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We the People

The Economic Origins of the Constitution

by Forrest McDonald ...

Charles A. Bear's An Economic Interpretation of the United States Constitution was a work of such powerful persuasiveness as to alter the course of American historiography. No historian who followed in studying the making of the Constitution was entirely free from Beard's radical interpretation of the document as serving the economic interests of the Framers as members of the propertied class. ... Read more

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Charles A. Bear's An Economic Interpretation of the United States Constitution was a work of such powerful persuasiveness as to alter the course of American historiography. No historian who followed in studying the making of the Constitution was entirely free from Beard's radical interpretation of the document as serving the economic interests of the Framers as members of the propertied class.
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Photography and Failure

One Medium's Entanglement with Flops, Underdogs and Disappointments

Edited by Kris Belden-Adams ...

Throughout photography's history, failure has played an essential, recurring part in the development and perceived value of this medium. Exploring a range of failures – individual and institutional, technological and historiographical – Photography and Failure asks what it means to fail and considers how this narrative of failure has shaped our understanding of photography.From the trial-and-error ... Read more

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Throughout photography's history, failure has played an essential, recurring part in the development and perceived value of this medium. Exploring a range of failures – individual and institutional, technological and historiographical – Photography and Failure asks what it means to fail and considers how this narrative of failure has shaped our understanding of photography.From the trial-and-error
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Notre jeunesse

by Charles Péguy, Ligaran ...

Notre jeunesse"", écrit par Charles Péguy, est un livre emblématique qui explore avec passion et profondeur les thèmes de la jeunesse, de la foi et de l'engagement. Publié en 1910, cet ouvrage autobiographique nous plonge dans l'univers intime de l'auteur, nous invitant à réfléchir sur les valeurs qui animent notre existence.Péguy, à travers une plume poétique et engagée, nous livre ses réflexions ... Read more

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Notre jeunesse"", écrit par Charles Péguy, est un livre emblématique qui explore avec passion et profondeur les thèmes de la jeunesse, de la foi et de l'engagement. Publié en 1910, cet ouvrage autobiographique nous plonge dans l'univers intime de l'auteur, nous invitant à réfléchir sur les valeurs qui animent notre existence.Péguy, à travers une plume poétique et engagée, nous livre ses réflexions
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Une femme du monde au pays des Zoulous

Lettres de lady Barker

by Lady Barker, Ligaran ...

Translated by Mme E. B. ...

"Une femme du monde au pays des Zoulous" est un récit captivant écrit par Lady Barker, une femme audacieuse et aventurière du XIXe siècle. Ce livre nous transporte dans un voyage extraordinaire à travers les terres mystérieuses et fascinantes des Zoulous, une tribu africaine empreinte de traditions et de coutumes ancestrales.Lady Barker, une femme anglaise courageuse et curieuse, décide de quitter ... Read more

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"Une femme du monde au pays des Zoulous" est un récit captivant écrit par Lady Barker, une femme audacieuse et aventurière du XIXe siècle. Ce livre nous transporte dans un voyage extraordinaire à travers les terres mystérieuses et fascinantes des Zoulous, une tribu africaine empreinte de traditions et de coutumes ancestrales.Lady Barker, une femme anglaise courageuse et curieuse, décide de quitter
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Contested Histories in Public Space

Memory, Race, and Nation

Edited by Lisa Maya Knauer, Daniel J. Walkowitz ...

Series series Radical Perspectives
Contested Histories in Public Space brings multiple perspectives to bear on historical narratives presented to the public in museums, monuments, texts, and festivals around the world, from Paris to Kathmandu, from the Mexican state of Oaxaca to the waterfront of Wellington, New Zealand. Paying particular attention to how race and empire are implicated in the creation and display of national ... Read more

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Contested Histories in Public Space brings multiple perspectives to bear on historical narratives presented to the public in museums, monuments, texts, and festivals around the world, from Paris to Kathmandu, from the Mexican state of Oaxaca to the waterfront of Wellington, New Zealand. Paying particular attention to how race and empire are implicated in the creation and display of national
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The Social Scientific Gaze

The Social Question and the Rise of Academic Social Science in Sweden

by Per Wisselgren ...

