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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
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Blackwell Companions to the Ancient World
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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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Only two months to freedom. A jigsaw of around 565* princely states.At the stroke of midnight on 15 August 1947, India could emerge as a united nation. Or disintegrate into several pieces.On 3 June 1947, Lord Mountbatten, the last viceroy of India, makes a historic...
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Hachette India
Parution :
2024-08-20
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This book examines the Indo-Surinamese Girmitiya peasants and their contributions to developing the ethnic community within their newly adopted home. It demonstrates the transformation of the Girmitiyas from agriculturalists in British India to plantation labourers to...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2024-08-20
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The "deep and impactful" story of the American stadium (Howard Bryant, author of Full Dissidence)—from the first wooden ballparks to today’s glass and steel mega-arenas—revealing how it has made, and remade, American life. Stadiums are...
Editeur :
Basic Books
Parution :
2024-08-20
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Since the brutal massacre perpetrated by Hamas on 7 October and the subsequent bombing and invasion of Gaza, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has been thrust back to the centre of the world’s attention. How can this deep-rooted conflict, stretching back for more than...
Editeur :
Polity
Parution :
2024-08-20
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Subaltern Geographies stands as the inaugural comprehensive
exploration into the intersection of subaltern studies’ historical
breakthroughs and the critical methodologies of cultural, urban,
historical, and political geography. Editors Tariq Jazeel and Stephen
Legg...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2024-08-20
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A war is being waged against the Past. Whether it’s toppling statues, decolonising the curriculum or erasing terms from our vocabulary, a cultural crusade is underway designed to render the past toxic. It is condemned as enemy territory and has become the target of...
Editeur :
Polity
Parution :
2024-08-20
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Editeur :
Radar
Parution :
2024-08-15
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We live in a world of seemingly limitless consumer choice. Yet, as every shopper knows without thinking about it, many everyday goods – from beds to batteries to printer paper – are available in a finite number of “standard sizes.” What makes these sizes “standard” is...
Editeur :
Polity
Parution :
2024-08-15
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'I can't think of a more enjoyable or more illuminating guide to Cornwall than Petroc Trelawny, who knows it intimately, loves it deeply, and shares it generously' - THE REVEREND RICHARD COLESIt would be hard to think of a more thoroughly Cornish name than Petroc...
Editeur :
Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Parution :
2024-08-15
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This book proposes a new historical framework for the analysis of the relationship between communist Poland and neutral Austria during the final decade of the Cold War. The tragic Polish crisis of 1980–1982 is examined within the context of Poland’s relationship with...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2024-08-13
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This book tells the story of Iranian women’s accomplishments and struggles over the course of history, spanning from ancient Elam to the present day. It explores the evolving conditions of women’s lives in each era, and how women’s choices and initiatives have shaped...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2024-08-13
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This book provides a detailed study of approved schools for girls, which operated in England and Wales between 1933-1973. Through original archival research, it traces shifting perceptions of, and policy responses to, girls’ delinquency and vulnerability during a period...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2024-08-12
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The literature on the fall of communism contains numerous interpretations of the changes that took place in Central and Eastern Europe in 1989, while debates about how best to characterize the fall of the communist regimes have raged for many years. Researchers continue...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2024-08-09
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Between c. 700-300 BCE, the ancient Greeks developed a vivid imaginary of the world's peoples. Ranging from the light-skinned, "gray-eyed Thracians" of the distant north to the "dark-skinned Ethiopians" of the far south, as the poet Xenophanes described them around 540...
Editeur :
Oxford University Press
Parution :
2024-08-09
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Step into the enchanting world of faeries, pixies, sprites and more with this beginner's guide to the history and mythology of fae folkPeople have long been mesmerized by the magic and mystery of faeries. From the winged spirits of Persian mythology to Shakespeare's...
Editeur :
Summersdale
Parution :
2024-08-08
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2025 Winner of The Fletcher School's Best Book on U.S.-Russian Relations | One of The Cipher Brief’s “Best National Security Reads for 2024”A memoir of service by the American ambassador who was on the diplomatic front lines when Putin...
Editeur :
Little, Brown and Company
Parution :
2024-08-06
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Der Band rekonstruiert den Lebenslauf des aus der Berliner jüdischen Gesellschaft stammenden und 1933 nach Paris und in die USA emigrierten Rudolf Bodländer (1903-1988). Angelpunkte sind bisher z.T. erstmals publizierte Briefe aus der Korrespondenz mit Rainer Maria...
Editeur :
Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2024-08-06
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