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The Wilson–Johnson Correspondence, 1964–69 (2015)
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Smith, S. C. (Ed.). (2015). The Wilson–Johnson Correspondence, 1964–69. Routledge

Less than a year after the assassination of President Kennedy brought Lyndon B. Johnson to the White House, Harold Wilson became British Prime Minister. Over the next four years, the two men governed their countries through unprecedented crises, both... Read More about The Wilson–Johnson Correspondence, 1964–69.

Before the Volunteer State: New thoughts on early Tennessee history, 1540-1800 (2015)
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Ray, K. (2015). K. Ray (Ed.). Before the Volunteer State: New thoughts on early Tennessee history, 1540-1800. Knoxville, TN: University of Tennessee Press

Most general studies of Tennessee history begin with the arrival of Anglo-American settlers in the 1760s, with only a brief overview of the state’s “prehistory.” This welcome volume rethinks this narrative by placing Tennessee’s origins firmly in the... Read More about Before the Volunteer State: New thoughts on early Tennessee history, 1540-1800.

Slavery, memory and identity: national representations and global legacies (2014)
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Hamilton, D., Hodgson, K., & Quirk, J. (2014). D. Hamilton, K. Hodgson, & J. Quirk (Eds.), Slavery, memory and identity: national representations and global legacies. Pickering & Chatto

This is the first book to use national representations of slavery to present an international comparative perspective. The essays in this collection explore the complex relationship between slavery and national identity by assessing the role of museu... Read More about Slavery, memory and identity: national representations and global legacies.

Native American environmentalism: Land, spirit and the idea of wilderness (2014)
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Porter, J. (2014). Native American environmentalism: Land, spirit and the idea of wilderness. Lincoln, Nebraska, USA: Bison books

"In Native American Environmentalism the history of indigenous peoples in North America is brought into dialogue with key environmental terms such as "wilderness" and "nature." The conflict between Christian environmentalist thinking and indigenous v... Read More about Native American environmentalism: Land, spirit and the idea of wilderness.

Lordship in four realms: the Lacy family, 1166-1241 (2014)
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Veach, C. (2014). Lordship in four realms: the Lacy family, 1166-1241. Manchester: Manchester University Press

© Colin Veach 2014. This book examines the rise and fall of the aristocratic Lacy family in England, Ireland, Wales and Normandy. This involves a unique analysis of medieval lordship in action, as well as a re-imagining of the role of English kingshi... Read More about Lordship in four realms: the Lacy family, 1166-1241.

Privateering, piracy and British policy in Spanish America, 1810-1830 (2013)
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McCarthy, M. (2013). Privateering, piracy and British policy in Spanish America, 1810-1830. Boydell & Brewer

Private maritime predation was integral to the Spanish American Wars of Independence. When colonists rebelled against Spanish rule in 1810 they deployed privateers - los corsarios insurgentes - to prosecute their revolutionary struggle at sea. Spain... Read More about Privateering, piracy and British policy in Spanish America, 1810-1830.

Interpreting the peace: peace operations, conflict and language in Bosnia-Herzegovina (2012)
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Kelly, M., & Baker, C. (2012). Interpreting the peace: peace operations, conflict and language in Bosnia-Herzegovina. Palgrave Macmillan

Interpreting the Peace is the first full-length study of language support in multinational peace operations. Building peace depends on being able to communicate with belligerents, civilians and forces from other countries. This depends on effective a... Read More about Interpreting the peace: peace operations, conflict and language in Bosnia-Herzegovina.

Land and Spirit in Native America (2012)
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Porter, J. (2012). Land and Spirit in Native America. Bloomsbury Publishing

This book accurately depicts Native American approaches to land and spirituality through an interdisciplinary examination of Indian philosophy, history, and literature. Indian approaches to land and spirituality are neither simple nor monolithic,... Read More about Land and Spirit in Native America.

Roles of the sea in medieval England (2012)
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Gorski, R. (2012). R. Gorski (Ed.). Roles of the sea in medieval England. Martlesham, UK: Boydell & Brewer

England's relationship with the sea in the later middle ages has been unjustly neglected, a gap which this volume seeks to fill. The physical fact of the kingdom's insularity made the seas around England fundamentally important to its development wit... Read More about Roles of the sea in medieval England.

A Confusion of Tongues: Britain's Wars of Reformation, 1625-1642 (2012)
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Prior, C. W. (2012). A Confusion of Tongues: Britain's Wars of Reformation, 1625-1642. The University of Hull. https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof%3Aoso/9780199698257.001.0001

A Confusion of Tongues examines the complex interaction of religion, history, and law in the period before the outbreak of the Wars of the Three Kingdoms. It questions interpretations of that conflict that emphasise either the purely doctrinal roots... Read More about A Confusion of Tongues: Britain's Wars of Reformation, 1625-1642.

