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Kathleen B Casey
The Things She Carried

Purses and bags have always been much more than a fashion accessory.For generations of Americans, the purse has been an essential and highly adaptable object, used to achieve a host of social, cultural, a…

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A Cultural History of Genocide in the Ancient World

The preamble to the United Nations Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide recognizes "that at all periods of history genocide has inflicted great losses on humanity"…

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Joan Judge
The Politics of Common Reading

Examines the transformation of vernacular knowledge during a pivotal period of modern Chinese history, 1894 to 1954.What did common readers read in the midst of the revolutions that punctuated China's lon…

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Jonas Albrecht,
The Moral and Market Economies of Bread

From the 1770s the Vienna bread market was rocked by a series of politico-economic and technological changes that questioned the way this everyday foodstuff was sold and produced. In this book, Jonas Albr…

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Jason König
The Folds of Olympus

A cultural and literary history of mountains in classical antiquityThe mountainous character of the Mediterranean was a crucial factor in the history of the ancient Greek and Roman world. The Folds of Oly…

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Fintan Lane
William Thompson

This book is the first comprehensively researched study of the life and thought of Irish-born William Thompson (1778-1833), who is regarded by historians of socialist thought as the most influential theor…

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A Cultural History of Insects in the Modern Age

A Cultural History of Insects in the Modern Age covers the period from 1920 to the present, a time of tremendous scientific advances in our understanding of insects and their place in the natural world. T…

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Matthew P Fitzpatrick
A Pacific Power

A Pacific Power brings to light an often-overlooked history of German imperialism in the Pacific. Focusing on Samoa, it shows the tension between German rulers and Samoan subjects, as well as the variety …

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Joseph Sassoon
The Sassoons

A spectacular generational saga of the making (and undoing) of a family dynasty: the riveting untold story of the gilded Jewish Bagdadi Sassoons, who built a vast empire through global finance and trade--…

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Mark J Crowley
Post Office Women at War, 1939-45

The Post Office was central to Britain's effort to win the Second World War. From sending mail to connecting telephone calls and processing war savings certificates, its functions united a nation in a sen…

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Kulturgeschichten der Aufklärung

Mainzer Historische Kulturwissenschaften - Band 43

The anthology offers a carefully edited and commented selection of largely unknown cultural-historical texts from the 18th and early 19th centuries.

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Handbuch Queere Zeitgeschichten II

Historische Geschlechterforschung - Band 16

Dieses Handbuch macht queere Zeitgeschichte im deutschsprachigen Raum zum ersten Mal einem breiten Publikum zugänglich. Die Beiträge und Quellen erschließen Dynamiken, die das Leben von Lesben, Schwulen, …

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Alistair Fair, Lynn Abrams, Kat Breen, Miles Glendinning
Building Modern Scotland

Combining architectural and social history, this open access book tells for the first time the in-depth story of Scotland's new towns.One of the most significant episodes in modern architectural, urban an…

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Andrew Stone Higgins
From the Free Speech Movement to the Factory Floor

From the Free Speech Movement to the Factory Floordocuments the overlooked history and lasting influence of the International Socialists through the words of its members.Founded at UC Berkeley in 1964 as …

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Andrew Stone Higgins
From the Free Speech Movement to the Factory Floor

From the Free Speech Movement to the Factory Floordocuments the overlooked history and lasting influence of the International Socialists through the words of its members.Founded at UC Berkeley in 1964 as …

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A Cultural History of Insects in the Renaissance

A Cultural History of Insects in the Renaissance covers the period from 1300 to 1600, examining the profound impact of insects on the flowering of culture. In the early part of this period, the unpreceden…

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Caitlin Blackwell Baines
How to Build a Haunted House

A cultural history of the phenomenon of the 'haunted house' as seen through art, architecture, and ghost stories.What makes a house haunted? Why do some buildings conjure up a reputation for being particu…

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Michael Kremer, Cheryl Misak
Margaret MacDonald and Analytic Philosophy in the 1930s

This volume examines the important but, until recently, largely forgotten work of the British analytic philosopher Margaret Macdonald. Cheryl Misak and Michael Kremer provide essays on Macdonald's life an…

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Kate Eichhorn
School Yearbook

Why school yearbooks--as frivolous and cringey as they are--are far more than just objects of nostalgia.We're all familiar with the embarrassment that washes over us when recalling our high school yearboo…

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Camilla Annerfeldt
Clothing and Identity in Early Modern Rome

This is the first book-length exploration of the clothes worn in early modern Rome and provides novel insights into the city of Rome during one of its most fascinating periods. It also challenges the noti…

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