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Brill Fink Karl Marx: Philosophie Für Einsteiger
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Brill Fink Martin Heidegger: Philosophie Für Einsteiger
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Brill Fink ADA Lovelace: Die Pionierin Der Computertechnik
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£35.91
Brill Fink Geschichte Der Sozialen Arbeit: Eine Illustrierte
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£23.65
Brill Fink Die Seele Im 20. Jahrhundert: Eine
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£26.91
Hatje Cantz Enzyklopädie der Medien. Band 6 (German Edition):
Book SynopsisFrom Greek antiquity to the present, from the book to the gramophone, from Gutenberg to Google, our culture is defined by changes in recording, storage, and transmission media. In a six-volume selection of his writings, Peter Weibel presents an encyclopedia that addresses all areas of the media world. The author has conceived this series as following in the tradition of the Enlightenment and the Encyclopédie by Denis Diderot and Jean Baptiste le Rond d’Alembert. Three volumes will be published in September 2014, and the remaining three in spring 2015. Volume one deals with a broad definition of architecture in the context of new media. Volume two is devoted to media-related innovations in the area of music—from automatic methods of composition in the music of Mozart to a theory of molecular music. Volume three addresses the impact of new media on art and discusses how pictures become interactive and viewers become part of the work—how reality replaces representation. The themes of the other three volumes are literature, politics, and theory in the context of new media.
£31.60
Hirmer Verlag Monuments and Myths: The America of Sculptors
Book SynopsisMonuments and Myths is the first publication to examine the intersecting careers of Augustus Saint-Gaudens and Daniel Chester French, the leading American sculptors of the Gilded Age. With rich new thinking and stunning photographs, the catalogue examines the role America’s most iconic public sculptures in the complex negotiation of national identity. Featuring essays by leading scholars and impressive new photography of highlights of the collections of two treasured historic sites, Aspet and Chesterwood, the book re-examines public monuments that have defined and defied notions of American identity. Focused on Augustus Saint-Gaudens and Daniel Chester French, the beautiful catalogue offers a critical look at the artists’ public and private works in the context of evolving ideas about race and representation, Indigeneity, gender, civic space, memory, and American history.
£33.60
Schnell & Steiner Die Macht Der Toga: Dresscode Im Romischen
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Thorbecke Jan Verlag Heraldry in Contact
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Thorbecke Jan Verlag Arnulf Von Karnten Um 850 899
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Thorbecke Jan Verlag Geschlechterverhaltnisse in Der Krankenfursorge
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Thorbecke Jan Verlag Personen Wissen Karrieren
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£38.70
Thorbecke Franica 49 (2022): Forschungen Zur
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£42.75
Transcript Verlag Mapping Black Europe – Monuments, Markers,
Book SynopsisBlack communities have been making major contributions to Europe's social and cultural life and landscapes for centuries. However, their achievements largely remain unrecognized by the dominant societies, as their perspectives are excluded from traditional modes of marking public memory. For the first time in European history, leading Black scholars and activists examine this issue - with first-hand knowledge of the eight European capitals in which they live. Highlighting existing monuments, memorials, and urban markers they discuss collective narratives, outline community action, and introduce people and places relevant to Black European history, which continues to be obscured today.
£25.49
Transcript Verlag Gold Fever and Women: Transformations in Lives,
Book SynopsisThroughout its history, the American West symbolized a place of hope and new beginnings, where anything was possible, especially for men. However, the history written until the 1970s and 1980s excluded women. Sigrid Schönfelder illustrates how the American West served as a catalytic gold mine for many transformations for women. It draws on the life narratives of three healthcare providers whose devotion within the social reform movements of the long nineteenth century contributed significantly to shaping healthcare policies. Their stories show how women contributed to place-making in the West and served as role models for other women to enter the field of medicine.
£46.49
Transcript Verlag Sexuality Family Planning and Reproduction
Book SynopsisThe history of sexuality, family planning, and reproduction in Central and Eastern Europe sounds out the historical dimensions across a broad field where human biology, medicine, policy, and government social programmes intersect with fundamental conceptions of desired or feared social developments. From contraception to representations of motherhood, and controversies over reproductive rights, using the example of the historically changing political, social, cultural and scientific interconnections in Central and Eastern Europe the contributors to this volume invite reflections on historical developments that open new perspectives for the 21st century.
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V&R Unipress Nationalgeschichte Im Multikulturellen Raum:
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V&R unipress GmbH Microstructures and Mobility in the Byzantine
Book SynopsisByzantium as a Dynamic Society on the Move
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V&r Academic Geschichtsbewusstsein Geschichtskultur Public
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V&R unipress Ukrainisch werden jüdisch bleiben
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Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft Russische Wege in Baden-Baden
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Librum Publishers & Editors LLC Ausflug in Die Vergangenheit - Archaologische
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Sandstein Verlag Bautzen: Architektur - Kunst - Geschichte
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£14.25
Sandstein Verlag Plauen 900: Von Den Anfangen Bis in Die Gegenwart
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Sandstein Kommunikation Menschen Anschauen: Selbst- Und
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Steidl Publishers Shelley Niro
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Spector Books Housekeeping in the Modern Age
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Steidl Publishers Deanna Bowen
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Steidl Publishers Henry Leutwyler: International Red Cross & Red
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Editon Synapse Sumida: Collected Works of Ellen H. Swallow
