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A history of the Jews: Ancient and Modern

A history of the Jews: Ancient and Modern


Ilan Halévi



Language Notes Text: English, French (translation) ...
Counts of Falkenstein: Noble Self-Consciousness in the Twelfth-Century Germany (Transactions of the American Philosophical Society)

Counts of Falkenstein: Noble Self-Consciousness in the Twelfth-Century Germany (Transactions of the American Philosophical Society)


John B. Freed



Counts of Falkenstein: Noble Self-Consciousness in the Twelfth-Century Germany (Transactions of the American Philosophical Society)...
War of 1812 (America at War)

War of 1812 (America at War)


John Stewart Bowman, Miriam Greenblatt



From School Library Journal Gr 6 Up-An informative, thorough, and useful series entry. The first three chapters describe th...
War Machines: Transforming Technologies in the U.S. Military, 1920-1940 (Williams-Ford Texas A&M University Military History Series)

War Machines: Transforming Technologies in the U.S. Military, 1920-1940 (Williams-Ford Texas A&M University Military History Series)


Timothy Moy



About the Author TIMOTHY MOY, who received his Ph.D. from the University of California at Berkeley, is an assistant profe...
Essays in Ottoman and Turkish History, 1774-1923: The Impact of the West

Essays in Ottoman and Turkish History, 1774-1923: The Impact of the West


Roderic H. Davison



Review 'Roderic Davison is the dean of Ottoman diplomatic historians who, for a full four decades, has set high standards...
Evolution of Medieval Thought

Evolution of Medieval Thought


David Knowles



Evolution of Medieval Thought...
The morning after: sexual politics at the end of the Cold War

The morning after: sexual politics at the end of the Cold War


Cynthia H. Enloe



From Library Journal Enloe (government, Clark Univ.) is the author of several books dealing with women and the military (...
Technology, Disease, and Colonial Conquests, Sixteenth to Eighteenth Centuries: Essays Reappraising the Guns and Germs Theories

Technology, Disease, and Colonial Conquests, Sixteenth to Eighteenth Centuries: Essays Reappraising the Guns and Germs Theories


George Raudzens



Review Selected as an Outstanding Academic Title of 2002 by Choice (a publication of the Association of College & Researc...
State and Society in Early Medieval China

State and Society in Early Medieval China


Albert E. Dien



State and Society in Early Medieval China...
What If? 2: Eminent Historians Imagine What Might Have Been

What If? 2: Eminent Historians Imagine What Might Have Been


Robert Cowley



Amazon.com Review Many armchair historians have spent hours daydreaming of what might have been if some turning point in...
The dilemmas of an upright man: Max Planck as spokesman for German science

The dilemmas of an upright man: Max Planck as spokesman for German science


Heilbron J.L.



From Library Journal Max Planck came to prominence after proposing the quantum idea in 1900 and rose steadily to the fore...
A thin cosmic rain: Particles from outer space

A thin cosmic rain: Particles from outer space


Friedlander M.W.



From Publishers Weekly Many people think of "cosmic rays" as mysterious extraterrestrial radiation, like what Flash Gordo...
The Akan Diaspora in the Americas

The Akan Diaspora in the Americas


Kwasi Konadu



Review "Lately, the study of the African Diaspora has taken a cultural turn, and the social and demographic aspects of it...
The Truth of History

The Truth of History


C. Behan Mccullagh



Review [A] solid, clearly argued defense of the truth of historical claims and the validity of conventional historical pr...
Evangelical Balance Sheet: Character, Family, and Business in Mid-Victorian Nova Scotia (Studies in Childhood and Family in Canada)

Evangelical Balance Sheet: Character, Family, and Business in Mid-Victorian Nova Scotia (Studies in Childhood and Family in Canada)


B. Anne Wood



About the Author B. Anne Wood taught in the School of Education at Dalhousie University in Halifax. Author of many articl...
Global Justice and Transnational Politics: Essays On the Moral and Political Challenges of Globalization

Global Justice and Transnational Politics: Essays On the Moral and Political Challenges of Globalization


Ciaran P. Cronin, Pablo De Greiff



About the Author Pablo De Greiff is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the State University of New York at Buffalo and ...
Steel Drivin' Man: John Henry: the Untold Story of an American Legend

Steel Drivin' Man: John Henry: the Untold Story of an American Legend


Scott Reynolds Nelson



From Publishers Weekly Starred Review. According to the ballad that made him famous, John Henry did battle with a steam-p...
Public Sociology: Fifteen Eminent Sociologists Debate Politics and the Profession in the Twenty-first Century

