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Historical essays
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Thomas Carlyle |
"Thomas Carlyle, renowned nineteenth-century essayist and social critic, came to be thought of as a secular prophet by many of his readers and as the "undoubted head of English letters" by Ralph Wald… |
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Solomon's temple spiritualiz'd
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John Bunyan |
The use of Solomon's Temple is described as a foreshadow of salvation through Jesus Christ. John Bunyan used his extensive scripture knowledge to detail seventy Old Testament sacrificial elements and… |
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Kult poczatkow
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Wiktor Werner |
Wiktor Werner.
Kult początków
Historyczne zmagania z czasem, religia i geneza. Szkice z historii historiografii polskiej i obcej
1.1 Założenia wstępne. Związek historiograficznego pojęcia genezy… |
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Velikai︠a︡ Khorvatii︠a︡
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A. V. Maĭorov |
208 p. ; 25 cm. |
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Sacred history and national identity
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Jason Nice |
"The late sixteenth century saw a redrawing of the borders of north-west Europe. Wales and Brittany entered into unions with neighboring countries England and France. Nice uses Brittany and Wales' re… |
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W.E.B. DuBois
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Patricia McKissack |
Examines the upbringing, education, writings, and political activities of one of the founders of the NAACP. |
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Geschichte im Dienst der Stadt
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Regula Schmid |
Im Spätmittelalter wurde Geschichte zum festen Bestandteil der Politik. Gerade kommunale Regierungen im süddeutschen Raum integrierten Historie, die "wahre Erzählung geschehener Ereignisse" routinier… |
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The holocaust
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Donald L. Niewyk |
This volume brings together some ... important and stimulating contributions to our understanding of Nazi genocide. These readings have been selected for the purpose of acquainting students with a va… |
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The ambivalence of imperial discourse
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Aaron M. Kahn |
A new reading of Miguel de Cervantes' play 'La Destrucción de Numancia' (c. 1583), analysing the work in relation to theories of empire in 16th century Spain, in the context of plays written immediat… |
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Roman republican theatre
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Gesine Manuwald |
"Theatre flourished in the Roman Republic, from the tragedies of Ennius and Pacuvius to the comedies of Plautus and Terence and the mimes of Laberius. Yet apart from the surviving plays of Plautus an… |
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Settler and creole reenactment
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Vanessa Agnew,Jonathan Lamb,Daniel Spoth |
"Explores the uncalculated and incalculable elements in historical re-enactment--unexpected emotions, unplanned developments--and locates them in countries where settlers were trying to establish nat… |
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What is architectural history?
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Andrew Leach |
"How do historians of architecture organize past time and relate it to the present? How does historical evidence translate into historical narrative? Should architectural history be useful for pract… |
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Reinstating the Ottomans
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Isa Blumı |
"This book is inspired by recent scholarship that reexamines the dramatic changes affecting heterogeneous societies in late nineteenth century empires. It expands the analysis of transformation beyon… |
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The Shaphan group
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Preston Kavanagh |
"A group of authors led by Shaphan, King Josiah's secretary, wrote some three hundred chapters of scripture--one-third of the Hebrew Bible. For the first time ever, we can learn the names of those wh… |
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The Battle of the Story of the Battle of Seattle
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Rebecca Solnit,David Solnit |
Summary:"From dawn to dusk on November 30, 1999, tens of thousands of people shut down the World Trade Organization meeting, facing cops firing tear gas and rubber bullets, the National Guard, and th… |
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Elogio de historia en tiempo de memoria
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Santos Juliá |
A partir de una conferencia pronunciada en el X Congreso de la Asociación de Historia Contemporánea, Santos Juliá reflexiona en estas páginas sobre los cambios experimentados por el oficio de histori… |
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The Oxford handbook of postwar European history
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Dan Stone |
"The postwar period is no longer current affairs but is becoming the recent past. As such, it is increasingly attracting the attentions of historians. Whilst the Cold War has long been a mainstay of … |
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Librarians, historians, and new opportunities for discourse
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Joel D. Kitchens |
"This book stimulates informed dialogue between librarians and historians regarding the changing nature of history and the resultant needs for a wider variety of collections and library services, inc… |
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Framing history
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Bhupendra Yadav |
FINALLY, a book from India that is readable, informative and provides one of the most comprehensive understandings of the art and craft of history and the changes therein.
The modern discipline of h… |
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Carter G. Woodson
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Patricia McKissack |
"A simple biography for early readers about Carter G. Woodson's life"-- |
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