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The Oxford History of the Archaic Greek World

The ancient Greek world consisted of approximately 1,000 autonomous polities scattered across the Mediterranean basin, and each one developed its own, unique set of socio-political institutions and social…

Sandra T Barnes

People in Motion

Beginning in the late fifteenth century, more than two million people were taken from areas that lay behind the Bight of Benin, enslaved, and forced into the perilous Middle Passage bound for the New Worl…

David E Barclay

Cold War City

The untold story of West Berlin, the island city deep inside the Soviet bloc that withstood the decades-long confrontation between the USSR and the WestLocated more than one hundred miles behind the Iron …

Athol Yates

Western Military Expatriates in the Armed Forces of the UAE

The book argues that Western military expatriates, who have supported the Emirati military forces over more than 50 years, have played a crucial yet bounded role in elevating the UAE's military capabiliti…

Dobbs

Die wahre Geschichte des Wilden Westens: Jesse James

Inmitten des Sezessionskrieges wird in Missouri die Farm der Familie James von Soldaten der Nordstaaten verwüstet. Ihre Brutalität weckt im jungen Jesse ein brennendes Verlangen: Rache! Darum schließt er …

Chris Filstrup, Jane Merrill

The Turban

A superbly illustrated history of the turban, from Arabian origins to global cultural icon.

Georgios Varouxakis

The West

A comprehensive intellectual history of the idea of the WestHow did "the West" come to be used as a collective self-designation signaling political and cultural commonality? When did "Weste…

Grand 12-Inches 4

Christopher S Celenza

The Evolution of Western Thought: Volume 1, from the Ancient World to Late Antiquity

A rich and immersive reinterpretation of the entire history of Western thought, this volume - the first in a major trilogy - explores the transmission and development of philosophical ideas from Plato and…

Martha A Sandweiss

The Girl in the Middle

Shortlisted for the Cundill History PrizeA haunting image of an unnamed Native child and a recovered story of the American WestIn 1868, celebrated Civil War photographer Alexander Gardner traveled to Fort…

Thomas S Bremer

Sacred Wonderland

Sacred Wonderland explores the historical role of religion in making Yellowstone National Park a meaningful American icon.

Fabio Spirinelli

Staging the Nation in an Intermediate Space

In Luxembourg, the evolution of cultural policy remains underexplored despite its pivotal role in the nation-building process. This book investigates how national cultural policy evolved from the 1920s to…

Tamera J Buzick, Ronald M James, Michael A Bedeau

Bowers Mansion

Few estates born from the discovery of the Comstock Lode still survive. Among the grandest, Bowers Mansion, dates to the height of the Civil War. The property has a tragic history shrouded in legend, laid…

Lily Yuriko Nakai Havey

Gasa Gasa Girl Goes to Camp

This creative memoir tells a coming of age story in a WWII Japanese-American internment camp

Guido Alfani

As Gods Among Men

"In this masterly book, [Alfani] offers an insightful long-run perspective and fascinating lessons for the future. A must-read!"---Thomas Piketty, author of Capital in the Twenty-First Century A…

Kelli Y Nakamura

Legacies of Incarceration

Legacies of Incarceration provides a holistic view of the incarceration experience of Hawaiʻi's Japanese by exploring the factors that shaped the circumstances of confinement on each island before, during…

Der BND nach Gehlen

Eine westdeutsche Geheimdienstgeschichte nach 1968.Die Geschichte des Bundesnachrichtendienstes seit 1968 ist ein weithin ungeschriebenes Kapitel der westdeutschen Demokratie. Der Band leistet Pionierarbe…

Elizabeth S Manley, Elizabeth Manley

Imagining the Tropics

Imagining the Tropics is a history of the development of tourism in the Caribbean across the twentieth century that focuses on the ways women's labors of hospitality, writing, and advocacy built the indus…

Pierre Place

Die Wahre Geschichte des Wilden Westens: Jim Bridger

Jim Bridger war schon zu Lebzeiten eine Legende: Als Jugendlicher schloss er sich der ersten großen Expedition ins obere Missouri-Tal von William Ashley an, um dort Biber zu jagen. Als Trapper trotzte er …