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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780615531557Author AnonymousFormat PaperbackPage Count 276Imprint Grey Knight BooksPublisher Grey Knight BooksWeight(grams) 290gDimensions(mm) 203mm * 133mm...

"Bob Brown's book is well named. It is, on one hand, a concise chronological history of a unique American publishing venture, and on the other, an autobiography of a maverick soldier and his bizarre assortment of cronies. Above all, it is a great read...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781910760284Author CCCPC Party Literature Research OfficeFormat PaperbackPage Count 424Imprint ACA Publishing LimitedPublisher ACA Publishing Limited

The Long Sixties is a concise and engaging treatment of the major political, social, and cultural developments of this tumultuous period. A comprehensive yet concise overview that offers coverage of a variety of topics, from the beginnings of the Cold...

This is the story of English Country Dance, from its 18th century roots in the English cities and countryside, to its transatlantic leap to the U.S. in the 20th century, told by not only a renowned historian but also a folk dancer, who has both immersed...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781419671401Author Eli NachmiasFormat PaperbackPage Count 228Imprint BookSurgePublisher BookSurge

After Germany's surrender in World War II, Jim Milano, a young U.S. army intelligence officer, led a small, independent group of soldiers charged with carrying out some of the first intelligence efforts of the postwar era. Inventing the techniques of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593136355Author Ben MacintyreFormat PaperbackPage Count 384Imprint Crown Publishing Group, Division of Random House IncPublisher Random House USA...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780307473493Author Caroline ElkinsFormat PaperbackPage Count 896Imprint Vintage BooksPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 828g

Anti-communism has long been a potent force in American politics, capable of gripping both government and popular attention. Nowhere is this more evident that the two great 'red scares' of 1919-20 and 1946-54; the latter generally - if somewhat...

How do we experience a city in terms of the senses? What are the inter-relations between human experience and behaviour in urban space? This volume examines these questions in the context of European urban culture between the fifteenth and twentieth...

With the end of the Cold War, politicians and pundits spoke of a peace dividend as well as a glorious new world order. But now, the United States seems entangled in more international obligations than ever before. Does the U.S. have the resources to...

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices...

The withdrawal of Soviet troops is a so far largely unresearched process of international political and military reorganization after 1989/90, which was accompanied by political, economic, social and geopolitical factors that had different effects in...

Throughout the twentieth century governments came to increasingly appreciate the value of soft power to help them achieve their foreign policy ambitions. Covering the crucial period between 1936 and 1953, this book examines the U.S. government’s adoption...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781501762666Author Mark Douglas McGarvieFormat PaperbackPage Count 216Imprint Northern Illinois University PressPublisher Cornell University...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788869773952Author Christopher CraigFormat PaperbackPage Count 135Imprint Mimesis InternationalPublisher Mimesis International

Making a fresh contribution to the political history of science, this book explores the connections between the science policies of three countries that each experienced considerable political upheaval in the twentieth century: Spain, Italy and Argentina...

This collection of essays addresses the challenge of modern nationalism to the tsarist Russian Empire. First appearing on the empire’s western periphery this challenge, was most prevalent in twelve provinces extending from Ukrainian lands in the south to...

In recent decades, the world has witnessed the emergence of several protracted violent conflicts and the eruption of ethnic and communal violence in countries such as Bosnia, Rwanda, and Sri Lanka. Riots and Victims challenges the popular academic...

Sophocles' play Antigone is a starting point for understanding the perpetual problems of human societies, families, and individuals who are caught up in the terrible aftermath of mass violence. What is one to do after the killing has stopped? What can be...

In the Cold War era, the confrontation between capitalism and communism played out not only in military, diplomatic, and political contexts, but also in the realm of culture-and perhaps nowhere more so than the cultural phenomenon of sports, where the...

The volume takes a historical approach to examine how biography has been used throughout history. It gives readers a real sense of the history of the relationship between history and biography. Useful for historians and students as it looks at...

How did liberationist Christianity develop in Argentina between the 1930s and early 1970s? And how did it respond to state terrorism during the Dirty War? How did liberation theology develop in Argentina between the 1930s and early 1970s? And how did it...

Which European and non-European ideas and practices facilitated the shaping of European unity? Or rather, which pursuits led to deadlocks in the cooperation between states? The book seeks answers to these questions by surveying the historical attempts...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788740832884Author Pamela SlotteFormat PaperbackPage Count 475Imprint University Press of Southern DenmarkPublisher University Press of Southern Denmark

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781648430602Author John M. SchuesslerFormat HardbackPage Count 216Imprint Texas A&M University PressPublisher Texas A&M University...

Socialist countries like Yugoslavia garnered legitimacy through appealing to social equality. Yet social stratification was characteristic of Yugoslav society and increased over the course of the state's existence. By the 1980s the country was divided on...

In the controversy over political correctness, the canon, and the curriculum, the role of Western tradition in a post-modern world is often debated. To clarify what is at stake, Vassilis Lambropoulos traces the ideology of European culture from the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783847112013Author Russo MicheleFormat PaperbackPage Count 137Imprint V&R UnipressPublisher V&R UnipressWeight(grams) 154g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780062967251Author Caroline MooreheadFormat HardbackPage Count 400Imprint HarperPublisher HarperWeight(grams) 152g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789633864555Author R Eugene PartaFormat HardbackPage Count 390Imprint Central European University PressPublisher Central European University...

The history of consumerism is about much more than just shopping. Ever since the eighteenth century, citizen-consumers have protested against the abuses of the market by boycotting products and promoting fair instead of free trade. In recent decades,...

An examination of the ways in which women challenged the British educational, employment and welfare systems after the franchise. Helen Jones explores how women adapted their strategies to confront the system from within, and what constraints were...

Many existing studies on the role of women in the Second World War concentrate on women's increasing participation in the workplace and on their struggles to cope with rationing and shortages. This book goes further, exploring women's wartime...

In recent decades, Tokyo, London, and New York have been the sites of credit bubbles of historically unprecedented magnitude. Central bankers have enjoyed almost unparalleled power and autonomy. They have cooperated to construct and preserve towering...

Transforming American Science documents the ways in which federal funds catalyzed or accelerated changes in both university culture and the broader system of American higher education during the post-World War II decades.The events of the book lie within...

Spanning cultures across the 20th century, this volume explores how marriage, especially in the West, was disestablished as the primary institution organizing social life. In the developing world, the economic, social, and legal foundations of...

Women's emancipation was a central but contested pillar of socialist and communist internationalism during the twentieth century. The collapse of state socialism has led to renewed interest in the history and legacies of women's movements across the...

At the beginning of the twenty-first century, the EU is facing deep political, social, and economic changes. The benefit of supranational organization is no longer obvious to European citizens and questions of legitimacy have accompanied the EU's...