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This collection of essays represents the first attempt in this country to examine systematically the nature and development of modern Japanese self-consciousness as expressed through culture. The essays reveal eloquently the extent to which important aspects of Japanese intellectual life in the early twentieth century were inspired by European mode

A cultural history of music in wartime based on detailed archival research, Culture and Propaganda in World War II analyses the use of music in the work of British and German film-makers and will be essential reading for historians, musicians, film scholars and propaganda analysts.

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The rise of Japan as an economic superpower is a remarkable episode in the history of the modern world. This book sets to explain this phenomenal success by looking at the issues of culture and technology, and making comparison with the experience of the USA, the UK and Europe as a whole.

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In the eighteenth century, England became the richest and most powerful country in the world. This book presents a rounded portrait of English culture in the eighteenth century. It talks about the taste in architecture; the wealth of cultural activity; the patronage of and market for books, art, architecture, music, and consumer goods; and more.

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This text presents a historical perspective on Germany's cultural history since 1945 and offers students and scholars a picture of politics and culture during a unique period in German history.

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Essays in commemoration of Denis L T Bethall.

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Woodworth presents the war in the words of those who lived it.

Contrasting selections will help the reader to see the war through the eyes of Northerners and Southerners as: soldiers prepare for war;

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The conflict in cultures between the Arabs and Israelis is brought to life in these first-person accounts, letters, memoirs and stories from ordinary people caught in the strife. Against a background of the changes that have characterized their society, the perspectives of both sides are examined.

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The French Revolution remains one of the crucial events of modern European and world history.

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Demystifying the conflict and educating both students and general readers, this historical overview ranges from the events that preceded the war to its end in 1975.

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This collection of essays examines the dynamic cultural world of Russia's lower classes during the last decades of the prerevolutionary order.

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"This volume grew out of seminars and colloquia organized by the Shelby Cullom Davis Center for Historical Studies at Princeton University under its program from 2008 to 2010 titled 'Cultures and Institutions in Motion'"--Acknowledgments.

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Draws on a wide range of cultural materials in order to challenge Eurocentric readings of decolonisation. -- .

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Draws on a wide range of cultural materials in order to challenge Eurocentric readings of decolonisation.

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This reader collects together articles by key historians, literary critics and anthropologists on the cultures of colonialism in the British Empire in the 19th and 20th centuries. It is divided into three sections: theoretical, emphasizing approaches; the colonisers "at home"; and "away".

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By contrasting mobs of rope-wielding white Southerners to the gun-toting policemen and administrators who formally defended white supremacy in South Africa, this book employs racial killing as an optic for examining the distinctive logic of the racial state in the two contexts.

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In August 1745 Charles Edward Stuart, the 'Young Pretender', landed in Scotland and sparked the Second Jacobite Rising. Depicting the distinctive uniforms of Cumberland's men, this study offers details of regimental strengths and casualties and includes a chronology that places individual units in specific places throughout the campaign.

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Drawing on countless interviews, letters and top secret memos, this book traces the evolution of the military occupation over four decades. It provides vivid portraits of the key players in this unfolding drama, including Moshe Dayan, Bill Clinton and Yasser Arafat.

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An improved version of the Allison V-1710 engine gave rise to the Curtiss H-87, which began life in 1941 as the P-40D and featured a completely redesigned fuselage. The shorter and deeper nose of the new fighter gave it a decidedly snub-nosed appearance compared to the earlier P-40 models. This title deals with this engine.