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Konark Publishers Pvt.Ltd The Raging Himalayas and a Warming Planet:
Book SynopsisIn the midst of this discussion, the author contemplates the wisdom and invaluable contributions made by a select few visionaries who dedicated their lives to safeguarding and preserving our natural habitats and environment. With 240 illustrations.
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Manohar Publishers and Distributors The Revolt of 1857 in Haryana
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University Press of Southern Denmark European Historiography of Technology
Book SynopsisThis is an anthology about technology''s role in the modernisation process. It is written by a European group of historians of technology. Technological modernisation is very much a question of transferring technology from an innovating culture to a culture aspiring to economic growth. But technology is not only a lever of riches. Sometimes it was not even that. Technology in this anthology is not defined as artefacts only, but as skills and culture, too. Technology transfer was, perhaps, the most important agent of modernisation. Consequently, modernisation must be understood as a complex internationalisation of technological competence. Technological artefacts will always be embedded in a cultural environment. During transfer the recipient culture is likely to be upset, because transfer of technology invariably means transfer of cultural values. Sometimes the recipient culture refuses the technology transfer, sometimes it manages to shape the technological artefact according to its own cultural values, but quite often the recipient cultures succumb. The modernisation process can be seen as technology transfer smoothing out divergencies between cultures of European nation states. Or a smelting pot of technological artefacts and skills. This volume is an attempt to study the relationship between technology as artefacts and skills and cultural environments, academies of science, education systems and ethical values in a comparative European perspective. The papers were given at a conference in Roskilde in 1992 attended by some 40 historians of technology from Germany, the Netherlands, Scandinavia and the United Kingdom.
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Juggernaut Publication The Lover Boy of Bahawalpur: How the Pulwama Case
Book SynopsisIn February 2019 one of the worst terror attacks on India takes place in Pulwama in Kashmir. Forty Indian soldiers are dead. But when the NIA probes the bombing they hit one dead end after another. Who were the actual masterminds of this audacious strike? It seemed impossible to find out. In this thrilling and deeply reported book, the award-winning author and journalist Rahul Pandita tells the story of how a team of extraordinary NIA sleuths cracks the case one jigsaw piece at a time. Against all odds, they manage to connect the dots between a seemingly routine troublemaker put in preventive detention at the time of the abrogation of Article 370, a mobile phone full of lustful messages recovered after an encounter that killed a terrorist and the Pulwama attack itself.
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Orient Blackswan Pvt Ltd Bangladesh:: Writings on 1971, Across Borders
Book Synopsis1971 marked the birth of Bangladesh, challenging the lessons of 1947. This anthology explores diverse accounts and memories of the tumultuous period, showcasing literature's role in shaping historical narratives. It features voices from Bangladesh, Pakistan, and India, offering insights into reconciliation and peace efforts post-conflict.
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Orient Blackswan Pvt Ltd Gandhi’s Travels in Tamil Nadu
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Speaking Tiger Publishing Private Limited Cubbon Park: The Green Heart of Bengaluru
Book SynopsisOver 150 years ago, in 1870, a public park was inaugurated in Bangalore. Designed by British engineer Richard Sankey, it spread over 100 acres and encompassed features typical to the city granite outcrops, lush greenery, wide avenues and government buildings. Originally named Meade s Park, it has been known to generations of Bangaloreans as Cubbon Park sanctuary, lung space, thoroughfare, battlefield, picnic spot, repository of urban biodiversity, and public park. In this book, the first of its kind about Cubbon Park, author, columnist and true-blue Bangalorean Roopa Pai, attempts to decode the enduring appeal of the Park. Historical sketches trace the story of not just Cubbon Park, but that of Mysore state and the city itself. Her conversations with Bangaloreans of today show the Park in all its contested glory, even as she writes about the open music spaces it once hosted and its diverse flora and fauna, the powerful lurking at its fringes, waiting to gobble it up, and the citizen activists who tirelessly protect it. Heart-warming and meticulously researched, Cubbon Park is an enduring snapshot of a precious green space that is as much an idea as a physical entity, as fragile as it is powerful, as divisive and as it is unifying, and always central to the city s imagination.
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Speaking Tiger Publishing Private Limited The Broken Script: Delhi under the East India
Book SynopsisCombining immaculate scholarship with extraordinary storytelling, Swapna Liddle has produced an outstanding book of narrative historyâon a great city in transition, and on early modern Indiaâthat will be read and discussed for decades.
