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Tell Me about the Presidents

Lessons for Today's Kids from America's Leaders

par Mike Henry ...

Tell Me about the Presidents is for young people in the elementary grades. The author includes an interesting story about each president. The material is usually not in textbooks or taught in classes. At the conclusion of each story are three questions for the reader to answer. This book is a great learning tool that can used by parents and teachers to teach American history in a fun way. ... En savoir plus

$37.99 CAD

Tell Me about the Presidents is for young people in the elementary grades. The author includes an interesting story about each president. The material is usually not in textbooks or taught in classes. At the conclusion of each story are three questions for the reader to answer. This book is a great learning tool that can used by parents and teachers to teach American history in a fun way.
... En savoir plus
Routledge Revivals: Medieval Italy (2004)

An Encyclopedia - Volume II

Modifié par Christopher Kleinhenz ...

First published in 2004, Medieval Italy: An Encyclopedia provides an introduction to the many and diverse facets of Italian civilization from the late Roman empire to the end of the fourteenth century. It presents in two volumes articles on a wide range of topics including history, literature, art, music, urban development, commerce and economics, social and political institutions, religion and ... En savoir plus

$129.99 CAD

First published in 2004, Medieval Italy: An Encyclopedia provides an introduction to the many and diverse facets of Italian civilization from the late Roman empire to the end of the fourteenth century. It presents in two volumes articles on a wide range of topics including history, literature, art, music, urban development, commerce and economics, social and political institutions, religion and
... En savoir plus
Experimental Philosophy and the Birth of Empirical Science

Boyle, Locke and Newton

par Michael Ben-Chaim ...

How did empirical research become the cornerstone of modern science? Scholars have traditionally associated empirical research with the search for knowledge, but have failed to provide adequate solutions to this basic historical problem. This book offers a different approach that focuses on human understanding - rather than knowledge - and its cultural expression in the creation and social ... En savoir plus

$91.99 CAD

How did empirical research become the cornerstone of modern science? Scholars have traditionally associated empirical research with the search for knowledge, but have failed to provide adequate solutions to this basic historical problem. This book offers a different approach that focuses on human understanding - rather than knowledge - and its cultural expression in the creation and social
... En savoir plus
Paris romantique. Tableaux d'une ville disparue

par Sylvain Ledda ...

Collections series Histoire
Eugène Sue en a décrit les bas-fonds, Victor Hugo les barricades, Musset les femmes et les jardins. Balzac en fit une pièce maîtresse de son œuvre, entre splendeurs et misères des ambitions qui se heurtent, des illusions qui s'évanouissent, de l'argent qui élève et corrompt. C'était le Paris romantique, le Paris des mansardes et des grisettes, des faubourgs et des barrières d'octroi. Une capitale ... En savoir plus

$29.99 CAD

Eugène Sue en a décrit les bas-fonds, Victor Hugo les barricades, Musset les femmes et les jardins. Balzac en fit une pièce maîtresse de son œuvre, entre splendeurs et misères des ambitions qui se heurtent, des illusions qui s'évanouissent, de l'argent qui élève et corrompt. C'était le Paris romantique, le Paris des mansardes et des grisettes, des faubourgs et des barrières d'octroi. Une capitale
... En savoir plus
Geschlechtergeschichte

par Claudia Opitz-Belakhal ...

Collections Livre 8 - Historische Einführungen
Die Geschlechtergeschichte ist aus der historischen Forschung und Lehre nicht mehr wegzudenken. Sie verdankt viele Anregungen der Sozialgeschichte, hat sich aber auch neueren Entwicklungen, etwa der Historischen Anthropologie und der Neuen Kulturgeschichte, geöffnet und die dort geführten Diskussionen mit geprägt. Claudia Opitz- Belakhal legt in diesem Band den Fokus auf die Debatten um Konzepte ... En savoir plus

$40.99 CAD

Die Geschlechtergeschichte ist aus der historischen Forschung und Lehre nicht mehr wegzudenken. Sie verdankt viele Anregungen der Sozialgeschichte, hat sich aber auch neueren Entwicklungen, etwa der Historischen Anthropologie und der Neuen Kulturgeschichte, geöffnet und die dort geführten Diskussionen mit geprägt. Claudia Opitz- Belakhal legt in diesem Band den Fokus auf die Debatten um Konzepte
... En savoir plus
Mapping the Trail of a Serial Killer

How The World's Most Infamous Murderers Were Tracked Down

par Brenda Lewis ...

