Islamism: A History of Political Islam from the Fall of the Ottoman Empire to the Rise of Isis
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An incisive analysis of Islamist movements in the Middle East A political, social, and cultural...
Voices of the Forest: A Social History of Scottish Forestry in the Twentieth Century
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The creation of large new tracts of forest, together with the development of a modern wood...
Rejected Princesses: Tales of History's Boldest Heroines, Hellions, and Heretics
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Blending the iconoclastic feminism of The Notorious RBG and the confident irreverence of Go the...
Mobilizing Nature: The Environmental History of War and Militarization in Modern France
Penny Summerfield, Chris Pearson, Bertrand Taithe and Peter Gatrell
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Mobilizing nature traces the environmental history of war and militarization in France, from the...
Philanthropy in Democratic Societies: History, Institutions, Values
Rob Reich, Chiara Cordelli and Lucy Bernholz
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Philanthropy is everywhere. In 2013, in the United States alone, some $330 billion was recorded in...
Chris Boardman: the Biography of the Modern Bike: The Ultimate History of Bike Design
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Former Olympic champion, Tour de France record holder, successful bike designer, and leader of the...
Bandung, Global History, and International Law: Critical Pasts and Pending Futures
Luis Eslava, Michael Fakhri and Vasuki Nesiah
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In 1955 a conference was held in Bandung, Indonesia that was attended by representatives from...
Antique New England Homes & Barns: History, Restoration, and Reinterpretation
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There is something about antique homes and their hard-working barns that captures the imagination....
Gender History in a Transnational Perspective: Networks, Biographies, Gender Orders
Oliver Janz and Daniel Schonpflug
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Recent debates have used the concept of "transnational history" to broaden research on historical...
Gendering Knowledge in Africa and the African Diaspora: Contesting History and Power
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Gendering Knowledge in Africa and the African Diaspora addresses the question of to what extent the...