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Hugh Hamill has sought to understand why this rebellion followed the course it did. The book deals with the Queretaro conspiracy and an examination of the insurrection from the Grito de Dolores of September 16, 1810 to the battle at the Bridge of Calderon on January 17, 1811.

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In riveting first-person accounts, twenty-three adult survivors share the memories many had long supressed--how they lived in constant danger of discovery, fabricated new identities, and risked life, health and sanity to escape Nazi torture. Here, too, is how they grew, battled the guilt of surviving, and found the spirit to love and to heal.

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This book examines a group of educated women appearing in the nineteenth century and their contribution to Serbian literature and society. Tomic analyzes the literary values of their works and contrasts them with official evaluations, presenting their different social engagements and showing that there is abundant evidence challenging the canon.

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This unique book, now fully updated, provides a comprehensive overview of all aspects of life in North Korea today. Drawing on decades of experience, noted experts Ralph Hassig and Kongdan Oh explore a secretive, oppressed, and hungry world few outsiders can imagine.

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This unique book, now fully updated, provides a comprehensive overview of all aspects of life in North Korea today. Drawing on decades of experience, noted experts Ralph Hassig and Kongdan Oh explore a secretive, oppressed, and hungry world few outsiders can imagine.

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This text offers a look at the high school clubs and pecking order of postwar Los Angeles, when students' social lives were determined by male or female rites of passage, and Jewish or Gentile identities. The accounts provide a framework for understanding American gender and ethnic segregation.

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Covering the development of the Hindenburg Line and the climactic battles that took place around it, this highly illustrated volume is for history enthusiasts and World War I fans alike.

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A highly illustrated study of the pivotal campaign that saw the Allied armies led by Field Marshal Haig break through the German Hindenburg Line in 1918, publishing in its centenary year.

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This study analyzes the role of asceticism, icons, and the guru in South India. Tracing the development of Hindu monastic orders, the author analyzes the growth of these institutions from educational establishments to centers of traditional socio-religious authority, centering her argument on the phenomenon of guru whole-body relics.

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Focuses on historians and the history profession. This work not only asks but also answers the questions about writing and researching history such as: How do historians choose their histories What sort of emotional investment do they make in their subjects, and how do they control their sympathies How do they deal with unpalatable discoveries

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The changing understandings of the Middle Ages from the Age of Reason to the present, and how these relate to wider historiographical and philosophical developments.

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Argues that modernity's sense of the medieval past is the product of the dominant intellectual movements of the nineteenth century, Romanticism and Idealism, and that nineteenth century attitudes have continued to inform current understandings of the Middle Ages.

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This book provides a comprehensive and up-to-date guide to the lively historical controversies surrounding the political careers of Gladstone and Disraeli. Organised thematically around the most contested areas of interpretation, it offers a unique insight into the politics of Victorian England.

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"This book examines the recent political debates around free movement in the EU within the context of respective migration histories across the continent"--

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This chronological account traces the history of Afghanistan from pre-civilization to present-day events and considers the future of democracy in Afghanistan.

For centuries, Afghanistan has endured control by a gamut of political regimes as a result of its strategic location along the trade route between Asia and the Middle East.

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