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HarperCollins India The Ahoms: A Reimagined History
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Rupa Publications India Pvt Ltd. AYODHYA: CITY OF FAITH, CITY OF DISCORD
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Mayank Kumar Rusia Questioning Paradigms, Constructing Histories
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Manohar Publishers and Distributors History Of Kerala: Written in the Form of Notes
Book SynopsisThe History of Kerala is a monumental work in four volumes. Chaplain of Cochin (1717-23), Jacobus Canter Visscher wrote descriptive letters to his friends and which were edited and published. K.P. Padmanabha Menon re-edited the English translation of the letters with an extensive and exhaustive commentary. His notes speak eloquently of his wide range of information and study and no less of his power to present the varied material into a highly readable historical narrative. The author has used Visscher''s book as the thread on which to string the ancient history of Kerala. It contains cameos on many of the important events and institutions, customs and manners and the salient features of the region, and of its social, political and economic conditions, based as far as possible, on contemporary records.
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Vitasta Publishing Pvt.Ltd Few Torn Pages from India's Freedom Struggle
Book SynopsisSixty young men, aged between 14 to 25 storm into the heavily guarded British armoury, loot it and hoist the Indian flag keeping the town independent for three days. Five revolutionaries fight a formidable British force armed only with pistols for hours before they run out of ammunitions. A young woman dressed in men''s uniform barges into the European club in Chittagong with few others and opens fire before being surrounded by the army. Study of recorded history of India''s freedom struggle leaves out multitude of people. In free India, it would be a historical cruelty to ignore the influences of small actions by individuals or groups on our freedom struggle. History is based on and includes the sum of history prior to the period under study. By the same logic, it influences the history of the period that follows. Therefore, to ignore individual or small group actions will be a great injustice to a fair history.
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Vitasta Publishing Pvt.Ltd Lt Colonel Purohit: The Man Betrayed
Book SynopsisIt's Hindu Terror!' screamed newspaper headlines, when for the first time in the country's history an army man, Lt Col Prasad Shrikant Purohit, was arrested in connection with the September 2008 Malegaon bomb blast. Who was this person, why was his name plastered over the front page of all newspapers? Why him of all people? Was he guilty? Was he framed? Was he a scapegoat? What happened to the family of this decorated officer while he languished in prison for nine long years as undertrial? Lt Colonel Purohit: The Man Betrayed?
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Vitasta Publishing Pvt.Ltd Tribes Of Nagaland And The Catholic Church: A
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Vitasta Publishing Pvt.Ltd Battlefield Jaffna: Abandoned, They Fought
Book SynopsisBattlefield Jaffna takes you into the heart of the struggle, right in the middle of the most brutal, intense and dirty battle fought in Sri Lanka. It is a story of men without bulletsâof men with only their courage left to defend themselves as the battle wore on.
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Vitasta Publishing Pvt.Ltd The Two Kashmirs: A Comparative Analysis
Book SynopsisThere has been a steady and incessant campaign by Pakistan against India with effective use of the media and diplomacy. This has corrupted the imagination of impressionable minds in J&K and raised an architecture of violence, which some call the terror industry.' The Two Kashmirs is an attempt to compare Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK) with the rest of Kashmir in India. It discusses the hypothesis advanced by advocates of violence and resistance in J&K about the state being on the receiving end as far as Indian economic and developmental policies are concerned.
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Vitasta Publishing Pvt.Ltd The Seedbed of Pakistan: Cultural Conflicts,
Book SynopsisTo bring them around, the Congress made some initial concessions which legitimised a distinct Muslim interest in Indian politics, while it later refused to substantively engage with this interest. Resultantly, it charted its own course through the âSimla Deputationâ, the All-India Muslim League and, finally, the idea of Pakistan.
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Manohar Publishers and Distributors Encounter and Interventions: Christian
Book SynopsisThe advent of colonialism and its associated developments has been characterized as one of the most defining moments in the history of South Asia. The arrival of Christian missionaries has not only been coeval to colonial rule, but also associated with development in the region. Their encounter, critique, endeavour and intervention have been very critical in shaping South Asian society and culture, even where they did not succeed in converting people. Yet, there is precious little space spared for studying the role and impact of missionary enterprises than the space allotted to colonialism. Isolated individual efforts have focused on Bengal, Madras, Punjab and much remains to be addressed in the context of the unique region of the North East India. In North East India, for example, by the time the British left, a majority of the tribals had abandoned their own faith and adopted Christianity. It was a socio-cultural revolution.
