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Modernity and the Second-Hand Trade
Bringing together the latest research on the neglected area of second-hand exchange and consumption, this book offers fresh insights into the buying and selling of used goods in …
Migration and Multi-ethnic Communities
This book aims to shed light on a global and complex phenomenon: migration. In order to grasp this vast and ambiguous issue, the book offers ten multi-layered case studies, each …
Restoration Politics, Religion and Culture
This indispensable introductory guide offers students a number of highly focused chapters on key themes in Restoration history. Each addresses a core question relating to the …
Prisoners of War and Local Women in Europe and the United States, 1914-1956
This book brings together historians from Great Britain, the United States, Germany, France, Canada, Austria, and Latvia who have worked and published on fraternisation between …
Banking and Finance in the 19th Century
Chinese Medical Ministries of Kang Cheng and Shi Meiyu, 1872-1937
This is the first full-length study of the medical ministries of Kang Cheng and Shi Meiyu, who graduated from the medical school at the University of Michigan in 1896 and then ran …
Murder, Justice, and Harmony in an Eighteenth-Century French Village
In 1718, a young woman named Moricette Nayl fought with her brother's mother-in-law and accidentally killed her. Ruled a homicide, the incident set in motion an investigation, a …
The History of the Life of Nader Shah, King of Persia. Extracted From an Eastern Manuscript, ... With an Introduction, ... and an Appendix, ... By William Jones,
The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its …
Slaves and Religions in Graeco-Roman Antiquity and Modern Brazil
Slaves have never been mere passive victims of slavery. Typically, they have responded with ingenuity to their violent separation from their native societies, using a variety of …
British Strategy and War Aims 1914-1916 (RLE First World War)
This book illustrates the relationship between British military policy and the development of British war aims during the opening years of the First World War. Basing his work on a …
Letters from Ladysmith
Edward Spiers, a leading authority on the Victorian British army, presents here a select edition of letters from the siege of Ladysmith (1899–1900) that have not been seen since …
