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    A History of the Victorian Cancer Registry

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    This book examines the history of the Victorian Cancer Registry (VCR) in Australia from its establishment in the late 1930s through to the present day. It sheds new light on the history of medicine and the broader social and cultural histories affected by advances in cancer control science, providing a historical account of cancer registration that is empirically grounded in new archival and oral ... Read more

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  • The Art of Occupation

    Crime and Governance in American-Controlled Germany, 1944–1949

    Series series War and Society in North America
    The literature describing social conditions during the post–World War II Allied occupation of Germany has been divided between seemingly irreconcilable assertions of prolonged criminal chaos and narratives of strict martial rule that precluded crime. In The Art of Occupation, Thomas J. Kehoe takes a different view on this history, addressing this divergence through an extensive, interdisciplinary ... Read more

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  • History & Crime

    A Transdisciplinary Approach

    Series series Emerald Advances in Historical Criminology
    Revealing the cross utility potential of multiple disciplines to advance knowledge in crime studies, History & Crime showcases new research into crime from across the interdisciplinary perspectives of early modern and modern history, criminology, forensic psychology, and legal studies.Authored by emerging and established scholars from the around the world, the contributions span youth crime, ... Read more

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  • Fear in the German-Speaking World, 1600-2000

    Series series History of Emotions
    This book addresses the nature and role of fear in the German world from the early modern period through to the 20th century. Offering the first collection that centres fear in the historical analysis of central Europe since 1600, these essays demonstrate the importance of emotional experience to the study of the past.Fear has been at the centre of many of the most important historical events in ... Read more

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    The essays composing Ancient Law, Ancient Society examine the law in classical antiquity both as a product of the society in which it developed and as one of the most important forces shaping that society. Contributors to this volume consider the law via innovative methodological approaches and theoretical perspectives—in particular, those drawn from the new institutional economics and the ... Read more

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