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The Age of Caricature: Satirical Prints in the Reign of George IIIby Diana DonaldISBN 0300071787 (0-300-07178-7)
Softcover, Yale University Press
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Ages of American Lawby Grant GilmoreISBN 0300023529 (0-300-02352-9)
Softcover, Yale Univ Pr
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Agrippina: Sex, Power and Politics in the Early Empireby Anthony A. BarrettISBN 0300078560 (0-300-07856-0)
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America's Library: The Story of the Library of Congress, 1800-2000by James Conaway, Edmund MorrisISBN 0300083084 (0-300-08308-4)
Hardcover, Yale Univ Pr
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The Art and Architecture of Ancient Egyptby William Kelly Simpson, William Stevenson Smith, W. Smith StevensonISBN 0300077475 (0-300-07747-5)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Art and Architecture of Ancient Egypt'Book summary:The civilization of Ancient Egypt extended from the fourth millennium BC to the conquest of Alexander. The Egyptians in their tombs recreated life for the dead in a naturalistic way, often against the background of the landscape in which they lived. They also left revealing portraits ranging from the civil servants of the kings to the kings and queens themselves who built the pyramids at Giza and Saqqara; the tombs at Thebes, including the treasure-filled burial-place of Tut-ankh-amon; the temples of Luxor and Karnak and the palaces of Akhenaten at Tell el Amarna and of Amenhotep III at Thebes. These monuments with their decoration as well as many other works of art are reproduced in over 400 illustrations. Appendices deal with Scottish architecture before the union and buildings in the 13 colonies of America. [via]
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The Art of Captain Cook's Voyages: The Voyage of the Resolution and the Discovery 1776-1780by Bernard Smith, Rudiger JoppienISBN 0300041055 (0-300-04105-5)
Hardcover, Yale Univ Pr
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Beyond Separate Spheresby Rosalind RosenbergISBN 0300030924 (0-300-03092-4)
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Borderland: Origins of the American Suburb, 1820-1939by John R. StilgoeISBN 0300048661 (0-300-04866-1)
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Chechnya: Tombstone of Russian Powerby Anatol LievenISBN 0300078811 (0-300-07881-1)
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China's Examination Hell: The Civil Service Examinations of Imperial Chinaby Ichisada MiyazakiISBN 0300026390 (0-300-02639-0)
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Circa 1492: Art in the Age of Explorationby National Gallery of Art (U.S.), Jay A. LevensonISBN 0300051670 (0-300-05167-0)
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Civic Ideals: Conflicting Visions of Citizenship in U.S. Historyby Rogers M. SmithISBN 0300078773 (0-300-07877-3)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Civic Ideals: Conflicting Visions of Citizenship in U.S. History'Book summary:Is civic identity in the United States really defined by liberal, democratic political principles? Or is U.S. citizenship the product of multiple traditions -- not only liberalism and republicanism but also white supremacy, Anglo-Saxon supremacy, Protestant supremacy, and male Supremacy? In this powerful and disturbing book, Rogers Smith traces political struggles over U.S. citizenship laws from the colonial period through the Progressive era and shows that throughout this time, most adults were legally denied access to full citizenship, including political rights, solely because of their race, ethnicity, or gender. Basic conflicts over these denials have driven political development and civic membership in the U.S., Smith argues. These conflicts are what truly define U.S. civic identity up to this day.
Others have claimed that nativist, racist, and sexist traditions have been marginal or that they are purely products of capitalist institutions. In contrast, Smith's pathbreaking account explains why these traditions have been central to American political and economic life. He shows that in the politics of nation building, principles of democracy and liberty have often failed to foster a sense of shared "peoplehood" and have instead led many Americans to claim that they are a "chosen people", a "master race" or superior culture, with distinctive gender roles. Smith concludes that today the United States is in a period of reaction against the egalitarian civic reforms of the last generation, with nativist, racist, and sexist beliefs regaining influence. He suggests ways that proponents of liberal democracy should alter their view of U.S. citizenship in order to combat thesedevelopments more effectively.
