Colditz was the last stop for prisoners of war during WWII. Those who persisted in escaping from other camps were sent to the impregnable fortress ofColditz Castle, situated on a rocky outcrop high above the River Mulde. Once within the walls of the castle, the Germans...

Editeur : Hodder & Stoughton
Parution : 2014-12-04

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This volume examines prehistoric copper mining in Europe, from the first use of the metal eight thousand years ago in the Balkans to its widespread adoption during the Bronze Age. The history of research is examined, as is the survival of this mining archaeology in...

Editeur : OUP Oxford
Parution : 2014-12-04

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As literary scholars have long insisted, an interdisciplinary approach is vital if modern readers are to make sense of works of medieval literature. In particular, rather than reading the works of medieval authors as addressing us across the centuries about some...

Editeur : OUP Oxford
Parution : 2014-12-04

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The Repentant Abelard is both an innovative study and English translation of the late poetic works of controversial medieval philosopher and logician Peter Abelard, written for his beloved wife Heloise and son Astralabe. This study brings to life long overlooked works...

Editeur : Palgrave Macmillan
Parution : 2014-12-03

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A timely lesson in the perils of nation-building and a sobering reminder of the limits of military power from the Costa Award winning author of The Volunteer.In its earliest days, the American-led war in Afghanistan appeared to be a triumph - a ‘good war’ in comparison...

Editeur : Vintage Digital
Parution : 2014-12-03

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Why are the British so Euro-sceptic? Forget about tedious treaties, party politics or international relations. The real reason is that the British do not feel European. This book explores and explains the cultural divide between Britain and Europe, where it comes from...

Editeur : Palgrave Pivot
Parution : 2014-12-03

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Spanish-Italian Relations and the Influence of the Major Powers examines complex relations between Spain and Italy, beginning in 1943 and continuing until 1957, contending that the relationship cannot be examined in isolation and must be understood in its broader...

Editeur : Palgrave Macmillan
Parution : 2014-12-03

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The Northeastern United States -- home to abolitionism and a refuge for blacks fleeing the Jim Crow South -- has had a long and celebrated history of racial equality and political liberalism. After World War II, the region appeared poised to continue this legacy,...

Editeur : Basic Books
Parution : 2014-12-02

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During the 1970s, American foreign policy faced a predicament of clashing imperatives-US decision makers, already struggling to maintain stability and devise strategic frameworks to guide the exercise of American power during the Cold War, found themselves hampered by...

Editeur : Oxford University Press
Parution : 2014-12-01

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Two thousand years ago, the Qin/Han and Roman empires were the largest political entities of the ancient world, developing simultaneously yet independently at opposite ends of Eurasia. Although their territories constituted only a small percentage of the global land...

Editeur : Oxford University Press
Parution : 2014-12-01

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Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders owed much of their unexpected popularity in the 2016 primaries to their respective stances on trade and immigration policy. Political elites and policy experts were bewildered by combative talk of building a wall and the ubiquity of...

Editeur : Oxford University Press
Parution : 2014-12-01

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While scholarship on Lucretius has looked to connect De rerum natura to its larger cultural and historical context, it has never turned to speech act theory in this quest. This omission is striking at least in so far as speech act theory was developed precisely as a way...

Editeur : Oxford University Press
Parution : 2014-12-01

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- When did archaeology begin?- Who were the first antiquarians in early modern Europe?- How did archaeology free human history from biblical creationism?- How did archaeology become a pseudo-scientific discipline?- Who built the first museum? Leading expert Dr John...

Editeur : John Murray
Parution : 2014-11-28
Collection : All That Matters
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A man who lived his life mostly in the shadows, Edward M. House is little known or remembered today; yet he was one of the most influential figures of the Wilson presidency. Wilson's chief political advisor, House played a key role in international diplomacy, and had a...

Editeur : Oxford University Press
Parution : 2014-11-28

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A remarkable Holocaust memoir, a powerful testament to human courage and fortitude, for readers of Edith Eger's The Choice.'This memoir is heartbreaking.' Elie Wiesel, author of Night'Profoundly observed... remarkably lived... ferocious bravery.' New York Times...

Editeur : Transworld Digital
Parution : 2014-11-28

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Iran has rarely been out of the headlines. Yet media interest and extensive coverage has tended to hinder rather than help our understanding ofIran as an idea, an identity, and a people, leading to a superficial understanding of what is a complex and nuanced political...

Editeur : OUP Oxford
Parution : 2014-11-27

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Iran has rarely been out of the headlines. Yet media interest and extensive coverage has tended to hinder rather than help our understanding ofIran as an idea, an identity, and a people, leading to a superficial understanding of what is a complex and nuanced political...

Editeur : OUP Oxford
Parution : 2014-11-27

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Granular Modernism understands the way that some Modernist texts put themselves together as a way of pulling themselves apart. In this volume, Beci Carver offers a new way of reading Modernist novels and poems , by drawing attention to the anomalies that make them...

Editeur : OUP Oxford
Parution : 2014-11-27

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Sport is big business; international in nature and the focus of much media and cultural attention. In this Very Short Introduction, Mike Cronin charts the history of sport, from its traditional origins in folk football and cock fighting to its position as a global...

Editeur : OUP Oxford
Parution : 2014-11-27

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Sport is big business; international in nature and the focus of much media and cultural attention. In this Very Short Introduction, Mike Cronin charts the history of sport, from its traditional origins in folk football and cock fighting to its position as a global...

Editeur : OUP Oxford
Parution : 2014-11-27

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