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1. Cover image for 'Counting the Tiger's Teeth'
Counting the Tiger's Teeth
An African Teenager's Story
Toyin Falola
A preeminent historian’s memoir of the first peasant rebellion in postcolonial Nigeria
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1. Cover image for 'Counting the Tiger's Teeth'
Counting the Tiger's Teeth
An African Teenager's Story
Toyin Falola
A preeminent historian’s memoir of the first peasant rebellion in postcolonial Nigeria
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1. Cover image for 'Counting the Tiger's Teeth'
Counting the Tiger's Teeth
An African Teenager's Story
Toyin Falola
A preeminent historian’s memoir of the first peasant rebellion in postcolonial Nigeria
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Paper 2016 $28.95 Available Add Paper for "Counting the Tiger's Teeth" to Cart
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2. Cover image for 'The Laws of the Roman People'
The Laws of the Roman People
Public Law in the Expansion and Decline of the Roman Republic
Callie Williamson

Winner of the James Henry Breasted Prize from the American Historical Association


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The Laws of the Roman People
Public Law in the Expansion and Decline of the Roman Republic
Callie Williamson

A major contribution to understanding the role of public law-making in the Roman Republic

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The Laws of the Roman People
Public Law in the Expansion and Decline of the Roman Republic
Callie Williamson

A major contribution to understanding the role of public law-making in the Roman Republic

