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  • Habsburgs on the Rio Grande

    The Rise and Fall of the Second Mexican Empire

    by Raymond Jonas ...
    The story of how nineteenth-century European rulers conspired with Mexican conservatives in an outlandish plan to contain the rising US colossus by establishing Old World empire on its doorstep.The outbreak of the US Civil War provided an unexpected opportunity for political conservatives across continents. On one side were European monarchs. Mere decades after its founding, the United States had ... Read more

    $38.99 CAD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • The Battle of Adwa

    African Victory in the Age of Empire

    by Raymond Jonas ...
    In March 1896 a well-disciplined and massive Ethiopian army did the unthinkable-it routed an invading Italian force and brought Italy's war of conquest in Africa to an end. In an age of relentless European expansion, Ethiopia had successfully defended its independence and cast doubt upon an unshakable certainty of the age-that sooner or later all Africans would fall under the rule of Europeans. ... Read more

    $29.99 CAD

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    Habsburgs on the Rio Grande

    The Rise and Fall of the Second Mexican Empire

    by Raymond Jonas ...
    Narrated by Malcolm Hillgartner ...

    Unabridged

    11 hours 22 min

    The outbreak of the US Civil War provided an unexpected opportunity for political conservatives across continents. Mere decades after its founding, the United States had become a threat to European hegemony; instability in the United States could be exploited to lay a rival low. Meanwhile, Mexican antidemocrats needed a powerful backer to fend off the republicanism of Benito Juárez. When these two ... Read more

    $35.72 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

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    Also available as: eBooks

  • Habsburgs on the Rio Grande

    The Rise and Fall of the Second Mexican Empire

    by Raymond Jonas ...
    The story of how nineteenth-century European rulers conspired with Mexican conservatives in an outlandish plan to contain the rising US colossus by establishing Old World empire on its doorstep.The outbreak of the US Civil War provided an unexpected opportunity for political conservatives across continents. On one side were European monarchs. Mere decades after its founding, the United States had ... Read more

    $27.49 CAD

  • An Introduction to the US Health Care System, Sixth Edition

    by Karen Goldsteen, PhD, MPH, Steven Jonas, MD, MPH, FACPM, Raymond L. Goldsteen, DrPH ...
    Completely expanded and updated to account for the latest changes in the U.S. health care system, this best-selling text remains the most concise and balanced introduction to the domestic health care system. Like its predecessors, it provides an accessible overview of the basic components of the system: healthcare personnel, hospitals and other institutions, the federal government, financing and ... Read more

    $121.99 CAD

  • The Greeks and Their Histories

    Myth, History, and Society

    by Hans-Joachim Gehrke, Jonas Grethlein ...
    Translated by Raymond Geuss ...
    Series series Classical Scholarship in Translation
    In this concise but stimulating book on history and Greek culture, Hans-Joachim Gehrke continues to refine his work on 'intentional history', which he defines as a history in the self-understanding of social groups and communities – connected to a corresponding understanding of the other – which is important, even essential, for the collective identity, social cohesion, political behaviour and the ... Read more

    $27.99 CAD

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  • The Spanish Holocaust

    Inquisition and Extermination in Twentieth-Century Spain

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  • The Great Siege of Malta

    The Epic Battle between the Ottoman Empire and the Knights of St. John

    by Bruce Ware Allen ...
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  • Hegel: Elements of the Philosophy of Right

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    Translated by H. B. Nisbet ...
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