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(Paperback, Revised edition)

By: Dennis McAuliffe

ISBN: 9781641604161
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Feb 2021
Publisher: Chicago Review Press
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(Hardback)

By: Helen Rawlings

ISBN: 9780719079634
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Sep 2012
Publisher: Manchester University Press
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Looks at when, why and how Spain declined in status from its pre-eminent position as a leading world power in the seventeenth century, examining the methodologies and schools of inquiry that have shaped the discourse and how historians' perceptions have been influenced by time and circumstance. -- .


(Hardback)

By: Anthony Webster

ISBN: 9780719067921
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: May 2006
Publisher: Manchester University Press
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Examines the rise of the British empire and the various debates among historians of imperialism over the past two hundred years. It discusses why the empire is so attractive to historians, why there is so much debate and controversy surrounding the subject. -- .


(Paperback)

By: Marco Polo

ISBN: 9781624664366
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: May 2016
Publisher: Hackett Publishing Co, Inc
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(Hardback)

By: Gilbert Alter-Gilbert

ISBN: 9781616088309
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jan 2013
Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing
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A guide to history's most notorious absolutist rulers and authoritarian regimes. In a handsome hardcover format, this handym encyclopedia of totalitarians is as informative as it is titillating - with original portraits and accompanying profiles.


(Hardback)

By: Gary Wasserman

ISBN: 9781510721722
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Nov 2017
Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing
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A fascinating and illuminating window into Arab culture by a professor teaching American politics at Georgetown University's School of Foreign Service in Doha, Qatar.


(Paperback)

By: Linda R. Robertson

ISBN: 9780816642717
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Nov 2005
Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
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The compelling story of the creation of the first American air force and how the American imagination was shaped by the depiction of the flying ace - the gentleman warrior who offered not only a symbol of warfare in stark contrast to the muddy, brutal world of the trenches, but also a distraction to the American public.


(Hardback)

By: Doug Hoverson

ISBN: 9780816669912
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Dec 2019
Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
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(Paperback)

By: Liza Weinstein

ISBN: 9780816683109
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Sep 2014
Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
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(Hardback)

By: Steven J. Reid

ISBN: 9781910900185
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Aug 2023
Publisher: John Donald Publishers Ltd
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This is the first comprehensive study of James VIs early life, his rise to power and the factional intrigues of his court. The Early Life of James VI provides a full assessment of James early relationship with his mother, Mary Queen of Scots and includes major new archival research on James early court and household.


(Paperback)

By: Annemarie Schimmel

ISBN: 9781861892515
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Sep 2006
UK Publication Date: 1st July 2006
Publisher: Reaktion Books
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The Mughal empire (1526 1857) has long been viewed as a wonderland of unimaginable treasure; it was in fact the mightiest Islamic empire in the history of India. This book describes the political, military and economic rise of the Mughals, their system of rule, and their gradual collapse, finally supplanted by the British colonial empire in 1857.


(Hardback)

By: Paula S. Fass

ISBN: 9780691162577
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jul 2016
Publisher: Princeton University Press
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The End of American Childhood takes a sweeping look at the history of American childhood and parenting, from the nation's founding to the present day. Renowned historian Paula Fass shows how, since the beginning of the American republic, independence, self-definition, and individual success have informed Americans' attitudes toward children. But as


(Paperback)

By: Paula S. Fass

ISBN: 9780691178202
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jan 2018
Publisher: Princeton University Press
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(Hardback)

By: Robin Renwick

ISBN: 9781849547925
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Apr 2015
Publisher: Biteback Publishing
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(Paperback)

By: Jon Savage

ISBN: 9780816672929
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Aug 2010
Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
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The essential companion to England's Dreaming, the seminal history of punk.


(Paperback)

By: David Clark

ISBN: 9781842433454
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Apr 2017
Publisher: Oldcastle Books Ltd
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The English Civil War is a subject of perennial interest. This book presents the 'essentials' of the conflict in the form of a readable chronological narrative, beginning with the causes of the war and ending with the execution of King Charles I....


(Paperback)

By: Michael Harney

ISBN: 9781603843157
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Mar 2011
Publisher: Hackett Publishing Co, Inc
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A powerful warrior in the Christian reconquest of medieval Spain, a formidable strategist, and a charismatic leader, Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar, the 'Cid' deeply impressed his contemporaries, both Christian and Muslim. This title records the deeds of the 'Cid' of history and legend.


(Paperback)

By: Bernal Diaz del Castillo

ISBN: 9781624660023
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Mar 2014
Publisher: Hackett Publishing Co, Inc
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(Hardback)

By: Bernal Diaz del Castillo

ISBN: 9781624660030
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Mar 2014
Publisher: Hackett Publishing Co, Inc
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(Paperback)

By: Frederick Douglass

ISBN: 9781624664533
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: May 2016
Publisher: Hackett Publishing Co, Inc
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In addition to a thoughtful selection of the essays, speeches, and autobiographical writings of Frederick Douglass, this anthology provides an illuminating Introduction; a timeline of Douglass' life; footnotes that introduce individuals, quotations, and events; and a selected bibliography.


(Hardback)

By: Frederick Douglass

ISBN: 9781624664540
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Mar 2016
Publisher: Hackett Publishing Co, Inc
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In addition to a thoughtful selection of the essays, speeches, and autobiographical writings of Frederick Douglass, this anthology provides an illuminating Introduction; a timeline of Douglass' life; footnotes that introduce individuals, quotations, and events; and a selected bibliography.


(Hardback)

By: Galileo Galilei

ISBN: 9780872209381
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Sep 2008
Publisher: Hackett Publishing Co, Inc
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Spanning Galileo's career, this title presents an annotated translation of Galileo's important writings as judged by their historical impact from the 17th century to the present. It provides those writings that bear closely on key developments in physics, astronomy, epistemology, and scientific methodology, and those relevant to general culture.


(Hardback)

By: Stanley Burstein

ISBN: 9781647920500
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Nov 2022
Publisher: Hackett Publishing Co, Inc
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"An anthology of key selections from the writings of the most important ancient Greek historians: Herodotus, Thucydides, Xenophon, Aristotle, Polybius, Memnon, and Plutarch. Maps, editorial annotations, and an index are also provided"--


(Paperback)

By: Tryntje Helfferich

ISBN: 9781624663499
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jun 2015
Publisher: Hackett Publishing Co, Inc
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This abridgment of Tryntje Helfferich's acclaimed 2009 anthology "The Thirty Years War" features an expanded General Introduction and annotation designed to support student readings in swift-moving surveys of European and World history.

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