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Type: BOOK - Published: 2015-09-04 - Publisher: MIT Press
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Language: en
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Type: BOOK - Published: 2016-04-22 - Publisher: MIT Press
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Language: en
Pages: 320
Pages: 320
Type: BOOK - Published: 1997 - Publisher: Constable & Robinson
With a blend of narrative and analysis, this book explores the extent to which mercenaries have been used, from Sumer to Rome, and the reasons governments hired
Language: en
Pages: 174
Pages: 174
Type: BOOK - Published: 1999 - Publisher: Univ. Press of Mississippi
The invention of the cylinder phonograph at the end of the nineteenth century opened up a new world for cultural research. Indeed, Edison's talking machine beca
Language: en
Pages: 217
Pages: 217
Type: BOOK - Published: 2015-01-18 - Publisher: Princeton University Press
From the moment a child in ancient Rome began to speak Latin, the surrounding world became populated with objects possessing grammatical gender—masculine eyes