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Challenging the divide between objective history and fiction, this book explores the means and consequences of contemporary interactions between historiography and art. Scholars from diverse fields deconstruct old beliefs and reveal the social impact of representing the past.
Challenging the divide between objective history and fiction, this book explores the means and consequences of contemporary interactions between historiography and art. Scholars from diverse fields deconstruct old beliefs and reveal the social impact of representing the past.
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This collection of essays examines identity in 19th & 20th century Britain. It explores how social, cultural, and political change created fragmented identities, linking theoretical debates to historical work on class, gender, religion, and nationality.
This collection of essays examines identity in 19th & 20th century Britain. It explores how social, cultural, and political change created fragmented identities, linking theoretical debates to historical work on class, gender, religion, and nationality.
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Noesis
Essays in the History and Philosophy of Science, Philosophy of Language, Epistemology and Political Philosophy
This volume presents a selection of the best papers from a postgraduate philosophy conference. Its strength is its diversity, introducing readers to a vast range of important issues still pressing in philosophy today, from ethics to philosophy of science.
This volume presents a selection of the best papers from a postgraduate philosophy conference. Its strength is its diversity, introducing readers to a vast range of important issues still pressing in philosophy today, from ethics to philosophy of science.
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Teaching Irish Independence
History in Irish Schools, 1922-72
This book assesses how history teaching in Irish schools (1922-72) was used by church and state. It argues history was exploited to justify the state’s existence, serve as religious education, and legitimize the restoration of the Irish language.
This book assesses how history teaching in Irish schools (1922-72) was used by church and state. It argues history was exploited to justify the state’s existence, serve as religious education, and legitimize the restoration of the Irish language.
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Figures like Germaine Tillion, the Aubracs, and Marc Bloch made the radical decision to resist. This collection of essays addresses how resisters made sense of their world, and how later generations have engaged with the complex legacy of the Resistance.
Figures like Germaine Tillion, the Aubracs, and Marc Bloch made the radical decision to resist. This collection of essays addresses how resisters made sense of their world, and how later generations have engaged with the complex legacy of the Resistance.
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Resisting Modernity
Counternarratives of Nation and Masculinity in pre-Independence India
Samir Dayal’s Resisting Modernity is provocative. Drawing on postcolonial and psychoanalytic theory, Dayal complicates our understanding of Ramakrishna, Tagore, and Gandhi, seeing them as resisting the modernist rhetoric of sovereignty and rational nationalism.
Samir Dayal’s Resisting Modernity is provocative. Drawing on postcolonial and psychoanalytic theory, Dayal complicates our understanding of Ramakrishna, Tagore, and Gandhi, seeing them as resisting the modernist rhetoric of sovereignty and rational nationalism.
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From Weimar to Christiania
German and Scandinavian Studies in Context
From Weimar to Christiania is a compilation of graduate student work in German and Scandinavian Studies. These essays use a variety of disciplinary approaches to connect the fields, delivering compelling research that expands knowledge in northern European studies.
From Weimar to Christiania is a compilation of graduate student work in German and Scandinavian Studies. These essays use a variety of disciplinary approaches to connect the fields, delivering compelling research that expands knowledge in northern European studies.
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This collection of essays is devoted to last letters: notes to sever a relationship, messages written before death, and even fictional texts or poems. By focussing on these ultimate messages, the contributors provide an original approach to closure.
This collection of essays is devoted to last letters: notes to sever a relationship, messages written before death, and even fictional texts or poems. By focussing on these ultimate messages, the contributors provide an original approach to closure.
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V.M.Chernov
Theorist, Leader, Politician
As leader of Russia's largest revolutionary party, Viktor Chernov was the democratic alternative to the Bolsheviks. Elected President of the Constituent Assembly, his vision for a 'third force' was shattered, leading to a tragic life in exile.
As leader of Russia’s largest revolutionary party, Viktor Chernov was the democratic alternative to the Bolsheviks. Elected President of the Constituent Assembly, his vision for a ‘third force’ was shattered, leading to a tragic life in exile.
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Israel Diary
The Jewish State through the eyes of a Goy
He left his books to understand a land without borders. How do people live amidst such violent contrasts? On a journey from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, he travels from north to south seeking the truth in a complex, multi-ethnic world.
He left his books to understand a land without borders. How do people live amidst such violent contrasts? On a journey from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, he travels from north to south seeking the truth in a complex, multi-ethnic world.