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Paper 2015 $44.95 Available Add Paper for "The Laws of the Roman People" to Cart
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3. Cover image for 'The Neapolitan Recipe Collection'
The Neapolitan Recipe Collection
Cuoco Napoletano
Terence Scully
Feasting as a window into medieval Italian culture
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The Neapolitan Recipe Collection
Cuoco Napoletano
Terence Scully
Feasting as a window into medieval Italian culture
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Macaronic Sermons
Bilingualism and Preaching in Late-Medieval England
Siegfried Wenzel
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Ebook 2010 Available View Purchasing Options for Ebook, "Macaronic Sermons"
5. Cover image for 'Lives in the Law'
Lives in the Law
Austin Sarat, Lawrence Douglas, and Martha Merrill Umphrey, Editors
Examines how the lives of individuals, social groups, and nations are fashioned by their engagement with the law
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Paper 2006 $30.95 Available Add Paper for "Lives in the Law" to Cart
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Lives in the Law
Austin Sarat, Lawrence Douglas, and Martha Merrill Umphrey, Editors
Examines how the lives of individuals, social groups, and nations are fashioned by their engagement with the law
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Paper 2006 $30.95 Available Add Paper for "Lives in the Law" to Cart
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6. Cover image for 'When Ethnicity Did Not Matter in the Balkans'
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.
A magisterial analysis showing the complexity of pre-national identity in Croatia, Dalmatia, and Slavonia
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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.
A magisterial analysis showing the complexity of pre-national identity in Croatia, Dalmatia, and Slavonia
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7. Cover image for 'A Mouth Sweeter Than Salt'
A Mouth Sweeter Than Salt
An African Memoir
Toyin Falola
The long-awaited memoir from the most prolific historian of Africa
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Paper 2005 $28.95 Available Add Paper for "A Mouth Sweeter Than Salt" to Cart
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A Mouth Sweeter Than Salt
An African Memoir
Toyin Falola
The long-awaited memoir from the most prolific historian of Africa
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Paper 2005 $28.95 Available Add Paper for "A Mouth Sweeter Than Salt" to Cart
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8. Cover image for 'Jerusalem Besieged'
Jerusalem Besieged
From Ancient Canaan to Modern Israel
Eric H. Cline
A sweeping history of four thousand years of struggle for control of one city
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Paper 2005 $25.95 Available Add Paper for "Jerusalem Besieged" to Cart
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Jerusalem Besieged
From Ancient Canaan to Modern Israel
Eric H. Cline
A sweeping history of four thousand years of struggle for control of one city
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Paper 2005 $25.95 Available Add Paper for "Jerusalem Besieged" to Cart
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9. Cover image for 'The DNA Mystique'
The DNA Mystique
The Gene as a Cultural Icon
Dorothy Nelkin and M. Susan Lindee
Explores the values, assumptions, and consequences of the circulation of DNA in popular culture
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Paper 2004 $28.95 Available Add Paper for "The DNA Mystique" to Cart
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The DNA Mystique
The Gene as a Cultural Icon
Dorothy Nelkin and M. Susan Lindee
Explores the values, assumptions, and consequences of the circulation of DNA in popular culture
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Paper 2004 $28.95 Available Add Paper for "The DNA Mystique" to Cart
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10. Cover image for 'The Economy of Prostitution in the Roman World'
The Economy of Prostitution in the Roman World
A Study of Social History and the Brothel
Thomas A. J. McGinn
An in-depth study of the different venues for the sale of sex in the Roman world
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Hardcover 2004 $93.00 Available Add Hardcover for "The Economy of Prostitution in the Roman World" to Cart
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The Economy of Prostitution in the Roman World
A Study of Social History and the Brothel
Thomas A. J. McGinn
An in-depth study of the different venues for the sale of sex in the Roman world
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11. Cover image for 'Lessons from the Past'
Lessons from the Past
The Moral Use of History in Fourth-Century Prose
Frances Pownall
Deepens our understanding of the Greek tendency to view the past as a source for contemporary moral lessons
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Hardcover 2003 $80.00 Available Add Hardcover for "Lessons from the Past" to Cart
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Lessons from the Past
The Moral Use of History in Fourth-Century Prose
Frances Pownall
Deepens our understanding of the Greek tendency to view the past as a source for contemporary moral lessons
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Hardcover 2003 $80.00 Available Add Hardcover for "Lessons from the Past" to Cart
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12. Cover image for 'Intercollegiate Athletics and the American University'
Intercollegiate Athletics and the American University
A University President's Perspective
James J. Duderstadt
A former Big Ten university president argues that the increased commercialization of college sports endangers our universities' primary goal
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Paper 2003 $29.95 Available Add Paper for "Intercollegiate Athletics and the American University" to Cart
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Intercollegiate Athletics and the American University
A University President's Perspective
James J. Duderstadt
A former Big Ten university president argues that the increased commercialization of college sports endangers our universities' primary goal
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Paper 2003 $29.95 Available Add Paper for "Intercollegiate Athletics and the American University" to Cart
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Intercollegiate Athletics and the American University
A University President's Perspective
