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Strange Novel Worlds: Essays on Star Trek Tie-In Fiction

Caroline-Isabelle Caron with Kristin Noone

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Accidental Queer: and other essays around critical masculinity studies in Southern Africa and Canada

Marc Epprecht

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Seven Myths of the Russian Revolution

Jonathan Daley and Leonid Trofimov

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An African Revolution Reclaimed: a Memoir of Eritrean Freedom Fighter Mesfin Hagos

Awet T. Weldemichael

Why We Fight: New Approaches to the Human Dimension of Warfare

Why We Fight: New Approaches to the Human Dimension of Warfare

Robert C. Engen, Allan English and H. Christian Breede, eds.

In the Shadow of Leviathan: John Locke and the Politics of Conscience

In the Shadow of Leviathan: John Locke and the Politics of Conscience

Jeffrey Collins

Bollywood Horrors: Religion, Violence and Cinematic Fears in India

Bollywood Horrors: Religion, Violence and Cinematic Fears in India

Ellen Goldberg, Aditi Sen and Brian Collins

Sex, Law and the Politics of Age: Child Marriage in India, 1891-1937

Sex, Law and the Politics of Age: Child Marriage in India, 1891-1937

Ishita Pande

A Concise History of History. Global Historiography from Antiquity to the Present

A Concise History of History. Global Historiography from Antiquity to the Present

Daniel Woolf

Piracy in Somalia: Violence and Development in the Horn of Africa

Piracy in Somalia: Violence and Development in the Horn of Africa

Awet T. Weldemichael

D’Argenson, Considérations sur le gouvernement, a critical edition, with other political texts

D’Argenson, Considérations sur le gouvernement, a critical edition, with other political texts

Edited and introduced by Andrew Jainchill

Exporting the Rapture: John Nelson Darby and the Victorian Conquest of North American Evangelicalism

Exporting the Rapture: John Nelson Darby and the Victorian Conquest of North American Evangelicalism

Prof. Donald H. Akenson

African Liberation Theology: Intergenerational Conversations on Eritrea’s Futures

African Liberation Theology: Intergenerational Conversations on Eritrea’s Futures

Ghirmai Negash and Awet T. Weldemichael

Women and Jewish Marriage Negotiations: For Love and Money

Women and Jewish Marriage Negotiations: For Love and Money

Howard Tzvi Adelman

Brown Beauty: Color, Sex, and Race from the Harlem Renaissance to World War II

Brown Beauty: Color, Sex, and Race from the Harlem Renaissance to World War II

Dr. Laila Haidarali

Embodying the Sacred: Women Mystics in Seventeenth-Century

Embodying the Sacred: Women Mystics in Seventeenth-Century

Nancy E. van Deusen

Holy Men of Mount Athos

Holy Men of Mount Athos

Richard P.H. Greenfield and Alice-Mary Talbot ed. and trans.

Pagan Virtue in a Christian World: Sigismondo Malatesta and the Italian Renaissance

Pagan Virtue in a Christian World: Sigismondo Malatesta and the Italian Renaissance

Prof. Anthony D'Elia

Canada and The Third World: An Historical Introduction

Canada and The Third World: An Historical Introduction

Karen Dubinsky, Sean Mills, Scott Rutherford (eds.)

Cuba Beyond the Beach. Stories of Life in Havana

Cuba Beyond the Beach. Stories of Life in Havana

Karen Dubinsky

Welcome to Greater Edendale: Environment, Health, and the History of Development in an African City

Welcome to Greater Edendale: Environment, Health, and the History of Development in an African City

Marc Epprecht

Changing Horizons of African History

Changing Horizons of African History

Awet T. Weldemichael, Anthony A. Lee, Edward A. Alpers (Eds.)

Discovering the End of Time. Irish Evangelicals in the Age of Daniel O’Connell

Discovering the End of Time. Irish Evangelicals in the Age of Daniel O’Connell

Prof. Donald H. Akenson

Between Dispersion and Belonging. Global Approaches to Diaspora in Practice

Between Dispersion and Belonging. Global Approaches to Diaspora in Practice

Prof. Donald H. Akenson

Between Dispersion and Belonging: Global Approaches to Diaspora in Practice

Between Dispersion and Belonging: Global Approaches to Diaspora in Practice

Eds. Amitava Chowdhury and Donald H. Akenson

Benjamin Disraeli Letters, 1868.

Benjamin Disraeli Letters, 1868.

Sandra den Otter, Michel Pharand, Ellen H. Hawman, Mary S. Millar, and M.G. Wiebe, eds.

Within and Without the Nation: Transnational Canadian History

Within and Without the Nation: Transnational Canadian History

Karen Dubinsky, Adele Perry and Henry Yu (eds.)

