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SHORTLISTED, 2022 WESTERN AUSTRALIAN BOOK AWARDS, THE PREMIER'S PRIZE FOR AN EMERGING WRITER
SHORTLISTED, 2021 ROYAL WESTERN AUSTRALIAN HISTORICAL SOCIETY, WILLIAMS/LEE STEERE HISTORY PRIZE
This extraordinary and heartfelt story chronicles the lives of the Rodriguez...
Editeur :
Magabala Books
Parution :
2021-05-01
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This book provides an oral history of women who served in the U.S. Army Nurse Corps during the Vietnam War. It follows the trajectory of eight women’s lives from their decision to become nurses, to surgical and evacuation hospitals in Vietnam, and then home to face the...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2021-04-30
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The book aims to trace and explain the historical evolution of Moscow, the capital of the Tsardom of Russia, Soviet Union and Russian Federation, as a political entity and political community, and to understand what place Moscow occupied within the Russian political...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2021-04-30
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'A great and inspiring book from Doncaster's bravest son. Read it in a day' - Jeremy Clarkson 'Ben is the embodiment of positive thinking. What he has achieved, in large part through willpower, is nothing short of miraculous. An inspiration to us all' - Ant Middleton...
Editeur :
Sphere
Parution :
2021-04-29
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Drawing on remarkable and never-before-seen material, the extraordinary story of one of the most horrific and devastating encounters of the Second World War.On June 22nd, 1941 the largest military invasion in human history was launched - an attack on the Soviet Union by...
Editeur :
Wildfire
Parution :
2021-04-29
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Of all the sub-periods in which European medieval history has been divided over time, the later middle ages is possibly the one on which the burden of past and current grand narratives weighs the most. Its chronological and geopolitical boundaries are shaped by a heavy...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2021-04-29
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Of all the sub-periods in which European medieval history has been divided over time, the later middle ages is possibly the one on which the burden of past and current grand narratives weighs the most. Its chronological and geopolitical boundaries are shaped by a heavy...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2021-04-29
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This book tells thestory of 64 Circassian families who during the Kosovo conflictin 1989/99 migrated from the Field of Blackbirds to the Republic ofAdygheya in the Russian North Caucasus, their historical “homeland”. It focuseson the identification process among the...
Editeur :
Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2021-04-28
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The Jacquerie of 1358 is one of the most famous and mysterious peasant uprisings of the Middle Ages. Beginning in a small village but eventually overrunning most of northern France, the Jacquerie rebels destroyed noble castles and killed dozens of noblemen before being...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2021-04-28
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The Jacquerie of 1358 is one of the most famous and mysterious peasant uprisings of the Middle Ages. Beginning in a small village but eventually overrunning most of northern France, the Jacquerie rebels destroyed noble castles and killed dozens of noblemen before being...
Editeur :
OUP Oxford
Parution :
2021-04-28
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Following the execution of Charles I in January 1649, England's fledgling republic was faced with a dilemma: which parts of the nation's bloody recent past should be remembered, and how, and which were best consigned to oblivion? Across the country, the state's...
Editeur :
OUP Oxford
Parution :
2021-04-28
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Following the execution of Charles I in January 1649, England's fledgling republic was faced with a dilemma: which parts of the nation's bloody recent past should be remembered, and how, and which were best consigned to oblivion? Across the country, the state's...
Editeur :
OUP Oxford
Parution :
2021-04-28
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The Soul of the American University is a classic and much discussed account of the changing roles of Christianity in shaping American higher education, presented here in a newly revised edition to offer insights for a modern era. As late as the World War II era, it was...
Editeur :
Oxford University Press
Parution :
2021-04-28
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Can a drop of perfume tell the story of the twentieth century?Can a smell bear the traces of history? What can we learn about the history of the twentieth century by examining the fate of perfumes? In this remarkable book, Karl Schlögel unravels the interconnected...
Editeur :
Polity
Parution :
2021-04-27
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Dive into this “truly compelling” (Good Morning America) New York Times bestseller that explores how technology and best intentions collide in the heat of war—from the creator and host of the podcast Revisionist History. In The Bomber Mafia, Malcolm...
Editeur :
Little, Brown and Company
Parution :
2021-04-27
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This book examines the cultural production of Catalan intellectuals in Cuba through a reading of texts and journeys that show the contrapuntal relationship between transcultural identities and narratives of nationhood. Both the concept of transculturation and its...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2021-04-26
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This book addresses issues that remain under-researched by feminist historians. They pertain to female economic contribution in specific geographical areas and countries such as Greece, Italy, a number of regions of France, Greek-speaking regions in the Ottoman-ruled...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2021-04-26
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Based essentially on a critique of earlier scholarship and insights from a fresh reading of the expanding corpus of primary data on Nigeria’s variegated history, this book validates the existence of long-lasting and dynamic relations among Nigerians before the advent...
Editeur :
Galda Verlag
Parution :
2021-04-26
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PART 1
Mary Mennis taped the voices of village elders along the Madang coast in the 1970s. Topics included: origins of the tribes; traditional village life before outside contact; spiritual beliefs; weather magic; men’s houses and initiations; and the customs of trading...
Editeur :
Galda Verlag
Parution :
2021-04-26
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This book looks at the different ways in which Russian historians and authors have thought about their country’s first Antarctic expedition (1819-21) over the past 200 years. It considers the effects their discussions have had on Russia’s Antarctic policy and may yet...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2021-04-26
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