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Taylor & Francis Overseas Economic Relations and Statehood in
Book SynopsisDrawing on official, archival, and published sources, this book explores how the formative history of the European nation-state was embedded within economic globalization and associated with conceptions of the world overseas.With a particular focus on France, Germany, Italy, and Britain, this research investigates how overseas relationships shaped state governance. The argument departs from conventional histories by linking together the analysis of economic relationships and political cultures, examining the ways in which state agency formed in different areas such as national economy building, the organization of overseas raw material and food supplies, labour, migration, and national identity. Spanning over a century, the book discusses the changing role of overseas colonies in European national development. Once a means to complete economic liberalization, colonies were then envisaged as tools of crisis management before, in the mid-twentieth century, complementarities in
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Taylor & Francis Capitalist Cold
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Taylor & Francis Modern Britain 17001983
Book SynopsisFirst Published in 1986 Modern Britain 1700-1983 presents an interpretation of major trends in the domestic history of the United Kingdom since the beginning of the eighteenth century. It is not intended to offer a comprehensive history of Britain and in particular, foreign and colonial policies are not considered: the focus is on the recreation and analysis of what it felt like to live in Britain throughout the period in question. Many features of present-day Britain have their roots in the eighteenth century- industrialization, urbanisation, mass communications, constitutional monarchy, the rule of parliamentary law. To examine British history since 1700 is to approach directly an understanding of our own world. The period sees the development of a predominantly agricultural country into the first industrial nation, the progression from still high infant mortality and early death to sophistication of modern medicine, from the dominance of the traditional landed rulin
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Iberia negra
Book SynopsisIberia negra provides textual and methodological resources to investigate and study the African Diaspora and early modern Iberian Studies with a transatlantic and global perspective. This unique and timely volume renovates the study of Black African lives in the Iberian Peninsula during the 16th and 17th centuries, contextualizing and illuminating Afro-Iberian experiences and representations through unpublished or little-known documents. Across twelve chapters, Iberia negra explores the Afro-Iberian presence and the construction of Black identity in the Iberian Peninsula through the eraâs social practices and cultural representations. In dialogue with a vast critical production from different disciplines such as philology, history, anthropology, musicology, cultural studies, and Black and race studies, this volume offers a more complex vision of Black Iberia, moving away from stereotypes and giving an account of the life experiences of Black men and women.Iberia negra covers an existing gap in current academic production: within one comprehensive volume, it unites disciplines that until now have dealt with aspects of the diaspora but without dialogue between each other and it also allows access to a broad spectrum of texts on the diaspora in the Iberian Peninsula. With this double objective, Iberia negra is a fruitful resource for graduate and undergraduate students of Spanish, History, and Race, and for professors and researchers in these areas.Iberia negra propociona recursos textuales y metodolÃgicos para estudiar y enseÃar la diÃspora africana y los estudios ibÃricos modernos con una perspectiva transatlÃntica y global. Este volumen tan pertinente como Ãnico renueva nuestro conocimiento sobre las vidas de las personas negras de la PenÃnsula IbÃrica durante los siglos XVI y XVII, contextualizando e ilustrando las experiencias y representaciones afroibÃricas con documentos inÃditos o poco conocidos.A lo largo de doce capÃtulos, Iberia negra explora la presencia afroibÃrica y la construcciÃn de la identidad negra en la PenÃnsula IbÃrica a travÃs de las prÃcticas sociales y las representaciones culturales de la Ãpoca. En diÃlogo con una vasta producciÃn crÃtica procedente de diferentes disciplinas como la filologÃa, la historia, la antropologÃa, la musicologÃa, los estudios culturales y los estudios negros y de raza, este volumen ofrece una visiÃn profunda y compleja de la Iberia negra, alejÃndose de los estereotipos y dando cuenta de las experiencias vitales de las personas negras.Iberia negra cubre una laguna en la producciÃn acadÃmica actual. Integra en un volumen disciplinas que han tratado aspectos de la diÃspora sin apenas dialogar entre ellas hasta ahora. AdemÃs, permite acceder a un amplio espectro de textos sobre la diÃspora en la PenÃnsula IbÃrica. Con este doble objetivo, Iberia negra constituye un fructÃfero recurso para estudiantes de grado y posgrado de espaÃol, historia y temas relacionado con la raza, asà como para profesores e investigadores de estas Ãreas.
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Taylor & Francis Medieval Silesia
Book SynopsisThis book presents an innovative retelling of medieval Silesia, by providing a truly inclusive history that considers a variety of perspectives previously neglected in past narratives.Silesia, the land on the Odra, at the crossroads of the German lands, Poland, and Bohemia, is a region that played a key role in the history of medieval Europe, bridging East and West. The transformations of the thirteenth century, which included the migration of German, Francophone, and Jewish settlers in new towns and villages, and legal, technological, and environmental innovations, had profound effects on language, culture and the economy; proximity to Bohemia forced a reaction to the Hussite movement in the fifteenth century. Moving beyond past scholarship, this book combines a more familiar history with that of women and other cultural and religious groups â Francophones and Jews â who shared the territory of Silesia in the Middle Ages.This study will be an ideal resource for studen
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Taylor & Francis Ltd A Short History of the French Revolution
Book SynopsisA Short History of the French Revolution is an up-to-date survey of the French Revolution and Napoleonic era that introduces readers to the origins and events of this turbulent period in French history, and historians' interpretations of these events.The book covers all aspects of the Revolution, including the political, social, and cultural origins of the Revolution, and its causes, events, and aftermath. It provides readers with a full, and yet concise, overview of the Revolution that helps them easily understand the key elements of the subject. Fully updated and revised, this new edition allows students to engage with the most current work on the subject with increased attention given to women's role in the Revolution, full coverage of the struggles over race and slavery, a new emphasis on the populist element in revolutionary politics, and an expanded discussion of the historiography of the era.Supported by learning objectives, critical thinking questions,Table of Contents1 The Origins of the French Revolution / 2 The Collapse of the Absolute Monarchy, 1787–1789 / 3 The Revolutionary Rupture, 1789–1790 / 4 The Defeat of the Liberal Revolution, 1790–1792 / 5 The Convention and the Radical Republic, 1792–1794 / 6 The Return to Order, 1794–1799 / 7 The Napoleonic Consulate, 1799–1804 / 8 The Napoleonic Empire, 1804–1815 / 9 The Revolutionary Heritage / 10 Chronology of Principal Events During the French Revolution / 11 Suggestions for Further Reading
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Girlhood in EighteenthCentury Britain
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Emma Paterson Trade Unionist and Feminist In Her
Book SynopsisEmma Paterson was a pioneer of trade unionism for women. In her short life, she set up a League dedicated to that cause, edited a newspaper to publicise it and travelled the UK working for it. Her spoken and written work addressed issues still with us today, from the gender pay gap to domestic labour, and those thankfully consigned to history, such as whether women should be able to vote or find clothes appropriate to industrial work.Emma Paterson, Trade Unionist and Feminist, In Her Own Words brings together the major works that comprise Emma Patersonâs written output, offering a unique insight into the struggles and concerns of women working in the workshops, factories, shops and homes of Britainâs Industrial Revolution. This book includes a long biographical chapter from the editor, a preface from Frances OâGrady, first woman general secretary of the Trades Union Congress, and then an annotated selection of Emma Patersonâs most important works, from her time as a young activist to her last days as an overworked editor and union leader.This book will appeal to scholars and students of the history of Britain, of its women workers, of industrial, labour and publishing history. It addresses broader questions of class and gender, the interconnections that exist between them and the silences that often accompany them.
