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  • The Burden of German History 1919-45

    Essays for the Goethe Institute

    Edited by Michael Laffan ...
    Series series Routledge Revivals
    Originally published in 1988, The Burden of German History 1919-45 examinesthe vast literature surrounding Weimar years and the National Socialist tragedy, daunting even for the specialist historian or political scientist. The essays included in this volume provide an invaluable guide to research of the time and provides a stimulating review of a wide range of topics in modern German cultural, ... Read more

    $49.99 USD

  • Belonging across the Bay of Bengal

    Religious Rites, Colonial Migrations, National Rights

    Edited by Michael Laffan ...
    Belonging across the Bay of Bengal discusses themes connecting the regions bordering the Bay of Bengal, mainly covering the period from the mid-19th through the mid-20th centuries – a crucial period of transition from colonialism to independence. Focusing on the notion of 'belonging', the chapters in this collection highlight themes of ethnicity, religion, culture and the emergence of nationalist ... Read more

    $38.89 USD

  • Judging W.T. Cosgrave

    by Michael Laffan ...
    W. T. Cosgrave has been neglected in comparison with other prominent twentieth century Irish leaders. This biography, which uses sources not consulted by other historians, examines his career as local politician, rebel, minister, head of government for nearly ten years, and opposition leader. In particular it assesses his role as a state-builder and a key figure in the Irish democratic tradition. ... Read more

    $25.99 USD

  • The Postcolonial Moment in South and Southeast Asia

    Edited by Professor Gyan Prakash, Nikhil Menon, Michael Laffan ...
    By exploring themes of fragility, mobility and turmoil, anxieties and agency, and pedagogy, this book shows how colonialism shaped postcolonial projects in South and Southeast Asia including India, Pakistan, Burma, and Indonesia. Its chapters unearth the contingency and contention that accompanied the establishment of nation-states and their claim to be decolonized heirs.The book places key ... Read more

    $38.89 USD

  • Facing Fear

    The History of an Emotion in Global Perspective

    Edited by Michael Laffan, Max Weiss ...
    Series series Publications in Partnership with the Shelby Cullom Davis Center at Princeton University
    Fear is ubiquitous but slippery. It has been defined as a purely biological reality, derided as an excuse for cowardice, attacked as a force for social control, and even denigrated as an unnatural condition that has no place in the disenchanted world of enlightened modernity. In these times of institutionalized insecurity and global terror, Facing Fear sheds light on the meaning, diversity, and ... Read more

    $38.19 USD

  • The Makings of Indonesian Islam

    Orientalism and the Narration of a Sufi Past

    by Michael Laffan ...
    Series series Princeton Studies in Muslim Politics
    Indonesian Islam is often portrayed as being intrinsically moderate by virtue of the role that mystical Sufism played in shaping its traditions. According to Western observers--from Dutch colonial administrators and orientalist scholars to modern anthropologists such as the late Clifford Geertz--Indonesia's peaceful interpretation of Islam has been perpetually under threat from outside by more ... Read more

    $24.49 USD

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  • The Prime Ministers

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  • The Coming of the Third Reich

    by Richard J. Evans ...
    Series Book 1 - The Third Reich Trilogy
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  • Big Fellow, Long Fellow. A Joint Biography of Collins and De Valera

    A Joint Biography of Irish politicians Michael Collins and Eamon De Valera

    by T. Ryle Dwyer ...
    Michael Collins and Eamon de Valera were the two most charismatic leaders of the Irish revolution. This joint biography looks first at their very different upbringings and early careers. Both fought in the 1916 Easter Rising , although it is almost certain they did not meet during that tumultuous week. Their first encounter came when Collins had been released from jail after the rising but de ... Read more

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  • A Nation and Not a Rabble

    The Irish Revolution 1913–1923

    by Diarmaid Ferriter ...
    The renowned Irish historian delivers "an excellent scholarly reevaluation" of the 1916 Easter Rebellion and the turbulent decade that followed ( Library Journal).On Easter Monday of 1916, the Irish Republican Brotherhood launched an armed uprising against British rule that would continue for six days. But Easter Rising was only the beginning of an ongoing revolutionary struggle. In A Nation and ... Read more

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