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Society & Culture
History
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Cynthia Paces, "Prague: The Heart of Europe" (O...
43 min
102
C. Yamini Krishna, "Film City Urbanism in India...
45 min
103
Anthony Tucker-Jones, "The Secret War: Spies, L...
98 min
104
Elissa Bemporad, "Jews in the Soviet Union: A H...
53 min
105
Paula Oppermann, "Thunder Cross: Fascist Antise...
61 min
106
Amanda Laury Kleintop, "Counting the Cost of Fr...
56 min
107
Joshua Clark Davis, "Police Against the Movemen...
81 min
108
Kenneth G. Appold, "Luther and the Peasants: Re...
46 min
109
Deana Heath, "Colonial Terror: Torture and Stat...
25 min
110
Mark Mazower, "On Antisemitism: A Word in Histo...
43 min
111
Stephen Fritz, "The First Soldier: Hitler as a ...
A necessary volume for understanding the influence of World War I on Hitler’s thinking, this work is also an eye-opening reappraisal of major events like the invasion of Russia and the battle for Normandy...
73 min
112
Anthony Valerio, "Semmelweis: The Women's Docto...
Though his advice has saved the lives of millions of people, the name Ignaz Semmelweis is not one commonly known today...
57 min
113
Ashley D. Farmer, "Queen Mother: Black National...
23 min
114
Selena Daly, "Emigrant Soldiers: Mobilising Ita...
59 min
115
Paul Galvez, "Courbet's Landscapes: The Origins...
An interview with Paul Galvez
63 min
116
Danny Orbach, "Plots Against Hitler" (Mariner, ...
Orbach offers a profound and complete examination of the plots to assassinate Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler...
60 min
117
Cristina Plamadeala, "Dossierveillance, Collabo...
26 min
118
Angelos Chaniotis, "Age of Conquests: The Greek...
The world that Alexander remade in his lifetime was transformed once more by his death in 323 BCE...
67 min
119
Becky M. Nicolaides, "The New Suburbia: How Div...
35 min
120
Martyn Whittock, "Vikings in the East: From Vla...
59 min
121
Peter D. Blackmer, "Unleashing Black Power: Gra...
77 min
122
The Light Between Apple Trees: Rediscovering th...
46 min
123
William Doyle, "Napoleon at Peace: How to End a...
An interview with William Doyle
17 min
124
Lorenzo Castellani, "Alberto Beneduce, Mussolin...
44 min
125
David Stasavage, "The Decline and Rise of Democ...
36 min