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Lawyer and royalist, political prisoner and polemicist, Pierre de Belloy (c. 1550–1611) had the misfortune to live through interesting times. During the 1580s, Belloy became a notorious opponent of the French Catholic League for his position as the leading Catholic...
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OUP Oxford
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2026-01-16
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This book investigates the history of the Protestant voting blocs and associations in the Irish border counties of Cavan, Donegal and Monaghan, from 1920 to 2016. While there are many studies on the history of Irish Unionism and Protestantism, there has been a lack of...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2026-01-15
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Over the past century, landscapes across South American fundamentally changed. As forests were felled, cities and highways built, and agricultural land was managed, national governments set aside protected landscapes in certain charismatic places. These areas- which...
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Oxford University Press
Parution :
2026-01-14
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Women, Indenture, and Resistance explores the lived experiences of Indian indentured (girmitiya) women in the Fiji Islands between 1879 and 1920, during the height of British colonial rule. Set against the backdrop of sugar-cane plantations, the book delves into themes...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2026-01-14
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This book explores language conflicts in Soviet successor states: Ukraine, the Russian North Caucasus, Georgia, and the Baltics. Current violent developments in these multiethnic countries with their shared legacies of Russian domination highlight the intertwining of...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2026-01-14
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The Sage Handbook of Interpreting Chinese History offers an in-depth exploration of the evolution of historical narratives in China over the past century. Bringing together some of the world’s leading scholars, this handbook provides both depth and breadth to our...
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SAGE Publications Ltd
Parution :
2026-01-10
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This collection of essays examines the spheres of arts, culture, and digital communication to trace debates that revolve around the notions of decolonization and racial (in)justice in Central and Southeast Europe. It asks how the global narratives of racial and ethnic...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2026-01-10
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This is the first academic research about the historiography of China film history. The author spent several years in depth reading of relevant documents, in order to reveal the reasons through the complicated phenomena. Readers in the field of film study, whether...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2026-01-08
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The 1960s in Europe saw the emergence of social protest, newly confident center-left parties, Cold War détente, and frustrations with the pace and direction of European integration.The Federal Republic of Germany experienced these upheavals from a special position: on...
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Oxford University Press
Parution :
2026-01-08
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In this updated edition of his concise biography, Werner Eck tells the extraordinary story of Augustus, Rome's first monarch. Incorporates literary, archaeological, and legal sources to provide a vivid narrative of Augustus' brutal rise to power Written by one of the...
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Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2026-01-07
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Blackwell Ancient Lives
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Over the course of the early Middle Ages, Christianity changed politics and politics changed Christianity. Christianity emerged in the pagan Roman Empire and early Christians, consequently, developed a 'secular' understanding of politics, where the religious identity of...
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OUP Oxford
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2026-01-06
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The General Strike of 1926: the tragic story of how the world's best organized working class confronted the world's most powerful, and self-confident, government.
In May, 1926, nearly three million British workers downed tools to support nearly one million of their...
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OUP Oxford
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2026-01-06
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Discover the extraordinary legacy of Mary K. Simkhovitch, a trailblazing advocate for public housing and urban reform, in this first-ever compelling biography.
Betty Boyd Caroli's biography of Mary Kingsbury Simkhovitch is the first full-length work on a seminal figure...
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Oxford University Press
Parution :
2026-01-05
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The first ever comprehensive history in English of China's Warring States period, an era that saw epic battles, the birth of profound philosophies, groundbreaking innovations, and shaped much of East Asian culture as we know it today
In 481 BCE, ancient China was on...
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Oxford University Press
Parution :
2026-01-05
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Die Reaktion der europäischen NATO-Mitglieder auf den Druck der USA, substanziell aufzurüsten, wird systematischer Kritik unterzogen und die Bedrohung nüchtern analysiert. Umrissen werden die Konturen einer von militärischen Statusallüren...
Editeur :
Springer VS
Parution :
2026-01-02
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The freestanding arch is one of Roman architecture's most innovative and distinctive structures. Despite its ubiquity throughout the Roman Empire, little attention has been paid to the first monuments constructed in the city of Rome.The Roman Arch addresses this gap by...
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Oxford University Press
Parution :
2026-01-02
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This book analyzes and compares the history of decolonization throughout Asian countries.
Is it really possible to paint a unified picture of Asia's diverse modern and contemporary history, from kingdoms to republics, from authoritarian regimes to liberal democracies?...
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Springer
Parution :
2026-01-01
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This book focuses on its developments and variations of performances of manaschï, the epic poet of Manas. The book mainly introduces the collective features of manaschï, their shaman characters, social positions and their influences upon the life and ideology...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2026-01-01
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This book traces the development of Chinese civilization, features ideological culture and spiritual civilization. In terms of political, spiritual, economic and technological civilizations, it shows the history of the exchanges and interactions between the Chinese...
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Springer
Parution :
2026-01-01
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This volume addresses the drivers and mechanisms of institutional change in Europe and East Asia during times of international crisis. Under what conditions and through what processes does a form of regionalism or regionalization change? Why is there a different pace of...
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Springer
Parution :
2026-01-01
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