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The Culture of Defeat: On National Trauma, Mourning, and Recovery The Culture of Defeat: On National Trauma, Mourning, and Recovery
by Wolfga Schivelbusch

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Includes bibliographical references (p. [295]-391) and index.... (read more)

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Epidemics and History: Disease, Power, and Imperialism Epidemics and History: Disease, Power, and Imperialism
by Sheldon Watts

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This book is a major and wide-ranging study of the great epidemic scourges of humanity -- plague, leprosy, smallpox, syphilis, cholera, and yellow fever/malaria -- over the last six centuries. It will become the standard account of the way diseases... (read more)

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The Struggle for Constitutional Justice in Post-Communist Europe (Constitutionalism in Eastern Europe) The Struggle for Constitutional Justice in Post-Communist Europe (Constitutionalism in Eastern Europe)
by Herman Schwartz

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In the former Eastern Bloc countries, one of the most difficult and important aspects of the transition to democracy has been the establishment of constitutional justice and the rule of law. Herman Schwartz's wide-ranging book, backed with rich... (read more)

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Practicing History: Selected Essays Practicing History: Selected Essays
by Barbara W Tuchman

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From thoughtful pieces on the historian's role to striking insights into America's past and present to trenchant observations on the international scene, Barbara W. Tuchman looks at history in a unique way and draws lessons from what she sees. Here is a... (read more)

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Longing for the End: A History of Millennialism in Western Civilization Longing for the End: A History of Millennialism in Western Civilization
by Frederi Baumgartner

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Jonestown, Waco, and Heaven's Gate resonate in the contemporary mind in the same way that Masada or Mount Tabor resonated in the minds of others long past. The members of these movements believed that the end of the world was at hand and that they had to... (read more)

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First Industrial Revolution 2ND Edition First Industrial Revolution 2ND Edition
by Phyllis Deane

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The second edition of this highly successful work identifies and updates the strategic changes in economic organization, industrial structure, and technological progress during the industrial revolution in Britain from 1750-1850.... (read more)

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Roman Britain: Outpost of the Empire Roman Britain: Outpost of the Empire
by H H Schullard

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Combining classical scholarship with recent archeological discoveries, Scullard recreates what life was like in Roman Britain, detailing merchants' activities, the mixing of pagan and Christian religions, and the emergence of the city.... (read more)

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California World History Library #5: Many Middle Passages: Forced Migration and the Making of the Modern World California World History Library #5: Many Middle Passages: Forced Migration and the Making of the Modern World
by Emma Christopher

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"Extends the concept of the Middle Passage to encompass the expropriation of people across other maritime and inland routes. No previous book has highlighted the diversity and centrality of middle passages, voluntary and involuntary, to modern global... (read more)

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The Cathars: The Most Successful Heresy of the Middle Ages The Cathars: The Most Successful Heresy of the Middle Ages
by Sean Martin

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Without lifting a sword, the Cathars posed a threat to Catholicism greater than the Muslims or Jews—or so the Church believed. The Cathars believed that matter was essentially evil—especially the human body—and that the material world... (read more)

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Kings or People: Power & the Mandate to Rule Kings or People: Power & the Mandate to Rule
by Reinhard Bendix

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"It is difficult to decide which is the more impressive: the authority and control with which Mr. Bendix writes of the traditions, the institutions, and the technological and social developments of cultures as diverse as the British, French, German... (read more)

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Money: A History Money: A History
by Jonathan Williams

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 250-252) and index.... (read more)

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Nixon and Mao: The Week That Changed the World Nixon and Mao: The Week That Changed the World
by Margaret MacMillan

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With the publication of her landmark bestseller Paris 1919, Margaret MacMillan was praised as "a superb writer who can bring history to life" (The Philadelphia Inquirer). Now she brings her extraordinary gifts to one of the most important subjects today &... (read more)

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Iron Curtain: From the Stage to Cold War Iron Curtain: From the Stage to Cold War
by Patrick Wright

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"From Stettin in the Baltic to Trieste in the Adriatic, an iron curtain has descended across the Continent." With these words, in a now legendary speech given in Fulton, Missouri, on March 5, 1946, Winston Churchill famously warned the world of the... (read more)

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The 100 Greatest Heros The 100 Greatest Heros
by H Paul Jeffers

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Acclaimed journalist and author H. Paul Jeffers has spent the last thirty years writing about the lives of some of America's most fascinating and powerful figures, from Theodore Roosevelt and Grover Cleveland to Diamond Jim Brady. In The 100 Greatest... (read more)

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Urban Europe, 1100-1700 Urban Europe, 1100-1700
by David Nicholas

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Reflecting the vigor of both urban and medieval history, this timely textbook from an established scholar in urban studies is a broadly interdisciplinary work that breaks new ground by emphasizing the links between the late medieval and early modern... (read more)

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Democracy & Classical Greece 2ND Edition Democracy & Classical Greece 2ND Edition
by J K Davies

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"Davies has produced a perceptive, readable narrative, filled with sensible insights and enriched with a generous and judicious selection of quotations from sources...[He] skillfully interweaves social and cultural history with political and military... (read more)

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Renaissance Renaissance
by Walter Pater

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Oscar Wilde called this collection of essays the "holy writ of beauty." Published to great acclaim in 1837, it examines the work of Renaissance artists such as Winckelmann and the then neglected Botticelli, and includes a celebrated discussion of the... (read more)

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Thicker Than Water: The Origins of Blood as Ritual and Symbol Thicker Than Water: The Origins of Blood as Ritual and Symbol
by Melissa Meyer

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Blood is more than a fluid solution of cells, platelets and plasma. It is a symbol for the most basic of human concerns--life, death and family find expression in rituals surrounding everything from menstruation to human sacrifice. Comprehensive in... (read more)

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The Divided City: On Memory and Forgetting in Ancient Athens The Divided City: On Memory and Forgetting in Ancient Athens
by Nicole Loraux

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Athens, 403 B.C.E. The bloody oligarchic dictatorship of the Thirty is over, and the democrats have returned to the city victorious. Renouncing vengeance, in an act of willful amnesia, citizens call forandmdash;-if not inventandmdash;-amnesty. They agree... (read more)

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The Wisdom of Ancient Greece The Wisdom of Ancient Greece
by John Otoole

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Each of this handsomely designed, richly illustrated columes in this uplifting new series is devoted to the ageless teachings of one of the world's major religions or cultures. Excerpts from the most eloquent practitioners of the religion--be they poets,... (read more)

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