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Designs of Destruction The Making of Monuments in the Twentieth Century
ISBN: HB: 9780226286556, University of Chicago Press, October 2018
432 pp., 25.4x17.8 cm, 14 colour plates, 123 halftones
The twentieth century was the most destructive in human history, but from its vast landscapes of ruins was born a new architectural type: the cultural monument. In the wake of World War I, an international movement arose which aimed to protect archit...
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£34,00
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Savages, Romans, and Despots Thinking about Others from Montaigne to Herder
ISBN: PB: 9780226575391, ISBN: HB: 9780226575254, University of Chicago Press, October 2018
272 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm
From the sixteenth to the eighteenth centuries, Europeans struggled to understand their identity in the same way we do as individuals: by comparing themselves to others. In "Savages, Romans, and Despots", Robert Launay takes us on a fascinating tour...
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£74,00
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French and Germans, Germans and French A Personal Interpretation of France under Two Occupations, 1914-1918/1940-1944
ISBN: PB: 9781512603378, University of Chicago Press, Brandeis University Press, September 2018
222 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm
The noted historian Richard Cobb presents an engaging synthesis of research, combined with highly original observations and analyses of the war years in France. The reader is given access to a unique private chronicle of the relations between occupan...
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£20,00
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Mercenary Mediterranean Sovereignty, Religion, and Violence in the Medieval Crown of Aragon
ISBN: PB: 9780226597898, ISBN: HB: 9780226329642, University of Chicago Press, August 2018
296 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 5 halftones, 5 maps, 1 table
Sometime in April 1285, five Muslim horsemen crossed from the Islamic kingdom of Granada into the realms of the Christian Crown of Aragon to meet with the king of Aragon, who showered them with gifts, including sumptuous cloth and decorative saddles,...
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Defending Nazis in Postwar Czechoslovakia Life of K. Resler, Defense Councel Ex Officio of K. H. Frank
ISBN: PB: 9788024637303, University of Chicago Press, Karolinum Press, July 2018
200 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 30 halftones
Not for sale in the Czech Republic and the Slovak Republic! In this book, Czech lawyer and scholar Jakub Drapal tells the story of the life of Kamill Resler, an attorney who defended the most prominent Nazi tried in postwar Czechoslovakia: Karl Her...
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£19,00
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Genealogy of Terror in Eighteenth-Century France
ISBN: HB: 9780226499574, University of Chicago Press, June 2018
304 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 7 halftones
In contemporary political discourse, it is common to denounce violent acts as "terroristic". But this reflexive denunciation is a surprisingly recent development. In "A Genealogy of Terror in Eighteenth-Century France", Ronald Schechter tells the sto...
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Materializing Identities in Socialist and Post-Socialist Cities
ISBN: PB: 9788024635903, University of Chicago Press, Karolinum Press, May 2018
180 pp., 20.3x12.7 cm
Not for sale in the Czech Republic and the Slovak Republic! Following the so-called "Material Turn" of historiography, this book explores the materialization of identity in urban space – specifically in Eastern Europe and Central Asia. Urban spaces...
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Exile in London The Experience of Czechoslovakia and the Other Occupied Nations, 1939-1945
ISBN: PB: 9788024637013, University of Chicago Press, Karolinum Press, May 2018
350 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm
Not for sale in the Czech Republic and the Slovak Republic! During World War II, London experienced not just the Blitz and the arrival of continental refugees, but also an influx of displaced foreign governments. Drawing together renowned historian...
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Ghosts of Berlin Confronting German History in the Urban Landscape
ISBN: PB: 9780226558721, University of Chicago Press, May 2018
304 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 4 halftones
In the twenty years since its original publication, "The Ghosts of Berlin" has become a classic, an unparalleled guide to understanding the presence of history in our built environment, especially in a space as historically contested – and emotionall...
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Great Cat and Dog Massacre The Real Story of World War Two's Unknown Tragedy
ISBN: PB: 9780226573946, ISBN: HB: 9780226318325, University of Chicago Press, May 2018
248 pp., 22.9x15.2 cm, 30 halftones
The tragedies of World War II are well known. But at least one has been forgotten: in September 1939, four hundred thousand cats and dogs were massacred in Britain. The government, vets, and animal charities all advised against this killing. So why w...
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