Leonardo to the Internet: Technology & Culture from the Renaissance to the Present, Paperback - Thomas J. Misa

Historian Thomas J. Misa's sweeping history of the relationship between technology and society over the past 500 years reveals how technological in...

An exploration of food images in European and American painting from the early Renaissance to the present. It underlines the central importance of ...

Modern Greece is an updated and enhanced edition of a classic survey of Greek history since the beginning of the 19th century. Giving equal weighti...

A treasury of information based on solid scholarship, anyone seeking a factual and vivid account of the story of arms from the Renaissance period t...

Explores the art of acting in Europe between the sixteenth and eighteenth centuries, demonstrating how stage acting was understood as a branch of r...

Reducere. Federica Francesconi writes the history of the Jewish merchants who lived and prospered in the northern Italian city of Modena, capital city of the...

Reducere. A fascinating history of the practice of surgery from one of the leading figures in the field, chronicling centuries of scientific breakthroughs by...

Hybrid Hate is the first book to study the conflation of antisemitism and anti-Black racism. As objects of racism, Jews and Blacks have been linked...

Reducere. The United States Coast Guard traces its origins to 1790, but was not officially named until 1915. At last there is one definitive volume describin...

Reducere. This final volume in the Cambridge History of Ireland covers the period from the 1880s to the present. Based on the most recent and innovative scho...

Reducere. The colorful characters, poets and thinkers who populate this book range from Romania, Serbia, Greece, England, France and also include exiles from...

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A fully updated, authoritative and exceptionally readable history of Britain from the Romans to the present.

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The most interesting tensions and ambitions of twentieth-century American poetry intersect in one resonant word: voice. The term "poetic voice" emp...

Reducere. This book has been considered by academicians and scholars of great significance and value to literature. This forms a part of the knowledge base f...

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCAuthor(s): Vrasidas (University of Sydney, Australia) KaralisIllustration(s): 26 bw illusNumber of pages: 304Co...

This sweeping, multidisciplinary exploration of the major epidemics since the Black Death reveals the impact of diseases ranging from bubonic plagu...

From the author of Serial Killers: The Method and Madness of Monsters comes an in-depth examination of sexual serial killers throughout human histo...

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"A sweeping look at the history of voting rights in the U.S."--VoxWho has the right to vote? And who benefits from exclusion?For most of American h...

Reducere. Welcome To A Whole New Underwater World...Whether you're new to the sport of scuba diving, considering giving it a try, or a seasoned veteran, you ...

Recent challenges to US maritime predominance suggests a return to great power competition at sea, and this new volume looks at how navies in previ...

Reducere. An Oxford professor of archaeology explores the unique history of magic--the oldest and most neglected strand of human behavior and its resurgence ...

Reducere. Delving behind Canada's veneer of multiculturalism and tolerance, Policing Black Lives traces the violent realities of anti-blackness from the slav...

Reducere. An enticing history of food and drink in Western art and culture Eating and drinking can be aesthetic experiences as well as sensory ones. The Hung...

Reducere. - A study of the primordial figure of the Great Goddess and her continued worship through time as shown by the myths, shrines, and sanctuaries arou...

Now in a fully revised and updated edition, this comprehensive and balanced history of modern Korea explores the social, economic, and political is...

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Shakespeare's plays have been adapted or rewritten in various ways since the seventeenth century. This anthology brings together thirteen theatrica...

Sets out in a new and authoritative way the history of the essay; explains how the essay has come to mean what it does, surveys the widely various ...

What Is Work? offers a multi-disciplinary approach to understanding labor within the highly gendered realm of household economies.Editor(s): Manuel...

A history of Americans who spied against their country and what their stories reveal about national securityWhat's your secret?American Spies prese...

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Reducere. Promises of gold brought the first waves of European-Americans to Colorado in the 1859s. They found riches and built cities that never should have ...

Reducere. Treats the Pantheon from the unique perspective of its construction history, survival, and reception through history.

DescriptionBeginning with Aristotle and the Greeks and ending with semiotics and post-structuralism, Theories of the Theatre is the first comprehen...

Reducere. "A superior book. . . . Many readers will be surprised to see that today's arguments about history education follow the culture wars that go back t...

Publisher: Hodder EducationAuthor(s): Joanne De PenningtonIllustration(s): black and white illustrations and photosNumber of pages: 304Collection: ...

Reducere. DescriptionThe long battle between exclusionary and inclusive versions of the American storyWas America founded as a Christian nation or a secular ...

Publisher: University of Illinois PressAuthor(s): Stephen MennellNumber of pages: 408Publication date: 1995Dimensions: 228 x 154 x 26Cover type: Pa...

Reducere. From the New York Times bestselling author of The Millionaire Next Door, the classic guide on how to market to the rich.

Reducere. In this classic of marketing literature, best-selling author Tom Stanley explains the mindset and buying patterns of wealthy individuals. Stanley s...

Reducere. The most comprehensive survey of Polish history available in English, God's Playground demonstrates Poland's importance in European history from me...

Publisher: MIT Press LtdAuthor(s): Michael CenturyIllustration(s): 15 black and white illustrationsNumber of pages: 280Collection: LeonardoPublicat...

The first complete history of Central Eurasia from ancient times to the present day, Empires of the Silk Road represents a fundamental rethinking o...

The most comprehensive introduction to the greatest political thinkers written by a team of international experts.

In a journey spanning 2, 000 years, this book describes the ties of trade, migration and investment between India and the rest of the world, showin...