Encounters in the New World. Jesuit Cartography of the Americas, Hardback - Mirela Altic

Analyzing more than one hundred and fifty historical maps, this book traces the Jesuits' significant contributions to mapping and mapmaking from th...

Buckle up and get ready to hit the road for 50 of the Americas' greatest drives. Ranging in duration from a few hours to a week or more, each route...

This book explores the capacity of different stakeholders to work together build urban resilience to climate change through an equity-cantered appr...

Lace up your hiking boots and get ready to explore 50 of the Americas' most epic hikes. Ranging from one-day walks to multi-day treks, each route i...

Levels of corruption vary greatly around the world, with certain regions suffering from it more than others. Why is it pervasive in some countries,...

A compelling account of the early period of expeditionary archaeology and photography told through the words and works of six pioneers.Publisher: D...

The untold story of the greatest library of the Renaissance and its creator Hernando Colon

Traces the transmission of Guadalupe as la Virgen de ida y vuelta from Spain to the Americas and back again, analyzing how the Spanish and Mexican ...

This edited volume performs a critical analysis of the Americas Award, issues related to the content of the award-winning and honored books, and th...

Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

How did writing histories of the world change after the discovery of America? Focusing on a set of case studies, this book explores creative works ...

A comprehensive study of how slavery and enslaved people shaped the modern worldPublisher: Little, Brown Book GroupAuthor(s): Professor James Walvi...

If you want to discover the captivating history of the New World, then keep reading...Four captivating manuscripts in one book: The Americas: A Cap...

Publisher: The University of Chicago PressIllustration(s): 20 color plates, 60 halftones, 2 tablesNumber of pages: 384Publication date: 2021Dimensi...

This volume addresses questions that are crucial to approaching art, visuality, and cultural policies from the perspective of global transformation...

Reducere. In this collection of essays J. B. Harley (1932-1991) draws on ideas in art history, literature, philosophy, and the study of visual culture to sub...

For centuries the Atlantic world has been a site of encounter and exchange, a rich point of transit where one could remake one's identity. Through ...

Reducere. DescriptionAdventurer, merchant and mapper of the New World, Amerigo Vespucci's life is fascinating and vivid - his letters, published here in full...

Reducere. Winner of the 2015 Pulitzer Prize for HistoryEncounters at the Heart of the World concerns the Mandan Indians, iconic Plains people whose teeming, ...

Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

Published in a seminar format and using the technique of A*C*G, this book defines, articulates and enlarges the local view of an individual's horos...

Reducere. The Jesuit mission to China more than four hundred years ago has been the subject of sustained scholarly investigation for centuries. Focusing on t...

The history of Mexico in the twentieth century is marked by conflict between church and state. This book focuses on the efforts of the Roman Cathol...

Publisher: University of California PressAuthor(s): John Leddy PhelanNumber of pages: 192Publication date: 2021Dimensions: 152 x 229 x 19Cover type...

Reducere. Tells the story of the founding of American Christianity against the backdrop of devastating disease, and of the Indigenous survivors who kept the ...

This book confronts the question of who and what is a Nikkei, that is, a person of Japanese descent, by presenting 18 case studies from throughout ...

Reducere. The essays in this book demonstrate the importance of transatlantic and intra-American slave trafficking in the development of colonial Spanish Ame...

Analyzes Anglo-American and Italian literary, cinematic and military representations of World War II Italy in order to trace, critique and move bey...

A collection of stories from nations and cultures across our two continents--the Sea-Ringed World, as the Aztecs called it--from the Andes all the ...

Reducere. In the mid-eighteenth century, the French naturalist Buffon contended that the New World was in fact geologically new--that it had recently emerged...

Founded in 1540, the Society of Jesus was instantly popular, attracting thousands of candidates in its first century. Camilla Russell looks to the ...

Reducere. Sophocles's classical tragedy, Antigone, is continually reinvented, particularly in the Americas. Theater practitioners and political theorists ali...

This definitive, lavishly illustrated book from National Geographic features an astonishing array of vintage and newly created maps, rare photograp...

Reducere. Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

Despite substantial spending on education and support for reform, the quality of education in many, if not most, Arab countries remains low. Which ...

Examines the history of the mapping sciences in the twentieth century and their relationship to the history of territory

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Cyril ScottWritten as a sequel to THE INITIATE, the Pupil (as Scott called himself) reconnects with the master. He travels ...

A new adventure begins in the world of the Laundry Files: in a nightmarish vision of a Britain where magic has gone mainstream, a policewoman and a...

The definitive guide to world beer fully updated for a third edition.

Publisher: MIT Press LtdAuthor(s): Nathan AlticeIllustration(s): 46 b 92 Illustrations, unspecifiedNumber of pages: 440Collection: Platform Studies...

The answer is a tale of operatic proportions, sweeping across continents from the 1848 European revolutions to the civil wars in Mexico and the USA...

Publisher: Penguin Books LtdAuthor(s): Malcolm GaskillNumber of pages: 336Publication date: 2021Dimensions: 163 x 241 x 34Cover type: HardbackRedes...

Reducere. Located at Fort Benning in Columbus, Georgia, the School of the Americas (soa) is a U.S. Army center that has trained more than sixty thousand sold...

Reducere. Tom Hughes examines America's future in light of the ancient Hebrew prophets. With a gift for making complex ideas clear, he takes a Biblical view ...