This book reveals the full extent of electricity's significance in Nineteenth and early Twentieth... Læs mere
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This book is a documentary survey of Hong Kong history, from the 1920s to the mid-1960s, from the perspective of the Maryknoll Sisters, as... Læs mere
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Conjugal Rites explores the legal shape of marriage as it has been determined by countless decisions concerning entry and exit into the ancient rite.
The first extensive study of gay and lesbian historical fiction, this book demonstrates how the highly popular sub-genre... Læs mere
During the transition to democracy, states have used various mechanisms to address previous human rights abuses including trials,... Læs mere
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Dowdy uncovers and analyzes the primary rhetorical strategies, particularly figures of voice, in American political poetry from the Vietnam War-era to the present. He brings together a unique and diverse collection of poets, including an innovative section on hip hop performance.
This book explores the role of institutions in policy-making and the states, role in promotion of... Læs mere
This book investigates the contested ways in which eighteenth-century German philosophers, scientists, poets, and dramatists perceived and represented China and Africa from 1680 to 1830.
This book argues that humanity's relationship to the land has undergone a fundamental and calamitous change. Marzec... Læs mere