Book SynopsisThis is a collection of writings by the American chemist and home economist, Ellen Henrietta Swallow Richards.From the Preface by Kazuko Sumida:Ellen H. Swallow Richards (1842–1911) was the first woman graduate and staff member at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), and the first woman professional chemist in the U.S. She was known mainly as a founder of the American home economics movement and, to a lesser extent, as the mother of American public health. Her contribution included not only the establishment of the standards for water analysis, but also the provision of school lunches, food and environmental education, and the consumer movement. Through such activities, Richards showed people a new direction to follow for modernized home and urban life. She is deserving of special attention as a woman who was active both academically and socially from the late 19th century to the early 20th century when the foundation of modern society in the U.S. was laid.This collection provides primary sources which will enable the reader to have a proper understanding of the thoughts of Richards who advocated a science of environment as early as the 19th century. She considered environment to be a total whole, and was active in pursuit of what science, human possibility or development should be. For her, environmental education was strongly linked to social and ethical issues, and the key to the solution for these was the very human activities in daily life affecting their environment. Richards, whose cooperative belief that ‘man is a part of organic nature, subject to laws of development and growth’ (Euthenics) was a basis of daily life, cannot be called merely a material feminist—(which a certain scholar classified her as). What she had in mind means ‘the man in the community environment’.These materials are essential for interdisciplinary research that includes multiple fields such as the history of science, of education, of ideas, social history of the U.S., sociology, and feminism as well as home economics and public health. The thoughts and lifelong activities of Richards will show us a direction at which we ought to aim in current everyday life.Table of ContentsVolume 1First Lessons in Minerals (Boston: Press of Rockwell and Churchill, 1882 [1st ed. 1880]), 32pp.The Chemistry of Cooking and Cleaning (Boston: Whitcomb and Barrows, 1897 [1st ed. 1882]), 166pp.Food Materials and their Adulterations (Boston: Estes and Lauriat, 1886), 183pp.Home Sanitation: A Manual for Housekeepers (Boston: Ticknor and Co., 1887), 80pp.‘The Relation of College Women to Progress in Domestic Science’, PACA Series II, No. 27, 1890, 10pp.‘Domestic Science, What it is and How to Study it at Home’, The Outlook, Vol. 55, No. 17, 27 Apr. 1897, 3pp.Volume 2The Cost of Living as Modified by Sanitary Science, 2nd enlarged ed. (New York: John Wiley and Sons, 1901), 133pp.Plain Words about Food: The Rumford Kitchen Leaflets (Boston: Press of Rockwell and Churchill, 1899), 186pp.Air, Water, and Food: From a Sanitary Standpoint (New York: John Wiley and Sons, 1900), 226pp.Volume 3The Cost of Food: A Study in Dietaries, 3rd ed. (New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1917), 160pp.The Dietary Computer (New York: John Wiley and Sons, 1902), 54pp.The Art of Right Living (Boston: Whitcomb and Barrows, 1904), 50pp.The First Lessons in Food and Diet (Boston: Whitcomb and Barrows, 1904), 56pp.‘Ten Years of The Lake Placid Conference on Home Economics; Its History and Aim’, Tenth Lake Placid Conference on Home Economics, 1908, 7pp.Volume 4The Cost of Shelter (New York: John Wiley and Sons, 1905), 142pp.Sanitation in Daily Life (Boston: Whitcomb & Barrows, 1907), 93pp.Laboratory Notes on Industrial Water Analysis: A Survey Course for Engineers (New York: John Wiley and Sons, 1908), 52pp.The Cost of Cleanness (New York: John Wiley and Sons, 1908), 114pp.Influence of Industrial Arts and Science upon Rural and City Home Life (National Education Association [Manual Training Department], 1909), 4pp.Volume 5Euthenics: The Science of Controllable Environment: A Plea for Better Living Conditions as a First Step Toward Higher Human Efficiency, 2nd enlarged ed. (Boston: Whitcomb & Barrows, 1912), 182pp.Conservation by Sanitation: Air and Water Supply Disposal of Waste (New York: John Wiley and Sons, 1911), 317pp.‘The Elevation of Applied Science to an Equal Rank with the So-Called Learned Professions’, extract from Technology and Industrial Efficiency (McGraw-Hill, 1911), 6pp.‘Social Significance of Home Economics Movement’, The Journal of Home Economics, Apr. 1911, 9pp.
£926.25
Editon Synapse Catalogues de ventes des collections ... (ES
Book SynopsisThis is the seventh part of the successful series which provides art historians and students with primary-source materials relating to the Western reception of Japanese arts from the late nineteenth to the early twentieth century.It is now common knowledge that art collectors in Europe around the end of the nineteenth century played a very important role in the development of Japanese influence on Western art, in particular on the Impressionists who became acquainted with Ukiyoe by Hokusai, or other Japanese artefacts, many of which were imported from Japan by art dealers for their clients in Europe. The majority of those collections of Japanese art held by individual art lovers were dispersed on their deaths, but some were acquired by museums in Europe and America and are now valued as treasures which often form the core of their collections of Japanese art.It is not easy to trace precisely what objects were brought from Japan to the West and in what way some of them are housed today by Western institutions, but one of the most useful tools for art historians are the auction catalogues of those pioneer Japanese art collectors through which they are able to assess the very early phase of Western reception of Japanese arts. However, as such catalogues are mostly published by auction houses for their customers only and are not widely available, very few of them are held or systematically collected by academic libraries. To remedy this omission, this collection brings together sixteen catalogues of auctions which took place around the turn of the century for the sale of collections by eight leading French collectors. Together, they provide academics and students in the subject with a unique and rare primary source. All the catalogues are reproduced with numerous pictures and plates, together with foldouts as originally published.
£1,140.00
Editon Synapse The Art at Home (ES 4-vol. set)
Book Synopsis‘In these decorative days the volumes bring calm counsel and kindly suggestions, with information for the ignorant and aid for the advancing, that ought to help many a feeble, if well-meaning pilgrim along the weary road, at the end whereof, far off, lies the House Beautiful …’—Examiner, 1876. Launched by a successful editor and publisher W. J. Loftie in 1876, Art at Home was a series of small guidebooks or manuals for women in the upper-middle class striving for a more aesthetic and cultured life. The series gained great popularity among housewives in Victorian England and its influence expanded to the east coast of America as well with the publication of the American editions which were used there as introductory guides to the life of high society in England. Subjects covered include interior design, furniture, fashion, art education, art collection, music, theatre, leisure, and all aspects of cultural life at home. Reproduced here are the all twelve titles with many illustrations, some reproduced in colour. Despite its importance, the original books are rare and hard to obtain and very few libraries in the world hold the complete series. This reprint is an indispensable source for all scholars in Victorian Studies and the History of Aesthetics.
£688.75
Editon Synapse Japan as Seen by British Women (ES 5-vol. set)
Book SynopsisSince its foundation, Edition Synapse has specialized in the publication of primary-source materials relating to the history of the Anglo-Japanese relationship and has provided the academic market with nineteenth-century English books on Japan, reprinted in facsimile and including many visual sources, such as illustrations and photographs. Continuing the tradition, this new Edition Synapse series—now available outside Japan from Routledge—collects publications by Christian missionary women, both missionary wives and female missionaries, who worked in Japan from the late nineteenth century to the early twentieth century.Many Christian missionaries came to Japan after the Meiji restoration in 1868. Although they were not able to convert many Japanese, they played a significant role in the rapid Westernization of Japan. In particular, women missionaries took leading roles in activities relating to local women and children in Japan, and they left an important and indelible mark in the history of education of Japanese women and children.This first collection of the series includes twelve works on Japan by British women in the missions. Authors of those books observed rapid changes in Japanese society and not only reported the facts, but also gave detailed analyses of the background to them. Their observations illustrate these British women’s great curiosity, genuine concern for the local society, and their positive attitude in trying to comprehend a very different culture. The contents covered by each book are broad, most of them refer not only to the missionary activities, but try to introduce Japan in general, as well as the historical and religious background, and the daily life of ordinary people and the situation of Japanese women.
