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Parlor Ponds The Cultural Work of the American Home Aquarium, 1850 - 1970 Judith Hamera The first in-depth study of the history of the home aquarium 6 x 9. 280 pgs. 5 line art, 10 halftones. 2012
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Colonialism, Antisemitism, and Germans of Jewish Descent in Imperial Germany
Christian S. Davis An exploration of anti-Semitic behaviors in the German empire in the pre-WWI period 6 x 9. 296 pgs. 7 B&W images. 2012
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Printing and Prophecy
Prognostication and Media Change 1450-1550 Jonathan Green Examining possible connections between prophecy and changes in media in the century after Gutenberg 6 x 9. 280 pgs. 12 images. 2011
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James Baldwin America and Beyond Edited by Cora Kaplan and Bill Schwarz An interdisciplinary discussion of Baldwin by leading writers from several fields 6 x 9. 268 pgs. 2 images. 2011
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Community Identity and Archaeology
Dynamic Communities at Aphrodisias and Beycesultan Naoíse Mac Sweeney Exploring the notion of community identity in an archaeological context 6 x 9. 276 pgs. 9 tables, 23 images. 2011
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Faith in Paper
The Ethnohistory and Litigation of Upper Great Lakes Indian Treaties Charles E. Cleland A comprehensive reference on the litigation of Indian treaty rights in the upper Great Lakes region 7 x 10. 408 pgs. 29 maps, 2 tables. 2011
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Open Wound
The Tragic Obsession of Dr. William Beaumont Jason Karlawish A fictionalized case of medical ethics in Northern Michigan 6 x 9. 280 pgs. 4 B&W Illustrations. 2011
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Between National Socialism and Soviet Communism
Displaced Persons in Postwar Germany Anna Holian An interdisciplinary study of refugee communities in post–WWII Germany 6 x 9. 380 pgs. 12 B&W illustrations. 2011
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The Earliest Romans
A Character Sketch Ramsay MacMullen An inviting exploration of Rome's founding centuries 6 x 9. 208 pgs. 11 B&W images. 2011
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Right in Michigan's Grassroots
From the KKK to the Michigan Militia JoEllen McNergney Vinyard An unsettling look at the history of right-wing political movements in Michigan 6 x 9. 376 pgs. 10 B&W photographs. 2011
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Best Sellers
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Adoption in America Historical Perspectives E. Wayne Carp, Editor Collects essays that provide an overview of the history of adoption in the United States 6 x 9. 264 pgs. 6 drawings, 33 tables. 2002
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American Prophet The Life and Work of Carey McWilliams Peter Richardson American Prophet is the long-overdue biography on the brilliant life and career of a great American thinker and writer—Carey McWilliams 6 x 9. 358 pgs. 29 B&W photograph section. 2005
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The Battles of Armageddon Megiddo and the Jezreel Valley from the Bronze Age to the Nuclear Age Eric H. Cline One site. Thirty battles over four thousand years. Egyptians, Crusaders, Mongols, Israelis 6 x 9. 256 pgs. 2 drawings, 17 photographs, 1 table, 30 maps. 2000
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Disabled Veterans in History
David A. Gerber, Editor Examines the injuries of military service across time and Western cultures 6 x 9. 360 pgs. 2 drawings, 8 photographs. 2000
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Ethnic Drag
Performing Race, Nation, Sexuality in West Germany Katrin Sieg An exploration of the West German attempt to repress and refashion concepts of "race" after the Holocaust 6 x 9. 296 pgs. 2 drawings, 10 photographs. 2002
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Paul Wellstone
The Life of a Passionate Progressive Bill Lofy The inspirational story of the life and political career of one of the most compelling figures in the history of modern American politics 5 x 8. 184 pgs. 17 B&W photographs. 2005
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A People Numerous and Armed
Reflections on the Military Struggle for American Independence Revised Edition John Shy A series of essays about the social, political, and intellectual dimensions of the Revolutionary War 5 x 8. 376 pgs. 1990
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Schoolbook Nation
Conflicts over American History Textbooks from the Civil War to the Present Joseph Moreau An unbiased examination of the century-and-a-half-long culture wars fought in the pages of our country's history texts 6 x 9. 408 pgs. 10 drawings, 10 B&W photographs. 2003
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Award-Winning Books
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The Footsteps of Israel Understanding Jews in Anglo-Saxon England Andrew P. Scheil Winner: The Medieval Academy of America's 2008 John Nicholas Brown Prize Winner: ISAS Best First Book Award 6 x 9. 384 pgs. 2 B&W photographs. 2004
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Jackie Ormes The First African American Woman Cartoonist Nancy Goldstein Named a Booklist Top 10 Art Book of 2008 Named a Best Book of 2008 by the Village Voice Named an American Library Association Booklist Top 10 Biography of the Year 8.5 x 11. 240 pgs. 164 illustations including 18 pages of color strip. 2008
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Jews and Gentiles in Early America 1654-1800 William Pencak Runner-up: Jewish Book Council's 2005 National Jewish Book Award in the American Jewish History category 6 x 9. 352 pgs. 22 B and W photograph section, 5 maps. 2005
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A Mouth Sweeter Than Salt An African Memoir Toyin Falola Finalist: The Association of African Studies 2005 Melville J. Herskovits Award Finalist: The Association of Third World Studies (ATWS) 2005 Cecil B. Curry Award Winner: 2004 Association of Third World Studies (ATWS) President's Distinguished Leadership and Scholarship Award Winner: West African Oral History Association's E.J. Alagoa Prize for the best book for 2003-2004 Runner-up: 9th Robert Hamilton Book Awards, University of Texas, Austin 5-3/4 x 9-1/4. 288 pgs. 5 halftones in text. 2004
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Publishing The Prince History, Reading, and the Birth of Political Criticism Jacob Soll Winner of the 2005 Jacques Barzun Prize in Cultural History from the American Philosophical Society 6.125 x 9.25. 216 pgs. 10 B&W photographs. 2005
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State of Virginity Gender, Religion, and Politics in an Early Modern Catholic State Ulrike Strasser Winner: The Society of Early Modern Women for best book relating to early modern women published in 2004 Finalist for The Historical Book 2004 in Early Modern History 6 x 9. 264 pgs. 7 illustrations. 2003
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The War against Catholicism Liberalism and the Anti-Catholic Imagination in Nineteenth-Century Germany Michael B. Gross Winner: 2004 John Gilmary Shea Prize from the American Catholic Historical Association 6 x 9. 376 pgs. 13 B&W photographs in text along with 12 tables. 2004
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When Ethnicity Did Not Matter in the Balkans A Study of Identity in Pre-Nationalist Croatia, Dalmatia, and Slavonia in the Medieval and Early-Modern Periods John V. A. Fine, Jr. Winner: University of Michigan's 2007 University of Michigan Press Book Award 6 x 9. 672 pgs. 2 maps. 2006
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