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Allied Nurses of the First World WarCaring for the wounded of the First World War was tough and challenging work, demanding extensive knowledge, technical skill, and high levels of commitment. Although allied nurses were admired in their own time for their altruism and courage, their image was distorted by the lens of popular mythology. They came...

The study of Roman society and social relations blossomed in the 1970s. By now, we possess a very large literature on the individuals and groups that constituted the Roman community, and the various ways in which members of that community interacted. There simply is, however, no overview that takes into account the multifarious progress that has...

Narrative, Etiology, and Queer TheoryCausality dominates today's discussions of LGBT rights: anti-gay voices imagine gay proliferation through seduction, influence, and corruption, while queer communities largely embrace biological determinism, saying they are "e;born gay."e; Reading popular rhetoric, psychoanalytic theory, and British...

Britain, France, and their Roads from EmpireThe story of the dramatic collapse of the British and French colonial empires in the aftermath of the Second World War - now told for the first time as part of one global process...

A LexiconThis Lexicon clarifies and illuminates the multiple facets of post-conflict peacebuilding by presenting its major themes and trends from an analytical perspective. It features 26 essays on key elements, written by international experts. Reflecting a diversity of perspectives, it highlights the challenges associated with post-conflict...

Transnational Education, Social Mobility, and the Irish Catholic Elite 1850-1900For as far back as school registers can take us, the most prestigious education available to any Irish child was to be found outside Ireland. Catholics of Consequence traces, for the first time, the transnational education, careers, and lives of more than two thousand...