History: Bloomsbury Academic Collections – serie
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46 produkter
Mendelian Revolution
The Emergence of Hereditarian Concepts in Modern Science and Society
E-bok, 2000
2247 kr
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An introduction to the history of genetics and the rethinking of evolutionism.
Elizabethan Pamphleteers
Popular Moralistic Pamphlets 1580-1640
Av Sandra Clark
Inbunden, 2015
2050 kr
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This title offers the first comprehensive study of the sudden appearance and rise to popularity of the moralistic prose pamphlet. Its interest lies not just in the pamphlet's subject matter but also in the literary techniques developed by its authors to appeal to a newly literate and growing …
Government and Society in Colonial Peru
The Intendant System 1784-1814
Inbunden, 2015
2050 kr
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This study of the structure of government and society in late colonial Peru is based upon detailed examination of the operation of the viceroyalty of the system of administration by intendants, partly in response to the demands for better provincial government expressed by the Túpac Amaru …
Government and Society in Colonial Peru
The Intendant System 1784-1814
E-bok, 2015
2198 kr
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This study of the structure of government and society in late colonial Peru is based upon detailed examination of the operation of the viceroyalty of the system of administration by intendants, partly in response to the demands for better provincial government expressed by the Túpac Amaru …
Elizabethan Pamphleteers
Popular Moralistic Pamphlets 1580-1640
Av Sandra Clark
E-bok, 2015
2509 kr
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This title offers the first comprehensive study of the sudden appearance and rise to popularity of the moralistic prose pamphlet. Its interest lies not just in the pamphlet''s subject matter but also in the literary techniques developed by its authors to appeal to a newly literate and growing …
Professionalism, Patronage and Public Service in Victorian London
The Staff of the Metropolitan Board of Works, 1856-1889
Inbunden, 2015
2050 kr
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This study of 19th-century local government examines the role of local government officials and the social origins of this growing bureaucracy. As the predecessor of the London County Council, the Metropolitan Board of Works was an important body and its officials formed a large and significant …
Professionalism, Patronage and Public Service in Victorian London
The Staff of the Metropolitan Board of Works, 1856-1889
E-bok, 2015
2198 kr
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This study of 19th-century local government examines the role of local government officials and the social origins of this growing bureaucracy. As the predecessor of the London County Council, the Metropolitan Board of Works was an important body and its officials formed a large and significant …
Royal Mail
The Post Office Since 1840
Inbunden, 2015
2050 kr
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The history of the post office involves many of the most significant themes in the social, economic and political history of Britain. Daunton traces the development of the post office as an institution and as a business in the 19th and 20th centuries and places the debates surrounding its history, …
Royal Mail
The Post Office Since 1840
E-bok, 2015
2247 kr
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The history of the post office involves many of the most significant themes in the social, economic and political history of Britain. Daunton traces the development of the post office as an institution and as a business in the 19th and 20th centuries and places the debates surrounding its history, …
Housing the Workers, 1850-1914
A Comparative Perspective
Inbunden, 2015
2050 kr
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In the past, accounts of housing were dominated by the analysis of the problems of slum property at the bottom of the market, and the way in which public housing emerged from attempts to ameliorate the worst conditions, in an apparently inevitable process. This title questions this perception by …
Housing the Workers, 1850-1914
A Comparative Perspective
E-bok, 2015
2247 kr
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In the past, accounts of housing were dominated by the analysis of the problems of slum property at the bottom of the market, and the way in which public housing emerged from attempts to ameliorate the worst conditions, in an apparently inevitable process. This title questions this perception by …
Papermaking in Britain 1488-1988
A Short History
Inbunden, 2015
2050 kr
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This short history tells the story of five hundred years of papermaking against the general background of the coming of paper and printing in Britain, through the major developments of the Industrial Revolution, up to the technological advances which have made possible the enormous high-speed paper …
Papermaking in Britain 1488-1988
A Short History
E-bok, 2015
2247 kr
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This short history tells the story of five hundred years of papermaking against the general background of the coming of paper and printing in Britain, through the major developments of the Industrial Revolution, up to the technological advances which have made possible the enormous high-speed paper …
Search for Good Sense
Four Eighteenth-Century Characters: Johnson, Chesterfield, Boswell and Goldsmith
Av F. L. Lucas
Inbunden, 2015
2289 kr
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Best known for his guide on writing and recognizing good prose, Style (1955), F.L. Lucas addresses four of the most popular 18th-century English poets and writers in this book: Samuel Johnson, Lord Chesterfield, James Boswell and Oliver Goldsmith. Knowledgeably, conversationally, and often amusing, …
Search for Good Sense
Four Eighteenth-Century Characters: Johnson, Chesterfield, Boswell and Goldsmith
Av F. L. Lucas
E-bok, 2015
2509 kr
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Best known for his guide on writing and recognizing good prose, Style (1955), F.L. Lucas addresses four of the most popular 18th-century English poets and writers in this book: Samuel Johnson, Lord Chesterfield, James Boswell and Oliver Goldsmith. Knowledgeably, conversationally, and often amusing, …
