History from House of Our Own Books

New York , NY, U.S.A.: Columbia University Press, 2018. This is a study of Chinese policies regarding childcare and child welfare that were central to the formation of the modern Chinese state (black covers with black lettrers on gold spine label; red pictorial dust jacket; a bright, clean, tight copy in nearly perfect condition; in stock & available for immediate… Read more about this item

Cambridge, England, U.K.: Cambridge University Press, 2018. This is a study of the conservative revolution carried out by the Chinese Nationalist Party of Chaing Kai-shek from the anti-Communist coup of 1927 to its defeat in 1949 (black laminated pictorial covers with photo of a mural on the front; a bright, clean, tight copy in nearly perfect condition; in stock &… Read more about this item

Chicago, IL, U.S.A.: University of Chicago Press, 2007. This is a study of the Zionist efforts to eradicate maleria by draining the swamps and reclaiming the land as part of its nation-building project in Palestine during the British Mandate (light gray cloth with silver lettering has slightly bumped corners; white & gray pictorial dust jacket with photograph on the front… Read more about this item

Carlton South, Victoria, Australia: Melbourne University Press, 1997. For the original inhabitants of Australia, the coming of Europeans was a disaster; this book explores one aspect of this disaster by tracing the relations, both ambiguous and contradictory, between Thomas Mitchell, the Surveyor General of New South Wales, and the Aborigines he encountered while surveying in the settled areas of the… Read more about this item

Walnut Creek, CA, U.S.A.: Altamira Press, 2001. This book examines the growth and decline of the precolonial states on the Zimbabwe plateau and adjacent areas of southern Zambezia; it focuses on their historical and cultural development; includes photographs and other illustrations; the author is professor history at the University of Zimbabwe (black, white & blue pictorial cover with photo… Read more about this item

London, England, U.K.: Routledge, 1968. These essays engage with Foucault's thought and its relevance by focusing on the social history of medicine; they deal with Foucault's historiographical, methodological, and philosophical writings, his ideas about prisons, hospitals, madness and disease, and his thinking about the body (gray pictorial cover with photo of Foucault on the front; a bright, clean, tight copy… Read more about this item

Toronto, ON, Canada: University of Toronto Press, 2009. This is a study of the hardships experienced by Ontario families during the Depression of the 1930s and their impact on family life and gender roles; it examines the resources and strategies families used to cope with poverty, unemployment, eviction, foreclosure, bankruptcy, desertion, and domestic violence, and shows how collective action… Read more about this item

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Routledge, 2001 This is a brief critical introduction to the revolutionary and Napoleonic conflicts; based on current historiography, it discusses the expansion of France, the extent to which Napoleon was responsible for this success, the changing attitude of the French people towards Napoleon, the campaigns of Napoleon and Wellington, and the events leading up to Napoleon's… Read more about this item