A fully illustrated, innovative look at the killing sprees of twenty-five notorious killers*The idea of the wandering murderer, leaving a trail of mutilated bodies in his wake, has long fascinated followers of true crime. By charting the geography of the killer’s actions, Mapping the Trail of a Serial Killer takes an innovative geographical approach to exploring the killing sprees of twenty-five ... En savoir plus

$23.99 CAD

A fully illustrated, innovative look at the killing sprees of twenty-five notorious killers*The idea of the wandering murderer, leaving a trail of mutilated bodies in his wake, has long fascinated followers of true crime. By charting the geography of the killer’s actions, Mapping the Trail of a Serial Killer takes an innovative geographical approach to exploring the killing sprees of twenty-five
... En savoir plus
Hodder GCSE History for Edexcel: Superpower relations and the Cold War, 1941-91

par John Wright, Steve Waugh ...

Exam Board: Pearson EdexcelLevel: GCSESubject: HistoryFirst teaching: September 2016First exams: June 2018Endorsed for EdexcelEnable students to achieve their full potential while ensuring pace, enjoyment and motivation with this popular series from the leading History publisher for secondary schools.Blends in-depth coverage of topics with activities and strategies to help students to acquire... ... En savoir plus

$14.99 CAD

Exam Board: Pearson EdexcelLevel: GCSESubject: HistoryFirst teaching: September 2016First exams: June 2018Endorsed for EdexcelEnable students to achieve their full potential while ensuring pace, enjoyment and motivation with this popular series from the leading History publisher for secondary schools.Blends in-depth coverage of topics with activities and strategies to help students to acquire...
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Historicizing the Enlightenment, Volume 2

Literature, the Arts, and the Aesthetic in Britain

par Michael McKeon ...

Enlightenment critics from Dryden through Johnson and Wordsworth conceived the modern view that art and especially literature entails a double reflection: a reflection of the world, and a reflection on the process by which that reflection is accomplished. Instead “neoclassicism” and “Augustanism” have been falsely construed as involving a one-dimensional imitation of classical texts and an ... En savoir plus

$53.99 CAD

Enlightenment critics from Dryden through Johnson and Wordsworth conceived the modern view that art and especially literature entails a double reflection: a reflection of the world, and a reflection on the process by which that reflection is accomplished. Instead “neoclassicism” and “Augustanism” have been falsely construed as involving a one-dimensional imitation of classical texts and an
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Curiosity and Wonder from the Renaissance to the Enlightenment

par R.J.W. Evans ...

'Curiosity' and 'wonder' are topics of increasing interest and importance to Renaissance and Enlightenment historians. Conspicuous in a host of disciplines from history of science and technology to history of art, literature, and society, both have assumed a prominent place in studies of the Early Modern period. This volume brings together an international group of scholars to investigate the ... En savoir plus

$91.99 CAD

'Curiosity' and 'wonder' are topics of increasing interest and importance to Renaissance and Enlightenment historians. Conspicuous in a host of disciplines from history of science and technology to history of art, literature, and society, both have assumed a prominent place in studies of the Early Modern period. This volume brings together an international group of scholars to investigate the
... En savoir plus
Reinventing Hippocrates

Modifié par David Cantor ...