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Taylor & Francis Hitler
Book SynopsisAdolf Hitler is the most notorious political figure of the twentieth century. The story of his life, how he became a dictator, and how he managed to convince so many to follow his cause is a subject of perennial fascination. Balancing narrative and analysis, this biography employs a chronological approach to describe the main features of Hitlerâs career. Set against the background of developments in Germany and Europe during his lifetime, the text tells the extraordinary story of how an Austrian layabout rose to become FÃhrer of the Third Reich.This second edition has been fully updated to incorporate the research and literature from the last ten years, including several major studies by British and German scholars that have added to our understanding of Hitler and the Third Reich. New light has been shed on the character of National Socialism and on Hitler as a person and a political figure. Fresh insights have been made into the Hitler cult and into the charismatic nature o
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Three Faces of Antisemitism
Book SynopsisThree Faces of Antisemitism examines the three primary forms of antisemitism as they emerged in modern and contemporary Germany, and then in other countries.The chapters draw on the author's historical scholarship over the years on the form antisemitism assumed on the far right in Weimar and Nazi Germany, in the Communist regime in East Germany, and in the West German radical left, and in Islamist organizations during World War II and the Holocaust, and afterward in the Middle East. The resurgence of antisemitism since the attacks of September 11, 2001, has origins in the ideas, events, and circumstances in Europe and the Middle East in the half century from the 1920s to the 1970s. This book covers the period since 1945 when neo-Nazism was on the fringes of Western and world politics, and the persistence of antisemitism took place primarily when its leftist and Islamist forms combined antisemitism with anti-Zionism in attacks on the state of Israel. The collection inTrade Review'Herf's analyses provide outstanding insights into the historical nature of anti-Semitism. More, it is a decisive read to understand that anti-Semitism is an element not just in National Socialism, but in leftwing extremism and Islamic fundamentalism and a troubling political threat that looms to the present day.'Magnus Brechtken, Leibniz Institute for Contemporary History Munich-Berlin, Germany'Jeffrey Herf has given us an indispensable collection of essays on how contemporary antisemitism cross-pollinated between the Nazis, Cold War Communists and New Leftists, and the Arab/Muslim allies of both. The essential thread throughout is that there is not, nor has there ever been, separation between the hatred of the Jews and the “anti-Zionism,” which supposedly makes it respectable.'Norman JW Goda, author of The Holocaust: Europe, the World, and the Jews, 1918-1945'With the defeat of Hitler and Stalin, many thought the antisemitism of the modern era was over. To understand the shocking, worldwide resurgence of antisemitic ideology and violence in recent years, the renowned historian Jeffrey Herf dissects the contemporary in light of the historical. His essays are thoughtful, profound, and crucially important.'Susannah Heschel, Eli M. Black Distinguished Professor, Dartmouth College, USA'Jeffrey Herf is a superb historian, meticulous in his research, thoughtful and morally acute in his analyses, and uniquely capable of training his spotlight across large swaths of the globe. Read his essays––you will see this for yourself.'Paul Berman, author of Terror and Liberalism and The Flight of the Intellectuals'In analysing links between antisemitism on the right, the left and within Islamist thinking, Herf demonstrates just how pervasive and corrosive the hatred of Jews can be. Three Faces of Antisemitism is an incisive, timely and judicious study of forms and expressions of antisemitism in the 20th and 21st centuries.'Bill Niven, Professor Emeritus for Contemporary German History, Nottingham Trent University, UK'An immensely valuable book by one of the most inspiring experts on antisemitism. Jeffrey Herf's essays span from Nazi antisemitism as the precondition for the Holocaust to contemporary forms of hatred of Jews and Israel. This reveals how totalitarian thinking has been targeted at the "Jewish Enemy" for a century.'Martin Cüppers, Scientific Head Research Institute Ludwigsburg, University of Stuttgart, Germany"Jeffrey Herf has made a scholarly commitment to document the words of Islamic Jew-hatred from their origins in Egypt and wartime Berlin. That has made him a lonely voice in the American professoriate, which has been largely colonized by the pro-Palestinian Left..For the rest of us, though, Herf’s books teach us that we should always take the Islamists’ words and promises seriously. For the Jewish state, this is now a matter of life and death."Excerpt from Sol Stern, "A Historian for Our Moment", review for Quillette: https://quillette.com/2024/01/10/a-historian-for-our-moment/Q&A Interview with Deborah Kalb: https://deborahkalbbooks.blogspot.com/2024/01/q-with-jeffrey-herf.htmlTable of ContentsForeword for Jeffrey Herf’s Three Faces of AntisemitismDavid HirshAcknowledgments Introduction: Three Faces of Antisemitism1 Reactionary Modernism, the Jews, and Anticapitalism in Weimar and Nazi Germany2 The Jewish Enemy: Nazi Germany’s Core Antisemitic Conspiracy Theory 3 Nazi Anti-Zionism4 Nazi Propaganda Aimed at Arabs and Muslims during World War II and the Holocaust5 The Importance and the Limits of Husseini’s Influence in Nazi Berlin6 East German Communists and the Jewish Question: In Memory of Sigrid Meushel (1944–2016) and for Anetta Kahane7 East Germany from Antifascism to Undeclared Wars with Israel, 1967–19898 The West German Left and Israel, 1967–19779 Antisemitism and White Racism: Similarities and Differences10 Antisemitic Conspiracies Yet Again: White Racism, Holocaust Denial, and Ideological Assaults on IsraelEssays on Antisemitism and Contemporary History Since September 11, 200111 What is Old and What is New in the Terrorism of Islamic Fundamentalism?12 Why They Fight: Hamas’ Too-Little-Known Fascist Charter13 Is Donald Trump a Fascist?14 Ideological Exceptionalism: Taking Iran’s Antisemitism Seriously15 Antisemitism and the Academy since 9/1116 Conclusion: The Era of Simultaneity of Antisemitism’s Three FacesSelected BibliographyIndex
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Taylor & Francis Death and Burial in Medieval England
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Taylor & Francis The Berlin Antisemitism Controversy
Book SynopsisAfter a long struggle, Jewish emancipation was formally completed in Germany in 1871, when Wilhelm I abolished religious discrimination across the entire Reich. Yet the very same decade witnessed a new wave of antisemitism, one more vicious and virulent than anything before. At its centre was what is known as âThe Berlin Antisemitism Controversyâ. How can this rise of antisemitism be explained when further liberal reform was expected? Can it help us understand the tide of antisemitism that was to engulf Germany fifty years later?In this outstanding book by a leading scholar of German philosophy, Frederick C. Beiser argues that to understand modern antisemitism we must go back in history. Beginning with the background of the controversy and examining the most important antisemitic thinkers of the 1870s and 1880s, he brilliantly analyses the beginnings of modern antisemitism in Germany. Beiser challenges received scholarship that the rise of antisemitism was caused by a failure of the Jews to assimilate and criticises the view, held by Hannah Arendt, that antisemitism was at its peak when Jews were perceived to be powerless and had lost their roles in government and finance. He argues instead that it was fuelled by a fear of Jewish domination that took multiple forms. Exploring antisemitism from both a historical and philosophical perspective, he situates antisemitism in relation to such fundamental questions as the conditions for citizenship in the modern state, what is meant by nationality and what role religion should play in the state. He also vividly and expertly analyses the writings and arguments of those involved in the antisemitism crisis of the 1870s, including Wilhelm Marr, Constantin Frantz and Adolf Treitschke and thinkers who are here examined in English for the first time.The Berlin Antisemitism Controversy sheds much-needed light on an episode whose shockwaves resonate today. It is a superb account of a crucial period of not only German but also European and Jewish history and essential reading for anyone interested in the causes and roots of antisemitism in Germany and beyond.
