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A History of the North Atlantic Fisheries. Vol 1: From Early Times to the mid-Nineteenth Century (2009)
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Starkey, D., Thór, J. T., & Heidbrink, I. (Eds.). (2009). A History of the North Atlantic Fisheries. Vol 1: From Early Times to the mid-Nineteenth Century. Hauschild Verlag

The fisheries have had a profound influence on the development of human societies in the North Atlantic region. Assuming countless forms over the ages, fishing activity has ranged across the vast expanse of an ocean that comprises a myriad of complex... Read More about A History of the North Atlantic Fisheries. Vol 1: From Early Times to the mid-Nineteenth Century.

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. 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. 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.

Reassessing Suez 1956: new perspectives on the crisis and its aftermath (2008)
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Smith, S. C. (Ed.). (2008). Reassessing Suez 1956: new perspectives on the crisis and its aftermath. Ashgate. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315603889

The nationalization of the Suez Canal in 1956 triggered one of the gravest international crises since the Second World War. The fiftieth anniversary of the Suez crisis in 2006 presented an ideal opportunity to re-visit and reassess this seminal episo... Read More about Reassessing Suez 1956: new perspectives on the crisis and its aftermath.

Middle Tennessee, 1775-1825: Progress and popular democracy on the Southwestern Frontier (2007)
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Ray, K. (2007). Middle Tennessee, 1775-1825: Progress and popular democracy on the Southwestern Frontier. University of Tennessee Press

During its early years, the frontier region of Middle Tennessee developed from thinly settled outposts to a premier destination for thousands of land-hungry immigrants. The resulting population explosion led to a shift in political power from a small... Read More about Middle Tennessee, 1775-1825: Progress and popular democracy on the Southwestern Frontier.

Women, Wealth and Power : special conference edition of Women’s History Review (2007)
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Spicksley, J., & Capern, A. (2007). A. L. Capern, & J. Spicksley (Eds.). Women, Wealth and Power : special conference edition of Women’s History Review. Routledge

Place and Native American Indian history and culture (2007)
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Porter, J. (2007). J. Porter (Ed.). Place and Native American Indian history and culture. Peer Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften

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«Place remains a native concept rich with political meaning for North American culture as a whole, and for the world as a whole. This volume undertakes a broad and deep exploration of what the sense of place has meant in specific Indian cultu... Read More about Place and Native American Indian history and culture.

The Papers of Thomas Jefferson: Retirement Series, Volume 3: 12 August 1810 to 17 June 1811 (2006)
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Ray, K., Looney, J., Perdue, S., Haggard, R., & Lautenschlager, J. (2006). The Papers of Thomas Jefferson: Retirement Series, Volume 3: 12 August 1810 to 17 June 1811. Princeton University Press. https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctv301fsm

Volume Three of the definitive edition of Thomas Jefferson's papers from the end of his presidency until his death presents 567 documents covering the period from 12 August 1810 to 17 June 1811. Jefferson is now firmly ensconced in retirement at Mont... Read More about The Papers of Thomas Jefferson: Retirement Series, Volume 3: 12 August 1810 to 17 June 1811.

The Papers of Thomas Jefferson: Retirement Series, Volume 2: 16 November 1809 to 11 August 1810 (2005)
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Ray, K., Looney, J., Perdue, S., Haggard, R., & Lautenschlager, J. (2005). The Papers of Thomas Jefferson: Retirement Series, Volume 2: 16 November 1809 to 11 August 1810. Princeton University Press

Defining the Jacobean Church: The politics of religious controversy, 1603-1625 (2005)
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Prior, C. W. (2005). Defining the Jacobean Church: The politics of religious controversy, 1603-1625. Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511495991

© Charles W. A. Prior 2005 and Cambridge University Press, 2009. Proposing a new model for understanding religious debates in the churches of England and Scotland between 1603 and 1625, Charles Prior sets aside 'narrow' analyses of conflict over pred... Read More about Defining the Jacobean Church: The politics of religious controversy, 1603-1625.

