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History
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This book presents a new interpretation of how and why the discovery of the circulation of the blood in animals…
was made. It has long been known that the English physician William Harvey (1578–1657) was a follower of Aristotle, but his most strikingly ‘modern’ and original discovery – of the circulation of the blood – resulted from Harvey following Aristotle’s ancient programme of investigation into animals. This is a new reading of the most important discovery ever made in anatomy by one man and produces not only a radical re-reading of Harvey as anatomist, but also of Aristotle and his investigations of animals.
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Offering a unique approach to the study of late eighteenth-century/early nineteenth-century education, this book explores the life and motivations of…
a strong-minded, self-educated and enlightened English gentlewoman, Mrs Margaret Chinnery, who put Madame de Genlis’s educational ideas into practice with marked success. Beginning with a brief outline of Margaret’s own childhood and her adolescent efforts to educate herself, drawing largely on readings recommended by Genlis, the book continues through to her marriage, her children’s early and adolescent education, and ends with the benefits that the children gained in adulthood from their education. This book is not limited to a biography, as each section on the daily business of education is interspersed with a discussion and comparison of contemporary education authors and other writers, the values they espoused, which ones Margaret followed and why. It also draws on valuable surviving Chinnery documents which trace the Chinnery children’s education, Margaret’s correspondence with Genlis and a comprehensive catalogue of the Chinnery library. The book offers a unique opportunity to follow a real family from cradle to grave, and provides an intriguing illustration, at an individual level, of a female-crafted education embedded in Enlightenment values. This book will be of great interest to postgraduate students and scholars researching the history and philosophy of education as well as women in the Enlightenment.
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History, Politics and government
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This book analyses securitization processes outside of the West, with a focus on Africa. The aim of the volume is…
to develop an original analytical framework to explain the securitization-neo-patrimonialism dynamics in West Africa, drawing upon insights from securitization theory, sociology and psychology. Among critical voices, securitization has become the gold standard for analysing emerging challenges, such as migration, terrorism, and human security. Yet, despite its broadening agenda, the framework has also been accused of bias, with a Western political context and democratic governance structure at its heart. This book aims to re-conceptualise the framework in a way that suits non-Western contexts better, notably by re-conceptualising the securitization-neopatrimonialism nexus in Africa, which gives us significant new insights into non-Western political contexts. It analyses the securitization processes among the political elites under neo-patrimonial statehood, and further stretches the conceptualisation of securitization into African statehood, which is characterised by a blurred line between the leader and the state. The volume explores the processes of securitizing threats in Liberia, Sierra Leone and wider West Africa, as well as the neo-patrimonial regimes of these states. In doing so, it explores the influence these states’ neo-patrimonial regimes have on the processes of threat securitization. This book will be of much interest to students of critical security studies, African politics and International Relations.
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History, European history, General non-fiction
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A Frail Liberty traces the paradoxical actions of the first French abolitionist society, the Société des Amis des Noirs (Society…
of the Friends of Blacks), at the juncture of two unprecedented achievements of the revolutionary era: the extension of full rights of citizenship to qualifying free men of color in 1792 and the emancipation decree of 1794 that simultaneously declared the formerly enslaved to be citizens of France. This society helped form the revolution&’s notion of color-blind equality yet did not protest the pro-slavery attack on the new citizens of France. Tessie P. Liu prioritizes the understanding of the elite insiders&’ vision of equality as crucial to understanding this dualism. By documenting the link between outright exclusion and political inclusion and emphasizing that a nation&’s perceived qualifications for citizenship formulate a particular conception of racial equality, Liu argues that the treatment and status distinctions between free people of color and the formerly enslaved parallel the infamous divide between &“active&” and &“passive&” citizens. These two populations of colonial citizens with African ancestry then must be considered part of the normative operations of French citizenship at the time. Uniquely locating racial differentiation in the French and Haitian revolutions within the logic and structures of political representation, Liu deepens the conversation regarding race as a civic identity within democratic societies.