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Taylor & Francis Irish Kingship in the Eleventh and Twelfth Centuries
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Taylor & Francis Queens Queenship and Natural Resource Management
Book SynopsisThis innovative collection examines how European queens participated in the conceptualisation, mobilisation, and transformation of ânatural resourcesâ from the fifteenth to the end of the eighteenth century.Early modern queens interacted with human and nonhuman worlds through natural resource management activities that have rarely been the focus of sustained historical analysis. This volume shows the wide range of nonhuman materials, living and inanimate, that premodern queens had the power to direct and dispose of, to utilise, enjoy, and commercialise, to visualise and commemorate, and even to destroy, on and in their lands, forests, waterways, and oceans. Both queenship and natural resource management were configured by contemporary gender ideologies, creating a theoretical relationship between queenship and the more-than-human world. The case studies in this collection explore how queensâ natural resource management was impacted by their cultural and personal contexts, par
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Taylor & Francis Refugees and Population Transfer Management in
Book SynopsisThis book provides a comprehensive study of refugee movements and population transfers across Europe during the First World War and the early postwar period.Drawing parallels with contemporary migration issues, the book serves a social and educational purpose by highlighting Europe''s history of migration and emphasizing the relevance of past experiences to current challenges. It seeks to enhance understanding, raise social awareness, and contribute to the broader discourse on war refugeeism by applying historical insights to address contemporary migration crises.The authors discuss how issues of refugee movements and population transfers were addressed in different contexts and reflect on refugees as both war-induced migrants and political tools for authorities. The book covers a range of topics including humanitarian systems during the war and the early postwar period, refugee locations, policy influence, national issues, self-organization, and aid for refugees, as w
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Taylor & Francis Companion Species
Book SynopsisThis book explores the connection between saints and animals, and how the power over animals has been a characteristic of saints from their beginnings in the Early Church.The connection between saints and humans is examined, with the saint as a human rising beyond humanity, touching the divine, and the non-human animal as a creature, which is connected to and yet removed from humanity and which may have a connection to the sacred itself. This volume transcends traditional religious boundaries by including Christian saints as well as similar figures in Islam and Norse religions. It operates on the cusp of two exciting and innovative fields: hagiographic and animal studies. It shows the complexities of human-animal interaction and the sacred: authorities clashing with experiential knowledge, metaphorical animals as opposed to real, animals ranging from helpers or opponents of saints, disguises of demons, or identity markers of a human community.Companion Species
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Routledge The Russian Revolution of 1917Memory and Legacy
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Taylor & Francis The Making of a Reformation Man
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Taylor & Francis The Diary of Dudley Ryder 1715â1716
Book SynopsisOriginally published in 1939, The Diary of Dudley Ryder 1715â1716, comprises an early diary and a few related notes by Sir Dudley Ryder when he was a student at the Middle Temple. The diary is a fascinating record of the character and life of a moderately well-to-do student of Nonconformist leanings. Its chief interest lies in the wealth of intimate detail concerning the writer, his family and friends, but it has too, considerable importance as a social and historical document. The reading and tastes of a serious young man of the early eighteenth century, his opinions on the chief social, religious and political topics of the time. It gives an interesting, at times exciting, account of the daily life of London during the rebellion; it contains eye-witness accounts of trials, executions, riots, battles; it gives fresh details and stories about many public men; it throws new light on the attitude of Nonconformity and the Church towards each other.
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Taylor & Francis Conciliarism and Church Law in the Fifteenth
Book SynopsisCrises are never the best of times and the era of the Great Western Schism (1378-1417) easily qualifies as one of the worst of times. As a professor of canon law at the University of Padua and later cardinal, and as a major theorist in the conciliarist movement, Franciscus Zabarella (1360-1417) tried to do what a good legal mind does: find and explicate a viable and legal solution to the crises of his time, a solution that would stand up in his own era and for the generations that followed. In this volume Thomas Morrissey looks at what he said, wrote and did, and places him and his thought in the context of the late medieval and early modern era, how he reflected that world and how he influenced it. Particular studies elucidate what he wrote on the authority and on the duty of the people in power, what they could do and should do, as well as what they should not do. They also show how he explored the area of early constitution law and human rights in civil and religious society and tha
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Taylor & Francis The Renaissance and the Ottoman World
Book SynopsisThis volume brings together some of the latest research on the cultural, intellectual, and commercial interactions during the Renaissance between Western Europe and the Middle East, with particular reference to the Ottoman Empire. Recent scholarship has brought to the fore the economic, political, cultural, and personal interactions between Western European Christian states and the Eastern Mediterranean Islamic states, and has therefore highlighted the incongruity of conceiving of an iron curtain bisecting the mentalities of the various socio-political and religious communities located in the same Euro-Mediterranean space. Instead, the emphasis here is on interpreting the Mediterranean as a world traversed by trade routes and associated cultural and intellectual networks through which ideas, people and goods regularly travelled. The fourteen articles in this volume contribute to an exciting cross-cultural and inter-disciplinary scholarly dialogue that explores elements of continuity an
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Taylor & Francis A Modern History of Andorra
Book SynopsisThis book examines the fascinating survival of Andorra, one of Europe's micro-states nestled between France and Spain. Despite its medieval institutional framework, Andorra endured into the late 20th century without an army, police, currency, or customs barriers. The book uncovers how Andorra skilfully exploited its strategic position between two powerful neighbours, using its unique dual sovereignty to navigate the pressures of the modern nation-state era and secure its survival.Exploring a range of historical events, the book delves into the misconceptions found in European travel writing about Andorra, the eccentric 1934 episode when Boris Skossyreff crowned himself King, and the countryâs pivotal role as an escape route during World War II. It also highlights Andorra's transformation into a prosperous modern society, built on tourism and commerce. The narrative provides a detailed account of how Andorra evolved from a medieval holdover to a thriving micro-state in the contemporary world.A valuable resource for students of modern French and Spanish history, this book will also appeal to specialists in border studies and anyone interested in the endurance of Europeâs micro-states.
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Taylor & Francis A Social History of Housing 1815â1985
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Taylor & Francis Languages Identities and Cultural Transfers
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Cambridge University Press Art and Rhetoric in Roman Culture
Book SynopsisRhetoric was fundamental to education and to cultural aspiration in the Greek and Roman worlds. It was one of the key aspects of antiquity that slipped under the line between the ancient world and Christianity erected by the early Church in late antiquity. Ancient rhetorical theory is obsessed with examples and discussions drawn from visual material. This book mines this rich seam of theoretical analysis from within Roman culture to present an internalist model for some aspects of how the Romans understood, made and appreciated their art. The understanding of public monuments like the Arch of Titus or Trajan's Column or of imperial statuary, domestic wall painting, funerary altars and sarcophagi, as well as of intimate items like children's dolls, is greatly enriched by being placed in relevant rhetorical contexts created by the Roman world.Table of ContentsPreface Michel Meyer; Introduction Jaś Elsner; Part I. Architecture and Public Space: 1. On the sublime in architecture Edmund Thomas; 2. Sublime histories, exceptional viewers: Trajan's Column and its visibility Francesco de Angelis; 3. Corpore enormi: the rhetoric of physical appearance in Suetonius and imperial portrait statuary Jennifer Trimble; 4. Beauty and the Roman female portrait Eve D'Ambra; Part II. The Domestic Realm: 5. The Casa del Menandro in Pompeii: rhetoric and the topology of Roman wall-painting Katharina Lorenz; 6. Agamemnon's grief: on the limits of expression in Roman rhetoric and painting Verity Platt; Part III. The Funerary: 7. Rhetoric and art in third-century AD Rome Barbara Borg; 8. Poems in stone: reading mythological sarcophagi through Statius' Consolations Zahra Newby; 9. The funerary altar of Pedana and the rhetoric of unreachability Caroline Vout; 10. Rational, passionate and appetitive: the psychology of rhetoric and the transformation of visual culture from non-Christian to Christian sarcophagi in the Roman world Jaś Elsner; Part IV. Rhetoric and the Visual: 11. The ordo of rhetoric and the rhetoric of order Michael Squire; Coda: the rhetoric of Roman painting within the history of culture: a global interpretation Michel Meyer.
