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Europe

Ghosts of Berlin Confronting German History in the Urban Landscape

Ladd Brian

ISBN: PB: 9780226558721, University of Chicago Press, May 2018
304 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 4 halftones

In the twenty years since its original publication, "The Ghosts of Berlin" has become a classic, an unparalleled guide to understanding the presence of history in our built environment, especially in a space as historically contested – and emotionall...

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Asia

Communist Party of China and Marxism, 1921-1985 A Self-Portrait

Ladany Laszlo, Elegant Robert

ISBN: PB: 9781849049108, Hurst Publishers, May 2018
592 pp., 21.6x13.8 cm

For sale in CIS only! Without an understanding of the Communist Party no one can understand the China in which the Party has dominated the country. This book follows the development of the Communist Party and of Marxism in China from the early years...

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Military

Six Day War The Breaking of the Middle East

Laron Guy

ISBN: PB: 9780300234558, ISBN: HB: 9780300222708, Yale University Press, April 2018
384 pp., 23.5x15.6 cm, 12 black&white illus.

An enthralling, big-picture history that examines the Six-Day War, its causes, and its enduring consequences against its global context. One fateful week in June 1967 redrew the map of the Middle East. Many scholars have documented how the Six-Day W...

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Europe

Trading in War London's Maritime World in the Age of Cook and Nelson

Lincoln Margarette

ISBN: HB: 9780300227482, Yale University Press, April 2018
304 pp., 23.5x15.6 cm, 20 colour illus.

In the half-century before the Battle of Trafalgar the port of London became the commercial nexus of a global empire and launch pad of Britain's military campaigns in North America and Napoleonic Europe. The unruly riverside parishes east of the Towe...

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America

Executing Freedom The Cultural Life of Capital Punishment in the United States

LaChance Daniel

ISBN: PB: 9780226583181, ISBN: HB: 9780226066691, University of Chicago Press, April 2018
272 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 9 halftones, 1 line drawing

In the mid-1990s, as public trust in big government was near an all-time low, 80% of Americans told Gallup that they supported the death penalty. Why did people who didn't trust government to regulate the economy or provide daily services nonetheless...

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Military

Death and Disease in the Civil War A Union Surgeon's Correspondence from Harpers Ferry to Richmond

Loperfido Christopher

ISBN: PB: 9781611213591, Casemate, Savas Beatie, February 2018
168 pp., 22.9x15.2 cm, 35 images

Union surgeon James Dana Benton witnessed firsthand the suffering and death brought about by the ghastly wounds, infections, and diseases that wreaked havoc to both the Union and Confederate armies. A native of New York, Dr. Benton penned a series of...

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Africa

Political Science

Specter of Global China Politics, Labor, and Foreign Investment in Africa

Lee Ching Kwan

ISBN: PB: 9780226340838, University of Chicago Press, February 2018
256 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 20 colour plates, 1 halftone, 2 tables

China has recently emerged as one of Africa's top business partners, aggressively pursuing its raw materials and establishing a mighty presence in the continent's booming construction market. Among major foreign investors in Africa, China has stirred...

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America

Across the Shaman's River John Muir, the Tlingit Stronghold, and the Opening of the North

Lee Henry Daniel

ISBN: PB: 9781602233294, University of Chicago Press, University of Alaska Press, December 2017
256 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 60 halftones, 1 map

"Across the Shaman's River" is the story of one of Alaska's last Native American strongholds, a Tlingit community closed off for a century until a fateful encounter between a shaman, a preacher, and John Muir. Tucked in the corner of Southeast Alas...

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History of Art

Military

How to Read European Armor

LaRocca Donald

ISBN: PB: 9781588396297, Yale University Press, Metropolitan Museum of Art, September 2017
176 pp., 26.7x20.3 cm, 175 colour illus.

This engaging book offers an introduction to and overview of armor in Europe from the Middle Ages through the 17th century, focusing in particular on the 16th century when plate armor reached its peak of stylistic beauty and functional perfection. Cr...

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Europe

Conquest of Death Violence and the Birth of the Modern English State

Lockwood Matthew

ISBN: HB: 9780300217063, Yale University Press, August 2017
424 pp., 23.5x15.6 cm, 5 black&white illus.

A fresh and fascinating history of crime and violence in England through the office of the coroner. In his fascinating debut, Matthew Lockwood explores the history of crime, homicide, and suicide in England over four centuries through the office of...

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