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

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In an age when even the humblest marriage was influenced by material calculation, O'Hara maintains that courtship still played a vital role in securing marriages. Here, the structured nature of Tudor courtship is examined using both historical and anthropological perspectives.

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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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In 1932, the Al Saud family officially incorporated the Kingdom of the Hijaz into the new Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The Hijazis became a people without a country of their own.

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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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As a case study of the Truman Administration's Early Cold War efforts, it explores pre-Containment policy in light of U.S. security concerns vis-a-vis the Pearl Harbor Syndrome.

The American pursuit of a secure Pacific Basin was inconsistent at the time with its foreign policy toward other areas of the world.

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Creating Australia argues for greater emphasis on the originality of Australians and a greater appreciation of their achievements. It shows how recent historical research on the plurality of Australian experience can in fact contribute to a positive view of our past.

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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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Previous edition published in 1990 by Pinter Publishers.

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This case study of an underdeveloped area was carried out by the Rockefeller Foundation in an effort to discover what kinds of assistance can be usefully given to underdeveloped areas and in what ways. It is hoped that the results will be useful to many kinds of specialists--government and foundation officials, foreign-aid missions, private investo

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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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