Collections series The History of Medicine in Context
The name of Hippocrates has been invoked as an inspiration of medicine since antiquity, and medical practitioners have turned to Hippocrates for ethical and social standards. While most modern commentators accept that medicine has sometimes fallen short of Hippocratic ideals, these ideals are usually portrayed as having a timeless appeal, departure from which is viewed as an aberration that only a ... En savoir plus

$119.99 CAD

The name of Hippocrates has been invoked as an inspiration of medicine since antiquity, and medical practitioners have turned to Hippocrates for ethical and social standards. While most modern commentators accept that medicine has sometimes fallen short of Hippocratic ideals, these ideals are usually portrayed as having a timeless appeal, departure from which is viewed as an aberration that only a
... En savoir plus
A Guide to the Use of Climbing Rope - A Collection of Historical Mountaineering Articles on Rope Technique

par Various ...

This book is a collection of vintage articles on the subject of mountaineering and the use of climbing rope. Written in simple language and profusely illustrated, this volume is highly recommended for anyone with an interest in mountaineering, and will be of most utility to beginners. “The Principles of Rock Climbing” has been carefully selected for a modern readership, and would make for a ... En savoir plus

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This book is a collection of vintage articles on the subject of mountaineering and the use of climbing rope. Written in simple language and profusely illustrated, this volume is highly recommended for anyone with an interest in mountaineering, and will be of most utility to beginners. “The Principles of Rock Climbing” has been carefully selected for a modern readership, and would make for a
... En savoir plus
The Historian's Two Bodies

The Reception of Historical Texts in France, 1701–1790

par Nathan Uglow ...

The discipline of history defines itself in terms of proof not trust. However, in the eighteenth century it became embarrassingly clear that the capacity of the past to appear as a totality under the critical control of the present eluded historical practice at every stage from research to judgement and to the critical reception of that judgement. Was history a practical but uncritical resource ... En savoir plus

$91.99 CAD

The discipline of history defines itself in terms of proof not trust. However, in the eighteenth century it became embarrassingly clear that the capacity of the past to appear as a totality under the critical control of the present eluded historical practice at every stage from research to judgement and to the critical reception of that judgement. Was history a practical but uncritical resource
... En savoir plus
Arabs and Iranians in the Islamic Conquest Narrative

Memory and Identity Construction in Islamic Historiography, 750�1050

par Scott Savran ...

Collections series Culture and Civilization in the Middle East
Arabs and Iranians in the Islamic Conquest Narrative analyzes how early Muslim historians merged the pre-Islamic histories of the Arab and Iranian peoples into a didactic narrative culminating with the Arab conquest of Iran.This book provides an in-depth examination of Islamic historical accounts of the encounters between representatives of these two peoples that took place in the centuries prior ... En savoir plus

$93.99 CAD

Arabs and Iranians in the Islamic Conquest Narrative analyzes how early Muslim historians merged the pre-Islamic histories of the Arab and Iranian peoples into a didactic narrative culminating with the Arab conquest of Iran.This book provides an in-depth examination of Islamic historical accounts of the encounters between representatives of these two peoples that took place in the centuries prior
... En savoir plus
The History and Bioethics of Medical Education

"You've Got to Be Carefully Taught"

Modifié par Madeleine Mant, Chris Mounsey ...

Collections series Routledge Advances in the History of Bioethics
The History and Bioethics of Medical Education: "You’ve Got to Be Carefully Taught" continues the Routledge Advances in the History of Bioethics series by exploring approaches to the teaching of bioethics from disparate disciplines, geographies, and contexts. Van Rensselaer Potter coined the phrase "Global Bioethics" to define human relationships with their contexts. This and subsequent volumes ... En savoir plus

$85.99 CAD

The History and Bioethics of Medical Education: "You’ve Got to Be Carefully Taught" continues the Routledge Advances in the History of Bioethics series by exploring approaches to the teaching of bioethics from disparate disciplines, geographies, and contexts. Van Rensselaer Potter coined the phrase "Global Bioethics" to define human relationships with their contexts. This and subsequent volumes
... En savoir plus
At the Roots of Italian Identity

'Race' and 'Nation' in the Italian Risorgimento, 1796-1870

par Edoardo Marcello Barsotti ...

