Old blue's road : a historian's motorcycle journeys in the American West / James Whiteside. by Whiteside, James, 1950-

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Living in Liverpool : a Collection of Sources for Family, Local and Social Historians. by Wilcox, Alastair

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Alice Morse Earle and the domestic history of early America / Susan Reynolds Williams. by Williams, Susan, 1948-

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Fieldwork in South Asia : Memories, Moments, and Experiences.

Table of Contents: “…Cover; Contents; Foreword; Preface; Introduction: Evolving Concernsof Fieldwork; SECTION I: Experience of South Asian Nations; 1 -- A Historian/Anthropologist amongst the Garos of Bangladesh; 2 -- Power and Authority in the Field; 3 -- Story of My Research in Bhutan; 4 -- Remembering Fieldwork Histories; 5 -- Fields of Working Knowledge; 6 -- Reflections on Fieldwork in Three Cultures; 7 -- Return to Rengsanggri; SECTION II: The Indian Experience; 8 -- Researching Garo Death Rites; 9 -- Memories and Reflections on Ethnographic Fieldwork in 'Conflict' Setting.…”
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Chimalpahin's conquest : a Nahua historian's rewriting of Francisco López de Gómara's La conquista de México /... by Chimalpahin Cuauhtlehuanitzin, Domingo Francisco de San Antón Muñón, 1579-1660

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Everyday life in Joseon-era Korea : economy and society / the Organization of Korean Historians, Seoul ; edited and translated by Michael D. Shin ; co-translated by Edward Park.

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The Memoirs of Fray Servando Teresa de Mier. by De Mier, Fray Servando Teresa

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Reports from the Dorsland : and other pioneering regions / PJ van der Merwe ; compiled and translated, Margaretha Schäfer ; final edit, Franz Schäfer. by Van der Merwe, P. J. (Petrus Johannes), 1912-1979

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The seventies now : culture as surveillance / Stephen Paul Miller. by Miller, Stephen Paul, 1951-

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New World Encounters / Annenberg Learner (Firm).

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The Waxing of the Middle Ages Revisiting Late Medieval France. by Morand-Métivier, Charles-Louis

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Making space for the dead : catacombs, cemeteries, and the reimagining of Paris, 1780-1830 / Erin-Marie Legacey by Legacey, Erin-Marie, 1979-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction : the revolution of the dead -- The problem of the dead : in which the French Revolution interrupts and intervenes in Paris's pre-existing burial crisis -- The solution of the dead : in which a range of experts and amateurs imagine a new burial culture for Paris after the Terror -- The city of the dead : in which Parisians visit and respond to their city's new burial space, the cemetery of Père Lachaise -- The empire of the dead : in which thousands of visitors descend ninety feet below the city to tour the newly-opened Paris catacombs -- The museum of the dead : in which the artist and Alexandre Lenoir displays the dead as history in the museum of French monuments -- Conclusion : the historian of the dead : in which the romantic historian Jules Michelet resurrects the history of France in Parisian spaces for the dead…”
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Conquest and colony Films for the Humanities & Sciences (Firm).

Table of Contents: “…Latin American Myths (1:42) -- Columbus' Navigation Diaries of "The Indies" (3:07) -- Columbus and the Noble Savages (2:40) -- Expeditions of Cortez (5:04) -- Spanish Explorations: Shipwrecks Narrative (2:58) -- Spanish Explorations: Historians and Chroniclers (3:02) -- Latin American Literature (2:48) -- Defense of Indigenous Peoples Against Conquistadors (2:11) -- Indigenous Histories (5:06) -- Incan Empire: Before and After European Invasions (3:42) -- Peru: Indigenous Historians (1:59) -- Colonial Society in Peru: Culture of the Baroque (1:53) -- Influential Mestiza Writer: Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz (4:47) -- 17th Century: Pro-Feminist Views vs. …”
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Four fools in the age of reason : laughter, cruelty, and power in early modern Germany / Dorinda Outram. by Outram, Dorinda

Table of Contents: “…Introduction : numerus stultorum infinitus est -- Jacob Paul Gundling : the honor of historians and fools -- Salomon Jacob Morgenstern : newspapers, professors, and playing the fool -- Joseph Frohlich : of owls and other animals -- Peter Prosch : the last court fool -- Two deaths : the Hanswurst and the fool -- Conclusion : the end of the journey.…”
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Merovingian mortuary archaeology and the making of the early Middle Ages / Bonnie Effros. by Effros, Bonnie, 1965-

Table of Contents: “…Map and Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1. Antiquaries, Historians, and Archaeologists: Creating a Cultural Context for Early Medieval Graves; 2. …”
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Cuban cultural heritage : a rebel past for a revolutionary nation / Pablo Alonso González ; foreword by Paul A. Shackel. by Alonso González, Pablo

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- Negotiating the past, representing the nation: the contested uses of heritage during the Republic (1898-1959) -- Heritage as passion: the early years of the Cuban Revolution (1959-1973) -- The institutionalization of the Cuban heritage field (1973-1990) -- The reification of ideology as heritage and the return of the nation between 1990 and 2014 -- The office of the city historian of Havana and the nation as heritage after 1990: a path towards reconciliation or towards touristification? …”
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In the Past Lane : Historical Perspectives on American Culture. by Kammen, Michael

Table of Contents: “…Personal Identity and the Historian's Vocation; II: PERCEPTIONS OF CULTURE AND PUBLIC LIFE; 2. …”
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Judaism's encounter with American sports / Jeffrey S. Gurock. by Gurock, Jeffrey S., 1949-

Table of Contents: “…Prologue: A historian's challenge -- Introduction: Sports and Judaism in competition -- From ancient struggles through a medieval time-out -- Judaism's first modern sports skirmishes -- The challenge and opportunity of a new world of American sports -- The training of "all-American" Yeshiva boys -- Shul vs. pool : interwar battles and early postwar engagements -- The mission of American Jewry's team -- An irresistible force -- Safe at home : tension in Judaism's clubhouse -- Epilogue: A clear path to the finish line.…”
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The Waning crescent Radiotelevisio´n Espan~ola.

Table of Contents: “…Peace Between Muslims and Christians and Jews Fails (3:14) -- Toledo and Castile, Examples of Cultural Co-existence (1:44) -- Thirteenth Century Reign of Alfonso X (3:38) -- Plague and Politics Threaten Spanish Culture in the Fourteenth Century (2:52) -- Spanish Architecture Flourishes in the Fourteenth Century (1:44) -- Fourteenth Century Monastery of Santa Clara in Seville (3:17) -- Pedro I, the Last King of Three Cultures"" (4:29) -- Historians of Fourteenth Century Spain Reconsider Pedro I (2:24)…”
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Tom Wolfe's America. by McEneaney, Kevin

Table of Contents: “…From Reporting to Politics; CHAPTER 5. Historian at Edge City; CHAPTER 6. Iconoclastic Culture Shredding; CHAPTER 7. …”
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