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A century of tomorrows : how imagining the future shapes the present / by Adamson, Glenn,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.An acclaimed cultural historian takes readers on an intellectual thrill ride through the kaleidoscopic story of futurology, a surprisingly powerful force in the modern world.
Subjects: Forecasting.; Future, The.;
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The Netanyahus : an account of a minor and ultimately even negligible episode in the history of a very famous family / by Cohen, Joshua,1980-author.;
"Corbin College, not-quite-upstate New York, winter 1959-1960: Ruben Blum, a Jewish historian -- but not an historian of the Jews -- is co-opted onto a hiring committee to review the application of an exiled Israeli scholar specializing in the Spanish Inquisition. When Benzion Netanyahu shows up for an interview, family unexpectedly in tow, Blum plays the reluctant host, to guests who proceed to lay waste to his American complacencies. Mixing fiction with non-fiction, the campus novel with the lecture, The Netanyahus is a wildly inventive, genre-bending comedy of blending, identity, and politics -- an account of a minor and ultimately even negligible episode in the history of a very famous family that finds Joshua Cohen at the height of his powers"--
Subjects: Humorous fiction.; Campus fiction.; Jews; Families;
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Going Medieval. by Hutt, David,film director.; A&E® (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Originally produced by A&E® in 2021.In this two-hour special, historian and weapons expert Mike Loades will take us on a high energy, action filled, fact rich rampage through the medieval world.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Documentary films.; Balts (Indo-European people).; Foreign study.; Documentary films.; History.;
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Lee and Grant. by The History® Channel (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Originally produced by The History® Channel in 2011.Produced with the cooperation of leading Civil War historian Winston Groom, author of Forrest Gump, this 2-hour special is a personal look at two iconic leaders of the Civil War.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Documentary films.; Social sciences.; History, Modern.; Americans.; Foreign study.; Documentary films.; History.; United States--History.; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.;
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The lost empire of Atlantis : history's greatest mystery revealed / by Menzies, Gavin.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.A renowned historian draws from new documentary and academic research, metallurgy, ancient shipbuilding and navigation techniques, and DNA evidence to share his discoveries about the mysterious "lost" city of Atlantis.
Subjects: Atlantis (Legendary place);
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The Viking heart : how Scandinavians conquered the world / by Herman, Arthur,1956-author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."From a New York Times best-selling historian and Pulitzer Prize finalist, a sweeping epic of how the Vikings and their descendants have shaped history and America."--Provided by publisher.
Subjects: Civilization, Modern; Civilization, Viking.; National characteristics, Scandinavian.; Northmen.; Scandinavian Americans; Vikings.;
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In the midst of civilized Europe : the pogroms of 1918-1921 and the onset of the Holocaust / by Veidlinger, Jeffrey,1971-author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."From an award-winning historian, the first full depiction of the wave of anti-Jewish pogroms that followed the Russian Revolution and how they laid the groundwork for the Holocaust. Includes illustrations and maps"--
Subjects: Antisemitism; Antisemitism; Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945); Jews; Jews; Pogroms; Pogroms;
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Crack-up capitalism : market radicals and the dream of a world without democracy / by Slobodian, Quinn,1978-author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."In a revelatory dispatch from the frontier of capitalist extremism, an acclaimed historian of ideas shows how free marketeers are realizing their ultimate goal: an end to nation-states and the constraints of democracy"--
Subjects: Capitalism; Democracy; Economics; Free enterprise;
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Shadows of tyranny : defending democracy in an age of dictatorship / by McGoogan, Ken,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.In 'Shadows of Tyranny', bestselling historian and author Ken McGoogan delves into dictatorships of the 20th century to sound this crucial alarm about the possibility of democratic collapse in the U.S. and its implications for Canada.
Subjects: Authoritarianism; Democracy; Dictators; Radicalism; Totalitarianism;
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On freedom / by Snyder, Timothy,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."A brilliant exploration of freedom -- what it is, how it's been misunderstood, and why it's our only chance for survival -- by the acclaimed Yale historian and author of the #1 New York Times bestseller On Tyranny"--
Subjects: Democracy; Liberty.; Political culture;
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