A Cultural History of Gardens in the Age of Enlightenment
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The Enlightenment raised fundamental questions about what it meant to be human in a truly global...
The End of Concern: Maoist China, Activism, and Asian Studies
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In 1968 a cohort of politically engaged young academics established the Committee of Concerned Asian...
Eating the Ocean
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In Eating the Ocean Elspeth Probyn investigates the profound importance of the ocean and the future...
Making Climate Change History: Documents from Global Warming's Past
Paul S. Sutter and Joshua P. Howe
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This collection pulls together key documents from the scientific and political history of climate...
Remaking the Modern World 1900-2015: Global Connections and Comparisons
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The sequel and companion volume to C.A. Bayly's ground-breaking The Birth of the Modern World,...
The Darkest Side of Politics: Postwar Fascism, Covert Operations and Terrorism: No. 1
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This book examines a wide array of phenomena that arguably constitute the most noxious, extreme,...
On the Greek Origins of Biopolitics: A Reinterpretation of the History of Biopower
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This book explores the origins of western biopolitics in ancient Greek political thought....
LA Forwards & Backwards
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Opening up on the conversation on the issues being debated in today’s Los Angeles. Featuring...
Remembering the Troubles: Contesting the Recent Past in Northern Ireland
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The essays in this volume, by leading experts in the fields of Irish and British history, politics,...
The Water Kingdom: A Secret History of China
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China's history is an epic tapestry of courtly philosophies, warring factions and imperial intrigue....
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