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The years 19972001 were eventful ones for the Howard Government. This second volume of the Howard Government series explores these tumultuous years. In Back from the Brink politicians, commentators and scholars take a critical look at the Howard Government's performance, and analyse landmark events.

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In essays that take readers all the way from sites of ancient native activity to the county morgue, ten of Las Vegas' best writers wrestle with the many wayspersonal, social, historicalthat the past shapes the present and the future.

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This revised and updated edition looks at the future of the Canadian legal and political systems as they relate to this country's indigenous communities.

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Baltic Facades presents a new history of the Baltic area, one that dispels the myth of a single, coherent regional identity. Aldis Purs describes the unique character of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, whilst also examining the anxiety that these peoples feel about how others perceive them.

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In a narrative that spans the history of the American frontier, the trenches of World War I, the Holocaust, and beyond, "Barbed Wire" looks unflinchingly at a central and fascinating thread of modern life. Rare photos.

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By the mid-twentieth century, Barry Island had become one of Britain's most popular seaside resorts. Its history carries important lessons for historians of coastal tourism. This is the first full-length academic study of the Island's development as a seaside resort.

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An introduction to heraldry for the layman. It begins with the history, then gives an informed analysis of the elements in a coat of arms: the shield, tinctures, charges, helm and crest. Further on it covers every aspect and period of the subject.

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Beastly London explores the complex and changing relationship between Londoners of all classes and their animal neighbours: from a mainly exploitative relationship, to London becoming the birthplace of animal welfare societies and animal rights' campaigns.

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Islam emerged amid flourishing Christian and Jewish cultures, yet students of Antiquity and the Middle Ages mostly ignore it. This title suggests a new way of thinking about the historical relationship between the scriptural monotheisms, integrating Islam into European and West Asian history.

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The extraordinary first-hand account of an American special forces unit in the jungles of southeast Asia and their guerilla operations against the Japanese during World War II!

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Burlesque was one of America's most popular forms of live entertainment in the first half of the twentieth century. Gaudy, bawdy, and spectacular, the shows entertained thousands of paying customers seven days a week, week after week. This title reveals the true story of burlesque, even as it experiences a new renaissance.

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The war has dramatically changed the geographies of nearly all Ukrainians and returned the work of an architectural critic to the traditional mainstream of journalism. This shift has taken Gubkinas thoughts from the academic context and made them more akin to war reporting.

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Offers a fresh and original approach to the masculinities, subjectivities and emotions of working-class young men, and makes a distinctive contribution to the history of leisure and interwar youth. -- .

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A new edition of a painstakingly researched and comprehensive biography of a hero of the early 20th century labour movement in the USA.

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Beginning with his time as a young printer, this narrative details how Benjamin Franklin became a celebrity with the publication of "Poor Richard: An Almanack" and how he founded the colonies' first lending library, volunteer fire company, and postal service.

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Brimming with lessons still relevant for today's activists, Berkeley: The Student Revolt is a classic of on-the-ground historical reportage.

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Berlin is a comprehensive short history and portrait of the German capital today.

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Stephen Barber explores previously neglected material from the city's audio and visual archives to examine how people interacted with the streets, buildings, squares and spaces of Berlin.

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The incredible solution to the crime of the twentieth century!Here's what we now know: John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas by Mafia contract killers hired by Louisiana mob boss Carlos Marcello.