£1,235.00
Editon Synapse Japan as Seen by American Women (ES 5-vol. set)
Book SynopsisThis is the second set of the series which collects publications by Christian missionary women, both missionary wives and female missionaries, who worked in Japan from the late nineteenth century to the early twentieth century.Many Christian missionaries came to Japan after the Meiji restoration in 1868. Although they were not able to convert many Japanese, they played a significant role in the rapid Westernization of Japan. In particular, women missionaries took leading roles in activities relating to local women and children in Japan, and they left an important and indelible mark in the history of the education of Japanese women and children.This second collection in the series includes thirteen works on Japan by American women in the missions. Authors of those books observed rapid changes in Japanese society and not only reported the facts, but also gave detailed analyses of the background to them. Their observations illustrate these women’s great curiosity, genuine concern for the local society, and their positive attitude in trying to comprehend a very different culture. The contents covered by each book are broad, most of them refer not only to the missionary activities, but try to introduce Japan in general, as well as the historical and religious background, and the daily life of ordinary people and the situation of Japanese women.
£902.50
Editon Synapse Japan as Seen by American Women in Christian
Book SynopsisPublished by Edition Synapse in Japan and distributed by Routledge outside Japan.This is the third set of the series which collects publications by Christian missionary women, both missionary wives and female missionaries, who worked in Japan from the late nineteenth century to the early twentieth century.Many Christian missionaries came to Japan after the Meiji restoration in 1868. Although they were not able to convert many Japanese, they played a significant role in the rapid Westernization of Japan. In particular, women missionaries took leading roles in activities relating to local women and children in Japan, and they left an important and indelible mark in the history of the education of Japanese women and children.This third and the last collection in the series includes fourteen works on Japan by American women in the missions who lived in the country in early twentieth century while Japan more or less completed the early modernization and tried to be a member of the western society. Authors of those books observed rapid changes in the society and not only reported the facts, but also gave detailed analyses of the background to them. Their observations illustrate these women’s great curiosity, genuine concern for the local society, and their positive attitude in trying to comprehend a very different culture. The contents covered by each book are broad, most of them refer not only to the missionary activities, but try to introduce Japan in general, as well as the historical and religious background, and the daily life of ordinary people and the situation of Japanese women.Table of ContentsVolume 1: Garst, Laura DeLany A West-Pointer in the Land of the Mikado, New York: F.H. Revell, 1913, 310 pp. Madden, Maude Whitmore In the Land of Cherry Blossom, Cincinnati: The Foreign Christian Mission Society, 1915, 192 pp. Volume 2 Burton, Margaret E. The Education of Women in Japan, New York : Fleming H. Revell, 1914, 270 pp. Montgomery, Helen Barrett The King's Highway : A Study of Present Conditions on the Foreign Field (Chapter V & VI: Korea & Japan, pp. 179-262 only), West Medford, Mass. : Central Committee on the United study of Foreign Mission, 1915, 84 pp. E. S. Strachan (Mrs.) The Story of the Years, A History of the Woman's Missionary Society of the Methodist Church, Canada 1906-1916, Vol. 3 (Japan, pp. 97-171, only), Toronto: Woman's Missionary Society Methodist Church, Canada, 1917, 75 pp. Montgomery, Helen Barrett, Our Neighbor Japan : A Book for Adult Classes in the Sunday School, Brattleboro, VT : Vermont Print. Co., 1917, 62 pp. Volume 3 Burton, Margaret E. Women Workers of the Orient, West Medford, Mass : Central Committee on the United Study of Foreign Missions, 1918, 275 pp. Osborn, Catherine M. From Dream to Reality: A Record of the Development of the Blackmer Girls' Home, Tokyo, Japan, Boston: Women's National Missionary Association of the Universalist Church, 1918, 195 pp. Volume 4 De Forest, Charlotte B. The Woman and the Leaven in Japan, West Medford, Mass : Central Committee on the United Study of Foreign Missions, 1923, 280 pp. Erickson, Lois Johson, The White Fields of Japan, Richmond, VA.: Presbyterian Committee of Publication, 1923, 207 pp. Volume 5 Lippard, Emma Gerberding Leaves from a Japanese Calendar, Philadelphia: Women's Missionary Society, 1923, 72 pp. Madden, Maude Whitmore, When the East is the West, New York: Fleming H. Revell, 1923, 153 pp. Seabury, Ruth Isabel Our Japanese Friends : A Course for Junior Boys and Girls, New York: Friendship Press, 1927, 145 pp. Lippard, Emma Gerberding Second Hand, A Story of Mission Work in Japan, Philadelphia: The United Lutheran Publication House, 1934, 157 pp.
£1,182.75
Editon Synapse Le Japon dans la litterature francaise (ES 6-vol.
Book SynopsisThere is a growing interest in the French Japonism movement of the late nineteenth century, and academic research in the subject is developing in both quantity and quality. However, much of this scholarly activity is confined to the area of art history and, apart from some work on leading authors like Pierre Loti or Judith Gautier, very little scholarship has emerged from the field of French literature. Indeed, many works produced by popular French authors during this period have long been forgotten, even in France.Addressing the absence of source material for those studying such Japonism literature in France, this is the second part of the series to reprint in facsimile format the French popular novels with Japan or Japanese as their main topic during the époque of Japonism from the end of the nineteenth century to early twentieth century. The second set reprints five works published in the first decade of the twentieth century. Many illustrations and plates including some in colour are reproduced as in the original first editions.
