L'esercito del Ducato di Parma parte terza 1848-1859
ISBN: 9788893270557 / Włoski / Miękka / 98 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Le foggie militari parmensi da Maria Luigia a Carlo III Pochi anni fa, vennero esposti in un museo di New York 62 disegni originali di Quinto Cenni, provenienti dalla collezione Viskuezzen, prima di allora pressochE ignoti. La maggior parte di questi bozzetti si riferivano alle truppe parmensi nel periodo della reggenza di Maria Luigia d'Austria, giA imperatrice di Francia e consorte di Napoleone Bonaparte. Le illustrazioni, che ora andiamo a pubblicare su questo libro sono assai graziose e assai curiose. Esse rimandano una romantica immagine oleografica della bella parma di metA... Le foggie militari parmensi da Maria Luigia a Carlo III Pochi anni fa, vennero esposti in un museo di New York 62 disegni originali di Quinto Cenni... |
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L'esercito del Ducato di Parma: parte prima 1814-1847
ISBN: 9788893270540 / Włoski / Miękka / 158 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Il ducato di Maria Luigia "I Ducati di Parma, Piacenza e Guastalla apparterranno in tutta proprietA e sovranitA a sua MaestA l'Imperatrice Marie-Louise (Maria Luigia). Questi andranno a suo figlio alla sua discendenza in linea diretta. Il principe, suo figlio, prenderA a partire da questo momento il titolo di Principe di Parma, Piacenza e Guastalla... " Questo E il primo volume dei Quaderni Cenni, dedicati alle opere inedite del grande uniformologo italiano, dedicati in questa prima serie agli stati iatlaini preunitari. In questo primo volume si parla dell'esercito di maria Luigia dal 1814... Il ducato di Maria Luigia "I Ducati di Parma, Piacenza e Guastalla apparterranno in tutta proprietA e sovranitA a sua MaestA l'Imperatrice Marie-Lo... |
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L'esercito del Ducato di Parma parte seconda 1848-1859
ISBN: 9788893270519 / Włoski / Miękka / 144 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. L'esercito dal 1848 al 1859 Quando Carlo III a seguito dell'abdicazione del trono divenne il nuovo duca di Parma, si attivO immediatamente nel mettere mano alla riforma delle forze Armate. Grande appassionato del settore egli mostrO subito una certa competenza in Materia. Egli fece numerosi tour d'apprendimento presso l'armata austriaca, in special modo per ammodernare il piU possibile l'arma dell'artiglieria. Ma dove il Duca raggiunse il massimo fu nella scelta assai moderna per l'epoca, delle uniformi. Le Uniformi prussiane di Carlo III Contrariamente alle tradizioni imperanti fra tutti... L'esercito dal 1848 al 1859 Quando Carlo III a seguito dell'abdicazione del trono divenne il nuovo duca di Parma, si attivO immediatamente nel mett... |
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What Is History For?: Johann Gustav Droysen and the Functions of Historiography
ISBN: 9781785333347 / Angielski / Miękka / 242 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A scholar of Hellenistic and Prussian history, Droysen developed a historical theory that at the time was unprecedented in range and depth, and which remains to the present day a valuable key for understanding history as both an idea and a professional practice. Arthur Alfaix Assis interprets Droysen's theoretical project as an attempt to redefine the function of historiography within the context of a rising criticism of exemplar theories of history, and focuses on Droysen's claim that the goal underlying historical writing and reading should be the development of the subjective capacity... A scholar of Hellenistic and Prussian history, Droysen developed a historical theory that at the time was unprecedented in range and depth, and wh... |
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19th Century Baseball in Chicago
ISBN: 9781531617769 / Angielski / Twarda / 130 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Chicago area today hosts two of the most historic major league franchises and half a dozen minor or independent league teams. Baseball's roots run deep in the Windy City. Indeed, it was Chicago businessman William "I'd rather be a lamp-post in Chicago than a millionaire in any other city" Hulbert, who, according to baseball lore, staged the coup that in 1876 would put the National League on the map. The Chicago White Stockings (now ironically called the Cubs) were one of eight charter members, winning the inaugural NL Championship with such legendary names as A.G. Spalding, "Cap" Anson,...
The Chicago area today hosts two of the most historic major league franchises and half a dozen minor or independent league teams. Baseball's roots run...
