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Farming and Famine: Landscape Vulnerability in Northeast Ethiopia, 1889-1991 (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)
Historians and scholars of Ethiopia have long struggled to understand the paradox of how Africa's most productive agricultural system, which sustained an extraordinary imperial culture over two millennia, can also be home to periodic, gut-wrenching famine and rural poverty.
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Conflicted Memory: Military Cultural Interventions and the Human Rights Era in Peru (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)
Reveals and analyzes how Peru's military elite have engaged in a cultural campaign--via memoirs, novels, films, museums--to shift public memory and debate about the nation's recent violent conflict and their part in it.
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In Plain Sight: Impunity and Human Rights in Thailand (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
Following a 1932 coup d'état in Thailand that established a constitution, the Thai state that emerged has suppressed political dissent. In Plain... Læs mere
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Good Night, Beloved Comrade: The Letters of Denton Welch to Eric Oliver (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)
The record of a thrilling and tormenting gay love affair in World War II England, these letters also reveal a devastating experience of disability and, above all, the awakening of a remarkable and unforgettable literary voice.
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Inside Rwanda's Gacaca Courts: Seeking Justice After Genocide (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)
After the 1994 genocide in Rwanda, the country as a whole struggled to deal with the legacy of the mass violence. The government responded by... Læs mere
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Of Beggars and Buddhas: The Politics of Humor in the Vessantara Jataka in Thailand (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)
An exploration of subversive, ribald variations of the most important story in Theravada Buddhism.
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A Thin Bright Line (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)
Based on the true story of the author’s aunt and namesake, and on the search to uncover her remarkable past, A Thin Bright Line encompasses Cold War intrigues, the origins of climate... Læs mere
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Trauma, Taboo, and Truth-Telling: Listening to Silences in Postdictatorship Argentina (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
Reads between the lines of Argentine cultural texts (fiction, drama, testimonial narrative, telenovela, documentary... Læs mere
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Repeat Performances: Ovidian Repetition and the Metamorphoses (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)
The uses and effects of repetition, imitation, and appropriation in Latin epic poetry.
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Amending the Past: Europe's Holocaust Commissions and the Right to History (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)
During the 1990s and early 2000s in Europe, more than fifty historical commissions were created to confront, discuss, and... Læs mere
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Trojan Women, Helen, Hecuba: Three Plays About Women and the Trojan War (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
Three plays about women and the Trojan War, in fresh translations for the stage, the classroom, or the general reader. The publication of Trojan Women, Helen, and Hecuba in one volume also invites provocative engagement with issues of gender, history, warfare, and politics.
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Feeding Manila in Peace and War, 1850–1945 (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)
The first book to explore the critical problem of provisioning the "megacity." A historical study of Manila looks at the continuing challenges of getting food, water, and services to the millions of people who live in the world's megacities.
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