Julia Margaret Cameron's 'fancy subjects': Photographic allegories of Victorian identity and empire, Paperback - Jeffrey Rosen

Reducere. Nominated for the William MB Berger Prize for British Art History 2017. The Victorians admired Julia Margaret Cameron for her evocative photographi...

This new, wide-ranging framework for understanding Victorian settler colonialism reveals the energetic circulation of literary forms between Austra...

This new, wide-ranging framework for understanding Victorian settler colonialism reveals the energetic circulation of literary forms between Austra...

In the margin, for quick access by the reader, is a summary of the essential characteristics of the symbol in question, the derivation of its name,...

Reducere. This exceptionally fine needlecraft guide from the turn of the century includes instructions for projects that range from drawn-thread work to the ...

The Victorians adored fancy-dress parties: what better way to escape the rigidity of social conventions than to spend a festive evening disguised a...

Pulling together many subject areas into one, this study of the Anglo/ Indian silk trade shows the complexity of the Empire by linking usually disp...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Eric HobsbawmEditor: Chris WrigleyPremier historian Eric Hobsbawm's brilliant study of the Industrial Revolution, which sol...

Reducere. A wide-ranging, controversial collection of critical essays on the political mania plaguing the West by one of the most important public intellectu...

Isaac Asimov's ROBOT series - from the iconic collection I, ROBOT to four classic novels - contains some of the most influential works in the histo...

WINNER OF THE HUGO AWARD FOR BEST ALL-TIME SERIES The Foundation series is Isaac Asimov's iconic masterpiece. Unfolding against the backdrop of a c...

Reducere. "Superbly well written . . . a wonderfully informative guide to the Supreme Court both past and present."--David J. Garrow, American HistoryJeffrey...

This seminar study provides an introduction to the intricate and far-reaching relationship between European attitudes toward racial difference and ...

(B)ordering Britain argues that Britain is the spoils of empire, its immigration law is colonial violence and irregular immigration is anti-colonia...

Publisher: Pegasus Elliot Mackenzie PublishersAuthor(s): Kevin WraightNumber of pages: 172Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 196 x 129 x 14Cover typ...

Publisher: UCL PressIllustration(s): 16 Illustrations, colorPublication date: 2022Dimensions: 157 x 234 x 33Cover type: Paperback / softbackEditor(...

Reducere. This book is a comprehensive, illustrated reference for the chromolithographic advertising cards issued by the Arbuckle Brothers Coffee Company in ...

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 ...

One of the most acclaimed essayists writing today on the political hysteria plaguing the WestPublisher: Verso BooksAuthor(s): Pankaj MishraNumber o...

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 ...

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 ...

A candid reassessment of the role of anthropologists in mediating encounters between Western armies and non-Western peoples.

DescriptionBuilding on his earlier studies of Jesus, Galilee, and the social upheavals in Roman Palestine, Horsley focuses his attention on how Jes...

From the 1920s until the Second World War, Australia, Canada, and New Zealand filled British shop windows, newspapers, and cinema screens with 'Bri...

Empire of Sentiment opens up a new area of the emotional history of imperialism, showing why a history of the emotions is crucial to understanding ...

In this collaboratively authored work, five distinguished sociologists develop an ambitious theoretical model of "cultural trauma"-and on this basi...

Reducere. Rosen & Barkin's 5-Minute Emergency Medicine Consult - Jeffrey J. Schaider, Stephen R. Hayden, Richard E. Wolfe, Adam Z. Barkin, Philip Shayne, Ros...

From tea's first discovery in China to the present day, the story of a great world obsessionPublisher: Little, Brown Book GroupAuthor(s): Roy Moxha...

Reducere. Ogden, Utah in the late 1800s is a burgeoning Western town as the railroad brings new opportunities. Dora and Lou, childhood sweethearts growing up...

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Imperial Boredom offers a radical reconsideration of the British Empire during its heyday in the nineteenth century. Challenging the long-establish...

This is the first English-language monograph on monarchy in the Dutch colonial world. It reveals the role of mass and amateur photography in foster...

Niamh O'Sullivan's fascinating book reveals compelling new subtexts to the work of Macdonald and re-establishes him as a painter of national import...

"A magisterial study...by a historian at the top of his game. Political theorists, intellectual historians, and students of empire are once again i...

Reducere. A theology in tune with postcolonial theory has the potential to creatively inform and transform ecclesial practice. Focusing on the relation of th...

DescriptionIn the late 1630s, Andrea Stuart's earliest known maternal ancestor set sail from England, lured by the promise of the New World, to set...

Reducere. Almost Citizens lays out the tragic story of how the United States denied Puerto Ricans full citizenship following annexation of the island in 1898...

Publisher: University of California PressAuthor(s): Emily BaughanIllustration(s): 22 b-w illustrationsNumber of pages: 314Collection: Berkeley Seri...

In the early twenty-first century, China occupies a place on center stage in the international art world. But what does it mean to be a Chinese art...

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 ...

SHORTLISTED FOR THE BRITISH ACADEMY BOOK PRIZE FOR GLOBAL CULTURAL UNDERSTANDING AND LONGLISTED FOR THE CUNDILL HISTORY PRIZE 2021Publisher: Harper...

This book examines postcolonial filmmakers adapting Victorian literature in Hollywood to contend with both the legacy of British imperialism and th...

In 1850, the legendary Koh-i-noor diamond, gem of Eastern potentates, was transferred from the Punjab in India and, in an elaborate ceremony, place...

Contributor(s): Author: Julia JeffreyAuthor: Barbara MooreEvoke the powerful wisdom of the fae with the Tarot of the Hidden Realm. Instead of relyi...

Presents concepts in interdisciplinary social studies, discusses the uses of genre for rhetorical and social purposes, and exposes paradoxes of the...

Reducere. Connections between what people eat and who they are--between cuisine and identity--reach deep into Mexican history, beginning with pre-Columbian i...

Reducere. DescriptionTolerance is generally regarded as an unqualified achievement of the modern West. Emerging in early modern Europe to defuse violent reli...