"An important and original argument that ranges through a long period of American history and makes a major contribution to the debate about the bases of American nationality and civic identity". -- Eric Foner, Columbia University [via]
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A Country House Companionby Mark GirouardISBN 0300040830 (0-300-04083-0)
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Discovered Lands, Invented Pasts: Transforming Visions of the American Westby Jules D. Prown, Nancy K. Anderson, William Cronon, Brian Dippie, Howard R. LamarISBN 0300057318 (0-300-05731-8)
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Downtown: Its Rise and Fall, 1880-1950by Robert M. FogelsonISBN 0300090625 (0-300-09062-5)
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Dreams and Delusions: The Drama of German Historyby Fritz Richard SternISBN 0300076223 (0-300-07622-3)
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Edward VIby Jennifer LoachISBN 0300094094 (0-300-09409-4)
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Edward VIby Penry Williams, Jennifer Loach, G. W. Bernard, Penny WilliamsISBN 0300079923 (0-300-07992-3)
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Faces of History: Historical Inquiry from Herodotus to Herderby Donald R. KelleyISBN 0300075588 (0-300-07558-8)
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The Fall Of Hong Kong: Britain, China and the Japanese Occupationby Philip SnowISBN 0300093527 (0-300-09352-7)
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Family Life in Early Modern Times 1500-1789: The History of the European Familyby Marzio Barbagli, David I. KertzerISBN 0300089716 (0-300-08971-6)
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Farewell to an Idea: Episodes from a History of Modernismby T. J. ClarkISBN 0300089104 (0-300-08910-4)
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Fighting for American Manhood: How Gender Politics Provoked the Spanish-American and Philippine-American Warsby Kristin L. HogansonISBN 0300085540 (0-300-08554-0)
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Fins De Siecle: How Centuries End, 1400-2000by Asa Briggs, Daniel SnowmanISBN 0300066872 (0-300-06687-2)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Fins De Siecle: How Centuries End, 1400-2000'Book summary:As we approach the new millenniun, we find ourselves re-assessing the past and looking forward to the future. Has the prospect of a new century always provided a "sense of an ending"? In this book, experts on every century since the 14th each explore the characteristics of a different final decade and find that a consciousness of time has indeed influenced the way people perceive their place in history. The writers - Paul Strohm on the 1390s (when signs of a new time consciousness first emerged), Malcolm Vale on the 1490s, Ian Archer on the 1590s, Peter Earle on the 1690s, Roy Porter on the 1790s and Asa Briggs on the 1890s and 1990s - discuss what is common and what is distinctive to each period. Investigating cultural and intellectual attitudes, economic and technological developments and artistic, scientific, and political change, they capture the atmosphere of each end of century. As well as the watersheds of history, the authors explore the daily lives of ordinary citizens, recounting personal histories and subtle shifts in diet, fashion and design, sex and gender roles and relations between rich and poor and the emergence of language. Illustrations from both high and popular art provide images of the cultural and social fabric of each community. The year 2000 will be the first millennium humankind has consciously experienced: we look back not 100 but a 1000 years, and in looking back we are better prepared to plan ahead. From the apocalyptic vision of medieval Judgement Day sermons to the decadence of the current fin de siecle, from the invention of printing to cloning and computer-isation, this book is a guide to the future as well as to the past. [via]
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Grand Delusion: Stalin and the German Invasion of Russiaby Gabriel GorodetskyISBN 0300084595 (0-300-08459-5)
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The Grand Strategy of Philip IIby Geoffrey ParkerISBN 0300082738 (0-300-08273-8)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Grand Strategy of Philip II'Book summary:In the second half of the 16th century, Spain's Philip II ruled over the original empire on which the sun never set. In Europe alone, he held power over Portugal, the Netherlands, and about half of Italy (including Sicily, the Duchy of Milan, and the Kingdom of Naples). On the African shores of the Mediterranean, he controlled Tunis and Tangier; further south were Guinea and Angola. There were holdings in India and--well, naturally--the Philippines, and in the Western hemisphere, there were Florida, Cuba, Brazil, Peru, and "New Spain," which occupied the modern American Southwest and all of Mexico and Central America.
