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The Horde: How the Mongols Changed the World (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)
The Mongols are universally known as conquerors, but they were more than that: influential thinkers, politicians, engineers, and merchants. Challenging the view that... Læs mere
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Our Dear-Bought Liberty: Catholics and Religious Toleration in Early America (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)
Michael Breidenbach traces American secularism to an unexpected source: not Enlightenment liberalism but Catholic tradition. Suspected of dual loyalty, colonial... Læs mere
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A Feminist Theory of Refusal (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)
Bonnie Honig invigorates debate over the politics of refusal by insisting that withdrawal from unjust political systems be matched with collective action to change them.... Læs mere
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The Suicide of Miss Xi: Democracy and Disenchantment in the Chinese Republic (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)
When a young woman killed herself in the office she shared with her employer in 1920s Shanghai, the city reeled in shock. Xi Shangzhen became a symbol of the... Læs mere
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The Byzantine Sinbad (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)
The Byzantine Sinbad collects The Book of Syntipas the Philosopher, originally a Persian story, and the sixty-two tales of The Fables of Syntipas—both translated from Syriac in the... Læs mere
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Proceedings of the Harvard Celtic Colloquium, 39: 2019 (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)
PHCC, 39 offers a wide range of articles on topics across the field of Celtic Studies and includes the Colloquium keynote given by Barbara Hillers on the literary... Læs mere
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A History of Data Visualization and Graphic Communication (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)
Statistical graphing was born in the seventeenth century as a scientific tool, but it quickly escaped all disciplinary bounds. Today graphics are ubiquitous in... Læs mere
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The Greek Revolution: A Critical Dictionary (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)
The Greek war for independence (1821–1830) goes missing from the narrative of the Age of Revolutions, yet the overthrow of Ottoman rule was of profound political... Læs mere
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Life in the Cosmos: From Biosignatures to Technosignatures (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)
Are we alone in the universe? It is a captivating question, but one that historically eluded proper scientific investigation. The new discipline of astrobiology... Læs mere
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The Return of Inequality: Social Change and the Weight of the Past (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)
Sociologist Mike Savage shows how economic inequality aggravates cultural, social, and political conflicts, challenging the framework of liberal democracy. By... Læs mere
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To Repair a Broken World: The Life of Henrietta Szold, Founder of Hadassah (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)
Dvora Hacohen offers the authoritative biography of Henrietta Szold, the founder of Hadassah. A global humanitarian, Szold promoted refugee assistance, immigrant... Læs mere
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When Sorrow Comes: The Power of Sermons from Pearl Harbor to Black Lives Matter (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)
In the wake of national tragedies, it matters who is mourned and who is overlooked. Focusing on Protestant sermons, Melissa Matthes argues that, since WWII, America’s... Læs mere
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