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"I saw a nightmare-- ": doing violence to memory : the Soweto uprising, June 16, 1976

Helena Pohlandt-McCormick

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Pursuit of an "unparalleled opportunity": American YMCA and prisoner of war diplomacy among the Central Power nations during World War I, 1914-1923

Kenneth Steuer

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The Horace's Villa Project, 1997-2003

Bernard Frischer, Jane Crawford, and Monica De Simone

Cover image for How Taiwan became Chinese: Dutch, Spanish, and Han colonization in the seventeenth century

How Taiwan became Chinese: Dutch, Spanish, and Han colonization in the seventeenth century

Tonio Andrade

Cover image for Advocating the man: masculinity, organized labor, and the household in New York, 1800-1840

Advocating the man: masculinity, organized labor, and the household in New York, 1800-1840

Joshua R. Greenberg

Cover image for The slender thread: Irish women on the southern Avalon, 1750-1860

The slender thread: Irish women on the southern Avalon, 1750-1860

Willeen Keough

Cover image for The door of the seas and key to the universe: Indian politics and imperial rivalry in the Darién, 1640-1750

The door of the seas and key to the universe: Indian politics and imperial rivalry in the Darién, 1640-1750

Ignacio Gallup-Díaz

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A European anabasis: western European volunteers in the German army and SS, 1940-1945

Kenneth W. Estes

Cover image for Grounds for play: the Nauṭaṅkī theatre of North India

Grounds for play: the Nauṭaṅkī theatre of North India

Kathryn Hansen

Cover image for The work of genre: selected essays from the English Institute

The work of genre: selected essays from the English Institute

Robyn Warhol

Cover image for On periodization: selected essays from the English Institute

On periodization: selected essays from the English Institute

Virginia Jackson

Cover image for Lethal punishment: lynchings and legal executions in the South

Lethal punishment: lynchings and legal executions in the South

Margaret Vandiver

Cover image for Dictatorship of the air: aviation culture and the fate of modern Russia

Dictatorship of the air: aviation culture and the fate of modern Russia

Scott W. Palmer

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Roman black-and-white figural mosaics

John R. Clarke

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Women's letters from ancient Egypt, 300 BC-AD 800

Roger S. Bagnall, Raffaella Cribiore, with contributions by Evie Ahtaridis

Cover image for Irish immigrants in the land of Canaan: letters and memoirs from colonial and revolutionary America, 1675-1815

Irish immigrants in the land of Canaan: letters and memoirs from colonial and revolutionary America, 1675-1815

Kerby A. Miller, Arnold Schrier, Bruce D. Boling, David N. Doyle

Cover image for Beyond the lines: pictorial reporting, everyday life, and the crisis of gilded-age America

Beyond the lines: pictorial reporting, everyday life, and the crisis of gilded-age America

Joshua Brown

Cover image for From heads of household to heads of state: the preaccession households of Mary and Elizabeth Tudor, 1516-1558

From heads of household to heads of state: the preaccession households of Mary and Elizabeth Tudor, 1516-1558

J. L. McIntosh

Cover image for Societies, religion, and history: central-east Tanzanians and the world they created, c. 200 BCE to 1800 CE

Societies, religion, and history: central-east Tanzanians and the world they created, c. 200 BCE to 1800 CE

Rhonda M. Gonzales

Cover image for Between winds and clouds: the making of Yunnan (second century BCE to twentieth century CE)

Between winds and clouds: the making of Yunnan (second century BCE to twentieth century CE)

Bin Yang

Cover image for Sensual encounters: monastic women and spirituality in medieval Germany

Sensual encounters: monastic women and spirituality in medieval Germany

Erika Lauren Lindgren

Cover image for Belongings: property, family, and identity in colonial South Africa : an exploration of frontiers, 1725-c. 1830)

Belongings: property, family, and identity in colonial South Africa : an exploration of frontiers, 1725-c. 1830)

Laura J. Mitchell

Cover image for Miss Yourlovin: GIs, gender and domesticity during World War II

Miss Yourlovin: GIs, gender and domesticity during World War II

Ann Elizabeth Pfau

Cover image for Arms and the woman: just warriors and Greek feminist identity

Arms and the woman: just warriors and Greek feminist identity

Margaret Poulos

Cover image for Connecting histories in Afghanistan: market relations and state formation on a colonial frontier

Connecting histories in Afghanistan: market relations and state formation on a colonial frontier

Shah Mahmoud Hanifi

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"Trivial complaints": the role of privacy in domestic violence law and activism in the U.S.

