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State Communication And Public Politics In The Dutch Golden Age - State Communication In The Dutch Golden Age

by Arthur (Postdoctoral Fellow, Postdoctoral Fellow, University Of St Andrews) Der Weduwen

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 Selling the Republican Ideal details for the first time the political communication practices of the national, regional, and municipal authorities in the Dutch Republic. It is a ground-breaking study of how the early modern state sought to inform its citizens, publicise its laws, and engage publicly in quarrels with its political opponents.
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Feminist Transformations And Domestic Violence Activism In Divided Berlin, 1968-2002

by Jane (Lecturer In History And Fellow, German Historical Institute London) Freeland

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 Feminist Transformations examines the history of feminist activism against domestic violence in divided Berlin. Centred on this key issue of gender inequality, the book explores how feminists advanced women's rights in Germany. More broadly, it reflects critically on what these advancements have meant for feminism and gender justice.
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Libertines And The Law - Subversive Authors And Criminal Justice In Early Seventeenth-Century France

by Adam (Lecturer In French, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University Of Exeter) Horsley

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 This study sheds new light on the trials of 'libertine' authors (a term for religious, sexual, social or moral subversion), by considering them primarily as legal defendants.
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Weaving Histories - The Transformation Of The Handloom Industry In South India, 1800-1960

by Karuna (Azim Premhi University) Dietrich Wielenga

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 This book looks at the economic history of south Asia from a fresh perspective, through a detailed study of the handloom industry in colonial south India.
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The Tale Of Al-Barraq Son Of Rawhan And Layla The Chaste - A Bilingual Edition And Study

by Marle (Professor Of History, Professor Of History, Soas University Of London) Hammond

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 This edition of an anonymous work of fiction reads as a transnational literary whodunnit. How did this hybrid text, blending the Arabic genres of the popular sira and the Udhri; love story with the western fairy tale, come to life? And why was it misconstrued as history in the 19th century? Hammond offers up an intriguing case file.
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Convent Autobiography - Early Modern English Nuns In Exile

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 Convent Autobiography explores the ways in which cloistered women evaluated and articulated their senses of self through letters, chronicles, accounts and other such genres. The book explores writings by women who composed under their own names and those who composed anonymously and considers three case studies devoted to anonymous chronicling.
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Sunnyside - A Sociolinguistic History Of British House Names

by Laura (Professor Of English, Professor Of English, University Of Cambridge) Wright

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 Sunnyside discusses changes to British house names from medieval naming practices to the present-day. The demise of pub names and shop names such as la Worm on the Hope and the Golden Tea Kettle & Speaking Trumpet are detailed alongside the rise of heraldic names such as the Red Lion.
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Transnational Networking And Elite Self-Empowerment - The Making Of The Judiciary In Contemporary Europe And Beyond

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 Judiciary institutions in Central and Eastern Europe have become patterned on a template that maximises judicial empowerment to the detriment of national parliaments. Transnational Networks and Elite Self-Empowerment explores this new social class of elite legal professionals who make public policy in place of formal democratic institutions.
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Parliamentary Elections In Russia - A Quarter-Century Of Multiparty Politics

by Derek S. (Associate Professor, Department Of Global Political Studies, Malmo University) Hutcheson

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 In the first long-term analysis of Russian parliamentary elections, Hutcheson explores the country's seven rounds of election since 1993. Through the twists and turns of political reform, he combines official data, primary material and in-depth analysis to investigate the changes in Russia's political system.
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Miracles And Murders - An Introductory Anthology Of Breton Ballads

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 The highly dramatic Breton ballad tradition is relatively little-known. This volume explores the nature of the songs and the contexts in which they have been performed. A selection of songs is presented here in the original Breton with English translations and musical notation. The accompanying CD provides examples sung by traditional singers.
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French Novels And The Victorians

by Juliette (Lecturer In English, Lecturer In English, Ucl) Atkinson

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 Despite the warnings of critics and moral leaders, French novels were widespread in Victorian culture. How did Victorian readers gain access to them? How were the novels' supposed immorality debated and challenged? And how far did the influx of French novels raise questions and anxieties about the literary and commercial value of the English novel?
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A Maid With A Dragon - The Cult Of St Margaret Of Antioch In Medieval England

by Juliana (Middlebury Centre For Medieval And Renaissance Studies, Oxford) Dresvina

