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    A Reader’s Guide to the Art of Microhistory

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  • Walking With Dinosaurs

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    Travel back in time to the prehistoric world of the dinosaurs, brought to life in spectacular detail.Revisit the spectacle of the incredible new season of BBC One’s Walking With Dinosaurs in this richly detailed look into the distant past. With the latest up-to-date facts, interviews with leading dinosaur hunters, and insights from the TV series, this is the ultimate prehistoric book that every ... Read more

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  • Cognition and Fact

    Materials on Ludwik Fleck

    Series series Philosophy and Religion (R0)
    Within the last ten years, the interest of historians and philosophers of science in the epistemological writings of the Polish medical microbiologist Ludwik Fleck (1896-1961), who had up to then been almost completely unknown, has advanced with great strides. His main writings on epistemological questions were published in the mid-1930's, but they remained almost unnoticed. Today, however, one ... Read more

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  • Forgoing Waves The Odddesy of Thomas' Redemption

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    "The Odyssey of Thomas' Redemption" unfolds as an evocative saga, chronicling the life of Thomas, a man caught in the throes of his own follies and misfortunes. Set against the backdrop of a quaint Southern town, Thomas' journey is one of profound transformation, driven by an unyielding quest for personal redemption. The narrative weaves through the fabric of human emotions, exploring the depths ... Read more

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  • The Economics of Rising Inequalities

    This book is an in-depth discussion of rising inequalities in the western world. It explores the extent to which rising inequalities are the mechanical consequence of changes in economic fundamentals (such as changes in technological or demographic parameters), and to what extent they are the contingent consequences of country-specific and time-specific changes in institutions. Both the ... Read more

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  • Playing to the Camera

    Musicians and Musical Performance in Documentary Cinema

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    Series series Nonfictions
    Playing to the Camera is the first full-length study devoted to the musical performance documentary. Its scope ranges from rock concert films to experimental video art featuring modernist music. Unlike the 'music under' produced for films by unseen musicians, on-screen 'live' performances show us the bodies that produce the sounds we hear. Exploring the link between moving images and musical ... Read more

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  • The Bloomsbury Handbook of Microhistory

    Origins, Present State and Prospects

    Series series Bloomsbury Handbooks
    ***The***Bloomsbury Handbook of Microhistory provides the first detailed examination of a field which has rapidly expanded in the last three decades. Characterised by a focus on the very small, an obsessive thoroughness of investigation and an inventiveness of exposition, microhistory has matured significantly as an approach amongst historical researchers and practitioners over the past five ... Read more

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    Explore this deep dive into the business side of construction, including how to structure, organize, and operate a construction organization to maximize profitThe most visible work of construction contracting happens on the job site, but some of the most important aspects of running a construction business happen behind the scenes, on the financial and operations side. Construction is the second ... Read more

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  • Masaniello

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    Series series Renaissance History, Art and Culture
    This is a translation and new edition of Masaniello. La sua vita e il mito in Europa (Rome, 2007), the first historical biography of the leader of the revolt that broke out in Naples in 1647–48. Initially, its main objectives were the cancellation of the many taxes introduced in previous decades and a political reform that would allow the people to have their voice in the civic parliament. Thanks ... Read more

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  • Daily Life in Renaissance Italy

    Series series The Greenwood Press Daily Life Through History Series
    A clear, lively, and deeply informed survey of life in Renaissance Italy for students and general readers, this book presents a thoughtful cultural and social anthropology of practices, values, and negotiations.Lively and reader-friendly, this second edition of Daily Life in Renaissance Italy provides a colorful and accurate sense of how it felt to inhabit the Renaissance Italian world (1400–1600) ... Read more

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