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The Primacy of Foreign Policy in British History, 1660-2000: How Strategic Concerns Shaped Modern Britain
ISBN: 9781349365470 / Angielski / Miękka / 345 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. External challenges, strategic threats, and war have shaped the course of modern British history. This volume examines how Britain mobilized to meet these challenges and how developments in the constitution, state, public sphere, and economy were a response to foreign policy issues from the Restoration to the rise of New Labour.
External challenges, strategic threats, and war have shaped the course of modern British history. This volume examines how Britain mobilized to meet t...
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News about the von Boetticher Family: Courlandic Branch
ISBN: 9781491796832 / Angielski / Twarda / 360 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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News about the von Boetticher Family: Courlandic Branch
ISBN: 9781491796825 / Angielski / Miękka / 360 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Friedrich Boetticher, second son of Carl and Emilie Boetticher, moved from Riga, the capital of Latvia, to Germany in March 1849. Here he bought a farm, got married, and then sold the estate and moved back Latvia with his wife in September 1853 to live in his parents house during the winter months. Here his wife gave birth to their first child, Walter, in November 1853. In the spring, Friedrich moved back to Germany with his family to establish an art and book business. When he was an adult, Walter von Boetticher, a medical doctor, came to visit his place of birth and to meet his... Friedrich Boetticher, second son of Carl and Emilie Boetticher, moved from Riga, the capital of Latvia, to Germany in March 1849. Here he bought a ... |
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The True Significance of Sacred Tradition and Its Great Worth, by St. Raphael M. Hawaweeny: A Nineteenth-Century Orthodox Response to Roman Catholic a
ISBN: 9780875807454 / Angielski / Twarda / 190 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Never before published, the theological thesis of St. Raphael Hawaweeny (1860-1915) is a fascinating work that shows the intersection of Roman Catholicism, Protestantism, and Eastern Orthodoxy in the late nineteenth century. Canonized by the Orthodox Church in 2000, St. Raphael was the first Orthodox bishop consecrated in the western hemisphere. His thesis reflects the life of the Orthodox community under Ottoman rule and is an apologia for Orthodox tradition, acting as a response to arguments advanced by Roman Catholic and Protestant missionaries in the Middle East. Patrick Viscuso's...
Never before published, the theological thesis of St. Raphael Hawaweeny (1860-1915) is a fascinating work that shows the intersection of Roman Catholi...
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France, 1814-1940
ISBN: 9781138144699 / Angielski / Twarda / 358 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This celebrated classic now includes a new introduction by Robert Tombs. The history of nineteenth and early twentieth-century France has often seemed complex and confusing. France, 1814-1940 has a long-established reputation as a clear, accessible and authoritative account of this fascinating period. It describes the characteristics of France's different regimes and their leading personalities and explains why during these years the people of France had to endure so many revolutions, wars and crises. The book introduces social and economic change as well as cultural... This celebrated classic now includes a new introduction by Robert Tombs. The history of nineteenth and early twentieth-century France has of... |
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Our Indigenous Ancestors: A Cultural History of Museums, Science, and Identity in Argentina, 1877-1943
ISBN: 9780271066974 / Angielski / Miękka / 232 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Our Indigenous Ancestors complicates the history of the erasure of native cultures and the perceived domination of white, European heritage in Argentina through a study of anthropology museums in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Carolyne Larson demonstrates how scientists, collectors, the press, and the public engaged with Argentina's native American artifacts and remains (and sometimes living peoples) in the process of constructing an "authentic" national heritage. She explores the founding and functioning of three museums in Argentina, as well as the origins... Our Indigenous Ancestors complicates the history of the erasure of native cultures and the perceived domination of white, European heritag... |
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216,94 zł |
Property Crime in London, 1850-Present
ISBN: 9781349296200 / Angielski / Miękka / 236 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book examines London's transformation from the mid-Victorian "miracle" of low crime to a high-crime society, treating six different types of misdeed as representative of phases in the evolution of crime to argue that lawbreaking must be explained by connecting all types of offenses to their social and economic contexts.
This book examines London's transformation from the mid-Victorian "miracle" of low crime to a high-crime society, treating six different types of misd...