£855.00
Editon Synapse Le Japon dans la litterature francaise, 1910-29
Book SynopsisPublished by Edition Synapse, Tokyo, and distributed outside Japan by Routledge.There is a growing interest in the French Japonism movement of the late nineteenth century, and academic research in the subject is developing in both quantity and quality. However, much of this scholarly activity is confined to the area of art history and, apart from some work on leading authors like Pierre Loti or Judith Gautier, very little scholarship has emerged from the field of French literature. Indeed, many works produced by popular French authors during this period have long been forgotten, even in France.Addressing the absence of source material for those studying such Japonism literature in France, the reprint series was created and this is the third collection. It includes five French popular novels published in the early twentieth century with Japan or Japanese as their main topic. The books include interesting illustrations and plates, many reproduced in full colour as they appeared in the original first editions.Table of ContentsVolume 1 : Pettit, Charles Dogues et felins, Aventures d'un baron prussien au Japon Paris: Editions du monde illustre, 1910, c. 290 pp. Volume 2 : Champsaur, Felicien Poupee japonaise Paris: Librairie Charpentier et Fasquelle 1912, c. 390 pp. Volume 3 : Ivoi, Paul d' [pseud. de Paul Deleutre] Message du Mikado, Voyages excentriques Paris: Boivin 1913, c. 435 pp. Volume 4 : Farrere, Claude [pseud. de Charles Bargone] La Bataille Paris: Ernest Flammarion 1921, c. 250 pp. Volume 5 : Naudeau, Ludovic Plaisir du Japon Paris: Ernest Flammarion 1922, c. 285 pp. + [preface et illustrations par Louis Sabattier adjoutes de l’ edition publie par La Petite Illustration, c.1922]
£665.00
Editon Synapse Historical Sources of Modern Nursing in America
Book SynopsisThis facsimile reprint collection of important primary-source materials will be welcomed by historians of medicine, particularly those interested in nursing and nursing education from the nineteenth century to the beginning of the twentieth. Including many diagrams and photographs, they are also a valuable resource, not only for those working on nursing history, but also for scholars and advanced students of the history of hospitals, public health and, more generally, the role of women in America.Table of ContentsVolumes 1-2: The Relations of Hospitals to Public Health, by John S. Billings / The Medical Charities of the English Metropolis, by Lord Cathcart / Educational Standards for Nurses, by Isabel A. Hampton / The Relation of Training Schools to Hospitals, by L.L. Dock / Paris Free and Paying Hospitals, by Alan Herbert / Hospitals for Contagious Diseases, by ML. Davis / Diet-Kitchen in Hospitals, by H. B. Stehman / The Construction of Maternity Hospitals, b Barton C. Hirst / Children's Hospital in America, by M.L. Rogers / Tokyo Charity Hospital, by K. Takaki / Sick Nursing and Health Nursing, by Florence Nightingale / The Training of Male and Female Nurses in Catholic Orders, by Dr. Koellen / The Victoria House for the Care of the Sick at Berlin, by Luise ahrmann / On Nursing in Scotland, by Rachel Frances Lumsden / History of American Training Schools, by Irene Sutcliffe / District Nursing, by C.E.M. Somerville / Mission Training Schools and Nursing, by Linda Richards / Necessity of an American Nurses' Association, by Edith A. Draper / Nursing of the Insane, by M. D. May / The Instruction of the Sisters of the Red Cross / Dispensaries Historically and Locally Considered, by Charles C. Savage / Red Cross and First Aid Societies, by John Furley / The Ambulance System in New York City, by Geo P. Ludlam, etc.Volume 3: Part A: Functions of the Nurse: The New Trend in Public Health Work / Some Achievements in Public Health Nursing / Field of Public Health Nursing / Organization and Administration of Public Health Nursing / Industrial Nursing / Nurse in Private Duty / Nurse in Institutions, etc.. Part B: Training of the Nurse: Hospital School of Nursing - Present Status of Training School / Clinical Facilities in Hospitals of Different Type and Size / Entrance Requirements / The Teaching of Nursing Procedures / Teaching of the Basic Sciences / Practical Training / Time Wasted in Non-Nursing Duties / Theoretical Instruction / Conditions of Work, etc. :University School of Nursing - Evolution of the University School / Organization of the University Training Course etc. : Postgraduate Courses - Public Health Nursing Course / Courses for Teachers and Administrators / Teachers College and its Influence on Nursing Education, etc. / Appendix: Copies of the Schedule used in the Survey. Volume 4: How Fast Has Nursing Grown? / Is There Unemployment Now? / What The Physicians Say, Are Patients Satisfied? / Is There A Public Health Nurse Shortage? / The Hospital And The School, What Are Nurses Like? / How Do Nurses Like Their Jobs? / The Short Course Nurse, The Free Lance Nurse / What the R.N. Superintendents Say / Nursing The Country Patient / Text of the Questionnaires, etc.
£855.00
Editon Synapse Emergence of the World Tour (ES 5-vol. set)
Book SynopsisThis is a facsimile reprint in five volumes of nine travel guides and handbooks published for Western travellers in the late nineteenth and the early twentieth century.The opening of the Suez Canal and the transcontinental ‘Pacific’ railway in America, both in 1869, made the world drastically smaller and initiated a new phase of word travel. Regular international services by steamships and the Pacific railways made travel to the Far East from either Europe or from America far simpler and cheaper.In order to respond to the demand from the growing number of steamship and rail passengers, many of whom were making a ‘world tour’, various guide books were published around this time. Some were small booklets, including timetables and/or tourist guides distributed only to the passengers, while others were thick handbooks, including encyclopaedic information about routes, ports, and towns. They included many illustrations, charts, and maps. These publications are now a vital source of historic data for anyone interested in the history of travel and tourism. They are also an important source for historians of the modernization of Asia and Japan, but, until now, most of them have been extremely difficult to obtain in good condition, their many fold-out pages being especially susceptible to damage.This new facsimile collection from Edition Synapse—now available outside Japan from Routledge—includes nine of the most important guides. Along with the entire texts, the collection also reproduces all the original maps, charts and tables.
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Editon Synapse William Morris, Art and Socialist Movements: A