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Juggernaut Publication India Versus China: Why They Are Not Friends
Book SynopsisWhy have relations between India and China, which comprise nearly forty per cent of the world's population, been troubled for over sixty years? A war in 1962 was followed by decades of uneasy peace, but in recent years a rising number of serious military confrontations has underlined their huge and growing differences.This book examines these differences in four crucial areas: their perceptions and prejudices about each other; their continuing disagreements over the border; their changing partnerships with America and Russia; and the growing power asymmetry between them, which affects all aspects of their relationship. China demands deference as a Great Power and the dominant country in Asia, while India wants recognition and respect as an equal. With such a deep divide separating the two neighbours, what does the future hold?
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Manohar Publishers and Distributors Army Organization, Military Technology and
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Manohar Publishers and Distributors India Through the Ages: A Survey of the Growth of
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Motilal Banarsidass, Eternal Stories from the Upanishads
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Peace Publications History of the Islamic Peoples by Carl
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Kite Group Ltd Churchill, Malta, and Gibralta: 2022
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Vajra Books Corner of a Foreign Field :: The British Cemetery
Book SynopsisThe British Cemetery in Kathmandu reflects Western involvement in Nepal, with memorials dating back to the 19th century. It now holds the remains of various individuals from different backgrounds, serving as a reminder of the historical ties between Britain and Nepal.
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HarperCollins Publishers Falling Upwards
Book SynopsisNominally a history of the hot air balloon, Falling Upwards' is really a history of hope and fantasy and the quixotic characters who disobeyed that most fundamental laws of physics and gave humans flight' New Republic, Best Books of 2013CHOSEN AS BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR IN ** Guardian ** New Statesman ** Daily Telegraph ** New Republic ** TIME Magazine 10 Top Nonfiction Books of 2013 ** The New Republic Best Books of 2013 ** Kirkus Best Books of the Year (2013)**From ambitious scientists rising above the clouds to test the air, to brave generals floating over enemy lines to watch troop movements, this wonderful book offers a seamless fusion of history, art, science, biography and the metaphysics of flight. It is a masterly portrait of human endeavour, recklessness, vision and hope.In this heart-lifting book, Richard Holmes, author of the best-selling The Age of Wonder, follows the daring and enigmatic men and women who risked their lives to take to the air (or fall into the sky). Why tTrade ReviewSELECTED AS A BOOK OF THE YEAR BY: JIM CRACE, GUARDIAN – ‘A whole wide world of significance’ SARAH SANDS, NEW STATESMAN – ‘Sheer delight’ MICHAEL PRODGER, EVENING STANDARD – ‘Picaresque history’ DAN JONES, DAILY TELEGRAPH – ‘Tremendously inventive’ LEV GROSSMAN, TIME MAGAZINE – ‘Thrilling history’ CHLOE SCHAMA, NEW REPUBLIC – ‘Unadulterated delight’ KIRKUS – ‘Gripping’ MAIL ON SUNDAY – ‘Tragic’ ‘A book as delightful as it is unexpected … [an] extraordinary cabinet of drifting aerial wonderment, a book that will linger and last, as it floats ever upward in the mind’ Simon Winchester, Wall Street Journal ‘Holmes presents a full-blown, lyrical history of the same subject, investigating the strangeness, detachment and powerful romance of ‘falling upwards’ into a seemingly alien and uninhabitable element. He lovingly charts … a history full of awe and inefficiency … A truly masterly storyteller’ Evening Standard ‘Endlessly exhilarating … packed full of swashbuckling stories, as well as fascinating historical accounts of the use of balloons. It is also a singularly beautiful book, wonderfully designed and illustrated and quite clearly a product of love’ Mail on Sunday ‘What Holmes teases out … is that ballooning gave us, quite literally, a different point of view … This exhilarating book, wonderfully written, generously illustrated and beautifully published, captures all that and more’ Spectator ‘Holmes conjures an extraordinarily vivid, violent, thrilling history, full of bizarre personalities, narrow escapes and fatal plunges. A peerless prose artist, infectiously curious’ Time Magazine
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HarperCollins Publishers Fire and Brimstone The North Butte Mining Disaster of 1917
Book SynopsisFrom the #1 international bestselling author of The Revenant – the book that inspired the award-winning movie – comes the remarkable true story of the worst mining disaster in American history.Trade Review‘Compelling if horrifying account of the fire and the trapped men is the heart of this yarn, its soul is Punke’s historical contextualization’ PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