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Cambridge University Press Economy Family and Society from Rome to Islam A Critical Edition English Translation and Study of Brysons Management of the Estate
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Cambridge University Press A Concise History of Serbia
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Cambridge University Press Reframing the Feudal Revolution Political and Social Transformation between Marne and Moselle c800c1100 90 Cambridge Studies in Medieval Life and Thought Fourth Series Series Number 90
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Cambridge University Press Fighting the Peoples War
Book SynopsisFighting the People''s War is an unprecedented, panoramic history of the ''citizen armies'' of the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, India, New Zealand and South Africa, the core of the British and Commonwealth armies in the Second World War. Drawing on new sources to reveal the true wartime experience of the ordinary rank and file, Jonathan Fennell fundamentally challenges our understanding of the War and of the relationship between conflict and socio-political change. He uncovers how fractures on the home front had profound implications for the performance of the British and Commonwealth armies and he traces how soldiers'' political beliefs, many of which emerged as a consequence of their combat experience, proved instrumental to the socio-political changes of the postwar era. Fighting the People''s War transforms our understanding of how the great battles were won and lost as well as how the postwar societies were forged.Trade Review'[A] weighty, admirably uncomfortable account [by] an impressively diligent and thoughtful young historian … This is a fascinating and important book, which brings together a mass of information … never before assembled under one roof.' Max Hastings, The Sunday Times'Incredibly well-researched, brilliantly written and quite frankly, an outstanding book.' History of War'A richly documented, provocative and convincing study.' David French, The Times Literary Supplement'Fennell draws on a wide literature and deep archival research to explore how the Commonwealth armies fought key battles and campaigns, but he never loses sight of the role of citizen soldiers and how they exerted agency in calamitous defeats and gritty victories. Fighting the People's War offers new interpretations in the global fight against Fascism, and will be required reading for scholars and the historically-minded public.' Tim Cook, author of The Necessary War and Fight to the Finish'This is an outstanding book, based on immersion in archives across the globe. Rich in insights, it demands that we rethink the way we view the armies of the British Empire in the Second World War.' Gary Sheffield, author of A Short History of the First World War'Indispensable for understanding both World War II and the modern British experience. Fennell's major contribution integrates three themes usually compartmentalized. Its base is the analysis of Britain's development of an army able to fight and win a global war. That costly achievement both fostered and depended on growing cohesion within the participating societies. Wartime cohesion and comradeship in turn brought classes together in the postwar 'quiet revolution' that ended the Empire and redefined the Commonwealth.' Dennis Showalter, author of Hitler's Panzers: The Lightning Attacks that Revolutionized Warfare'Comprehensive, detailed and authoritative, Fennell breaks out of the national straitjackets that restrict our understanding of how the Commonwealth fought WWII - a triumph of multi-national research.' Peter Stanley, author of 'Terriers' in India'This is a hugely impressive, sweepingly ambitious book which brings together the military histories of all the British Commonwealth nations for the first time. It asks vital questions about the relationship between wartime experience, society, and politics in a unique transnational way. A remarkable and valuable achievement.' Alan Allport, author of Browned Off and Bloody-Minded: The British Soldier Goes to War 1939–1945'An absolutely fascinating and fresh account of the Commonwealth armies at war … very well written and totally accessible. It contains a wealth of information that is fresh and new, and Fennell's insights on subjects that many might imagine are familiar will be of real interest … Highly recommended.' Taylor Downing, Military History Matters'Jonathan Fennell's astonishing book is full of compelling arguments that complete the puzzle of British, Commonwealth and Imperial victory in WW2. It's quite fantastic and revealing … an incredible story. Absolutely recommend it.' Al Murray, Comedian and TV Personality'The size, scale, and significance of this book is nothing but staggering.' Munitions of the Mind (www.blogs.kent.ac.uk/munitions-of-the-mind)'Jonathan Fennell has produced a compelling and magisterial history of the British and Commonwealth armies between 1939 and 1945 … Fighting the People's War establishes Fennell as among the leaders of the next generation of Second World War scholars.' Jonathan Boff, History Today'This is a major contribution to the literature of the war, and a useful read for anyone interested in understanding how perceptions of war change over time.' New York Military Affairs Symposium Review'Fighting the People's War will serve for years to come as the standard work on the British and Commonwealth forces in the Second World War. It deserves the widest possible audience.' Mark Klobas, Michigan War Studies ReviewTable of ContentsList of illustrations; List of figures; List of maps; List of tables; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; Overview of maps; Introduction; Part I. The Military and Political Context; 1. Interwar: 1.1 Materiel and manpower; 1.2 Doctrine; 1.3 Training and organisation; 1.4 Politics and public morale; 1.5 Structure and contingency; 2. Mobilisation: 2.1 The political context; 2.2 Mobilisation; 2.3 Equality of sacrifice?; 2.4 The social contract; 2.5 Rhetoric and reality; Part II. The Great Crisis of Empire; 3. Defeat in the West: 3.1 The 'Phoney War'; 3.2 The Norwegian campaign; 3.3 The Battle of France; 3.4 Assessments and recriminations; 3.5 Preparing for invasion; 4. The Middle East: 4.1 Operation 'Compass'; 4.2 From East Africa to the Balkans; 4.3 The Battle for Crete; 4.4 Strategic overstretch; 4.5 Operation 'Crusader'; 4.6 Spring 1942; 4.7 Gazala; 4.8 The July battles; 5. The Far East: 5.1 The strategic context; 5.2 Preparations; 5.3 The Malaya campaign; 5.4 The invasion of Burma; 5.5 The fall of Singapore; 5.6 Retreat to India; 5.7 The cost of failure; 6. The great imperial morale crisis: 6.1 The anatomy of defeat; 6.2 Morale crisis; 6.3 The ideological deficit; 6.4 The soldier and the state; Part III. Transformation; 7. Victory in North Africa: 7.1 No retreat; 7.2 Alam Halfa; 7.3 Colossal cracks; 7.4 War Office initiatives; 7.5 El Alamein; 7.6 The Tunisian campaign; 8. New Guinea and Burma: 8.1 The 'Battle for Australia'; 8.2 Kokoda; 8.3 Wau; 8.4 Quit India; 8.5 The Arakan; Part IV. The Limits of Attrition; 9. The Mediterranean: 9.1 Strategy and preparation; 9.2 The Sicilian campaign; 9.3 Opportunity lost; 9.4 The invasion of Italy; 9.5 Advance to the 'Gustav Line'; 9.6 Winter in Italy; 10. Remobilisation?: 10.1 The British Army and the Beveridge Report; 10.2 The New Zealand Furlough mutiny; 10.3 The UDF and the 'Blue Oath'; 10.4 Procedural justice; 11. Cassino: 11.1 Anzio and the First Battle of Cassino; 11.2 The Second Battle of Cassino; 11.3 The Third Battle of Cassino; 11.4 The Fourth Battle of Cassino (Operation 'Diadem'); 12. Transformation in the jungle: 12.1 Training and doctrine; 12.2 Institutional reform; 12.3 The South-West Pacific area; 12.4 Operation 'Postern'; 12.5 Burma; 12.6 Second Arakan; 12.7 Imphal and Kohima; 12.8 Turn around; Part V. Redemption; 13. D-Day: 13.1 Training and doctrine; 13.2 Selection and morale; 13.3 The assault; 13.4 Controversy; 14. Normandy: 14.1 The battle for Caen; 14.2 Operation 'Goodwood'; 14.3 Breakout; 14.4 Encirclement; 14.5 The trap; 15. The victory campaigns: 15.1 Operation 'Market Garden'; 15.2 Operation 'Olive'; 15.3 Manpower crisis; 15.4 The Scheldt and the 'Siegfried Line'; 15.5 Operational and tactical transformations; 15.6 Victory in Italy; 15.7 The surrender of Germany; 15.8 The South-West Pacific area; 15.9 Burma; 15.10 Operations 'Capital' and 'Extended Capital'; Part VI. The Post-War World; 16. Soldiers and social change: 16.1 From combat cohesion to social cohesion; 16.2 The forces vote and the 1945 British General Election; 16.3 The forces vote and New Zealand's great experiment in social citizenship; 16.4 The forces vote and the formalisation of apartheid in South Africa; 16.5 Soldiers, veterans and the partition of India; 16.6 Soldiers, veterans and social change; Conclusion: C.1 A deficit of political legitimacy; C.2 Military performance; C.3 Consequences; C.4 Fighting the people's war; Appendix 1. The censorship summaries; Appendix 2. The morale reports; Appendix 3. Quantitative indicators of morale; Appendix 4. Defining morale; Notes; Select bibliography; Index.
