19th Century – Bücher, CDs, DVDs und mehr, Seite 6

Damian Clavel

Financing Sovereignty

"Financing Sovereignty rewrites the story of one of the great financial frauds of the nineteenth century: Gregor MacGregor, a Scottish mercenary and self-proclaimed cacique of Poyais, borrowed massiv…

The Trio Sonata in 18th Century Italy

London Baroque

Anthology of 17th Century French Pieces for Baroque Lute - Vol. 1

Damian Clavel

Financing Sovereignty

Financing Sovereignty rewrites the story of one of the great financial frauds of the nineteenth century: Gregor MacGregor, a Scottish mercenary and self-proclaimed cacique of Poyais, borrowed massive sums…

Peter Hart

Chain of Fire

The dramatic story of the siege of Khartoum and Britain's extraordinarily violent 1882 campaign in Egypt and Sudan.In the 1880s, British control over northeastern Africa was a political minefield that Pri…

Alison Rattle, Allison Vale

American History Bite-Sized

Celebrating 250 years of America, this is the definitive and entertaining tour through the moments that have shaped the USA. American History Bite-Sized offers an engaging and accessible overview of the e…

Securing Empire

This volume explains how security was crucial to 19th-century Empire, showing how imperial rule was characterised by international competition and cooperation against perceived threats.

Peter S Soppelsa

Paris After Haussmann

Modern Paris is often hailed as a capital of urban infrastructure. Baron Georges-Eugène Haussmann's rebuilding of Paris in 1853-1870, branded "Haussmannization," helped define urban modernity fo…

David S Brown

A Hell of a Storm

"Insightful." ---The Wall Street Journal * "Noteworthy...readers will come away better informed about antebellum history and how it mirrors current events." ---BooklistThe fascinating …

Paul Lewis McBain

A Drunken Bee

Sunthorn Phu (1786-1855) is an unlikely figure through which to understand nineteenth-century Buddhism in Siam. Despite being described as a "drunken writer" by the court astrologer after his de…

Christa Dierksheide, Nicholas Guyatt

Jefferson's Wolf

A decisive reassessment of Thomas Jefferson's long-debated views on slavery, showing that his chief antislavery strategy was racial exclusion: the removal of emancipated Black people from the United State…

Shana Abe

An American Beauty

"Abé is an exquisite storyteller." ---Fiona Davis, New York Times bestselling author of The Magnolia Palace The New York Times bestselling author of The Second Mrs. Astor returns with a spellbin…

Tom Goyens

Johann Most

Known best for articulating the propaganda of the deed, Johann Most was and still is caricatured as a radical fanatic. Tom Goyens' in-depth biography rediscovers the complexities that animated the German …

Teun Wisse - Unico (Dutch Recorder Sonatas from the early 18th Century)

Teun Wisse (Blockflöte), Teun Braken (Cembalo)

Richard Aspin

The Lure of the South

The Lure of the South looks at the experience of British health seekers in the explosion of continental touring that occurred after the opening of the Post-Napoleonic European continent to relatively easy…

Spies in European Culture, 1815-1914

This volume brings together academics from the USA and across Europe to examine the nature, representations and perceptions of the figure of the spy in Europe between 1815 and 1914. As such, it is the fir…

Sally Grant

The Works: Vincent Van Gogh

Explore the life and art of Vincent van Gogh through 50 of his most important works.Part of a brand new series celebrating the works of great artists, The Works: Vincent Van Gogh is an exquisite explorati…

Joseph Imorde

Reproduktionsindustrie

Die im Buch versammelten Texte untersuchen den Einfluss "Billiger Bilder" auf die Formierung kunsthistorischen Wissens um 1900. Zwei Themen werden dabei vorrangig verfolgt: Erstens die Geschicht…

Karsten Ruppert

Für Freiheit und Einheit

Die deutsche Revolution von 1848/49, ein Markstein der deutschen Demokratiegeschichte, wird von einem ausgewiesenen Kenner der Epoche einem interessierten Publikum verständlich gemacht. Es werden nicht di…