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Historical biography, Politics and government biography, History
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Eye on the World is the autobiography of diplomat Anthony C. E. Quainton, the story of a long and varied…
life lived in eleven countries on six continents. Rather than a formal history, this is Quainton&’s reflection on his interactions with the events of those times, beginning with George VI&’s historic visit to North America in 1939, through the years of the Cold War, the efforts to contain and then defeat the Soviet Union, and finally the two decades of uneasy peace that came after the fall of the Berlin Wall. To some of these events Quainton was merely a spectator. In other areas––India, Nicaragua, Kuwait, and Peru––he was actively involved either as a participant in the policy process in Washington or as the senior representative of the United States in those countries. Spanning his upbringing and education through two decades after his retirement, Quainton describes the expanding horizons of a middle-class boy from the northwest corner of North America as he encountered the complexity of the world in which he spent his professional life. Quainton served in seven different presidential appointments under presidents Gerald Ford, Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan, George H. W. Bush, and Bill Clinton. These included four ambassadorships in distinct parts of the world and three assistant secretary–level posts in Washington. This range of geographic and functional assignments was unique in his generation of Foreign Service officers.
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History, War
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Unlike wars between nations, wherein the population generally comes together to defend its borders and is united by a common…
national goal, civil wars tear countries apart, divide families, and turn neighbors against each other. Civil wars are a form of self-harm in which a country&’s people seek redemption through self-destruction, punishing or severing those parts that are seen to have made the nation ill. And yet civil wars—with their characteristically appalling violence—remain chillingly common, defying the notion that they are somehow an aberration. In The Grammar of Civil War Will Fowler examines the origin, process, and outcome of civil war. Using the Mexican Civil War of 1857–61 (or the War of the Reform, the political and military conflict that erupted between the competing liberal and conservative visions of Mexico&’s future), Fowler seeks to understand how civil wars come about and, when they do, how they unfold and why. By outlining the grammatical principles that underpin a new framework for the study of civil war, Fowler stresses what is essential for one to take place and explains how, once it has erupted, it can be expected to develop and end, according to the syntax, morphology, and meanings that characterize and help understand the grammar of civil war generally.
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United States history, Politics and government, Politics and government biography, Bestsellers (Non-fiction), History
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Historian Douglas Brinkley, author of The Boys of Pointe du Hoc (DB 61223), edits journals kept by fortieth president Ronald…
Reagan during his two terms in office, from 1981-1989. Daily chronicles include Reagan's thoughts on his family, political issues, religion, and "his empathy for citizens with physical disabilities." Bestseller. 2007
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Social issues, History, Sports and games
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This follow-up to the author's 1959 work The Harmless People (RC 27489) describes the fate of the Bushmen living in…
Africa's Kalahari Desert, whose hunter-gatherer way of life--which she believes was preserved for thirty-five thousand years--was ended by modernization and governmental interference in the 1970s and 1980s. 2006
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Politics and government, History, Asian history, Politics and government biography
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The author of Paris 1919 (RC 55337) chronicles American president Richard Nixon's historic trip to the Communist People's Republic of…
China in February 1972. Discusses the diplomacy and pomp of the visit and the roles of national security advisor Henry Kissinger and premier Chou En-lai. 2007
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War, Biography, Family and relationships, World War II, History, Journals and memoirs
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Author of The Elusive Embrace (RC 50368) documents his quest to uncover details about six relatives killed during the Holocaust.…
Recounts his international journeys to interview witnesses to the victims' hiding, discovery, and murder. Describes the impact of their deaths on his family. Nat'l Bk Critics Award. 2006
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History, Ancient history, Travel and geography
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Explores the artifacts and ruins found in modern-day Iraq that illuminate ancient Mesopotamia, the cradle of civilization. Covers clay tablets…
and cuneiform writing, jewelry and treasures of long-ago queens in Sumer and Assyria, and the hanging gardens of Babylon. Discusses the importance of protecting this heritage. For grades 4-7. 2007
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War, History, Politics and government
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Harvard professor posits that the twentieth century's brutal wars were attributable to "ethnic conflict, economic volatility, and empires in decline."…
Cites examples of conflicts and genocides and reiterates his hypothesis from Colossus: The Rise and Fall of the American Empire (DB 61407) that the West is in decline. 2006
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Biography, History, General non-fiction, European history, Politics and government biography, Women biography
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British author's biography of Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler's mistress Eva Braun (1912-1945), a Catholic, middle-class woman who met Hitler when…
she was seventeen. Examines the cultural history of Germany during Braun's lifetime and attempts to decipher the enigma of the couple's mutual attraction. Includes interviews with Braun's cousin. 2006