Maritime Terrorism and Piracy in the Indian Ocean Region

Maritime Terrorism and Piracy in the Indian Ocean Region

Awet T. Weldemichael, Patricia Schneider, Andrew C. Winner (Eds.)

Global Indios: The Indigenous Struggle for Justice in Sixteenth-Century Spain

Global Indios: The Indigenous Struggle for Justice in Sixteenth-Century Spain

Nancy E. van Deusen

My Havana: The Musical City of Carlos Varela

My Havana: The Musical City of Carlos Varela

Maria Carida Cumana, Karen Dubinsky and Xenia Reloba (eds.)

The Life of Saint Symeon the New Theologian

The Life of Saint Symeon the New Theologian

Niketas Stethatos, trans. Richard P.H. Greenfield

Habáname: La Ciudad Musical de Carlos Varela

Maria Carida Cumana, Karen Dubinsky and Xenia Reloba (eds.)

Hungochani: The history of a dissident sexuality in southern Africa

Hungochani: The history of a dissident sexuality in southern Africa

Marc Epprecht

Third World Colonialism and Strategies of Liberation: Eritrea and East Timor Compared

Third World Colonialism and Strategies of Liberation: Eritrea and East Timor Compared

Awet T. Weldemichael

Latin America's Middle Class: Unsettled Debates and New Histories

Latin America's Middle Class: Unsettled Debates and New Histories

David S. Parker and Louise E. Walker, editors

Ireland, Sweden, and the Great European Migration, 1815-1914

Ireland, Sweden, and the Great European Migration, 1815-1914

Prof. Donald H. Akenson

The Lion, The Eagle and Upper Canada: A Developing Colonial Ideology

The Lion, The Eagle and Upper Canada: A Developing Colonial Ideology

Jane Errington

Las almas del purgatorio: el diario espiritual de Úrsula de Jesús (1604-66), mística negra limeña

Las almas del purgatorio: el diario espiritual de Úrsula de Jesús (1604-66), mística negra limeña

Nancy E. van Deusen

The Labor Question in America: Economic Democracy in the Gilded Age

The Labor Question in America: Economic Democracy in the Gilded Age

Rosanne Currarino

American Exceptionalisms: From Winthrop to Winfrey

American Exceptionalisms: From Winthrop to Winfrey

James Taylor Carson and Sylvia Soderlind, eds.

A Sudden Terror: The Plot to Murder the Pope in Renaissance Rome

A Sudden Terror: The Plot to Murder the Pope in Renaissance Rome

Prof. Anthony D'Elia

A Global History of History

A Global History of History

Daniel Woolf

Oxford History of Historical Writing

Oxford History of Historical Writing

Daniel Woolf

Babies Without Borders: Adoption and Migration Across the Americas

Babies Without Borders: Adoption and Migration Across the Americas

Karen Dubinsky

Smokeless Sugar: The death of a provincial bureaucrat and the construction of China's national economy

Smokeless Sugar: The death of a provincial bureaucrat and the construction of China's national economy

Emily M Hill

Some Family: The Mormons and How Humanity Keeps Track of Itself

Some Family: The Mormons and How Humanity Keeps Track of Itself

Prof. Donald H. Akenson

To the Tashkent Station: Evacuation and Survival in the Soviet Union at War

To the Tashkent Station: Evacuation and Survival in the Soviet Union at War

Rebecca Manley

New World Coming: The Sixties and the Shaping of Global Consciousness

New World Coming: The Sixties and the Shaping of Global Consciousness

Karen Dubinsky, Catherine Krull, Susan Lord, Sean Mills and Scott Rutherford (eds.)

Angel of Vengeance

Angel of Vengeance

Ana Siljak

An Irish History of Civilization, Volume 1

An Irish History of Civilization, Volume 1

Prof. Donald H. Akenson

An Irish History of Civilization, Vol. 2

An Irish History of Civilization, Vol. 2

Prof. Donald H. Akenson

Medicine, Race and Liberalism in British Bengal: Symptoms of Empire

Medicine, Race and Liberalism in British Bengal: Symptoms of Empire

Ishita Pande

Russia in War and Revolution, 1914-1922, A Documentary History

Russia in War and Revolution, 1914-1922, A Documentary History

Jonathan Daly and Leonid Trofimov

Lives of the Popes, Volume 1, Antiquity

Lives of the Popes, Volume 1, Antiquity

Anthony D'Elia, trans.

