A History of America in 100 Maps (Schulten Susan)(Pevná vazba)

History of America in 100 Maps (Schulten Susan)(Pevná vazba)

In this richly visual narrative, acclaimed historian Susan Schulten explores five centuries of American history through maps. From the voyages of European discovery to the digital age, she reveals the many ways that maps have shaped

A History of America in 100 Maps (Schulten Susan)(Pevná vazba)

Throughout its history, America has been defined through maps. Whether made for military strategy or urban reform, to encourage settlement or to investigate disease, maps invest information with meaning by translating it into visual form. They capture what people knew, what they thought they knew,

History of the Second World War in 100 Maps (Black Jeremy)(Pevná vazba)

In this highly original work Jeremy Black, one of world's leading military and cartographic historians, shows how fundamental maps were to the conflict as he charts its historical sweep across each of the major

Surrealism at Play (Laxton Susan)(Pevná vazba)

In Surrealism at Play Susan Laxton writes a new history of Surrealism in which she traces the centrality of play to the movement and its ongoing legacy. For surrealist artists, play took a consistent role in their aesthetic as they worked in, with, and against a post-WWI world increasingly

Research in Economic History (Hanes Christopher)(Pevná vazba)

In this new volume of Research in Economic History, editors Christopher Hanes and Susan Wolcott bring together a cast of expert contributors to vigorously interrogate and analyze historic economics questions. The volume looks across a range of issues. Two papers address the political economy of the

The Little History of Kent (Hibberd Susan)(Pevná vazba)

The complete history of Kent condensed into one readable

In America (Sontag Susan)(Paperback / softback)

The story of In America is inspired by the emigration to America in 1876 of Helena Modrzejewska, Poland's most celebrated actress, accompanied by her husband, Count Karol Chlapowski, her fifteen-year-old son, Rudolf, the young journalist and future author of Quo Vadis, Henryk Sienkiewicz, and a few

Seaside 100 - A History of the British Seaside in 100 Objects (Ferry Kathryn)(Pevná vazba)

History of World Trade in Maps (Parker Philip)(Pevná vazba)

Trade is the lifeblood of nations. It has provided vital goods and wealth to countries and merchants from the ancient Egyptians who went in search of gold and ivory to their 21st-century equivalents trading high-tech electronic equipment from the Far East .In this beautiful book, more than 70 maps

Sanditon, Lady Susan, & The History of England : The Juvenilia and Shorter Works of Jane Austen - Jane Austenová

Sanditon, Lady Susan, & The History of England: The Juvenilia and Shorter Works of Jane Austen is a rare collection is a must for all Jane-ites, representing what Richard Church regarded as Jane Austen's literary work-basket. It contains not only her hilarious History of England, illustrated by her

Supernatural America: The Paranormal in American Art (Cozzolino Robert)(Pevná vazba)

America is haunted. Ghosts from its violent history--the genocide of Indigenous peoples, slavery, the threat of nuclear annihilation, and traumatic wars--are an inescapable and unsettled part of the nation's heritage. Not merely in the realm of metaphor but present and tangible, urgently calling

Empathy: A History (Lanzoni Susan)(Pevná vazba)

A surprising, sweeping, and deeply researched history of empathy--from late-nineteenth-century German aesthetics to mirror neurons​Empathy: A History tells the fascinating and largely unknown story of the first appearance of 'empathy' in 1908 and tracks its shifting meanings over the following

Armies of Early Colonial North America 1607-1713: History, Organization and Uniforms (Esposito Gabriele)(Pevná vazba)

Gabriele Esposito presents a detailed overview of the military history of Colonial North America during its earliest period, from the first colonial settlement in Jamestown to the end of the first continental war fought in the Americas. He follows the development of organization and uniforms not

Atlas of Great Journeys - The Story of Discovery in Amazing Maps (Steele Philip)(Pevná vazba)

In Permanent Transit: Discourses and Maps of the Intercultural Experience (Brusaca Sara)(Pevná vazba)

In Permanent Transit: Discourses and Maps of the Intercultural Experience builds interdisciplinary approaches to the study of migrations, traffics, globalisation, communication, regulations, arts, literature, and other intercultural processes, in the context of past and present times. The book

National Geographic Kids Encyclopedia of American Indian History and Culture: Stories, Timelines, Maps, and More (O'Brien Cynthia)(Pevná vazba)

God and Mammon: Chronicles of American Money (Morrow Lance)(Pevná vazba)

This book is a history of money in America and a discussion of its moral, political, and theological significance from the time of Daniel Defoe and Cotton Mather to the

History of the World in Twelve Maps (Brotton Jerry)(Paperback / softback)

Examines the significance of 12 maps - from the almost mystical representations of ancient history to the satellite-derived imagery. This title recreates the environments and circumstances in which each of the maps was made, showing how each conveys a highly individual view of the

Bright Signals: A History of Color Television (Murray Susan)(Pevná vazba)

First demonstrated in 1928, color television remained little more than a novelty for decades as the industry struggled with the considerable technical, regulatory, commercial, and cultural complications posed by the medium. Only fully adopted by the all three networks in the 1960s, color television

Evangelicals Incorporated: Books and the Business of Religion in America (Vaca Daniel)(Pevná vazba)

A new history explores the commercial heart of evangelical Christianity. American evangelicalism is big business. For decades, the world's largest media conglomerates have sought out evangelical consumers, and evangelical books have regularly become international best sellers. In the early 2000s,

Phantom Atlas - The Greatest Myths, Lies and Blunders on Maps (Brooke-Hitching Edward)(Pevná vazba)

The astonishing story of the maps and atlases throughout history that got it completely

Passing: An Alternative History of Identity (Pelham Lipika)(Pevná vazba)

A slave woman in 1840s America dresses as a white, disabled man to escape to freedom, while a twenty-first-century black rights activist is 'cancelled' for denying her whiteness. A Victorian explorer disguises himself as a Muslim in Arabia's forbidden holy city. A trans man claiming to havebeen

The Piano: A History in 100 Pieces - Susan Tomes

A fascinating history of the piano explored through 100 pieces chosen by one of the UK’s most renowned concert pianists An astonishingly versatile instrument, the piano allows just two hands to play music of great complexity and subtlety. For more than two hundred years, it has brought solo and

Craft: An American History (Adamson Glenn)(Pevná vazba)

A groundbreaking and endlessly surprising history of how artisans created America, from the nation's origins to the present day.At the center of the United States' economic and social development, according to conventional wisdom, are industry, commodities, and technology-while craftspeople and