Series series Public Intellectuals and the Sociology of Knowledge
The social sciences have, ever since they were first established as academic disciplines, played a foundational role in most spheres of modern society - in policy-making, education, the media and public debate - and hence also, indirectly, for our self-understanding as social beings. The Social Scientific Gaze examines the discursive formation of academic social science in the historical context ... Read more

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The social sciences have, ever since they were first established as academic disciplines, played a foundational role in most spheres of modern society - in policy-making, education, the media and public debate - and hence also, indirectly, for our self-understanding as social beings. The Social Scientific Gaze examines the discursive formation of academic social science in the historical context
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Volume 6, Tome I: Kierkegaard and His German Contemporaries - Philosophy

Edited by Jon Stewart ...

Series series Kierkegaard Research: Sources, Reception and Resources
This volume explores in detail Kierkegaard's various relations to his German contemporaries. Kierkegaard read German fluently and made extensive use of the writings of German-speaking authors. Apart from his contemporary Danish sources, the German sources were probably the most important in the development of his thought generally. This volume represents source-work research dedicated to tracing ... Read more

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This volume explores in detail Kierkegaard's various relations to his German contemporaries. Kierkegaard read German fluently and made extensive use of the writings of German-speaking authors. Apart from his contemporary Danish sources, the German sources were probably the most important in the development of his thought generally. This volume represents source-work research dedicated to tracing
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Historical Dictionary of Anglo-American Relations

by Sylvia Ellis ...

Series series Historical Dictionaries of Diplomacy and Foreign Relations
Anglo-American relations have been a crucial factor in international relations for over two centuries. For most of that time dealings between Britain and the United States have remained co-operative, cordial, and supportive. In the beginning, however, relations were confrontational and discordant: the two nations waged war against each other twice-in the War of Independence and in the War of 1812 ... Read more

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Anglo-American relations have been a crucial factor in international relations for over two centuries. For most of that time dealings between Britain and the United States have remained co-operative, cordial, and supportive. In the beginning, however, relations were confrontational and discordant: the two nations waged war against each other twice-in the War of Independence and in the War of 1812
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The Genesis of Modernity

by Arpad Szakolczai ...

Series series Routledge Studies in Social and Political Thought
The Genesis of Modernity reconstructs the ideas of three of the most important social and political theorists of the Twentieth Century, Max Weber, Michel Foucault and Eric Voegelin, on the distant roots and sources of modernity.Drawing upon the conceptual tools of social theory and political philosophy, complimented by approaches based in the fields of anthropology, comparative mythology and the ... Read more

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The Genesis of Modernity reconstructs the ideas of three of the most important social and political theorists of the Twentieth Century, Max Weber, Michel Foucault and Eric Voegelin, on the distant roots and sources of modernity.Drawing upon the conceptual tools of social theory and political philosophy, complimented by approaches based in the fields of anthropology, comparative mythology and the
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Atomic Theories

by F.H. Loring ...

Series series Routledge Library Editions: 20th Century Science
Summarising the most novel facts and theories which were coming into prominence at the time, particularly those which had not yet been incorporated into standard textbooks, this important work was first published in 1921. The subjects treated cover a wide range of research that was being conducted into the atom, and include Quantum Theory, the Bohr Theory, the Sommerfield extension of Bohr’s work, ... Read more

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Summarising the most novel facts and theories which were coming into prominence at the time, particularly those which had not yet been incorporated into standard textbooks, this important work was first published in 1921. The subjects treated cover a wide range of research that was being conducted into the atom, and include Quantum Theory, the Bohr Theory, the Sommerfield extension of Bohr’s work,
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Opponents of the Annales School

by Joseph Tendler ...

