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A history of the Jews: Ancient and Modern

A history of the Jews: Ancient and Modern


Ilan Halévi



Language Notes Text: English, French (translation) ...
Counts of Falkenstein: Noble Self-Consciousness in the Twelfth-Century Germany (Transactions of the American Philosophical Society)

Counts of Falkenstein: Noble Self-Consciousness in the Twelfth-Century Germany (Transactions of the American Philosophical Society)


John B. Freed



Counts of Falkenstein: Noble Self-Consciousness in the Twelfth-Century Germany (Transactions of the American Philosophical Society)...
War of 1812 (America at War)

War of 1812 (America at War)


John Stewart Bowman, Miriam Greenblatt



From School Library Journal Gr 6 Up-An informative, thorough, and useful series entry. The first three chapters describe th...
War Machines: Transforming Technologies in the U.S. Military, 1920-1940 (Williams-Ford Texas A&M University Military History Series)

War Machines: Transforming Technologies in the U.S. Military, 1920-1940 (Williams-Ford Texas A&M University Military History Series)


Timothy Moy



About the Author TIMOTHY MOY, who received his Ph.D. from the University of California at Berkeley, is an assistant profe...
Essays in Ottoman and Turkish History, 1774-1923: The Impact of the West

Essays in Ottoman and Turkish History, 1774-1923: The Impact of the West


Roderic H. Davison



Review 'Roderic Davison is the dean of Ottoman diplomatic historians who, for a full four decades, has set high standards...
Evolution of Medieval Thought

Evolution of Medieval Thought


David Knowles



Evolution of Medieval Thought...
The morning after: sexual politics at the end of the Cold War

The morning after: sexual politics at the end of the Cold War


Cynthia H. Enloe



From Library Journal Enloe (government, Clark Univ.) is the author of several books dealing with women and the military (...
Technology, Disease, and Colonial Conquests, Sixteenth to Eighteenth Centuries: Essays Reappraising the Guns and Germs Theories

Technology, Disease, and Colonial Conquests, Sixteenth to Eighteenth Centuries: Essays Reappraising the Guns and Germs Theories


George Raudzens



Review Selected as an Outstanding Academic Title of 2002 by Choice (a publication of the Association of College & Researc...
State and Society in Early Medieval China

State and Society in Early Medieval China


Albert E. Dien



State and Society in Early Medieval China...
What If? 2: Eminent Historians Imagine What Might Have Been

What If? 2: Eminent Historians Imagine What Might Have Been


Robert Cowley



Amazon.com Review Many armchair historians have spent hours daydreaming of what might have been if some turning point in...
The dilemmas of an upright man: Max Planck as spokesman for German science

The dilemmas of an upright man: Max Planck as spokesman for German science


Heilbron J.L.



From Library Journal Max Planck came to prominence after proposing the quantum idea in 1900 and rose steadily to the fore...
A thin cosmic rain: Particles from outer space

A thin cosmic rain: Particles from outer space


Friedlander M.W.



From Publishers Weekly Many people think of "cosmic rays" as mysterious extraterrestrial radiation, like what Flash Gordo...
The Akan Diaspora in the Americas

The Akan Diaspora in the Americas


Kwasi Konadu



Review "Lately, the study of the African Diaspora has taken a cultural turn, and the social and demographic aspects of it...
The Truth of History

The Truth of History


C. Behan Mccullagh



Review [A] solid, clearly argued defense of the truth of historical claims and the validity of conventional historical pr...
Evangelical Balance Sheet: Character, Family, and Business in Mid-Victorian Nova Scotia (Studies in Childhood and Family in Canada)

Evangelical Balance Sheet: Character, Family, and Business in Mid-Victorian Nova Scotia (Studies in Childhood and Family in Canada)


B. Anne Wood



About the Author B. Anne Wood taught in the School of Education at Dalhousie University in Halifax. Author of many articl...
Global Justice and Transnational Politics: Essays On the Moral and Political Challenges of Globalization

Global Justice and Transnational Politics: Essays On the Moral and Political Challenges of Globalization


Ciaran P. Cronin, Pablo De Greiff



About the Author Pablo De Greiff is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the State University of New York at Buffalo and ...
Steel Drivin' Man: John Henry: the Untold Story of an American Legend

Steel Drivin' Man: John Henry: the Untold Story of an American Legend


Scott Reynolds Nelson



From Publishers Weekly Starred Review. According to the ballad that made him famous, John Henry did battle with a steam-p...
Public Sociology: Fifteen Eminent Sociologists Debate Politics and the Profession in the Twenty-first Century

