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Temple Lodge Publishing The Mission of Joan of Arc
Book SynopsisAlmost six centuries have passed since the death of Joan of Arc, but the enduring fascination with her life continues to generate new studies, adding to the huge quantity of existing books and articles. Those by reputable historians and biographers have recounted the many known facts about her, based on the surviving 15th century documents. But while Joan's key role in expelling the English from French soil has been firmly established, the mystery surrounding her achievements remains unexplained. Joan Edmunds contends that such an explanation is not possible whilst relying solely on the orthodox historical methods customarily employed by writers on the subject. Basing her work on Rudolf Steiner's spiritual-scientific findings - which for the first time revealed the true significance of Joan of Arc's mission - Joan Edmunds explores the mystery of the Maid of Orleans' unique personality. She shows how, whilst under the guidance and direction of the Archangel Michael, and through her ultimate martyrdom, Joan of Arc was instrumental in bringing to birth the forces necessary for the next vital step in humanity's spiritual development: the emergence of the Consciousness Soul.
£12.95
Prospect Books The Meal: Proceedings of the Oxford Symposium on
Book SynopsisThis volume of papers presented at the Oxford Symposium on Food and Cookery follows the pattern of previous collections. The Symposium entitled Food and Memory was held in September 2000 at St Antony''s College, Oxford uner the joint chairmaship of Alan Davidson and Theodore Zeldin.
£27.00
Prospect Books Sugar-plums and Sherbet: The Prehistory of Sweets
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£17.09
Prospect Books The English Kitchen: Historical Essays
Book SynopsisIndividual chapters reflect the enthusiasm of the contributors and do not cover the fall range of food in Britain. Readers may be inspired to take their own item of food and track its progress through the ages. A single dish can reflect the changing taste of a nation, from the use of a proflision of spices and a mixture of sweet and savoury, to a deliberate limitation of flavours and division of dishes into specific courses. As literacy grew, and printed books became easily affordable, the recipes took in the simpler meals of all classes of society. They also reveal the gradual incorporation of ready-made flavours and thickeners, and the industrial provision of food that leaves little for the cook to do.
£12.34
Third Millennium Publishing The Inner Temple - A Community of Communities
Book SynopsisThe Inner Temple is many things to many people: a community of highly motivated and highly trained professionals; a cluster of fine buildings in the heart of London; an honourable society with its own etiquette, rules and traditions; an institution proud of more than six centuries of history.This richly illustrated celebratory volume published on the occasion of the institution's 400th anniversary, will reflect the distinctively collegiate life in the Inner Temple through stimulating and entertaining individual memories, anecdotes and stories of members of the Society.Themes and topics in the book include: The Temple of the Knights; the coming of the lawyers; Lord Robert Dudley; the pegasus and the revels; from Chaucer to Mortimer - the Inn's literary connections; learning the law; architectural heritage' the Inn's treasures; Lord Chancellors; illustrious and notorious members; life at the Bar and in chambers; the Inner Temple and the wider world and, a day in the life of the Inn.
£38.25
Society of Antiquaries of Scotland Making for America: Transatlantic Craftsmanship:
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Prospect Books Cooking Up History: Chefs of the Past
Book Synopsis This book is an account of history?s most forgotten cooks, from chefs Louis Eustache Ude, Charles Francatelli and Alexis Soyer, to American cooks. It includes Hercules, George Washington?s black enslaved American chef, George Speck, credited with the invention of the potato chip, Fannie Merritt Farmer of the Boston Cooking-School Cookbook fame, Charles Ranhofer of Delmonico?s, New York, and Amelia Simmons whose American Cookery is the first cookbook on American culture in the kitchen, including the first ?koekje? or ?cookie? recipe. Emma Kayis the author of two previous books, Dining with the Georgians (2014) and Dining with the Victorians(2015).
£14.25
Process Media American Advertising Cookbooks: How Corporations
Book SynopsisExplores the world of Twentieth Century food culture combining historical cookbook images and intelligent research into an entertaining and accessible history of food.
