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The Culture of the Cold War
"Without the Cold War, what's the point of being an American?" As if in answer to this poignant question from John Updike's Rabbit at Rest, Stephen Whitfield examines the impact …
The Golden Age of Jewish Achievement
cult of the Duce
The cult of the Duce is the first book to explore systematically the personality cult of the Fascist dictator Benito Mussolini. It examines the factors which informed the cult and …
Urbanism in Antiquity
The origin and growth of cities in antiquity. The origin and growth of cities forms one of the most important chapters in human history. In this volume, 17 researchers present …
Make Money from the Comfort of Your Home
Freedom: A Documentary History of Emancipation, 1861-1867
Land and Labor, 18661867 examines the remaking of the Souths labor system in the tumultuous aftermath of emancipation. Using documents selected from the National Archives, this …
À Travers l'Engadine, La Valteline, Le Tyrol Du Sud Et Les Lacs de l'Italie Supérieure
Scottish Presbyterians and the Act of Union 1707
Set against the background of post-revolution Scottish ecclesiastical politics, this book addresses the hitherto largely neglected religious dimension to the debates on …
The Land of Osiris
Was there a advanced prehistoric civilization in ancient Egypt? Who were the people who built the great pyramids and carved the Great Sphinx? Did the pyramids serve as energy …
Rogue Empires
In the 1880s, Europeans descended on Africa and grabbed vast swaths of the continent, using documents, not guns, as their weapon of choice. Rogue Empires follows a paper trail of …
Other Victorians
Taking as his point of departure the authors, the audience, and the texts of Victorian writings on sex in general and of Victorian pornography in particular, Steven Marcus offers a …
Penny Loaves and Butter Cheap: Britain In 1846
Britain in 1846 was a nation in the grip of dramatic change. As the Industrial Revolution reached its height, people were flooding from countryside to city; the railways were …