The Honourable Company: History of the English East India Company
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During 200 years the East India Company grew from a loose association of Elizabethan tradesmen into...
Deep Blues: A Musical and Cultural History of the Mississippi Delta
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Blues is the cornerstone of American popular music, the bedrock of rock and roll. In this...
Global Population: History, Geopolitics, and Life on Earth
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Concern about the size of the world's population did not begin with the "population bomb" in 1968....
Lions Under the Throne: Essays on the History of English Public Law
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Francis Bacon wrote in 1625 that judges must be lions, but lions under the throne. From that day to...
Otherworlds: Fantasy and History in Medieval Literature
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This book offers a new perspective on the otherworlds of medieval literature. These fantastical...
Players' Work Time: A History of the British Musicians' Union, 1893-2013
Martin Cloonan and John Williamson
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This book examines the working lives of musicians over the past 120 years via the history of the...
UNESCO's Utopia of Lifelong Learning: An Intellectual History
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With a focus on lifelong learning, this book examines the shifts that UNESCO's educational concepts...
Lifestyles and Subcultures: History and a New Perspective
Luigi Berzano and Carlo Genova
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Lifestyles and subcultures are tools through which people say - to themselves and to others - who...
Trouble in Paradise: From the End of History to the End of Capitalism
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In Trouble in Paradise, Slavoj Zizek, one of our most famous, most combative philosophers, explains...