Most historians have claimed that, in overseeing this empire, Philip had no "Grand Strategy," but instead occupied himself with perpetual reaction to events. But Geoffrey Parker believes that there was a "strategic culture" that influenced Philip's reign, and he makes extensive use of surviving correspondence from the period to demonstrate how that culture revealed itself in Spain's attempts to hang onto the Netherlands and in its relationship--diplomatic and martial--to England. The Grand Strategy of Philip II is a richly detailed history, which will reward any student of modern statecraft with its insights into geopolitical power. [via]
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Henry Iby C. Warren Hollister, Amanda Clark FrostISBN 0300088582 (0-300-08858-2)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Henry I'Book summary:Henry I, son of William the Conqueror, ruled from 1100 to 1135, a time of fundamental change in the Anglo-Norman world. This long-awaited biography, written by one of the most distinguished medievalists of his generation, offers a major reassessment of Henrys character and reign. Challenging the dark and dated portrait of the king as brutal, greedy, and repressive, it argues instead that Henrys rule was based on reason and order.[via]
C. Warren Hollister points out that Henry laid the foundations for judicial and financial institutions usually attributed to his grandson, Henry II. Royal government was centralized and systematized, leading to firm, stable, and peaceful rule for his subjects in both England and Normandy. By mid-reign Henry I was the most powerful king in Western Europe, and with astute diplomacy, an intelligence network, and strategic marriages of his children (legitimate and illegitimate), he was able to undermine the various coalitions mounted against him. Henry strove throughout his reign to solidify the Anglo-Norman dynasty, and his marriage linked the Normans to the Old English line.
Hollister vividly describes Henrys life and reign, places them against the political background of the time, and provides analytical studies of the king and his magnates, the royal administration, and relations between king and church. The resulting volume is one that will be welcomed by students and general readers alike.More editions of Henry I:
A History of European Socialismby Albert S. LindemannISBN 0300032463 (0-300-03246-3)
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A History of Gay Literature: The Male Traditionby Gregory WoodsISBN 0300080883 (0-300-08088-3)
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The Illustrated Jesus Through the Centuriesby Jaroslav PelikanISBN 0300072686 (0-300-07268-6)
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The Indian Slave Trade: The Rise of the English Empire in the American South, 1670-1717by Alan GallayISBN 0300087543 (0-300-08754-3)
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Ireland's Holy Wars: The Struggle for a Nation's Soul, 1500-2000by Marcus TannerISBN 0300090722 (0-300-09072-2)
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The Knights of Maltaby H.J.A. SireISBN 0300068859 (0-300-06885-9)
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Late Roman Armyby Pat Southern, Karen Ramsey DixonISBN 0300068433 (0-300-06843-3)
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The Laws of War: Constraints on Warfare in the Western Worldby Michael Howard, Mark R. Shulman, George J. AndreopoulosISBN 0300070624 (0-300-07062-4)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Laws of War: Constraints on Warfare in the Western World'Book summary:This book explores not only the formal constraints on the conduct of war throughout Western history but also the unwritten conventions about what is permissible in the course of military operations. Ranging from classical antiquity to the present, historians discuss the legal and cultural regulation of violence in such areas as belligerent rights, the treatment of prisoners and civilians, the observing of truces and immunities, the use of particular weapons, siege warfare, codes of honour, and war crimes. The book begins with a general overview of the subject by Michael Howard. The contributors then discuss the formal and informal constraints on conducting war as they existed in classical antiquity, the age of chivalry, early modern Europe, colonial America, and the age of Napoleon. They also examine how these constraints have been applied to wars at sea, on land, and in the air, planning for nuclear war, and national liberation struggles, in which one of the participants is not an organized state. The book concludes with reflections by Paul Kennedy and George Andreopoulos on the main challenges facing the quest for humanitarian norms in warfare in the future. [via]
