Book Description This timely volume focuses on the period of decolonization and the Cold War as the backdrop to the emergence of new and diverse literary aesthetics that accompanied anti-imperialist
Category: History
Piracy in World HistoryPiracy in World History
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Book Description In a modern global historical context, scholars have often regarded piracy as an essentially European concept which was inappropriately applied by the expanding European powers to the rest
Theft Is Property!Theft Is Property!
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Book Description Drawing on Indigenous peoples’ struggles against settler colonialism, Theft Is Property! reconstructs the concept of dispossession as a means of explaining how shifting configurations of law, property, race,
Who Saved the Parthenon?Who Saved the Parthenon?
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Book Description In this magisterial book, William St Clair unfolds the history of the Parthenon throughout the modern era to the present day, with special emphasis on the period before,
History of International RelationsHistory of International Relations
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Book Description Existing textbooks on international relations treat history in a cursory fashion and perpetuate a Euro-centric perspective. This textbook pioneers a new approach by historicizing the material traditionally taught
Reading the Juggler of Notre DameReading the Juggler of Notre Dame
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Book Description In this two-part anthology, Jan M. Ziolkowski builds on themes uncovered in his earlier The Juggler of Notre Dame and the Medievalizing of Modernity. Here he focuses particularly
The Classical ParthenonThe Classical Parthenon
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Book Description Complementing Who Saved the Parthenon? this companion volume sets aside more recent narratives surrounding the Athenian Acropolis, supposedly ‘the very symbol of democracy itself’, instead asking if we
An Outline of Romanticism in the WestAn Outline of Romanticism in the West
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Book Description Navigating the landscape of Romantic literature and art across Europe and the Americas, An Outline of Romanticism in the West invites readers to embark upon a literary journey.
The European ExperienceThe European Experience
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Book Description The European Experience brings together the expertise of nearly a hundred historians from eight European universities to internationalise and diversify the study of modern European history, exploring a
Naval Leadership in the Atlantic WorldNaval Leadership in the Atlantic World
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Book Description The naval leader has taken centre stage in traditional naval histories. However, while the historical narrative has been fairly consistent the development of various navies has been accompanied