This book aids the recognition, understanding and historical interpretation of the surviving cottages in England and Wales. Their changing forms, quality and methods of building are explained and illustrated.
This book aids the recognition, understanding and historical interpretation of the surviving cottages in England and Wales. Their changing forms, qual...
From its beginnings in the early twelfth century, the Western civilizing process has involved two interconnected transformations: the monopolization of military force by sovereign states and the cultivation in individuals of habits and dispositions of the kind that we call "civilized." The combined forward movement of these processes channels violent struggles for social dominance into symbolic performances. But even as the civilizing process frees many subjects from the threat of direct physical force, violence accumulates behind the scenes and at the margins of the social order, kept there...
From its beginnings in the early twelfth century, the Western civilizing process has involved two interconnected transformations: the monopolization o...
