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THE MEDIEVAL NATURAL WORLD

RICHARD JONES

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How did medieval people make sense of their surroundings, and how did this change over the years as understanding and knowledge expanded? This new study shows how medieval people interpreted the world... Learn More
GIANTS
The Dwarfs of Auschwitz

YEHUDA KOREN and EILAT NEGEV

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‘Through thick and thin, never separate. Stick together, guard each other and live for one another.’ The Ovitz family had good reason to stand by their mother’s mantra as they descended from the... Learn More
LIFE UNDER PRESSURE
Mortality and Living Standards in Europe and Asia, 1700-1900

TOMMY BENGTSSON, CAMERON CAMPBELL and JAMES Z LEE

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This book studies 100,000 life histories in rural communities in Western Europe and Asia to analyse demographic response to social and economic pressures. In doing so it demonstrates that population b... Learn More
BRUTALITY AND DESIRE
War and Sexuality in Europe’s Twentieth Century

DAGMAR HERZOG

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Tracing the arc of sexual violence coursing through Europe's twentieth century, from the Armenian genocide through Auschwitz and Algeria to Bosnia, this volume expands military history to include the ... Learn More
SCORCHED EARTH, BLACK SNOW
The First Year of the Korean War

ANDREW SALMON

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In the summer of 1950, British and Australian troops were dispatched to fight with UN forces in the savage struggle against communism in Korea. After both triumph and tragedy, 27th Brigade – ... Learn More
THE SPANISH HOLOCAUST
Inquisition and Extermination in Twentieth-Century Spain

PAUL PRESTON

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This book explores the profound horrors visited upon Spain during its ferocious Civil War, the consequences of which still reverberate bitterly today. The brutal, murderous persecution of Spaniards... Learn More
MODERNITY AND THE SECOND-HAND TRADE
European Consumption Cultures and Practices, 1700-1900

Edited by JON STOBART and ILJA VAN DAMME

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A continuing desire for the new is often seen as a core cultural value of Western society, interwoven with the fabric of modernity itself. This has led to neglect of 'alternative' consumer practices, ... Learn More
THE HEROIC EARTH
Geopolitical Thought in Weimar Germany, 1918-1933

DAVID T MURPHY

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Murphy challenges traditional historiography, arguing that geopolitical ideas were most dynamic and significant in Germany in the democratic culture of the Weimar Republic (1919-33) rather than the Na... Learn More
HEAVEN ON EARTH
The Varieties of the Millennial Experience

RICHARD LANDES

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Millennialists through the ages have awaited the apocalyptic moment that will radically transform society into heaven on earth. Landes re-evaluates the impact of millennialist thinkers and shows that ... Learn More
MEDIEVAL EUROPEANS
Studies in Ethnic Identity and National Perspective in Medieval Europe

Edited by ALFRED P SMYTH

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A team of scholars examines the origins of European ethnic groups that subsequently developed into the nations of Europe. The reconstruction and invention of the past by medieval writers in search of ... Learn More

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THE MEDIEVAL NATURAL WORLD

RICHARD JONES

GIANTS The Dwarfs of Auschwitz

YEHUDA KOREN and EILAT NEGEV

LIFE UNDER PRESSURE Mortality and Living Standards in Europe and Asia, 1700-1900

TOMMY BENGTSSON, CAMERON CAMPBELL and JAMES Z LEE

BRUTALITY AND DESIRE War and Sexuality in Europe’s Twentieth Century

DAGMAR HERZOG

SCORCHED EARTH, BLACK SNOW The First Year of the Korean War

ANDREW SALMON

THE SPANISH HOLOCAUST Inquisition and Extermination in Twentieth-Century Spain

PAUL PRESTON

MODERNITY AND THE SECOND-HAND TRADE European Consumption Cultures and Practices, 1700-1900

Edited by JON STOBART and ILJA VAN DAMME

THE HEROIC EARTH Geopolitical Thought in Weimar Germany, 1918-1933

DAVID T MURPHY

HEAVEN ON EARTH The Varieties of the Millennial Experience

RICHARD LANDES

MEDIEVAL EUROPEANS Studies in Ethnic Identity and National Perspective in Medieval Europe

Edited by ALFRED P SMYTH

GIANTS
The Dwarfs of Auschwitz

LIFE UNDER PRESSURE
Mortality and Living Standards in Europe and Asia, 1700-1900

BRUTALITY AND DESIRE
War and Sexuality in Europe’s Twentieth Century

SCORCHED EARTH, BLACK SNOW
The First Year of the Korean War

THE SPANISH HOLOCAUST
Inquisition and Extermination in Twentieth-Century Spain

MODERNITY AND THE SECOND-HAND TRADE
European Consumption Cultures and Practices, 1700-1900

THE HEROIC EARTH
Geopolitical Thought in Weimar Germany, 1918-1933

HEAVEN ON EARTH
The Varieties of the Millennial Experience

MEDIEVAL EUROPEANS
Studies in Ethnic Identity and National Perspective in Medieval Europe