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Cambridge University Press A History of the Roman Equestrian Order
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Cambridge University Press Justifying Injustice
Book SynopsisPost-war legal scholars commonly consider the Third Reich''s judicial system to be the paradigm of ''evil law''. By examining how crucial parts of this distorted normative order evolved and were justified by regime-loyal legal theorists, we can appreciate how law can bend to a political ideology and fail to keep state power from transgressing elementary standards of humanity and the rule of law. From 1933 to 1939, a flood of publications reflected on the question of how to adapt law to the political ends of National Socialism, debating both the normative and constitutional foundations of the National Socialist state, and the proper form and content of criminal and police law in this new political framework. These debates, the main threads of which are central to this book, reveal the normative ideas driving the Führer state and the legal subtext to the Nazi regime''s escalating atrocities.Trade Review'At long last, we have a reliable primer on Nazi law. Justifying Injustice provides a terrific introduction to the theory and history of authoritarian legalism in a much-misunderstood case. To say that the law of the 'Third Reich' was morally odious, insists Pauer-Studer, is not enough. Far more important is reconstructing the socio-legal context in which the norms and institutions of Nazi law were invented, weaponized, and wielded. With tact and care, Pauer-Studer offer just such a reconstruction. She faults legal positivists and natural lawyers for their shared inability to come to terms with the really existing practices of Nazi legality. Although written from the perspective of legal theory, Justifying Injustice allows us to see the violence of law at the point of its application, thereby illuminating brightly the legal origins of Nazi dictatorship.' Jens Meierhenrich, Director of the Centre of International Studies at the London School of Economics and Political ScienceTable of Contents1. Introduction; 2. From the Weimar Republic to the Third Reich; 3. The Führer state: facts and ideology; 4. National Socialist criminal law; 5. Racial legislation; 6. Police law; 7. The SS jurisdiction; 8. The moralization of law in National Socialism.
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Cambridge University Press Representation and Scepticism from Aquinas to
Book SynopsisIn this book Han Thomas Adriaenssen offers the first comparative exploration of the sceptical reception of representationalism in medieval and early modern philosophy. Descartes is traditionally credited with inaugurating a new kind of scepticism by saying that the direct objects of perception are images in the mind, not external objects, but Adriaenssen shows that as early as the thirteenth century, critics had already found similar problems in Aquinas's theory of representation. He charts the attempts of philosophers in both periods to grapple with these problems, and shows how in order to address the challenges of scepticism and representation, modern philosophers in the wake of Descartes often breathed new life into old ideas, remoulding them in ways that we are just beginning to understand. His book will be valuable for historians interested in the medieval background to early modern thought, and to medievalists looking at continuity with the early modern period.Trade Review'Adriaenssen's rich and detailed study, which carefully evaluates the extant literature (in English, German, French and Italian) and offers subtle interpretations of difficult texts, makes a real contribution to the research on medieval and early modern theories of cognition. It will be indispensable reading for students and scholars working on this topic.' Notre Dame Philosophical ReviewsTable of ContentsIntroduction; Part I. The Veil of Species: 1. Through species to the world. Aquinas and Henry of Ghent; 2. Perception without intermediaries. Olivi's critique of species; 3. Direct realism about perception and beyond. Auriol and Ockham; Part II. The Veil of Cartesian Ideas: 4. Transformations of Cartesianism. Malebranche and Arnauld; 5. Ideas and objects in Desgabets's radical Cartesianism; 6. The solid philosophy of John Sergeant; Part III. Representations and Scepticism: 7. From representation to object; 8. Criteriological problems; Conclusion.
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Cambridge University Press Arvo Prts White Light Media Culture Politics
Book SynopsisThis book presents a fresh, interdisciplinary approach to the study of the contemporary composer Arvo Pärt and his reception. The volume charts his influence on areas including film, cultural programming, new media, cultures of listening, politics and performance practice. It addresses a wide readership across the humanities, with technical analysis kept to a minimum.Trade Review'This diverse collection of essays from a team of Pärt scholars, led by Laura Dolp, strongly advances the understanding of Pärt's music while filling gaps in current scholarship and grappling with the various, often erroneous, perceptions of the composer and his music.' Thomas Robinson, NotesTable of Contents1. Introduction Laura Dolp; 2. Empathy and tintinnabuli music in film Maria Cizmic; 3. Pärt and the sound of one hand clapping Robert Sholl; 4. Pärt and the experience of the neutral Sander van Maas; 5. Ethos and the industry of culture Laura Dolp; 6. An ethnography of spirituality Kythe Heller; 7. Politics and protest Michael Palmese; 8. Sonic embodiment C. J. May; 9. Performing Pärt Andrew Shenton.