£19.79
BenBella Books The Unofficial Mad Men Cookbook: Inside the
Book SynopsisUNOFFICIAL AND UNAUTHORIZED Dine like Draper and Drink like Sterling with More Than 70 Recipes from the Kitchens, Bars, and Restaurants Seen on Mad Men Ever wish you could mix an Old Fashioned just the way Don Draper likes it? Or prepare Oysters Rockefeller and a martini the way they did fifty years ago at one of Roger Sterling's favorite haunts, The Grand Central Oyster Bar? Ever wonder how Joan Harris manages to prepare a perfect crown roast in her tiny apartment kitchen? Or about the connection between Jackie Kennedy's 1962 White House tour and Betty Draper's Valentine's Day room service order? The Unofficial Mad Men Cookbook serves up more than 70 recipes to satisfy a Mad Men appetite! From the tables of Manhattan's most legendary restaurants and bars to the Drapers' Around the World dinner, this book is your entree to the culinary world of Man Men-era New York. Packed with period detail, The Unofficial Mad Men Cookbook provides invaluable historical and cultural context for the food and drink featured in the show, tips on throwing a successful '60s cocktail party, and even a guide to favored Mad Men hangouts. Every recipe inside is authentic to the time. Whether you're planning a Mad Men-themed dinner party, need to mix up some authentic Mad Men cocktails, or just can't get enough of the show itself, this is your essential resource, a guide to all foods and drinks Mad Men. So hang up your coat, pour yourself a cocktail, and get ready to dine like Draper and drink like Sterling with The Unofficial Mad Men Cookbook. Includes a color photo insert of 16 dishes, plus additional black and white photos and other images of bars, restaurants, and food advertisements from the 1960s. RECIPES INCLUDE: * Playboy Whiskey Sour * Sardi's Steak Tartar * Connie's Waldorf Salad * Sal's Spaghetti and Meatballs * Pat Nixon's Date Nut Bread * Lindy's Cherry CheesecakeTrade Review"Border[ing] on culinary anthropology ... the cookbook offers an exhaustive history of New York dining in the 1960s, right down to the actual recipes used in Draper haunts like Sardi's and The Grand Central Oyster Bar." --Associated Press "Part cookbook, part annotated episode guide, this entertaining read has everything the die-hard Mad Men fan needs to host a fantastic cocktail party." --Library Journal "As fun as the book is, Gelman and Zheutlin offer solid, well-researched recipes that can be confidently served to guests." --Publishers Weekly "A culinary love letter to the award-winning drama." --The Boston Herald "Mad Men isn't all about booze-swilling: There are also meals--plenty of meals. This stylish cookbook offers recipes for food that appears on the show, whether it's Betty's Turkey Tetrazzini or Sal's Spaghetti and Meatballs." --AM New York "Surprisingly informative ... It becomes clear that all the meals and snacks prepared, consumed, offered, and rejected on the series tell a story... Use the book as a primer for seasons 1 through 4 while you wait impatiently, bowl of homemade Chex Mix close at hand, for season 5 to air at long last." --Bookforum "[I]t is obvious that I would greet the [Unofficial] Mad Men Cookbook with extravagant enthusiasm. And I couldn't resist [the] recipe for cream cheese and nut balls--the perfect appetiser for your suitably retro cocktail hour." --Nigella Lawson "Beautifully put together ... it has a retro feel with a touch of timelessness ... a must-have for any Mad Men fan." --Columbus Ledger-Enquirer "A treat! It's like going back to our parents' time and childhood with a very different eye in terms of where we are in the culinary world today. A fascinating culinary time warp." --Evan Kleiman, Good Food, KCRW (NPR) Los Angeles "offbeat salute to the AMC series" --The Baltimore Sun "Why give a ho-hum, everyday cookbook when you could give one that's Don Draper-approved instead? This book serves up more than 70 recipes from the show ... as well as oodles of historical detail ... The Unofficial Mad Men Cookbook is sure to appeal to foodies, history buffs, and Mad Men fans alike!" --BettyConfidential.com "Season 5 of Mad Men won't premiere until March, but that doesn't mean you can't get a jump-start on the festivities by throwing your very own soiree ... But stiff drinks aside, how do you ensure your retro menu is period-appropriate? For that, turn to The Unofficial Mad Men Cookbook: Inside the Kitchens, Bars, and Restaurants of Mad Men." --New York Post "While we desperately wait for the new season to arrive and console ourselves by watching AMC reruns and past episodes on Netflix, the book provides a new way of reliving the glory of the past, while building anticipation for the future." --TheDailyMeal.com "The Unofficial Mad Men Cookbook is so pure: '60s classics like mushroom canapes on melba toast, turkey tetrazzini, chicken kiev. We love it!" --The Art of Eating Magazine "Mad Men's seemingly authentic representation of 1960s America stems from its attention to historical detail--in terms of wardrobe, set dressing and cultural references--without ever crossing into kitsch. The food on the show is no exception ... Happily, every canape, chile relleno and deviled egg has been collected into the The Unofficial Mad Men Cookbook--a collection of recipes and historical context for nearly every bite or sip consumed on the show." --LA Weekly "A more classic selection of original New York recipes has perhaps never been assembled ... an entertaining collection, well-researched and ready for your weekend soirees and viewing parties." --The Bowery Boys "The Unofficial Mad Men Cookbook is a flashback to the days of My Three Sons, Leave it to Beaver, and the Donna Reed Show all wrapped up in a neat bundle with a fun romp through the food of that era. If you wish you had grown up in the 1960s, relish the idea of having a cocktail hour every night or wish it was still appropriate to wear a silk chiffon dress and pearls to go to the grocery store, you will love this book." --The Heritage Cook "If you can't wait for Mad Men and Jon Hamm's face to get back on the air ... whet your appetite with The Unofficial Mad Men Cookbook ... It takes home cooks back to the culinary world of 1960s America." --The Miami Herald "For the budding chef or burgeoning mixologist the recipes in The Unofficial Mad Men Cookbook are a chance to really test your throwback brawn in the kitchen with style, flair, and a touch of mid-century glamor. While for the seasoned foodie it is a walk through the history of the American table. And it is the definitive guide to all the best cocktails and snacks for your Mad Men premiere party--the party for which I am anxiously awaiting my email invitation." --Girl's Guide to the Galaxy "[The Unofficial Mad Men Cookbook] is like a nifty culinary time capsule ... it's the next best thing to being there." --AlDenteBlog.com "Authors Judy Gelman and Peter Zheutlin have paid as much attention to period detail as the show's creators by tracking down versions of recipes that would have been served during the Mad Men era." --San Antonio Express-News "In a volume that's equal parts cookbook and historical snapshot of 1960s New York, Mad Men fanatics Judy Gelman and Peter Zheutlin help readers savor nearly every sip and morsel swallowed by Don Draper and crew during the show's first four seasons." --Boston Globe Magazine "The ... authors and their team got it right. Thanks to loads of research, testing and attention to detail, The Unofficial Mad Men Cookbook ... will pull you straight into the scenes of the AMC Emmy Award-winning show's dining and drinking delights!" --SheKnows.com "Get the matches, light the stove, chill your glasses. Your menu's right here." --Jezebel.com "The ... authors have immersed themselves in Matthew Weiner's 1960s, keenly examining the series in search of the recipes shared in their book. And the recipes are spot on, from cocktails to canapes, every one introduced with a synopsis of the episode it was plucked from." --SeriousEats.com "Like a meal in a fine restaurant, The Unofficial Mad Men Cookbook is elegant in its presentation...extra attention to detail is what elevates this book over other cookbooks ... Even if you never cook a