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The Idea of Indonesia: A History
Indonesia the nation-state is a miraculous and unlikely construction. At first sight, the material for national unity could not be more unpromising;...
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The Politics of Apollonius Rhodius’ Argonautica
Apollonius Rhodius’ epic poem, the Argonautica, is one of the most important and influential literary productions of the Hellenistic period. This...
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Art as Plunder
This book examines the ancient origins of debate about art as cultural property. What happens to art in time of war? Who should own art, and what is...
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Mahdis and Millenarians
Mahdis and Millenarians is a discussion of Shiite groups in eighth- and ninth-century Iraq and Iran, whose ideas reflected a mixture of indigenous...
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Central Greece and the Politics of Power in the Fourth Century BC
The streams of Greek history in the fourth century are highly controversial. Sandwiched between the Classical fifth century and the Hellenistic...
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Loyalty and Dissidence in Roman Egypt
The Acta Alexandrinorum are a fascinating collection of texts, dealing with relations between the Alexandrians and the Roman emperors in the first...
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Being Byzantine
In 1204, the Byzantine Empire was conquered by troops from western Europe ostensibly taking part in the Fourth Crusade. This was a hugely significant...
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Egyptian Mummies and Modern Science
Egyptian mummies have always aroused popular and scientific interest; however, most modern studies, although significantly increased in number and...
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Enduring the Great War
An innovative comparative history of how German and British soldiers endured the horror of the First World War. Unlike existing literature, which...
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Stalinism on the Frontier of Empire
This is a fascinating account of frontier Stalinism told through the previously unexplored history of a campaign to attract female settlers to the...
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Writing and Empire in Tacitus
Writing and Empire in Tacitus examines how Tacitus’ historiographical career serves as an argument about his personal autonomy and social value...
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The Ancient Messenians
Early in the archaic period of Greek history, Messenia was annexed and partially settled by its powerful neighbour, Sparta. Achieving independence in...
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Gender, Work and Wages in Industrial Revolution Britain
A major new study of the role of women in the labor market of Industrial Revolution Britain. It is well known that men and women usually worked in...
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Hellenism in Byzantium
This is the first systematic study of what it meant to be Greek in late antiquity and Byzantium, an identity that could alternatively become...
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Lessons and Legacies VIII
Primo Levi opened his memoir Survival in Auschwitz with a call to remember, reflect upon, and teach about the Holocaust—or to face the rejection of...
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The Cambridge History of Turkey
Turkey's modern history has been shaped by its society and its institutions. In this fourth volume of The Cambridge History of Turkey a team of some...
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Anglo-Saxon England: Paperback Set
A complete paperback set of Anglo-Saxon England, the only publication which consistently embraces all the main aspects of study of Anglo-Saxon...
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Nonviolence
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The conventional history of nations, even continents, is a history of warfare. But there have always been a few who have refused to fight. This book...
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Thomas Jeffersen Introduced by Michael Hardt
In 1776 Thomas Jefferson, a future president, authored the most explosive document in the history of America: The Declaration of Independence,...
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Geoffrey Robinson Presents the Levellers
Evolving from Oliver Cromwell’s New Model army in Parliament’s struggle against King Charles I, the Levellers pushed for the removal of...
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Roman Women
This book examines the daily lives of Roman women by focusing on the mundane and less celebrated aspects of daily life - family and household, work...
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Från folkhem till karriärhushåll
Mellan hembiträdet i 1930-talets tvåförsörjarhem och dagens invandrarkvinna som städar villan några timmar i veckan åt stressade barnfamiljer...
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If I Am Not for Myself
If I Am Not For Myself is a passionate, thought-provoking exploration of what it means to be Jewish in the twenty-first century. It traces the...
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Rome’s Gothic Wars
Rome’s Gothic Wars is a concise introduction to the latest research on the Roman Empire’s relations with one of the most important barbarian...
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