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Chin-Chin Yap,
Palestine in the Air

As the first cultural history of Palestinian aviation, Palestine in the Air reveals civil aviation's role in the 'question of Palestine' over the past century.How do Palestinians-as individuals, communiti…

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Elleke Boehmer
Southern Imagining

A new compass for global reading: looking at the world from the far southern latitudesA northern viewpoint is most often the default, while the south---the far southern latitudes occupied by Australia, Ne…

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Jeremy A. Simmons
Sea of Treasures

How goods and people in motion across the ancient world were entangled through consumptionThe ancient world was a far more interconnected place than is often assumed. Maritime routes across the Indian Oce…

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Hunting Troubles

This volume examines the cultural history of European and North American hunting from the Middle Ages to the present day from the perspective of gender as well as animal studies. It demonstrates that the …

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Antonio Melechi
The Unconscious

A highly original first anthology on the cultural history of the unconscious that is destined to become definitive."Know thyself"---the injunction that was once inscribed upon the Temple of Apol…

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Stephen Nissenbaum
The Battle for Christmas

Anyone who laments the excesses of Christmas might consider the Puritans of colonial Massachusetts: they simply outlawed the holiday. The Puritans had their reasons, since Christmas was once an occasion f…

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Jennifer Hansen-Glucklich
German Memorials, Motifs, and Meanings

Public History in Historical Perspective

German Memorials, Motifs, and Meanings offers a unique cultural history of German memorialization. The book focuses not on a single, isolated era, but rather on enduring memorial motifs--enchanted stones,…

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HOLY MOLY - My Holy Garlic

Garlic - Medicinal plant, magic herb, and cultural treasureFor thousands of years, garlic has been used as food, medicine, and a magical plant in cultures around the world. From the Egyptian pyramid build…

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Arnoud S. Q. Visser
On Pedantry

A lively and entertaining cultural history of a supremely annoying intellectual viceIntellectuals have long provoked scorn and irritation, even downright aggression. Many learned individuals have cast suc…

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Charles-François Mathis
Coal in Modern Britain

An exploration of Britain's relationship with coal from the explosion of the coal industry in the 1830s to the 'coal-minded' society of the 1940s.

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Susanna Morton Braund
Translating Virgil

"The first synthesis and analysis of the translation history of Roman poet Virgil's works into European languages. A wide-ranging interdisciplinary investigation that contributes to western intellect…

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Thomas W. Swetnam
The Jemez Mountains

The Jemez Mountains are a quintessential New Mexico landscape. For centuries, Pueblo, Spanish, and Anglo cultures have mixed and melded here. Many ancient villages are scattered across the mesas and in th…

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Emotions, Affect, and Narrative in Korean History and Culture

This collection of eleven essays explores emotions and affect in Korean culture across a broad temporal span, from the Koryŏ dynasty (918--1392) to the present. Drawing on a diverse array of sources---inc…

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Emotions, Affect, and Narrative in Korean History and Culture

This collection of eleven essays explores emotions and affect in Korean culture across a broad temporal span, from the Koryŏ dynasty (918--1392) to the present. Drawing on a diverse array of sources---inc…

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Kate Smith
Keeping Hold

What did it mean to possess something - or someone - in eighteenth-century Britain? What was the relationship between owning things and a person's character and reputation, and even their sense of self? A…

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Kate Smith
Keeping Hold

What did it mean to possess something - or someone - in eighteenth-century Britain? What was the relationship between owning things and a person's character and reputation, and even their sense of self? A…

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Caitlin Blackwell Baines
How to Build a Haunted House

A cultural history of the phenomenon of the 'haunted house' as seen through art, architecture, and ghost stories.What makes a house haunted? Why do some buildings conjure up a reputation for being particu…

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Nat'l Mus Afr Am Hist Culture
National Museum of African American History and Culture 2e

This souvenir book showcases some of the most influential and important treasures of the National Museum of African American History and Culture's collections. These include a hymn book owned by Harriet T…

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Anti-Asian Racism in Transatlantic Perspectives

Postcolonial Studies - Band 52

During the COVID-19 pandemic, Sinophobia and anti-Asian hate made media headlines. The contributors to this volume discuss how anti-Asian projections and colonial-racist narratives have shaped modernity a…

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Smithsonian Asian Pacific American History, Art, and Culture in 101 Objects

A rich and compelling introduction to the history of Asian Pacific American communities as told through 101 objects, from a fortune cookie baking mold to the debut Ms. Marvel comic featuring Kamala Khan A…

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