History

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WE SHALL BE MASTERS: RUSSIAN PIVOTS TO EAST ASIA FROM PETER THE GREAT TO PUTIN

Written by Miller, Chris
"Miller's terrific book reminds that Russia made moves toward the East five hundred years ago, and explains why ignoring the Russian factor in Asian geopolitics today would be a big mistake."
March 7, 2023 | Paperback | Harvard University Press | 384 Pages |
$19.95
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FIRES OF HATRED: ETHNIC CLEANSING IN TWENTIETH-CENTURY EUROPE

Written by Naimark, Norman M
Of all the horrors of the last century--perhaps the bloodiest century of the past millennium--ethnic cleansing ranks among the worst. The term burst forth in public discourse in the spring of 1992 as a way to describe Serbian attacks on the Muslims of Bosnia-Herzegovina, but as this landmark book attests, ethnic cleansing is neither new nor likely to cease in our time.
September 19, 2002 | Paperback | Harvard University Press | 248 Pages |
$33.00
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STALIN AND THE FATE OF EUROPE: THE POSTWAR STRUGGLE FOR SOVEREIGNTY

Written by Naimark, Norman M
A Financial Times Best Book of the YearWinner of the Norris and Carol Hundley AwardWinner of the US-Russia Relations Book Prize "The achievement of a lifetime."
February 1, 2023 | Paperback | Belknap Press |
$19.95
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SYMBOLS OF FREEDOM: SLAVERY AND RESISTANCE BEFORE THE CIVIL WAR

Written by Clavin, Matthew J
How American symbols inspired enslaved people and their allies to fight for true freedom In the early United States, anthems, flags, holidays, monuments, and memorials were powerful symbols of an American identity that helped unify a divided people. A language of freedom played a similar role in shaping the new nation.
June 13, 2023 | Hardcover | New York University Press | 288 Pages |
$29.95
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UNDERGROUND ASIA: GLOBAL REVOLUTIONARIES AND THE ASSAULT ON EMPIRE

Written by Harper, Tim
Cundill Prize FinalistAn Economist Best Book of the YearA Financial Times Best Book of the Year "Superbly original...Breaks new ground by showing how a collective consciousness emerged among revolutionaries."
April 4, 2023 | Paperback | Belknap Press | 864 Pages |
$21.95
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DRAG: A BRITISH HISTORY

Written by Bloomfield, Jacob
A rich and provocative history of drag's importance in modern British culture. Drag: A British History is a groundbreaking study of the sustained popularity and changing forms of male drag performance in modern Britain. With this book, Jacob Bloomfield provides fresh perspectives on drag and recovers previously neglected episodes in the history of the art form.
August 29, 2023 | Hardcover | University of California Press | 264 Pages |
$29.95
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BIZARRO: THE SURREAL SAGA OF AMERICA'S SECRET WAR ON SYNTHETIC DRUGS AND THE FLORIDA KINGPINS IT CAPTURED

Written by Rubin, Jordan S
Inside a drug war so screwy that people don't know what's illegal--until it's too late. Bizarro is a page-turning tale of the unprecedented prosecution of Burton Ritchie and Ben Galecki, the Florida-based founders of a sprawling "spice" (synthetic cannabinoid) operation. With this book, journalist and former New York City narcotics prosecutor Jordan S.
April 18, 2023 | Hardcover | University of California Press | 278 Pages |
$27.95
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GREAT KINGDOMS OF AFRICA

Written by Parker, John
A groundbreaking, sweeping overview of the great kingdoms in African history and their legacies, written by world-leading experts. This is the first book for nonspecialists to explore the great precolonial kingdoms of Africa that have been marginalized throughout history.
March 21, 2023 | Hardcover | University of California Press |
$34.95
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ILSE KOCH ON TRIAL: MAKING THE "BITCH OF BUCHENWALD"

Written by Jardim, Tomaz
An authoritative reassessment of one of the Third Reich's most notorious war criminals, whose alleged sexual barbarism made her a convenient scapegoat and obscured the true nature of Nazi terror. On September 1, 1967, one of the Third Reich's most infamous figures hanged herself in her cell after nearly twenty-four years in prison.
April 4, 2023 | Hardcover | Harvard University Press | 368 Pages |
$35.00
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EMPIRE, INCORPORATED: THE CORPORATIONS THAT BUILT BRITISH COLONIALISM

Written by Stern, Philip J
"Brilliant, ambitious, and often surprising. A remarkable contribution to the current global debate about Empire and a small masterpiece of research and conceptual reimagining."
May 16, 2023 | Hardcover | Belknap Press | 408 Pages |
$35.00

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