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BLACKWELL HISTORY OF THE ANCIENT WORLD A History of the Ancient Near East ca. 3000–323 BC Fourth Edition “This marvelous book is a classic, and deservedly so. This new edition brings the history up to date with revelations from newly published cuneiform tablets and...
Editeur :
Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2024-09-02
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Blackwell History of the Ancient World
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This book argues that Middle English - and hence Modern English - is a direct descendent of Anglo Norse, the language of Viking settlers who invaded and ruled the north and east of England (the so-called Danelaw) for about 200 years preceding the Norman conquest. The...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2024-09-02
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This open-access book offers a clear and thorough exploration of Asia's history from an international relations perspective. The book investigates key political, economic, and cultural forces defining Asia. It highlights the historical and current significance of the...
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Springer
Parution :
2024-09-01
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This is an open access book. 2024 10th International Conference on Humanities and Social Science Research(ICHSSR 2024) will be held on April 26-28, 2024 in Xiamen, China. Except that, ICHSSR 2024 is to bring together innovative academics and industrial experts in the...
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Atlantis Press
Parution :
2024-08-31
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The untold story of how Winston Churchill and the Conservative Party envisioned Britain's post-war future
We think we know all there is to know about Britain's Second World War. We don't.
This radical re-interpretation of British history and British Conservatism...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2024-08-30
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'Charman writes with intelligence and generosity, and sprinkles her history with details that are enraging, provocative and, frequently, amusing' New StatesmanMotherhood is a political state. Helen Charman makes a radical case for what liberated mothering could be, and...
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Penguin
Parution :
2024-08-29
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Arsenal is special. Its multicultural fandom reflects a changing city and a unique relationship with Black British popular culture. Thanks to its decades of fielding iconic Black players on the pitch and the storied and diverse histories of its terraces,Arsenal has...
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Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Parution :
2024-08-29
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History belongs to the heroes. But to get the full story, sometimes you have to ask the side characters.The lives of Leonardo da Vinci, Henry VIII and Queen Victoria fill bookshelves and fascinate scholars all over the world. But little attention is given to the ferret...
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Penguin
Parution :
2024-08-29
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This book provides a sweeping overview of East Asian international relations in history from the nineteenth century onwards, with a focus on Korea and its relationship with East Asia and the USA. In contrast with many books which concentrate exclusively on the twentieth...
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Springer
Parution :
2024-08-28
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This book makes an insightful investigation of historical agrotechnical geography in West China in the Qing Dynasty from the perspective of historical geography and the history of agricultural technology.This study first divides West China into four regions, i.e., the...
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Springer
Parution :
2024-08-28
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The untold story of how Winston Churchill and the Conservative Party envisioned Britain's post-war future
We think we know all there is to know about Britain's Second World War. We don't.
This radical re-interpretation of British history and British Conservatism...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2024-08-28
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The armouries were among the most significant visual and symbolic manifestations of the nobility’s elevated social position, alongside palaces, chapels, cabinet rooms, and libraries.The study of Aristocratic Culture necessitates a focus on arms, reflecting the...
Editeur :
Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2024-08-27
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This is an open access title available under the terms of a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 International licence. It is free to read on the Oxford Academic platform and offered as a free PDF download from OUP and selected open access locations.
Writing from Invention to Decipherment...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2024-08-27
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What was the interrelation between language, power, and socio-economic inequality in England, c. 1550-1750? Early modern England was a hierarchical society that placed considerable emphasis on order; language was bound up with the various structures of authority that...
Editeur :
OUP Oxford
Parution :
2024-08-26
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What was the interrelation between language, power, and socio-economic inequality in England, c. 1550-1750? Early modern England was a hierarchical society that placed considerable emphasis on order; language was bound up with the various structures of authority that...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2024-08-26
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Corruption on an immense scale and the unscrupulous use of law enforcement have left indelible marks on post-Soviet Russia. Federico Varese reveals the scars of these grim decades through an unusual lens: its criminal history. Varese weaves together the tales of four...
Editeur :
Polity
Parution :
2024-08-26
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This book sheds light on the untold stories of individual student activists at Queens College, New York City, during the 1960s. Against the backdrop of the ongoing Vietnam War and the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, some Americans began to lose faith in...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2024-08-23
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A COMPANION TO CITIES IN THE GRECO-ROMAN WORLDA Companion to Cities in the Greco-Roman World offers in-depth coverage of the most important topics in the study of Greek and Roman urbanism. Bringing together contributions by an international panel of experts, this...
Editeur :
Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2024-08-22
Collection :
Blackwell Companions to the Ancient World
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A true story of murder and vengeance, a shattered community and a miscarriage of justice that echoes down the decadesOctober 1971. Nineteen-year-old Una Lynskey vanishes near her home in Co. Meath. In the weeks that follow, and on flimsy grounds, gardaí identify three...
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Penguin
Parution :
2024-08-22
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This biographical account situates the unfolding of the life of an educator in varied socio-economic contexts. It is not just a narrative of how an individual evolves but also analyses how a particular mindset develops by being dialectically entwined with the milieu in...
Editeur :
Peter Lang Ltd, International Academic Publishers
Parution :
2024-08-21
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