The Cambridge History of Science: Volume 3, Early Modern Science, Paperback - ***

A comprehensive account of knowledge of the natural world in Europe, c.1500-1700. Articles by leading specialists describe how new ideas, discoveri...

The Cambridge History of Science: Volume 1, Ancient Science - Alexander Jones, Liba Taub

Reducere. DescriptionNow in its third edition, The Rise of Early Modern Science argues that to understand why modern science arose in the West it is essentia...

Reducere. The conflict that ended in 1945 is often described as a 'total war', unprecedented in both scale and character. Volume 3 of The Cambridge History o...

The Cambridge History of Philosophy, 1945–2015 - Kelly Becker, Iain D. Thomson

The Cambridge History of the Cold War - Melvyn P. Leffler, Odd Arne Westad

Encompassing the 16th to the 18th centuries, this volume charts the philosophical understanding of religion at a time of intellectual and spiritual...

This collection provides the complete history of the graphic novel from its origins in the nineteenth century to its rise and startling success in ...

This is the first volume to capture the literary history of the English short story. Written by international experts, it seeks to overcome obstacl...

The Cambridge History of American Poetry offers a comprehensive exploration of the development of American poetic traditions from their beginnings ...

The Cambridge History of the First World War: Volume 1, Global War - Jay Winter

The third edition of this best-selling textbook is thoroughly updated, with an emphasis on the global and environmental context of European develop...

From the recovery of ancient ritual magic at the height of the Renaissance to the ignominious demise of alchemy at the dawn of the Enlightenment, M...

Across early modern Europe, men and women from all ranks gathered medical, culinary, and food preservation recipes from family and friends, experts...

DescriptionNobel Laureate Steven Weinberg continues his masterly exposition of quantum field theory. This third volume of The Quantum Theory of Fie...

Reducere. If you want to discover the captivating history of the Scientific Revolution, then keep reading...Two captivating manuscripts in one book: The Scie...

Reducere. If you want to discover the captivating history of the Scientific Revolution, then keep reading...Ancient cultures have been looking up at the star...

Reducere. This first volume of the Cambridge History of Russia covers the period from early ('Kievan') Rus' to the start of Peter the Great's reign in 1689. ...

The second volume of The Cambridge History of Russia covers the imperial period (1689-1917). It encompasses political, economic, social, cultural, ...

Reducere. The second volume of The Cambridge History of Communism explores the rise of Communist states and movements after World War II. Leading experts ana...

The Cambridge History of Greek and Roman Warfare - Philip Sabin, Hans Van Wees, Michael Whitby

A wide-ranging collection of essays on plants as market forces.

Now available in paperback, The Quantum Theory of Fields is a self-contained, comprehensive, and up-to-date introduction to quantum field theory fr...

Reducere. The Cambridge History of Medicine, first published in 2006, surveys the rise of medicine in the West from classical times to the present. Covering ...

DescriptionJapan's ancient age was a period of radical and political change during which a Chinese-style empire emerged. This volume of The Cambrid...

This first volume of The Cambridge History of the First World War provides a comprehensive account of the war's military history. It charts how the...

Volume 3 of The Cambridge History of the First World War explores the social and cultural history of the war and considers the role of civil societ...

The Cambridge History of the English Novel chronicles an ever-changing and developing body of fiction across three centuries. An interwoven narrati...

Volume 2 of The Cambridge History of the First World War provides a comprehensive political history of the war exploring the multifaceted history o...

Naturalism in the Christian Imagination explores the writings of key thinkers from early modern England who wrestled with the challenge of situatin...

Reducere. Scholars have long known that world music was not merely the globalized product of modern media, but rather that it connected religions, cultures, ...

DescriptionBringing together original contributions from scholars around the world, this volume traces the history of travel writing from antiquity...

DescriptionOver thirty essays provide a comprehensive overview of the essential events, persons, places and issues involved in the emergence of the...

The Cambridge History of the Cold War 3 Volume Set - Melvyn P. Leffler, Odd Arne Westad

From the late fifteenth century onwards, scholars across Europe began to write books about how to read and evaluate histories. These pioneering wor...

The third volume of The Cambridge History of Russia provides an authoritative political, intellectual, social and cultural history of Russia and th...

The Cambridge History of the Romance Languages: Volume 2, Contexts - Martin Maiden, John Charles Smith, Adam Ledgeway

Provides new and original interpretations of a crucial phase in the history of Ireland that, while focused firmly on the island and its traditions,...

The first textbook covering the history of science from antiquity through the Scientific Revolution. Providing students of all backgrounds with the...

DescriptionByzantium lasted a thousand years, ruled to the end by self-styled 'emperors of the Romans'. It underwent kaleidoscopic territorial and ...

DescriptionThe Cambridge History of Religion in the Classical World provides a comprehensive and in-depth analysis of the religions of the ancient ...

Reducere. This authoritative, accessible and engaging four-volume history vividly presents the Irish story - or stories - from c.600 to the present, within i...

Reducere. The Cambridge History of the American Civil War provides the most comprehensive analysis to date of the American Civil War. With contributions from...

This two-volume history offers a comprehensive survey of the major themes, thinkers, and movements that shaped our intellectual world from the late...