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Dieses dreisprachige Buch (Deutsch, Ukrainisch, Englisch) erzählt die Geschichten...
Editeur :
Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2026-01-20
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How do different generations remember the democratic transitions in the post-authoritarian European South fifty years later, and why does that matter? A Collective Biography of Southern European Democratization shows how individual stories, family stories, and the...
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OUP Oxford
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2026-01-20
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Citizens of the Earth presents the first comprehensive account of Augustine's engagement with traditional Roman religion. A multifaceted case-study in the Christianization of the Roman Empire, it anchors Augustine's works in their intellectual and social context,...
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Oxford University Press
Parution :
2026-01-19
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On the evening of May 9, 1936, a slim, elegant woman stood in Rome’s Piazza Venezia and – in perfect English – broadcast Mussolini’s famous speech on the conquest of Ethiopia. Her name was Lisa Sergio (1905–1989), her...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2026-01-16
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Famine is humanity's oldest fear.Famine memorials and stories are literally carved into the stones that lie on the beds of Europe's rivers. Our science fiction and fantasy literature often begin by evoking a world of hunger and scarcity.Famine shapes our past, it...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2026-01-16
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An authoritative history of the radical environmental movement in the United States, No Option But Sabotage explores how far activists are willing to go to defend the planet in the face of repression and the escalating climate crisis.
After 9/11, the radical...
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Oxford University Press
Parution :
2026-01-16
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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
Parution :
2026-01-16
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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...
Editeur :
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...
Editeur :
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...
Editeur :
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...
Editeur :
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...
Editeur :
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...
Editeur :
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...
Editeur :
Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2026-01-07
Collection :
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...
Editeur :
OUP Oxford
Parution :
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...
Editeur :
OUP Oxford
Parution :
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...
Editeur :
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...
Editeur :
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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