Eighteenthcentury – Bücher, CDs, Blu-ray Discs und mehr, Seite 6

Dorit Brixius
Creolised Science

This rich, deeply researched study offers the first comprehensive exploration of cross-cultural plant knowledge in eighteenth-century Mauritius. Using the concept of creolisation - the process by which el…

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Richard Tuck,
Active and Passive Citizens

A powerful case for why majority rule---not representation---is the defining feature of democratic politicsThe idea that democratic governance rests on active self-rule by citizens plays surprisingly litt…

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The Postcolonial Bildungsroman

Offering a fresh comparative lens, this volume demonstrates how postcolonial writers have transformed the Bildungsroman from an eighteenth-century European genre meant to explore local themes around child…

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Zoe Ann Griffith
Egypt's Mediterranean

Egypt's Mediterranean explores the intersections of commerce and statecraft in the eighteenth-century Ottoman Empire through the lives of overlooked intermediaries who lived and worked on Egypt's Mediterr…

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Andreas Caminada
Beyond Peaks

Experience the extraordinary food and philosophy of Schloss Schauenstein, the three-Michelin-starred culinary destination in the heart of the Swiss AlpsSchloss Schauenstein is more than a restaurant - it …

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James E Caron,
Comic Belles Lettres

Comic Belles Lettres presents a significant rethinking of standard categories in scholarship on antebellum American humor---such as Old Southwest humorists and literary comedians---to provide a richer ana…

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John Cassidy
Capitalism and Its Critics

At a time when we are faced with fundamental questions about the sustainability and morality of the economic system, Capitalism and Its Critics provides a kaleidoscopic history of global capitalism, from …

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Kenneth G Peters
Georgetown's Retail Past

Step back in time and rediscover the bars and restaurants, mom-and-pop shops, and bustling storefronts that shaped historic Georgetown.Georgetown's Retail Past is a history of retail stores in the Georget…

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Jennifer Militello
Identifying the Pathogen

A hybrid collection blending historical research and contemporary essays to consider the nature of oppressive marriage and gender inequity.Composed as a lab notebook recording various surgeries, autopsies…

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Zoe Ann Griffith
Egypt's Mediterranean

Egypt's Mediterranean explores the intersections of commerce and statecraft in the eighteenth-century Ottoman Empire through the lives of overlooked intermediaries who lived and worked on Egypt's Mediterr…

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Susan Greenwood
Magical Mind

Interdisciplinary Approaches to the Study of Mysticism

This magical narrative aims to take you on a journey following a golden string first written about by the eighteenth-century poet, artist and shaman William Blake. Focused on my experience of such a journ…

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Danielle Allen
Radical Duke

When Danielle Allen discovered a parchment of the Declaration of Independence buried away in Sussex, England, little did she know that she had stumbled onto a larger story that fundamentally changes our u…

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Anna Hope
Albion

FROM THE AUTHOR OF EXPECTATION 'Hope breathes fresh thinking into the dusty corners and overgrown hedges of the English country house dilemma' The Times 'Superb ... Anna Hope engages, head-on, with some o…

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Katherine Aske
Being Pretty in the Eighteenth Century

Uncovering how and why eighteenth-century definitions of beauty established cultural beliefs that continue to persist, Katherine Aske explores the ways female beauty was described, interpreted, celebrated…

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Justin Marozzi
Captives and Companions

Slavery in the Islamic world has a long, diverse and controversial history. Captives and Companions is a brilliant synthesis of history and contemporary reportage that brings to life the voices of the ens…

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A Companion to French Art

A comprehensive exploration of the evolutions, innovations, and legacies of French art from the late eighteenth-century to the present Charting the artistic eras from the transformative upheavals of the F…

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Questioning Credible Commitment

Financial capitalism emerged in a recognisably modern form in late seventeenth- and eighteenth-century Great Britain. Following the seminal work of Douglass C. North and Barry R. Weingast (1989), many sch…

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James Calvin Davis
The Character of a Nation

What can the life and thought of an eighteenth-century clergyman and college president tell us about the political crises that threaten American democracy today, including institutional racism? The Charac…

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Justin Marozzi
Captives and Companions

**SHORTLISTED FOR 2025 THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION** A startling exploration of slavery in the Islamic world from the 7th century to the present Slavery in the Islamic world has a long, dive…

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Gero Guttzeit
In/Visible Subjects

In/Visible Subjects explores the cultural fascination with invisible characters in literature. While the concept of social invisibility is common in contemporary political discourse, there exists no compr…

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