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HarperCollins Doubt A History
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HarperCollins When Time Began
Book SynopsisThe groundbreaking, bestselling series—millions of copies sold worldwide!A classic of ancient human history—and one of the inspirations behind the History Channel’s Ancient Aliens—Zecharia Sitchin’s Earth Chronicles series is the revelatory and deeply provocative masterwork that forever altered humankind’s view of our history and our destiny.They came to Earth thousands of years ago to usher in mankind''s first New Age of scientific growth and spiritual enlightenment. Under the guidance of these ancient visitors from the heavens, human civilization flourished - as revolutionary advances in art, science and thought swept through the inhabited world. And they left behind magnificent monuments -- baffling monoliths and awesome, towering structures that stand to this day as testaments to their greatness.In this extraordinarily documented, meticulously researched work, Zecharia Si
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HarperCollins Publishers Inc Fascism A Warning
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Penguin Publishing Group The Reason Why The Story of the Fatal Charge of the Light Brigade
Book SynopsisThis history is a war story of astonishing courage and honor, of stupidity, of blood, death, agony -- and waste. Nothing in British campaign history has ever equaled the tragic farce that was the charge of the Light Brigade during the Crimean War's Battle of Balaclava on October 25, 1854. In this fascinating study, Cecil Woodham-Smith shows that responsibility for the fatal mismanagement of the affair rested with the Earls of Cardigan and Lucan, brothers-in-law and sworn enemies for more than thirty years. In revealing the combination of pride and obstinacy that was to prove so fatal, Woodham-Smith gives us a picture of a vanished world, in which heroism and military glory guaranteed an immortality impossible in a more cynical age.
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Penguin Books Ltd The Great Influenza The Story of the Deadliest
Book Synopsis#1 New York Times bestseller“Barry will teach you almost everything you need to know about one of the deadliest outbreaks in human history.”—Bill GatesMonumental... an authoritative and disturbing morality tale.—Chicago Tribune The strongest weapon against pandemic is the truth. Read why in the definitive account of the 1918 Flu Epidemic. Magisterial in its breadth of perspective and depth of research, The Great Influenza provides us with a precise and sobering model as we confront the epidemics looming on our own horizon. As Barry concludes, The final lesson of 1918, a simple one yet one most difficult to execute, is that...those in authority must retain the public's trust. The way to do that is to distort nothing, to put the best face on nothing, to try to manipulate no one. Lincoln said that first, and best. A leader must make whatever horror exists concrete. Only then will peopTrade ReviewOver a year on The New York Times bestseller list"Monumental... powerfully intelligent... not just a masterful narrative... but also an authoritative and disturbing morality tale." —Chicago Tribune "Easily our fullest, richest, most panoramic history of the subject." —The New York Times Book Review"Hypnotizing, horrifying, energetic, lucid prose..." —Providence Observer"A sobering account of the 1918 flu epidemic, compelling and timely. —The Boston Globe"History brilliantly written... The Great Influenza is a masterpiece." —Baton Rouge Advocate Table of ContentsProloguePart I: The WarriorsPart II: The SwarmPart III: The TinderboxPart IV: It BeginsPart V: ExplosionPart VI: The PestilencePart VII: The RacePart VIII: The Tolling Of The BellPart IX: LingererPart X: EndgameAfterwordAcknowledgmentsNotesBibliographyIndex
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Oxford University Press Slavery and Class in the American South
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Oxford University Press, USA The Living Elephants
Book SynopsisThe Living Elephants is the authoritative resource for information on both Asian and African elephants. From the ancient origins of the proboscideans to the present-day crisis of the living elephants, this volume synthesizes the behavior, ecology and conservation of elephants, while covering also the history of human interactions with elephants, all within the theoretical framework of evolutionary biology. The book begins with a survey of the 60-million year evolutionary history of the proboscideans emphasizing the role of climate and vegetation change in giving rise to a bewildering array of species, but also discussing the possible role of humans in the late Pleistocene extinction of mastodonts and mammoths. The latest information on the molecular genetics of African and Asian elephants and its taxonomic implications are then presented. The rise of the elephant culture in Asia, and its early demise in Africa are traced along with an original interpretation of this unique animal-human