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Readers seeking a historical and cross-cultural treatment of marriage and the family will not be disappointed by this book. After going back to the earliest generations of human life to seek the roots of why and how human beings came to marry, it explores the various points in family life at which marriages are made, dissolved, and remade.

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From the natural beauty of the Amazon River to the exciting resort city of Rio de Janeiro, from soccer champion Pel to classical musician Villa Lobos, Brazil is known as a distinctive, diverse country. This book provides a brief history of Brazil that focuses on both the politics and culture of the republic.

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How did Germany become an industrial power What responsibility does Germany bear for the two world wars This study attempts to answer these and other questions by looking at the economic, social, political and cultural forces which have created modern Germany.

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A broad, comparative history of librarianship, this intriguing work goes beyond the standard focus on institutions and collections to help you explore the part modern librarianship played-and continues to play-in forming Western cultures.

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A war of attrition is usually conceptualized as a bloody slogging match, epitomized by imagery of futile frontal assaults on the Western Front of the First World War.

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Please note: We can't take UK web orders at this time, but further information can be obtained by emailing info@continuumbooks.com. US web orders are available now.

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While we now recognize that MS is a common neurological disease, as late as the early twentieth century it was considered a relatively rare condition in Europe and the United States.

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This book provides information on every NFL and AFL preseason game played from 1960 to 1985. Interesting events, significant games, key players, new rules, and off-season developments are all detailed, making this a unique and important reference for fans and historians alike.

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This book provides information on every NFL and AFL preseason game played from 1986 to 2013. Interesting events, significant games, key players, new rules, and off-season developments are all detailed, making this a unique and important reference for fans and historians alike.

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Traces the relative successes of Bolivia's labor unions, contextualizing their triumphs and disappointments within the history of Bolivia's tumultuous political scene. The author explains how the labor movement evolved in the framework of several political changes, including the Bolivian National Revolution which began on April 9, 1952.

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Alexander examines the history of the labor movement in Brazil during its two key phases.

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Starting with the organization of tobacco workers and other groups in the last few years of Spanish colonial rule, this work traces the growth of the labour movement during the early decades of the republic, noting in particular the influence of anarchosyndicalists, Marxists and "independents".

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Studies the history of organized labor in the Central American republics. This title traces the history in the various countries from the early 19th century to the end of the 20th century. It also discusses why they appeared, and what organizational and ideological tendencies characterized the movement in these countries.

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This volume traces the history of organized labor in Peru and Ecuador from its first appearance in the late nineteenth century until the end of the twentieth century. It also discusses the negative impact on the trade union movement of the free enterprise-free trade policies of the last decades of the twentieth century.

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Alexander traces the history of organised labour across all the countries of the English-speaking Caribbean. He also examines international affiliations of trades unions in the West Indies.

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In this volume, Alexander sketches the history of organized labor in the countries of Uruguay and Paraguay. He covers such topics as the role of organized labor in the economics and politics of these two countries and their relations with the international labor movement.

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A touching and soaring new musical love story from Oliver Emanuel musical about a man and a woman and the little bits of paper that make up a life.

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Looks at the changes in women's mass circulation journals since at the end of the 19th century.

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