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Cambridge University Press A Synopsis of Byzantine History 8111057
Book SynopsisJohn Skylitzes' extraordinary Middle Byzantine chronicle covers the reigns of the Byzantine emperors from the death of Nicephorus I in 811 to the deposition of Michael VI in 1057, and provides the only surviving continuous narrative of the late tenth and early eleventh centuries. A high official living in the late eleventh century, Skylitzes used a number of existing Greek histories (some of them no longer extant) to create a digest of the previous three centuries. It is without question the major historical source for the period and is cited constantly in modern scholarship. This edition features introductions by Jean-Claude Cheynet and Bernard Flusin, along with extensive notes. It will be an essential and exciting addition to the libraries of all historians of the Byzantine age.Trade Review'As John Wortley indicates, this translation took many years to come to fruition. But it now has the potential to contribute very substantially to those reassessments of the political and cultural history of Byzantium in the tenth and eleventh centuries which are currently underway in a variety of scholarly contexts across Europe and North America.' Catherine Holmes, Early Medieval EuropeTable of ContentsIntroduction. John Skylitzes, the author and his family Jean-Claude Cheynet; Re-writing history: John Skylitzes's Synopsis historion Bernard Flusin; 1. Michael I Rangabe The Kouropalates (811–13); 2. Leo V The Armenian (813–20); 3. Michael II The Stammerer (820–9); 4. Theophilos (829–42); 5. Michael III The Son Of Theophilos (The Drunkard) (842–67), and his mother Theodora (842–62); 6. Basil I Kephalas The Macedonian (867–86); 7. Leo VI The Philosopher (The Wise) (886–912); 8. Alexander (912–13); 9. Constantine VII Porphyrogennetos (913–59) bis; 10. Romanos I Lekapenos (919–44); 11. Constantine VII (944–59); 12. Romanos II The Younger (959–63); 13. Basil II and Constantine VIII (976–1025); 14. Nikephoros II Phokas (963–69); 15. John I Tzimiskes (969–76); 16. Basil II and Constantine VIII bis (976–1025); 17. Constantine VIII (1025–8); 18. Romanos III Argyros (1028–34); 19. Michael IV The Paphlagonian (1034–41); 20. Michael V The Caulker / Kalaphates (1041–2); 21. Constantine IX Monomachos (1042–55); 22. Theodora (1055–6); 23. Michael VI The Elder / Stratiotikos (1056–7).
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Cambridge University Press A Historical Introduction to English Law
Book SynopsisEnglish law is often taught and understood in a non-historical way, but historical context helps us see how many of the ideas and institutions that we think of as being fixed are nothing of the sort. Accessibly written for those new to studying law, this book provides the fascinating 'back story' of how the English common law developed.Trade Review'Russell Sandberg continues his laudable mission to persuade law students to bring a historical dimension to their studies, encouraging them to do so with his useful and lively account of important stories and debates about the common law's origins and developments, from the Old English kingdoms to the seventeenth century.' Gwen Seabourne, University of Bristol'A refreshing and thoughtful appraisal of the place and importance of early English legal history and of the historical approach to law. Engagingly written, this text will be an invaluable and enlightening companion to all students of law, enabling them to contextualise and rationalise their legal studies.' Chantal Stebbings, University of Exeter'An edgy, erudite and engaging story of English legal history. Eschewing a smooth narrative of progress, this volume shows how the common law tradition grew by fits and starts over the centuries. Students will love this bouncy and buoyant introduction to legal history, and seasoned scholars will learn much from this 'subversive' account.' John Witte, Jr, Emory UniversityTable of ContentsPrologue: The Man of Law's Tale; 1. The need for legal history; 2. The architects of legal history; 3. The Anglo-Saxon legacy; 4. The Norman Conquest (c.1066–1154); 5. The father of the common law (c.1154–1215); 6. The myth of Magna Carta (c.1215–1272); 7. The English Justinian (c.1272–1307); 8. The Black Death (c.1307–1485) ; 9. The Tudor transformation (c.1485–1603); 10. The Stuart suicide (c.1603–1649); Epilogue: Destiny of the common law; Afterword.
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Cambridge University Press AAS Level History for AQA Tsarist and Communist Russia 18551964 Student Book
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Cambridge University Press AAS Level History for AQA Stuart Britain and the
Book SynopsisA new series of bespoke, full-coverage resources developed for the AQA 2015 A/AS Level History.Table of ContentsPart 1. Absolutism Challenged: Britain, 1603-1649; 1. Monarchs and Parliaments, 1603-1629; 2. Revolution, 1629-1649; Part 2. Monarchy Restored and Restrained: Britain, 1649-1702 3. From Republic to Restored and Restrained: Britain 1649-1678 4. The Establishment of Constitutional Monarchy, 1678-1702.
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Cambridge University Press AAS Level History for AQA The Making of Modern
Book SynopsisApproved by AQA this print Student Book covers The Making of Modern Britain, 1951-2007 Depth component and provides valuable background information to contextualise the period of study. Supporting students in developing their critical thinking, research and written communication skills, it also encourages them to make links between different time periods, topics and historical themes.Table of ContentsPart 1. Building a New Britain, 1951-1979; 1. The Affluent Society, 1951-1964; 2. The Sixties, 1964-1970; 3. The End of Post-War Consensus, 1970-1979; Part 2. Modern Britain, 1979-2007; 4. The impact of Thatcherism, 1979-1987; 5. Towards a New Consensus, 1987-1997; 6. The Era of New Labour, 1997-2007.
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Cambridge University Press Reformation Europe 54 New Approaches to European
Book SynopsisHow could the Protestant Reformation take off from Wittenberg, a tiny town in Saxony, which contemporaries regarded as a mud hole? And how could a man of humble origins, deeply scared by the devil, become a charismatic leader and convince others that the Pope was the living Antichrist? Martin Luther founded a religion which to this day determines many people's lives, as did Jean Calvin in Geneva one generation later. In this new edition of her best selling textbook, Ulinka Rublack addresses these two tantalising questions. Including evidence from the period's rich material culture, alongside a wealth of illustrations, this is the first textbook to use the approaches of the new cultural history to analyse how Reformation Europe came about. Updated for the anniversary of the circulation of Luther's ninety-five theses, Reformation Europe has been restructured for ease of teaching, and now contains additional references to 'radical' strands of Protestantism.Trade ReviewPraise for the first edition: 'Pupils and students studying the Reformation will welcome this fine book.' The Times Higher Education SupplementPraise for the first edition: 'Bravo to this slim and elegant book, the latest in Cambridge's series, 'New Approaches to European History', that offers a balanced and nutritious mixing of Reformation scholarship, using traditional ingredients spiced up with new theories, resulting in an original and fresh preparation to tempt palates away from the traditional staple of political and theological histories.' The International History ReviewPraise for the first edition: 'Students will most likely find this book to be an easy read and will appreciate the lack of detailed theological discussions. Chapter 4 in particular, with its sections on daily life, is fascinating and will engage most university students. More advanced students will also benefit from the good survey of recent works on Reformation history.' Amy R. Caldwell, H-Net'The new edition strengthens Rublack's explanation for how Martin Luther and Jean Calvin, the principal figures of the book, overcame similar impediments and became the great leaders of Protestantism. … The author has added many illustrations and anecdotes … Recommended.' F. J. Baumgartner, ChoiceTable of ContentsPrologue: prophecy; 1. Locating the Reformation: Martin Luther and Wittenberg; 2. Disseminating Luther´s Reformation; 3. People and networks in the age of the Reformations; 4. John Calvin and Geneva; 5. Calvinism in Europe; 6. A religion of the word; 7. Protestant material and emotional cultures; Epilogue: A new cultural history of the Reformation.