relationship. The book then moves on to the social life of elephants as it relates to reproductive strategies of males and females, development of behavior in young, communication, ranging patterns, and societal organization. The foraging strategies of elephants, their impact on the vegetation and landscape are then discussed. The dynamics of elephant populations in relation to hunting for ivory and their population viability are described with the aid of mathematical models. A detailed account of elephant-human interactions includes a treatment of crop depredation by elephants in relation to their natural ecology, manslaughter by elephants, habitat manipulation by humans, and a history of the ivory trade and poaching in the two continents. The ecological information is brought together in the final chapter to formulate a set of pragmatic recommendations for the long-term conservation of elephants. The broadest treatment of the subject yet undertaken, by one of the leading workers in the field, Raman Sukumar, the book promises to bring the understanding of elephants to a new level. It should be of interest not only to biologists but also a broader audience including field ecologists, wildlife administrators, historians, conservationists and all those interested in elephants and their future.Trade Review'It is almost 25 years since he started his work with elephants, but his enthusiasm for pachyderms has obviously not dimmed. When he talks about elephants, he captivates everyone with his excitement: facts, figures and elephant anecdotes fly out of his mouth with no discernible pauses for breath.' * The Guardian *Table of ContentsAcknowledgements Preface 1: Moeritheres, Mastodonts, and Mammoths: Elephant Evolution in Action 2: Elephants, Gods, and People: The Interrelationship of Culture and Ecology 3: Bulls, Musth and Cows: The Elephantine Mating Game 4: Mothers, Children and Aunts: The Social Life of Elephant Families 5: Bamboos, Bark and Bananas: The Diet of a Megaherbivore 6: Forests, Fires and Grasslands: The Impact of Elephants On Their Habitats 7: Birth, Death and Chance: The Dynamics of Elephant Populations 8: Coconuts, Corn and Carvings: The Conflict Between Elephants and People 9: Science, Politics and Pragmatism: Conserving the Elephant Populations Appendix I: Status and Distribution of Elephants Appendix II: Statural Growth in Elephants Notes References
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Oxford University Press The Nature of Melancholy
Book SynopsisSpanning 24 centuries, this anthology collects over thirty selections of important Western writing about melancholy and its related conditions by philosophers, doctors, religious and literary figures, and modern psychologists. Truly interdisciplinary, it is the first such anthology. As it traces Western attitudes, it reveals a conversation across centuries and continents as the authors interpret, respond, and build on each other''s work. Editor Jennifer Radden provides an extensive, in-depth introduction that draws links and parallels between the selections, and reveals the ambiguous relationship between these historical accounts of melancholy and today''s psychiatric views on depression. This important new collection is also beautifully illustrated with depictions of melancholy from Western fine art.Trade ReviewRadden's invaluable anthology ... scrupulously presents the key texts ... does an excellent job of tracing the history of efforts to find a language capable of sheltering humanity from that storm [in the mind]. * Times Literary Supplement *Table of ContentsPART 1: ARISTOTLE TO FREUD; PART 2: AFTER FREUD
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OUP/British Academy Charters of Burton Abbey
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Oxford University Press Colonial Capitalism and the Dilemmas of Liberalism
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Clarendon Press Early Modern European Witchcraft
Book SynopsisThe history of witchcraft and sorcery has attracted a great deal of interest and debate, but until now studies have been largely from the Anglo-Saxon perspective. This book shows how what has hitherto been seen as peculiar to Britain was in fact characteristic of much of northern Europe. In ending the Anglo-Saxon monopoly of witchcraft studies, this book takes into account major new developments in the historiography of witchcraft.An immense amount of archival work by all the contributors has furnished a volume rich in new material and ideas, which will be of considerable interest not only to historians, but also to anthropologists, criminologists, psychologists, and sociologists. Themes treated include the relationship between witchcraft, law, and theology; the origins and nature of the witches'' sabbath; the sociology and criminology of witch-hunting; and the comparative approach to European witchcraft. This book will be an indispensable guide to the study of witchcraft.Trade Reviewpossesses the virtue of presenting a wealth of material in terms of a coherent analytical framework. * Times Higher Education Supplement *makes a superb contribution to historical scholarship. * Times Literary Supplement *Retains