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As the vast empire of Imperial Russia struggled with the emancipation of the serfs after 1861 and creeped inexorably towards revolution, Leo Tolstoy underwent what he termed a 'spiritual awakening'. Advocating an extreme internationalism and the principles of non-violence, Tolstoy inspired a legion of followers.

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A history of World War I that places centre-stage on the British soldiers who fought in the trenches, this book tells the story of war through the letters, diaries and memories of those who fought it.

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The original Great Game (1800-1917), the clandestine struggle between Russia and Britain for mastery of Central Asia, has long been regarded as one of the greatest geopolitical conflicts in history. The prize, control of the vast Eurasian heartland, was believed by some to be the key to world domination.

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Explores the impact of Germany's urbanization during the 19th and 20th centuries. It reveals what the new cities looked like, how they developed and how they were perceived by their inhabitants. It also emphasizes the solutions introduced to address problems caused by rapid urban growth.

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This study sheds new light on the development of towns in early England from late Roman to late Anglo-Saxon times.

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Assembles a diverse range of texts to encourage and facilitate the study of medieval towns - a fresh incentive following the collapse of the city-based Roman Empire, shaped by the cultural and commercial currents of the time. -- .

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Assembles a diverse range of texts to encourage and facilitate the study of medieval towns - a fresh incentive following the collapse of the city-based Roman Empire, shaped by the cultural and commercial currents of the time. -- .

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This book reconstructs the activities of the International Committee on the Christian Approach to the Jews in the years before, during and immediately after the Holocaust. It reveals how universalised ideas disseminated through the ICCAJs discourse were used to justify any number of policies related to Jews.

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A brief history of the lost tramways, trams, and trolleybuses of great UK cities, and the recent revival of metropolitan trams, that will appeal to transport enthusiasts and people interested in urban history.

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Focusing on Manchester, this book shows that canals were at the heart of the self-styled Cottonopolis. Not only did canals move the key commodities of Manchesters industrial revolution coal, corn, and cotton but canal banks also provided the key sites for the factories that made Manchester the shock city of the early Victorian age.

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Tells how Jan Jeroenszoon, through great personal courage and faith in the rule of law, managed to survive gruesome torture and vindicate himself by successfully arguing at trial that the authorities remained subject to the law even in times of war.

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Based on official unit war diaries, as well as personal papers and memoirs of numerous officers, this title sheds new light on the retreat from Mons in August 1914; the advance to the River Aisne in September; and the climactic First Battle of Ypres in October and November.

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For 1,400 years, France has been in contact with Islam and Muslim populations. Other Western countries can learn a great deal from France's long and varied experiences.

Watson addresses the origins of Franco-Muslim contact and details early cases of French expansion into the Islamic world.

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In all the stories told by mankind, the tale of the siege of Troy is perhaps the greatest secular story ever told. This book reveals the literary, historical and archaeological records which make up the background to the tale of Troy and describes in detail its fortifications.

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From the 1700s, the declining Ottoman Empire served as a source of inspiration for the westernisation of Russia. Comparisons between European and Ottoman diplomacy, warfare and political organizations shaped Russian identity and provided the nation with a sense of superiority over its adversary.

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Explores how from its formation in 1954 the intellectual movement Tuairim ('opinion' in Irish) was at the vanguard of the challenge to orthodoxy and conservatism. -- .