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576. Cover image for 'The Culture of Merit'
The Culture of Merit
Nobility, Royal Service, and the Making of Absolute Monarchy in France, 1600-1789
Jay M. Smith
A study of the paradoxical position of French nobility just before the French Revolution
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Hardcover 1996 $89.95 Available Add Hardcover for "The Culture of Merit" to Cart
577. Cover image for 'The Scope of History'
The Scope of History
Studies in the Historiography of Alfonso el Sabio
Charles F. Fraker
Traces the histories of Alfonso el Sabio as a valuable framework
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Hardcover 1996 $85.00 Available Add Hardcover for "The Scope of History" to Cart
578. Cover image for 'Women, Jews and Muslims in the Texts of Reconquest Castile'
Women, Jews and Muslims in the Texts of Reconquest Castile
Louise Mirrer
Groundbreaking study of the impact of gender and religion in the power struggle behind medieval Spanish texts
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Hardcover 1996 $84.95 Available Add Hardcover for "Women, Jews and Muslims in the Texts of Reconquest Castile" to Cart
579. Cover image for 'Out of Time'
Out of Time
History and Evolution in Anthropological Discourse
Second Edition
Nicholas Thomas
A lucid theoretical reflection on the intersection of anthropology and history
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Paper 1996 $29.95 Available Add Paper for "Out of Time" to Cart
580. Cover image for 'Guardian of the Great Lakes'
Guardian of the Great Lakes
The U.S. Paddle Frigate Michigan
Bradley A. Rodgers
Details the history of the iron-hulled war steamer USS "Michigan"
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Paper 1996 $22.95 Available Add Paper for "Guardian of the Great Lakes" to Cart
581. Cover image for 'Progress'
Progress
Fact or Illusion?
Leo Marx and Bruce Mazlish, Editors
Evaluates the foundational idea of progress from many perspectives
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Hardcover 1996 $79.95 Available Add Hardcover for "Progress" to Cart
582. Cover image for 'Shamanism, History, and the State'
Shamanism, History, and the State
Nicholas Thomas and Caroline Humphrey, Editors
Nine case studies of shamanic practice in widely different cultures
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Paper 1996 $30.95 Available Add Paper for "Shamanism, History, and the State" to Cart
583. Cover image for 'Jews, Germans, Memory'
Jews, Germans, Memory
Reconstructions of Jewish Life in Germany
Y. Michal Bodemann, Editor
Assesses the past, present, and future of German-Jewish relations in light of recent political charges and the opening up of historical resources
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Hardcover 1996 $90.00 Available Add Hardcover for "Jews, Germans, Memory" to Cart
584. Cover image for 'Ralph J. Bunche'
Ralph J. Bunche
Selected Speeches and Writings
Charles P. Henry, Editor
Restores the forgotten legacy of a leader for peace
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Hardcover 1996 $79.95 Available Add Hardcover for "Ralph J. Bunche" to Cart
585. Cover image for 'Paradoxes of Peace'
Paradoxes of Peace
German Peace Movements Since 1945
Alice Holmes Cooper
Thoughtfully examines the paradox of peace activism in postwar Germany
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Hardcover 1996 $94.95 Available Add Hardcover for "Paradoxes of Peace" to Cart
586. Cover image for 'The Chinese Economy, 1870–1949'
The Chinese Economy, 1870–1949
Volume: 71
Albert Feuerwerker
Explains through descriptive analysis why the economy of China did not grow more dramatically during the Ch’ing and Republican periods
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Hardcover 1996 $55.00 Available Add Hardcover for "The Chinese Economy, 1870–1949" to Cart
587. Cover image for 'Columbia Papyri X'
Columbia Papyri X
Volume: 34
RS Bagnall and Dirk Obbink
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Hardcover 1996 $49.95 Available Add Hardcover for "Columbia Papyri X" to Cart
588. Cover image for 'Controlling from Afar'
Controlling from Afar
The Daoguang Emperor’s Management of the Grand Canal Crisis, 1824–1826
Volume: 69
Jane Kate Leonard
A nuanced account of the emperor's decisions and the interaction between the court and provincial and regional officials during the Grand Canal crisis of the 1820s
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588. Cover image for 'Controlling from Afar'
Controlling from Afar
The Daoguang Emperor’s Management of the Grand Canal Crisis, 1824–1826
Volume: 69
Jane Kate Leonard
