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  • Why Europe Grew Rich and Asia Did Not

    Global Economic Divergence, 1600–1850

    par Prasannan Parthasarathi ...
    Why Europe Grew Rich and Asia Did Not provides a striking new answer to the classic question of why Europe industrialised from the late eighteenth century and Asia did not. Drawing significantly from the case of India, Prasannan Parthasarathi shows that in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries the advanced regions of Europe and Asia were more alike than different, both characterized by ... En savoir plus

    $35.99 CAD

  • Curriculum by Design

    Innovation and the Liberal Arts Core

    par Mary Thomas Crane, David Quigley, Andy Boynton, Allison Adair, Lynne Anderson, Robert Bartlett, William Bole, Toby Bottorf0, John Butler1, Daniel Callahan2, Hanne Eisenfeld3, Thomas Epstein4, Brian Gareau5, Tara Gareau6, Elizabeth Graver7, Stacy Grooters8, Régine Michelle Jean-Charles9, Gregory Kalscheur0, Elizabeth Kowaleski-Wallace1, Prasannan Parthasarathi2, Brian Robinette3, Juliet Schor4, Sylvia Sellers-García5, Elizabeth H. Shlala6, Min Hyoung Song7, Jenna Tonn8, Holly VandeWall9, Dunwei Wang0 ...
    This book tells the story of how a team of colleagues at Boston College took an unusual approach (working with a design consultancy) to renewing their core and in the process energized administrators, faculty, and students to view liberal arts education as an ongoing process of innovation. It aims to provide insight into what they did and why they did it and to provide a candid account of what has ... En savoir plus

    $36.99 CAD

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  • The Reformation: History in an Hour

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    Love history? Know your stuff with History in an Hour.The Reformation was a long struggle of ideas between the established Catholic Church and the questioning of faith brought about by the Renaissance in Western Europe. Started by Martin Luther in 1517, religious dissidence spread across Europe throughout the sixteenth century, causing wars, migration and disunity. By 1648 Henry VIII’s desire for ... En savoir plus

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  • Sister Queens

    The Noble, Tragic Lives of Katherine of Aragon and Juana, Queen of Castile

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    NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERThe history books have cast Katherine of Aragon, the first queen of King Henry VIII of England, as the ultimate symbol of the Betrayed Woman, cruelly tossed aside in favor of her husband’s seductive mistress, Anne Boleyn. Katherine’s sister, Juana of Castile, wife of Philip of Burgundy and mother of the Holy Roman Emperor Charles V, is portrayed as “Juana the Mad,” whose ... En savoir plus

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  • Merchant Adventurers

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    A Tudor voyage of exploration - an extraordinary story of daring, discovery, tragedy and pioneering achievement.In the spring of 1553 three ships sailed north-east from London into uncharted waters. The scale of their ambition was breathtaking. Drawing on the latest navigational science and the new spirit of enterprise and discovery sweeping the Tudor capital, they sought a northern passage to ... En savoir plus

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  • In Bed with Anne Boleyn

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  • Swordplay

    an anonymous illustrated Dutch treatise for fencing with rapier, sword and polearms from 1595

    par Reinier van Noort ...
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  • The Art of Sword Combat

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  • The Reformation of the English Parish Church

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    In the sixteenth century, the people of England witnessed the physical transformation of their most valued buildings: their parish churches. This is the first ever full-scale investigation of the dramatic changes experienced by the English parish church during the English Reformation. By drawing on a wealth of documentary evidence, including court records, wills and church wardens' accounts, and ... En savoir plus

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