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George Bell was one of the most significant British church leaders of the mid-20th century and in many ways he came to define the involvement of British church people with the issues which arose from …

This volume examines how gender relations were regulated in ancient Near Eastern and biblical law. The textual corpus examined includes the various pertinent law collections, royal decrees and instru …

Incorporating published and archival material, this volume fills an important gap in the history of the Jewish experience during World War II, describing how the war affected Jews living along the so …

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 indust …

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In 1904, New York nuns brought 40 Irish orphans to a remote Arizona mining camp, to be placed with Mexican-Catholic families. The town s Anglo-Americans, furious at this transgression, formed a vigil …

A noted historian explores the development of U.S. State governments from the end of the 19th century to the so-called renaissance of States in the 20th.   It is a common misperception that Amer …

Between his inauguration and September 11, 2001, George W. Bush”s presidency appeared to lack focus. The rhetoric of the campaign trail did not readily translate into concrete policies and a closely …

Translated from the Russian. These essays were written over the course of more than 40 years. Their authors–Pushkarev, Rusak, and Yakunin–have all been exiled or imprisoned for their outspoken view …

As the guns in Jerusalem fell silent in 1967 nothing could be heard across the hushed city except the faint flutter of history. Then it started again – the rumble of heavy vehicles, the unforgiving c …