thing, it's still a good read." --UltraSwank.net "[A]s much a history lesson as a recipe collection." --The Tampa Tribune "[C]hock-full of recipes and back stories of the show's drinks, deserts and entrees." --Advertising AgeTable of ContentsIntroduction Cocktails Don's Old Fashioned and Roger's Martini Trader Vic's Mai Tai The Pierre Hotel's Irish Coffee P.J. Clarke's Sidecar and Vesper Classic Algonquin Cocktail Peggy's Brandy Alexander Sterling Cooper Jade and Bacardi Stinger Bridge Night Tom Collins The '21' Bloody Mary Stork Club Cocktail The Beverly Hills Hotel Royal Hawaiian Vodka Gimlet Peggy and Paul's Bacardi Rum Frappe Jane Sterling's Mint Julep The Dublin House Rusty Nail Canadian Clubhouse Punch and Lucky Strike Holiday Eggnog Joan's Blue Hawaii The Oak Bar Manhattan Playboy Whiskey Sour Appetizers Betty's Stuffed Celery Classic Shrimp Cocktail Sterling Cooper Blini and Caviar Pete's California Dip Oysters Rockefeller Jerry's Deviled Eggs Sardi's Steak Tartar Betty's Around the World Dinner: Gazpacho and Rumaki Palm Springs Chile Rellenos Rockefeller Fundraiser Hors d'Oeuvre Egg Rolls Sterling Cooper Style Forum of the Twelve Caesars' Golden Eggs of Crassus and Marinated Olives Barbetta's Roasted Fresh Peppers alla Bagna Cauda Salads Jackie Kennedy's Avocado and Crabmeat Mimosa Sardi's Hearts of Palm Salad The Palm's Wedge Salad Carla's Potato Salad Keens's Caesar Salad Connie's Waldorf Salad Main Courses Sole Amandine Waldorf Style with Julia Child's Potatoes Au Gratin Trudy's Rib Eye in the Pan Beef Wellington Betty's Turkey Tetrazzini Lutece Gambas au Beurre d'Escargot (Freshwater Prawns in Snail Butter) Sal's Spaghetti and Meatballs with Marinara Trudy's Flying Roast Chicken with Stuffing Joan's Stuffed Crown Roast of Pork Don's Corned Beef Hash Betty's Swedish Meatballs Miss Farrell's Fettuccine Alfredo Chicken Kiev Pineapple-Glazed Ham Desserts and Sweets Pat Nixon's Date Nut Bread Sally's Cocoa Fudge Cake Kitty's Pineapple Upside Down Cake Katherine Olson's Coffee Cake Henry and Betty's Apricot Apple Pie Faye Miller's Chocolate Chip Cookies Popcorn Balls Barbetta's Pears Baked in Red Wine alla Piemontese Lindy's Cherry Cheesecake Sally's French Toast (with Rum) When in New York...A Handy List of Mad Men Haunts
£12.99
New Vessel Press I Belong To Vienna: A Jewish Family's Story of
Book SynopsisA magnificently written bibliographical history about a new generation coming to terms with history's darkest era.
£13.49
Springer Nature Switzerland AG The Origins of Ethnic Conflict in Africa: Politics and Violence in Darfur, Oromia, and the Tana Delta
Book SynopsisFrom Darfur to the Rwandan genocide, journalists, policymakers, and scholars have blamed armed conflicts in Africa on ancient hatreds or competition for resources. Here, Tsega Etefa compares three such cases—the Darfur conflict between Arabs and non-Arabs, the Gumuz and Oromo clashes in Western Oromia, and the Oromo-Pokomo conflict in the Tana Delta—in order to offer a fuller picture of how ethnic violence in Africa begins. Diverse communities in Sudan, Ethiopia, and Kenya alike have long histories of peacefully sharing resources, intermarrying, and resolving disputes. As he argues, ethnic conflicts are fundamentally political conflicts, driven by non-inclusive political systems, the monopolization of state resources, and the manipulation of ethnicity for political gain, coupled with the lack of democratic mechanisms for redressing grievances.Table of Contents
£71.24
Palgrave Macmillan British Contested History
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£33.24
de Gruyter Oldenbourg A Handbook on Post1956 Hungarian Refugee Relief
£135.90
Bohlau Verlag Generation im Aufbruch: Die
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£54.14
Bohlau Verlag Straßen im 16. Jahrhundert: Erhalt – Nutzung –
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£102.51
V&r Academic Die ÂBonner Republik in ZeitzeugengesprÃchen
Book SynopsisEin facettenreiches Bild der alten Bundeshauptstadt in 15 Interviews
£39.99
BÃhlau Verlag KÃln Transformation des Gedenkens
Book SynopsisEin wertvoller Beitrag zur Erinnerungskultur
