Sound Authorities. Scientific and Musical Knowledge in Nineteenth-Century Britain, Hardback - Edward J. Gillin

Publisher: The University of Chicago PressAuthor(s): Edward J. GillinIllustration(s): 33 halftones, 4 tablesNumber of pages: 320Publication date: 2...

A defining feature of Victorian Britain was its fascination with statistics, and this study shows how data influenced every aspect of Victorian cul...

This is the first study of women's leading contribution to animal protection in nineteenth-century Britai -- .

The nineteenth century is too often invoked as moment where Britain alone exerted global dominance, without the need for European collaboration. Th...

Not since the printing press has a media object been as celebrated for its role in the advancement of knowledge as the scientific journal. From ope...

This original collection of essays examines for the first time the place of 'saints' and sanctity in nineteenth-century Britain. -- .Illustrations:...

Publisher: Austin Macauley PublishersAuthor(s): Jo EllisIllustration(s): 0Number of pages: 92Publication date: 2021Dimensions: 126 x 202 x 13Cover ...

From the author of the acclaimed biography of Turner comes a major new work that explores the relationship between art and business in nineteenth-c...

This book shows how Alexander von Humboldt's British translators, now largely forgotten figures, were pivotal in moulding his prose and his public ...

This edited collection offers multi-disciplinary reflections and analysis on a variety of themes centred on nineteenth century executions in the UK...

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 ...

Ochoa Gautier's groundbreaking book draws primarily from nineteenth-century Colombian sources to explore how listening has been central to the prod...

This innovative book will appeal to anyone interested in the cultural, musical and scientific history of the nineteenth century - from undergraduat...

Publisher: Taylor & Francis LtdAuthor(s): Alex TyrrellNumber of pages: 192Collection: Studies in Labour HistoryPublication date: 2017Dimensions: 15...

Based on the authors' thesis (doctoral--University of Exeter, 2012) presented under the title: Arranging the past, reconsidering the present: the e...

This is the first study of women's leading contribution to animal protection in nineteenth-century Britai -- .Illustrations: 30 black & white illus...

In the 1830s and '40s, a new preoccupation with the housing of the poor emerged in British print and visual culture. In response to cholera outbrea...

The Poor Law Amendment Act of 1834 is one of the most important pieces of social legislation ever enacted. Its principles and the workhouse system ...

First published as part of the best-selling The Oxford Illustrated History of Britain, Christopher Harvie and Colin Matthew's Very Short Introducti...

Publisher: Oxford University Press IncAuthor(s): Kevin (Emory University) KarnesIllustration(s): 6 halftones, 3 line illustrationsNumber of pages: ...

A Companion to Nineteenth-Century Britain presents 33 essays by expert scholars on all the major aspects of the political, social, economic and cul...

Reimagines the American 19th century through a sweeping interdisciplinary engagement with oceans, genres, and timeEmergent Worlds re-locates ninete...

Expands the literary canon on Polynesia and Melanesia beyond the giants, such as Herman Melville and Jack London, to include travel narratives by B...

Labyrinths of Deceit. Culture, Modernity and Identity in the Nineteenth century - Richard J. Walker

Bringing together an international group of established and emerging scholars, this volume considers the emerging field of the history of emotion a...

Sarbatoriti aniversarea a 50 de ani a celui mai iubit film de familie din toate timpurile! Comoara cinematografica produsa de Rodgers&Hammerstein s...

Reducere. The nineteenth century saw the emergence both of history as an independent scientific discipline and of national history as a means to legitimize t...

Reducere. Award NameMidwest Book Award (MIPA)Award categoryBiographyDescriptionEdward Coles, who lived from 1786-1868, is most often remembered for his antis...

In this pioneering study, Elizabeth Helsinger reframes lyric poetry as a social form. Taking nineteenth-century poetry as her focus, she explores v...

This interdisciplinary collection focuses on the history of the future and in particular how Irish people in the nineteenth century thought about t...

Tracing a mid-nineteenth-century revolution in understandings of old and second-hand books, David McKitterick reveals a transformation in values th...

The celebrated music writer looks back on how great British music has often had a connection with the landscape. Takes in the work of musicians div...