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Suitable for students, this resource describes and evaluates ten of the most important events in British history between 1689 and 2002. Each event has an introduction that presents factual information in chronolgical order, followed by an interpretive essay examining the ramifications.

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Presents and evaluates ten of the most critical events in modern Russian history from the pivotal years of 1855-1991, including the Russian Industrial Revolution, the fall of the monarchy, and more. This work also includes a glossary of terms, a timeline of Russian history from 1853-2004, a list of Russian/Soviet rulers and a population chart.

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To help students better understand the major developments of the 18th century and their impact on 19th- and 20th-century history, this unique resource offers detailed description and expert analysis of the 18th century's most important events: Peter the Great's Reform of Russia;

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The revolutions around the globe in the 19th century have had enormous impact on the course of history. To help students understand these developments and their impact on the 20th century, this resource offers detailed description and expert analysis of the 19th century's most important events.

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An informative examination of the ten most important events in world history in the seventeenth century.

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Designed for students, this resource offers detailed descriptions and expert analysis of the 20th century's most important events: World War I, the Russian Revolution, the Rise of Fascism, the Great Depression, World War II, the Cold War, the Chinese Revolution, the end of Colonialism and others.

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The period from the late Middle Ages through the sixteenth century witnessed some of the most significant developments in the history of the world. These events and their impact have been carefully described and analyzed in this student resource.

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Analyses the development of the concept of everyday heroism in Victorian Britain, exploring several case studies featuring acts of bravery by civilians.

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Entertaining, instructive, licentious and sometimes abhorrent, Tanukhi's wonderful collection of anecdotes presents a rich and colourful mosaic of life and belief in the tenth-century Middle East.

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This work captures the day-to-day experience of people in the Middle Ages; the houses and settlements in which they lived, the food they ate, their getting and spending, and their social relationships. The picture that emerges is one of great variety, of constant change and of enterprise.

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This collection provides an interdisciplinary examination of Chinas rapid social, economic, political, and cultural transformation. It situates current legitimacy and constitutional debates in the context of the countrys ideology and traditions and the wider global community.

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Matilda Joslyn Gage was a woman's rights' activist during the 19th century, committed to the woman suffrage movement and civil rights.

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This book uncovers that exhibitions uniquely reveal the changing landscape of Irishness over two centuries by analysing the politics of display. It demonstrates how questions of Irishness intersected with broader ideas of citizenship, race and ethnic construction in Ireland, the United Kingdom and the United States.

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Examines various ways in which the Empire was displayed in Britain between the eighteenth and early twentieth centuries, looking at music, satirical prints, exploration, battles and even nascent nationalism. -- .

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Examines various ways in which the Empire was displayed in Britain between the eighteenth and early twentieth centuries, looking at music, satirical prints, exploration, battles and even nascent nationalism. -- .

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When Hitler marched into Austria in March 1938, the country's Jewish population numbered nearly 200,000.

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Explores the cultural and political significance of ostracism in democratic Athens. This book argues that ostracism was primarily a symbolic institution whose meaning for the Athenians was determined both by past experiences of exile and by its role as a context for the ongoing negotiation of democratic values.