Public Sociology: Fifteen Eminent Sociologists Debate Politics and the Profession in the Twenty-first Century


Dan Clawson, Joya Misra, Naomi Gerstel, Randall Stokes, Robert Zussman



From the Inside Flap "If the standpoint of economics is the market and its expansion, and the standpoint of political sci...
Europe in the Eighteenth Century: 1713-1783 (General History of Europe)

Europe in the Eighteenth Century: 1713-1783 (General History of Europe)


Matthew Smith Anderson



Review 'Much the best English textbook in the field'History ...
The Birds (BFI Film Classics)

The Birds (BFI Film Classics)


Camille Paglia



Amazon.com Review BFI Film Classics are a treasure, featuring some of the most imaginative recent writing on movies and t...
How Far Is America from Here?: Selected Proceedings of the First World Congress of the International American Studies Association 22-24 May 2003 (Textxet Studies in Comparative Literature)

How Far Is America from Here?: Selected Proceedings of the First World Congress of the International American Studies Association 22-24 May 2003 (Textxet Studies in Comparative Literature)


Djelal Kadir, Lois Parkinson Zamora, Paul Giles, Theo D’Haen



How Far Is America from Here?: Selected Proceedings of the First World Congress of the International American Studies Association 22-24 May 2003 (Textxet Studies in Comparative Literature)...
Fighting Words: Language Policy and Ethnic Relations in Asia (BCSIA Studies in International Security)

Fighting Words: Language Policy and Ethnic Relations in Asia (BCSIA Studies in International Security)


Michael E. Brown, Sumit Ganguly



Review "Two major themes emerge from these excellent case studies. First, bumbling or malicious elites can...
Hanging Out in the Virtual Pub: Masculinities and Relationships Online

Hanging Out in the Virtual Pub: Masculinities and Relationships Online


Lori Kendall



Review "Hanging Out at the Virtual Pub provides a richly detailed and theoretically mediated understanding of gender's si...
Opening Up North America, 1497-1800 (Discovery & Exploration)

Opening Up North America, 1497-1800 (Discovery & Exploration)


Ken Albala, Caroline Cox



From School Library Journal Grade 6 Up–These titles focus on broad areas of the history of exploration. Opening Up...
Critical Reflections on the Cold War: Linking Rhetoric and History (Presidential Rhetoric Series)

Critical Reflections on the Cold War: Linking Rhetoric and History (Presidential Rhetoric Series)


H. W. Brands, Martin J. Medhurst



About the Author Martin J. Medhurst is a distinguished professor of rhetoric and communication at Baylor University in Wa...
America's Airports: Airfield Development, 1918-1947 (Centennial of Flight Series, 1)

America's Airports: Airfield Development, 1918-1947 (Centennial of Flight Series, 1)


Janet R. Daly Bednarek



About the Author Janet R. Daly Bednarek is an associate professor of history at the University of Dayton. She is author o...
The Dynamics of Two-Party Politics: Party Structures and the Management of Competition (Comparative Politics)

The Dynamics of Two-Party Politics: Party Structures and the Management of Competition (Comparative Politics)


Alan Ware



Review "Scholars of...party mergers and coalitions will find the book quite stimulating. It has a useful bibliography and...
Nomads and Crusaders, Ad 1000-1368 (A Midland Book)

Nomads and Crusaders, Ad 1000-1368 (A Midland Book)


Archibald R. Lewis



Review A] fine, arresting book with a clear and novel thesis and a firm grasp of geography. Good stuff, in short ... stro...
Progress in International Relations Theory: Appraising the Field (BCSIA Studies in International Security)

Progress in International Relations Theory: Appraising the Field (BCSIA Studies in International Security)


Colin Elman, Kenneth N. Waltz, Miriam Fendius Elman



Review "A most impressive effort that should stimulate a rethinking of what is meant by 'scientific progre...
Imagining Identity in New Spain: Race, Lineage, and the Colonial Body in Portraiture and Casta Paintings (Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long Series in Latin American and Latino Art and Culture)

Imagining Identity in New Spain: Race, Lineage, and the Colonial Body in Portraiture and Casta Paintings (Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long Series in Latin American and Latino Art and Culture)


Magali M. Carrera



Review "This book effectively integrates art history, literary history, and political and social history... It will appea...
Migration in Colonial Spanish America (Cambridge Studies in Historical Geography)

Migration in Colonial Spanish America (Cambridge Studies in Historical Geography)


David J. Robinson



Review "This collection of 15 essays by geographers and historians offers a series of enlightening and insightful vignett...
Introduction to The Philosophy of History: With Selections from the Philosophy of Right

