Past Matters
Heritage and Planning History— Case Studies from the Pacific Rim
In a Pacific Rim setting, who benefits from urban planning? These case studies from Australia, New Zealand, and beyond explore difficulties faced by indigenous peoples and ask whose interests are at stake in urban heritage debates, challenging 'Metropolitan Theory'.
In a Pacific Rim setting, who benefits from urban planning? These case studies from Australia, New Zealand, and beyond explore difficulties faced by indigenous peoples and ask whose interests are at stake in urban heritage debates, challenging ‘Metropolitan Theory’.
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Peacemaking, Peacemakers and Diplomacy, 1880-1939
Essays in Honour of Professor Alan Sharp
Leading scholars explore the ‘new diplomacy’ conducted before, during, and after the First World War. These essays examine its origins, the changing view of war as a diplomatic tool, and how the Paris Peace Conference was viewed inside and outside Europe.
Leading scholars explore the ‘new diplomacy’ conducted before, during, and after the First World War. These essays examine its origins, the changing view of war as a diplomatic tool, and how the Paris Peace Conference was viewed inside and outside Europe.
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Religious Reading in the Lutheran North
Studies in Early Modern Scandinavian Book Culture
Religious Reading in the Lutheran North opens up an overlooked part of early modern history. Following the Reformation, high literacy fueled a boom in religious literature across the Nordic countries. This book investigates publication, reading habits, and interpretations.
Religious Reading in the Lutheran North opens up an overlooked part of early modern history. Following the Reformation, high literacy fueled a boom in religious literature across the Nordic countries. This book investigates publication, reading habits, and interpretations.
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Bridges Across the Sahara
Social, Economic and Cultural Impact of the Trans-Sahara Trade during the 19th and 20th Centuries
This book rethinks the history of modern Africa, examining the Saharan trade not as a barrier, but as a bridge. It critiques colonial scholarship and provides an alternative narrative of the forgotten histories that linked North, Central, and West Africa.
This book rethinks the history of modern Africa, examining the Saharan trade not as a barrier, but as a bridge. It critiques colonial scholarship and provides an alternative narrative of the forgotten histories that linked North, Central, and West Africa.
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Coming Home? Vol. 2
Conflict and Postcolonial Return Migration in the Context of France and North Africa, 1962-2009
Forced displacement creates conflict. This book explores the complex inter-relationship of conflict, return migration, and the compelling search for a sense of home, shifting attention to the colonial and post-colonial framework of the French-North African nexus.
Forced displacement creates conflict. This book explores the complex inter-relationship of conflict, return migration, and the compelling search for a sense of home, shifting attention to the colonial and post-colonial framework of the French-North African nexus.
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Public Offices, Personal Demands
Capability in Governance in the Seventeenth-Century Dutch Republic
This collection of essays explores a fundamental question of seventeenth-century governance: what makes a person capable for office? Focusing on the Dutch Republic, it shows how scientists, citizens, and merchants all joined the heated debate.
This collection of essays explores a fundamental question of seventeenth-century governance: what makes a person capable for office? Focusing on the Dutch Republic, it shows how scientists, citizens, and merchants all joined the heated debate.
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Eastern Indian Ocean
Historical Links to Contemporary Convergences
This pioneering study examines commercial and cultural linkages across the Eastern Indian Ocean, from past to present. It shows how reviving ancient connections can stimulate international trade, promote regional cooperation, and shape the India-South East Asia relationship.
This pioneering study examines commercial and cultural linkages across the Eastern Indian Ocean, from past to present. It shows how reviving ancient connections can stimulate international trade, promote regional cooperation, and shape the India-South East Asia relationship.
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The Orient of Europe
The Mythical Image of India and Competing Images of German National Identity
Why did German Romantics call Germany "the Orient of Europe"? This book reveals how they used an idealized India as a mirror to forge a national identity based on culture and spirit, not military might, during the Napoleonic Wars.
Why did German Romantics call Germany “the Orient of Europe”? This book reveals how they used an idealized India as a mirror to forge a national identity based on culture and spirit, not military might, during the Napoleonic Wars.
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Florida Studies
Proceedings of the 2005 Annual Meeting of the Florida College English Association
Florida’s long and colorful past is matched by its literary production, yet critical assessment has lagged. This volume corrects that oversight with papers on Florida literature, including studies of African-American figures and suggestions for teaching.
Florida’s long and colorful past is matched by its literary production, yet critical assessment has lagged. This volume corrects that oversight with papers on Florida literature, including studies of African-American figures and suggestions for teaching.
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This collection explores monarchy, family, suicide, and sodomy in eighteenth-century France. It argues that the private and public weakness of sovereigns and husbands undermined their legitimacy, challenging simplistic assumptions about absolutism and Revolution.
