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In addition to their famous gods and goddesses, the ancient Greeks also worshiped deceased human beings, including child and baby heroes. Although these heroes played an essential role in Greek religion, Corinne Ondine Pache's Baby and Child Heroes in...

First published in 1984. Indentured labour migration in the nineteenth century intersects many of the most serious issues of our own time - racism, Third World poverty, and the arrogance of a great world powers. Indenture suggests lack of freedom and the...

This book is a reprint of work that originally appeared in 1984. It gives excellent and thorough treatment of major demographic aspects of British Caribbean slavery from abolition of slave trade to slave emancipation. Draws heavily on extensive date...

In 1834, a young Chinese woman named Afong Moy arrived in America, her bound feet stepping ashore in New York City. She was both a prized guest and advertisement for a merchant firm--a promotional curiosity used to peddle exotic wares from the East. Over...

Imagining Far-right Terrorism explores far-right terrorism as an object of the narrative imagination in contemporary Western Europe.Western European societies are generally reluctant to think of far-right and racist violence as terrorism, but the reasons...

Shortly before the launch of the reconstructed Greek warship, Olympias, the first edition of The Athenian Trireme was published, providing historical and technical background to the reconstruction of the ship. Since then, five seasons of experimental...

In addition to shouldering the blame for the increasing incidence of venereal disease among sailors and soldiers, prostitutes throughout the British Empire also bore the burden of the contagious diseases ordinances that the British government passed. By...

Exploring the role of museums, galleries and curators during the upheaval of the Second World War, this book challenges the accepted view of a hiatus in museum services during the conflict and its immediate aftermath. Instead it argues that new thinking...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780992448400Author Wendy L CampbellFormat PaperbackPage Count 262Imprint Wendy/CampbellPublisher Wendy/CampbellWeight(grams) 308g

This book studies the nature of Venetian rule over the Slavs of Dalmatia during the eighteenth century, focusing on the cultural elaboration of an ideology of empire that was based on a civilizing mission toward the Slavs. The book argues that the...

This is a systematic account of why Ireland remained democratic after independence. Bill Kissane analyzes the Irish case from a comparative international perspective and by discussing it in terms of the classic works of democratic theory. Each chapter...

The significance of the Corinthians Football Club, founded in 1882, has been widely acknowledged by historians of football and by sports historians generally. As a 'super club' comprising the best amateur talent available they were an important formative...

During the past fifty years few issues in British politics have generated such heated controversy as Britain's approach to European integration. Why has Europe had such an explosive impact on British politics? What impelled British policymakers to...

Jordan Goodman explores the historical transformation of tobacco from Amerindian shamanism to global capitalism, from the food of the spirits to the fatal epidemic, from the rough pipe and cigar to the modern-day cigarette. This scholarly and...

This celebrated classic now includes a new introduction by Robert Tombs.The history of nineteenth and early twentieth-century France has often seemed complex and confusing. France, 1814-1940 has a long-established reputation as a clear, accessible and...

The fortifications of Pompeii stand as the ancient city's largest, oldest, and best preserved public monument. Over its 700-year history, Pompeii invested significant amounts of money, resources, and labor into (re)building, maintaining, and upgrading...

When not at war, armies are often used to control civil disorders, especially in eras of rapid social change and unrest. But in nineteenth century Europe, without the technological advances of modern armies and police forces, an army's only advantages...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781006584787Author John RuskinFormat PaperbackPage Count 118Imprint BlurbPublisher BlurbWeight(grams) 181gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 7mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781906069124Author Allen CottonFormat PaperbackPage Count 264Imprint The Squeeze PressPublisher The Squeeze Press

Shanghai today is a thriving, bustling metropolis. But does its avid pursuit of the modern trappings of success truly indicate that it will once again become the shining example of China's commercial and cosmopolitan culture? While history continues to...

In this illuminating history, Dan Cohn-Sherbok traces the development of Jewish history from ancient times to the present day. Containing over 100 maps and 30 photographs, this is a comprehensive atlas of Jewish history designed for students and the...

The Symbolism of Medieval Churches: An Introduction explores the ways in which the medieval church building and key features of it were used as symbols, particularly to represent different relationships within the Church and the virtues of the Christian...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781456498405Author Edward Bulwer-LyttonFormat PaperbackPage Count 108Imprint CreateSpacePublisher CreateSpaceWeight(grams) 231gDimensions(mm) 254mm * 203mm...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780954248611Author Olivia CottonFormat PaperbackPage Count 170Imprint O M CottonPublisher O M Cotton

The Vietnam War was the central political issue of the 1960s and 1970s. This study by Seth Offenbach explains how the conflict shaped modern conservatism. The war caused disputes between the pro-war anti-communists right and libertarian conservatives who...

This is the first book to tell the story of on eof the most contentious figures in Victorian and Edwardian politics: that of the independent-minded and exceptionally able Conservative politician, Sir John Eldon Gorst.Book InformationISBN...

Translated literally as "War Speak," Kriegsprache is a glossary of WWII German military and period specific words, phrases, abbreviations, and Landser slang. Over 7,000 abbreviations and more than 17,500 words and phrases have been collected to...

This book discusses the development of the English Church during a rich and turbulent two centuries of European history. It provides a comprehensive survey covering the late Anglo-Saxon period through the Norman Conquest and right across the...

Folkestone, Hythe and the surrounding rural area make up the district of Shepway in Kent. Over the last few years, professional photographer Ray Hollands has taken hundreds of photographs around the region, and this book includes the best of them.Book...

The Rise of National Socialism in the Bavarian Highlands offers a microhistory of the town of Murnau between 1919 and 1933, a period which witnessed the rise of national socialism in Germany. National socialism had its roots in Bavaria, where the Weimar...

How were the aims of philosophy and the responsibilities of philosophers conceived in ancient Greece and China? How were the learned elite recruited and controlled; how were their speculations and advice influenced by the different types of audiences...

This volume casts a fresh look at the multifaceted expressions of diachronic Hellenisms. A distinguished group of historians, classicists, anthropologists, ethnographers, cultural studies, and comparative literature scholars contribute essays exploring...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781326494636Author Dermot HudsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 86Imprint Lulu.comPublisher Lulu.com

Piracy is a significant global threat to international sea-borne trade - the life-blood of modern industrial economies and vital for world economic survival. The pirates of today are constantly in the world's news media, preying on private and merchant...

Why did communism grow so quickly? Why did it spread to turn almost half of the world red by the mid-1970s? What impact did it have upon capitalism and capitalist society?Communism is a concise introduction to one of the most important and influential...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781905128310Author Pete AyrtonFormat PaperbackImprint Harbour Books (East) LtdPublisher Harbour Books (East) Ltd

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780993581540Author Wendy MewesFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint Red Dog BooksPublisher Red Dog Books

Covers the development and use of the Jagdpanzer armored fighting vehicle.Book InformationISBN 9780887403231Author Horst ScheibertFormat PaperbackPage Count 48Imprint Schiffer Publishing LtdPublisher Schiffer Publishing LtdWeight(grams) 363g

The third book in the five-volume Community Oral History Toolkit takes the planning steps outlined in Volume 2 and puts them into action. It provides the practical details for turning your plans into reality and establishes the basis for guiding your...

Google the strategic town of Berwick-Upon-Tweed, and you will find it changed hands 13/14 times, as is commonly thought. Kevin Scott has found another 9 such recaptures of this pivotal base in England's NE, or is that Scotland's SE? Join the stories, as...