Bread of Dreams : Food and Fantasy in Early Modern Europe
ISBN: 9780745618364 / Angielski / Miękka / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This study examines the imaginative world of poor and ordinary people in pre-industrial Europe, exploring their everyday preoccupations, fears and fantasies. Camporesi develops the claim that many people in early-modern Europe lived in a state of almost permanent hallucination, drugged by their hunger or by bread adulterated with hallucinogenic herbs. The use of opiate products, administered even to children and infants, was widespread and was linked to a popular mythology in which herbalists and exorcists were important cultural figures.
This study examines the imaginative world of poor and ordinary people in pre-industrial Europe, exploring their everyday preoccupations, fears and fan...
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98,79 zł |
George III and the Satirists from Hogarth to Byron
ISBN: 9780820331249 / Angielski / Miękka / 408 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. King George III inherited two legacies from the restoration of the monarchy in 1660: his crown and a tradition of regal satire. As the last British monarch who fully ruled as well as reigned and as the last king of America, George III was the target of constant satiric attacks even before he came to the throne in 1760 and for years after his death in 1820. An interdisciplinary and intercontinental study, this book examines the political satiric poetry and political graphic prints of Britain and Colonial America during the late Georgian period--a tumultuous era that witnessed the American... King George III inherited two legacies from the restoration of the monarchy in 1660: his crown and a tradition of regal satire. As the last British... |
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Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea: Merchant Seamen, Pirates and the Anglo-American Maritime World, 1700-1750
ISBN: 9780521303422 / Angielski / Twarda / 340 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The common seaman and the pirate in the age of sail are romantic historical figures who occupy a special place in the popular culture of the modern age. And yet in many ways, these daring men remain little known to us. Like most other poor working people of the past, they left few first-hand accounts of their lives. But their lives are not beyond recovery. In this book, Marcus Rediker uses a huge array of historical sources (court records, diaries, travel accounts, and many others) to reconstruct the social cultural world of the Anglo-American seamen and pirates who sailed the seas in the...
The common seaman and the pirate in the age of sail are romantic historical figures who occupy a special place in the popular culture of the modern ag...
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451,11 zł |
Eighteenth-Century Britain, 1688-1783
ISBN: 9780230537491 / Angielski / Twarda / 328 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Jeremy Black sets the politics of eighteenth century Britain into the fascinating context of social, economic, cultural, religious and scientific developments. The second edition of this successful text by a leading authority in the field has now been updated and expanded to incorporate the latest research and scholarship.
Jeremy Black sets the politics of eighteenth century Britain into the fascinating context of social, economic, cultural, religious and scientific deve...
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495,61 zł |
The Two Princes of Calabar: An Eighteenth-Century Atlantic Odyssey
ISBN: 9780674032057 / Angielski / Miękka / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In 1767, two "princes" of a ruling family in the port of Old Calabar, on the slave coast of Africa, were ambushed and captured by English slavers. The princes, Little Ephraim Robin John and Ancona Robin Robin John, were themselves slave traders who were betrayed by African competitors--and so began their own extraordinary odyssey of enslavement. Their story, written in their own hand, survives as a rare firsthand account of the Atlantic slave experience. Randy Sparks made the remarkable discovery of the princes' correspondence and has managed to reconstruct their adventures from it.... In 1767, two "princes" of a ruling family in the port of Old Calabar, on the slave coast of Africa, were ambushed and captured by English slavers. ... |
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The Oxford History of the British Empire: Volume II: The Eighteenth Century
ISBN: 9780198205630 / Angielski / Twarda / 662 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Volume II of the Oxford History of the British Empire examines the history of British worldwide expansion from the Glorious Revolution of 1689 to the end of the Napoleonic Wars, a crucial phase in the creation of the modern British Empire. This was the age of General Wolfe, Clive of India, and Captain Cook. The international team of experts deploys the latest scholarly research to trace and analyze development and expansion over more than a century. They show how trade, warfare, and migration created an Empire, at first overwhelmingly in the Americas but later increasingly in Asia. Although...
