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Across the Sahara: Tracks, Trade and Cross-Cultural Exchange in Libya
This open access book provides a multi-perspective approach to the caravan trade in the Sahara during the 19th century. Based on travelogues from European travelers, recently found Arab sources, historical maps and results from several expeditions, the book gives an overview of the historical periods of the caravan trade as well as detailed information about the infrastructure which was necessa…
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- 1
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- 9783030001452
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- XVII, 260 hlm,: ill, lamp;
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Dissecting the Criminal Corpse
Those convicted of homicide were hanged on the public gallows before being dissected under the Murder Act in Georgian England. Yet, from 1752, whether criminals actually died on the hanging tree or in the dissection room remained a medical mystery in early modern society. Dissecting the Criminal Corpse takes issue with the historical cliché of corpses dangling from the hangman’s rope in crim…
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- 978-1-137-58249-2
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- Palgrave Historical Studies in the Criminal Corpse and its Afterlife
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- XXX, 326
Remembering and Disremembering the Dead
This book is open access under a CC BY 4.0 licence. This book is a multidisciplinary work that investigates the notion of posthumous harm over time. The question what is and when is death, affects how we understand the possibility of posthumous harm and redemption. Whilst it is impossible to hurt the dead, it is possible to harm the wishes, beliefs and memories of persons that once li…
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- 978-1-137-53828-4
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- Palgrave Historical Studies in the Criminal Corpse and its Afterlife
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- VII, 103
Punishing the Criminal Corpse, 1700-1840
This book analyses the different types of post-execution punishments and other aggravated execution practices, the reasons why they were advocated, and the decision, enshrined in the Murder Act of 1752, to make two post-execution punishments, dissection and gibbeting, an integral part of sentences for murder. It traces the origins of the Act, and then explores the ways in which Act was actually…
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- 978-1-137-51361-8
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- Palgrave Historical Studies in the Criminal Corpse and its Afterlife
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- XV, 212
Documenting the Armenian Genocide
This open access book brings together contributions from an internationally diverse group of scholars to celebrate Taner Akçam’s role as the first Turkish intellectual to publicly recognize the Armenian Genocide. As a researcher, lecturer, and mentor to a new generation of scholars, Akçam has led the effort to utilize previously unknown, ignored, or under-studied sources, whether in Turkish…
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- 978-3-031-36753-3
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- Palgrave Studies in the History of Genocide
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- XII, 308
Napoleonic Governance in the Netherlands and Northwest Germany
“Van der Burg presents an innovative transregional study of Napoleonic governance in the often-overlooked northern periphery of the Empire. This book carefully examines the Empire’s administrative structure in the north, focusing on the heterogeneous community of prefects and subprefects as ‘tools of incorporation’, binding the regions to the central state. His rich comparative analysis…
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- 978-3-030-66658-3
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- War, Culture and Society, 1750–1850
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- XI, 165
E-Cigarettes and the Comparative Politics of Harm Reduction
This open access book offers the first in-depth study of the history and current debates surrounding electronic cigarettes comparing the UK, US and Australia. Since their introduction, e-cigarettes have been the subject of much public, media and regulatory attention, with discussion centring on whether these devices encourage or discourage smoking. This study delves into the history of policyma…
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- 978-3-031-23658-7
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- XIV, 144
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Translation und Exil (1933–1945) III
Translation und Exil (1933–1945) III fragt nach Motiven, Funktionen und Wirkungen von Übersetzungen. Exil wird oft unter dem Stichwort des Verlusts verhandelt und der Exodus von Gelehrten und Künstlerinnen beklagt. Verlässt man diese nationalstaatlich angelegte Betrachtungsweise und untersucht Personen und Gegenstände konsequent aus der Perspektive des Exils, stellt sich heraus, dass der …
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- 978-3-7329-9010-8
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- 420
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- Transkulturalität – Translation – Transfer
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Splendors of Quanzhou, Past and Present
This open access book explores the past and present of Quanzhou (Zayton) and the rich diversity and tolerance that kindled Quanzhou’s innovativeness and helped it prosper both commercially and culturally—values that are today being embraced by China’s global trade partners.
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- 978-981-19-8036-7
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- XI, 137
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East-West Dialogue
This Open access book is a collection of interviews published by China News Service, a Beijing-based news agency, in its “West-East Talk” column. It has been divided into five sections: “Mutual Learning Among Civilizations,” “Hot Issues,” “About China,” “Sino-U.S. Relations” and “Cultural Collision”. The interviews are with more than 50 eminent scholars, scientists, poli…
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- 1
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- 978-981-19-8057-2
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- XV, 363
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