Collections series Routledge Studies in the Modern History of Italy
This book investigates the relationship between the ideas of nation and race among the nationalist intelligentsia of the Italian Risorgimento and argues that ideas of race played a considerable role in defining Italian national identity.The author argues that the racialization of the Italians dates back to the early Napoleonic age and that naturalistic racialism—or race-thinking based on the ... En savoir plus

$91.99 CAD

This book investigates the relationship between the ideas of nation and race among the nationalist intelligentsia of the Italian Risorgimento and argues that ideas of race played a considerable role in defining Italian national identity.The author argues that the racialization of the Italians dates back to the early Napoleonic age and that naturalistic racialism—or race-thinking based on the
... En savoir plus
Mary Delany (1700–1788) and the Court of George III

Memoirs of the Court of George III, Volume 2

Modifié par Alain Kerherve ...

Collections series Memoirs of the Court of George III
Though she failed to become a handmaiden to Queen Anne, Mary Delany went on to become a figure at Court, eventually lodging at Windsor. This new edition of her correspondence during her years at Windsor presents previously unpublished letters as well as applying modern standards of editorial principles to her correspondence. The letters show the daily rituals of living at Court, document the first ... En savoir plus

$109.99 CAD

Though she failed to become a handmaiden to Queen Anne, Mary Delany went on to become a figure at Court, eventually lodging at Windsor. This new edition of her correspondence during her years at Windsor presents previously unpublished letters as well as applying modern standards of editorial principles to her correspondence. The letters show the daily rituals of living at Court, document the first
... En savoir plus
La Conquête de l'Algérie. De la dernière campagne d'Abd-el-Kader

par Jacques Frémeaux ...

Collections series Histoire
Septembre¿1845. La conquête de l'Algérie paraît terminée après les cinq ans de guerre contre l'émir Abd el-Kader. L'armée française contrôle tout le pays, à l'exception du Sahara. Les immigrants européens n'ont jamais été si nombreux. À Paris, on songe à se débarrasser de l'encombrant maréchal Bugeaud, pour le remplacer par un gouverneur moins belliqueux et plus discipliné. Bugeaud lui-même ... En savoir plus

$36.99 CAD

Septembre¿1845. La conquête de l'Algérie paraît terminée après les cinq ans de guerre contre l'émir Abd el-Kader. L'armée française contrôle tout le pays, à l'exception du Sahara. Les immigrants européens n'ont jamais été si nombreux. À Paris, on songe à se débarrasser de l'encombrant maréchal Bugeaud, pour le remplacer par un gouverneur moins belliqueux et plus discipliné. Bugeaud lui-même
... En savoir plus
Culture, Conflict, and Mediation in the Asian Pacific

par Bruce E. Barnes ...

The countries of China, Taiwan, Singapore, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Philippines, Indonesia, and Thailand are brought together for the first time in an integrated and systematic work outlining each country's cultural themes, cultural practices, and preferred conflict resolution mechanisms. The new "ADR" processes and centuries-old mediation and conciliation systems used in these countries are ... En savoir plus

$57.99 CAD

The countries of China, Taiwan, Singapore, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Philippines, Indonesia, and Thailand are brought together for the first time in an integrated and systematic work outlining each country's cultural themes, cultural practices, and preferred conflict resolution mechanisms. The new "ADR" processes and centuries-old mediation and conciliation systems used in these countries are
... En savoir plus
Industry and Politics in the Third Reich (RLE Nazi Germany & Holocaust)

Ruhr Coal, Hitler and Europe

par John Gillingham ...

Collections series Routledge Library Editions: Nazi Germany and the Holocaust
When originally published in 1985 this was the first detailed study of business in Nazi Germany. Drawing on a wealth of new evidence from government and private archives, the book throws light on the important role played by Germany heavy industry in preserving traditions valuable for the post-Nazi future.Contrary to widely held beliefs, the industrialists of the Ruhr did not master-mind the ... En savoir plus

$85.99 CAD

When originally published in 1985 this was the first detailed study of business in Nazi Germany. Drawing on a wealth of new evidence from government and private archives, the book throws light on the important role played by Germany heavy industry in preserving traditions valuable for the post-Nazi future.Contrary to widely held beliefs, the industrialists of the Ruhr did not master-mind the
... En savoir plus
Les quartiers pauvres de Paris

Le XXe arrondissement

par Louis Lazare, Ligaran ...

