Men: A Pictorial Archive from Nineteenth-Century Sources (Harter Jim)(Paperback)

Men: A Pictorial Archive from Nineteenth-Century Sources (Harter Jim)(Paperback)

In recent years, woodcut illustrations have found renewed popularity with graphic artists, designers, illustrators, and craftspeople. Their diversity, crisp black-and-white lines, and adaptability to typography and a wide range of other projects make them an ideal source for a limitless array of

Women: A Pictorial Archive from Nineteenth-Century Sources (Harter Jim)(Paperback)

Lush allegorical ladies, Grecian maids and Victorian maidens, Indians, Japanese, dancers, housewives, courtesans; women dancing, smiling, working, weeping, flirting -- an unusually rich sourcebook of feminine poses and activities, costumes, clothing, everyday life, and much more. Images selected

Hands: A Pictorial Archive from Nineteenth-Century Sources (Harter Jim)(Paperback)

More than just a five-digit grasping appendage, the extraordinary human hand is capable of a virtually infinite range of expression. Here are over 1,100 images of hands, specially assembled by a noted graphic designer in response to the growing demand for inexpensive and royalty-free art depicting

Victorian Fashions: A Pictorial Archive, 965 Illustrations (Grafton Carol Belanger)(Paperback)

Women's fashions during the second half of the nineteenth century offered a delightful display of styles reflecting English, French, and American tastes. This comprehensive treasury of more than 900 crisp black-and-white illustrations ― arranged chronologically and dated by year ― provides a

French Cultural Studies for the Twenty-First Century (Belenky Masha)(Pevná vazba)

This interdisciplinary volume analyzes previously understudied sources from nineteenth- and twentieth- century France and the Francophone world and situates them in their social, cultural and political

Dragons and Mythical Creatures: An Image Archive for Artists and Designers (James Kale)(Paperback)

This pictorial archive from Vault Editions is a treasury of 182 engravings and etchings documenting the folklore and fantasy art of the 19th, 18th and 17th-century. Expect to find epic battle scenes of kings, gods and warriors slaying savage dragons, centaurs at war, grotesque and fantastical

Shoes, Hats and Fashion Accessories: A Pictorial Archive, 1850-1940 (Grafton Carol Belanger)(Paperback)

A History of West Central Africa to 1850 (Thornton John K.)(Paperback)

Based on substantial new research from primary sources and archives, this accessible interpretative history of West Central Africa from earliest times to 1852 gives comprehensive and in-depth coverage of the region. With equal focus given to both internal histories or inter-state interactions and

Heck's Pictorial Archive of Nature and Science: With Over 5,500 Illustrations (Heck J. G.)(Paperback)

Cannabis: Global Histories (Richert Lucas)(Paperback)

Cannabis consumption, commerce, and control in global history, from the nineteenth century to the present day. This book gathers together authors from the new wave of cannabis histories that has emerged in recent decades. It offers case studies from Africa, Asia, the Americas, Europe, and the

Duchess (Steel Danielle)(Paperback)

&b>A richly-drawn, evocative historical novel set in nineteenth century England and Paris, from the worlds favourite storyteller, Danielle

Silk (Baricco Alessandro)(Paperback / softback)

A tale of lust and possession in nineteenth-century France and Japan, from the international

The Transformation of the World: A Global History of the Nineteenth Century (Osterhammel Jrgen)(Paperback)

A panoramic global history of the nineteenth centuryA monumental history of the nineteenth century, The Transformation of the World offers a panoramic and multifaceted portrait of a world in transition. J rgen Osterhammel, an eminent scholar who has been called the Braudel of the nineteenth

Treasury of Animal Illustrations: From Eighteenth-Century Sources (Grafton Carol Belanger)(Paperback)

This magnificent sourcebook of animal illustrations, meticulously reproduced from cuts taken from rare eighteenth-century publications, features a wondrous panorama of the animal kingdom -- from long-whiskered rabbits and stately reindeer to plumed pigeons, spiny-finned fish, and magnificently

The Cambridge Companion to Nineteenth-Century Thought (Claeys Gregory)(Paperback)

The nineteenth century was seemingly a period of great progress. Huge advancements and achievements were made in science, technology and industry that transformed life and work alike. But a growing pride in modernity and innovation was tainted by a sense of the loss of the past and the multiple

Medical Muses - Hysteria in Nineteenth-Century Paris (Hustvedt Asti)(Paperback / softback)

A groundbreaking new book about the nineteenth century obsession with hysteria, focussing on the renowned Salpetriere Hospital in

Becoming Leidah (Grierson Michelle)(Paperback)

An utterly gripping love story set in nineteenth-century Norway, about a woman rescued from the sea, the fisherman who marries her, their tiny and unusually gifted daughter, and the shapeshifter who follows their every move, perfect for fans of Eowyn Ivey, Alice Hoffman, and Neil Gaiman. In the

Decadence: A Very Short Introduction (Weir David)(Paperback)

The history of decadent culture runs from ancient Rome to nineteenth-century Paris, Victorian London, fin de siecle Vienna, Weimar Berlin, and beyond. The decline of Rome provides the pattern for both aesthetic and social decadence, a pattern that artists and writers in the nineteenth century

The Japanese Empire (Paine S. C. M.)(Paperback)

The Japanese experience of war from the late-nineteenth to the mid-twentieth century presents a stunning example of the meteoric rise and shattering fall of a great power. As Japan modernized and became the one non-European great power, its leaders concluded that an empire on the Asian mainland

Design History Handbook (Dardi Domitilla)(Paperback)

The history of design, from the mid-nineteenth century to the present, covering art, fashion, furniture, motor vehicles - among many other

All about Flowers: James Vick's Nineteenth-Century Seed Company (Mickey Thomas J.)(Paperback)

A nineteenth-century entrepreneur's bold, innovative marketing helped transform flower gardens into one of America's favorite hobbies.'There is much that is hard and productive of sorrow in this sin-plagued world of ours; and, had we no flowers, I believe existence would be hard to be borne.' So

Metahistory: The Historical Imagination in Nineteenth-Century Europe (White Hayden)(Paperback)

This penetrating analysis of eight classic nineteenth-century thinkers explains how historians use literary techniques to write sophisticated historical works.Since its initial publication in 1973, Hayden White's Metahistory has remained an essential book for understanding the nature of historical

Nineteenth-Century Britain: A Very Short Introduction (Harvie Christopher)(Paperback)

The nineteenth century was a time of massive growth for Britain. In 1800 it was overwhelmingly rural, agrarian, multilingual, and almost half-Celtic. A century later it was largely urban and English. The effects of the Industrial Revolution caused cities to swell enormously. London, for example,

Prague Cemetery (Eco Umberto)(Paperback)

Nineteenth-century Europe - from Turin to Prague to Paris - abounds with the ghastly and the mysterious. Conspiracies rule history. Jesuits plot against Freemasons. Italian republicans strangle priests with their own intestines. French criminals plan bombings by day and celebrate Black Masses at