Book SynopsisWilliam Morris, one of Britain's leading writers and artists of the Victorian era, was strongly connected to the socialist movement of 19th century Britain and both his literary work and decorative art were widely influenced by its ideas. He was a founding member of the Socialist League and many of his writings were originally published in the League's official newspapers and pamphlets.This 3-volume set is a facsimile reprint of a collection of 47 small booklets, written or edited by Morris and his colleagues in the socialist movement, most of which are rare and difficult to access,. The first volume contains all issues of the two major pamphlet series of the Socialist League as well as his historical documents relating to its foundation, including conference reports and broadsides. Many of them feature beautiful illustrations by Water Crane, a Victorian book illustrator, which are all reproduced in the volume. The second volume includes booklets on socialism published by authors close to Morris as well as by himself. There are also songbooks that he edited. The third volume is devoted to his lectures of art and socialism which he published by himself using the Golden Type he designed.The facsimile reprint of these items visualizes the essence of Morris's thought and art and will provide a deeper understanding of what William Morris tried to contribute to the Victorian society through his literary and art works.Table of ContentsVolume 1 I. Socialist Pamphlets Series 1. Hammersmith Socialist Society, Statement of Principles, 1893. 2. Scheu, Andreas, What’s to be done? Educate! Agitate! Organise!, 1892. 3. Morris, William, Useful Work versus Useless Toil,1893. 4. Morris, William, True and False Society, 1893. 5. Morris, William, Monopoly, or How Labour is Robbed, 1893. 6. Carruthers, John, Socialism and Radicalism,1894. 7. Carruthers, John, Political Economy of Socialism, n/d. II. Miscellaneous Documents related to the Foundation of the Socialist League 1. ‘A Word to Our Fellow Workers and the Unemployed in the East End of London’, 1883, single-sided broadside. 2. Morris, William, ‘The Socialist League - Appeal for Funds’, c.1885, single-sided printed leaflet. 3. The Socialist League, The Socialist League - Hammersmith Branch, 1885, double-sided leaflet. 4. The Socialist League, Down with the Socialists! London: The Socialist League, 1885, double-sided leaflet. 5. Morris, William, and Ernest Belfort Bax, The Manifesto of the Socialist League [New edition annotated by W. Morris and E. B. Bax], London: Socialist League Office,1885, ill. Walter Crane. 6. The Socialist League, Report of the Third Annual Conference of the Socialist League - Held at 13 Farringdon Road, London, E.C. On Whitsunday May 29, 1887, London, 1887. 7. The Socialist League, Annual Report of the Glasgow Branch of the Socialist League, Glasgow: Horn and Connell,1887. ill. Walter Crane. 8. The Socialist League, Report of the Fourth Annual Conference of the Socialist League Held at 13 Farringdon Road, London, E.C., On Whitsunday, May 20, 1888, London, 1888. 9. The Socialist League, ‘Agenda for the Annual Conference of the Socialist League, to be Held at Farringdon Hall, 13 Farringdon Road, E.C., On Whitsunday, May 20th, 1888’, London 1888, Broadsheet with manuscript additions.10. International Socialist Workers & Trade Union Congress, ‘Great Demonstration in Favour of International Peace will be held in Hyde Park on Sunday, July 26, 1896’, London: Twentieth Century Press, 1896, single-sided broadside. III. Socialist Platform Series 1. Council of the Socialist League, Address to the Trades’ Unions, London: Socialist League Office, 1885, ill. Walter Crane.2. Morris, William, Useful Work versus Useless Toil, 1886, ill. Walter Crane. 3. Aveling, Edward, and Eleanor Marx Aveling, The Factory Hell, 1885, ill. Walter Crane. 4. Bax, E. Belfort, Victor Dave, and William Morris, A Short Account of the Commune of Paris, 1886, ill. Walter Crane. 5. Binning, Thomas, Organised Labour: The Duty of the Trades’ Unions in Relation to Socialism, 1886, ill. Walter Crane. 6. Morris, William, True and False Society, 1888, ill. Walter Crane. 7. Morris, William, Monopoly; or How Labour is Robbed, 1890, ill. Arthur Walter Hughes.Volume 2 IV. Miscellaneous Pamphlets on Socialism 1. Hyndman, H.M. and William Morris, A Summary of the Principles of Socialism written for the Democratic Federation, London: The Modern Press, 1884, ill. William Morris. 2. Morris, William, The Labour Question from the Socialist Standpoint, Edinburgh: Co-operative Printing Company, 1886. 3. Morris, William, The Tables Turned; or, Nupkins Awakened - A Socialist Interlude, London: Office of The Commonweal, 1887. 4. Morris, William, A King’s Lesson, Aberdeen: James Leatham, 1891. 5. Morris, William, Under an Elm-Tree; or Thoughts in the Country-side, Aberdeen: James Leatham, 1891. 6. Morris, William, The Reward of Labour: A Dialogue, London: Hayman, Christy and Lilly, n/d. [1892].7. Naewiger, Conrad, G. Bernard Shaw, and J. Armden, The Why I Ams - Why I am a Socialist and an Atheist; Why I am a Social Democrat; Why I am an Individualist Anarchist, London: James Tochatti, Liberty Press, 1894. 8. Morris, William, and L.S. Bevington, The Why I Ams - Why I am a Communist; Why I am an Expropriationist, London: James Tochatti, Liberty Press, 1894, ill. Walter Crane. 9. Morris, William, The Revolt of Ghent, Huddersfield: The Worker Office; London: Twentieth Century Press; Manchester: National Labour Press, n/d. [1910]. V. Songs for Socialists 1. Morris, William, Chants for Socialists, 2nd ed., London: The Socialist League Office, 1885, 16pp. ill. Walter Crane. 2. J. Bruce Glacier (ed.), Socialist Songs, Glasgow: Labour Literature Society 1893. 3. Carpenter, Edward (ed.), Chants of Labour - A Song Book of the People with Music, 6th ed., London: George Allen and Unwin, 1922, ill. Walter Crane.Volume 3 VI. Art and Socialism 1. Morris, William, Labour and Pleasure versus Labour and Sorrow, An Address at Birmingham Society of Arts and School of Design, Birmingham: Cund Bros., 1880.2. Morris, William, The Socialist Ideal of Art, London: The New Review, 1891. [A Buxton Forman forgery] 3. Morris, William, Art and Socialism, 2nd ed., Leek: E.E.M. and W.L.S, 1884.4. Morris, William, Address on the Collection of Paintings of the English Pre-Raphaelite School, Delivered by Mr. William Morris, in the Museum and Art Gallery, on Friday, October 2nd, 1891, Birmingham: E.C. Osborne and Son, 1891.5. Morris, William, International Health Exhibition, Lectures - Textile Fabrics, A Lecture Delivered in the Lecture Room of the Exhibition, July 11th, 1884, London: Executive Council of the International Health Exhibition and for the Council of the Society of Arts, 1884. 6. Morris, William, The Aims of Art, London: Office of The Commonweal, 1887. 7. Morris, William, An Address Delivered by William Morris at the Distribution of Prizes to Students of the Birmingham Municipal School of Art on Feb. 21, 1894, London: Longman, 1898. Printed at the Chiswick Press with the Golden Type designed by William Morris. 8. Morris, William, Art and the Beauty of the Earth, A Lecture Delivered by William Morris at Burslem Town Hall on October 13, 1881, London: Longman, 1898. Printed at the Chiswick Press with the Golden Type designed by William Morris.9. Morris, William, Some Hints on Pattern Designing, A Lecture Delivered by William Morris at the Working Men’s College, London, on December 1881, London: Longman, 1899, Printed at the Chiswick Press with the Golden Type designed by William Morris. 10. Morris, William, Architecture and History and Westminster Abbey, A Paper Read before the Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings, on July 1, 1884, London: Longman, 1900. Printed at the Chiswick Press with the Golden Type designed by William Morris. 11. Morris, William, Art and its Producers, A Lecture Delivered in Liverpool in 1888, London: Longman, 1901, Printed at the Chiswick Press with the Golden Type designed by William Morris.
