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Cover of Aurora (New University of Lisbon, Portugal) Almada e Santos & Nicole (University of Tennessee at Knoxville, USA) Eggers: The United Nations and Decolonization

Aurora (New University of Lisbon, Portugal) Almada e Santos & Nicole (University of Tennessee at Knoxville, USA) Eggers: The United Nations and Decolonization

Differing interpretations of the history of the United Nations on the one hand conceive of it as an instrument to promote colonial interests while on the other emphasize its inﬂuence in facilitating …

Cover of Krzysztof (Uniwersytet Wroclawski, Poland) Nawotka: Epigraphic Culture in the Eastern Mediterranean in Antiquity

Krzysztof (Uniwersytet Wroclawski, Poland) Nawotka: Epigraphic Culture in the Eastern Mediterranean in Antiquity

This book investigates the epigraphic habit of the Eastern Mediterranean in antiquity, from the inception of alphabetic writing to the seventh c. CE, aiming to identify whether there was one universa …

Cover of Joseph J. (Butte College, USA) Krulder: The Execution of Admiral John Byng as a Microhistory of Eighteenth-Century Britain

Joseph J. (Butte College, USA) Krulder: The Execution of Admiral John Byng as a Microhistory of Eighteenth-Century Britain

According to Voltaire”s Candide, Admiral John Byng”s 1757 execution went forward to ”encourage the others”. Of course, the story is more complicated. This microhistorical account upon a …

Cover of Ali Onur (Ege Universitesi, Turkey) Tepeciklioglu & Elem Eyrice (Yasar Universitesi, Turkey) Tepeciklioglu: Turkey in Africa

Ali Onur (Ege Universitesi, Turkey) Tepeciklioglu & Elem Eyrice (Yasar Universitesi, Turkey) Tepeciklioglu: Turkey in Africa

This book offers a comprehensive and multi-disciplinary analysis of Turkey-Africa relations. Bringing together renowned authors to discuss various dimensions of Turkey’s African engagement while ca …

Cover of Jennifer E. Copp & Stephen Demuth: Handbook on Pretrial Justice

Jennifer E. Copp & Stephen Demuth: Handbook on Pretrial Justice

The Handbook on Pretrial Justice covers the front end of the criminal legal system from pretrial diversion to pretrial detention or release. Often overlooked, the decisions made at the earliest phase …

Cover of Lloyd Bowen & Mark Stoyle: Remembering the English Civil Wars

Lloyd Bowen & Mark Stoyle: Remembering the English Civil Wars

Remembering the English Civil Wars is the first collection of essays to explore how the bloody struggle which took place between the supporters of king and parliament during the 1640s was viewed …

Cover of Eleanor (Oxford Brookes University) Bland: Policing Suspicion

Eleanor (Oxford Brookes University) Bland: Policing Suspicion

Policing Suspicion is an innovative examination of policing practices and the impact of these on patterns of arrest and prosecution in London, 1780-1850. The work establishes and defines the idea of …

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Ian Frederick Finseth: The American Civil War

The American Civil War: A Literary and Historical Anthology brings together a wide variety of important writings from the Civil War and Reconstruction eras, including short fiction, poetry, public ad …

Cover of Tamir (Pennsylvania State University) Sorek: Culture and Conflict in Palestine/Israel

Tamir (Pennsylvania State University) Sorek: Culture and Conflict in Palestine/Israel

While the scholarly study of culture as a politically contested sphere in Palestine/Israel has become an established field over the past two decades, this volume highlights some particular understudi …

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Jawaid Alam & Himanshu Roy: A History of Colonial India

This volume brings together interdisciplinary perspectives on British colonial rule in India. It draws on sociology, history, and political science to look at key events and social process, between 1 …