British Academy Centenary Monographs – serie
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A Century of British Orientalists, 1902-2001
Av Bosworth, C. Edmund Bosworth
Inbunden, 2001
1196 kr
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The evolution of Oriental Studies in Britain over the last century is traced in thirteen essays on key figures (twelve of them Fellows of the British Academy). They exemplify the outstanding contribution of British scholars to Oriental scholarship, within the general trend in the West to understand …
History and Historians in the Twentieth Century
Av BURKE, Peter Burke
Inbunden, 2002
1071 kr
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One of the major intellectual debates inside and outside the historical profession at the beginning of the new century concerns the status of accounts of the past. Can historians tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth? Do they discover or invent, construct or reconstruct the …
The British Constitution in the Twentieth Century
Inbunden, 2003
1103 kr
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This is the first scholarly survey of the British constitution in the twentieth century. Indeed, it fills a very real gap in the history of Britain during the last hundred years. The book is a product of interdisciplinary collaboration by a distinguished group of constitutional lawyers, historians …
A Century of British Geography
Av Ron Johnston, Michael Williams
Inbunden, 2003
2136 kr
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These essays trace the evolution of British geography as an academic discipline during the last hundred years, and stress how the study of the world we live in is fundamental to an understanding of its problems and concerns. Never before has such an ambitious and wide-ranging review been attempted, …
The British Study of Politics in the Twentieth Century
Av Hayward, Jack Hayward m. fl.
Häftad, 2003
255 kr
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The distinctive strength of political science in Britain is revealed in this indispensable guide to modern British scholarship in the field. As well as charting the development of the discipline, the essays examine the innovative contributions to the study of nationalism, totalitarianism and …
A Century of Theological and Religious Studies in Britain, 1902-2002
Inbunden, 2004
1213 kr
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The essays in this volume give an account of how the agenda for theology and religious studies was set and reset throughout the twentieth century - by rapid and at times cataclysmic changes (wars, followed by social and academic upheavals in the 1960s), by new movements of thought, by a bounty of …
Mapping Lives
The Uses of Biography
Av France, Peter France m. fl.
Häftad, 2004
607 kr
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Why biography? This collection of essays on the problems and functions of biography, and particularly the biography of writers, thinkers and artists, investigates a subject of enduring importance for those interested in culture and society. In the last century, it has been a controversial subject, …
The British Constitution in the Twentieth Century
Häftad, 2004
783 kr
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This is the first scholarly survey of the British constitution in the twentieth century. Indeed, it fills a very real gap in the history of Britain during the last hundred years. The book is a product of interdisciplinary collaboration by a distinguished group of constitutional lawyers, historians …
Classics in Progress
Essays on Ancient Greece and Rome
Häftad, 2006
701 kr
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The study of Greco-Roman civilisation is as exciting and innovative today as it has ever been. This intriguing collection of essays by contemporary classicists reveals new discoveries, new interpretations and new ways of exploring the experiences of the ancient world.Through one and a half …
The Organisation of Knowledge in Victorian Britain
Inbunden, 2005
1604 kr
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This collection of essays explores the questions of what counted as knowledge in Victorian Britain, who defined knowledge and the knowledgeable, by what means and by what criteria. During the Victorian period, the structure of knowledge took on a new and recognizably modern form, and the …
The Arguments of Time
Av Butterfield, Jeremy Butterfield
Häftad, 2006
528 kr
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These nine essays, commissioned on the initiative of the Philosophy section of the British Academy, address fundamental questions about time in philosophy, physics, linguistics, and psychology. Are there facts about the future? Could we affect the past? In physics, general relativity and quantum …
The Economic Future in Historical Perspective
Häftad, 2006
628 kr
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In this volume, leading modern economic historians show how analysis of past experiences contributes to a better understanding of present-day economic conditions; they offer important insights into major challenges that will occupy the attention of policy makers in the coming decades. The seventeen …
A Century of British Medieval Studies
Inbunden, 2007
2313 kr
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This is an authoritative guide to the complete range of medieval scholarship undertaken in twentieth-century Britain: history, archaeology, language, culture. Some of the twenty-nine essays focus on changes in research method or on the achievements of individual scholars, others are the personal …
The British Study of Politics in the Twentieth Century
Av Jack Hayward
Inbunden, 2000
705 kr
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The British study of politics throughout the twentieth century is charted and interpreted for the first time by a team of major scholars brought together on the initiative of the Political Studies section of the British Academy. The authors trace the growing professionalism of political science in …
Economic Future in Historical Perspective
Av P. a. David, Paul A. David m. fl.
Inbunden, 2006
805 kr
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In this volume, leading modern economic historians show how analysis of past experiences contributes to a better understanding of present-day economic conditions; they offer important insights into major challenges that will occupy the attention of policy makers in the coming decades. The seventeen …
Mapping Lives – The Uses of Biography
The Uses of Biography
Av Peter France, Peter France m. fl.
Inbunden, 2002
711 kr
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Why biography? This collection of essays on the problems and functions of biography, and particularly the biography of writers, thinkers and artists, investigates a subject of enduring importance for those interested in culture and society. In the last century, it has been a controversial subject, …
Classics in Progress – Essays on Ancient Greece and Rome
Essays on Ancient Greece and Rome
Av T. P. Wiseman, T. P. Wiseman
Inbunden, 2002
898 kr
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The study of Greco-Roman civilisation is as exciting and innovative today as it has ever been. This intriguing collection of essays by contemporary classicists reveals new discoveries, new interpretations and new ways of exploring the experiences of the ancient world. Through one and a half …