Series series History (R0)
Based on analysis of archival and published sources, Opponents of the Annales School examines for the first time those who have dared to criticise and ignore one of the most successful currents of thought in modern historiography. It offers an original contribution to the understanding of an unavoidable chapter in modern intellectual history. ... Read more

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Based on analysis of archival and published sources, Opponents of the Annales School examines for the first time those who have dared to criticise and ignore one of the most successful currents of thought in modern historiography. It offers an original contribution to the understanding of an unavoidable chapter in modern intellectual history.
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A Provincial History of the Ottoman Empire

Cyprus and the Eastern Mediterranean in the Nineteenth Century

by Marc Aymes ...

Series series SOAS/Routledge Studies on the Middle East
Provincializing the history of the Ottoman Empire, this book provides a critical approach to the projects of ‘modernity’ that took place in the Eastern Mediterranean over the past two centuries.Leaving their mark on this period are; the turmoil of insurgency in Greece and Egypt, a growing intervention of European Powers in Eastern Mediterranean politics, and the unfolding of large reform projects ... Read more

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Provincializing the history of the Ottoman Empire, this book provides a critical approach to the projects of ‘modernity’ that took place in the Eastern Mediterranean over the past two centuries.Leaving their mark on this period are; the turmoil of insurgency in Greece and Egypt, a growing intervention of European Powers in Eastern Mediterranean politics, and the unfolding of large reform projects
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Francia

Desde la antigüedad hasta nuestros días

by Sebastian Quesada Marco ...

Series Book 4 - Crónicas del mundo
La Historia de Francia, milagro permanente, aparece más dramática que la de otros países. Como la de Grecia en la antigüedad, tiene el singular privilegio de apasionar a las naciones de la tierra hasta el punto de que todas toman parte en las querellas francesas. La historia de Juana de Arco, la de los reyes franceses, la de la Revolución francesa, la del Marne, la de la Resistencia, forman parte ... Read more

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La Historia de Francia, milagro permanente, aparece más dramática que la de otros países. Como la de Grecia en la antigüedad, tiene el singular privilegio de apasionar a las naciones de la tierra hasta el punto de que todas toman parte en las querellas francesas. La historia de Juana de Arco, la de los reyes franceses, la de la Revolución francesa, la del Marne, la de la Resistencia, forman parte
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Memórias De Uma Vida Invisível

by Paulo R. G. Silva ...

Memórias De Uma Vida Invisível é mais do que uma biografia — é um testemunho comovente da resiliência humana e da beleza das histórias que crescem longe dos holofotes. A narrativa de um homem marcado por lutas desde sua infância, enfrentando a dureza da vida com coragem e silêncio, sempre à margem, sempre invisível aos olhos da sociedade. Em meio a cenários de pobreza, perigo e abandono, ele ... Read more

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Memórias De Uma Vida Invisível é mais do que uma biografia — é um testemunho comovente da resiliência humana e da beleza das histórias que crescem longe dos holofotes. A narrativa de um homem marcado por lutas desde sua infância, enfrentando a dureza da vida com coragem e silêncio, sempre à margem, sempre invisível aos olhos da sociedade. Em meio a cenários de pobreza, perigo e abandono, ele
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A Concise American History

by David Brown, Thomas Heinrich, Simon Middleton, Vivien Miller ...

Expertly steering readers through the often tumultuous and exhilarating history of the United States, from its early modern Native American roots to twenty-first-century neoliberalism and the shifting political climate of the past decade, this highly readable textbook provides a compelling overview of American development over the last five centuries.This book avoids either celebratory or ... Read more

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Expertly steering readers through the often tumultuous and exhilarating history of the United States, from its early modern Native American roots to twenty-first-century neoliberalism and the shifting political climate of the past decade, this highly readable textbook provides a compelling overview of American development over the last five centuries.This book avoids either celebratory or
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A History of Birdwatching in 100 Objects

by David Callahan, Dominic Mitchell ...

