The Confidence Trap: A History of Democracy in Crisis from World War I to the Present
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Why do democracies keep lurching from success to failure? The current financial crisis is just the...
Architecture in Norway: An Architectural History from Stone Age to the 21st Century
Siri Skjold Lexau and Per Jonas Nordhagen
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The authors have produced an interdisciplinary presentation of Norwegian architectural history on...
Religion and Trade: Cross-Cultural Exchanges in World History, 1000-1900
Francesca Trivellato, Leor Halevi and Catia Antunes
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Although trade connects distant people and regions, bringing cultures closer together through the...
In Pursuit of Privilege: A History of New York City's Upper Class and the Making of a Metropolis
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A history that extends from the 1750s to the present, In Pursuit of Privilege recounts upper-class...
Peculiar Privilege: A Social History of English Foxhunting, 1753-1885
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The landmark book provides a clear understanding of the ways in which landed society functioned, and...
For Valour the Complete History of the Victoria Cross: Volume 1: The Crimean War
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This ambitious project in association with The Victoria Cross Trust will be published in 8 volumes...
Beyond Syria's Borders: A History of Territorial Disputes in the Middle East
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Lebanon, together with the province of Hatay in Turkey (containing Antakya) and the Golan Heights...
Scotland's Secret History: The Illicit Distilling and Smuggling of Whisky
Charles MacLean and Daniel MacCannell
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Illicit distilling in Scotland was seen as a 'right of man' at the end of the 17th century. Attempts...
The Sexual History of the Global South: Sexual Politics in Africa, Asia and Latin America
Saskia Wieringa and Horacio Sivori
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The Sexual History of the Global South explores the gap between sexuality studies and post-colonial...