£26.59
Bohlau Verlag It’s All About Emotions: Narratives of highly
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£36.09
Bohlau Verlag Historisch-Politische Mitteilungen: Archiv für
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£17.99
V&r Academic Kaiserlicher Hofrat Und Kaiserliche Herrschaft
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£94.49
BÃhlau Verlag KÃln NSEuthanasie in Franken
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£36.09
V&r Academic HistorischPolitische Mitteilungen
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£19.00
BÃhlau Verlag KÃln HistorischPolitische Mitteilungen
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£24.02
Verlag Herder History Fur Eilige: Alles, Was Man Uber
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£18.00
Franz Steiner Verlag Wiesbaden GmbH Furtwanglers Sendung: Essays Zum Ethos Des
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£42.30
Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht GmbH & Co KG 1989: Das Jahr beginnt
Book SynopsisDas Buch erzählt bestürzend aktuell vom Freiheitskampf der 1989er Zeitenwende in Ungarn und den beiden deutschen Staaten – aber nicht vom (bekannten) Ende her: Es führt durch wechselnde Ereignisse und Perspektiven in die damalige Zeit hinein. Vom frenetischen Beifall beim Wiener Neujahrskonzert für die „edle ungarische Nation“ über die propaganda-trockenen Neujahrsgrüße eines Erich Honecker, bis hin zu dem merkwürdigen Wunsch von Bundeskanzler Kohl, die Bundesrepublikaner mögen „mehr Freude“ haben; von den Inaugurationsworten des neu gewählten US-Präsidenten, die sich bald schon als prophetisch erweisen werden („freedom works“), bis hin zu den tödlichen Fluchtversuchen an der Berliner Mauer, so vielfältig ist das Archivmaterial, das Zsuzsa Breier kunstvoll zu einer neuen Geschichte der Wendezeit verwebt. Der Fokus liegt auf dem Alltag zweier unterdrückter und einer freien Gesellschaft. So gibt die Autorin den Blick frei für die Mechanismen von Demokratie und Diktatur, der gerade auch für unsere Gegenwart wieder so wichtig geworden ist. „Ein wunderbarer Mix aus Vertrautem und Unbekanntem, Nahem und Fernem, Erinnern und Hinzulernen.“ (Dirk van Laak) „Ein famoses Buchprojekt: enorm anschaulich, ein Kaleidoskop und Panorama zugleich, an- und berührend, stilistisch ansprechend, und sollte gerade für ein deutsches Publikum enorm lehrreich sein, gerade in der Gegenüberstellung unterschiedlicher Perspektiven, wo doch jeder für gewöhnlich nur die eigene sieht.“ (Andreas Rödder) „Das Buch ist ein Solitär, glänzend geschrieben, an vielen Stellen tief ergreifend, ein würdiger Verwandter von Kempowskis Echolot“ (Adolf Muschg)
£40.84
Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht ResidenzstÃdte in der Transformation
Book SynopsisWas geschah mit ResidenzstÃdten, die ihre ursprÃngliche Funktion verloren? Eine Bilanz der Verluste und Gewinne
£45.00
Arnoldsche Goldscheider: History of the Company and Works
Book SynopsisGoldscheider, a Viennese factory (est 1885), soon sped to the top of European ceramics makers. Figures and vessels of faience and terracotta as well as bronze and alabaster, all of top quality in respect of form and workmanship, were created in the Historicist, Jugendstil and Art Deco period styles. A crucial factor was collaboration with distinguished sculptors and ceramicists of the day - including Demetre Chiparus, Walter Bosse and Josef Lorenzl - who were responsible for a great many of the Goldscheider designs.This success story was quashed by National Socialist aryanisation in 1938: the Goldscheider family was forced to emigrate, the firm was sold and the new proprietor was unable to sustain the high aesthetic quality standard. The Goldscheider brothers did manage to open new ceramics businesses while in exile in the US and England and Walter Goldscheider even returned to Vienna after the Second World War to resume his post as managing director of his old firm; however, in the 1950s the great ceramics tradition of this venerable Viennese business ended when it was sold to the German Carstens company.