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Editon Synapse Collected English Writings of Josiah Conder
Book SynopsisJosiah Conder (1852–1920), also known as Kondoru-sensei, was hired by the Meiji Japanese government as the first professor of architecture for the Imperial College of Engineering (now Faculty of Engineering, University of Tokyo). After receiving the Soane Medallion Prize of the RIBA he arrived in Japan in 1877, spending the rest of his life there. Often called the ‘father of Japanese architecture’, he established the education of architecture in Japan and most of his graduates played essential roles in the development of modern Japan's architecture. He played a leading role in developing Tokyo as an urban city of Western style, and designed numerous public buildings, including the Rokumeikan, which became a symbol of Westernisation in the Meiji period, as well as Mitsubishi 1-gokan, Nicholai-do, Kyu-Iwasakitei, which are considered landmark buildings of Japanese architecture.This collection gathers together and reproduces in facsimile 65 of Josiah Conder’s most significant writings related to Japanese architecture, arts and culture. A folio volume of Paintings and Studies by Kawanabe Kyosai,is also included, reproduced in the original size with illustrations and full colour plates, as well as an album of Dr Conder’s photographs and illustrations. Dr Conder’s obituaries appeared in newspapers and journals and these too are included. Together, the material collated for this collection makes it an indispensable resource for any student or scholar of Japanese art and culture.Table of ContentsVolume 1: Architecture and Japanese Landscape Gardening1) RIBA Soane Medallion Prize in 18761. ‘Prize Designs at the Institute of Architects’ *, The Builder, 18 March 18762. ‘RIBA Soane Medallion Prize Drawings, 1876 – Design for a Country House, By J. Conder’ *, The Building News and Engineering Journal, 21 April 18763. ‘General Conference of Architects’ *, The Building News and Engineering Journal, 16 June 18762) Japanese Architecture 1878-18791. ‘Note on Japanese Architecture’ , Transactions of the Royal Institute of British Architects, 18782. ‘Discussion on Mr. Conder’s Paper - Notes on Japanese Architecture’*, Transactions of the RIBA, 18783. ‘Theatre in Japan’, The Builder, 5 April, 18793) Conder vs. Christopher Dresser on Japanese Pagodas 1882-18861. ‘Japanese Architecture and Art’ A Book Review of Japan: Its Architecture, Art and Art Manufactures, by Christopher Dresser *, The Building News, 24 November, 18822. ‘Japanese Pagodas and their Construction’, The Building News, 20 April, 18833. ‘Japanese Architecture and Ornament’ by Christopher Dresser *, The Building News, 12 December, 18844. ‘Japanese Pagoda’ by Roger T. Conder *, The Building News, 19 December, 18845. ‘The Suspended Beam in Japanese Pagodas’*, American Architect and Building News, June 26, vol. XIX, 18864) Japanese Architecture, 1883-18871. ‘Opening of the Rokumei-Kwan’ *, The Japan Weekly Mail, Dec. 1, 1883. 2. ‘Tokio University’ *, The Builder, 13 Dec. 18843. ‘Further Note on Japanese Architecture’, Transactions of the RIBA, vol. II (New Series), 18864. ‘The Mausoleum at Nikko’ by Roger T. Conder *, Transactions of the RIBA, vol. II (New Series) ,18865. ‘Association of Japanese Architects’, The JWM, Aug. 28, 18866. ‘Domestic Architecture in Japan’, Transactions of the RIBA, vol. III (New Series), 18877. ‘A Japanese Gentleman’s House at Tokio’ by Roger T. Conder *, Transactions of the RIBA, vol. III (New Series) 18878. ‘Domestic Architecture in Japan’ *, American Architect and Building News, Volume 21, April 18875) Effects of Earthquake upon Buildings 1889-18931. ‘Building in Earthquake Countries’, The JWM, July 22, 18892. ‘The Effects of the Earthquake.’ The JWM, Nov. 7. 18913. ‘The Neo Valley’ & ‘Gifu, Ogaki, and Osaka’, The JWM, Nov. 14. 18914. ‘The Earthquake District’, The JWM, Nov. 14. 18915. ‘Osaka’, The JWM, Nov. 21, 18916. ‘The Effects of the Recent Earthquake upon Buildings’, The JWM, Dec. 12, 18917. ‘Earthquake versus Buildings’, The JWM, January 30, 18928. ‘Building Material and Earthquakes’ *, The JWM, Aug. 6, 1892,9. ‘An Architects Note on the Great Earthquake of October 1891’, Seismological Journal of Japan, vol. 18, 18936) Japanese Architecture 1890-19011. ‘The Tokyo Hotel’, The JWM, Sept. 20, 18902. ‘S. Hilda’s Hospital and Dispensary, Azabu, Tokyo’ *, The JWM, Oct. 23, 18903. ‘Opening of the Cathedral of the Greek Church in Japan.’ *, The JWM, March 14, 18914. ‘Japanese Architectural Decoration’ *, The JWM, Feb. 12, 18985. ‘Christ Church’ *, The JWM, July 2, 18996. ‘New Christ Church’ *, The JWM, July 2, 18997. ‘New Christ Church’ *, The JWM, Nov. 25, 18998. ‘Yokohama United Club’, The JWM, Oct. 13, 19009. ‘Christ Church’ *, The JWM, Feb., 190110. ‘Christ Church’ *, The JWM, June 1, 19017) The Institute of Japanese Architects 1. ‘Presentation and Addresses by Tatsuzo Sone, the President of the Institute & by Names of Your Pupils and others’ 2. ‘Reply to Addresses and Presentation by Dr. J. Conder’, Kenchiku Zasshi, No. 402, 19208) Japanese Landscape Gardening1. ‘The Art of Landscape Gardening in Japan’, TASJ, vol, XIV, 18862. ‘Review of Landscape Gardening in Japan’ *, The JWM, July 15, 1893Volume 2: Japanese Art and Culture1) Japanese Custume1. ‘The History of Japanese Costume－Court Dress’, Transactions of the Asiatic Society of Japan, vol. VIII, 18802. ‘The History of Japanese Costume－Armour’, TASJ, vo1. IX, 18812) Japanese Art 1. ‘Conservatism in Japanese Art’ *, The JWM, Aug. 28, 18862. Conder vs. F. T. Piggott: 1. ‘Of Art in General and Japanese Art in Particular’ * by F. T. Piggott, The JWM, Nov.9, 1889 / 2. ‘The Meiji Art Society’, The JWM, Dec. 14, 1889 / 3. 4. ‘Japanese Art’ by F. T. Piggott*, The JWM, Dec.28, 1889 / 4 ‘Japanese Art’*, The JWM, January 4, 18903. ‘Buddhism in Japanese Art’ *, The JWM, Sept. 24, 18923) Japanese Flower Arrangement1. Theory of Japanese Flower Arrangement, New edition, Kobe: J.L. Thompson & Co, 19352. ‘Mr. Conder’s Art of Flower Arrangement’, The JWM, Sept. 5 18913. ‘Flowers of Japan’ *, The JWM, April 16, 18924. ‘Mr. Conder’s Work on Japanese Flowers’ *, The JWM, March 18, 18935. ‘Japanese Flower Arrangement’, The Studio,1896-97, 18964) Auction Catalogues of the Collection of the late Dr. Josiah Conder1. Doctor Josiah Conder’s Sampling af Japansk Kunst, 1942, V. Winkel & Manussen, Kobenhavn2. Catalogue of Fine Japanese Paintings and Colour Prints, Day of Sale: Monday, January 18th 1965, Japanese Paintings and Screens from the Collection of the late Dr. Josiah ConderVolume 3: Kawanabe Kyosai1. Kyōsai, The JWM, May18, 1889*（unsigned obituary, attributed to Josiah Conder）2. Paintings and Studies by Kawanabé Kyōsai, 1911Contents: Plates and Illustrations / Life of Painter / Painting Materials / Painting Methods / Examples of Technique / Signature and Seals / Catalogue of Collection / GlossaryVolume 4: Posthumous Works and Obituaries1.Collection of the Posthumous Works of Dr. Josiah Conder, F.R.I.B.A, Committee of The Memorial Album of Dr. Conder’s Posthumous Works, Tokyo, 1932 2. Obituaries: 1. Japan Times and Mail, June 23, 1920 / 2. Japan Advertiser, June 23, 1920 / 3. The Builder, Sept. 10, 1920 / 4. RIBA Journal, Vol. 27, Sept. 1920 / 5. The Building News, Nov. 19, 1920, p. 256
