests - professors,...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2009-11-19
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