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The Ten Legal Cases That Made Modern Britain 9781785907456

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The Computers That Made Britain: The Home Computer Revolution of the 1980s 1912047853, 9781912047857

The home computer boom of the 1980s brought with it now iconic machines such as the ZX Spectrum, BBC Micro, and Commodor

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Deng Xiaoping: The Man who Made Modern China 9780755619382, 9781780768953

One of the most important figures in global politics during the second half of the 20th century; Deng Xiaoping is genera

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Revolutionary Characters: What Made the Founders Different 0786577908, 0786577916, 9780786577903

Even when the greatness of the founding fathers isn't being debunked, it is a quality that feels very far away from

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Boston Made: From Revolution to Robotics, Innovations that Changed the World 9781632892256, 2020021603, 9781623545352

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The Mouth That Begs: Hunger, Cannibalism, and the Politics of Eating in Modern China 9780822398516

The Chinese ideogram chi is far richer in connotation than the equivalent English verb “to eat.” Chi can also be read as

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The Water Kingdom: A Secret History of China 9780226470924

From the Yangtze to the Yellow River, China is traversed by great waterways, which have defined its politics and ways of

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Seapower States: Maritime Culture, Continental Empires and the Conflict That Made the Modern World 9780300240900

One of the most eminent historians of our age investigates the extraordinary success of five small maritime states

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Playful Materialities: The Stuff That Games Are Made Of 9783839462003

Game culture and material culture have always been closely linked. Analog forms of rule-based play (ludus) would hardly

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