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Author | : Anthony Grafton |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 328 |
Release | : 2012-03-29 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1107606152 |
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Elegant and accessible, this book is a powerful and imaginative exploration of themes in the history of European ideas.
Author | : Anthony Grafton |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 50 |
Release | : 2007-03 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0521874351 |
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One of the world's leading cultural historians on writing about history in early modern Europe.
Author | : Beverley C. Southgate |
Publisher | : Psychology Press |
Total Pages | : 224 |
Release | : 2001 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780415256575 |
Download History, what and Why? Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
This is a highly accessible introductory survey of historians' views about the nature and purpose of their subject and discusses the traditional model of history as an account of the past 'as it was'.
Author | : James Raven |
Publisher | : John Wiley & Sons |
Total Pages | : 196 |
Release | : 2018-01-08 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1509523219 |
Download What is the History of the Book? Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
James Raven, a leading historian of the book, offers a fresh and accessible guide to the global study of the production, dissemination and reception of written and printed texts across all societies and in all ages. Students, teachers, researchers and general readers will benefit from the book's investigation of the subject's origins, scope and future direction. Based on original research and a wide range of sources, What is the History of the Book? shows how book history crosses disciplinary boundaries and intersects with literary, historical, media, library, conservation and communications studies. Raven uses examples from around the world to explore different traditions in bibliography, palaeography and manuscript studies. He analyses book history's growing global ambition and demonstrates how the study of reading practices opens up new horizons in social history and the history of knowledge. He shows how book history is contributing to debates about intellectual and popular culture, colonialism and the communication of ideas. The first global, accessible introduction to the field of book history from ancient to modern times, What is the History of the Book? is essential reading for all those interested in one of society's most important cultural artefacts.
Author | : James Buckley, Jr. |
Publisher | : Penguin |
Total Pages | : 114 |
Release | : 2020-10-06 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 0448488523 |
Download Who Was Benedict Arnold? Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
Find out how this one-time American hero became the country's most notorious traitor. As a young child, Benedict Arnold never shied away from a fight. So when the French and Indian War began in 1754, Benedict was eager to join the militia and fight for the British colonies in America. And when he was eighteen years old, he got his chance. Arnold had no idea that less than twenty years later, he would be fighting against the British in the Revolutionary War. Now the captain of his own militia, Benedict won the admiration of his troops and George Washington when he captured a major British fort. He continued fighting for the colonies and was even considered a patriotic war hero after being wounded in battle. But in 1780, Benedict made a decision that no one could anticipate. He betrayed his fellow Americans and joined the British army. Author James Buckley Jr. takes us through Benedict's life and explains the events that led him to switch sides and become the most famous turncoat in American history.
Author | : Ernst Hans Gombrich |
Publisher | : Univ of California Press |
Total Pages | : 258 |
Release | : 1987-01-01 |
Genre | : Art |
ISBN | : 9780520061897 |
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Essays discuss Greek and Chineese art, Da Vinci, Michelangelo, Dutch genre painting, Rubens, Rembrandt, art collecting, museums, and Freud's aesthetics
Author | : Sarah Fabiny |
Publisher | : Penguin |
Total Pages | : 114 |
Release | : 2014-10-30 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 069818727X |
Download Who Was Rachel Carson? Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
Though she grew up in rural Pennsylvania, Rachel Carson dreamed of the sea. In 1936 she began work with the Bureau of Fisheries and soon after published Under the Sea Wind, her first of many nature books. Her 1962 bestseller, Silent Spring, sent shockwaves through the country and warned of the dangers of DDT and other pesticides. A pioneering environmentalist, Rachel Carson helped awaken the global consciousness for conservation and preservation.
Author | : DK |
Publisher | : Penguin |
Total Pages | : 210 |
Release | : 2017-02-07 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 1465464581 |
Download The Presidents Visual Encyclopedia Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
Explore the lives of America's 45 presidents, as well as notable first ladies, famous speeches, and major constitutional events, with The Presidents Visual Encyclopedia. From George Washington to the new leader taking office in January 2017, this visual reference guide presents a unique insight into life in the White House. More than 150 easy-to-read entries cover the presidents, first ladies such as Eleanor Roosevelt, the Louisiana Purchase, the Gettysburg Address, and more, and over 200 fascinating photographs add to kids' knowledge of these leaders and the key moments that defined their time in office. The Presidents Visual Encyclopedia is the perfect one-stop reference guide, teaching kids all they need to know about the history of the United States and the remarkable impact our country has had on the rest of the world.
Author | : Sarah Maza |
Publisher | : University of Chicago Press |
Total Pages | : 262 |
Release | : 2017-09-18 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 022610947X |
Download Thinking About History Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
What distinguishes history as a discipline from other fields of study? That's the animating question of Sarah Maza’s Thinking About History, a general introduction to the field of history that revels in its eclecticism and highlights the inherent tensions and controversies that shape it. Designed for the classroom, Thinking About History is organized around big questions: Whose history do we write, and how does that affect what stories get told and how they are told? How did we come to view the nation as the inevitable context for history, and what happens when we move outside those boundaries? What is the relation among popular, academic, and public history, and how should we evaluate sources? What is the difference between description and interpretation, and how do we balance them? Maza provides choice examples in place of definitive answers, and the result is a book that will spark classroom discussion and offer students a view of history as a vibrant, ever-changing field of inquiry that is thoroughly relevant to our daily lives.
Author | : John Arnold |
Publisher | : Oxford Paperbacks |
Total Pages | : 152 |
Release | : 2000-02-24 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 019285352X |
Download History: A Very Short Introduction Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
Starting with an examination of how historians work, this "Very Short Introduction" aims to explore history in a general, pithy, and accessible manner, rather than to delve into specific periods.