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Livingstoneby Tim JealISBN 0300091028 (0-300-09102-8)
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Mahatma Gandhi and His Apostlesby Ved Parkash MehtaISBN 0300055390 (0-300-05539-0)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Mahatma Gandhi and His Apostles'Book summary:In this book, the renowned author Ved Mehta brings Gandhi to life in all his holiness and humanness, shedding light on his principles and his purposes, his ideas and his actions. Through interviewing disciples of Gandhi in five countries, Mehta reconstructs in precise detail Gandhi's daily routine, recounts the story of his life, and presents the beliefs and practices of his "apostles." Mehta's book, widely praised when it was first published in 1977, is a biographical portrait of Gandhi unlike any other. "A remarkable examination of the life and work of a human being who has been extolled around the world as one of the greatest souls of all time. . . . A very readable account, dotted with sharply etched portraits."-Paul Johnson, New York Times "Meticulously researched, passionately felt, elegantly written."-Max Lerner "Mehta's work . . . touches much more than the personality of Gandhi, for it deals with the more general issue of the evolution and maintenance of a cultural symbol. . . . Mehta has given us a sensitive view of India and a personalized experience of the meaning of Mahatma Gandhi."-Edward S. Kayes, American Historical Review "An outstanding book . . . aglow with illuminating detail."-John Grigg, The Listener [via]
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Main Currents of Western Thought: Readings in Western European Intellectual History from the Middle Ages to the Presentby Franklin Levan BaumerISBN 0300022336 (0-300-02233-6)
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Metropolitan Corridorby John StilgoeISBN 0300034814 (0-300-03481-4)
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Metropolitan Corridor: Railroads and the American Sceneby John R. StilgoeISBN 0300030428 (0-300-03042-8)
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Miracle in the Early Christian World: A Study in Sociohistorical Methodby Howard Clark KeeISBN 0300030088 (0-300-03008-8)
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The "Miscellanies"by Jonathan Edwards, Thomas A. SchaferISBN 0300060599 (0-300-06059-9)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The "Miscellanies"'Book summary:This book begins the publication of Jonathan Edwards' personal theological notebooks, called collectively the "Miscellanies." The entries in Volume 13 span the early years of Edwards' ministry (1722-31) and range widely in subject matter. They record Edwards' initial thoughts on some of his most characteristic ideas, for example, original sin, free will, the Trinity, and God's end in creation. Many entries, however, relate to doctrinal and polemical subjects not included in the corpus of Edwards' published writings. The volume also contains Edwards' alphabetical index to the entire "Miscellanies"; this "Table" is a theological document in its own right and reveals the interrelationship among the various components of Edwards' theological system. [via]
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The Muse Learns to Write: Reflections on Orality and Literacy from Antiquity to the Presentby Eric A. HavelockISBN 0300043821 (0-300-04382-1)
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The New Encyclopedia of the American Westby Howard LamarISBN 0300070888 (0-300-07088-8)
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Opera in America: A Cultural Historyby John DizikesISBN 0300061013 (0-300-06101-3)
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Origins of Knowledge and Imaginationby Jacob BronowskiISBN 0300024096 (0-300-02409-6)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Origins of Knowledge and Imagination'Book summary:The Silliman Memorial lecture series was established in 1888 in memory of Mrs. Hepsa Ely Silliman, the wife of Gold S. Silliman, the mother of Benjamin Silliman, one of the first professors of science at Yale University and the first person to fractionate petroleum. It was established from a legacy of $80,000 left in 1883 and the fund was possessed by Yale University, who publish the lectures, in 1901. The lectures are designed to illustrate the presence and providence, the wisdom and goodness of God, as manifested in the natural and moral world. It is the belief of the testator that any orderly presentation of the facts of nature or history contributed to the end of this foundation more effectively than any attempt to emphasize the elements of doctrine or creed; and he therefore provided that lectures on dogmatic or polemical theology should be excluded from the scope of this foundation, and that the subjects should be selected rather from the domains of natural science and history, giving special prominence to astronomy, chemistry, geology, and anatomy. [via]