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Editon Synapse Nakajima: Mario Praz: A Symposium of Literature,
Book SynopsisThis is a collection of writings by the American chemist and home economist, Ellen Henrietta Swallow Richards.From the Preface by Kazuko Sumida:Ellen H. Swallow Richards (1842–1911) was the first woman graduate and staff member at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), and the first woman professional chemist in the U.S. She was known mainly as a founder of the American home economics movement and, to a lesser extent, as the mother of American public health. Her contribution included not only the establishment of the standards for water analysis, but also the provision of school lunches, food and environmental education, and the consumer movement. Through such activities, Richards showed people a new direction to follow for modernized home and urban life. She is deserving of special attention as a woman who was active both academically and socially from the late 19th century to the early 20th century when the foundation of modern society in the U.S. was laid.This collection provides primary sources which will enable the reader to have a proper understanding of the thoughts of Richards who advocated a science of environment as early as the 19th century. She considered environment to be a total whole, and was active in pursuit of what science, human possibility or development should be. For her, environmental education was strongly linked to social and ethical issues, and the key to the solution for these was the very human activities in daily life affecting their environment. Richards, whose cooperative belief that ‘man is a part of organic nature, subject to laws of development and growth’ (Euthenics) was a basis of daily life, cannot be called merely a material feminist—(which a certain scholar classified her as). What she had in mind means ‘the man in the community environment’.These materials are essential for interdisciplinary research that includes multiple fields such as the history of science, of education, of ideas, social history of the U.S., sociology, and feminism as well as home economics and public health. The thoughts and lifelong activities of Richards will show us a direction at which we ought to aim in current everyday life.Table of ContentsVolume 1First Lessons in Minerals (Boston: Press of Rockwell and Churchill, 1882 [1st ed. 1880]), 32pp.The Chemistry of Cooking and Cleaning (Boston: Whitcomb and Barrows, 1897 [1st ed. 1882]), 166pp.Food Materials and their Adulterations (Boston: Estes and Lauriat, 1886), 183pp.Home Sanitation: A Manual for Housekeepers (Boston: Ticknor and Co., 1887), 80pp.‘The Relation of College Women to Progress in Domestic Science’, PACA Series II, No. 27, 1890, 10pp.‘Domestic Science, What it is and How to Study it at Home’, The Outlook, Vol. 55, No. 17, 27 Apr. 1897, 3pp.Volume 2The Cost of Living as Modified by Sanitary Science, 2nd enlarged ed. (New York: John Wiley and Sons, 1901), 133pp.Plain Words about Food: The Rumford Kitchen Leaflets (Boston: Press of Rockwell and Churchill, 1899), 186pp.Air, Water, and Food: From a Sanitary Standpoint (New York: John Wiley and Sons, 1900), 226pp.Volume 3The Cost of Food: A Study in Dietaries, 3rd ed. (New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1917), 160pp.The Dietary Computer (New York: John Wiley and Sons, 1902), 54pp.The Art of Right Living (Boston: Whitcomb and Barrows, 1904), 50pp.The First Lessons in Food and Diet (Boston: Whitcomb and Barrows, 1904), 56pp.‘Ten Years of The Lake Placid Conference on Home Economics; Its History and Aim’, Tenth Lake Placid Conference on Home Economics, 1908, 7pp.Volume 4The Cost of Shelter (New York: John Wiley and Sons, 1905), 142pp.Sanitation in Daily Life (Boston: Whitcomb & Barrows, 1907), 93pp.Laboratory Notes on Industrial Water Analysis: A Survey Course for Engineers (New York: John Wiley and Sons, 1908), 52pp.The Cost of Cleanness (New York: John Wiley and Sons, 1908), 114pp.Influence of Industrial Arts and Science upon Rural and City Home Life (National Education Association [Manual Training Department], 1909), 4pp.Volume 5Euthenics: The Science of Controllable Environment: A Plea for Better Living Conditions as a First Step Toward Higher Human Efficiency, 2nd enlarged ed. (Boston: Whitcomb & Barrows, 1912), 182pp.Conservation by Sanitation: Air and Water Supply Disposal of Waste (New York: John Wiley and Sons, 1911), 317pp.‘The Elevation of Applied Science to an Equal Rank with the So-Called Learned Professions’, extract from Technology and Industrial Efficiency (McGraw-Hill, 1911), 6pp.‘Social Significance of Home Economics Movement’, The Journal of Home Economics, Apr. 1911, 9pp.
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Editon Synapse British Servants - A Collection of Early Guides
Book SynopsisThis five-volume set offers a collection of thirteen guides and companions written for British servants in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. The chronologically balanced selection provides a historical perspective on the changes of the roles of servants and their position in British society.Table of ContentsVolume I: The Compleat Court-keeper: or, Land Steward's Assistant. Containing, First, the Nature of Courts-leets and Courts-baron. Volume II: A Present for Servants, from their Ministers, Masters, or other Friends. The Footman’s Friendly Advice to his Brethren of the Livery; and to all Servants in General. The Complete Man and Maid Servant: Containing, Plain and Easy Instructions for Servants of Both Sexes. Johnson’s Present: or, Every Young Woman’s Companion, in Useful and Universal Knowledge. A Present for Servants: Containing Several Useful Articles of Information, for Persons in Dependant Stations of Life; as I. Laws Relating to Servants and Labourers. The Complete Servant Maid. The Servant’s Friend; or, the Master and Mistresses Best Gift to their Servants, Apprentices, and Workmen. Volume III: The Experienced English Housekeeper, for the Use and Ease of Ladies, Housekeepers, Cooks. Written Purely from Practice; Domestic Management, or the Art of Conducting a Family; with Instructions to Servants in General. Addressed to Young Housekeepers. Volume IV: The Complete Servant; being a Practical Guide to the Peculiar Duties and Business of all Descriptions of Servants. Volume V: The Servants' Guide and Family Manual: With New and Improved Receipts, Arranged and Adapted to the Duties of all Classes of Servants. The Servants Practical Guide: A Handbook of Duties and Rules.
