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In virtually all the countries of the world, men, and to a lesser extent women, are today dressed in very similar clothi

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Clothing: A Global History
9780745631868, 9780745631875, 9780745657530, 074563186X

In virtually all the countries of the world, men, and to a lesser extent women, are today dressed in very similar clothi

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Việt Nam is home to more than 50 ethnic minorities-such as the Cham and Thai-many of which have distinctive clothing and

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Long considered Canadian, ice hockey is in truth a worldwide phenomenon—and has been for centuries. In Hockey: A Global

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Girlhood, interdisciplinary and global in source, scope, and methodology, examines the centrality of girlhood in shaping

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How the Irish Revolution was shaped by international actors and events The Irish War of Independence is often understo

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A richly nuanced cultural history of an enigmatic and controversial folktale Perhaps the best-known version of the tar

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