Golden–Silk Smoke – A History of Tobacco in China, 1550–2010

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Sophie Volpp considers fictional objects of the late Ming and Qing that defy being read as illustrative of historical things. Instead, she argues, ...

Collected papers presenting latest multi-disciplinary approaches to the manufacture, trade in and status of silk and other textiles between Rome an...

A reconstruction of the 'Strand palaces', where England's early-modern and post-Reformation elites jostled to build and furnish new, secular cathed...

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The days when rural life revolved around tobacco planting and harvest are gone, but many fondly remember when North Carolina was the state of farmi...

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Reducere. If you want to discover the captivating history of the Silk Road, then keep reading...The Silk Road, which has been understood as a generalized rou...

Alongside the familiar pitched battles, regular sieges, and large-scale manoeuvres, medieval and early modern wars also involved assassination, abd...

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The twelve essays in this volume, each written by a leading specialist, present an accessible and comprehensive introduction to Italian Renaissance...

This source book offers a comprehensive treatment of solitary religious lives in England in the late Middle Ages. It covers both enclosed recluses ...

DescriptionIn the past twenty years, work on the local culture of central Hunan has been one of the most exciting sources for rethinking the nature...

By 1969, the Sikorski H-34 was an older helicopter with severe limitations for combat duty in Vietnam. For pilots like US Marine Lieutenant Rick Ge...

Publisher: Taylor & Francis LtdAuthor(s): Jonathan (Manchester Metropolitan University, UK) SpanglerIllustration(s): 2 Line drawings, black and whi...

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If you want to discover the captivating history of China, then keep reading...The history of China is complex-perhaps more complex than that of oth...

Reducere. If you want to discover the captivating history of China, then keep reading...The history of China is complex-perhaps more complex than that of oth...

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DescriptionAugust, 1582. The queen's spymaster, Sir Francis Walsingham, has ordered Ursula to keep an eye on her new neighbour, Giles Frost, who is...

Following her bestselling Life Along the Silk Road, Susan Whitfield widens her exploration of the great cultural highway with a new captivating por...

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London: A Social and Cultural History, 1550–1750 - Robert O. Bucholz, Joseph P. Ward

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Publisher: ACLS History E-Book ProjectAuthor(s): Professor Ying-Shih (Princeton University) YuIllustration(s): black & white illustrationsNumber of...

Reducere. For 2, 000 years, China's merchants and adventurers have fled tyrannical dynasties to make their fortunes in other countries. Seagrave reveals for ...

Challenges the argument that the English Pale was contracting during the early Tudor period.Publisher: Boydell & Brewer LtdAuthor(s): Professor Ste...

DescriptionThrough the sweeping cultural and historical transformations of China, entrepreneur Lan Yan traces her family's history through early 20...

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Reducere. One person's journey through the golden years of trapshooting in the United States as both a competitor and gun club operator. Includes visits to p...

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"Information" has become a core concept across the disciplines, yet it is still often seen as a unique feature of the Western world or the digital ...

"A well written, informed, and at times exciting account" (Choice) of the field of Egyptology, part two of Thompson's bestselling monumental histor...

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A history of world's fairs and expositions from London to Shanghai 1851-2010.

Reducere. Tea in China explores the contours of religious and cultural transformation in traditional China from the point of view of an everyday commodity an...