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A Cultural History of Disability in the Long Nineteenth Century

The long 19th century-stretching from the start of the American Revolution in 1776 to the end of World War I in 1918-was a pivotal period in the history of disability for the Western world and the culture…

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A Cultural History of Disability in the Long Eighteenth Century

18th century philosopher Edmund Burke wrote, 'deformity is opposed, not to beauty, but to the complete, common form. If one of the legs of a man be found shorter than the other, the man is deformed; becau…

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A Cultural History of Disability in the Middle Ages

The Middle Ages was an era of dynamic social transformation, and notions of disability in medieval culture reflected how norms and forms of embodiment interacted with gender, class, and race, among other …

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A Cultural History of Disability in the Renaissance

In Renaissance humanism, difference was understood through a variety of paradigms that rendered particular kinds of bodies and minds disabled. A Cultural History of Disability in the Renaissance, covering…

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Paul Koudounaris
Faithful Unto Death

The remarkable stories of beloved pets--from the famous and unusual to the everyday--memorialized at burial sites around the world, accompanied by a rich selection of archival photos and the author's evoc…

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Katy Kelleher
The Ugly History of Beautiful Things

Paris Review columnist Katy Kelleher explores our obsession with gorgeous things, unveiling the fraught histories of makeup, flowers, perfume, silk, and other beautiful objects.

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Gazi Mizanur Rahman
In the Malay World

"Based on various archival and non-archival records, oral testimonies and travel accounts, some of which are used for the first time, this book explores the historical migration of Bengalis and their dias…

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A Cultural History of Objects in the Medieval Age

A Cultural History of Objects in the Medieval Age covers the period 500 to 1400, examining the creation, use and understanding of human-made objects and their consequences and impacts. The power and agenc…

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Beyond Indenture

"Beyond Indenture brings together original essays by a mix of experienced and upcoming scholars. They reflect, as far as possible, the viewpoints and voices of indentured Indians who exercised agency, res…

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Jeff Hobbs
Seeking Shelter

"In the tradition of Evicted and Invisible Child, Jeff Hobbs masterfully explores America's housing crisis through the real-life story of Evelyn. This is Hobbs's first book since The Short and Tragic Life…

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Ed Pulford
Past Progress

"While anxiety abounds in the old Cold War West that progress -- whether political or economic -- has been reversed, for citizens of former-socialist countries, murky temporal trajectories are nothing new…

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Ed Pulford
Past Progress

"While anxiety abounds in the old Cold War West that progress -- whether political or economic -- has been reversed, for citizens of former-socialist countries, murky temporal trajectories are nothing new…

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A Cultural History of Sport in the Medieval Age

A Cultural History of Sport in the Medieval Age covers the period 600 to 1450. Lacking any viable ancient models, sport evolved into two distinct forms, divided by class. Male and female aristocrats hunte…

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Vanessa Chang
The Body Digital

A dazzling tour of the history of technology and its complex relationship to the human body—from a Silicon Valley expert and scholar of technology What is the relationship between our bodies and our sen…

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John Parker
In My Time of Dying

"Why do people die and where do they go when they are dead? How should the dead be buried and mourned in order to ensure that they continue to work for the benefit of the living? How have perceptions and …

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Katrin Bromber
Sports & Modernity in Late Imperial Ethiopia

Innovative study of the role of sports in modernity in Africa.

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A Cultural History of Objects in the Renaissance

A Cultural History of Objects in the Renaissance covers the period 1400 to 1600. The Renaissance was a cultural movement, a time of re-awakening when classical knowledge was rediscovered, leading to an ef…

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Tim Mc Inerney
Nobility and the Making of Race in Eighteenth-Century Britain

"Examines how race theory was created and established in 18th-century Britain and Ireland"--

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Hwaji Shin
Being Korean, Becoming Japanese?

"In Japan the number of "Special Permanent Residents"-most of whom are of Korean descent, the so-called "Zainichi"-is declining according to government statistics. Does this mean Koreans living in Japan a…

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Chuck Schumer
Antisemitism in America

"In an urgent and personal new book, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer sheds light on the Jewish American experience and sounds the alarm about the troubling resurgence of antisemitism. When it comes t…

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