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• Chronology of the key historical events on the Adriatic Sea
• The hydrographic and geographic objects
• The hydrological features and biological resources.

This book focuses on the Adriatic Sea, which is part of the Mediterranean. It includes 700 articles on the hydrographic and geographic objects, hydrological features and biological resources, as well as the administrative-territorial units of the Adriatic countries, briefly describing significant natural objects like islands, peninsulas, bays, rivers, mountains, and their geographical peculiarities. It also covers the economy, culture and history, cities, ports, international agreements, research institutions and the activities of outstanding scientists, researchers, and travelers. Lastly, it provides a chronology of the main historical events that have become significant landmarks in the history of discovery and exploration of the Adriatic Sea, from the 625 B.C. to the present day.

• Introduction-- Part I: Into Africa--
• 1. History at the Universities: Change without Decay--
• 2. Economic Imperialism in West Africa: Lagos, 1880-92--
• 3. Asante and the Historians: Transition and Partition on the Gold Coast--
• 4. The Lagos Strike of
• 1897: An Exploration in Nigerian Labour History--
• 5. Economic Aspects of Political Movements in Nigeria and the Gold Coast, 1918-39--
• 6. The New Economic History of Africa--
• 7. Fifty Years of African Economic History-- Part II: On to Imperialism and Empire--
• 8. The "New International Order" in the Nineteenth Century: Britain's First Development Plan for Africa--
• 9. The Victorians and Africa: A Reconsideration of the Occupation of Egypt, 1882--
• 10. Macmillan's Audit of Empire, 1957--
• 11. Rethinking Decolonisation-- Part III: Towards Disorder in the Wider World--
• 12. Globalisation and Decolonisation--
• 13. Globalization with and without Empires: From Bali to Labrador--
• 14. Capitalism, Nationalism and the New American Empire--
• 15. The "Victory Strategy": Grand Bargain or Grand Illusion?
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This volume brings together important articles from the Cambridge historian A. G. Hopkins and reflect the enlargement and evolution of historical studies during the last half century. The essays cover four of the principal historiographical developments of the period: the extraordinary revolution that has led to the writing of non-Western indigenous history; the revitalization of new types of imperial history; the now ubiquitous engagement with global history, including a reinterpretation of American Empire, and the current revival of economic history after several decades of neglect.
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• The OT in Hitler's empire
• Plunder in Europe
• The OT in the Nazi system
• Slave labourers under the OT
• Engineers as slave drivers
• Conclusion
• Appendix: Maps, documents and tables.

"This is the first comprehensive critical study of the Organisation Todt (OT), a key institution which oversaw the Third Reich's vast slave labour programme together with the SS, Wehrmacht and industry. The book breaks new ground by revealing the full extent of the organisation's brutal and murderous operations across occupied Europe and in the Reich. For the first time, Charles Dick provides a strong voice for camp survivors overseen by the OT, drawing on an extensive collection of personal accounts and analysing the violence they endured"-- Provided by publisher.

• "Triompher par la force": Sexual Violence and Its Representation in Casanova's History of My Life / Raphaëlle Brin
• The Writer of Dux: Casanova's Dialogue with His Ladies from Autobiography to Correspondence / Bruno Capaci
• Casanova and the Undifferentiated Body / Mladen Kozul
• Negotiating Sociabilities in Casanova's History of my life / Clorinda Donato
• Casanova, Mercury, Mercurio / Malina Stefanovska
• Casanova, the Love of Paris / Pierre Saint-Amand
• Paris in Three Movements / Chantal Thomas
• Rewriting, Revolution, Melancholy: Two Versions of the First Stay in Paris / Jean-Christophe Igalens
• Casanova, from Man to Myth / Michel Delon
• Fellini's Casanova: The Story of a Man Who Was Never Born / Christopher B. White.

"Illuminating the legend that Giacomo Casanova singlehandedly created in his famous--and at times infamous--autobiography, The History of My Life, this book provides a timely reassessment of Casanova's role and importance as an author of the European Enlightenment. From the margins of libertine authorship where he has been traditionally relegated, the various essays in this collection reposition Casanova at the heart of Enlightenment debates on medicine, sociability, gender, and writing. Based on new scholarship, this reappraisal of a key Enlightenment figure explores the period's fascination with ethnography, its scientific societies, and its understanding of gender, medicine, and women. Casanova is here finally granted his rightful place in cultural and literary history, a place which explains his enduring yet controversial reputation as a figure of seduction and adventure. "-- Provided by publisher.

• Introduction Chapter One: Seeing Glory Chapter Two: Time Ending Chapter Three: Coming Darkness Chapter Four: The Cock Crows Chapter Five: Courage to Change Chapter Six: The Topmost Branch Chapter Seven: Hurting Each Other Chapter Eight: Sweet Rain Chapter Nine: Monster Rising Chapter Ten: The Humiliated Men Chapter Eleven: Awful Wisdom Chapter Twelve: Horizon of Dreams.
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Between 1968 and 1975, there was a subtle thawing of relations between East and West, for which Brezhnev coined the name Detente, and - perhaps - a chance to end the Cold War. The leaders of the United States and the Soviet Union, Richard Nixon and Leonid Brezhnev, hoped to forge a new relationship between East and West. Yet, the greatest changes of the era took place outside the sphere of international diplomacy. The 1960s brought social collision across the world, from the anti-war protests in America to the student demonstrations on the streets of Paris, and Mao Tsetung's Red Guards in China. A new generation, whom advertising executives dubbed the baby-boomers, brought new attitudes to towards sex, gender, race, the environment and religion. In this book, Richard Crowder explores the years of Detente, and introduces us to the key players of the era, whose stories form the narrative of this book.
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• Sparta ascendant, Athens rising : alliance, ambivalence, rivalry, and war in a tripolar world / Paul A. Rahe
• The Punic Wars / Barry Strauss
• A strategic campaign : the Byzantine emperor Herakleios destroys Sasanian Persia / Edward N. Luttwak
• Gustavus Adolphus and the rise of Sweden / Peter R. Mansoor
• Napoleon's Italian campaign / Andrew Roberts
• The Sino-American Littoral War of 2025 : a future history / Michael R. Auslin.

"Historians analyze military campaigns between dominant states and the rising powers who challenge them, from the ancient era to a hypothetical future"-- Provided by publisher.

A painstakingly researched account details the tragic and triumphant story of the Eagles, a high school football team from Cody, Wyoming's World War II Japanese-American incarceration camp.