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The Agrarian History of England and Wales: Vol.VIII: AD 1914-1939 (Agrarian History of England and Wales, Series Number 8)
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The American Ballot Box in the Mid-Nineteenth Century
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The American Indian and the Problem of History
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The Amistad Rebellion: An Atlantic Odyssey of Slavery and Freedom
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The Anglo- Kuki War, 1917-1919: A Frontier Uprising Against Imperialism During the First World War
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The Anglo-Norman Historical Canon: Publishing and Manuscript Culture (Elements in Publishing and Book Culture)
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The Archaeology of Burials : Examples From Indian Subcontinent Vol. 2
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The Archaeology of Sacred Spaces: The temple in western India, 2nd century BCE – 8th century CE (Archaeology and Religion in South Asia)
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The Aristocratic Families in Early Imperial China: A Case Study of the Po-Ling Ts’ui Family (Cambridge Studies in Chinese History, Literature and Institutions)
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The Artificial Empire: The Indian Landscapes of William Hodges
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The Ashgate Research Companion to Modern Warfare
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The Assassination of Liaquat Ali Khan: A Critical Look at the Early History of Pakistan, 1947-1952
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