Collection: History & Culture

Refugee Memory as Resistance: The Making of Tamil History
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Niro Kandasamy

Refugee Memory as Resistance: The Making of Tamil History

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Indigenous Knowledge: Global Perspectives
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Samuel Curkpatrick, Dolly Kikon, Marcia Langton, Aaron Corn

Indigenous Knowledge: Global Perspectives

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The Rise and Fall of China's Economic Miracle: 1950 - 2030
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Kent G. Deng

The Rise and Fall of China's Economic Miracle: 1950 - 2030

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Racist by Design: Two Centuries of U.S. Immigration Control
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Kelly Lytle Hernández

Racist by Design: Two Centuries of U.S. Immigration Control

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The Art of Opposition
The Art of Opposition
Courttia Newland

The Art of Opposition

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Gods, Guns and Missionaries
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Manu S. Pillai

Gods, Guns and Missionaries

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Cinnamon: a history of taste and empire
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Nira Wickramasinghe

Cinnamon: a history of taste and empire

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Finding Justice: From Courtroom to Country
Finding Justice: From Courtroom to Country
Larissa Behrendt

Finding Justice: From Courtroom to Country

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The Ancient Cities and Global Trade of Palestine: A 7,000 Year History
The Ancient Cities and Global Trade of Palestine: A 7,000 Year History
Nur Masalha

The Ancient Cities and Global Trade of Palestine: A 7,000 Year History

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Reality TV for Snobs
Reality TV for Snobs: Everything You Need to Know About the Shows You're Too Intellectual to Watch (The Outsider's Guides) cover image
Ali Barthwell

Reality TV for Snobs

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The Camphor War: Taiwan in the Age of Imperial Realignments (Critical Perspectives on Taiwan)
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Ronald C. Po

The Camphor War: Taiwan in the Age of Imperial Realignments (Critical Perspectives on Taiwan)

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Indigenous Punk, Metal, and Hard Rock
Indigenous Punk: A Definitive Guide to the Native, Aboriginal, and Pacific Islander Metal and Rock 'n' Roll Musicians Who Changed Music cover image
Al Carroll

Indigenous Punk, Metal, and Hard Rock

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The Blood Between Us: Syria After the Fall of Assad
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Robin Yassin-Kassab

The Blood Between Us: Syria After the Fall of Assad

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Privileged but Powerless
Privileged but Powerless: How North Korean Elite Grievances Reveal the Regime's Greatest Weakness cover image
Jieun Baek

Privileged but Powerless

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Dangerous Learning: The South's Long War on Black Literacy
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Derek W Black

Dangerous Learning: The South's Long War on Black Literacy

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The Forgotten Era: Nigeria Before British Rule
The Forgotten Era: Nigeria Before British Rule
Max Siollun

The Forgotten Era: Nigeria Before British Rule

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Visualizing Palestine: A Chronicle of Colonialism and the Struggle for Liberation
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Jessica Anderson, Aline Batarseh, Yosra El Gazzar

Visualizing Palestine: A Chronicle of Colonialism and the Struggle for Liberation

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Coolie Woman: The Odyssey of Indenture
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Gaiutra Bahadur

Coolie Woman: The Odyssey of Indenture

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How Europe Underdeveloped Africa
How Europe Underdeveloped Africa
Walter Rodney

How Europe Underdeveloped Africa

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Palestine: A Short History
Palestine: A Short History
Rashid I. Khalidi

Palestine: A Short History

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Peasants: Makers of the Modern World
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Maryam Aslany

Peasants: Makers of the Modern World

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How Black Music Took Over the World
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Melvin Gibbs

How Black Music Took Over the World

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The Cult of the Fox
The Cult of the Fox: Power, Gender, and Popular Religion in Late Imperial and Modern China cover image
Xiaofei Kang

The Cult of the Fox

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The Illustrated Guide to Shinto
The Illustrated Guide to Shinto: Japan's Philosophy of Nature and Man's Place in the Natural World cover image
Shibuya Nobuhiro