Volume II of the Oxford History of the British Empire examines the history of British worldwide expansion from the Glorious Revolution of 1689 to the ...
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920,64 zł |
Das erziehende Gesetz: 16. Symposion der Kommission „Die Funktion des Gesetzes in Geschichte und Gegenwart“
ISBN: 9783110277289 / Niemiecki / Twarda / 273 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Der Band Das erziehende Gesetz geht einem bislang nur wenig erforschten Phanomen nach: dem edukatorischen Staatshandeln. In sechs Beitragen und Diskussionen wird der seine Burger erziehende Staat aus unterschiedlichen Perspektiven beleuchtet: beginnend mit der fruhen Neuzeit uber das 20. Jahrhundert bis hin zum heutigen nationalen und europaischen Recht. Der Band Das erziehende Gesetz geht einem bislang nur wenig erforschten Phanomen nach: dem edukatorischen Staatshandeln. In sechs Beitrage... |
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675,43 zł |
Benjamin Collins and the Provincial Newspaper Trade in the Eighteenth Century
ISBN: 9780198206521 / Angielski / Twarda / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This pioneering study of the provincial book and newspaper trade is based on the first thoroughgoing study of a regional paper and its competitors. Using new archival material and the biography of the entrepreneur, Benjamin Collins, Christine Ferdinand reveals the interdependent relationship between the writers and makers of newspapers, the principal members of the London book trade, and the new market for the printed word.
This pioneering study of the provincial book and newspaper trade is based on the first thoroughgoing study of a regional paper and its competitors. Us...
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Sex and Conquest: Gender Construction and Political Order During the European Conquest of the Americas
ISBN: 9780745607276 / Angielski / Twarda / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This volume is a study of early-American sexuality at the time of the Conquests. It examines the sexual relations, mainly between males, that the Spaniards and Portugese encountered when they entered various parts of the Americas from 1492 until around 1750.
This volume is a study of early-American sexuality at the time of the Conquests. It examines the sexual relations, mainly between males, that the Span...
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The Enlightenment
ISBN: 9780313342431 / Angielski / Twarda / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Explore the radical ideas of the European Enlightenment, which catapulted intellectual and philosophical thought into the modern age.
Explore the radical ideas of the European Enlightenment, which catapulted intellectual and philosophical thought into the modern age.
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The Last Plague in the Baltic Region, 1709-1713
ISBN: 9788763507707 / Angielski / Twarda / 537 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. During the long period from 1348 to 1722 the plague raged with irregular intervals across Europe, and one of the last big epidemics of plague devastated all countries facing the Baltic Sea in the years from 1709 to 1713. This work analyzes this serious epi
During the long period from 1348 to 1722 the plague raged with irregular intervals across Europe, and one of the last big epidemics of plague devastat...
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A Cultural History of Animals in the Age of Enlightenment
ISBN: 9781845203726 / Angielski / Twarda / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The period of the Enlightenment saw great changes in the way animals were seen. The codifying and categorizing impulse of the age of reason saw sharp lines drawn between different animal species and between animals and humans. In 1600, "beasts" were still seen as the foils and adversaries of human reason. By 1800, animals had become exemplars of sentiment and compassion, the new standards of truth and morals. A new age had dawned, a time when humans admired animals and sought to recover their own animality. As with all the volumes in the illustrated Cultural History of Animals, this... The period of the Enlightenment saw great changes in the way animals were seen. The codifying and categorizing impulse of the age of reason saw sha... |
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Accommodating Poverty: The Housing and Living Arrangements of the English Poor, C. 1600-1850
ISBN: 9780230542426 / Angielski / Twarda / 292 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book offers a detailed examination of the living arrangements and material circumstances of the poor betweeen 1650 and 1850.Chapters investigate poor households in urban, rural and metropolitan contexts, and contribute to wider investigations into British economic and social conditions in the long Eighteenth century."
