Blues for Francis: The Life & Work of Francis Wilford-Smith
Caroline Beecroft and Howard Rye
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For many years, Francis Wilford-Smith led a parallel existence as an internationally respected...
King Arthur: pocket GIANTS
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Why is King Arthur a giant? Because his story has had such strong influences on our understanding of...
Medical Muses: Hysteria in Nineteenth-Century Paris
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Hysteria as a disease no longer exists, but in the nineteenth century hysteria was thought to affect...
Alexander I: The Tsar Who Defeated Napoleon
Marie-Pierre Rey and Susan Emanuel
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Alexander I was a ruler with high aspirations for the people of Russia. Cosseted as a young grand...
Archives of American Time: Literature and Modernity in the Nineteenth Century
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American historians have typically argued that a shared experience of time worked to bind the...
From Jack Johnson to Lebron James: Sports, Media, and the Color Line
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The campaign for racial equality in sports has both reflected and affected the campaign for racial...
Jane Austen's Names: Riddles, Persons, Places
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In Jane Austen's works, a name is never just a name. In fact, the names Austen gives her characters...
Arab Fall: How the Muslim Brotherhood Won and Lost Egypt in 891 Days
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How did Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood win power so quickly after the dramatic "Arab Spring" uprising...
Bankrupts and Usurers of Imperial Russia: Debt, Property, and the Law in the Age of Dostoevsky and Tolstoy
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As readers of classic Russian literature know, the nineteenth century was a time of pervasive...
The Black Friend
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The instant New York Times bestseller! Writing from the perspective of a friend, Frederick Joseph...