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Nina Edwards explores darkness as both physical feature and cultural image, through themes of sight, blindness, consciousness, dreams, fear of the dark, night blindness, and the in-between states of dusk or fog, twilight and dawn, the point or period of obscuration and clarification.

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Drawing in an eclectic range of primary and secondary sources, Chaplin reveals how darts was transformed during the interwar years to become one of the most popular recreations in England, not just among the working classes but even (to some extent) among the middle and upper classes. -- .

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Debates on Stalinism introduces major debates about Stalinism during and after the Cold War. It introduces major debates and major historians of the Soviet Union during the brutal reign of Stalin. Readers will better understand not only the history of our current understanding of Stalinism but also contemporary debates in Russia and Ukraine.

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This book examines how historians have interpreted the German revolution of 1918-19 from its inception to the present day. It charts how the debate on this revolution changed during the Weimar republic, the Nazi period and the second world war, in the time of Germanys division from 1949 to 1990, and finally in the years since German reunification.

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This unique textbook introduces undergraduate students to medieval historiography, providing an entry point for the dense scholarship on the period. Volume I covers the post-Roman world, from 450 to 1050. -- .

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The oracle and sanctuary of the Greek god Apollo at Delphi were known as the "omphalos"--the "center" or "navel"--of the ancient world for more than 1000 years. Individuals, city leaders, and kings came from all over the Mediterranean and beyond to consult Delphi's oracular priestess; to set up monuments to the gods; and to take part in competition

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Robert Forczyk covers the development of armoured warfare in North Africa from Rommel's Gazala offensive in 1942 through to the end of war in the desert in Tunisia in 1943.

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The author has used the declassification process of the Assassination Records Review Board (ARRB) to obtain the information on topics like the Garrison investigation and Clay Shaw; the newly exposed fallacies of the Warren Commission; Kennedy's withdrawal plan from Vietnam; Kennedy's challenge to the Cold War consensus in 1961; and more.

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Investigates what is done to the bodies of the victims after they are killed -- .

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Black autoworkers fight back against exploitation and oppression on the shop floors in the '60s and '70s.

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What was the significance of the Ottoman Empire What kind of lives did people live What lessons can be learnt from the civilization that the Ottomans created What does the Ottoman Empire mean to us today This book answers these questions.

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Dispossession and the Making of Jedda (1955)' brings together a history of race relations, pastoral boom and film-making. It is a personal account of coming to terms with a history of dispossession and colonial power relations in a place that has offered the author a strong sense of belonging and settler-colonial family heritage.

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Viewing the inhabitants of a single city, Chicago, as a microcosm of the nation at large, this book chronicles the thoughts and feelings of some seventy people from widely varying backgrounds in terms of class, race and personal history. It is an interesting survey of a city, and a society, at a pivotal moment of the twentieth century.

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The second volume in this fun, comic-style series that explores China's transition from the Three Kingdoms to the Tang Dynasty.

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This book uncovers the rich history of the former gold, silver, copper and leading mining communities that once existed in the Southern Tablelands, Braidwood, Shoalhaven, Monaro and south-west slopes districts of NSW. It explores the impact of mining, the growth and decline of the communities, and the consequences of mining for the environment.

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The Saite Dynasty (664525 BC) represents a dynamic but lesser-known era in the history of ancient Egypt. In less than a decade Psamtek I reunified the country after almost 400 years of fragmentation. The Saite rulers promoted trade and embarked on important reforms, allowing Egypt to regain a major role in the Mediterranean world.

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This work explores the sexual attitudes and activities of those who ran the British Empire. The study explains the pervasive importance of sexuality in the Victorian Empire, both for individuals and as a general dynamic in the working of the system.

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A history of Central Eurasia since ancient times. It presents a fundamental rethinking of the origins, history, and significance of this major world region. It describes the rise and fall of the great Central Eurasian empires, including those of the Scythians, Attila the Hun, the Turks and Tibetans, and Genghis Khan and the Mongols.

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