£126.00
Spector Books Bauhaus No. 11: Anniversary
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Oxford University Press A Century of British Geography
Book SynopsisThese essays trace the evolution of British geography as an academic discipline during the last hundred years, and stress how the study of the world we live in is fundamental to an understanding of its problems and concerns. Never before has such an ambitious and wide-ranging review been attempted, and never before has it been done with so much knowledge and passion. The principal themes covered in this volume are those of environment, place and space, and the applied geography of map-making and planning. The volume also addresses specific issues such as disease, urbanization, regional viability, and ethics and social problems. This lively and accessible work offers many insights into the minds and practices of today''s geographers.Trade Reviewan impressive collection of essays penned by a star-studded cast. * Hugh Clout, Australian Geographical Studies *Each essay is scholarly, highly informative, and richly referenced ... this large tome is not a difficult read and is highly appropriate for dipping into ... most welcome. * Environment and Planning *A Century of British Geography is a finely produced and finely written volume. * Trevor Barnes, Journal of Historical Geography *Table of ContentsBritish geography 1500-1900: an imprecise review ; The institutionalisation of geography as an academic discipline ; Physical geography and geography as an environmental science ; The domestication of the earth: humans and environments in prehistoric times ; The creation of humanised landscapes ; People and the contemporary environment ; Place description, regional geography and area studies: the chorographic inheritance ; The passion of place ; Order in space: geography as a discipline in distance ; Global, national and local ; Geography displayed: maps and mapping ; ; The geographical underpinning of society and its radical transformation ; Geography applied ; Geographers and environmental change ; The geography of disease distributions ; Geographers and the urban century ; Geographers and the fragmented city ; Geographers and the regional problem ; Geographers and sexual difference: feminist contributions ; Geographers, ethics and social concern
£114.00
Oxford University Press A Century of Theological and Religious Studies in Britain 19022002
Book SynopsisThe essays in this volume give an account of how the agenda for theology and religious studies was set and reset throughout the twentieth century - by rapid and at times cataclysmic changes (wars, followed by social and academic upheavals in the 1960s), by new movements of thought, by a bounty of archaeological discoveries, and by unprecedented archival research. Further new trends of study and fresh approaches (existentialist, Marxian, postmodern) have in more recent years generated new quests and horizons for reflection and research. Theological enquiry in Great Britain was transformed in the late nineteenth century through the gradual acceptance of the methods and results of historical criticism. New agendas emerged in the various sub-disciplines of theology and religious studies. Some of the issues raised by biblical criticism, for example Christology and the ''quest of the historical Jesus'', were to remain topics of controversy throughout the twentieth century. In other importantTable of ContentsTheological and Religious Studies at the Founding of the British Academy ; The Old Testament ; The New Testament ; Early Judaism ; British Patristic Scholarship in the Twentieth Century ; The Medieval Church ; The Reformation ; The Long Eighteenth Century ; Theology in the Twentieth Century ; Philosophy of Religion in the Twentieth Century ; The Study of Religions
£66.50
Oxford University Press A Question of Retribution
Book SynopsisThrough a unique set of documents never before published, this volume revisits the public furore when, at its Annual General Meeting forty years ago, the British Academy chose not to expel from its Fellowship the eminent art historian, Professor Anthony Blunt, who had recently been exposed as a former Soviet spy. The facsimile documents illustrate the intensely held views of leading academics as they wrestled with the question of whether considerations of pure scholarship could remain aloof from a revelation of political treachery. Also revealed is one faction''s plot to stir up a public row through the national press - a tactic that was ultimately successful in achieving Blunt''s resignation from the Academy.Historian and current President of the British Academy, David Cannadine, provides the background to the Blunt story, and portrays some of the main characters: Kenneth Dover, the President at the time who struggled to steer the Academy through the crisis; the historian J.H. Plumb, Table of ContentsPreface Notes of the documents and sources Prologue Documentary narrative Epilogue Index of Fellows and Staff at the British Academy General Index
£50.00
The University of Chicago Press Maps Finding Our Place in the World
Book SynopsisPresents an examination of the use of maps for wayfinding. This book considers maps whose makers employed the smallest of scales to envision the broadest of human stages. It looks at maps that are at the opposite end of the scale from cosmological and world maps. It shows ways in which certain maps can be linked to particular events in history.Trade Review"Maps shows us that the content of a given map is as much determined by culture, historical circumstances, and the interests of mapmakers and map users as it is by the geography that it attempts to depict. From the earliest maps on clay tablets to today's in-car navigation systems, maps tell us not just where we are but who we are. They are artifacts of - and witnesses to - history. And they continue to inspire us to wonder about our place in the world, and mark it for others to see." - John W. McCarter Jr., from the Foreword"
£76.00
The University of Chicago Press Music and German National Identity
Book SynopsisOver the past three centuries, supporters of German music ranging from music scholars to politicians have nurtured the notion that the German speaking world possesses a peculiar strength in the cultivation of music. This volume explores this notion and the role of music in identity
£30.00
The University of Chicago Press The Wild Girl Natural Man and the Monster
Book SynopsisThis study looks at the lives of the most famous 'wild children' of eighteenth century Europe, showing how they open a window onto European ideas about the potential and perfectability of mankind. The work contains in-depth reports on feral children and their 'civilisation'.