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Frontier and pioneer life, United States history, History, Biography
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History of the contributions of African American men and women who populated the American West from the sixteenth-century age of…
exploration to the early twentieth century. Portrays fur traders, homesteaders, buffalo soldiers, con men, mail-order brides, cowboys, politicians, and others and highlights their struggle for equality. Some strong language. 2005
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War, History, European history
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Author of A Short History of Byzantium (DB 47025) chronicles a millennium of power politics along the littoral lands of…
the Mediterranean Sea. Details the succession of empires from antiquity to World War I that have risen and fallen. Highlights the Mediterranean's major battles and rulers. 2006
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History, United States history
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An epic, sweeping history of Cuba and its complex ties to the United States—from before the arrival of Columbus to…
the present day—written by one of the world&’s leading historians of Cuba. <p><p>In 1961, at the height of the Cold War, the United States severed diplomatic relations with Cuba, where a momentous revolution had taken power three years earlier. For more than half a century, the stand-off continued—through the tenure of ten American presidents and the fifty-year rule of Fidel Castro. His death in 2016, and the retirement of his brother and successor Raúl Castro in 2021, have spurred questions about the country’s future. <p><p>Meanwhile, politics in Washington—Barack Obama’s opening to the island, Donald Trump’s reversal of that policy, and the election of Joe Biden—have made the relationship between the two nations a subject of debate once more. <p><p>Now, award-winning historian Ada Ferrer delivers an ambitious and moving chronicle written for a moment that demands a new reckoning with both the island&’s past and its relationship with the United States. Spanning more than five centuries, Cuba: An American History provides us with a front-row seat as we witness the evolution of the modern nation, with its dramatic record of conquest and colonization, of slavery and freedom, of independence and revolutions made and unmade. <p><p>Along the way, Ferrer explores the sometimes surprising, often troubled intimacy between the two countries, documenting not only the influence of the United States on Cuba but also the many ways the island has been a recurring presence in US affairs. This, then, is a story that will give American readers unexpected insights into the history of their own nation and, in so doing, help them imagine a new relationship with Cuba. Filled with rousing stories and characters, and drawing on more than thirty years of research in Cuba, Spain, and the United States—as well as the author’s own extensive travel to the island over the same period—this is a stunning and monumental account like no other.
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History
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In the course of the early modern period, the capacity of European states to raise finances, wage wars, subject their…
own and far away populations, and exert bureaucratic power over a variety of areas of social life increased dramatically. Nevertheless, these changes were far less absolute and definitive than the literature on the rise of the "modern state" once held. While war pushed the boundaries of the emerging fiscal military states of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, rulers remained highly dependent on negotiations with competing elite groups and the private networks of contractors and financial intermediaries. Attempts to increase control over subjects often resulted in popular resistance, that in their turn set limits to and influenced the direction of the development of state institutions. Written in honour of the leading historian of war and state formation in the early modern Low Countries, Marjolein 't Hart, the chapters gathered in this volume examine the main drivers, beneficiaries and discontents of state formation across and beyond Europe in the early modern period.
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History, Customs and cultures, Archaeology, General non-fiction
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Reindeer have been an integral part of the lives of people in Northern Fennoscandia in prehistoric and historic times. Today,…
reindeer herding practices are changing fast due to climate change, land use pressures and new technologies. This book outlines recent advances in the archaeology of reindeer domestication and development of reindeer herding among the Sámi of Northern Fennoscandia, focusing especially on the identification and understanding of various reindeer herding tasks and practices through archaeological evidence and traditional knowledge of reindeer herders. Covering more than a thousand years of history of reindeer herding, the book explores how reindeer herding practices have always been dynamic and adapted to the changing social, economic and environmental pressures. While reindeer herding practices have changed, they have also retained memory and tradition. The continuity and adaptation of reindeer herding testifies of the resilience of reindeer herders and their animals, and the importance of their relationship in the changing Arctic. This book will be of interest to scholars interested in archaeology, anthropology, and history of the Arctic, as well as local communities and reindeer herders.
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History, Asian history, Archaeology, Ancient history, Asian travel and geography
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Explains archaeologists' exploration of ancient tombs and villages to find clues about the way people lived long ago. Discusses the…
two-thousand-year-old pottery army guarding the tomb of the first emperor of China, jade burial suits, and the best-preserved mummy in the world--Lady Dai. For grades 4-7. 2007
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History, United States history, Indigenous peoples, War
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Examines accounts from both sides of the June 1876 battle known as Custer's Last Stand, during which Lakota Sioux, Cheyenne,…
and Arapaho warriors outnumbered and defeated the U.S. Army's Seventh Cavalry in two days along the Little Bighorn River in Montana. For grades 4-7. 2006