The Scratch of a Pen: 1763 and the Transformation of North America, Paperback - Colin G. Calloway

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Publisher: Schiffer Publishing LtdAuthor(s): Fred ShafferIllustration(s): 540 colour photosNumber of pages: 288Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 14...

Publisher: Princeton University PressAuthor(s): Sarah RoseIllustration(s): 2, 830 color illus. 508 maps.Number of pages: 624Collection: Princeton F...

A truly continental history in both its geographic and political scope, The Elusive West and the Contest for Empire, 1713-1763 investigates eightee...

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Kapelle's study of the north of England in the years before, during, and after the Norman Conquest is a fascinating account of a pivotal, but littl...

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Perhaps no one in the 20th century had a greater long-term impact on world history than Deng Xiaoping. This title provides a biography of his life....

William F. Bristow presents an original and illuminating study of Hegel's hugely influential but notoriously difficult Phenomenology of Spirit (180...

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Publisher: Penguin Books LtdAuthor(s): Tristram HuntNumber of pages: 352Publication date: 2021Dimensions: 162 x 241 x 37Cover type: HardbackRedesco...

This Element focuses on Xin Fengxia (1927-1998), a star of the regional xiqu form pingju, and her prominent role in transforming the genre from fol...