Public Sociology: Fifteen Eminent Sociologists Debate Politics and the Profession in the Twenty-first Century


Dan Clawson, Joya Misra, Naomi Gerstel, Randall Stokes, Robert Zussman



From the Inside Flap "If the standpoint of economics is the market and its expansion, and the standpoint of political sci...
Europe in the Eighteenth Century: 1713-1783 (General History of Europe)

Europe in the Eighteenth Century: 1713-1783 (General History of Europe)


Matthew Smith Anderson



Review 'Much the best English textbook in the field'History ...
The Birds (BFI Film Classics)

The Birds (BFI Film Classics)


Camille Paglia



Amazon.com Review BFI Film Classics are a treasure, featuring some of the most imaginative recent writing on movies and t...
How Far Is America from Here?: Selected Proceedings of the First World Congress of the International American Studies Association 22-24 May 2003 (Textxet Studies in Comparative Literature)

How Far Is America from Here?: Selected Proceedings of the First World Congress of the International American Studies Association 22-24 May 2003 (Textxet Studies in Comparative Literature)


Djelal Kadir, Lois Parkinson Zamora, Paul Giles, Theo D’Haen



How Far Is America from Here?: Selected Proceedings of the First World Congress of the International American Studies Association 22-24 May 2003 (Textxet Studies in Comparative Literature)...
Fighting Words: Language Policy and Ethnic Relations in Asia (BCSIA Studies in International Security)

Fighting Words: Language Policy and Ethnic Relations in Asia (BCSIA Studies in International Security)


Michael E. Brown, Sumit Ganguly



Review "Two major themes emerge from these excellent case studies. First, bumbling or malicious elites can...
Hanging Out in the Virtual Pub: Masculinities and Relationships Online

Hanging Out in the Virtual Pub: Masculinities and Relationships Online


Lori Kendall



Review "Hanging Out at the Virtual Pub provides a richly detailed and theoretically mediated understanding of gender's si...
Opening Up North America, 1497-1800 (Discovery & Exploration)

Opening Up North America, 1497-1800 (Discovery & Exploration)


Ken Albala, Caroline Cox



From School Library Journal Grade 6 Up–These titles focus on broad areas of the history of exploration. Opening Up...
Critical Reflections on the Cold War: Linking Rhetoric and History (Presidential Rhetoric Series)

Critical Reflections on the Cold War: Linking Rhetoric and History (Presidential Rhetoric Series)


H. W. Brands, Martin J. Medhurst



About the Author Martin J. Medhurst is a distinguished professor of rhetoric and communication at Baylor University in Wa...
America's Airports: Airfield Development, 1918-1947 (Centennial of Flight Series, 1)

America's Airports: Airfield Development, 1918-1947 (Centennial of Flight Series, 1)


Janet R. Daly Bednarek



About the Author Janet R. Daly Bednarek is an associate professor of history at the University of Dayton. She is author o...
The Dynamics of Two-Party Politics: Party Structures and the Management of Competition (Comparative Politics)

The Dynamics of Two-Party Politics: Party Structures and the Management of Competition (Comparative Politics)


Alan Ware



Review "Scholars of...party mergers and coalitions will find the book quite stimulating. It has a useful bibliography and...
Nomads and Crusaders, Ad 1000-1368 (A Midland Book)

Nomads and Crusaders, Ad 1000-1368 (A Midland Book)


Archibald R. Lewis



Review A] fine, arresting book with a clear and novel thesis and a firm grasp of geography. Good stuff, in short ... stro...
Progress in International Relations Theory: Appraising the Field (BCSIA Studies in International Security)

Progress in International Relations Theory: Appraising the Field (BCSIA Studies in International Security)


Colin Elman, Kenneth N. Waltz, Miriam Fendius Elman



Review "A most impressive effort that should stimulate a rethinking of what is meant by 'scientific progre...
Imagining Identity in New Spain: Race, Lineage, and the Colonial Body in Portraiture and Casta Paintings (Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long Series in Latin American and Latino Art and Culture)

Imagining Identity in New Spain: Race, Lineage, and the Colonial Body in Portraiture and Casta Paintings (Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long Series in Latin American and Latino Art and Culture)


Magali M. Carrera



Review "This book effectively integrates art history, literary history, and political and social history... It will appea...