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Gendered Drugs and Medicine: Historical and Socio-Cultural Perspectives - Professor Teresa Ortiz-Gómez, Dr María Jesús Santesmases - Google Books
https://books.google.de/books?id=GtCpBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA26&dq=Diethylstilbestrol#v=onepage
Drugs are considered to be healers and harmers, wonder substances and knowledge makers; objects that impact on social hierarchies, health practices and public policies. This book focuses on the ways that gender, race/ethnicity and class, influence the…
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Pietism in Germany and North America 1680-1820 - Google Books
https://books.google.de/books?id=WCCQXSHXK-UC&pg=PA161&lpg=PA161&dq=Agnes+Sophie+Reuss
This collection explores different approaches to contextualizing and conceptualizing the history of Pietism, particularly German-speaking Pietistic groups who migrated to the British colonies in North America during the long eighteenth century. Emerging in…
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The Legitimate Use of Military Force: The Just War Tradition and the ... - Google Books
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Throughout human history, scholars, statesmen and military leaders have attempted to define what constitutes the legitimate use of armed force by one community against another, and if force is to be used, what guidelines should govern the conduct of…
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The Military Orders: History and heritage - Google Books
https://books.google.de/books?id=dSM_w4Q1sUwC&pg=PA175&dq=%22Sven+Ekdahl%22+grunfelde#v=onepage
In the last twenty years there has been an explosion of scholarly interest in the Military Orders. With a history stretching from the early twelfth century to the present day, they were among the richest and most powerful orders of the church in medieval…
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British Generals in Blair's Wars - Google Books
https://books.google.de/books?id=pqnVCQAAQBAJ&pg=PA9
This is a truly unique and invaluable book. For the first time, we are offered first-hand testimony about Britain's involvement in recent campaigns by senior participants. In addition to touching on themes like civilian-military relations, the…
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The Dual State: Parapolitics, Carl Schmitt and the National Security Complex - Google Books
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This volume presents a practical demonstration of the relevance of Carl Schmitt's thought to parapolitical studies, arguing that his constitutional theory is the one best suited to investing the ‘deep state’ with intellectual and doctrinal coherence.…
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Vincent Novello (1781-1861): Music for the Masses - Fiona M. Palmer - Google Books
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Today Vincent Novello (1781-1861) is remembered as the father of the music-publishing firm. Fiona Palmer's evaluation of Novello the man and the musician in the marketplace draws on rich primary sources. It is the first to provide a rounded view of his…
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Black Sabbath and the Rise of Heavy Metal Music - Andrew L. Cope - Google Books
https://books.google.de/books?id=AfdTGdVhp7AC&pg=PA102#v=onepage
The definition of 'heavy mental' is often a contentious issue. Here, Andrew Cope presents a re-evaluation of the rules that define heavy metal as a musical genre.
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Euro and the Dollar in a Globalized Economy - Google Books
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The dollar has been the dominant currency of the world economy for almost a century; since 2002, the euro has gained widespread international acceptance resulting in important institutional, economic and financial changes both for the euro zone, the United…
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Reading Popular Physics: Disciplinary Skirmishes and Textual Strategies - Elizabeth Leane - Google Books
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Elizabeth Leane's Reading Popular Physics is a valuable contribution to our understanding of the nature and implications of physics popularizations. A literary critic trained in science, Leane treats popular science writing as a distinct and…