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This book examines the study of natural history in the Spanish Empire in the years, 1750-1850, taking a transatlantic approach to the history of science. -- .

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Conquering the maharajas demonstrates that the political and military clashes between the Indian and Pakistani governments and the princely states, a legacy of the layered sovereignty of British indirect rule in India, was a product of the competing ideas of state sovereignty leading up to and following the transfer of power in 1947.

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Golding investigates the Norman Conquest from a number of perspectives, examining the dynamics of colonisation and the wide-ranging effects of the Norman settlement. Revised, updated and expanded, this new edition of an established text now incorporates the latest research and contains more on key areas such as towns, gender and the peasantry.

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Beginning with the Norman Conquest of England, these tumultuous centuries and their invasions shaped the languages and political geography of present-day Britain and Ireland. Tracing the political, religious and material cultures of the period, the author seeks to define the ways in which lives changed during these turbulent times.

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Conserving Health brings together scholarship from across the disciplinary spectrum to illustrate the role of preventive culture in early modern England and Italy, its ubiquity but also how patterns of healthy living differed in different countries. -- .

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Fears of conspiracy and political terrorism are not confined to our own time - they were central to the French Revolution. This is the first major study of political conspiracies at this momentous epoch in history. -- .

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Opening at the end of 1960, the Chicago Eight trial bought Yippies, anti-war activists and Black Panthers to face conspiracy charges, arising from the protests at the 1968 Democratic National Convention. This book contains a transcript of the trial, and drawings help recreate the atmosphere of the courtroom.

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In Conspiracy Writ Large: Persons of Interest in the Plot to Kill President Lincoln, Gerry Christmas takes a global perspective on the assassination. The author's thesis is that multiple forces, both foreign and domestic, combined to eliminate America's most beloved leader. Such a contention demands much from the reader, not the least being independent thinking, rationality, and creativity.

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Tells the story of Lenin's exile: the years in which he and his political collaborators plotted a revolution that changed 20th-century history. This title describes Lenin's many conflicts - personal and political - with those who shared his exile. It also looks at the loyal circle of women who unquestioningly supported Lenin.

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One forgotten street, 12 unforgettable women.

Ang on boy, Joans got sumfink to show yer. She rummaged in a drawer for a moment, pulled out a piece of paper and handed it to me.

Constance Street, she said. As I remember it.

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Constituent power of the people is a core concept of modern politics but what does this concept actually mean This book addresses this question, sketching how constituent power of the people has been conceived since the early modern revolutions.

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Famed as a classic naval duel, a one-on-one clash between two sailing frigates offered the victor immeasurable fame and glory. This book offers an insight into the ruthless reality of frigate battles in the War of 1812.

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This book examines the relationship between the Capetian monarchs of France and the Crusades, and considers the challenge to political authority that confronted them following their failure to join the early crusades, and their less-than-impressive involvement in later ones. -- .

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This book examines the relationship between the Capetian monarchs of France and the Crusades, and considers the challenge to political authority that confronted them following their failure to join the early crusades, and their less-than-impressive involvement in later ones. -- .

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Offers a reassessment of the 'consumer rites' that social critics have decried. This book discusses how holiday celebrations were almost banished by Puritans and religious reformers but went on to be romanticized and reinvented in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. It offers a cultural history of the commercialization of American holidays.

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This book assembles an expert team of leading authorities and up-and coming scholars to re-assess the status of the Co-op in modern British history and demonstrate the Co-op's continuing relevance to contemporary debates about consumerism and . -- .

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