Extrait : "Nous avons une ambition, une seule, c'est de renseigner fidèlement l'autorité sur la situation des quartiers pauvres de Paris. Si le 20e arrondissement est le dernier dans l'ordre numérique, il a droit à la priorité dans nos réclamations, parce qu'il est le plus malheureux." ... En savoir plus

$14.99 CAD ou Gratuit avec Kobo Plus

Extrait : "Nous avons une ambition, une seule, c'est de renseigner fidèlement l'autorité sur la situation des quartiers pauvres de Paris. Si le 20e arrondissement est le dernier dans l'ordre numérique, il a droit à la priorité dans nos réclamations, parce qu'il est le plus malheureux."
... En savoir plus
Racism and Colonialism

Essays on Ideology and Social Structure

Modifié par R.J. Ross ...

Collections series History (R0)
REFLECTIONS ON A THEME by ROBERT ROSS This book, the fourth in the series Comparative Studies in Overseas History, and, like its predecessors, the product of a symposium held by the Leiden Centre for the History of European Expansion, is organised around a single theme, the relationship between the ideological structures of domination and oppression that have come to be called racism and the ... En savoir plus

$179.99 CAD

REFLECTIONS ON A THEME by ROBERT ROSS This book, the fourth in the series Comparative Studies in Overseas History, and, like its predecessors, the product of a symposium held by the Leiden Centre for the History of European Expansion, is organised around a single theme, the relationship between the ideological structures of domination and oppression that have come to be called racism and the
... En savoir plus
Slavery, Race and American History

Historical Conflict, Trends and Method, 1866-1953

par John David Smith ...

These essays introduce the complexities of researching and analyzing race. This book focuses on problems confronted while researching, writing and interpreting race and slavery, such as conflict between ideological perspectives, and changing interpretations of the questions. ... En savoir plus

$85.99 CAD

These essays introduce the complexities of researching and analyzing race. This book focuses on problems confronted while researching, writing and interpreting race and slavery, such as conflict between ideological perspectives, and changing interpretations of the questions.
... En savoir plus
Niels Bohr: Physics and the World

Modifié par Herman Feshbach, Tetsuo Matsui, Alexandra Oleson ...

Collections series Routledge Library Editions: 20th Century Science
Containing the proceedings of the symposium held by the American Academy of Arts and Sciences to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the birth of Niels Bohr, this collection was first published in 1988.More than any other individual, Bohr was responsible for the development of quantum mechanics and for many of its applications in the pursuit of fundamental understanding of physical reality. In ... En savoir plus

$97.99 CAD

Containing the proceedings of the symposium held by the American Academy of Arts and Sciences to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the birth of Niels Bohr, this collection was first published in 1988.More than any other individual, Bohr was responsible for the development of quantum mechanics and for many of its applications in the pursuit of fundamental understanding of physical reality. In
... En savoir plus
Weimar Cinema, Embodiment, and Historicity

Cultural Memory and the Historical Films of Ernst Lubitsch

par Mason Kamana Allred ...

Collections series Routledge Focus on Film Studies
In its retrieval and (re)construction, the past has become interwoven with the images and structure of cinema. Not only have mass media—especially film and television—shaped the content of memories and histories, but they have also shaped their very form. Combining historicization with close readings of German director Ernst Lubitsch's historical films, this book focuses on an early turning point ... En savoir plus

$47.99 CAD

In its retrieval and (re)construction, the past has become interwoven with the images and structure of cinema. Not only have mass media—especially film and television—shaped the content of memories and histories, but they have also shaped their very form. Combining historicization with close readings of German director Ernst Lubitsch's historical films, this book focuses on an early turning point
... En savoir plus

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