Introduction to The Philosophy of History: With Selections from the Philosophy of Right


Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel



Language Notes Text: English, German (translation) --This text refers to the edition. ...
History of Concepts: Comparative Perspectives

History of Concepts: Comparative Perspectives




About the Author Iain Hampsher-Monk is Professor of Political Theory at the University of Exeter, United Kingdom. Karin T...
Foucault and Literature: Towards a Genealogy of Writing (New Accents Series)

Foucault and Literature: Towards a Genealogy of Writing (New Accents Series)


Simon During



Foucault and Literature: Towards a Genealogy of Writing (New Accents Series)...
The Birth of Head Start: Preschool Education Policies in the Kennedy and Johnson Administrations

The Birth of Head Start: Preschool Education Policies in the Kennedy and Johnson Administrations


Maris A. Vinovskis



Review "Vinovskis is recognized as the premier historian of children's programs. His renowned scholarship makes everythin...
rimertown: an atlas, poems

rimertown: an atlas, poems


Laura Walker



From the Inside Flap "Laura Walker's atlas is sung and wrung out of a deep listening to every word, and this is rare. The...
You Can't Fight Tanks with Bayonets: Psychological Warfare against the Japanese Army in the Southwest Pacific (Studies in War, Society, and the Militar)

You Can't Fight Tanks with Bayonets: Psychological Warfare against the Japanese Army in the Southwest Pacific (Studies in War, Society, and the Militar)


Allison B. Gilmore



Review "Ironically, while Hollywood films and popular American stereotypes that persist to the present portray the Japane...
Deconstructing History

Deconstructing History


Alun Munslow



About the Author Alun Munslow is Principal Lecturer in History at the University of Staffordshire and editor of Rethinkin...
German Pop Culture: How  American  Is It?

German Pop Culture: How American Is It?


Agnes C. Mueller



About the Author Agnes C. Mueller is Assistant Professor of German and Comparative Literature at the University of South ...
The Unending Frontier: An Environmental History of the Early Modern World

The Unending Frontier: An Environmental History of the Early Modern World


John F. Richards



Review "Richards advances beyond a purely Eurocentric approach to the dynamics of change and presents the frontier as an ...
Reimaging Britain: 500 Years of Black and Asian History

Reimaging Britain: 500 Years of Black and Asian History


Ron Rain



About the Author Ron Ramdin is a historian, biographer and novelist. His previous books include Paul Robeson: The Man and...
The Making of the English Middle Class: Business, Society and Family Life in London 1660-1730

The Making of the English Middle Class: Business, Society and Family Life in London 1660-1730


Peter Earle



About the Author Peter Earle is Reader in Economic History at the University of London and teaches at the London School o...
Homer's Cosmic Fabrication: Choice and Design in the Iliad (An American Philological Association Book)

Homer's Cosmic Fabrication: Choice and Design in the Iliad (An American Philological Association Book)


Bruce Heiden



Review "Homer's Cosmic Fabrication...offers a bold new approach to reading the Iliad. Scholars, teachers, and advanced st...
The Idea of Latin America (Blackwell Manifestos)

The Idea of Latin America (Blackwell Manifestos)


Walter D. Mignolo



Review Winner of the 2006 Frantz Fanon Prize for Outstanding Work in or on the Caribbean Thought in the English Language ...
Humanism and America: An Intellectual History of English Colonisation, 1500-1625 (Ideas in Context)

Humanism and America: An Intellectual History of English Colonisation, 1500-1625 (Ideas in Context)


Andrew Fitzmaurice



Review "This short book is packed with ideas.... Highly recommended." Choice "A pioneering study of Renaissance Humani...
Wars of the Americas: A Chronology of Armed Conflict in the Western Hemisphere, 1492 to the Present

Wars of the Americas: A Chronology of Armed Conflict in the Western Hemisphere, 1492 to the Present


David Marley



Wars of the Americas: A Chronology of Armed Conflict in the Western Hemisphere, 1492 to the Present...
American political ideas viewed from the standpoint of universal history: Three lectures delivered at the Royal institution of Great Britain in May, 1880,

American political ideas viewed from the standpoint of universal history: Three lectures delivered at the Royal institution of Great Britain in May, 1880,


John Fiske



About the Author American philosopher and historian whose writings made the evolutionary theory popular in the United Sta...
South Carolina (Thirteen Colonies)

South Carolina (Thirteen Colonies)


Craig A. Doherty, Katherine M. Doherty



South Carolina (Thirteen Colonies)...