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Ralph Young
American Patriots

A concise history that proves that dissent is patrioticThe history of America is a history of dissent. Protests against the British Parliament's taxation policies led to the American Revolution and the cr…

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Tristan G Brown
Laws of the Land

"A groundbreaking history of Fengshui's roles in public life and law during China's last imperial dynastyToday the term Fengshui, which literally means "wind and water," is recognized aroun…

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Mark Paterson
Affective Touching

At the end of the twentieth century the discovery of 'slow', affective touch nerves in humans known as C Tactile (CT) afferents, which are entirely separate from the faster pathways for touching objects, …

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Elena Bruni, Lianne M Lefsrud
Organized Science Denial

Science denialism - fuelled by mis/disinformation - is a global existential crisis that erodes social cohesion and our collective capacity to confront crises like climate change, transform energy systems,…

lieferbar ab 20.2.2026.

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Andy McPhee
Doctors' Riot of 1788

Throughout the seventeenth century, medical lecturers demonstrated human anatomy by dissecting a cadaver while surrounded by students. After the Revolutionary War, though, instructors realized that they n…

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Marius Turda
Race and National Character in Modern Hungary, 1880s-1940s

Scientific Racism in Hungary, 1920-1945examines racially informed debates on society and nation in interwar Hungary, their ideological frameworks and methodological affinities to debates on race and eugen…

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Michael S. Kramer
Believe It or Not

This book examines the history, culture, and science behind health myths. The word "myth" can have two quite different meanings: (1) a shared tradition or story and (2) a belief that can be fals…

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Mark Paterson
Affective Touching

Part I ofthis Element offers a history of the science of social touch, from related discoveries in mammals by physiologists in the 1930s, to the recent rediscoveries of the CT nerves in humans. Part II co…

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The Bloomsbury Companion to Political Philosophy

This is the definitive guide to the central issues in political philosophy.Returning to the book in light of the tumultuous events of the last decade, the authors have thoroughly revised their chapters in…

lieferbar ab 5.2.2026.

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Greg Jackson
Been There, Done That

Professor Greg Jackson, podcast host of History That Doesn't Suck, proves that while today's political climate may be dark, these aren't as unprecedented times as we may think.Our nation's past is full of…

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Austrian Identity and Modernity

Bringing together an interdisciplinary cast of scholars, this volume explores national and nationalist identification(s) in Austria, as they were represented through culture and design, in response to the…

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Lisa Kattenberg
The Power of Necessity

"Exploring reason of state in a global monarchy, The Power of Necessity examines how thinkers and agents in the Spanish monarchy navigated the tension between political pragmatism and moral-religious…

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Rafael Sánchez,
Reconocimientos

"In Caracas, Rafael Sánchez witnessed a transformative scene that led to his groundbreaking theory of the state. This stunning memoir of the intersection of politics and personal life narrates his re…

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Ralph Lange
Leading Rome from a Distance, 300 Bce-37 CE

A study of the notion of absent leadership and the methods used to govern Rome by politicians and leaders during the Republican and Early Imperial period.

lieferbar ab 28.5.2026.

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Ted Widmer
The Living Declaration: A Biography of America's Founding Text

INSIDE THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE: A historian and former presidential speechwriter traces the origins and legacy of the words and ideas that made America.Illustrations and close readings of 60 origi…

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Austrian Identity and Modernity

Bringing together an interdisciplinary cast of scholars, this volume explores national and nationalist identification(s) in Austria, as they were represented through culture and design, in response to the…

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Concepts of Politics in Modern Hungarian Thought

This book presents an overview of the concepts of 'politics' and of 'the political' in Hungary since 1526. Through a detailed methodological introduction and eleven case studies, Concepts of Politics in M…

lieferbar ab 19.2.2026.

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André Keil
Emergency Powers and the Home Fronts in Britain and Germany During the First World War

The book offers a wealth of local examples that explain how ideologies and perceptions of the 'enemy within' shaped the use of repressive emergency powers by politicians, police, and military.

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Dance and Science in the Long Nineteenth Century

"This collection reveals how the fields of dance and science informed each other's development and engaged with dominant European worldviews during a time of unprecedented colonial expansion"--

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Kevin Blachford
World Order in Late Antiquity

In World Order in Late Antiquity Blachford examines the diverse suzerain order of late antiquity as 'barbarous' nomadic tribes challenged the hierarchical ambitions of two rival empires who both claimed a…

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