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Spanning a millennium from the 4th to the 14th century, this book explores the dynamic role of the Ramaya?a and the Mahabharata in shaping the political and socio-cultural landscape of the Deccan. Drawing on a wealth of epigraphic evidence, especially royal prasastis...
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OUP Oxford
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2026-01-21
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This edited collection is composed of four uniquely authored chapters, each of which examines collective identity in early modern East Asia through biography and historical accounts. In addition, an introductory chapter lays out the overall principles and concerns of...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2026-01-21
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This book chronicles the history of Chinese miners in one of the largest mines in Northeast Asia from 1900 to 1948, situating this emergent working class at the nexus of industrial capitalism, imperial expansion, and nation-state construction. Coal from Fushun (in...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2026-01-21
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This book examines the relationship between the emergence of Byzantine archaeology and British colonialism during the period of the British Mandate in Palestine. Taking a single case study, the Negev Desert (now in southern Israel), this study explores how the...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2026-01-20
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How do different generations remember the democratic transitions in the post-authoritarian European South fifty years later, and why does that matter? A Collective Biography of Southern European Democratization shows how individual stories, family stories, and the...
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OUP Oxford
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2026-01-20
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Citizens of the Earth presents the first comprehensive account of Augustine's engagement with traditional Roman religion. A multifaceted case-study in the Christianization of the Roman Empire, it anchors Augustine's works in their intellectual and social context,...
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Oxford University Press
Parution :
2026-01-19
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On the evening of May 9, 1936, a slim, elegant woman stood in Rome’s Piazza Venezia and – in perfect English – broadcast Mussolini’s famous speech on the conquest of Ethiopia. Her name was Lisa Sergio (1905–1989), her...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2026-01-16
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Famine is humanity's oldest fear.Famine memorials and stories are literally carved into the stones that lie on the beds of Europe's rivers. Our science fiction and fantasy literature often begin by evoking a world of hunger and scarcity.Famine shapes our past, it...
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OUP Oxford
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2026-01-16
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An authoritative history of the radical environmental movement in the United States, No Option But Sabotage explores how far activists are willing to go to defend the planet in the face of repression and the escalating climate crisis.
After 9/11, the radical...
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Oxford University Press
Parution :
2026-01-16
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This book investigates the history of the Protestant voting blocs and associations in the Irish border counties of Cavan, Donegal and Monaghan, from 1920 to 2016. While there are many studies on the history of Irish Unionism and Protestantism, there has been a lack of...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2026-01-15
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Over the past century, landscapes across South American fundamentally changed. As forests were felled, cities and highways built, and agricultural land was managed, national governments set aside protected landscapes in certain charismatic places. These areas- which...
Editeur :
Oxford University Press
Parution :
2026-01-14
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Women, Indenture, and Resistance explores the lived experiences of Indian indentured (girmitiya) women in the Fiji Islands between 1879 and 1920, during the height of British colonial rule. Set against the backdrop of sugar-cane plantations, the book delves into themes...
Editeur :
OUP Oxford
Parution :
2026-01-14
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This book explores language conflicts in Soviet successor states: Ukraine, the Russian North Caucasus, Georgia, and the Baltics. Current violent developments in these multiethnic countries with their shared legacies of Russian domination highlight the intertwining of...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2026-01-14
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This book focuses on the global goal of inclusivity and sustainability in heritage as defined by the United Nations and UNESCO. A detailed Introduction forms a commentary on the state of the field of heritage studies. The book is written by a cross-disciplinary team...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2026-01-11
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This book documents, via oral history, experiences of the emotions of parenthood during the Covid-19 pandemic, focusing on testimonies collected during a time of crisis and exploring how parents' feelings and reflections shifted and changed with the passage of time at...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2026-01-11
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This book explores the impact of the bombing of civilians during the Spanish Civil War. The Civil War has long been recognized as bringing together the political, social and other elements key to understanding the 1930s in Europe and later, the Second World War. It was...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2026-01-11
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The Sage Handbook of Interpreting Chinese History offers an in-depth exploration of the evolution of historical narratives in China over the past century. Bringing together some of the world’s leading scholars, this handbook provides both depth and breadth to our...
Editeur :
SAGE Publications Ltd
Parution :
2026-01-10
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This collection of essays examines the spheres of arts, culture, and digital communication to trace debates that revolve around the notions of decolonization and racial (in)justice in Central and Southeast Europe. It asks how the global narratives of racial and ethnic...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2026-01-10
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This book examines the social and cultural meanings of mental illness and psychiatric hospitalisation in early twentieth-century Greece. Although Greek psychiatrists were trained in countries such as France and Germany, and followed general European models of...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2026-01-09
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This book explores how humanitarianism—often perceived as a selfless moral act—is in fact deeply entangled with political interests and structures of power. Centering on the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), it asks: where did modern...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2026-01-08
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