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Philosophy and the Making of Modernity 1650-1750The Radical Enlightenment was a revolutionary set of ideas which helped lay the        foundations of the modern world on the basis of equality, democracy, secular values,        and universality. This controversial and original study by the internationally        renowned cultural historian Jonathan...

Memories of Empire is a trilogy which explores the complex, subterranean political        currents which emerged in English society during the years of postwar        decolonization. Bill Schwarz shows that, through the medium of memory, the empire        was to continue to possess strange afterlives long after imperial rule itself...

Illusions of a Borderless WorldIs the Internet erasing national borders? Will the future of the Net be set by Internet engineers, rogue programmers, the United Nations, or powerful countries? Who&'s really in control of what&'s happening on the Net?  In this provocative new book, Jack Goldsmith and Tim Wu tell the fascinating story of the...

Easter 1916The story of the Easter Rising from the perspective of those who made it, focusing on the experiences of rank-and-file revolutionaries and exploiting a unique and recently released collection of over 1,700 eye-witness statements....

Georgia's Showdown in 1860Secession Debated is a colorful and gripping tale told in the words of the actual        participants, one which sheds new light on one of the great and hitherto neglected        verbal showdowns in American history. It is essential to a full understanding of the        origins of the war between the states....

Jacksonian Politics and the Onset of the Civil War#N/A...