Heterosexual Africa? The History of an Idea from the Age of Exploration to the Age of AIDS

Heterosexual Africa? The History of an Idea from the Age of Exploration to the Age of AIDS

Marc Epprecht

Reimagining Politics after the Terror: The Republican Origins of French Liberalism

Reimagining Politics after the Terror: The Republican Origins of French Liberalism

Andrew Jainchill

Making an Atlantic World: Circles, Paths, and Stories from the Colonial South

Making an Atlantic World: Circles, Paths, and Stories from the Colonial South

James Carson

The Allegiance of Thomas Hobbes

The Allegiance of Thomas Hobbes

Jeffrey Collins

Local Identities in Late Medieval and Early Modern England

Local Identities in Late Medieval and Early Modern England

Daniel Woolf

Networked Operations and Transformation: Context and Canadian Contributions

Networked Operations and Transformation: Context and Canadian Contributions

Allan English, Richard Gimblett and Howard Coombs

Emigrant Worlds and TransAtlantic Communities: Migration to Upper Canada in the First Half of the Nineteenth Century

Emigrant Worlds and TransAtlantic Communities: Migration to Upper Canada in the First Half of the Nineteenth Century

Jane Errington

Entre lo sagrado y lo mundano: el recogimiento en el Lima colonial.

Entre lo sagrado y lo mundano: el recogimiento en el Lima colonial.

Nancy E. van Deusen

Se créer des ancêtres. Un parcours généalogique nord-américain, 19e-20e siècles

Se créer des ancêtres. Un parcours généalogique nord-américain, 19e-20e siècles

Caroline-Isabelle Caron

Rockefeller, Carnegie, and Canada. American Philanthrophy and the Arts and Letters in Canada

Rockefeller, Carnegie, and Canada. American Philanthrophy and the Arts and Letters in Canada

Jeffrey Brison

The Renaissance of Marriage in Fifteenth-Century Italy

The Renaissance of Marriage in Fifteenth-Century Italy

Prof. Anthony D'Elia

Reading History in Early Modern England

Reading History in Early Modern England

Daniel Woolf

The Souls of Purgatory: The Spiritual Diary of a Seventeenth-Century Afro-Peruvian Mystic, Ursula de Jesús.

The Souls of Purgatory: The Spiritual Diary of a Seventeenth-Century Afro-Peruvian Mystic, Ursula de Jesús.

Nancy E. van Deusen

France in Crisis: Welfare, Inequality and Globalization since 1980

France in Crisis: Welfare, Inequality and Globalization since 1980

Timothy Smith

Understanding Military Culture: A Canadian Perspective

Understanding Military Culture: A Canadian Perspective

Allan English

Creating the Welfare State in France, 1880-1940

Creating the Welfare State in France, 1880-1940

Timothy Smith

Searching for the Bright Path: The Mississippi Choctaws from Prehistory to Removal

Searching for the Bright Path: The Mississippi Choctaws from Prehistory to Removal

James Carson

Tocqueville in the Ottoman Empire: Rival Paths to the Modern State

Tocqueville in the Ottoman Empire: Rival Paths to the Modern State

Ariel Salzmann

Between the Sacred and the Worldly: The Institutional and Cultural Practice of Recogimiento in Colonial Lima

Between the Sacred and the Worldly: The Institutional and Cultural Practice of Recogimiento in Colonial Lima

Nancy E. van Deusen

The Spoken Word: Oral Culture in Britain, 1500-1850

The Spoken Word: Oral Culture in Britain, 1500-1850

Daniel Woolf

Saint Saul. A Skeleton Key to the Historical Jesus

Saint Saul. A Skeleton Key to the Historical Jesus

Prof. Donald H. Akenson

The Changing Face of War: Learning from History

The Changing Face of War: Learning from History

Allan English, ed.

Surpassing Wonder. The Invention of the Bible and the Talmuds

Surpassing Wonder. The Invention of the Bible and the Talmuds

Prof. Donald H. Akenson

The Life of Lazaros of Mt. Galesion: An Eleventh-Century Pillar Saint

The Life of Lazaros of Mt. Galesion: An Eleventh-Century Pillar Saint

Richard Greenfield

The Capacity to Judge: Public Opinion and Deliberative Democracy in Upper Canada, 1791-1854

The Capacity to Judge: Public Opinion and Deliberative Democracy in Upper Canada, 1791-1854

Jeffrey L. McNairn

The Second Greatest Disappointment: Honeymooning and Tourism at Niagara Falls

The Second Greatest Disappointment: Honeymooning and Tourism at Niagara Falls

Karen Dubinsky

The Irish in Ontario, Second Edition A Study in Rural History

The Irish in Ontario, Second Edition A Study in Rural History

Prof. Donald H. Akenson

The Idea of the Middle Class: White-Collar Workers and Peruvian Society, 1900-1950

The Idea of the Middle Class: White-Collar Workers and Peruvian Society, 1900-1950