This collection explores monarchy, family, suicide, and sodomy in eighteenth-century France. It argues that the private and public weakness of sovereigns and husbands undermined their legitimacy, challenging simplistic assumptions about absolutism and Revolution.
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Evolutionary Theist
An Intellectual Biography of Minot Judson Savage, 1841-1918
The culmination of fifty years of research on American liberal religious thought, this study of Minot J. Savage completes the author’s work on the empirical tradition within the Free Religious Association.
The culmination of fifty years of research on American liberal religious thought, this study of Minot J. Savage completes the author’s work on the empirical tradition within the Free Religious Association.
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Civic Duty
Public Services in the Early Modern Low Countries
This study offers a new view on public services in the early modern Low Countries. It explores who provided services between 1500 and 1800, how they were rewarded, and how these responsibilities were shaped by conceptions of citizenship and collective interest.
This study offers a new view on public services in the early modern Low Countries. It explores who provided services between 1500 and 1800, how they were rewarded, and how these responsibilities were shaped by conceptions of citizenship and collective interest.
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Interwar Japan beyond the West
The Search for a New Subjectivity in World History
To avoid the Western imperialist yoke, late nineteenth-century Japan embraced an imperial identity. This was justified by a philosophy that saw Japan’s hegemonic aspirations as a moral obligation: a duty to overcome modern civilization and promote a new culture.
To avoid the Western imperialist yoke, late nineteenth-century Japan embraced an imperial identity. This was justified by a philosophy that saw Japan’s hegemonic aspirations as a moral obligation: a duty to overcome modern civilization and promote a new culture.
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Fields of Expertise
A Comparative History of Expert Procedures in Paris and London, 1600 to present
Fields of Expertise explores the relationship between experts and power from a historical perspective. Using case studies from Paris and London since 1600, it challenges traditional views on expertise in risk management, medicine, and economic policy.
Fields of Expertise explores the relationship between experts and power from a historical perspective. Using case studies from Paris and London since 1600, it challenges traditional views on expertise in risk management, medicine, and economic policy.
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Lesser Civil Wars
Civilians Defining War and the Memory of War
This book explores the cycle where the Memory of war, kept alive by civilians, creates the Will to fight again. It examines these "lesser civil wars"—the battles over memory in the Ohio River Valley that incubate a nation’s will to fight.
This book explores the cycle where the Memory of war, kept alive by civilians, creates the Will to fight again. It examines these “lesser civil wars”—the battles over memory in the Ohio River Valley that incubate a nation’s will to fight.
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The Greek Church of Cyprus, the Morea and Constantinople during the Frankish Era (1196-1303)
A New Perspective
This book examines the Greek Church in Cyprus, Morea and Constantinople during the Frankish Era (1196–1303). It analyses the establishment of the Latin Church and its relations with the Greek clergy and secular authorities.
This book examines the Greek Church in Cyprus, Morea and Constantinople during the Frankish Era (1196–1303). It analyses the establishment of the Latin Church and its relations with the Greek clergy and secular authorities.
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This book argues the Faustian pact with demonic forces is a motif explored not only in Doctor Faustus, but throughout Marlowe’s tragedies. It examines this pact in psychological and cultural terms, demonstrating its relevance for modern society.
This book argues the Faustian pact with demonic forces is a motif explored not only in Doctor Faustus, but throughout Marlowe’s tragedies. It examines this pact in psychological and cultural terms, demonstrating its relevance for modern society.
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Churchill likened Lloyd George’s attitude to Germany to Marshal Pétain. This book reveals why. Believing Germany was an underdog, Lloyd George supported appeasement even during Hitler's chancellorship and advocated a compromise peace during World War Two.
Churchill likened Lloyd George’s attitude to Germany to Marshal Pétain. This book reveals why. Believing Germany was an underdog, Lloyd George supported appeasement even during Hitler’s chancellorship and advocated a compromise peace during World War Two.
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To breach the limits of the acceptable is to define them. But does this understanding still apply today? This collection explores the complex relationship between artistic transgression and the law through essays on cinema, art, philosophy, music, and literature.
To breach the limits of the acceptable is to define them. But does this understanding still apply today? This collection explores the complex relationship between artistic transgression and the law through essays on cinema, art, philosophy, music, and literature.
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Islands and Britishness
A Global Perspective
What does it mean to be an islander? This collection explores the complex relationship between islands and Britain, examining how empire, tourism, and language shape identity from Jersey to Jamaica, offering a global perspective on Britishness.
What does it mean to be an islander? This collection explores the complex relationship between islands and Britain, examining how empire, tourism, and language shape identity from Jersey to Jamaica, offering a global perspective on Britishness.
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