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This rich collection of biographies of African men and women adds a crucial human dimension to our understanding of the continent's tumultuous history since 1800. They coped with upheavals such as the Atlantic slave trade, the absorption of smaller societies by larger ones, an...

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This engaging book provides a gateway to larger themes in modern British history through a set of fascinating portraits of individuals that explore important events and movements from the perspective of the people involved. As a rich and humanized supplement to traditional sur...

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Through compelling biographies of a wide range of historical figures, this engaging text presents a panorama of modern Chinese history that illustrates the great social and political changes that have occurred over the past 500 years. Through the lives of both the famous and t...

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Presents a human perspective of the history of France from 1789 onward through essays that highlight individuals and intriguing events that too often have been lost under labels and statistics. This book relates the individuals, events, and controversies to historiographical debates.

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Presents a study of Russian history since 1861, from the perspective of individuals and groups usually underrepresented in scholarly studies, giving the reader a view of Modern Russia from the 'grassroots' level. This collection is suitable for courses on Russian history and civilization, modern European history, and world history.

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The Human Tradition in Premodern China is a collection of biographical essays revealing the variety and complexity of human experience in China from the earliest historical times to the dawn of the modern age.

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Through the lives of a variety of Texans who put a human face on the state's history, this work presents the history of the 'Lone Star State'.

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This collection of 17 biographies provides a unique opportunity for the reader to go beyond the popular heroes of the American Revolution and discover the diverse populace that inhabited the colonies during this pivotal point in history.

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This collection of compact biographies puts a human face on the sweeping historical processes that shaped contemporary societies throughout the Atlantic world. Focusing on life stories that represented movement across or around the Atlantic Ocean from 1500 to 1850, The Human T...

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Like snapshots of everyday life in the past, the compelling biographies in this book document the making of the Black Atlantic world since the sixteenth century from the point of view of those who were part of it. Centering on the diaspora caused by the forced migration of Afr...

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This engaging collection of biographies explores the greater civil rights movement in America from Reconstruction to the 1970s while emphasizing the importance of grassroots actions and individual agency in the effort to bring about national civil renewal. While focusing on th...

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Features the Civil War and reconstruction that took place in American history.

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Brings together twelve biographical essays that explore the region's political, economic, and social development since the Civil War. These essays chronicle the lives of ordinary Americans whose lives and contributions help to highlight the great transformations that occurred in the South.

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The Vietnam War was an immense national tragedy that played itself out in the individual experiences of millions of Americans. The conflict tested and tormented the country collectively and individually in ways few historical events have.

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The Huns were the most feared barbarians of the Ancient world, known to their Roman enemies as the 'scourge of god'. This book explores the rise of the Huns and their development in terms of equipment, tactics and society, from their first attacks on the Goths to the death of the Emperor Justinian.

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The Hungarian Revolution of October 1956 was the most important armed rising against the USSR during the Cold War. This book uses sources and provides a reassessment five decades after the revolution.

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This work examines the Hussites as followers of Jan Hus, a reforming preacher who anticipated the Protestant Reformation in attacking the corruption and repression of the Church.

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A study of how the frontier became etched in the Australian imagination in the early-20th century in the image of folk heroes. It focuses on the mythology surrounding two such heroes - Douglas Mawson, legendary Antarctic explorer, and John Flynn, founder of the outback Flying Doctor Service.