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Editon Synapse Books on Children (ES 5-vol. set)
Book SynopsisThis is the third part of Edition Synapse’s series of collections of early English writings on children. It consists of facsimile reprints of rare educational and religious books and pamphlets, including conduct books and advice for parents in the early Modern period. A total of fourteen items are reproduced in this part, which includes writings by Benjamin Bourn, Thomas Lancaster, Thomas Beddoes, and others. For those seeking to trace the development of British views on children during the period from the late sixteenth century to the turn of the eighteenth century, it is an invaluable resource.
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Editon Synapse Oda: Lake District Tours (6-vol. set)
Book SynopsisThe Lake District—famous for its association with the Romantic poets—became a very popular destination for travellers towards the end of the eighteenth century, part of a growing trend of making picturesque tours during which nature was viewed with an emphasis on its spiritual qualities. During this period a variety of tourist guides, including Wordsworth’s successful Guide to the Lakes, were published.This is the very first collection of such travel guides to the Lake District and eight important titles are reprinted here in a facsimile edition. Together with many pictures and maps (some in colour) they represent vividly how the Lakes were perceived by contemporary English visitors. The collection will be welcomed as an important primary source for the study of English literature and history for the period spanning the end of the eighteenth to the early nineteenth century.Table of ContentsVolume 1Hutchinson, William.An Excursion to the Lakes, in Westmoreland and Cumberland, August 1773.1st Edition, 1774. 193 pp.West, Thomas.A Guide to the Lakes.1st Edition, 1778. 204 pp.Volume 2Budworth, Joseph.A Fortnight’s Ramble to the Lakes in Westmoreland, Lancashire and Cumberland.1st Edition, 1792. xxvii, 267 pp.Volume 3Housman, John.A Topographical Description of Cumberland, Westmoreland, Lancashire.1st Edition, 1800. xii, 536 pp.VolumeS 4 and 5Green, William.The Tourist’s New Guide, containing a description of the lakes, mountains, and scenery, in Cumberland, Westmoreland, and Lancashire,…being the result of observations made during a residence of eighteen years in Ambleside and Keswick.1st Edition, 1819. xi,vii, 463 pp. / x, 507 ppVolume 6Wilkinson, Joseph and William Wordsworth.Select Views in Cumberland, Westmoreland and Lancashire.1st Edition, 1810. xxxiv, 46 pp. plus 48 plates.Otley, Jonathan.A Concise Description of the English Lakes, the mountains in their vicinity, and the roads by which they may be visited; with remarks on the mineralogy and geology of the district.2nd Edition, 1825. 141 pp.Baines, Edward.A Companion to the Lakes of Cumberland, Westmoreland and Lancashire; in a descriptive account of a family tour, and an excursion on horseback…with a new, copious, and correct itinerary.2nd Edition, 1830. vii, 312 pp.
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Editon Synapse Picturesque Wales: Facsimile Reprints (ES 4-vol.
Book SynopsisA facsimile collection of two important publications which represent the picturesque travelogues in Wales of the romantic era of 18th-century and early 19th-century Britain.Included here are a rare 1883 edition of the famous Pennant’s Tours, edited by John Rhys, Celtic Professor at Oxford, with annotations, index, and appendix, together with Wales Illustrated, a collection of more than 100 plates of noted Welsh scenery, with detailed historical and topographical descriptions of each, which today can be used as a valuable visual source of information on Wales in the 18th century.Table of ContentsPlates, Pennant's Tour Wales, Annotations, Appendices, Index
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Editon Synapse Lives of the Most Eminent British Painters (ES
Book Synopsis- Following the style of the most famous book of Renaissance art history, Lives of the Most Excellent Painters, Sculptors, and Architects by Giorgio Vasari, this is one of the most comprehensive books of British art history covering the early period to the early nineteenth century.- Alain Cunningham compiled this monumental work with the support of his contemporaries, such as John Gibson Lockhart, the editor of Quarterly Review and Robert Southey. It took several years to complete.- The book selected forty-seven British artists; not only famous painters and architects like William Hogarth, William Blake, Joshua Reynolds, and Inigo Jones, but also some relatively forgotten figures from the Elizabethan period up to the nineteenth century.- Contains detailed bibliographic information, together with both historical and aesthetic background of the times in which the artists flourished.- An essential addition to the holdings of all art libraries (and universities with art courses) which do not hold the original book.
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Editon Synapse Modernizing Nursery (ES 4-vol. set)
Book Synopsis The very first facsimile reprint collection of the works of Ada Ballin (1863–1906), the leader of childcare and parenting in Victorian Britain and a pioneer of the scientific management of infant health. Ballin founded an influential magazine, Baby, for middle-class mothers, organized a series of trade fairs, ‘Baby’s Exhibition’, and gave many lectures. In this collection, in addition to all of her published books, her lecture at the famous International Health Exhibition and a series of pamphlets, ‘Mother’s Guide’, are reprinted with many illustrations. Extracts from the Introduction by Junko Mitsui-Yamamoto:---Mrs. Ballin (Ada Sara Ballin, 1862–1906) was recognized as a foremost expert in childcare. She was also known as a dress reformer, a magazine editor and proprietor, a lecturer, and an author of advice books. She started her career as a dress reformer, but her advice on childcare covered clothing, food, shelter, education, and hygiene including expectant mothers. As The Times noted, the phrase "Ballin Baby", which indicated a healthy, beautiful and strong baby, had obtained the status of a "household word" by the turn of the century.Mrs. Ballin tried to enlighten Victorian women, especially mothers, on the importance of hygiene and health. She also advised them in making use of novel commodities to reduce their domestic burdens and to have a more comfortable life, responding to the growth and transformation of industry, retailing and consumer activities. Her attitude seemed essentially modern, questing for rationality. Maintaining the viewpoint of a mother, an amateur expert, Mrs. Ballin had a challenged educational profile when compared with male professionals. Her works were mainly targeted at middle-class women, at the time when the middle classes grew both in number and economic power.This reprint collection of advice books by Mrs. Ballin shows us a good paradigm of the shifting image of ideal mothers and children as well as the commodification of Victorian and Edwardian childrearing. More broadly, we get plenty of information on the practice of the contemporary "home-making" viewed from materialistic, physical and psychological viewpoints. "Science", or "the scientific approach" was one of the most fashionable and reliable standpoints for understanding and reforming various matters at that time. We can see how "science" came to be widely adopted into the daily lives of the ordinary person through the works of Mrs. Ballin. This reprinted collection will give new perspectives to those who are interested in the history of women, children, gender relations, family, education, consumption, hygiene and health …
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