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Memory and Narrative eBook Series

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  • Narratives of War

    Remembering and Chronicling Battle in Twentieth-Century Europe

    Edited by Nanci Adler, Remco Ensel, Michael Wintle ...
    Series series Memory and Narrative
    Narratives of War considers the way war and battle are remembered and narrated across space and time in Europe in the twentieth century.The book reflects on how narratives are generated and deployed, and on their function as coping mechanisms, means of survival, commemorative gestures, historical records and evidence. The contributions address such issues as the tension and discrepancy between ... Read more

    $83.81 CAD

  • Tapestry of Memory

    Evidence and Testimony in Life-Story Narratives

    Edited by Nanci Adler ...
    Series series Memory and Narrative
    In this volume, contributors present narratives and explore the way they influence the perception of the past. While acknowledging the debate about the validity of qualitative research based on narratives, this volume aims to illuminate how truth and evidence form part of a much wider debate on the representation of history.The volume includes the work of historians but the interdisciplinary ... Read more

    $96.18 CAD

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    A History of Capitalism

    by Joyce Appleby ...
    "Splendid: the global history of capitalism in all its creative—and destructive—glory.”—The New York Times Book ReviewWith its deep roots and global scope, the capitalist system seems universal and timeless. The framework for our lives, it is a source of constant change, sometimes measured and predictable, sometimes drastic, out of control. Yet what is now ubiquitous was not always so. Capitalism ... Read more

    $21.99 CAD

  • Provincializing Europe

    Postcolonial Thought and Historical Difference - New Edition

    by Dipesh Chakrabarty ...
    Series series Princeton Studies in Culture/Power/History
    First published in 2000, Dipesh Chakrabarty's influential Provincializing Europe addresses the mythical figure of Europe that is often taken to be the original site of modernity in many histories of capitalist transition in non-Western countries. This imaginary Europe, Dipesh Chakrabarty argues, is built into the social sciences. The very idea of historicizing carries with it some peculiarly ... Read more

    $46.19 CAD

  • Rolling Thunder in a Gentle Land

    The Vietnam War Revisited

    by Andrew Wiest ...
    Fifteen renowned authors from widely varied backgrounds examine the Vietnam War, providing a fresh insight into this controversial conflict, even for those who have 'read it all before'.“This is a superb and compelling reexamination of the major historical, political, and ethical issues that continue to smoulder many decades after the conclusion of the Vietnam War, I highly recommend Rolling ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD

  • The Making of the "Rape of Nanking"

    History and Memory in Japan, China, and the United States

    by Takashi Yoshida ...
    On December 13, 1937, the Japanese army attacked and captured the Chinese capital city of Nanjing, planting the rising-sun flag atop the city's outer walls. What occurred in the ensuing weeks and months has been the source of a tempestuous debate ever since. It is well known that the Japanese military committed wholesale atrocities after the fall of the city, massacring large numbers of Chinese ... Read more

    $33.99 CAD

  • Minooka: the Story of My Hill

    by Michael Bracey ...
    This is a history/reflection book on a small town in Pennsylvania. The town is full of character and characters-- all real. ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD

  • History, Policy and Public Purpose

    Historians and Historical Thinking in Government

    by Alix R. Green ...
    Series series History (R0)
    This book takes a fresh look at the connection between history and policy, proposing that historians rediscover a sense of ‘public purpose’ that can embrace political decision-making – and also enhance historical practice. Making policy is a complex and messy affair, calling on many different forms of expertise and historians have often been reluctant to get involved in policy advice, with those ... Read more

    $83.99 CAD

  • Industry and Politics in the Third Reich (RLE Nazi Germany & Holocaust)

    Ruhr Coal, Hitler and Europe

    by John Gillingham ...
    Series series Routledge Library Editions: Nazi Germany and the Holocaust
    When originally published in 1985 this was the first detailed study of business in Nazi Germany. Drawing on a wealth of new evidence from government and private archives, the book throws light on the important role played by Germany heavy industry in preserving traditions valuable for the post-Nazi future.Contrary to widely held beliefs, the industrialists of the Ruhr did not master-mind the ... Read more

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  • World History

    Journeys from Past to Present - VOLUME 2: From 1500 CE to the Present

    by Candice Goucher, Linda Walton ...
    World History: Journeys from Past to Present uses common themes to present an integrated and comprehensive survey of human history from its origins to the present day. By weaving together thematic and regional perspectives in coherent chronological narratives, Goucher and Walton transform the overwhelming sweep of the human past into a truly global story that is relevant to the contemporary issues ... Read more

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  • The History of Work

    by R. Donkin ...
    Series series Business and Management (R0)
    This sweeping survey of the history of work, from hunter-gatherers to dotcom telecommuters, deftly compresses thousands of years of human evolution into an incisive volume It is a book about work, about the organization and management of work, but it is also a book about people. ... Read more

    $108.99 CAD

  • The Cultural Turn in Late Ancient Studies

    Gender, Asceticism, and Historiography

    by Philip Rousseau, Maureen A. Tilley, Susan Ashbrook Harvey ...
    The essays in this provocative collection exemplify the innovations that have characterized the relatively new field of late ancient studies. Focused on civilizations clustered mainly around the Mediterranean and covering the period between roughly 100 and 700 CE, scholars in this field have brought history and cultural studies to bear on theology and religious studies. They have adopted the ... Read more

    $43.99 CAD