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

Michael Lobban
Imperial Incarceration

For nineteenth-century Britons, the rule of law stood at the heart of their constitutional culture, and guaranteed the right not to be imprisoned without trial. At the same time, in an expanding empire, t…

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Maurice Godelier
In and Out of the West

Is anthropology simply a continuation of colonial domination and cultural imperialism by other means, or has it--since its nineteenth-century rebirth as a purportedly scientific discipline--produced relia…

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Ivan Turgenev,
Nest of the Gentry & Virgin Soil

This volume pairs two novels, one early, one late, by Ivan Turgenev, master chronicler of nineteenth-century Russia.Nest of the Gentry (1859) was his most popular work in his lifetime, and with good reaso…

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Seth Rockman
Plantation Goods

A Pulitzer Prize finalist in History, this eye-opening rethinking of nineteenth-century American history reveals the interdependence of the Northern industrial economy and Southern slave labor.The industr…

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Sigge Winther Nielsen
The Puzzle State

The wicked problems of our time-climate change, migration, inequality, productivity, and mental health-remain stubbornly unresolved in Western democracies. It's time for a new way to puzzle.This book take…

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Richard Powers
Gain

'Penetrating and splendidly written... Dazzling' New York TimesIn Lacewood, Illinois, Laura Bodey, a divorced mother of two and real estate agent, plunges into a new existence when she learns that she has…

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The American Short Story: The Nineteenth Century, Volume 1 (Loa #394)

The first volume in a landmark story collection that redefines what we thought we knew about the great American literary formA diverse, unprecedented gathering of more than one hundred stories, representi…

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The American Short Story: The Nineteenth Century, Volume 2 (Loa #395)

The second volume in a landmark story collection that redefines what we thought we knew about the great American literary formA diverse, unprecedented gathering of more than one hundred stories, represent…

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A. Muia
A Desert Between Two Seas

Set in the crumbling Spanish missions of nineteenth-century Baja California, this mythic novel in linked stories follows two grief-stricken people as haunted as the desolate chapels around them: a priest …

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David R. Shumway
American Narrative Realism

Realism has been disparaged for over a hundred years as an outmoded form, and, more recently, as a pernicious illusion, typical of nineteenth-century novels and Hollywood movies alike. After a long period…

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Henrik Pontoppidan,
The White Bear

"Love, faith, and the political mingle in these two short novels by a Nobel Prize-winning Danish author. One about a young couple making a new life in Rome, the other about a priest who goes to live …

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Ritchie Robertson
E.T.A. Hoffmann

A life of the nineteenth-century German writer and composer most famous for inspiring The Nutcracker.E.T.A. Hoffmann (1776-1822) is celebrated for his supernatural fiction such as The Sandman as well as h…

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David Paul Smith,
Henry Eustace McCulloch

Henry Eustace McCulloch provides the first comprehensive account of a pivotal nineteenth-century military leader and politician from Texas. In his military career, Henry McCulloch served with his brother …

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Alexander Fomich Veltman,
Selected Stories

Five tales of social satire from a forgotten sensation of nineteenth-century Russian literatureIn 1830s and '40s Russia, A. F. Veltman's eccentric writings were a fixture on the bookshelves of the reading…

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Sarah Orne Jewett
A Country Doctor

A forgotten nineteenth-century classic novel about a young woman torn between her passion for medicine and what society expects of her. "Perfection . . . beautiful and delicate work."---Willa Ca…

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Timothy E Miller
Thomas Bog Slade and Female Education in Early Georgia, 1800-1882

A teacher and minister, Thomas Bog Slade, was a prominent advocate for education regardless of gender or class in nineteenth-century Georgia, altering the lives of many and the future of the state.Thomas …

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Robert J Miller
Faith of the Fathers

Faith of the Fathers provides a captivating collective biography of the Catholic priests who served in America's most deadly war.Faith of the Fathersbrings to light the forgotten stories of courageous cha…

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Steve Hewitt
A History of Terrorism in Canada

Canada is often viewed as a peaceful nation, yet A History of Terrorism in Canada reveals a long and continuous record of politically and ideologically motivated violence. From the nineteenth-century Feni…

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Thomas E Wartenberg
Thoughtful Cinema

Anyone who has seen a film and then followed up with a cup of coffee or glass of wine as they discuss it with friends knows that films can inspire thoughtful conversation and further reflection--sometimes…

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Larry Millett
Mysterious Tales of Old Minneapolis

Three novellas of murder and mystery in nineteenth-century MinneapolisOWNER DIES UNDER STRANGE CIRCUMSTANCES AT MINNEAPOLIS MILL!HOTEL BELLMAN FOUND DEAD IN OSCAR WILDE'S ROOM!$10,000 REWARD FOR DISCOVERI…

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