a freshness of approach largely because it contains so many interesting studies ... All the essays have something valuable to contribute to our understanding. * History Today *Table of ContentsList of figures; List of maps; List of tables; Introduction; I: Witchcraft, Law, and Theology: Witchcraft and Catholic theology; Protestant demonology: Sin, superstition, and society (c.1520-c.1630); Inquisitorial law and the witch; II: Origins of the Witches' Sabbath: Deciphering the Sabbath; Satanic myths and cultural reality; 'Fantastical and Devilishe Persons': European witch-beliefs in comparative perspective; 'The Ladies from Outside': An archaic pattern of the Witches' Sabbath; III: Witch-Hunting in Scandinavia and other Peripheries: Hungary: The accusations and the universe of popular magic; Estonia I: Werewolves and poisoners; Estonia II: The crusade against idolatory; Sweden: The mass burnings (1668-76); Finland: The male domination; Denmark: The Sociology of accusations; Norway: The criminological context; Iceland: Sorcerers and Paganism; Portugal: A scrupulous inquisition; IV: Conclusions: Scandinavian witchcraft in Anglo-American context; The comparative approach to European witchcraft; Notes on contributors; Bibliography of secondary works; Index
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Oxford University Press, USA The Laws Two Bodies
Book SynopsisThe common law is almost universally regarded as a system of case-law, increasingly supplemented by legislation, but this is only partly true. There is an extensive body of lawyers'' law which has a real existence outside the formal sources but is seldom acknowledged or discussed either by theorists or legal historians. This will still be so even when every judicial decision is electronically accessible. In the heyday of the inns of court, this second body of law was partly expressed in `common learning''. a corpus of legal doctrine handed on largely by oral tradition and a system of education informing the mind of every common lawyer. That common learning emanated from a law school in which the judges actively participated, and in which the lecturers of one generation provided the judiciary of the next. Some of it was written down, though the texts were until recently forgotten, and its importance was overlooked by historians as a result of changes in the common-law system during the Trade ReviewThere is much here to engage and challenge the historian. * English Historical Review *The Law's Two Bodies is undoubtedly of general interest to legal historians of any period, as well as to other critical analysts of law and its interpretation, at two levels. Firstly, Baker's lectures are an important lesson in how the meaning (or a fuller meaning; or an alternative meaning) of written law in its various forms may be found by researching related systems of legal knowledge, such as the education of legal personnel. Secondly, The Law's Two Bodies is a valuable study of how recorded law is not necessarily the absolute source of authority it may appear - or be claimed - to be. * Law Quarterly Review *Table of ContentsI. Case-Law and Statute-Law ; II. Legal Fictions ; III. Common Usage and Common Learning ; Appendices: Some Illustrative Texts ; A. Common Practice and Communis Error ; B. Fictions in Writs and Pleadings ; C. Fictions in Trial: Benefit of Clergy for Laymen ; D. Linguistic Fictions ; E. Improper Fictions ; F. Common Learning ; G. Opinions of Counsel ; Index
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Bloomsbury Publishing (UK) Communist Czechoslovakia 194589
Book SynopsisKevin McDermott is Senior Lecturer in Political History at Sheffield Hallam University, UK.Trade ReviewThis new book on communist Czechoslovakia reveals the extent to which we have moved away from the passions of the Cold War to analyses founded on archives rather than ideologies … This book would serve well for anyone seeking an entry point into the complex world of Soviet-style communism in post-war Europe. * David Gerlach, European History Quarterly, Vol. 48 (3) *This book should serve as the definitive introduction to the period for all newcomers, as well as an indispensable reference for country experts. * Kieran Williams, SEER - Slavonic and East European Review, Vol. 94 (3) *McDermott’s work should inspire further research into people’s understanding of, and relationship to, Czechoslovak Communism over time. In addition to being a first-rate introductory text for graduate students and advanced undergraduates, McDermott’s impressive book has neatly consolidated an agenda for scholars in the field. * Chad Bryant, Journal of Modern History, Vol. 90 (2) *Table of ContentsAcknowledgements Abbreviations and Glossary of Terms Glossary of Leading Figures Presidents of the Czechoslovak Republic, 1945-89 Timeline 1945-89 A Note on Czech Pronunciation Introduction: Communist Czechoslovakia in Historical Perspective 1. Communism on the Road to Power, 1945-482 Stalinism Reigns, 1948-533 Social Crisis and the Limits of Reform, 1953-674 Czechoslovak Spring, 1968-695 Everyday Normalisation, 1969-886 1989: The Demise of Communism Conclusion: Into the Dustbin of History? Notes Bibliography Index.