The Cambridge Companion to Native American Literature (2005)
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Porter, J., & Roemer, K. M. (Eds.). (2005). The Cambridge Companion to Native American Literature. Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/CCOL0521822831

© Cambridge University Press 2005 and 2006. This Companion provides an informative and wide-ranging overview of a relatively new field of literary-cultural studies: Literature of many genres in English by American Indians from the 1770s to the presen... Read More about The Cambridge Companion to Native American Literature.

Gallipoli: making history (2004)
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Macleod, J. (Ed.). (2004). Gallipoli: making history. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203489314

This new book traces the disparities in the memory of Gallipoli that are evident in the countries that participated in the campaign. It explores the way in which history is written at the personal, local, professional, and national levels.

This st... Read More about Gallipoli: making history.

Reconsidering Gallipoli (2004)
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Macleod, J. (2004). Reconsidering Gallipoli. Manchester University Press

The British cultural history of the Gallipoli campaign has been overlooked until now - this is a significant book as it offers the first real opportunity for this important campaign to be included in undergraduate courses on WWI. The commemoration of... Read More about Reconsidering Gallipoli.

Britain's revival and fall in the Gulf: Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, and the Trucial States, 1950-71 (2004)
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Smith, S. C. (2004). Britain's revival and fall in the Gulf: Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, and the Trucial States, 1950-71. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203398098

© 2004 Simon C. Smith. All rights reserved. Britain's relationship with the Gulf region remains one of the few unexplored episodes in the study of British decolonization. The decision, announced in 1968, to leave the Gulf within three years represent... Read More about Britain's revival and fall in the Gulf: Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, and the Trucial States, 1950-71.

Uncovered fields : Perspectives in First World War Studies (2003)
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(2003). J. MacLeod, & P. Purseigle (Eds.), Uncovered fields : Perspectives in First World War Studies. Brill Academic Publishers. https://doi.org/10.1163/9789047402596

This volume presents original research on the military, social and cultural history of the First World War. Inspired by the reinvigoration of this subject area in the last decade, its chapters explore the stresses of waging a war, whose “totalizing l... Read More about Uncovered fields : Perspectives in First World War Studies.

The Impact of the South African War (2002)
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Omissi, D., & Thompson, A. S. (Eds.). (2002). The Impact of the South African War. Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230598294

This exciting new book marks a major shift in the study of the South African War. It turns attention from the war's much debated causes onto its more neglected consequences. An international team of scholars explores the myriad legacies of the war -... Read More about The Impact of the South African War.

To be Indian: the life of Iroquois-Seneca Arthur Caswell Parker (2001)
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Porter, J. (2001). To be Indian: the life of Iroquois-Seneca Arthur Caswell Parker. University of Oklahoma Press

Born on the Seneca Indian Reservation in New York State, Arthur Caswell Parker (1881-1955) was a prominent intellectual leader both within and outside tribal circles. Of mixed Iroquois, Seneca, and Anglican descent, Parker was also a controversial fi... Read More about To be Indian: the life of Iroquois-Seneca Arthur Caswell Parker.

Guardians of Empire: The Armed Forces of the Colonial Powers, c.1700-1964 (1999)
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Killingray, D., & Omissi, D. (Eds.). (1999). Guardians of Empire: The Armed Forces of the Colonial Powers, c.1700-1964. Manchester University Press. https://doi.org/10.7765/9781526121462

For imperialists, the concept of guardian is specifically to the armed forces that kept watch on the frontiers and in the heartlands of imperial territories. Large parts of Asia and Africa, and the islands of the Pacific and the Caribbean were imperi... Read More about Guardians of Empire: The Armed Forces of the Colonial Powers, c.1700-1964.

Indian Voices of the Great War: Soldiers' Letters, 1914-1918 (1999)
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Omissi, D. (1999). Indian Voices of the Great War: Soldiers' Letters, 1914-1918. Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-27283-9

Indian soldiers served in France from 1914 to 1918. This book is a selection of their letters. By turns poignant, funny, and almost unbearably moving, these documents vividly evoke the world of the Western Front - as seen through 'subaltern' Indian e... Read More about Indian Voices of the Great War: Soldiers' Letters, 1914-1918.