Dr. David S. Parker

If the Irish Ran the World. Montserrat, 1630-1730

If the Irish Ran the World. Montserrat, 1630-1730

Prof. Donald H. Akenson

The Cream of the Crop: Canadian Aircrew 1939-1945

The Cream of the Crop: Canadian Aircrew 1939-1945

Allan English

The Rhetorics of Life-Writing in Early Modern Europe: Forms of Biography from Cassandra Fedele to Louis XIV

The Rhetorics of Life-Writing in Early Modern Europe: Forms of Biography from Cassandra Fedele to Louis XIV

Daniel Woolf

Wives and Mothers, School Mistresses and Scullery Maids: Working Women in Upper Canada 1790-1840

Wives and Mothers, School Mistresses and Scullery Maids: Working Women in Upper Canada 1790-1840

Jane Errington

Conor, Volume 1: A Biography of Conor Cruise O'Brien: Volume I, Narrative

Conor, Volume 1: A Biography of Conor Cruise O'Brien: Volume I, Narrative

Prof. Donald H. Akenson

Conor, Volume II A Biography of Conor Cruise O'Brien: Volume II, Anthology

Conor, Volume II A Biography of Conor Cruise O'Brien: Volume II, Anthology

Prof. Donald H. Akenson

Public Duty and Private Conscience in Seventeenth-Century England

Public Duty and Private Conscience in Seventeenth-Century England: Essays Presented to G.E. Aylmer

Daniel Woolf

Improper Advances: Rape and Heterosexual Conflict in Ontario, 1880-1929

Improper Advances: Rape and Heterosexual Conflict in Ontario, 1880-1929

Karen Dubinsky

The Irish Diaspora: A Primer

The Irish Diaspora: A Primer

Prof. Donald H. Akenson

Colonies: Canada to 1867

Colonies. Canada to 1867

Prof. Donald H. Akenson

God's Peoples: Covenant and Land in South Africa, Israel, and Ulster

God's Peoples: Covenant and Land in South Africa, Israel, and Ulster

Prof. Donald H. Akenson

At Face Value. The Life and Times of Eliza McCormack/John White

At Face Value. The Life and Times of Eliza McCormack/John White

Prof. Donald H. Akenson

Occasional Papers on the Irish in South Africa

Occasional Papers on the Irish in South Africa

Prof. Donald H. Akenson

Small Differences: Irish Catholics and Irish Protestants, 1815-1922: An International Perspective

Small Differences: Irish Catholics and Irish Protestants, 1815-1922: An International Perspective

Prof. Donald H. Akenson

The Idea of History in Early Stuart England: Erudition, Ideology and the "Light of Truth" from the Accession of James I to the Civil War

The Idea of History in Early Stuart England: Erudition, Ideology and the "Light of Truth" from the Accession of James I to the Civil War

Daniel Woolf

Half the World from Home. Perspectives on the Irish in New Zealand

Prof. Donald H. Akenson

Traditions of Belief in Late Byzantine Demonology

Traditions of Belief in Late Byzantine Demonology

Richard Greenfield

The Edgerston Audit

The Edgerston Audit

Prof. Donald H. Akenson

The Orangeman: The Life and Times of Ogle Gowan

The Orangeman: The Life and Times of Ogle Gowan

Prof. Donald H. Akenson

Being Had: Historians, Evidence and the Irish in North America

Being Had: Historians, Evidence and the Irish in North America

Prof. Donald H. Akenson

Brotherhood Week in Belfast

Brotherhood Week in Belfast

Prof. Donald H. Akenson

The Lazar House Notebooks

The Lazar House Notebooks

Prof. Donald H. Akenson

A Protestant in Purgatory. Richard Whately Archbishop of Dublin

A Protestant in Purgatory. Richard Whately: Archbishop of Dublin

Prof. Donald H. Akenson

Between Two Revolutions: Islandmagee, Co. Antrim, 1798-1920

Prof. Donald H. Akenson

A Mirror to Kathleen's Face

A Mirror to Kathleen's Face: Education in Independent Ireland, 1922-60

Prof. Donald H. Akenson

Education and Enmity. The Control of Schooling in Northern Ireland 1920-50.

Education and Enmity: The Control of Schooling Northern Ireland, 1920-50

Prof. Donald H. Akenson

The United States and Ireland

Prof. Donald H. Akenson

The Church of Ireland

The Church of Ireland

Prof. Donald H. Akenson

The Irish Education Experiment

The Irish Education Experiment: The National System of Education in the Nineteenth Century

Prof. Donald H. Akenson

The Changing Uses of the Liberal Arts College: An Essay in Recent Educational History

Donald Harman Akenson with L.F. Stevens

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