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Time and Justice: History, Memory, and State-Sponsored Violence
By Berber Bevernage
Modern historiography embraces the notion that time is irreversible, implying that the past should be imagined as something ‘absent’ or ‘distant.’ Victims of historical injustice, however, in contrast, often claim that the past got ‘stuck’ in the present and that it retains a haunting presence....
June 2011 | 978-0-415-88340-5 | Hardback (Routledge)
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Globalization and the World Oil Industry: A History
By Paul Chastko
Globalization and the World Oil Industry explains the dramatic transformation to the world petroleum industry in the 20th century from its modest beginnings as a source of illumination to its status today as the driving force behind the world economy. The book places the development of the industry...
June 2011 | 978-0-415-80648-0 | Hardback (Routledge)
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A History of the World: From the 20th to the 21st Century, 3rd Edition
By J.A.S. Grenville
This second edition has been thoroughly updated and includes discussions on 9/11 and the second Gulf War, and takes into account the latest historical research.A comprehensive survey of the key events and personalities of this period throughout the world, it includes discussion on topics such as:...
May 2011 | 978-0-415-49437-3 | Paperback (Routledge)
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Transatlantic Relations since 1945: An Introduction
By Jussi Hanhimaki, Benedikt Schoenborn, Barbara Zancheta
The transatlantic relationship has been the bedrock of international relations since the end of World War II. This new textbook will focus on the period since the defeat of Nazi Germany, when the multitude of links between United States and Western Europe were created, extended, and multiplied.&...
May 2011 | 978-0-415-48698-9 | Paperback (Routledge)
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Modern South Asia: A Sourcebook and Reader
Edited by Sugata Bose, Ayesha Jalal
Including literary pieces that evoke the atmosphere of the time, Modern South Asia: A Sourcebook and Reader presents a diverse and enthralling range of primary and secondary historical sources charting the development of modern South Asia. Designed as a companion to the editors' successful and...
May 2011 | 978-0-415-77941-8 | Paperback (Routledge)
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Believing in Russia - Religious Policy After Communism
By Geraldine Fagan
This book presents a comprehensive overview of religion in Russia since the end of the communist regime, exposing many of the ambiguities and uncertainties about the position of religion in Russian life. It shows how religious freedom in Russia has, contrary to the widely held view, a long...
April 2011 | 978-0-415-49002-3 | Hardback (Routledge)
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Post-War Repatriation to Defeated Japan
By Beatrice Trefalt
The repatriation of more than six million Japanese from overseas territories in the period between 1945 and the mid-1950shaad a major impact on Japanese culture and politics. The book explores the tensions of identity that emerged during the years of re-integration and shows how tightly post-war...
April 2011 | 978-0-415-55248-6 | Hardback (Routledge)
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Globalizing Human Rights: Private Citizens, the Soviet Union, and the West
By Christian Peterson
This book explores the complexities of the role human rights played in US-Soviet and Western Europe-Soviet relations through the prism of globalization. Author Christian Peterson moves beyond the confines of standard ‘state-centric’ works that privilege the behavior of either the US executive...
April 2011 | 978-0-415-88511-9 | Hardback (Routledge)
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The Muslim Brotherhood and Islamist Politics in the Middle East
By Mariz Tadros, Akram Habib
The Muslim Brotherhood, founded in Egypt in 1928, has become the world’s largest, most influential Islamist group. After eight decades surviving as a populist religious movement, banned from political participation in many Arab countries, in recent years it has moved towards becoming a political...
April 2011 | 978-0-415-46596-0 | Hardback (Routledge)