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This book presents the Great Depression through the lens of 13 films, beginning with movies made during the Depression and ending with films from the 21st century, and encourages readers to examine the various depictions of this period throughout history.

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The definitive history of the Great Depression

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This collection of essays exposes how meaning has been produced around the Great Exhibition. Critics and historians of art, culture, design and literature have been brought together to examine the objects, the images, the documents and the fictions of 1851.

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An invaluable compendium of sources relating to the Great Exhibition -- .

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An invaluable compendium of sources relating to the Great Exhibition -- .

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Drake's daring raids had finally resulted in the outbreak of the long-expected war and it would be the last action of its kind for some years as England sought to protect herself against invasion and the Spanish invasion.

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In April 1916, shortly before the commencement of the Battle of the Somme, a fire started in a vast munitions works located in the Kentish marshes. The resulting series of explosions killed 108 people and injured many more. This book recreates the events of that terrible day and sheds an unexpected light on the British home front in the Great War.

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This is the first biography of the last major unknown figure in European history. The Duke of Lerma was the first and greatest of the royal favourites of the European seventeenth century. He was the greatest art patron of his generation and the greatest lay builder in Spanish history. This study is profoundly well researched and fluently written.

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For Britain, the last French and Indian War of 1754-1760 dwarfed all earlier conflicts. From a wider historical perspective, this text studies the struggle for North America in the previous two centuries, such as the French-British conflict and the role of the Amerindians and other European powers.

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Combining armchair travel with political history and social commentary, Barbara Crossette offers the first look across Asia to tell the story of hill stations from their colonial origins to the present.

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Examines the extensive Islamic conquests between AD 632 and 750. This book examines the social and military history of the period, describing how and why the Islamic expansion was so successful.

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This book analyses the battle for ideological and actual control of the Durham Miners' Association between Liberals, socialists and syndicalists in the tumultuous period prior to the First World War. -- .

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This book analyses the battle for ideological and actual control of the Durham Miners' Association between Liberals, socialists and syndicalists in the tumultuous period prior to the First World War. -- .

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The history of a long-running environmental catastrophe chronicles the harmful effects of lead pipes and their continued use despite evidence that they pose a significant health risk.

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'By far the best single-volume description of the mutiny yet written' - Economist

A beautifully written and meticulously researched narrative history of the great Indian uprising of 1857 by one of our most acclaimed living historians. First published in 1978 and re-issued with a handsome new cover for the 2002 paperback edition.

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This volume also includes an introductory essay on Great Plains regional identity as well as a timeline, bibliography, and index.

The Greenwood Encyclopedia of American Regional Cultures is the first rigorous reference collection on the many ways in which American identity has been defined by its regions and its people.

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The award-winning journalist and bestselling author of "His Panic" details the evolving role of Hispanics in shaping America's future.

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