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The Imperial German Navy was concentrated in two areas - Home Waters and Tsingtao under the command of Admiral von Spee. As Spee made his way to the Chilean port, he met the British 4th Cruiser Squadron which had been ordered to engage and defeat the German force. This resulted in the battle of Coronel. This book deals with this battle.

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Irresistiblehistory at its most human. Elegant and addictively readable. William Dalrymple

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A history of the ancient Athenians' consuming passions for food, wine and sex.

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This book examines the popular publications of the Victorian period, illuminating the intricacies of courtship and marriage from the differing perspectives of the working, middle, and upper classes.

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This book is the first comprehensive archive-based study to explore governance, surveillance, political culture and public policymaking in colonial Hong Kong from 1966 to 1997, using newly released archival documents in London and Hong Kong. Using historical discipline, it provides a thorough understanding of state-society relations in Hong Kong.

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This book is the first comprehensive archive-based study to explore governance, surveillance, political culture and public policymaking in colonial Hong Kong from 1966 to 1997, using newly released archival documents in London and Hong Kong. Using historical discipline, it provides a thorough understanding of state-society relations in Hong Kong.

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"A Civil Action" meets Indian country, as one man takes on the federal government and the largest boondoggle in U.S. history--and wins.

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What did it mean to be an artisan in early modern London Through an innovative and inter-disciplinary approach to urban social, cultural and architectural histories, this book examines how individual and corporate identities were forged through negotiation of the spatial and material cultures of the early modern city.

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Crashing an American Wake is an important read for anyone interested in Irish history and finding their own Irish roots.

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This book explores British imperial attitudes towards China during their early encounters from 1792 to 1840. -- .

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Civil defence was the most significant voluntary organisation of the Second World War. It involved men and women of every class, generation and locality in Britain. This book examines how civil defence personnel developed local workplace communities, engaged with ideas about civil duty, and helped to create the myth of the peoples war.

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Cricket and Community in England: 1800 to the Present Day is a path-breaking enquiry into the social history of the summer game. -- .

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Trevor Royle demonstrates how the Crimean War was a watershed in world history: coming between the defeat of Napoleon in 1815 and the opening shots of the First World War in 1914 it pointed the way to what mass warfare would be like for soldiers in the twentieth century.

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In this unique historical record, Henry Kissinger reveals what goes on behind the scenes at the highest levels in a diplomatic crisis.

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Fashioning a working political structure in Israel that will bring together all aspects of society, from Jews to Arabs, ultra-Orthodox to assertively secular, has never been easy.

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Collection of essays examining some of the crucial sectional issues between the North and South in the pre-Civil War era as well as exploring the economic history of that period.

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For most of World War II, British tank development remained faithful to the design philosophy inaugurated during World War I.

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Less than three years after Oliver Cromwell's magnificent funeral in 1658 his corpse was removed from Westminster Abbey and 'executed' at Tyburn. This gruesome ceremony launched Cromwell's head on three centuries of extraordinary adventures. This work tells the story of the head's remarkable journey.

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US involvement in Central America during the 1980s clearly demonstrated the costs, risks, and limits to intervention and the use of force in internal conflicts. This title provides a contribution to irregular warfare theory through an examination of the origins, strategic dynamics, and termination of the Sandinista insurrection in Nicaragua.