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Charles Walker examines the largest rebellion in the history of Spain's American empire, led by Latin America's most iconic…

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Marco Santagata illuminates one of the world's supreme poets from many angles philosopher, father, courtier, political…

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The Ideological Origins of the American Revolution is a classic of American historical literature required reading for…

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Grafton reveals the microdynamics of the scholarly life through a series of essays on institutions and on scholars ranging…

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Today, many believe the Civil War was fought over slavery. This view satisfies our contemporary sense of justice, but as…

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In his history, Polybius (ca. 200-118 BC) is centrally concerned with how and why Roman power spread. The main part of the…

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In his history, Polybius (ca. 200-118 BC) is centrally concerned with how and why Roman power spread. The main part of the…

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Volume I of the nine-volume Loeb edition of Early Greek Philosophy presents the editors' preface and introductory notes…

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In 1490/92 the Florentine Platonist Marsilio Ficino made new translations of two treatises he believed were the work of…

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Appian (ca. AD 95-161) is a principal source for the history of the Roman Republic. His theme is the process by which Rome…

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Appian (ca. AD 95-161) is a principal source for the history of the Roman Republic. His theme is the process by which Rome…

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Appian (ca. AD 95-161) is a principal source for the history of the Roman Republic. His theme is the process by which Rome…

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Leonardo Bruni was famous in his day as a translator, orator, and historian, and was one of the best-selling authors of the…

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\nTravis Zadeh revives the work of the thirteenth-century Persian scholar Qazwini, whose Wonders and Rarities was for…

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For the first time in the history of Beowulf scholarship, the poem appears alongside the other four texts from its sole…

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How and why did the promise of oil fail Galicia and the Austrian Empire, which at the beginning of the 20th century ranked…

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Ancient Greek thought is the essential wellspring from which the intellectual, ethical, and political civilization of the…

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Modern Japan offers us a view of a highly developed society with its own internal logic. Eiko Ikegami makes this logic…

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This history of medical thought from antiquity through the Middle Ages reconstructs the slow transformations and sudden…

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Benjamin Gomes-Casseres presents the first detailed account of the new world of business alliances and shows how…

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Alexander George's lucid interpretation of Hume's "Of Miracles" provides fresh insights into this provocative text,…

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In 1956 Khrushchev stunned Communists by reciting a litany of Stalin's abuses. His bid to rejuvenate the Party opened the…

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Kristallnacht revealed to the world the intent and extent of Nazi Judeophobia. However, it was seen essentially as the work…

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Oliver Goldsmith arrived in England a penniless Irishman and toiled for years in the anonymity of Grub Street. Norma Clarke…

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Who invented God? When, why, and where? Thomas R mer seeks to answer these enigmatic questions about the deity of the great…

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The first of three volumes surveying the historical, spatial, and human dimensions of inter-Asian connections, Asia Inside…

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Global Interdependence provides a new account of world history from the end of WWII to the present, an era when…

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In 1939 Nazis identified Polish citizens of German origin and granted them legal status as ethnic Germans of the Reich.…

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Perhaps the greatest scholar of Jewish mysticism in the twentieth century, Scholem (1897-1982) once said of himself, "I have…

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Never before translated into English, this official history of the reign of King T'aejo-founder of Korea's illustrious…

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The authors of this volume-respected, prolific scholars in history and philosophy of science-have distilled their knowledge…

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Ancient Greek thought is the essential wellspring from which the intellectual, ethical, and political civilization of the…

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This book reasserts the importance of the French Revolution to an understanding of the nature of modern European politics…

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This remarkable volume presents a panorama of geographical writings from Hesiod to Humboldt, from the beginnings of…

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Weddings in 15th-century Italian courts were grand, sumptuous affairs, often requiring guests to listen to lengthy orations…