Cuzco: Incas, Spaniards, and the Making of a Colonial City (Schreffler Michael J.)(Pevná vazba)

Cuzco: Incas, Spaniards, and the Making of a Colonial City (Schreffler Michael J.)(Pevná vazba)

Through objects, buildings, and historical texts, this book traces how the Inca capital of Cuzco was transformed into a Spanish colonial

Migration and the Making of Global Christianity (Hanciles Jehu J.)(Pevná vazba)

The Incas (Morris Craig)(Paperback)

At its zenith it extended northward from the Inca capital Cuzco along the spine of the Andes to embrace most of modern Peru and Ecuador, and southward into Bolivia, Chile, and Argentina. The sheer scale of the empire, coupled with the challenges of the rugged landscape, made the Inca achievement

Russia's Steppe Frontier: The Making of a Colonial Empire, 1500-1800 (Khodarkovsky Michael)(Paperback)

In the Images of Development: City Design in the Global South (Banerjee Tridib)(Pevná vazba)

The urban legacy of the Global South since the colonial era and how sustainable development and environmental and social justice can be achieved. Remarkably little of the expansive literature on development and globalization considers actual urban form and the physical design of cities as outcomes

Monuments of the Incas (Hemming John)(Pevná vazba)

The stone monuments of the Incas, set against the dramatic backdrop of the Andes, are among the most magnificent structures in the world. Originally published in 1982, Monuments of the Incas is the most comprehensive photographic and narrative study of the major sites of the Inca empire, including

Iron Empires - Robber Barons, The Railroads, and the Making of Modern America (Hiltzik Michael)(Pevná vazba)

A gripping and fast-paced narrative, Pulizer Prize winner Michael Hiltzik tells the story of the titanic battle between two giants of the Gilded Age, JP Morgan and EH Harriman, as they fought for control of the nation's railways and reshaped American

Making of the Empire Strikes Back (Rinzler J W)(Pevná vazba)

Colonizing, Decolonizing, and Globalizing Kolkata: From a Colonial to a Post-Marxist City (Sen Siddhartha)(Pevná vazba)

Colonising, Decolonising, and Globalising Kolkata offers an extended analysis of the architecture of Kolkata from the earliest days of colonialism through independence and on into the twenty-first century, all set in the larger context of Indian cities and architecture. What Siddhartha Sen shows is

G-Man: J. Edgar Hoover and the Making of the American Century - Beverly Gage

When he became director of the FBI in 1924, J. Edgar Hoover was a dazzling wunderkind buzzing with big ideas for reform. He transformed a failing law-enforcement backwater, riddled with scandal, into a modern machine. He believed in the power of the federal government to do great things for the

Crossing Colonial Historiographies: Histories of Colonial and Indigenous Medicines in Transnational Perspective (Digby Anne)(Pevná vazba)

This book offers an innovative engagement with the diverse histories of colonial and indigenous medicines. Engagement with different kinds of colonialism and varied indigenous socio-political cultures has led to a wide range of approaches and increasingly distinct traditions of historical writing

The Making of Alien (Rinzler J. W.)(Pevná vazba)

A comprehensive and definitive volume telling the complete story of how Alien was made, featuring new interviews with Ridley Scott and other production crew, and including many rarely-seen photos and illustrations from the Fox archives. In 1979 a movie legend was born, as Twentieth Century-Fox and

Venizelos - The Making of a Greek Statesman 1864-1914 (Llewellyn-Smith Michael)(Pevná vazba)

The Drone Age: How Drone Technology Will Change War and Peace (Boyle Michael J.)(Pevná vazba)

In The Drone Age, Michael J. Boyle addresses some of the biggest questions surrounding the impact of drones on our world today and the risks that we might face tomorrow. Will drones produce a safer world because they reduce risk to pilots, or will the prospect of clean, remote warfare lead

Aztecs (Clendinnen Inga)(Paperback)

In 1521, the city of Tenochtitlan, magnificent centre of the Aztec empire, fell to the Spaniards and their Indian allies. Inga Clendinnen's account of the Aztecs recreates the culture of that city in its last unthreatened years. It provides a vividly dramatic analysis of Aztec ceremony as

The City in the Middle of the Night (Anders Charlie Jane)(Pevná vazba)

'A breathtaking work of imagination and storytelling... making the case for Anders as this generation's LeGuin.' --Andrew Sean Greer, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of LessFrom Charlie Jane Anders, the Hugo and Nebula award-winning author of All the Birds in the Sky, comes The City in the Middle of

Elephant in Rome - Bernini, The Pope and The Making of the Eternal City (Grossman Loyd)(Pevná vazba)

An account of the invention of soft power and the bucket list destination, through Alexander VII and Bernini's creation of Baroque

Modern Budget Forecasting in the American States: Precision, Uncertainty, and Politics (Brogan Michael J.)(Pevná vazba)

This book, by Michael J. Brogan, examines government budgeting through the lens of public budget forecast errors. In examining this aspect of the budgetary process, Brogan helps readers understand levels of political and financial risk that policymakers are willing to accept in estimating the

Making Christian History, 11: Eusebius of Caesarea and His Readers (Hollerich Michael)(Pevná vazba)

Known as the 'Father of Church History,' Eusebius was bishop of Caesarea in Palestine and the leading Christian scholar of his day. His Ecclesiastical History is an irreplaceable chronicle of Christianity's early development, from its origin in Judaism, through two and a half centuries of

The Artist and the Eternal City: Bernini, Pope Alexander VII, and the Making of Rome (Grossman Loyd)(Pevná vazba)

This brilliant vignette of seventeenth-century Rome, its Baroque architecture, and its relationship to the Catholic Church brings to life the friendship between a genius and his patron with an ease of writing that is rare in art history. By 1650, the spiritual and political power of the Catholic

Vienna - Hans-Michael Koetzle, Andreas J. Hirsch, Christian Brandstätter

Explore a city of architectural splendor, ubiquitous history, and incomparable heritage of art, design, and music. This collection brings together hundreds of photographs from the last 175 years to trace the history of Vienna; from imperial city to modern metropolis, from major landmarks to

Staging a Revolution: the Art of Persuasion in the Islamic Republic of Iran (Chelkowski Peter J.)(Pevná vazba)

A visual survey of the public myths and collective symbols used in the making of the Islamic Revolution in Iran and the subsequent war with Iraq, from the fiery words of Ayatollah Khomeini to revolutionary posters, graffiti, slogans, murals, posters and

The Tyranny of Merit: What's Become of the Common Good? (Sandel Michael J.)(Pevná vazba)

The world-renowned philosopher and author of the bestselling Justice explores the central question of our time: What has become of the common good?These are dangerous times for democracy. We live in an age of winners and losers, where the odds are stacked in favor of the already fortunate. Stalled

Glasgow - A History of the City (Fry Michael)(Pevná vazba)

A one volume history of the great city of Glasgow from the Celts to Celtic by the controversial Scottish historian and biographer of