Kirsten S. Rambo

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Architecture and memory: the Renaissance studioli of Federico de Montefeltro

Robert Kirkbride

Cover image for Caught in the crossfire: Adrian Scott and the politics of Americanism in 1940s Hollywood

Caught in the crossfire: Adrian Scott and the politics of Americanism in 1940s Hollywood

Jennifer E. Langdon

Cover image for Pestilence and headcolds: encountering illness in colonial Mexico

Pestilence and headcolds: encountering illness in colonial Mexico

Sherry Fields

Cover image for Trafficking materials and gendered experimental practices: Radium research in early 20th century Vienna

Trafficking materials and gendered experimental practices: Radium research in early 20th century Vienna

Maria Rentetzi

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"Make it yourself": home sewing, gender, and culture, 1890-1930

Sarah A. Gordon

Cover image for Manhood in the Age of Aquarius: masculinity in two countercultural communities, 1965-83

Manhood in the Age of Aquarius: masculinity in two countercultural communities, 1965-83

Tim Hodgdon

Cover image for The creation of color in eighteenth-century Europe

The creation of color in eighteenth-century Europe

Sarah Lowengard

Cover image for Sumner Welles, postwar planning, and the quest for a new world order, 1937-1943

Sumner Welles, postwar planning, and the quest for a new world order, 1937-1943

Christopher D. O'Sullivan

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"The infantry cannot do with a gun less": the place of the artillery in the British Expeditionary Force, 1914-1918

Sanders Marble

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"A tender age": cultural anxieties over the child in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries

William F. MacLehose

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Stalin and the Spanish Civil War

Daniel Kowalsky

Cover image for Colonial lists/Indian power: identity politics in nineteenth century Telugu-speaking India

Colonial lists/Indian power: identity politics in nineteenth century Telugu-speaking India

Michael Katten

Cover image for Escogidas plantas: nuns and beatas in Mexico City, 1531-1601

Escogidas plantas: nuns and beatas in Mexico City, 1531-1601

Jacqueline Holler

Cover image for Community and public culture: the Marwaris in Calcutta, 1897-1997

Community and public culture: the Marwaris in Calcutta, 1897-1997

Anne Hardgrove

Cover image for The genesis of Napoleonic propaganda, 1796 to 1799

The genesis of Napoleonic propaganda, 1796 to 1799

Wayne Hanley

Cover image for Like wheat to the miller: community, convivencia, and the construction of Morisco identity in sixteenth-century Aragon

Like wheat to the miller: community, convivencia, and the construction of Morisco identity in sixteenth-century Aragon

Mary Halavais

Cover image for The romance of China: excursions to China in U.S. culture, 1776 to 1876

The romance of China: excursions to China in U.S. culture, 1776 to 1876

John Rogers Haddad

Cover image for Binding memories: women as makers and tellers of history in Magude, Mozambique

Binding memories: women as makers and tellers of history in Magude, Mozambique

Heidi Gengenbach

Cover image for A field of honor: writers, court culture and public theater in French literary life from Racine to the Revolution

A field of honor: writers, court culture and public theater in French literary life from Racine to the Revolution

Gregory S. Brown

Cover image for The Syrian princesses: the women who ruled Rome, AD 193-235

The Syrian princesses: the women who ruled Rome, AD 193-235

Godfrey Turton

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Holy women of the Syrian Orient

Sebastian P. Brock and Susan Ashbrook Harvey

Cover image for Voice of the living light: Hildegard of Bingen and her world

Voice of the living light: Hildegard of Bingen and her world

Barbara Newman

Cover image for Speaking with vampires: rumor and history in colonial Africa

Speaking with vampires: rumor and history in colonial Africa

Luise White

Cover image for Takarazuka: sexual politics and popular culture in modern Japan

Takarazuka: sexual politics and popular culture in modern Japan

Jennifer Robertson