£28.00
The University of Chicago Press A Prelude to the Welfare State The Origins of
Book SynopsisPresents a reappraisal of the causes and consequences of a movement that ultimately transformed the nature of social insurance and the American workplace. This book argues that workers' compensation, rather than being an early progressive victory, succeeded because all relevant parties - labor, lawyers, and legislators - benefited from the ruling.Trade Review"This is surely the very best book ever written about the passage of workers' compensation, an instant 'classic' in historical political economy." - Robert A. Margo, Southern Economic Journal "Substantial, well-written, and compelling.... The end result is an in-depth analysis of how workers' compensation was created and initially implemented in the United States at the beginning of the twentieth century." - Christopher R. Larrison, Journal of Sociology and Social Welfare"
£30.00
The University of Chicago Press The Philosophy of Law in Historical Perspective
Book SynopsisMr. Friedrich develops his own position within the framework of the history of Western legal philosophy from the Old Testament down to contemporary writers. In addition, he highlights some important problems of the present day, including certain aspects of legal realism. First published in 1958, this book has been revised and enlarged.
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The University of Chicago Press Console and Classify The French Psychiatric
Book SynopsisThis edition of the classic work on the history of science and French intellectual history gives the reader the chance to revisit the rise of psychiatry in 19th-century France, the shape it took and why, and its importance both then and in contemporary society.
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The University of Chicago Press Professing Literature An Institutional History
Book SynopsisAttempts to unearth the ideas and debates that created the literature department as we know it. This book shows that various conflicts of our culture wars echo and recycle controversies over how literature should be taught. It also presents a history of literary pedagogy and a critical classic.Trade Review"Both E. D. Hirsch and Allan Bloom share...a nostalgia for a not very closely examined past in which things were better. Gerald Graff's Professing Literature is extremely important, partly because it tells us a good deal about the realities of this supposedly better time....Graff's book is more consequential than Bloom's because it addresses the pedagogical questions and situates them in a fascinating narrative of how literature has actually been taught in this country for the past century and a half." - Robert Scholes, College English "Graff's history...is a pathbreaking investigation showing how our institutions shape literary thought and proposing how they might be changed." - The Norton Anthology of Theory and Criticism"
£28.00
The University of Chicago Press The Lost Promise of Patriotism
Book SynopsisJonathan Hansen tells the story of a group of American intellectuals who believed the solution to the crisis of American identity leading up to World War I lay in rethinking the meaning of liberalism.
