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White Lies and Black Markets
In White Lies and Black Markets, Fatah-Black offers a new account of the colonization of Suriname-one of the major European plantation colonies on the Guiana Coast-in the period …
Politics and Trade in Britain, 1776-1914
The period between 1880 and 1914, the subject of this volume, sees increasing questioning of free trade, especially in those sectors impacted adversely by foreign competition, and …
Greece and Rome at the Crystal Palace
The marble halls of the British Museum might seem the natural habitat for classical sculpture, but in the nineteenth century its sombre displays were far from being the only place …
Beauty and Cosmetics in the Time of Jane Austen
After the success of Pastimes and Pleasures in the Time of Jane Austen, Sarah Jane Downing turns her attention to the hair and beauty styles of Jane Austen's era. In Beauty and …
The Kashubs: Past and Present
The Kashubs, a regional autochthonous group inhabiting northern Poland, represent one of the most dynamic ethnic groups in Europe. As a community, they have undergone significant …
Free and Unfree Labor in Atlantic and Indian Ocean Port Cities (1700–1850)
Colonial and post-colonial port cities in the Atlantic and Indian Ocean regions brought together laboring populations of many different backgrounds and statuses - legally free or …
An Essay on the Origin and Use of Tables of Latitude and Departure; Particularly, as They Are Suited to the Purposes of Land Surveying.
Assassinations and Murder in Modern Italy
An extraordinary series of murders and political assassinations has marked contemporary Italian history, from the killing of the king in 1900 to the assassination of former prime …
Slave Agriculture and Financial Markets in Antebellum America
Slave Agriculture and Financial Markets marks an important chapter in the study of Antebellum southern slavery and the credit system. Kilbourne analyzes the systems which credit …
Criminals and their Scientists
This book presents recent research on the history of criminology from the late eighteenth to the mid-twentieth century in Western Europe (Austria, Britain, France, Germany, Italy) …
