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World war II: an encyclopedia of quotations
An all-encompassing book with more than a thousand quotations, this work breathes life into an era unprecedented in world history. It looks at World War II in a new way with quotations from speeches, news accounts, memoirs, and interviews. Represented, too, are captured documents and material from Ultra and Magic, which broke the German and Japanese secret codes. All major political and militar…
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- 1st Edition
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- 9781315062655
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- xviii, 438 p. : ill.
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- 940.5303 LAN w
Mencari indonesia 4: dari raden saleh sampai ayu utami
Buku ini merupakan seri keempat dari Mencari Indonesia yang merupakan kumpulan tulisan tentang berbagai isu demografi politik di Indonesia. Sedikit berbeda dari buku-buku sebelumnya, Mencari Indonesia 4 merupakan kumpulan sketsa-sketsa biografis dari sosok-sosok intelektual, akademisi, tokoh sejarah dan para penggerak perubahan sosial dan politik di Indonesia sejak zaman kolonial hingga sekaran…
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- -
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- 9786237425656
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- xi, 438 p, ; ill ; 21 cm
- Series Title
- Akusisi Pengetahuan Lokal
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- 920.0598 RIW m
Island Fantasia
The Matsu archipelago between China and Taiwan, for long an isolated outpost off southeast China, was suddenly transformed into a military frontline in 1949 by the Cold War and the Communist-Nationalist conflict. The army occupied the islands, commencing more than 40 long years of military rule. With the lifting of martial law in 1992, the people were confronted with the question of how to move…
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- -
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- 9781009023481
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- xvii, 330p, ill
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- -
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- 951.249 WEI
A Fleet Street In Every Town :The Provincial Press in England, 1855-1900
At the heart of Victorian culture was the local weekly newspaper. More popular than books, more widely read than the London papers, the local press was a national phenomenon. This book redraws the Victorian cultural map, shifting our focus away from one centre, London, and towards the many centres of the provinces. It offers a new paradigm in which place, and a sense of place, are vital to the …
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- 9781783745616
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- 470p,:ill
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- 941.081 AND
Advances in Low Carbon Technologies and Transition
A wide variety of technologies and products have already become widespread in our society. However, policies have not been well-implemented to effectively reduce energy consumptions and CO2 emissions by promoting low-carbon technologies and products. This Special Issue focuses on studies targeting specific products (e.g., motor vehicle, household dishwashers, etc.) and/or technologies (e.g., in…
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- 9783039435586
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- ix, 214p. : ill,
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- 900 SHI a
Beyond barrows: current research on the structuration and perception of the p…
Europe is dotted with tens of thousands of prehistoric barrows. In spite of their ubiquity, little is known on the role they had in pre- and protohistoric landscapes. In 2010, an international group of archaeologists came together at the conference of the European Association of Archaeologists in The Hague to discuss and review current research on this topic. This book presents the proceedings …
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- 9789088901089
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- 279 p. : ill.
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- 930 BEY b
Sensational internationalism : the Paris Commune and the remapping of America…
In refocusing attention on the Paris Commune as a key event in American political and cultural memory, Sensational Internationalism radically changes our understanding of the relationship between France and the United States in the long nineteenth century.
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- 9781474411226
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- xii, 240 p. : ill.
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- 970.980 COG s
Two studies on Ming history
In the first study of Two Studies on Ming History , Charles O. Hucker presents an account of a military campaign that provides insight into the nature of civil officials' authority, decision-making, and relationship with the Ming court. In the spring and summer of 1556, a Chinese renegade named Hsü Hai led an invading group of Japanese and Chinese soldiers on a plundering foray through the nor…
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- 9780472127573
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- 93 p. ; ill
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- -
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- 951.026 HUC t
The unreal estate guide to detroit
Intense attention has been paid to Detroit as a site of urban crisis. This crisis, however, has not only yielded the massive devaluation of real estate that has so often been noted; it has also yielded an explosive production of seemingly valueless urban property that has facilitated the imagination and practice of alternative urbanisms. The first sustained study of Detroit’s alternative urba…
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- 9781911576518
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- xxi. ;ill. :158 p.
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- 977.434. AND t
Monuments of merv : traditional buildings of the karakum
Archaeological research and ancient records have been combined in this work to provide a comprehensive account of the buildings of Merv, an oasis city in the middle of the Turkmenistani desert. Founded in the sixth century BC, Merv was a key staging post along the Central Asian trade routes linking Europe and India, and its buildings - palaces, pavilions, gardens and towers springing from the s…
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- 9780854312757
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- xiii. :ill. ; 260 p.
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- -
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- 913.42. GEO m
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