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Empire and Espionage
The Anglo-Zulu War may be best remembered for the military blundering that led to the astonishing British defeat at Isandlwana, but as Stephen Wade shows in this book, military …
Talons and Teeth
For commoners in the Qing dynasty, the most salient agents of the imperial state were not the emperor's appointed officials but rather the clerks and runners of the county yamen, …
Women and Trade Unions in France
Based on the thorough examination of French archival sources, this book examines in detail two industries in which women formed the majority of the workforce in France between 1890 …
A Critical History of Health Films in Central and Eastern Europe and Beyond
The burgeoning scholarship on Western health films stands in stark contrast to the vacuum in the historical conceptualization of Eastern European films. This book develops a …
Trafalgar Square and the Narration of Britishness, 1900-2012
London’s Trafalgar Square is one of the world’s best known public places, and during its relatively short history has seen violent protest, imperial and royal spectacle and wild …
Class, Ethnicity and Democracy in Nigeria
The History and Antiquities of the University of Oxford, in two Books
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 …
Encountering Others, Understanding Ourselves in Medieval and Early Modern Thought
Recent research has challenged our view of the Abrahamic religious traditions as unilaterally intolerant and incapable of recognizing otherness in all its diversity and richness; …
The Life and Memoirs of the Late Miss Ann Catley, the Celebrated Actress
![A Summary, Historical and Political, of the First Planting, Progressive Improvements, and Present State of the British Settlements in North-America. ... By William Douglass, M.D. Vol. I [-Vol. II. Part I]. [One Line From Cicero] Volume 1 of 2](https://s2.adlibris.com/images/45109146/a-summary-historical-and-political-of-the-first-planting-progressive-improvements-and-present-state-of-the-british-settlements-in-north-america-by-wil.jpg)
A Summary, Historical and Political, of the First Planting, Progressive Improvements, and Present State of the British Settlements in North-America. ... by William Douglass, M.D. Vol. I [-Vol. II. Part I]. [One Line from Cicero] Volume 1 of 2
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 …