A nuanced account of the emperor's decisions and the interaction between the court and provincial and regional officials during the Grand Canal crisis of the 1820s
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Paper 1996 $26.00 Available Add Paper for "Controlling from Afar" to Cart
Hardcover 1996 $60.00 Available Add Hardcover for "Controlling from Afar" to Cart
589. Cover image for 'Hellenism in Late Antiquity'
Hellenism in Late Antiquity
G.W. Bowersock
Studies Hellenism's influence on a predominantly Christian world
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Paper 1996 $27.95 Available Add Paper for "Hellenism in Late Antiquity" to Cart
590. Cover image for 'P.Michigan XVII'
P.Michigan XVII
The Michigan Medical Codex
Volume: 35
Louise Youtie
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Hardcover 1996 $39.95 Available Add Hardcover for "P.Michigan XVII" to Cart
591. Cover image for 'Studies in the Economic History of Late Imperial China'
Studies in the Economic History of Late Imperial China
Handicraft, Modern Industry, and the State
Volume: 70
Albert Feuerwerker
Seven previously published but long out-of-print essays, and one new essay, explore traditional and modern manufacturing in Ming and Qing China and its relationship to the government
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Hardcover 1996 $60.00 Available Add Hardcover for "Studies in the Economic History of Late Imperial China" to Cart
592. Cover image for 'Architectural Terracottas from the Regia'
Architectural Terracottas from the Regia
Volume XXX
Volume: 30
Susan Downey
Bright illumination of a dark period in the ancient world
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Hardcover 1996 $78.00 Available Add Hardcover for "Architectural Terracottas from the Regia" to Cart
593. Cover image for 'Papuan Borderlands'
Papuan Borderlands
Huli, Duna, and Ipili Perspectives on the Papua New Guinea Highlands
Aletta Biersack, Editor
Explores cultural contacts along a border zone in a region of increasing international importance
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Hardcover 1996 $99.95 Available Add Hardcover for "Papuan Borderlands" to Cart
594. Cover image for 'The Aeneid of Virgil'
The Aeneid of Virgil
Virgil
A bold new translation of the Aeneid
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Paper 1996 $19.95 Available Add Paper for "The Aeneid of Virgil" to Cart
595. Cover image for 'The Forgotten Army'
The Forgotten Army
India's Armed Struggle for Independence 1942-1945
Peter Ward Fay
The first complete history of the Indian National Army and its fight for independence against the British in World War II.
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Paper 1995 $39.95 Available Add Paper for "The Forgotten Army" to Cart
596. Cover image for 'The Place of the Stage'
The Place of the Stage
License, Play, and Power in Renaissance England
Steven Mullaney
Probes English society in the age of Shakespeare
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Paper 1995 $25.95 Available Add Paper for "The Place of the Stage" to Cart
597. Cover image for 'Capitalism and Confrontation in Sumatra's Plantation Belt, 1870-1979'
Capitalism and Confrontation in Sumatra's Plantation Belt, 1870-1979
Second Edition
Ann Laura Stoler
Explores the relations of power and production that structured the course of plantation agriculture and the lives of those drawn into its field of force
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Paper 1995 $33.95 Available Add Paper for "Capitalism and Confrontation in Sumatra's Plantation Belt, 1870-1979" to Cart
598. Cover image for 'The Rhetorics of Life-Writing in Early Modern Europe'
The Rhetorics of Life-Writing in Early Modern Europe
Forms of Biography from Cassandra Fedele to Louis XIV
Thomas Mayer and D. R. Woolf, Editors
A fascinating survey of biographical genres
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Hardcover 1995 $90.00 Available Add Hardcover for "The Rhetorics of Life-Writing in Early Modern Europe" to Cart
599. Cover image for 'Classics of Social Choice'
Classics of Social Choice
Iain McLean and Arnold Urken, Editors
Pioneering contributions to social choice and voting from Pliny to Lewis Carroll
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Hardcover 1995 $94.95 Available Add Hardcover for "Classics of Social Choice" to Cart
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Michigan's Capitol
Construction and Restoration
William Seale
A history of the building and restoration of one of the nation's most prominent capitols.
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Paper 1995 $32.50 Available Add Paper for "Michigan's Capitol" to Cart
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