This book looks at 100 items that have profoundly shaped how people watched, studied and engaged with the avian world.Each item contains around 500 words on a double-page spread and include an illustration of the object in question. The book includes the objects listed below as well as many more.The range of items is international and cross-cultural. Subjects include:*An Egyptian 'field guide' ... Read more

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This book looks at 100 items that have profoundly shaped how people watched, studied and engaged with the avian world.Each item contains around 500 words on a double-page spread and include an illustration of the object in question. The book includes the objects listed below as well as many more.The range of items is international and cross-cultural. Subjects include:*An Egyptian 'field guide'
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Remembering the German Democratic Republic

Divided Memory in a United Germany

Edited by D. Clarke, U. Wölfel ...

Series series History (R0)
Memories of and attitudes to the German Democratic Republic (GDR), or East Germany, within contemporary Germany are characterized by their variety and complexity, whilst the debate over how to remember the GDR tells us a lot about how Germans see themselves and their future. This volume provides a range of international perspectives. ... Read more

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Memories of and attitudes to the German Democratic Republic (GDR), or East Germany, within contemporary Germany are characterized by their variety and complexity, whilst the debate over how to remember the GDR tells us a lot about how Germans see themselves and their future. This volume provides a range of international perspectives.
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The Age of Asa

Lord Briggs, Public Life and History in Britain since 1945

Edited by M. Taylor ...

Series series History (R0)
Asa Briggs has been a prominent figure in post-war cultural life - as a pioneering historian, a far-sighted educational reformer, and a sensitive chronicler of the way in which broadcasting and communication more generally have shaped modern society. He has also been a devoted servant of the public good, involved in many inquiries, boards and trusts. Yet few accounts of public life in Britain ... Read more

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Asa Briggs has been a prominent figure in post-war cultural life - as a pioneering historian, a far-sighted educational reformer, and a sensitive chronicler of the way in which broadcasting and communication more generally have shaped modern society. He has also been a devoted servant of the public good, involved in many inquiries, boards and trusts. Yet few accounts of public life in Britain
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Strike!

by Jeremy Brecher, Sara Nelson ...

Jeremy Brecher’s Strike! narrates the dramatic story of repeated, massive, and sometimes violent revolts by ordinary working people in America. Involving nationwide general strikes, the seizure of vast industrial establishments, nonviolent direct action on a massive scale, and armed battles with artillery and tanks, this exciting hidden history is told from the point of view of the rank-and-file ... Read more

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Jeremy Brecher’s Strike! narrates the dramatic story of repeated, massive, and sometimes violent revolts by ordinary working people in America. Involving nationwide general strikes, the seizure of vast industrial establishments, nonviolent direct action on a massive scale, and armed battles with artillery and tanks, this exciting hidden history is told from the point of view of the rank-and-file
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Märsche der Moderne

Varianten eines globalen Phänomens

by Jürgen Dinkel, Kai Nowak, Miriam Pfordte, Nikola Baković, Maria Framke, Dieter Gosewinkel, Thoralf Klein, Dirk van Laak0, Daniel Roger Maul1, Maren Möhring2, Ute Schneider3, Winfried Speitkamp4, Olaf Stieglitz5, Fritzi-Marie Titzmann6, Michael Wildt7 ...

Es ist eine Binsenweisheit, gerade in Zeiten von Fridays for Future, Pegida und Großdemos »Gegen rechts«: Politik findet nicht nur in den Kabinetten und Parlamenten statt. Menschen bringen sich und ihre Forderungen auf die Straße; sie bewegen sich, um etwas zu bewegen. Dieser Band widmet sich Märschen als einem wichtigen Element politischer Partizipation und Herrschaftsinszenierung in der ... Read more

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Es ist eine Binsenweisheit, gerade in Zeiten von Fridays for Future, Pegida und Großdemos »Gegen rechts«: Politik findet nicht nur in den Kabinetten und Parlamenten statt. Menschen bringen sich und ihre Forderungen auf die Straße; sie bewegen sich, um etwas zu bewegen. Dieser Band widmet sich Märschen als einem wichtigen Element politischer Partizipation und Herrschaftsinszenierung in der
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History and Fiction

Writers, their Research, Worlds and Stories

by Gillian Polack ...