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The Mirror of Antiquity
20th Century British Travellers in Greece
This book exposes how 20th-century travel writers’ responses to Greece were conditioned by classical scholarship and history. David Wills shows how, in their hands, Greece became less a modern country and more a mirror of its ancient past.
This book exposes how 20th-century travel writers’ responses to Greece were conditioned by classical scholarship and history. David Wills shows how, in their hands, Greece became less a modern country and more a mirror of its ancient past.
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A fascinating, first-hand account of the Anglo-Russian commission that delineated Afghanistan’s northern frontier. Presented as a series of letters, it describes the year-long journey with notes on Herat, the Oxus, and the Hindu Kush mountains.
A fascinating, first-hand account of the Anglo-Russian commission that delineated Afghanistan’s northern frontier. Presented as a series of letters, it describes the year-long journey with notes on Herat, the Oxus, and the Hindu Kush mountains.
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This memoir is a tale of one man’s survival despite all odds. It is an inspiring story of iron will and hope, enduring Stalin’s purges and WWII. One man’s life becomes the reflection of an entire country that has lived through decades of injustice.
This memoir is a tale of one man’s survival despite all odds. It is an inspiring story of iron will and hope, enduring Stalin’s purges and WWII. One man’s life becomes the reflection of an entire country that has lived through decades of injustice.
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Gags and Greasepaint
A Tribute to the Irish "Fit-Ups"
A personal memoir of Vic, the “Sequin Queen” of Irish repertory theatre, recounted by her granddaughter, one of the last travelling artistes. A hymn to the artist whose home was the road… one final tread of the magic footboard.
A personal memoir of Vic, the “Sequin Queen” of Irish repertory theatre, recounted by her granddaughter, one of the last travelling artistes. A hymn to the artist whose home was the road… one final tread of the magic footboard.
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Learning Abroad
A History of the Commonwealth Scholarship and Fellowship Plan (Second Edition)
Since 1959, Commonwealth scholarships have moved over 30,000 people across borders. This book sets out the narrative of the scholarship plan, looking at both the scholars and those who selected them, and examines the policies of countries offering scholarships and the recipients.
Since 1959, Commonwealth scholarships have moved over 30,000 people across borders. This book sets out the narrative of the scholarship plan, looking at both the scholars and those who selected them, and examines the policies of countries offering scholarships and the recipients.
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Yea, Alabama! A Peek into the Past of One of the Most Storied Universities in the Nation
The University of Alabama (Volume 1 – 1819 through 1871 – Second Edition)
Battles relates the narrative of the storied University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa, in the United States, bringing to the fore many new facts, new stories, new characters, new revelations, and new photos that offer the fullest picture of the University provided to date.
Battles relates the narrative of the storied University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa, in the United States, bringing to the fore many new facts, new stories, new characters, new revelations, and new photos that offer the fullest picture of the University provided to date.
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Internalising the Historical Past
Issues for Separation and Moving On
This book explores the traumatic effects of broken attachments resulting from the separation of families through slavery. Using attachment theory, it discusses the psychological trauma on descendants of the enslaved and its impact on their lives today.
This book explores the traumatic effects of broken attachments resulting from the separation of families through slavery. Using attachment theory, it discusses the psychological trauma on descendants of the enslaved and its impact on their lives today.
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Dublin Castle and the Anglo-Irish War
Counter Insurgency and Conflict
This book examines why the British, with a modern army and vast empire, were unable to suppress an infant Irish insurgency. It probes the operational failures and complex animosities within the British security apparatus to find the answer.
This book examines why the British, with a modern army and vast empire, were unable to suppress an infant Irish insurgency. It probes the operational failures and complex animosities within the British security apparatus to find the answer.
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Discrimination in Northern Ireland, 1920-1939
Myth or Reality?
This book examines allegations of discrimination by Northern Ireland's Unionist government against the Catholic minority. Focusing on 1920-39, it assesses whether the charges of overt discrimination levelled against the government were warranted.
This book examines allegations of discrimination by Northern Ireland’s Unionist government against the Catholic minority. Focusing on 1920-39, it assesses whether the charges of overt discrimination levelled against the government were warranted.
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Rebellion, Resistance and the Irish Working Class
The Case of the ‘Limerick Soviet’
This book explores the 1919 ‘Limerick Soviet,’ a major strike in Ireland that made headlines worldwide. This volume considers this seminal event in Irish history and illuminates its connection to larger European controversies over workers' rights.
This book explores the 1919 ‘Limerick Soviet,’ a major strike in Ireland that made headlines worldwide. This volume considers this seminal event in Irish history and illuminates its connection to larger European controversies over workers’ rights.
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