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Why are some parts of the world so rich and others so poor Why did the Industrial Revolution occur in eighteenth-century England, and not at some other time, or in some other place This title tackles these profound questions and suggests a fresh way in which culture explains the wealth, and the poverty, of nations.

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Fifty years ago, a group of striking Aboriginal stockmen in the remote Northern Territory of Australia herald a revolution in the cattle industry and a massive shift in Aboriginal affairs. A Handful of Sand tells the story behind the Gurindji people's famous Wave Hill Walk-off in 1966, and questions the meaning of the return of their land by Gough Whitlam in 1975.

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This second updated and expanded edition traces the storied past and rich culture of Myanmar over nearly three millennia, from the relics of its Neolithic civilization, through its encounters with British colonialism and the struggles for republic, to the changes that have taken place since the elections of 2010.

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It is impossible to understand Palestine today without a careful reading of its distant and past. This book offers a detailed interpretation of this critical region's evolution. Starting with the prebiblical and biblical roots of Palestine, it examines the meanings ascribed to the land in the Jewish, Christian, and Muslim traditions.

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Originally issued in England in 1938 and expanded in 1969.

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A comprehensive and accessible history of the culture, people and politics of this vast and enigmatic nation.

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This book tells the story of the Greek resistance to Axis occupation during the Second World War and in particular the life of armed guerrillas. Rather than provide a conventional military history it will illuminate for the first time the lives, experiences and thoughts of the resistance fighters during their fight against the Occupation.

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"The New Press People's History Series"--Series preface, page xiii.

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An account of the war in Vietnam from the perspective of its opponents, both on the battlefront and the homefront, offers personal insight into how everyday men and women worked collectively to prevent America's victory.

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Gordon Kerr offers a comprehensive overview of the African history from the dawn of human time in prehistoric Africa through ancient and medieval times and the significance of the Arab presence, the Muslim states and the trans-Saharan trade, through the nineteenth century 'scramble for Africa' and all the way to the Arab Spring of 2011.

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The recorded history of Brazil is brief when compared to most European countries, having been discovered by Portuguese sailor and explorer Pedro lvares Cabral just over five hundred years ago. Since then, however, its history has been turbulent, blighted by rebellion, cruelty, dictatorship and poverty. But, it is also a vibrant,...

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Excellent, accessible textbook for courses in general and comparative colonial history. Includes not only overseas empires but also continental colonial expansion (USA, Latin America, South Africa, Australia and Russia). Most recent comprehensive book in the field. -- .

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On the seventieth anniversary of independence, A Short History of India traces the fascinating path from the India of ancient empires and powerful kingdoms to the flourishing, vibrant nation that it is today. India is a land where a multitude of diverse cultures have coexisted since ancient times, where some of...

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On 8 March, 1965, 3,500 United States Marines of the 9th Marine Expeditionary Brigade made an amphibious landing at Da Nang on the south central coast of South Vietnam, marking the beginning of a conflict that would haunt American politics and society for many years, even after the the signing of the Paris Peace Accords in January 1973....

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In 1835 in a Sydney courtroom, a man was charged with forgery. The prisoner claimed he was Edward, Viscount Lascelles. The Crown alleged he was a confidence trickster and serial impostor. Was this the real Edward Lascelles What does his tale tell us about status and class, property and wealth in the first part of the nineteenth century

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Extending historical approaches to Greece, this work contains essays that map a social history of Greece in the 1940s and 1950s, a period in which the country grappled - bloodily - with foreign occupation and intense civil conflict. It explores how war and civil war affected the family, the law, and the state.