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This work discusses medieval women from a wide variety of backgrounds, considering their historical experience to be different from men's. Geographically, the study incorporates Wales, France, Italy and Germany; while in terms of religious belief, it includes Jews as well as Christians.

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A study on the single industry towns particular to Russia, established during the Soviet Union in uninhabited parts of the Siberian hinterland, and examining the challenges faced by those towns' populations, both historically and today.

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Despite the frequency with which criminals were sentenced to death, crime was still on the rise in England in the mid-1700s. Men were thrown in jail daily for everything from associating with gypsies to cutting down fruit trees and stealing sheep. This collection features the stories of the crimes committed and the subsequent punishments assigned.

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What factors enabled Muslims to become successful during the earlier centuries of Islam and what lead them to their present weak position Is it Islam which is responsible for this decline or are there some other factors which come into play This study tries to answer these questions and also discusses what could help reverse the cycle.

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Traces the global, national, and local origins of the conflict between Muslims and Jews in France, challenging the belief that rising anti-Semitism in France is rooted solely in the unfolding crisis in Israel and Palestine.

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The importance of myth, symbol, and image in the Chicano movement and beyond.

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Tour the United States in all its kaleidoscopic glory. Following on from the acclaimed National Geographic: Around the World in 125 Years, this new photographic collection presents a distinctly American story from the magazine's illustrious archives, curating more than 700 captivating images to chart a century of growth and change state by...

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Because today's DNA testing seems so compelling and powerful, increasing numbers of Native Americans have begun to believe their own metaphors: "in our blood" is giving way to "in our DNA." In Native American DNA, Kim TallBear shows how Native American claims to land, resources, and sovereignty that have taken generations to ratify may be seriously--and permanently--undermined.

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How the Farm Security Administration introduced America to Americans

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This elegantly written book describes the changes in the perception and experience of the night in three great European cities: Paris, Berlin, and London.

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Dystopic imagery has figured prominently in modern depictions of the urban landscape. The city is often portrayed as a terrifying world of darkness, crisis, and catastrophe. This book traces the history of the modern city through its critical representations in art, cinema, print journalism, literature, sociology, and architecture.

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Tracing poles and polarity back to their sacred ancient civilizations, this book explores how the idea of a North Pole has given rise to utopias, satires, fantasies, paradoxes and nationalist ideologies, from the Renaissance to the Third Reich.

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A scholarly, theoretical discussion about the resemblance between the history of enlightenment in Europe and the intellectual history of welsh-speaking Wales in the 20th century, comprising of a new insight into the work of such figures as R.T. Jenkins, John Gwilym Jones and Hywel Teifi Edwards.

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A window into a different time, this brings the underground press movement vivdly back to life.

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