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Africa

Mastering the Niger James MacQueen's African Geography and the Struggle over Atlantic Slavery

Lambert David

ISBN: HB: 9780226078069, University of Chicago Press, November 2013
320 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 28 halftones

In "Mastering the Niger", David Lambert recalls Scotsman James MacQueen (1778–1870) and his publication of "A New Map of Africa" in 1841 to show that Atlantic slavery – as a practice of subjugation, a source of wealth, and a focus of political strugg...

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Europe

Memorandum for the President of the Royal Audiencia and Chancery Court of the City and Kingdom of Granada

Nunez Muley Francisco

ISBN: PB: 9780226103037, ISBN: HB: 9780226547268, University of Chicago Press, November 2013
128 pp., 21.6x13.9 cm, 2 halftones, 2 maps

Conquered in 1492 and colonized by invading Castilians, the city and kingdom of Granada faced radical changes imposed by its occupiers throughout the first half of the sixteenth century – including the forced conversion of its native Muslim populatio...

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Aviation

Modelling - Military Drawings

Mini Topcolors, No. 38 Fw 190s over Europe, Part II

Goralczyk Maciej, Swiatlon Janusz

ISBN: PB: 9788362878741, Casemate, Kagero, October 2013
16 pp., 27.5x20.5 cm, 16 colour profiles

Not for sale in Poland! A big decal sheet with 1:72, 1:48 and 1:32 individual markings for 8 colourful "Butcher Birds". The decal sheet was printed by Cartograf. The authors selected the following aircraft: - Focke-Wulf Fw 190 A-2; W.Nr. 0125228, '...

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Modelling - Military Drawings

Aviation

Modern Israeli Air Power Aircraft and Units of the Israeli Air Force

Zidon Ofer

ISBN: PB: 9780985455422, Casemate, Harpia Publishing, October 2013
256 pp., 27.7x21.1 cm, colour and black&white illus.

Israel remains the cornerstone of Middle East conflicts and tensions, and the spearhead of Israeli military might remain the Air Corps (Kheil Ha'Avir) of the Israeli Defense Forces. Renowned for its continuous efforts to maintain dominance in every d...

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Aviation

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Monographs, No. 51 Focke-Wulf Ta 154 "Moskito"

Rys Marek

ISBN: PB: 9788362878727, Casemate, Kagero, September 2013
104 pp., 29.7x21 cm, 2 painting schemes, 129 renders, 60 photos

Not for sale in Poland! This monograph is dedicated to the German Ta 154 night fighter which supposed to be an answer to the British Mosquito. The book covers both Ta 154 development history and the combat record of only few of those fighters ever...

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Monographs, No. 52 Vought F4U Corsair, Volume I

Szlagor Tomasz, Wieliczko Leszek A.

ISBN: PB: 9788362878734, Casemate, Kagero, September 2013
104 pp., 29.5x21 cm, highly illustrated

Not for sale in Poland! Vought F4U Corsair was one of the best and most famous fighters of World War Two era. Developed since 1938, it didn't see serial production until mid-1942. Initially disqualified for carrier operations, it was handed over to...

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Cartography

America

Mapping the Nation History and Cartography in Nineteenth-Century America

Schulten Susan

ISBN: PB: 9780226103969, ISBN: HB: 9780226740683, University of Chicago Press, September 2013
272 pp., 25.4x17.8 cm, 47 halftones

In the nineteenth century, Americans began to use maps in radically new ways. For the first time, medical men mapped diseases to understand and prevent epidemics, natural scientists mapped climate and rainfall to uncover weather patterns, educators m...

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America

Managing the Mountains Land Use Planning, the New Deal, and the Creation of a Federal Landscape in Appalachia

Gregg Sara M.

ISBN: PB: 9780300192568, ISBN: HB: 9780300142198, Yale University Press, July 2013
304 pp., 23.6x16.3 cm, 30 black&white illus.

Historians have long viewed the massive reshaping of the American landscape during the New Deal era as unprecedented. This book uncovers the early twentieth-century history rich with precedents for the New Deal in forest, park, and agricultural polic...

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Gender Studies

America

Meet Joe Copper Masculinity and Race on Montana's World War II Home Front

Basso Matthew L.

ISBN: PB: 9780226044194, ISBN: HB: 9780226038865, University of Chicago Press, July 2013
360 pp., 23x15 cm, 30 halftones

"I realize that I am a soldier of production whose duties are as important in this war as those of the man behind the gun". So began the pledge that many home front men took at the outset of World War II when they went to work in the factories, field...

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Mini Topcolors, No. 36 Pz.Kpfw. III Family

Jaszczolt Marek, Zajaczkowski Slawomir

ISBN: PB: 9788362878666, Casemate, Kagero, June 2013
20 pp., 27.5x20.5 cm, 16 colour profiles

Not for sale in Poland! A big decal sheet with 1:72, 1:48 and 1:35 individual and national markings for 8 Pz.Kpfw. III tanks and 8 Sturmgeschutz assault guns built on the chassis of the Pz.Kpfw. III. The decal sheet was printed by Cartograf. Each p...

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