This book offers a detailed examination of the living arrangements and material circumstances of the poor betweeen 1650 and 1850.Chapters investigate ...
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Crime, Prosecution and Social Relations: The Summary Courts of the City of London in the Late Eighteenth Century
ISBN: 9780230203976 / Angielski / Twarda / 228 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Offers a fascinating view of the social history of Georgian London through the workings of the Summary courts. By analyzing the summary proceedings and the use of the law by ordinary citizens - to prosecute theft, violence and resolve disputes - this study represents an important addition to our understanding of the criminal justice system.
Offers a fascinating view of the social history of Georgian London through the workings of the Summary courts. By analyzing the summary proceedings an...
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Eighteenth-Century England: History, Literature, Theatre, Architecture, Art, Music
ISBN: 9781440126666 / Angielski / Miękka / 400 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY ENGLAND is a an inter-disciplinary survey of English culture of the period. It deals with major developments in history, literature, theatre, architecture, art, and music with attention to the economic and social foundations. Philosophy and religion are also included. The book provides a broad background for students and general readers with an interest in eighteenth-century culture or in one or more of the specific disciplines with which the book deals.
EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY ENGLAND is a an inter-disciplinary survey of English culture of the period. It deals with major developments in history, literature...
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Scientific Expeditions to the Arab World (1761-1881)
ISBN: 9780199568895 / Angielski / Twarda / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Ivo Klaver discusses the four major expeditions (Danish, French, Prussian, and British) which assembled scientific data in various parts of the Arab world between 1761 and 1881. These unique expeditions were sponsored by governments and official institutions, as opposed to expeditions undertaken by individual collectors. As such they were aimed at satisfying a desire for national prestige in a European imperialistic context, either in the field of knowledge or in the field of trade. At the same time they were epic adventures for the brilliant and dedicated naturalists involved, several of...
Ivo Klaver discusses the four major expeditions (Danish, French, Prussian, and British) which assembled scientific data in various parts of the Arab w...
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Louis XV's Navy, 1748-1762: A Study of Organization and Administration
ISBN: 9780773536319 / Angielski / Miękka / 312 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Analyses the changes that occurred in naval organization and administration in the years between the end of the War of Austrian Succession and the conclusion of the Seven Years War.
Analyses the changes that occurred in naval organization and administration in the years between the end of the War of Austrian Succession and the con...
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The Road to Egdon Heath: The Aesthetics of the Great in Nature: Volume 26
ISBN: 9780773518001 / Angielski / Twarda / 384 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Bevis examines a wide range of English, European, and North American texts, literary works as well as religious, scientific, and travel writing. He surveys the literature on mountain climbing, sea voyages, desert travel, and polar exploration, and its metaphorical uses in poetry and fiction. Relying on Addison's term "the Great" rather than "the sublime," he shows how works such as Darwin's journals, Lyell's studies in geology, and de Saussure's books on the Alps helped form an outlook on nature that also found frequent literary expression. A wide-ranging, interdisciplinary work in the...
Bevis examines a wide range of English, European, and North American texts, literary works as well as religious, scientific, and travel writing. He su...
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537,35 zł |
Revolutionary Commerce: Globalization and the French Monarchy
ISBN: 9780674047266 / Angielski / Twarda / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Combining the intellectual history of the Enlightenment, Atlantic history, and the history of the French Revolution, Paul Cheney explores the political economy of globalization in eighteenth-century France. The discovery of the New World and the rise of Europe's Atlantic economy brought unprecedented wealth. It also reordered the political balance among European states and threatened age-old social hierarchies within them. In this charged context, the French developed a "science of commerce" that aimed to benefit from this new wealth while containing its revolutionary effects.... Combining the intellectual history of the Enlightenment, Atlantic history, and the history of the French Revolution, Paul Cheney explores the polit... |
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While They Were Young-A History of St .Charles and Her Service Personnel 1940-1945
ISBN: 9781440194832 / Angielski / Twarda / 328 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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143,92 zł |