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33 books match the query 'Modern History'
A Modern History of the Somali
Nation and State in the Horn of AfricaI. M. Lewis
Ohio University Press, 2002
This latest edition of A Modern History of the Somali brings I. M. Lewis’s definitive history up to date and shows the amazing continuity of Somali forms of social organization. Lewis’s history portrays the ingeniousness with which the Somali way of life has been adapted to all forms of modernity.
Empty Spaces
perspectives on emptiness in modern historyEdited by Courtney J. Campbell, Allegra Giovine, and Jennifer Keating
University of London Press, 2019
Germany
A Modern HistoryMarshall Dill
University of Michigan Press, 1961
Memory
Fragments of a Modern HistoryAlison Winter
University of Chicago Press, 2011
Picture your twenty-first birthday. Did you have a party? If so, do you remember who was there? Now step back: how clear are those memories? Should we trust them to be accurate, or is there a chance that you’re remembering incorrectly? And where have the many details you can no longer recall gone? Are they hidden somewhere in your brain, or are they gone forever?
Such questions have fascinated scientists for hundreds of years, and, as Alison Winter shows in Memory: Fragments of a Modern History, the answers have changed dramatically in just the past century. Tracing the cultural and scientific history of our understanding of memory, Winter explores early metaphors that likened memory to a filing cabinet; later, she shows, that cabinet was replaced by the image of a reel of film, ever available for playback. That model, too, was eventually superseded, replaced by the current understanding of memory as the result of an extremely complicated, brain-wide web of cells and systems that together assemble our pasts. Winter introduces us to innovative scientists and sensationalistic seekers, and, drawing on evidence ranging from scientific papers to diaries to movies, explores the way that new understandings from the laboratory have seeped out into psychiatrists' offices, courtrooms, and the culture at large. Along the way, she investigates the sensational battles over the validity of repressed memories that raged through the 1980s and shows us how changes in technology—such as the emergence of recording devices and computers—have again and again altered the way we conceptualize, and even try to study, the ways we remember.
Packed with fascinating details and curious episodes from the convoluted history of memory science, Memory is a book you'll remember long after you close its cover.
Texas, A Modern History
Revised EditionBy David G. McComb
University of Texas Press, 2010
Since its publication in 1989, Texas, A Modern History has established itself as one of the most readable and reliable general histories of Texas. David McComb paints the panorama of Lone Star history from the earliest Indians to the present day with a vigorous brush that uses fact, anecdote, and humor to present a concise narrative. The book is designed to offer an adult reader the savor of Texan culture, an exploration of the ethos of its people, and a sense of the rhythm of its development. Spanish settlement, the Battle of the Alamo, the Civil War, cattle trails, oil discovery, the growth of cities, changes in politics, the Great Depression, World War II, recreation, economic expansion, and recession are each a part of the picture. Photographs and fascinating sidebars punctuate the text.
In this revised edition, McComb not only incorporates recent scholarship but also tracks the post–World War II rise of the Republican Party in Texas and the evolution of the state from rural to urban, with 88 percent of the people now living in cities. At the same time, he demonstrates that, despite many changes that have made Texas similar to the rest of the United States, much of its unique past remains.
The Journal of Modern History, volume 92 number 1 (March 2020)
The University of Chicago Press
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The Journal of Modern History, volume 92 number 3 (September 2020)
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The Journal of Modern History, volume 92 number 4 (December 2020)
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The Journal of Modern History, volume 93 number 1 (March 2021)
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The Journal of Modern History, volume 93 number 2 (June 2021)
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The Journal of Modern History, volume 94 number 1 (March 2022)
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The Journal of Modern History, volume 94 number 4 (December 2022)
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The Journal of Modern History, volume 95 number 1 (March 2023)
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The Journal of Modern History, volume 95 number 4 (December 2023)
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The Journal of Modern History, volume 96 number 1 (March 2024)
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The Journal of Modern History, volume 96 number 2 (June 2024)
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The Journal of Modern History, volume 97 number 1 (March 2025)
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The Journal of Modern History, volume 98 number 1 (March 2026)
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The Journal of Modern History, volume 98 number 2 (June 2026)
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The Journal of Modern History, volume 98 number 3 (September 2026)
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