
National Museums and Nation-Building in Europe 1750-2010: Mobilization and Legitimacy, Continuity and Change
Peter Aronsson and Gabriella Elgenius
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Europe's national museums have since their creation been at the centre of on-going nation making...

Necropolis: London and its Dead
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From Roman burial rites to the horrors of the plague, from the founding of the great Victorian...

Qatar: The Rise to Power and Influence
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Qatar plays a crucial part in the Middle East today. With the second greatest natural gas resources...
Reason, Community and Religious Tradition: Anselm's Argument and the Friars
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This title was first published in 2001: Reason, Community and Religious Tradition examines key...

Return of a King: The Battle for Afghanistan
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In the spring of 1839, the British invaded Afghanistan for the first time. Led by lancers in scarlet...

Remarkable Plants That Shape Our World
Helen Bynum and William F. Bynum
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Plants are truly remarkable: even with all our modern technological prowess they still feed, clothe...

Sustainability Planning and Collaboration in Rural Canada: Taking the Next Steps
Lars K. Hallstrom, Mary Beckie, Glen T. Hvenegaard and Karsten Mundel
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Rural communities, often the first indicators of economic downturns, play an important role in...
Recasting Folk in the Himalayas: Indian Music, Media, and Social Mobility
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Colonialist, nationalist, and regionalist ideologies have profoundly influenced folk music and...

Transmission in Motion: The Technologizing of Dance
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How can various technologies, from the more conventional to the very new, be used to archive, share...

Sourcebook in the Mathematics of Medieval Europe and North Africa
Victor J. Katz, Barnabas Hughes, Menso Folkerts and Roi Wagner
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Medieval Europe was a meeting place for the Christian, Jewish, and Islamic civilizations, and the...