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Dynasty and Diplomacy in the Court of Savoy: Political Culture and the Thirty Years’ War (2002)
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Osborne, T. (2002). Dynasty and Diplomacy in the Court of Savoy: Political Culture and the Thirty Years’ War. Cambridge University Press

The following text is taken from the publisher's website. "This book is the first major study in English of the duchy of Savoy during the period of the Thirty Year' War. Rather than examining Savoy purely in terms of its military or geo-strategic rol... Read More about Dynasty and Diplomacy in the Court of Savoy: Political Culture and the Thirty Years’ War.

Potent Brews. A Social History of Alcohol in East Africa 1850-1999 (2002)
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Willis, J. (2002). Potent Brews. A Social History of Alcohol in East Africa 1850-1999. James Currey

This is the first general history of alcohol and drinking in East Africa. It contributes to an emerging field of African social history in distinctive and innovative ways. Willis's central theme is "power" - from customary beliefs in alcohol as a sym... Read More about Potent Brews. A Social History of Alcohol in East Africa 1850-1999.

Bede and Germany (2001)
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Rollason, D. (2002). Bede and Germany. St Paul's Church Jarrow

Bloodless Victories: The Rise and Fall of the Open Shop in the Philadelphia Metal Trades, 1890-1940 (2000)
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Harris, H. (2000). Bloodless Victories: The Rise and Fall of the Open Shop in the Philadelphia Metal Trades, 1890-1940. Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.2277/0521584353

This book examines how a group of manufacturers of metal products - 'everything from buttonhooks to battleships' - in America's third biggest city helped each other to meet the challenges of organized labour (and sometimes an interventionist state) i... Read More about Bloodless Victories: The Rise and Fall of the Open Shop in the Philadelphia Metal Trades, 1890-1940.