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194,52 zł |
Magic in the Modern World: Strategies of Repression and Legitimization
ISBN: 9780271077772 / Angielski / Twarda / 216 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This collection of essays considers the place of magic in the modern world, first by exploring the ways in which modernity has been defined in explicit opposition to magic and superstition, and then by illuminating how modern proponents of magic have worked to legitimize their practices through an overt embrace of evolving forms such as esotericism and supernaturalism. Taking a two-track approach, this book explores the complex dynamics of the construction of the modern self and its relation to the modern preoccupation with magic. Essays examine how modern "rational" consciousness is... This collection of essays considers the place of magic in the modern world, first by exploring the ways in which modernity has been defined in expl... |
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360,31 zł |
Science, God, and Nature in Victorian Canada: The 1982 Joanne Goodman Lectures
ISBN: 9780802065230 / Angielski / Miękka / 114 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Professor Berger aims in this book to 'explore the rise, expression, and relative decline of the idea of natural history' in Canada, during the age of Victoria. Science, particularly natural science, was then accessible to the general public in a way scarcely imaginable today. Natural history societies were set up in a number of cities and provided a focus for the descriptive and collecting activities of amateurs and incipient professionals. These societies acted as social clubs and vehicles for self-improvement as well as providing excellent training for the amateur scientist. The... Professor Berger aims in this book to 'explore the rise, expression, and relative decline of the idea of natural history' in Canada, during the age... |
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Routledge Library Editions: History of the Middle East
ISBN: 9781138220027 / Angielski / Twarda Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This multi-volume set of reissued classics brings together a collection of titles that touch on many key aspects of the history of the Middle East. From the early explorers of Arabia to the 1979 revolution in Iran, via histories of places as varied as the UAE and Zanzibar, the analysis of Nazi policies towards the Arab East, and a close reading of the territorial foundations of the Gulf states, the books collected here form a wide-ranging and eclectic study of the history of the region. This multi-volume set of reissued classics brings together a collection of titles that touch on many key aspects of the history of the Middle East.... |
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Medicine in Iran: Profession, Practice and Politics, 1800-1925
ISBN: 9781349343805 / Angielski / Miękka / 268 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book traces how medicine in modern Iran was both theoretically and institutionally transformed in the 19th and 20th centuries. It explores the process by which local physicians, in a non-colonial context, assimilated the emerging "modern medicine" and the institutional devices that accommodated this transition.
This book traces how medicine in modern Iran was both theoretically and institutionally transformed in the 19th and 20th centuries. It explores the pr...
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Namibia's Red Line: The History of a Veterinary and Settlement Border
ISBN: 9781349340989 / Angielski / Miękka / 327 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The process commenced with the establishment of a temporary veterinary defence line against rinderpest by the German colonial authorities in the late nineteenth century and ended with the construction of a continuous two-metre-high fence by the South African colonial government sixty years later.
The process commenced with the establishment of a temporary veterinary defence line against rinderpest by the German colonial authorities in the late ...
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Nationalizing the Past: Historians as Nation Builders in Modern Europe
ISBN: 9781349315260 / Angielski / Miękka / 545 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Historians traditionally claim to be myth-breakers, but national history since the nineteenth century shows quite a record in myth-making. This exciting new volume compares how national historians in Europe have handled the opposing pulls of fact and fiction and shows which narrative strategies have contributed to the success of national histories.
Historians traditionally claim to be myth-breakers, but national history since the nineteenth century shows quite a record in myth-making. This exciti...
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650,86 zł |
A Savage War: A Military History of the Civil War
ISBN: 9780691169408 / Angielski / Twarda / 616 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Civil War represented a momentous change in the character of war. It combined the projection of military might across a continent on a scale never before seen with an unprecedented mass mobilization of peoples. Yet despite the revolutionizing aspects of the Civil War, its leaders faced the same uncertainties and vagaries of chance that have vexed combatants since the days of Thucydides and the Peloponnesian War. A Savage War sheds critical new light on this defining chapter in military history. In a masterful narrative that propels readers from the first shots fired at... The Civil War represented a momentous change in the character of war. It combined the projection of military might across a continent on a scale ne... |
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159,08 zł |
Victorian Horace: Classics and Class
ISBN: 9781472583901 / Angielski / Miękka / 216 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The poetry of Horace was central to Victorian male elite education and the ancient poet himself, suitably refashioned, became a model for the English gentleman. Horace and the Victorians examines the English reception of Horace in Victorian culture, a period which saw the foundations of the discipline of modern classical scholarship in England and of many associated and lasting social values. It shows that the scholarly study, translation and literary imitation of Horace in this period were crucial elements in reinforcing the social prestige of Classics as a discipline and its... The poetry of Horace was central to Victorian male elite education and the ancient poet himself, suitably refashioned, became a model for the Engli... |
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166,18 zł |