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Our Own Snug Fireside: Images of the New England Home 1760-1860by Jane C. NylanderISBN 0300059531 (0-300-05953-1)
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Paris: An Architectural Historyby Anthony SutcliffeISBN 0300068867 (0-300-06886-7)
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The Personal Rule of Charles Iby Kevin SharpeISBN 0300065965 (0-300-06596-5)
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The Polish Revolution: Solidarityby Timothy Garton AshISBN 0300095686 (0-300-09568-6)
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Prehistoric Britainby Timothy DarvillISBN 0300039514 (0-300-03951-4)
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The Quest for Becket's Bones: The Mystery of the Relics of st Thomas Becket of Canterburyby John ButlerISBN 0300068956 (0-300-06895-6)
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Renaissance Rivals: Michelangelo, Leonardo, Raphael, Titianby Rona GoffenISBN 0300094345 (0-300-09434-5)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Renaissance Rivals: Michelangelo, Leonardo, Raphael, Titian'Book summary:For the great Renaissance masters, the creation of art was not only an intellectual or aesthetic exercise. It was a contest. The artists of 16th-century Italy knew each other's work, knew each other's patrons, and knew each other - sometimes as friends and colleagues, sometimes as enemies, but always as rivals. This volume views the lives and greatest works of Michelangelo, Leonardo, Raphael and Titian through the prism of their ardent rivalry. Rona Goffen, scholar of the Italian Renaissance, seeks to bring the artists to life in this account of their impassioned strivings to outdo both living competitors and the masters of antiquity. Rivalry was the leitmotif of the Renaissance masters' careers, Goffen shows, and Michelangelo's art was their competitive point of reference. Quoting from poems, letters, treatises, contracts, and other contemporary writings, the author demonstrates the extent to which artists, as well as their patrons and colleagues, characteristically thought about art in the context of rivalry. Renaissance patrons often stipulated in contracts with artists that their commissions be more beautiful than works made for other patrons. The artists themselves, motivated sometimes by the immediate and pragmatic advantages of patronage and at other times by the hope of immortal fame, competed for commissions ranging from highly public projects at the Vatican to small works intended for the intimate setting of a collector's study. These masters conceived their works in dialogue with each other's inventions, evoking their rivals' ideas precisely with the intention of surpassing them. Goffen brings into sharp focus the immediacy, intensity and complexity of artistic rivalry among the Renaissance masters, recovering for us the emotional and professional circumstances that brought about their magnificent creations. [via]
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Rereading Frederick Jackson Turner: "The Significance of the Frontier in American History" and Other Essaysby John MacK Faragher, Frederick Jackson TurnerISBN 0300075936 (0-300-07593-6)
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Richard Iby John GillinghamISBN 0300094043 (0-300-09404-3)
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Ritual, Politics, and Powerby David I. KertzerISBN 0300043627 (0-300-04362-7)
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The Road to Terror: Stalin and the Self Destruction of the Bolsheviks, 1932-1939by Oleg V. Naumov, Getty, J. Arch (John Arch), Benjamin SherISBN 0300094035 (0-300-09403-5)
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Roots of Revolution: An Interpretive History of Modern Iranby Nikki R. Keddie, Yann RichardISBN 0300026110 (0-300-02611-0)