James J. Duderstadt
A former Big Ten university president argues that the increased commercialization of college sports endangers our universities' primary goal
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Paper 2003 $29.95 Available Add Paper for "Intercollegiate Athletics and the American University" to Cart
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13. Cover image for 'The Jurisprudence of Emergency'
The Jurisprudence of Emergency
Colonialism and the Rule of Law
Nasser Hussain
Explores the intricate and delicate relationship between the concepts of a rule of law and emergency
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Hardcover 2003 $80.00 Available Add Hardcover for "The Jurisprudence of Emergency" to Cart
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The Jurisprudence of Emergency
Colonialism and the Rule of Law
Nasser Hussain
Explores the intricate and delicate relationship between the concepts of a rule of law and emergency
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14. Cover image for 'Reluctant Partners'
Reluctant Partners
A History of Multilateral Trade Cooperation, 1850-2000
Andrew G. Brown
Examines how and why nations have succeeded in forming cooperative trade arrangements
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Hardcover 2003 $85.00 Available Add Hardcover for "Reluctant Partners" to Cart
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Reluctant Partners
A History of Multilateral Trade Cooperation, 1850-2000
Andrew G. Brown
Examines how and why nations have succeeded in forming cooperative trade arrangements
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Hardcover 2003 $85.00 Available Add Hardcover for "Reluctant Partners" to Cart
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15. Cover image for 'Worldly Provincialism'
Worldly Provincialism
German Anthropology in the Age of Empire
H. Glenn Penny and Matti Bunzl, Editors
Illustrates the impact of imperialism on German scholars in the fields of anthropology and ethnology
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Hardcover 2003 $90.00 Available Add Hardcover for "Worldly Provincialism" to Cart
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Worldly Provincialism
German Anthropology in the Age of Empire
H. Glenn Penny and Matti Bunzl, Editors
Illustrates the impact of imperialism on German scholars in the fields of anthropology and ethnology
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Hardcover 2003 $90.00 Available Add Hardcover for "Worldly Provincialism" to Cart
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16. Cover image for 'A Network of Converso Families in Early Modern Toledo'
A Network of Converso Families in Early Modern Toledo
Assimilating a Minority
Linda Martz
The lives of Toledan Jewish families are traced from the time of the Inquisition through seventeenth-century Spain
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Hardcover 2003 $95.00 Available Add Hardcover for "A Network of Converso Families in Early Modern Toledo" to Cart
17. Cover image for 'People, Personal Expression, and Social Relations in Late Antiquity, Volume II'
People, Personal Expression, and Social Relations in Late Antiquity, Volume II
Selected Latin Texts from Gaul and Western Europe
Ralph W. Mathisen
A collection of Latin sources that shed light on the changing world of Late Antiquity throughout Western Europe
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Hardcover 2003 $85.00 Available Add Hardcover for "People, Personal Expression, and Social Relations in Late Antiquity, Volume II" to Cart
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People, Personal Expression, and Social Relations in Late Antiquity, Volume I
With Translated Texts from Gaul and Western Europe
Ralph W. Mathisen
A collection of Latin sources that shed light on the changing world of Late Antiquity throughout Western Europe
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Hardcover 2003 $85.00 Available Add Hardcover for "People, Personal Expression, and Social Relations in Late Antiquity, Volume I" to Cart
19. Cover image for 'The Goddess'
The Goddess
Power, Sexuality, and the Feminine Divine
Shahrukh Husain
From the dawn of the human race, the idea of a Mother Goddess has been an archetype found in every culture and every era—and this fascinating study explores all of her many faces and multitude of roles
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Paper 2003 $19.95 Available Add Paper for "The Goddess" to Cart
20. Cover image for 'The Culture of San Sepolcro during the Youth of Piero della Francesca'
The Culture of San Sepolcro during the Youth of Piero della Francesca
James R. Banker
A portrait of the artist as a young man, an examination of the influence of his hometown
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Greater than Emperor
Cola di Rienzo (ca. 1313-54) and the World of Fourteenth-Century Rome
Amanda Collins
Studies the adoption of a new civic identity in fourteenth-century Rome from the perspective of a young revolutionary, Cola di Rienzo
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Hardcover 2002 $93.00 Available Add Hardcover for "Greater than Emperor" to Cart
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Women of Jeme
Lives in a Coptic Town in Late Antique Egypt
T.G. Wilfong
Brings to life the women of Jeme, a thriving Christian community in ancient Egypt
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Paper 2002 $30.95 Available Add Paper for "Women of Jeme" to Cart
23. Cover image for 'How the Dismal Science Got Its Name'
How the Dismal Science Got Its Name
Classical Economics and the Ur-Text of Racial Politics
David M. Levy
A shocking account of how economics became known as the dismal science
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Paper 2002 $34.95 Available Add Paper for "How the Dismal Science Got Its Name" to Cart
24. Cover image for 'From Noose to Needle'
From Noose to Needle
Capital Punishment and the Late Liberal State
Timothy V. Kaufman-Osborn
Discusses the dilemmas of the relationship between the liberal state and capital punishment
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From Noose to Needle
Capital Punishment and the Late Liberal State
Timothy V. Kaufman-Osborn
Discusses the dilemmas of the relationship between the liberal state and capital punishment
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25. Cover image for 'Vandals to Visigoths'
Vandals to Visigoths
Rural Settlement Patterns in Early Medieval Spain
Karen Eva Carr
Sheds light on settlement patterns in early medieval Spain and demonstrates the local effect of the collapse of Roman Government
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