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Cambridge University Press German Intellectuals and the Challenge of
Book SynopsisThis book examines how democracy was rethought in Germany in the wake of National Socialism, the Second World War and the Holocaust. The book focuses on a diverse network of intellectuals in post-war Germany and a distinctive vision of renewal that spanned the East-West divide.Trade Review'German Intellectuals and the Challenge of Democratic Renewal is fascinating, even revelatory. By bracketing the Cold War that soon supervened after World War II, Sean Forner recaptures how the world looked to contemporaries, and how many possibilities were seen to beckon.' Samuel Moyn, Harvard University, Massachusetts'This book tells a gripping story about political regeneration in the immediate aftermath of Germany's abject military defeat. In doing so, Sean Forner's 'engaged democrats' are revealed as intellectuals of lasting significance for Europe as a whole. A major achievement.' A. Dirk Moses, European University Institute, Florence'Sean Forner paints a brilliant, dynamic picture of intellectuals in East and West Germany, who grasped the Nazi defeat as an opening for a new kind of democratic culture - participatory, argumentative, and public. A brilliant contribution to post-1945 German history.' Peter C. Caldwell, Rice University, Houston'Forner takes us inside the dilemmas of democratic reconstruction after 1945, in which he shows us a series of unlikely convergences on the part of strange bedfellows who made common cause around the reclaiming of democratic values. The vision pursued by these intellectuals emerges as a specifically German answer to broader post-war questions concerning the promises and perils of mass democracy.' Geoff Eley, University of Michigan'This book is a highly original exploration of a network of antifascist intellectuals who sought to create a participatory democracy in defeated Germany between the front-lines of the Cold War.' Konrad H. Jarausch, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill'Meticulously researched, elegantly written and forcefully argued, this study analyzes how left-wing intellectuals breathed new life into ideas of equality and cvility in the most unlikely place, occupied postwar Germany, a polity in the shadow of genocide. This is a gem of a book of interest to anyone who cares about the fragile nature of democracy, past, present and future.' Till Van Rahden, Université de Montréal'Sean Forner's book on a group of unlikely affiliates within the intellectual elite of postwar Germany offers a timely and original insight into the history of the prolonged 'zero hour.' … The book graciously combines a specific interest in intellectuals' politics with a broader interest in the study of political cultures. … Forner's book brings to life an era of intense intellectual engagement, reconstruct[ing] their networks, interactions, and exchanges …' Christina Morina, H-Net'What makes Forner's treatment of these diverse intellectuals special is his multidimensional analysis of their activities. Unlike Greven and Kieβling, he not only considers texts and ideas but also examines these individuals' networking, their interactions and their political initiatives.' Jens Hacke, German History'Sean A. Forner's German Intellectuals and the Challenge of Democratic Renewal: Culture and Politics after 1945 joins a growing body of scholarship that offers a refreshing challenge to this story. It grippingly surveys a galaxy of scholars and journalists who spent the occupation years (1945–1949) crafting intellectual support for a new democratic society.' Udi Greenberg, American Historical Review'Sean Forner has produced an impressive work of contemporary intellectual history. While the focus on a group of German intellectuals whom Forner calls 'engaged democrats' in the immediate post-war period may sound limited in scope, he actually deals with a considerable number of significant figures, and the study reaches beyond the period of four-power occupation of Germany from 1945 to 1949 to follow the trajectories of a range of key political thinkers into the 1960s.' Andrew G. Bonnell, European History QuarterlyTable of ContentsIntroduction: democratic renewal and Germany's 'zero hour'; 1. Germans, occupiers, and the democratization project; 2. Rethinking democracy: freedom, order, participation; 3. Renewing culture: the 'unpolitical German' between past and future; 4. Subjects of politics: publicness, parties, elites; 5. A parliament of spirit? Mobilizing the cultural nation; 6. Into East Germany: intelligentsia and the Apparat; 7. Into West Germany: nonconformists and the Restoration; 8. 1968, 1989, and the legacies of participation; Select bibliography; Index.
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Cambridge University Press A Concise History of Serbia
Book SynopsisThis accessible and engaging single-volume history of Serbia covers the full span of history, from the sixth-century Slav migrations up to the present day. It traces key developments surrounding Serb states, institutions, and societies, while incorporating the individual experiences and perspectives of ordinary people.Trade Review'Dejan Djokić takes the reader on a fascinating journey into Serbia´s turbulent past from prehistory to the present day, tracing key political, social, and institutional developments. Written with the benefit of hindsight after the collapse of Yugoslavia, the book offers a well-balanced analysis of historical continuities and discontinuities. This thought-provoking synthesis is highly recommended to all interested in the Balkan region.' Marie-Janine Calic, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München'History writing of the highest standard: richly informed, superbly lucid, clear-eyed in judgments yet not judgmental: Djokic has the rare gift of connecting distant history to urgent questions of the present, while never losing sight of the humans who made and lived this history. If he can be devastatingly critical, Djokic also envisions and celebrates a better Serbia, one true to national traditions and sentiments; he not only tells a full and absorbing story of the Serb past, but also explains what the past, often cruel but sometimes edifying, has meant to Serbs, and the peoples with whom they share this diverse region.' John Connelly, University of California, BerkeleyTable of ContentsIntroduction; 1. Migration (up to c1150); 2. Empire (c1170–1459); 3. Borderland (1450–1800); 4. Revolution (1788–1858); 5. Independence (1860–1914); 6. War and interwar (1914–1944); 7. Federation to fragmentation (1945–1991); 8. Ruin and recovery (after 1991); Further reading; Index.
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Cambridge University Press The Printing Revolution in Early Modern Europe
This edition discusses the changes introduced by the establishment of printing shops and how printing affected major cultural movements: the Renaissance, the Reformation and the rise of modern science. It also demonstrates that the cumulative processes created by printing are likely to persist despite the development of new technologies.