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 St Margaret, known for her confrontation with a dragon-shaped devil, was one of the most famous medieval saints, depicted in manuscript illuminations, sculptures, panel paintings, and stained glass. This handbook is the first comprehensive interdisciplinary study of the legend, providing an account of the trajectory of the story over 1,000 years.
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Before Hiv - Sexuality, Fertility And Mortality In East Africa, 1900-1980

by Shane (Senior Lecturer In African History, University Of Leeds) Doyle

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 Two of the most important questions in modern African history are the causes of its population explosion, and the origins of the HIV pandemic. Before HIV shows that the more permissive sexual culture which permitted HIV to spread so quickly can be traced back to the mid-20th century, when new patterns of socialization and sexual networking emerged.
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Names Are Thicker Than Blood - Kinship And Ownership Amongst The Iatmul

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 This is an ethnographic study of kinship and the nature and behaviour of ownership amongst the much-studied Sepik River Iatmul people. Written from the viewpoint of a Melanesian scholar, this book seeks to re-think anthropology's central assumptions about social relations.
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Jodocus Badius Ascensius - Commentary, Commerce And Print In The Renaissance

by Paul (Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge) White

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 Badius Ascensius (1462-1535), scholar and printer, played a central role in the flourishing of humanism and print culture in the French Renaissance. This account of his contributions to pedagogy, scholarship, printing, and humanist culture re-examines these roles and explores the wider context of the communities in which Badius worked.
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The Lost Woodlands Of Ancient Nasca - A Case-Study In Ecological And Cultural Collapse

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 The vanished civilization of the Nasca is famous for its enigmatic giant ritual pathways through the desert pampa of Peru. But how and why did the civilization collapse? This new and detailed archaeological study argues that deforestation of river valleys, in particular the loss of the huarango tree, may have been to blame.
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Harnessing Fortune - Personhood, Memory And Place In Mongolia

by Rebecca M. (Lecturer In Social Anthropology, University College, London) Empson

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 This is the first detailed ethnography of rural Mongolian life since the collapse of the Soviet Union. Based on fieldwork with migrant herding families who traverse the Northern Mongolian-Russian border, the volume explores how intimate social relationships and identities are drawn upon to engage with new political and economic uncertainties.
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Producing Modernity In Mexico - Labour, Race, And The State In Chiapas, 1876-1914

by Sarah (British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow, University Of Oxford) Washbrook

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 This major regional study analyses the politics of the state and the history of land tenure and rural labour in Chiapas, Mexico, in 1876 to 1914. It provides a case study of tropical plantation development and labour relations and contributes to the growing history of indigenous peoples in Latin America.
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Huju - Traditional Opera In Modern Shanghai

by Jonathan P. J. (Lecturer In Music, University Of Sheffield) Stock

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 An account of Huju, a Shanghai operatic tradition which blends music and acting with portrayal of the lives of ordinary people, this study follows the genre as it develops in China's largest city from rural entertainment to urban ballad, revolutionary drama, and contemporary opera.
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Loyola'S Bees - Ideology And Industry In Jesuit Latin Didactic Poetry

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 A study of the classical-style, Latin didactic poetry produced by the Society of Jesus in the early modern period. This book considers the Society's educational and ideological values and practices. It features poems that command attention for what they reveal about social, cultural, and intellectual life in this period.
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Fragments And Meaning In Traditional Song - From The Blues To The Baltic

by Gerald (Adjunct Professor Of English Literature And Culture, University Of Umea, Sweden) Porter

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 This is a study of very short songs: pieces long perceived as 'fragments' or remnants of longer narrative texts, and dismissed as the by-products of a degenerative oral tradition. Coverage includes English, Welsh, Breton, American, and Finnish songs.
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Voicing The Soviet Experience - The Poetry Of Ol'Ga Berggol'Ts

by Katharine (Lecturer In Russian, Department Of Modern Languages, University Of Exeter) Hodgson

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 Ol'ga Berggol'ts (1910-1975) was a prominent Russian Soviet poet, whose accounts of heroism in wartime Leningrad brought her fame. This volume addresses her position as a writer whose Party loyalties were frequently in conflict with the demands of artistic and personal integrity.
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Singing The Village - Music, Memory And Ritual Among The Sibe Of Xinjiang

by Rachel (Lecturer In Music, School Of Oriental And African Studies) Harris

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 This book and CD concern the musical and ritual life of the Sibe people, who have lived in Chinese Central Asia since the 18th century. Descendants of the military garrisons of Imperial China, they remember their heritage through song. The book describes contemporary musical life in their villages, and discusses the impact of 50 years of Communism.
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A World Upturned - Commentary On And Analysis Of The Dialogue Of Ipuwer And The Lord Of All

by Roland (Reader In Egyptology, University Of Liverpool) Enmarch

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 One of the most important surviving works from the golden age of Ancient Egyptian literature, a searching exploration of human motivation and divine justice, is discussed and translated in this major literary study.
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