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Russia Through Women's Eyes: Autobiographies from Tsarist Russiaby Toby W. Clyman, Judith VowelsISBN 0300067542 (0-300-06754-2)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Russia Through Women's Eyes: Autobiographies from Tsarist Russia'Book summary:Nineteenth-century Russia has been known to the West mainly through the writings of men. Russian women, however, were far from silent and have left vivid testimony about their families, their education, their careers, and their country. This collection presents, for the first time in English, the lives of eleven remarkable Russian women as told in their own words. These autobiographies span the century and cover a wide range of classes and professions. Among the authors are women of the gentry (Natalia Grot), the merchant class (Aleksandra Kobiakova), the lower bureaucracy (Praskovia Tatlina), and the serf class (Liubov Nikulina-Kositskaia). They include writers (Elizaveta Lvova, Anastasia Verbitskaia), a journalist (Emilia Pimenova), an actress in the provincial theater (Liubov Nikulina-Kositskaia), and two physicians (Varvara Kashevarova-Rudneva, Ekaterina Slanskaia)-one the first woman to earn a medical degree in Russia, the other a doctor in the slums of St. Petersburg. Their memoirs show their fierce engagement in the debate over woman's nature, her duties and responsibilities, her upbringing, and her place in society. Each autobiography is introduced and annotated by Toby Clyman and Judith Vowles, who also provide a general introduction that situates these writings within the Russian and Western autobiographical traditions. [via]
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The Shaping of America: A Geographical Perspective on 500 Years of History Transcontinental America 1850-1915by D.W. MeinigISBN 0300082908 (0-300-08290-8)
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The Social Contract and the First and Second Discourses: And, the First and Second Discoursesby Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Gita May, Susan DunnISBN 0300091419 (0-300-09141-9)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Social Contract and the First and Second Discourses: And, the First and Second Discourses'Book summary:Jean-Jacques Rousseau's ideas about society, culture and government are pivotal in the history of political thought. His works are as controversial as they are relevant today. This volume brings together three of Rousseau's most important political writings - "The Social Contract" and "The First Discourse (Discourse on the Sciences and Arts)" and "The Second Discourse (Discourse on the Origin and Foundations of Inequality)" - and presents essays by major scholars that shed light on the dimensions and implications of these texts. Susan Dunn's introductory essay underlines the unity of Rousseau's political thought and explains why his ideas influenced Jacobin revolutionaries in France but repelled American revolutionaries across the ocean. Gita May's essay discusses Rousseau as cultural critic. Robert Bellah explores Rousseau's attempt to resolve the tension between the individual's desire for freedom and the obligations that society imposes. David Bromwich analyzes Rousseau as a psychologist of the human self. And Conor Cruise O'Brien takes on the "noxious", "deranged" Rousseau, excoriated by Edmund Burke but admired by Robespierre and Thomas Jefferson. Written from different, even opposing perspectives, these essays should convey a sense of the vital and contentious debate surrounding Rousseau and his legacy. For this edition Susan Dunn has provided a new translation of the "Discourse on the Sciences and Arts" and has revised a previously published translation of "The Social Contract". [via]
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Sophia, Regent of Russia, 1657-1704by Lindsey HughesISBN 0300047908 (0-300-04790-8)
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Three Behaim Boys: Growing Up in Early Modern Germany A Chronicle of Their Livesby Steven OzmentISBN 0300051336 (0-300-05133-6)
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Trying Neaira: The True Story of a Courtesan's Scandalous Life in Anicent Greeceby Debra HamelISBN 0300094310 (0-300-09431-0)
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The Ukrainians: Unexpected Nationby Andrew WilsonISBN 0300093098 (0-300-09309-8)
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The Vinland Map and the Tartar Relationby Thomas E. Marston, R. A. Skelton, George Duncan PainterISBN 0300065205 (0-300-06520-5)
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Voltaire's Politics: The Poet As Realistby Peter GayISBN 0300040954 (0-300-04095-4)
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The Waning of the Renaissance, 1550-1640by William J. BouwsmaISBN 0300085370 (0-300-08537-0)
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What Clothes Reveal : The Language of Clothing in Colonial and Federal America: The Colonial Williamsburg Collectionby Linda Baumgarten, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation StaffISBN 0300095805 (0-300-09580-5)
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William Tyndale: A Biographyby David DaniellISBN 0300068808 (0-300-06880-8)
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