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David J Anderson,
The Lost Cause of the Confederacy and American Civil War Memory

It is surprising that scholars of Civil War memory have paid relatively little attention to the function of nostalgia within the Lost Cause movement created by white southern political, military, and civi…

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Tonio Andrade
The Last Embassy

"In the typical narrative of modern Sino-European relations, George Macartney's disastrous 1793 mission to China plays a central role. His failure to open China to trade and diplomatic relations with…

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Kenneth J Andrien
The Spanish Atlantic World, 1492-1825

The overseas enterprises of Spain expanded dramatically following the first voyage of Christopher Columbus in 1492. The Spanish had already conquered the Canary Islands, which served as a base for the lat…

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Rosa Andújar
Playing the Chorus in Greek Tragedy

Modern audiences see the chorus as an emblematic yet static element of ancient Greek drama, whose reflective songs puncture the action. This is the first book to look beyond these odes to the group's comp…

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Camilla Annerfeldt
Clothing and Identity in Early Modern Rome

This is the first book-length exploration of the clothes worn in early modern Rome and provides novel insights into the city of Rome during one of its most fascinating periods. It also challenges the noti…

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Epp Annus
Environment and Society in Soviet Estonia, 1960-1990

Russia's twenty-first-century military aggression has inspired calls for re-thinking the Soviet era and its aftermath - in particular, for drawing attention to the non-Russian parts of the (former) USSR. …

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Epp Annus
Environment and Society in Soviet Estonia, 1960-1990

Russia's twenty-first-century military aggression has inspired calls for re-thinking the Soviet era and its aftermath - in particular, for drawing attention to the non-Russian parts of the (former) USSR. …

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Ali Anooshahr
Slavery in the Early Mughal World

This is a micro-historical study and biography of a sixteenth-century slave in India named Jawhar Aftabachi (d. after 1587) who served as the water-carrier for the Mughal Emperor Humayun (d. 1556).

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Tamim Ansary
The Invention of Yesterday

In this "terrific" (San Francisco Chronicle) book, an award-winning author tells the story of how humans invented history, from the Stone Age to the Virtual AgeTraveling across millennia and cul…

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Alex A Antoniou
Roman Priests from Republic to Empire

Roman Priests from Republic to Empire provides a reconceptualisation of the worth of priests and priesthoods in ancient Rome. The book is an essential resource in understanding the intersections between R…

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Nikolay Antov
The Ottoman "Wild West"

ENG In the late fifteenth century, the north-eastern Balkans were under-populated and under-institutionalized. Yet, by the end of the following century, the regions of Deliorman and Gerlovo were home to o…

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Seth Anziska
Preventing Palestine

A groundbreaking history that shows how peace between Egypt and Israel ensured lasting Palestinian statelessnessThe 1978 Camp David Accords and the signing of the Egypt-Israel peace treaty are widely view…

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Charles E Apekaum,
Autobiography of a Kiowa Indian

Anthropologist Benjamin R. Kracht presents one of the few Kiowa autobiographies in publication---the life narrative of Charles E. Apekaum of the Kiowa Nation of Oklahoma, whose services as a translator we…

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Bethany Aram
Anchoring an Empire

Anchoring an Empire is a bottom-up exploration of how gender and ethnicity shaped the lived experience of Spanish subjects across the sixteenth- and seventeenth-century isthmus of Panama. Focusing on unde…

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Sandra Araújo
Spying on Muslims in Colonial Mozambique, 1964-74

Revealing Portugal's counterinsurgent spying on Muslims during Mozambique's liberation struggle, this book uses archival and field work to study Muslim responses to counterinsurgency and armed nationalism…

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Marco Armiero
Vajont

The sobering political implications of a disaster---the Vajont landslide in Italy in 1963---and how it speaks directly to our present environmental crisis.On October 9, 1963, two thousand people perished …

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Dorothy Armstrong
Threads of Empire

"Carpet specialist Dorothy Armstrong tells the stories surrounding twelve of the world's most fascinating carpets. Dorothy Armstrong's Threads of Empire is a spellbinding look at the history of the w…

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Sabine Arnaud
Deaf People, Language, and Emancipation in Modern France, 1789-1914

Following the death in 1789 of Abbé de l'Epée, the first teacher of deaf pupils renowned in France and beyond, revolutionaries committed to founding national institutes for the education of deaf pupils. T…

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Michael Arnheim
Five Thousand Years of Monarchy

Offers a sweeping, entertaining journey through the real power structures of world historyFive Thousand Years of Monarchy challenges everything you thought you knew about political history. With wit, clar…

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Claire Arrowsmith
Brain Training for Dogs

With fun exercises and invaluable advice from leading dog trainer Claire Arrowsmith, learn how to improve your dog's mental agility as well as strengthen your bond with them.An essential book for any dog …

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