Ending Empire in the Middle East: Britain, the United States and Post-war decolonization, 1945-1973 (2012)
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Smith, S. C. (2012). Ending Empire in the Middle East: Britain, the United States and Post-war decolonization, 1945-1973. London: Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203143728

This book is a major and wide-ranging re-assessment of Anglo-American relations in the Middle Eastern context. It analyses the process of ending of empire in the Middle East from 1945 to the Yom Kippur War of 1973. Based on original research into bot... Read More about Ending Empire in the Middle East: Britain, the United States and Post-war decolonization, 1945-1973.

Normandy and its neighbours, 900-1250 : essays for David Bates (2011)
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Crouch, D., & Thompson, K. (2011). K. Thompson, & D. Crouch (Eds.). Normandy and its neighbours, 900-1250 : essays for David Bates. Turnhout: Brepols

Fourteen essays in Anglo-Norman and French history presented to David Bates on the occasion of his retirement.

Britain and World War I (2011)
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Simmonds, A. (2011). Britain and World War I. Routledge

Britain and World War One throws attention on the civilians who fought the war on the Home Front. Harnessing recent scholarship, and drawing on original documents, oral testimony and historical texts, Britain and World War One casts a new look over m... Read More about Britain and World War I.

England's wars of religion, revisited (2011)
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Burgess, G., & Prior, C. W. A. (2011). C. Prior, & G. Burgess (Eds.), England's wars of religion, revisited. Abingdon, Oxford: Routledge

The causes and nature of the civil wars that gripped the British Isles in the mid-seventeenth century remain one of the most studied yet least understood historical conundrums. Religion, politics, economics and affairs local, national and internation... Read More about England's wars of religion, revisited.

Sounds of the borderland: Popular music, war and nationalism in Croatia since 1991 (2010)
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Baker, C. (2010). Sounds of the borderland: Popular music, war and nationalism in Croatia since 1991. Farnham: Ashgate. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315609973

Sounds of the Borderland is the first book-length study of how popular music became a medium for political communication and contested identification during and after Croatia's war of independence from Yugoslavia. It extends existing cultural studies... Read More about Sounds of the borderland: Popular music, war and nationalism in Croatia since 1991.

The Papers of Thomas Jefferson: Retirement Series, Volume 5: 1 May 1812 to 10 March 1813 (2009)
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Ray, K., Looney, J., Perdue, S., Haggard, R., & Lautenschlager, J. (2009). The Papers of Thomas Jefferson: Retirement Series, Volume 5: 1 May 1812 to 10 March 1813. Princeton, USA: Princeton University Press. https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctv346q4m

Volume Five of the definitive edition of Thomas Jefferson's papers from the end of his presidency until his death includes 592 documents from 1 May 1812 to 10 March 1813. America declares war on Great Britain on 18 June 1812. Jefferson counsels domes... Read More about The Papers of Thomas Jefferson: Retirement Series, Volume 5: 1 May 1812 to 10 March 1813.

Competing voices from Native America (2009)
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Ball, D., & Porter, J. (2009). Competing voices from Native America. Santa Barbra, Calif.; Oxford: Greenwood Press

A unique, carefully-chosen selection of short, stimulating primary- source accounts describing the controversial moments in Native American history since 1492. Each section is proceeded by a 2000-word essay by the co-authors, directing readers to fur... Read More about Competing voices from Native America.

Archaeology and environment in a changing East Yorkshire landscape: The Foulness Valley c. 800 BC to c. AD 400 (2008)
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(2008). Archaeology and environment in a changing East Yorkshire landscape: The Foulness Valley c. 800 BC to c. AD 400. Archaeopress

This study combines new aerial surveying and fieldwalking with interpretation of the Iron Age and Roman sites of a 20 x 30km area of East Yorkshire, focusing squarely on the landscape context. Peter Halkon examines the development of the landscape, a... Read More about Archaeology and environment in a changing East Yorkshire landscape: The Foulness Valley c. 800 BC to c. AD 400.

Defeat and memory: Cultural histories of military defeat in the modern era (2008)
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Macleod, J. (Ed.). (2008). Defeat and memory: Cultural histories of military defeat in the modern era. London: Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230582798

The legacy of defeat in war reverberates through private and collective memory and remains a sub-text in international relations and political discourse. This book examines the manner in which a series of military defeats have been understood and rem... Read More about Defeat and memory: Cultural histories of military defeat in the modern era.

Das Erbe der Monarchie: Nachwirkungen einer deutschen Institution seit 1918 (2008)
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Biskup, T., & Kohlrausch, M. (2008). Das Erbe der Monarchie: Nachwirkungen einer deutschen Institution seit 1918. Frankfurt: Campus

Die Monarchie wurde 1918 in Deutschland abgeschafft. Aber erlosch damit auch ihre Wirkung? Was hinterließ sie jenseits leerer Throne und wie gingen die Deutschen damit um? In diesem Band wird erstmals untersucht, welche Spuren diese Institution in de... Read More about Das Erbe der Monarchie: Nachwirkungen einer deutschen Institution seit 1918.