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Palgrave MacMillan UK Joseph Goebbels Life and Death
Book SynopsisAn insightful new biography of Joseph Goebbels, Propaganda Minister of the 'Third Reich' and one of the most important and troubling figures of the twentieth century. The first account to use all of Goebbels' surviving diaries, it sheds new light on his personality, private life and political convictions, as well as his relationship with Hitler.Trade Review'...a welcome addition to the burgeoning library of 'perpetrator studies'.' - Literary Review ' a detailed and well-written insight into the man at the heart of the Nazi propaganda machine .In his examination of Goebbels, Toby Thacker has produced a valuable addition to the printed history of the 1930s and 1940s.' - Britain at War Magazine 'Thacker's reassessment is convincing and welcome. Crucially, his new biography is the first to be written since the entire set of Goebbels' diaries has been published. He writes well, and offers the reader a number of important new contentions and insights.' -BBC History Magazine 'Judicious, insightful and the first biography based on the entire available diary record. This book is a must for anybody interested in Hitler's Germany and the origins of the Holocaust'. - Brendan Simms, Peterhouse, Cambridge University, UK '[Thacker's] biography really is the first step towards a reassessment of the role and significance of Joseph Goebbels in National Socialism.' - Daniel Muhlenfeld, Bulletin, German Historical Institute London. "...the author seeks to dispel at least some of the myths and legends surrounding Goebbels, which he discussed and considered at the beggining as a sort of stock-taking of the image of Goebbels still prevalant today." German Historical Institute LondonTable of ContentsList of illustrations Acknowledgements A note on translation Introduction 'This Awful Waiting' 'Starting to Find Firm Ground' 'The Coming Dictator' 'You are the Nobility of the Third Reich' 'We Will All Three be Good to One Another' 'These Masses Are What Matter' 'We are not Suited to be Executioners' 'An Indissoluble Community of Destiny' 'This People's War Must be Carried Through' 'A Life and Death Struggle' 'We Have Done the Right Thing' 'How Distant and Alien This Beautiful World Appears' Epilogue Notes Bibiliography and Sources
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Palgrave Macmillan The Historiography of Genocide
Book SynopsisThe Historiography of Genocide is an indispensable guide to the development of the emerging discipline of genocide studies and the only available assessment of the historical literature pertaining to genocides.Trade Review'Taken as a survey of existing knowledge and our attempts to understand, it provides essential reference points for scholars and guides for students. As a whole, the volume is more comprehensive than any of the major single-authored works which have appeared in recent years; it achieves its goal of providing a guide to the literature as well as to the historical record. Second, the book enables us to evaluate the state of genocide historiography and studies. It shows us the deep contradictions between what we may call the 'old' genocide studies and the new approaches, which themselves face formidable challenges in developing coherent historical interpretations.' - Martin Shaw, Journal of Genocide Research 'This excellent book represents a substantial achievement by the editor. The individual essays are generally well-balanced and informative without being unnecessarily formulaic. They go beyond the remit of the title to actually offer new syntheses of the events as well as worthwhile assessments of existing interpretative literature. On the whole, this collection offers excellent value for teachers and scholars. Professor Stone has built on the strong foundations laid in his earlier edited work on the Historiography of the Holocaust, which also offered a mixture of interpretation and synthesis.' - Cathie Carmichael, Journal of Modern Jewish Studies '...Dan Stone's volume is the best proof that Genocide Studies are constantly growing, lively, multifaceted, and inspiring for many scholars, coming from very different backgrounds and perspectives. And it is a welcome and indispensable guide through the recent developments, the concepts, and discussions' -Dirk Rupnow, Institute for Contemporary HistoryTable of ContentsIntroduction; D.Stone PART I: CONCEPTS Defining Genocide; A.Curthoys& J.Docker Problems of Comparative Genocide Scholarship; A.Weiss-Wendt Conceptions of Genocide and Perceptions of History; D.Moshman Collective Violence and the Shifting Categories of Communal Riots, Ethnic Cleansing and Genocide; V.Das Cultural Genocide in Australia; R.van Krieken Genocide and Modernity; A.D.Moses Religion and Genocide: A Historiographical Survey; D.L.Bergen Gender and Genocide; A.Jones Prosecuting Genocide; W.Schabas PART II: CASE STUDIES Genocide in the AmericaS; A.A.Cave Decent Disposal: Australian Historians and the Recovery of Genocide; T.Barta Colonial Genocide: The Herero and Nama War (1904-1908) in German Southwest Africa and its Significance; J.Zimmerer The Armenian Genocide; D.Bloxham& F.M.Göçek The Holocaust and its Historiography; D.Stone The Crimes of the Stalinist Regime: Outline for an Inventory and Classification; N.Werth The Partition of India; I.Talbot Mao's China: The Worst Non-Genocidal Regime?; J-L.Margolin Documentation Delayed, Justice Denied: The Historiography of the Cambodian Genocide; B.Kiernan Mass Killings and Images of Genocide in Bosnia, 1941-45 and 1992-95; R.M.Hayden The Historiography of the Rwandan Genocide; S.Straus !Si Hubo Genocidio in Guatemala! Yes There Was Genocide in Guatemala!; V.Sanford Genocides of Indigenous Peoples; R.K.Hitchcock& T.E.Koperski
