Publishing Business in Eighteenth-Century England (Raven James)(Paperback)

Publishing Business in Eighteenth-Century England (Raven James)(Paperback)

Publishing Business assesses the contribution of the business press and the publication of print to the economic transformation of England in the long eighteenth century. A pivotal change in the book trades, apparent from the late seventeenth century, was the increased separation of printers from

Merchants of Culture - The Publishing Business in the Twenty-First Century (Thompson John B.)(Paperback / softback)

The Gentleman's Daughter: Women's Lives in Georgian England (Vickery Amanda)(Paperback)

What was the life of an eighteenth-century British genteel woman like? In this lively and controversial book, Amanda Vickery invokes women's own accounts of their intimate and their public lives to argue that in the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries the scope of female experience did not

Eighteenth-Century British Aesthetics (Townsend Dabney)(Paperback)

In 'Eighteenth Century British Aesthetics', editor Dabney Townsend has brought together the work of such well-known writers as John Dryden, Joshua Reynolds, David Hume, and Samuel Johnson with the more obscure works of aestheticians such as Uvedale Price, Daniel Webb, John Baillie, and James

Crime and Society in England, 1750-1900 (Emsley Clive)(Paperback)

Ranging from the middle of the eighteenth through to the end of the nineteenth century, Crime and Society in England, 1750-1900 explores the developments in policing, the courts and the penal system as England became increasingly industrialised and urbanised. Through a consideration of the

Enlightenment - Discovering the World in the Eighteenth Century(Paperback / softback)

Gibbs' Book of Architecture: An Eighteenth-Century Classic (Gibbs James)(Paperback)

One of England's most respected and influential architects, James Gibbs was born in Scotland, studied in Rome, and left a legacy of design the world will treasure forever. His legendary 1728 folio, a sprawling gallery of Gibbs's magnificent drawings, perspectives, and blueprints, is a brilliant

Imperial Paradoxes, 83: Training the Senses and Tasting the Eighteenth Century (Merrett Robert James)(Paperback)

At war for sixty years, eighteenth-century Britain and France experienced demographic, social, and economic exchanges despite their imperial rivalry. Paradoxically, this rivalry spurred their participation in scientific and industrial developments. Their shared interest in standards of living and

Eighteenth-Century Britain: A Very Short Introduction (Langford Paul)(Paperback)

While the rest of eighteenth century Europe was embroiled in revolution and unrest, Britain embarked on an era of comparative calm and stability. Two attempts by the Stuarts to reclaim the throne were easily put down, not through the power of the British military, but through the general apathy of

Eighteenth Century Women Poets: An Oxford Anthology (Lonsdale Roger)(Paperback)

In the first decade of the eighteenth century, only two women published collections of verse. By the 1790s, more than thirty had done so. Yet, in the two intervening centuries, most of that verse has disappeared from view--now either ignored or forgotten. This delightful anthology takes us back to

A History of Death in 17th Century England (Norman Ben)(Paperback)

Delve into the world of the unorthodox burial in seventeenth-century England, including mass interments in times of disease, the burial of suicides, and the unconventional laying to rest of English Catholics.Death was a constant presence in the lives of the rich and poor alike in

All Things Georgian: Tales from the Long Eighteenth-Century (Major Joanne)(Paperback)

Take a romp through the long eighteenth-century in this collection of 25 short tales - meet actresses, whores and high-born ladies, politicians, inventors, royalty and criminals as we travel through the Georgian Era in all its glorious and gruesome

The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner (Hogg James)(Paperback)

It is Scotland in the early eighteenth century. Fear and superstition grip the land. Robert Wringhim, a boy of strict Calvinist upbringing, is corrupted by a shadowy figure who calls himself Gil-Martin. Under his influence Robert commits a series of murders which he regards as 'justified' by God

Lancelot 'Capability' Brown - The Omnipotent Magician, 1716-1783 (Brown Jane)(Paperback / softback)

Lancelot Brown changed the face of eighteenth-century England, designing country estates and mansions, moving hills and making flowing lakes and serpentine rivers, a magical world of

The Cambridge Companion to Eighteenth-Century Thought (de Bruyn Frans)(Paperback)

The Cambridge Companion to Eighteenth-Century Thought gives a comprehensive overview of intellectual life in the eighteenth-century Anglophone world at a time when the boundaries of knowledge were growing rapidly in response to a world undergoing radical change. Organised in two parts, the volume

FAB - ACCOUNTANT IN BUSINESS - POCKET NOTES (Kaplan Publishing)(Paperback / softback)

FAB - ACCOUNTANT IN BUSINESS - STUDY TEXT (Kaplan Publishing)(Paperback / softback)

In the New England Fashion (Kelly Catherine E.)(Paperback)

In the first half of the nineteenth century, rural New England society underwent a radical transformation as the traditional household economy gave way to an encroaching market culture. Drawing on a wide array of diaries, letters, and published writings by women in this society, Catherine E. Kelly

Championess (Zekas Kelly)(Paperback)

Based on a true story, in eighteenth century London, Elizabeth Wilkinson struggles to make ends meet for her and her sister Tess while facing the fiercest female bare-knuckle boxers of her

A Modest Proposal and Other Writings (Swift Jonathan)(Paperback)

In response to the dire economic conditions in eighteenth-century Ireland, A Modest Proposal ironically exhorts the poor to provide their offspring as food to the rich. Skilfully applying a wealth of classical rhetorical techniques, Swift's satirical tour de force takes a savage swipe at the

Modern Britain, 1750 to the Present (Vernon James)(Paperback)

This wide-ranging introduction to the history of modern Britain extends from the eighteenth century to the present day. James Vernon's distinctive history is weaved around an account of the rise, fall and reinvention of liberal ideas of how markets, governments and empires should work. The history

Night Boat (Spence Alan)(Paperback)

On the side of a mountain, in eighteenth century Japan, sits a man in perfect stillness as the summit erupts, spitting fire and molten rock onto the land around him. The man is Hakuin. He will become the world's most famous teacher of zen. This is not the first time he has seen hell. Hakuin's quest

Baltasar & Blimunda (Saramago Jose)(Paperback / softback)

In early eighteenth-century Lisbon, Baltasar, a soldier who has lost his left hand in battle, falls in love with Blimunda, a young girl with visionary powers. From the day that he follows her home from the auto-da-fe where women are burned at the stake, the two are bound body and soul by love of an

James Sowerby: The Enlightenment's Natural Historian (Henderson Paul)(Pevná vazba)

The mid-eighteenth to mid-nineteenth century was a time of illustrious achievements in the world of botanical art. Artists who once sought to please the whims of wealthy patrons were turning to scientists for inspiration, and they now had access to countless new botanical specimens thanks to