Themes in History – serie
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17 produkter
Decline in History
The European Experience
Inbunden, 1998
888 kr
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The study of decline in history deserves as much attention as progress, and yet there are very few comparative studies available. This book fills that gap. Drawing on the works of Immanuel Wallerstein, Fernand Braudel, Michael Mann and Jonathan Israel to inform his approach, Thomson examines the …
Decline in History
The European Experience
Häftad, 1998
334 kr
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The study of decline in history deserves as much attention as progress, and yet there are very few comparative studies available. This book fills that gap. Drawing on the works of Immanuel Wallerstein, Fernand Braudel, Michael Mann and Jonathan Israel to inform his approach, Thomson examines the …
Rise of Mass Literacy
Reading and Writing in Modern Europe
Inbunden, 2000
863 kr
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This important book provides a comparative study of the growth and impact of mass literacy across Europe between 1750 and 1950. The volume outlines the main features of the comparative growth of literacy, and relates them to the later growth of electronic media. It assesses the ways in which mass …
Rise of Mass Literacy
Reading and Writing in Modern Europe
Häftad, 2000
324 kr
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This important book provides a comparative study of the growth and impact of mass literacy across Europe between 1750 and 1950. The volume outlines the main features of the comparative growth of literacy, and relates them to the later growth of electronic media. It assesses the ways in which mass …
Nature
Western Attitudes Since Ancient Times
Av Peter Coates
Häftad, 1998
264 kr
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'Nature' is a deceptively simple and ahistorical term, suggesting intrinsic, unchanging reality. Yet nature has a history too, both in terms of human attitudes and human impacts. Coates outlines the major understandings of 'nature' in the western world since classical times, from nature as higher …
Servitude in Modern Times
Av M. L. Bush
Inbunden, 2000
872 kr
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This book offers a comparative analysis of the major systems of servitude present in the world since 1500. Slavery, serfdom, debt bondage, indentured service and convict labour all provided labour and service through the legal subjection of one person to another, but remained very different. By …
Servitude in Modern Times
Av M. L. Bush
Häftad, 2000
351 kr
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This book offers a comparative analysis of the major systems of servitude present in the world since 1500. Slavery, serfdom, debt bondage, indentured service and convict labour all provided labour and service through the legal subjection of one person to another, but remained very different. By …
Sex Before Sexuality
A Premodern History
Av Kim M. Phillips, Barry Reay
Inbunden, 2011
800 kr
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Sexuality in modern western culture is central to identity but the tendency to define by sexuality does not apply to the premodern past. Before the 'invention' of sexuality, erotic acts and desires were comprehended as species of sin, expressions of idealised love, courtship, and marriage, or …
Sex Before Sexuality
A Premodern History
Av Kim M. Phillips, Barry Reay
Häftad, 2011
300 kr
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Sexuality in modern western culture is central to identity but the tendency to define by sexuality does not apply to the premodern past. Before the 'invention' of sexuality, erotic acts and desires were comprehended as species of sin, expressions of idealised love, courtship, and marriage, or …
Empires and Colonies
Inbunden, 2007
906 kr
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Empires and Colonies provides a thoroughgoing and lively exploration of the expansion of the seaborne empires of western Europe from the fifteenth century and how that process of expansion affected the world,including its successor, the United States. Whilst providing special attention to Europe, …
Empires and Colonies
Häftad, 2007
422 kr
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Empires and Colonies provides a thoroughgoing and lively exploration of the expansion of the seaborne empires of western Europe from the fifteenth century and how that process of expansion affected the world,including its successor, the United States. Whilst providing special attention to Europe, …
Witches and Witch-Hunts
A Global History
Inbunden, 2004
993 kr
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In this major new book, Wolfgang Behringer surveys the phenomenon of witchcraft past and present. Drawing on the latest historical and anthropological findings, Behringer sheds new light on the history of European witchcraft, while demonstrating that witch-hunts are not simply part of the European …
Witches and Witch-Hunts
A Global History
Häftad, 2004
357 kr
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In this major new book, Wolfgang Behringer surveys the phenomenon of witchcraft past and present. Drawing on the latest historical and anthropological findings, Behringer sheds new light on the history of European witchcraft, while demonstrating that witch-hunts are not simply part of the European …
Clothing
A Global History
Av Robert Ross
Inbunden, 2008
800 kr
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In virtually all the countries of the world, men, and to a lesser extent women, are today dressed in very similar clothing. This book gives a compelling account and analysis of the process by which this has come about. At the same time it takes seriously those places where, for whatever reason, …
Clothing
A Global History
Av Robert Ross
Häftad, 2008
267 kr
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In virtually all the countries of the world, men, and to a lesser extent women, are today dressed in very similar clothing. This book gives a compelling account and analysis of the process by which this has come about. At the same time it takes seriously those places where, for whatever reason, …
Nature
Western Attitudes Since Ancient Times
Av Peter Coates
Inbunden, 1998
609 kr
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'Nature' is a deceptively simple and ahistorical term, suggesting intrinsic, unchanging reality. Yet nature has a history too, both in terms of human attitudes and human impacts. Coates outlines the major understandings of 'nature' in the western world since classical times, from nature as higher …
Disease and the Modern World: 1500 to the Present Day
Häftad, 2004
242 kr
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‘Mark Harrison's book illuminates the threats posed by infectious diseases since 1500. He places these diseases within an international perspective, and demonstrates the relationship between European expansion and changing epidemiological patterns. The book is a significant introduction to a …