£28.00
The University of Chicago Press The Greatest Killer
Book SynopsisIn The greatest killer Donald R. Hopkins provides a historical account of smallpox beginning with its origins 10,000 years ago in Africa or Asia and tracing its spread through the ancient and modern worlds. Hopkins shows smallpox to be one of the most devastating attacks on society.Trade Review"This book tells the terrible history of smallpox, a saga that has new relevance given the awful possibility that someone might unleash the disease once again. It is a superb book." - former President Jimmy Carter
£21.36
The University of Chicago Press The Nature of the Book
Book SynopsisThis text takes a detailed look at early modern England and the creative and commercial forces in which print culture was formed (commercial, intellectual, political and individual), including replications of the disputes between authors and printers to political/religious manipulation.Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Acknowledgments A Note on Conventions 1: Introduction: The Book of Nature and the Nature of the Book 2: Literatory Life: The Culture and Credibility of the Printed Book in Early Modern London 3: "The Advancement of Wholesome Knowledge": The Politics of Print and the Practices of Propriety 4: John Streater and the Knights of the Galaxy: Republicanism, Natural Knowledge, and the Politics of Printing 5: Faust and the Pirates: The Cultural Construction of the Printing Revolution 6: The Physiology of Reading: Print and the Passions 7: Piracy and Usurpation: Natural Philosophy in the Restoration 8: Histories of the Heavens: John Flamsteed, Isaac Newton, and the Historia Coelestis Britannica 9: Conclusion Bibliography Index
£46.55
The University of Chicago Press Culinarians Lives and Careers from the First Age
Book SynopsisHe presided over Virginia's great political barbeques for the last half of the nineteenth century, taught the young Prince of Wales to crave mint juleps in 1859, catered to Virginia's mountain spas, and fed two generations of Richmond epicures with terrapin and turkey. This fascinating culinarian is John Dabney (1821-1900), who was born a slave, but later built an enterprising catering business. Dabney is just one of 175 influential cooks and restaurateurs profiled by David S. Shields in The Culinarians, a beautifully produced encyclopedic history of the rise of professional cooking in America from the early republic to Prohibition. Shields's concise biographies include the legendary Julien, founder in 1793 of America's first restaurant, Boston's Restorator; and Louis Diat and Oscar of the Waldorf, the men most responsible for keeping the ideal of fine dining alive between the World Wars. Though many of the gastronomic pioneers gathered here are less well known, their diverse influence
£39.00
The University of Chicago Press Autophobia
Book SynopsisFrom the Model T to the SUV, this title reveals that our vexed relationship with the automobile is nothing new - in fact, debates over whether cars are forces of good or evil in our world have raged for over a century, ever since the automobile was invented.Trade Review"The work of Autophobia is precisely about looking again at what has been said, by whom and for what reason, and why none of the voluminous critiques of the car - by any number of estimable figures - seem to have much mattered. [Ladd] does this with equanimity and scholarly aplomb... and for a slender volume, this book has a lot under the hood." (Tom Vanderbilt, New York Times Book Review)"
£21.00
The University of Chicago Press Art of War
Book SynopsisChristopher Lynch offers a substantial interpretive essay alongside Machiavelli's text that covers its historical and political contexts. He also discusses the military, political, and philosophical aspects of the work, as well as maps, an index of names, and a glossary.Trade Review"Christopher Lynch has made the best and the first careful translation of Machiavelli's Art of War. With useful notes, an excellent introduction, an interpretive essay, glossary, and index, it is a treasure for readers of military history and Renaissance thought as well as for lovers of Machiavelli." - Harvey. Mansfield, Harvard University; "Lynch argues convincingly that Art of War's detractors have failed to approach the text in the right way.... If Machiavelli's works bear the mark of a preliberal age, his thought also transcends his age, not least his timeless warning about ideologies that, in the name of abstract principles, ask us to refrain from defending... the nation in which we actually live." - Jacqueline Newmyer, Weekly Standard"
£31.00
The University of Chicago Press The Subject of Elizabeth Authority Gender and
Book SynopsisAs a woman wielding public authority, Elizabeth I embodied a paradox at the very center of sixteenth-century patriarchal English society. This title illuminates the ways in which the Queen and her subjects variously exploited or obfuscated this contradiction. It is suitable for historians, literary scholars, and art historians of the period.
£30.00
The University of Chicago Press Speaking into the Air
Book SynopsisThis work traces the yearning for contact not only through philosophy and literature but also by exploring the cultural reception of communication technologies from the telegraph to the radio. It is an account of a complex concept that has both shaped us and been shaped by us.
£24.00
The University of Chicago Press Creating Country Music Fabricating Authenticity
Book SynopsisThis work traces the development of country music and its institutionalization from Fiddlin' John Carson's pioneering recordings in Atlanta in 1923 to the posthumous success of Hank Williams. The book also explores what it means to be authentic within popular culture.
£27.00
