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Crossing the Berezina

Hourtoulle Francois-Guy, Jouineau Andre

ISBN: HB: 9782352500445, Casemate, Histoire et Collections, October 2011
100 pp., 31.7x23.5 cm, fully illustrated, 10 maps

The Battle of Berezina (near Borisov, Belarus) took place on November 26-29, 1812 between the French army of Napoleon, retreating after his invasion of Russia, and the Russian armies, under Mikhail Kutuzov, Peter Wittgenstein and Admiral Pavel Chicha...

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World

Caribbean A History of the Region and Its Peoples

Palmie Stephan, Scarano Francisco A.

ISBN: PB: 9780226645087, ISBN: HB: 9780226645063, University of Chicago Press, October 2011
624 pp., 25.5x18 cm, 2 figures, 1 table, 71 halftones

Combining fertile soils, vital trade routes, and a coveted strategic location, the islands and surrounding continental lowlands of the Caribbean were one of Europe's earliest and most desirable colonial frontiers. The region was colonized over the co...

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Jewish Studies

Europe

Cultural Revolution in Berlin Jews in the Age of Enlightenment

Feiner Shmuel, Naimark-Goldberg Natalie

ISBN: PB: 9781851242917, Bodleian Library Publishing, September 2011
104 pp., 24x16 cm, 84 colour illus.

The process of secularization, which is one of the sources of present-day democracy, has its radical origins in eighteenth-century Europe. Criticism of religious norms and discipline, institutions and ideology led to the movement known as the Enlight...

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Ancient World

Anthropology

Courtesans and Fishcakes The Consuming Passions of Classical Athens

Davidson James N.

ISBN: PB: 9780226137438, University of Chicago Press, June 2011
400 pp., 22.8x15 cm, 2 maps, 8 halftones

As any reader of the "Symposium" knows, the ancient Greek philosopher Socrates conversed over lavish banquets, kept watch on who was eating too much fish, and imbibed liberally without ever getting drunk. In other words, James Davidson writes, he ref...

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Europe

Czech Elites and General Public Leadership, Cohesion and Democracy

Fric Pavol

ISBN: PB: 9788024618449, University of Chicago Press, Karolinum Press, March 2011
188 pp., 19.7x14 cm, 11 tables

Not for sale in the Czech Republic and the Slovak Republic! This comprehensive volume examines the relationships between the ruling elites of the Czech Republic and the general public. Sociologist Pavol Fric and other expert contributors consider t...

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Ancient World

Cultural Identity In the Ancient Mediterranean

Gruen Erich S.

ISBN: PB: 9780892369690, Getty Publications, January 2011
572 pp., 25.2x18 cm, 97 black&white illus.

This is an illuminating collection of essays that explore the idea of cultural identity in the ancient Mediterranean. Cultural identity is a slippery and elusive concept. When applied to the collective self-consciousness among people or nations, it b...

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Europe

Czechoslovakia The State that Failed

Heimann Mary

ISBN: PB: 9780300172423, Yale University Press, January 2011
432 pp., 23.2x15.6 cm, 20 illus.

This book, the most thoroughly researched and accurate history of Czechoslovakia to appear in English, tells the story of the country from its founding in 1918 to partition in 1992 – from fledgling democracy through Nazi occupation, Communist rule, i...

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Culture Studies

Africa

Clicko The Wild Dancing Bushman

Parsons Neil

ISBN: PB: 9780226647425, ISBN: HB: 9780226647418, University of Chicago Press, December 2010
256 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 24 halftones

During the 1920s and '30s, Franz Taibosh – whose stage name was Clicko – performed in front of millions as one of the stars of the Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus. Prior to his fame in the United States, Taibosh toured the world as the "...

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America

City for Empire An Anchorage History, 1914-1941

Jones Preston

ISBN: PB: 9781602230842, University of Chicago Press, University of Alaska Press, November 2010
214 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 10 halftones

First settled in 1915, Anchorage, Alaska, was founded with the American empire in mind. During World War I, it served as a conduit through which coal could be shipped to the Pacific, where the U. S. Navy was engaged with Japan. Decades later, during...

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America

Political Science

Cruel and Unusual The Culture of Punishment in America

Cusac Anne-Marie

ISBN: PB: 9780300168013, ISBN: HB: 9780300111743, Yale University Press, October 2010
336 pp., 23.4x15.6 cm

The statistics are startling. Since 1973, America's imprisonment rate has multiplied over five times to become the highest in the world. More than two million inmates reside in state and federal prisons. What does this say about our attitudes toward...

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