The Illustrated Guide to Shinto

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Cinderella: A Cultural History
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Michelle Anya Anjirbag

Cinderella: A Cultural History

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Finding Albion: Myth, Folklore and the Quest for a Hidden Britain
Finding Albion: Myth, Folklore and the Quest for a Hidden Britain - LONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION 2026 cover image
Zakia Sewell

Finding Albion: Myth, Folklore and the Quest for a Hidden Britain

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The Elders
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Dan Bourchier

The Elders

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Backlash: The Global Rise of the Radical Right
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Don Kalb, Walden Bello

Backlash: The Global Rise of the Radical Right

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The Psychic Lives of Statues: Reckoning with the Rubble of Empire
The Psychic Lives of Statues: Reckoning with the Rubble of Empire
Rahul Rao

The Psychic Lives of Statues: Reckoning with the Rubble of Empire

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Bibliotactics: Libraries and the Colonial Public in Vietnam
Bibliotactics: Libraries and the Colonial Public in Vietnam (Asia Pacific Modern) (Volume 22) cover image
Cindy Anh Nguyen

Bibliotactics: Libraries and the Colonial Public in Vietnam

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Human Resources: Slavery and the Making of Modern Britain
Human Resources: Slavery and the Making of Modern Britain – in 39 Institutions, People, Places and Things cover image
Renay Richardson, Arisa Loomba

Human Resources: Slavery and the Making of Modern Britain

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Stolen Revolution: Betrayal and Hope in Modern Iran
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Yeganeh Torbati, Bozorgmehr Sharafedin

Stolen Revolution: Betrayal and Hope in Modern Iran

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Iran's Grand Strategy: A Political History
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Vali Nasr

Iran's Grand Strategy: A Political History

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Black and British: A Forgotten History
Black and British: A Forgotten History
David Olusoga

Black and British: A Forgotten History

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Transforming Humanitarian Partnerships
Transforming Humanitarian Partnerships: Dismantling Colonial Legacies for Refugee Education (Bristol Studies in Comparative and International Education) cover image
Zeena Zakharia

Transforming Humanitarian Partnerships

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On the Mark
On the Mark
Florence Hazrat

On the Mark

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The Edge of Space-Time
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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein

The Edge of Space-Time

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Mosque: An Architect's Exploration of Form, Faith and Meaning
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Marwa Al-Sabouni

Mosque: An Architect's Exploration of Form, Faith and Meaning

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Objects & Us: Why Things Matter
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Gus Casely-Hayford

Objects & Us: Why Things Matter

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Data Empire: How information shaped human history
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Roopika Risam

Data Empire: How information shaped human history

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The Music is Black: A British Story
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Jacqueline Springer

The Music is Black: A British Story

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Counterrevolution in Egypt: Sisi's New Republic
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Hossam el-Hamalawy

Counterrevolution in Egypt: Sisi's New Republic

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All Consuming: Why We Eat The Way We Eat Now
All Consuming: Why We Eat The Way We Eat Now
Ruby Tandoh

All Consuming: Why We Eat The Way We Eat Now

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Here Where We Live Is Our Country
Here Where We Live Is Our Country: The instant New York Times bestseller cover image
Molly Crabapple

Here Where We Live Is Our Country

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Black Thought Matters: Africana Philosophy and Freedom
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LaRose T. Parris

Black Thought Matters: Africana Philosophy and Freedom

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Axis of Empire
A History of Iran-US Relations: 1820-2025 cover image
Afshin Matin-Asgari

Axis of Empire

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Love in the Afternoon, and Evening
Love in the Afternoon, and Evening: Essays and Conversations on Soap Operas cover image
Charlotte Druckman, Mayukh Sen

Love in the Afternoon, and Evening

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Sweet Nothings: Power, lust and learning
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Madison Griffiths

Sweet Nothings: Power, lust and learning

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