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Oral History in Times of Change: Gender, Documentation, and the Making of Archives
Challenges, opportunities, and methodological issues in the creation of oral history archives in the Arab worldOral history archives have always been at the forefront of liberatory …
The Legacy of Serbia's Great War
In the winter of 1915, following the invasion of Serbia by the Central Powers, the Serbian Army retreated across the mountains of Albania and Montenegro together with thousands …
Myth and the Making of History
Constance A. Cook is Professor of Chinese at Lehigh University; Christopher J. Foster is an independent scholar; and Susan Blader is Associate Professor Emerita of Asian and Middle …
Making Sense of the Great War
The First World War was an unprecedented crisis, with communities and societies enduring the unimaginable hardships of a prolonged con?ict on an industrial scale. In Belgium and …
The Practical Fisherman. Dealing with the Natural History, the Legendary Lore, the Capture of British Freshwater Fish, and Tackle and Tackle Making
Water in the Making of a Socio-Natural Landscape
How would the history of an urban area look if water were at the center of analysis? Water in the Making of a Socio-Natural Landscape explores the transition from early modern to …
The Making of the Modern Corporation
This book traces the origins of a financial institution, the modern corporation, in Genoa and reconstructs its diffusion in England, the Netherlands, and France. At its inception, …
The Lady's Magazine (1770-1832) and the Making of Literary History
In December 1840, Charlotte Bront wrote in a letter to Hartley Coleridge that she wished 'with all her] heart' that she 'had been born in time to contribute to the Lady's …
The Making of Lay Religion in Southern France, c. 1000-1350
What was Christianity like for ordinary people between the turn of the millennium and the coming of the Black Death? What changed and what continued, in their experiences, habits, …
Preparing for War: The Making of the 1949 Geneva Conventions
The 1949 Geneva Conventions are the most important rules for armed conflict ever formulated. To this day they continue to shape contemporary debates about regulating warfare, but …
The Making and Remaking of Australasia
This book explores the emergence of ‘Australasia’ as a way of thinking about the culture and geography of this region. Although it is frequently understood to apply only to …
Cosmopolitan Elites and the Making of Globality
As ideologies such as communism, fascism and various nationalisms vied for global domination during the first half of the 20th century, this book shows how a specific group of …