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Cambridge University Press The Russian Conquest of Central Asia
Book SynopsisRussia's conquest of Central Asia was perhaps the nineteenth century's most dramatic and successful example of European imperial expansion. Alexander Morrison provides a definitive diplomatic and military history, explaining how and why a vast region of steppe, desert, mountain and oasis, mainly populated by Muslims, came under Russian rule.Trade Review'In a masterful work of history and historiography, Morrison demolishes the 'Great Game' story of Russia's expansion, so entrenched in English language scholarship. His long-duree account of Russia's Central Asia conquests offers compelling narrative, deep dives into camels and weapons, and comparisons of battles and encounters from the pens of Central Asian participants and observers as well as the far more abundant Russian accounts.' Marianne Kamp, Indiana University'This wonderfully intelligent, original and well-written book is based on years of meticulous research conducted in many languages in archives across Eurasia, some of them previously almost inaccessible to foreign historians. Not only does it offer unique insights into the thinking of Russian policy-makers, it also adds crucially to our understanding of nineteenth-century European imperialism. This work should transform the Anglophone world's understanding of the 'Great Game'.' Dominic Lieven, University of Cambridge'The Russian Conquest of Central Asia is a major work. Based on the supreme command of a large body of material, scattered across a dozen archives between present-day Russia, Uzbekistan, Georgia, and Kazakhstan, Morrison's book is destined to have a deep and long-term impact on the field of Russian imperial history, the comparative history of colonialism in Asia, and Central Asian history.' Paolo Sartori, Austrian Academy of Sciences'Alexander Morrison's The Russian Conquest of Central Asia provides a detailed and comprehensive account of how and why the Russians came to conquer this vast territory in the century between the end of the Napoleonic Wars and 1914.' Daniel Beer, Times Literary Supplement'The book delivers a comprehensive and much-needed analysis of the conquest of Central Asia and its place in the history of nineteenth-century global expansions.' Malika Zekhni, War in History Book Reviews'The book should become the standard work on the subject and take a prominent place in the literature on Russian imperial and military history.' Andrew Monaghan, RUSI Journal'Alexander Morrison has exploded the myth of the great game in his seminal study largely because of his long term research in archives in Russia, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Georgia, and India. In addition, he comprehensively works through the myriad of published memoirs, official published sources, and a broad range of secondary works which taken together has resulted in a meticulously researched study of the long campaign the Russians undertook to conquer and colonise Central Asia in the 19th century.' John W. Steinberg, War and Society'Recommended.' M. Chakars, Choice Connect'[Morrison] is to be highly commended for this work of scholarship, which is essential reading not only for those with a serious interest in Central Asia, but also for those inclined to offer their commentary, expert or otherwise, on Russian foreign policy today.' Sophie Ibbotson, Asian Affairs'No one who seriously wants to concern themselves with the history of relations between Russia and Central Asia will be able to do without this standard work.' Beate Eschment, Jahrbücher für Geschichte Osteuropas'In his splendid new history, The Russian Conquest of Central Asia, Alexander Morrison firmly rebuts the notion of the Great Game - that tsarist imperial expansion into the region was driven by a desire to expel Albion from South Asia. Indeed, if most previous books about the topic tended to ascribe the conquest to a single motive, Morrison wisely avoids a monocausal explanation … Taking full advantage of freer access in the post-Soviet era, Morrison spent ten years in nearly a dozen archives throughout the former Russian Empire, as well as collections in London, Amsterdam, and Delhi. Together with a bibliography of well over 1,000 published primary and secondary sources, The Russian Conquest of Central Asia is by far the most thoroughly documented study in any language.' David Schimmelpenninck van der Oye, Kritika: Explorations in Russian and Eurasian History'Morrison's work reveals the momentous hubris of a great power that not only was able but also felt entitled by its own military strength to conquer, subjugate and rule over others.' Moritz Florin, Historische Zeitschrift'In this magisterial and much-anticipated book, Alexander Morrison aims to create a new narrative of the tsarist conquest of Central Asia, to escape the shackles of the extant historiography by dint of deep empirical research. Eschewing overarching explanations in favour of a series of microhistories in which the particularities of environment and personality come to the fore, he succeeds admirably in his task.' Ian Campbell, Ab Imperio'a superbly well-done military history … This study will be the definitive source on the conquest for at least another generation.' Shoshana Keller, Russian ReviewTable of ContentsIntroduction; 1. Russia's steppe frontier and the Napoleonic generation; 2. 'Pray for the camels': the winter invasion of Khiva, 1839–1841; 3. 'This particularly painful place': the failure of the Syr-Darya line as a frontier, 1841–1863; 4. From Ayaguz to Almaty: the conquest and settlement of Semirechie, 1843–1882; 5. The search for a 'natural' frontier and the fall of Tashkent, 1863–1865; 6. War with Bukhara, 1866–1868; 7. The fall of Khiva, 1872–1873; 8. 'Those who should be spared': the conquest of Ferghana, 1875–1876; 9. 'The harder you hit them, the longer they will be quiet afterwards': the conquest of Transcaspia, 1869–1885; 10. Aryanism on the final frontier of the Russian empire: the exploration and annexation of the Pamirs, 1881–1905; Epilogue: after the conquest.
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Cambridge University Press The Peoples Game
Book SynopsisSport in East Germany is commonly associated with the systematic doping that helped to make the country an Olympic superpower. Football played little part in this controversial story. Yet, as a hugely popular activity that was deeply entwined in the social fabric, it exerted an influence that few institutions or pursuits could match. The People's Game examines the history of football from the interrelated perspectives of star players, fans, and ordinary citizens who played for fun. Using archival sources and interviews, it reveals football's fluid role in preserving and challenging communist hegemony. By repeatedly emphasising that GDR football was part of an international story, for example, through analysis of the 1974 World Cup finals, Alan McDougall shows how sport transcended the Iron Curtain. Through a study of the mass protests against the Stasi team, BFC, during the 1980s, he reveals football's role in foreshadowing the downfall of communism.Trade Review'A lively and informative history of football in the GDR from the bottom up. By employing Germany's most popular sport as a lens through which to understand the complex workings of power and people, everyday life and culture under the East German dictatorship, McDougall masterfully demonstrates the value of sport for the modern historian.' Kay Schiller, University of Durham'Football may have played little part in making East Germany a European sporting superpower but as Alan McDougall explains in this splendid new book there was a voluntarist ethos to the game that made it dynamic at both regional and national levels. Football mattered because it was popular and it was popular because it mattered. This is the best account of football behind the Iron Curtain since Robert Edelman, written with clarity, style and wit.' Tony Mason, De Montfort University'If Olympic sport was the GDR's perfect child, football was its unruly but ever popular sibling. In this extensively researched, stylishly written and highly accessible survey, McDougall has provided an English-speaking audience with its first full-scale account of the people's game in East Germany. The result is an excellent and essential contribution to our understanding of GDR society and the peculiarities of football in the wider transnational context of Cold War sport.' Christopher Young, University of Cambridge'… represents an excellent example of research using football to illustrate the colourful ambiguities of everyday life in the GDR.' David Brentin, Central Europe JournalTable of Contents1. Introduction; 2. Football reconstructed; Part I. Players: 3. Footballers' lives; 4. The national team; 5. Club football at home and away; 6. Football and the Stasi; Part II. Fans: 7. Spectatorship in the Ulbricht era; 8. Fan culture in the Honecker era; 9. The 'wild East': hooliganism in the GDR; 10. 'Crooked champions': the BFC problem; Part III. The People's Game: 11. Football and everyday life; 12. Women's football; 13. East plays West: amateur matches across the Iron Curtain; 14. Football for all? The provision of facilities; 15. Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.
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Cambridge University Press Social Life in Britain from the Conquest to the Reformation Cambridge Library Collection Medieval History
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Cambridge University Press History of England from the Fall of Wolsey to the
Book SynopsisFirst published between 1858 and 1870, Froude's influential twelve-volume history of the English Reformation contends that Protestantism paved the way for modernity in England. Volume 1 recounts the last years of the Wolsey administration, the relationship between Church and State, and the marriage of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn.Table of ContentsPreface; 1. Social condition of England in the sixteenth century; 2. The last years of the administration of Wolsey; 3. The parliament of 1529; 4. Church and state; 5. Marriage of Henry and Anne Boleyn.
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Cambridge University Press In Darkest England and the Way Out Cambridge Library Collection British and Irish History 19th Century
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Cambridge University Press Gods and Humans in Medieval Scandinavia
Book SynopsisThe coming of Christianity to Northern Europe resulted in profound cultural changes. In the course of a few generations, new answers were given to fundamental existential questions and older notions were invalidated. Jonas Wellendorf''s study, the first monograph in English on this subject, explores the medieval Scandinavian reception and re-interpretation of pre-Christian Scandinavian religion. This original work draws on a range of primary sources ranging from Prose Edda and Saxo Grammaticus'' History of the Danes to less well known literary works including the Saga of Barlaam and the Hauksbók manuscript (c.1300). By providing an in-depth analysis of often overlooked mythological materials, along with translations of all textual passages, Wellendorf delivers an accessible work that sheds new light on the ways in which the old gods were integrated into the Christian worldview of medieval Scandinavia.Trade Review'… useful and interesting work relevant for researchers …' Luke John Murphy, Speculum: A Journal of Medieval StudiesTable of Contents1. Retying the bonds; 2. The hierarchy of disbeliefs in antipagan polemics; 3. Universalist aspirations in Hauksbók; 4. The Byzantine Gods of Saxo Grammaticus; 5. Gods and humans in the Prose Edda; Epilogue: Óðinn and Odysseus.
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