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Palgrave Macmillan The Agreements of the People the Levellers and the Constitutional Crisis of the English Revolution Agreements of PeopleLevellers and Constitutional Crisis of the English Revolution
Book SynopsisThe Agreements of the People were a series of written constitutions proposed variously by Levellers, soldiers and citizens for the settlement of the nation at the height of the English Revolution. The essays in this book explore the various Agreements in the context of the constitutional crisis that engulfed England in the late 1640s and 1650s.Trade ReviewWon Book of the Week at the University of Buckingham (7th August 2013) "The [historiographical] landscape is altered in sometimes startling, but always refreshing, ways and, for those interested in the English revolution, the development of constitutional thought and the sources and character of early modern radicalism, this is an indispensable text." - J.C. Davis, Parliamentary HistoryTable of ContentsAcknowledgementsNotes on Contributors Abbreviations Introduction: The History and Historiography of The Agreements of the People; E.Vernon & P.Baker Oaths, Covenants, Associations and the Origins of the Agreements of the People: The Road To and From Putney; E.Vallance The People of the Agreements: The Levellers, Civil War Radicalism and Political Participation; J.Peacey Constitutionalism: Ancient, Modern and Early Modern in the Agreements of the People; D.A.Orr The Levellers, Decentralisation and the Agreements of the People; P.Baker Freedom of Conscience and the Agreements of the People; R.Foxley The New Model Army and the Constitutional Crisis of the Later 1640s; I.Gentles Drafting the Officers' Agreement of the People: A Reappraisal; F.Henderson 'A Firme and Present Peace; Upon Grounds of Common Right and Freedome': The Debate on the Agreements of the People and the Crisis of the Constitution, 1647-59; E.Vernon Diggers, True Levellers and the Crisis of the English Revolution; A.Hughes The Agreements of the People and the Constitutions of the Interregnum Governments; D.L.Smith Appendix I
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Palgrave MacMillan Us The Botswana Defense Force in the Struggle for an African Environment Initiatives in Strategic Studies Issues and Policies
Book SynopsisThe book describes how Botswana's leaders effectively employed the instruments of power at their disposal, portraying a state that works. It argues that Africans are contributing meaningfully to emerging global thinking on security and urges Africa's friends to take advantage of opportunities for productive partnerships over environmental issues.Table of ContentsA Context for Biodiversity in Botswana * The Botswana Defence Force * Botswana's Military and the Anti-Poaching Mission * Organizational Culture and Anti-Poaching Success * Government, Military, Society, and Anti-Poaching in Botswana * The Face of Environmental Security in Botswana * Lessons from Botswana
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Penguin Books Ltd Adventures in Democracy
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewA sparkling account of people power through the ages, and how to save it from itself . . . a page-turner full of wit, original insight and unassuming erudition . . . a timely reminder that we can all play our part -- Katja Hoyer * the Guardian *An invigorating reflection on the tensions in liberal democracy. Benner weaves together personal reflections on life in Japan and Eastern Europe with a nuanced account of ancient philosophies that are all too often caricatured. Essential reading for anyone tempted to be complacent about the survival of democracy in the twenty-first century -- Catherine Fletcher * author of The Beauty and the Terror *This timely work shows how ancient wisdom might save democracies from anarchy and ruin… That she has lived and taught the ideas she writes about gives the book an enjoyable vitality -- Emma Duncan * The Times *Praise for Be Like the Fox -- - * : *A ripping read . . . fascinating, charming, enjoyably unorthodox -- Tim Smith-Laing * the Telegraph *Lively, compulsively readable, fluently written and unshowily erudite -- Terry Eagleton * the Guardian *A gripping portrait of a brilliant political thinker, who understood the dangers of authoritarianism and looked for ways to curb them even though independent speech had become impossible. * The New Yorker *
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Penguin Random House LLC A Hole in the Head More Tales in the History of Neuroscience The MIT Press
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