The Birth of the Museum. History, Theory, Politics, Paperback - Tony (The Open University, UK) Bennett

In a series of richly detailed studies from Britain, Australia and North America, Bennett investigates how 19th and 20th century museums, fairs and...

Publisher: Taylor & Francis LtdAuthor(s): James (The Open University, UK) RobsonIllustration(s): 1 Tables, black and whiteNumber of pages: 254Publi...

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Improve your understanding of the AQA A-level Politics specification with this brand-new course companion from our experienced team of teachers.

Publisher: Taylor & Francis LtdAuthor(s): Kath (The Open University, UK) WoodwardIllustration(s): 4 Line drawings, black and white; 14 Halftones, b...

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Publisher: University of Illinois PressAuthor(s): Linda GordonNumber of pages: 464Publication date: 2007Dimensions: 235 x 155 x 28Cover type: Paper...

Publisher: University of Minnesota PressAuthor(s): Vinciane DespretTranslator: jeffrey bussoliniNumber of pages: 184Collection: UnivocalPublication...

Voyages of Discovery is a mesmerising visual record of ten of the world's most significant natural history expeditions.

A fascinating account of Darwin's groundbreaking work on fossils, richly illustrated with special photography and accurate reconstructions.

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Over 200 stunning archive photographs, most of which have never been published before, illustrate this mesmerising guide to Victorian London seen t...

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Based on archival research and interviews with leading participants in the movement, Masters of the Universe traces the ascendancy of neoliberalism...

An introduction to the biology, behaviour and classification of bats.Publisher: The Natural History MuseumAuthor(s): Tony HutsonIllustration(s): Co...

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Territory is one of the central political concepts of the modern world and, indeed, functions as the primary way the world is divided and controlle...

Presents an innovative history of funk music focused on the performers, regarding them as intellectuals who fashioned a new aesthetic. Utilizing mu...

The first book to chart the extraordinary story of St James's in London, the home to the city's iconic clubland and a host of famous institutionsIl...

Reducere. Fran ois Ewald's landmark The Birth of Solidarity--first published in French in 1986, revised in 1996, with the revised edition appearing here in E...

Examines European museums' efforts to investigate colonialism as part of an unprocessed past, confront its presence, and urge repair. The book show...

DescriptionOver one hundred years since it premiered on cinema screens, D. W. Griffith's controversial photoplay The Birth of a Nation continues to...

Cara New Daggett traces the genealogy of the idea of energy from the Industrial Revolution to the present, showing how it has informed fossil fuel ...

Reducere. DescriptionThe first comprehensive examination of the nineteenth-century Ku Klux Klan since the 1970s, Ku-Klux pinpoints the group's rise with star...

Reducere. Written for everyone interested in women's and gender history, History Matters reaffirms the importance to feminist theory and activism of long-ter...

Reducere. Empires and Barbarians presents a fresh, provocative look at how a recognizable Europe came into being in the first millennium AD. With sharp analy...

George Louis Beer Prize WinnerWallace K. Ferguson Prize FinalistA Marginal Revolution Book of the Year"A groundbreaking contribution...Intellectual...

Reducere. In The Birth of Purgatory, Jacques Le Goff, the brilliant medievalist and renowned Annales historian, is concerned not with theological discussion ...

DescriptionGeorge Washington's place in the foundations of the Republic remains unrivalled. His life story--from his beginnings as a surveyor and f...

Publisher: New York University PressAuthor(s): Jeffrey A. BennettIllustration(s): 9 black and white illustrationsNumber of pages: 272Collection: Bi...

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Rich in case study insights, this book provides an overview of city-region building and considers how governance restructuring shapes political, ec...

The Natural History Museum, London is home to one of the world's most important and comprehensive collections of natural history specimens, literat...

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