Shortlisted for the William Atheling Jr Award for Criticism or ReviewFiction plays a vital role in describing history and transmitting culture. How writers understand and use history can play an equally important role in how they navigate a novel. This book explores the nature of the author’s relationship with history and fiction – often using writers’ own words – as well as the role history plays ... Read more

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Shortlisted for the William Atheling Jr Award for Criticism or ReviewFiction plays a vital role in describing history and transmitting culture. How writers understand and use history can play an equally important role in how they navigate a novel. This book explores the nature of the author’s relationship with history and fiction – often using writers’ own words – as well as the role history plays
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Ich-Diskurse in Maxim Billers Prosa

by Dorothee Gelhard, Bettina Codrai ...

Series Book 10 - Pegisha – Begegnung / Pegisha – Encounters
Das Buch hat die Darstellung deutsch-jüdischer Identität in ausgewählten Prosatexten des zeitgenössischen, deutsch-jüdischen Autors Maxim Biller zum Thema. Seit 1989 ist jüdisches Leben in Deutschland «sichtbarer» und heterogener geworden. Das liegt maßgeblich an der veränderten Selbstrepräsentation vieler jüngerer Juden. In und mit seinen Texten Der gebrauchte Jude (2009), Esra (2003), Die ... Read more

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Das Buch hat die Darstellung deutsch-jüdischer Identität in ausgewählten Prosatexten des zeitgenössischen, deutsch-jüdischen Autors Maxim Biller zum Thema. Seit 1989 ist jüdisches Leben in Deutschland «sichtbarer» und heterogener geworden. Das liegt maßgeblich an der veränderten Selbstrepräsentation vieler jüngerer Juden. In und mit seinen Texten Der gebrauchte Jude (2009), Esra (2003), Die
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Quebec 1759

The battle that won Canada

by Stuart Reid ...

Series Book 121 - Campaign
What a scene!' wrote Horace Walpole. 'An army in the night dragging itself up a precipice by stumps of trees to assault a town and attack an enemy strongly entrenched and double in numbers!' In one short sharp exchange of fire Major-General James Wolfe's men tumbled the Marquis de Montcalm's French army into bloody ruin. Sir John Fortescue famously described it as the 'most perfect volley ever ... Read more

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What a scene!' wrote Horace Walpole. 'An army in the night dragging itself up a precipice by stumps of trees to assault a town and attack an enemy strongly entrenched and double in numbers!' In one short sharp exchange of fire Major-General James Wolfe's men tumbled the Marquis de Montcalm's French army into bloody ruin. Sir John Fortescue famously described it as the 'most perfect volley ever
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DRAGÕES EXISTIRAM

MITOLOGIA

by ESCRIBA DA HISTÓRIA ...

Três elementos estão no eixo deste meu trabalho de elucidação da história. Os dragões, os dinossauros e entidades espirituais malignas. Os dragões são referenciados por muitos contos, histórias, épicos e lendas antigas, em quase todos os povos. Há narrativas constantes nas mais diversas culturas em que homens lutaram e conviveram com dragões e que quase sempre esta relação não era amistosa, quando ... Read more

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Três elementos estão no eixo deste meu trabalho de elucidação da história. Os dragões, os dinossauros e entidades espirituais malignas. Os dragões são referenciados por muitos contos, histórias, épicos e lendas antigas, em quase todos os povos. Há narrativas constantes nas mais diversas culturas em que homens lutaram e conviveram com dragões e que quase sempre esta relação não era amistosa, quando
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