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Russia in the Age of Reaction and Reform 1801-1881
This eagerly awaited study of Russia under Alexander I, Nicholas I and Alexander II -- the Russia of War and Peace and Anna Karenina -- brings the series near to completion. David …
Lame Captains and Left-Handed Admirals
Throughout the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars, the Royal Navy had a peculiar problem: it had too many talented and ambitious officers, all competing for a limited number of …
Charms and Charming in Europe
Historical records of charms, the verbal element of vernacular magic, date back at least as far as the late middle ages, and charming has continued to be practiced until recently …
Eighteen Years in Uganda and East Africa
Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with …
Lord Byron and Scandalous Celebrity
The Regency period in general, and the aristocrat-poet Lord Byron in particular, were notorious for scandal, but the historical circumstances of this phenomenon have yet to be …
Cities, Citizenship and Jews in France and the United States, 1905-2022 (Volume 1)
This comparative, transatlantic two-volume work covers nearly 120 years of the history of the rights, integration, and security of the Jewish people in both the United States and …
Sufferers and Healers
Lucinda McCray Beier's remarkable book, first published in 1987, enters the world of illness in seventeenth-century England, exploring what it was like to be either a sufferer or a …
Fourth of August Regime and Greek Jewry, 1936-1941
Delving into a traditionally underexplored period, this book focuses on the treatment of Greek Jews under the dictatorship of Ioannis Metaxas in the years leading up to the Second …
War and Displacement in the Twentieth Century
Human displacement has always been a consequence of war, written into the myths and histories of centuries of warfare. However, the global conflicts of the twentieth century …
National Identity in Great Britain and British North America, 1815-1851
Examining the complex and rapidly expanding world of print culture and reading in the nineteenth century, Linda E. Connors and Mary Lu MacDonald show how periodicals in the United …
From Far and Wide
In the early 20th century the Canadian North was a mystery, but the Canadian military stepped in, and this book explores its historic activities in Canada's Arctic. Is the Canadian …
Routledge Companion to Art and Challenges to Empire
This companion analyzes interactions between the arts and global imperial relationships from around 1800 through the twentieth century.By excavating layers and identifying …