Missing Stratum
Technical School Education in England 1900-1990s
E-bok, 2015
2247 kr
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Starting with the creation of the early technical schools before the First Wold War and finishing with John Patten''s policies as Secretary of State for Education in 1993, Sanderson examines the development of the technical school sector and the factors which weakened it and led to its demise. The …
Missing Stratum
Technical School Education in England 1900-1990s
Inbunden, 2015
1934 kr
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Starting with the creation of the early technical schools before the First Wold War and finishing with John Patten’s policies as Secretary of State for Education in 1993, Sanderson examines the development of the technical school sector and the factors which weakened it and led to its demise. The …
Shipping and the American War 1775-83
A Study of British Transport Organization
Av David Syrett
Inbunden, 2015
2050 kr
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Showing the complex interaction of strategy, logistics, administration, and economics, Syrett’s pioneering text brings to light some basic causes for the ultimate failure of the British war effort during the American War of Independence. This war effort was fatally compromised by the British need …
Shipping and the American War 1775-83
A Study of British Transport Organization
Av David Syrett
E-bok, 2015
2198 kr
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Showing the complex interaction of strategy, logistics, administration, and economics, Syrett''s pioneering text brings to light some basic causes for the ultimate failure of the British war effort during the American War of Independence. This war effort was fatally compromised by the British need …
Strong Supporting Cast
The Shaw Lefevres 1789-1936
Inbunden, 2015
2050 kr
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Drawing upon a wide range of private papers, this family biography recreates the social and domestic setting of an ambitious family which had been part of the highest levels of political leadership in Britain for almost 150 years, throwing important light upon public and private centres of power …
Strong Supporting Cast
The Shaw Lefevres 1789-1936
E-bok, 2015
2316 kr
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Drawing upon a wide range of private papers, this family biography recreates the social and domestic setting of an ambitious family which had been part of the highest levels of political leadership in Britain for almost 150 years, throwing important light upon public and private centres of power …
Greek Shipowners and Greece
1945-1975 From Separate Development to Mutual Interdependence
Inbunden, 2015
2050 kr
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This account of the extraordinary growth of the Greek ship-operating industry following the Second World War is a major breakthrough. The body of data presented and analysed makes it possible to form an informed historical view of Greek pre-eminence in sea transport.
Greek Shipowners and Greece
1945-1975 from Separate Development to Mutual Interdependence
E-bok, 2015
2247 kr
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This account of the extraordinary growth of the Greek ship-operating industry following the Second World War is a major breakthrough. The body of data presented and analysed makes it possible to form an informed historical view of Greek pre-eminence in sea transport.
V.F. Odoevsky
His Life, Times and Milieu
E-bok, 2015
2182 kr
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Odoyevsky (1804-1869) was a leading writer, musicologist, popular educator and public servant in Russia, close to the major historical events of his period and acquainted with many of the leading personalities, from Pushkin to Glinka, to Turgenev, Tolstoy and Tchaikovsky, as well as Berlioz and …
V.F. Odoevsky
His Life, Times and Milieu
Inbunden, 2015
2050 kr
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Odoyevsky (1804-1869) was a leading writer, musicologist, popular educator and public servant in Russia, close to the major historical events of his period and acquainted with many of the leading personalities, from Pushkin to Glinka, to Turgenev, Tolstoy and Tchaikovsky, as well as Berlioz and …
Flemish Movement
A Documentary History 1780-1990
Av Theo Hermans
Inbunden, 2015
2336 kr
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This documentary history of the Flemish movement and its role as a social, intellectual and political force in Belgium recounts the struggle for the recognition of the language and cultural identity of the Dutch-speaking inhabitants of Belgium.
Flemish Movement
A Documentary History 1780-1990
Av Theo Hermans
E-bok, 2015
2568 kr
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This documentary history of the Flemish movement and its role as a social, intellectual and political force in Belgium recounts the struggle for the recognition of the language and cultural identity of the Dutch-speaking inhabitants of Belgium.
Modern Dutch Studies
Essays in honour of Professor Peter King on the occasion of his retirement
Inbunden, 2015
2289 kr
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These essays by leading scholars explore the integration of language and literature study in the fields of art history and social sciences, exploring as a result the scope and nature of the discipline of Dutch Studies today.
Modern Dutch Studies
Essays in Honour of Professor Peter King on the Occasion of His Retirement
E-bok, 2015
2509 kr
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These essays by leading scholars explore the integration of language and literature study in the fields of art history and social sciences, exploring as a result the scope and nature of the discipline of Dutch Studies today.
German Economy at War
E-bok, 2015
2176 kr
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This title describes the development of Germany''s war economy in the light of the unpublished documentary material which was captured in 1945 including records from the Reich Ministry of Armaments and Munitions, notes made by Albert Speer of his conferences with Hitler, many papers of the economic …
