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The Publications of the Bedfordshire Historical Record Society, vol. 6A calendar of the feet of fines for Bedfordshire, preserved in the Public Record Office, of the reigns of Richard I, John, and Henry Ill, edited by G. Herbert Fowler. [Feet …
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Song Collectors and the Life and Death of Folk Tradition
This book is a piece of serious musicology by a man who has worked as a song collector himself, but his erudition is lightly worn.This ground-breaking book is the first-ever study of the role played in musical history by song …
View book details for Maritime Enterprise and Empire
Sir William Mackinnon and His Business Network, 1823-1893
The 19C roots of globalisation demonstrated through an account of the enterprise network created by the Scottish merchant, William Mackinnon. WINNER OF THE 2004 WADSWORTH PRIZE. WINNER OF THE 2004 SALTIRE SOCIETY RESEARCH BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD.This book explores …
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Narrative Writing in Twentieth-Century Argentina and Uruguay
Office-based writers from both sides of the River Plate chronicle the twentieth century.Martel's La bolsa (1891) initiates, and Dorfman's Reader (1995) concludes, a study of the white-collar citizens of Buenos Aires and Montevideo in their daytime habitat: the office. The …
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The Construction of "1968" in Germany
An extensive look at historical, literary, and media representations of '68 in Germany, challenging the way it has been instrumentalized.In Germany, the concept of "1968" is enduring and synonymous with the German Student Movement, and is viewed, variously, as a …
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Trade and Industry
A detailed study of Ipswich at a time of great growth and prosperity, highlighting the activities of its industries, merchants and craftsmen.Ipswich in the late Middle Ages was a flourishing town. A wide range of commodities passed through its port, …
View book details for The Household Knights of Edward III
Warfare, Politics and Kingship in Fourteenth-Century England
First extended survey of the subject, looking at the knights' activities, roles, background and service.It was common for the kings of medieval England to retain a small number of knights in their personal service, as part of the royal household. …
View book details for Christopher Okigbo 1930-67
Thirsting for Sunlight
The first full-length biography of Christopher Okigbo, the most anthologized modern African poet, giving an extended narrative and rounded account of his life and times.Christopher Okigbo, once described as 'Africa's most lyrical poet of the twentieth century' was killed in …
A comprehensive volume that offers historical and nuanced representations of war and peace in Africa from the fields of African studies and cultural studies, linguistics, journalism and the media, literature, film, drama and performance, women's and gender studies, and human …
New essays providing an account of the shaping beliefs, preoccupations, motifs, and values of Weimar Classicism.In Germany, Weimar Classicism (roughly the period from Goethe's return to Germany from Italy in 1788 to the death of his friend and collaborator Schiller …
View book details for Speaking the Piano
Reflections on Learning and Teaching
This is a book to appeal to a wide range of readers - pianists of every level from beginner to professional, piano teachers, musicians of all kinds, and the broader community of music-lovers.In Speaking the Piano, renowned pianist Susan Tomes …
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Medicine, Health, and Bodies in American Film and Television
Original essays by leading media scholars and historians of medicine that explore the rich history of health-related films.This groundbreaking book argues that health and medical media, with their unique goals and production values, constitute a rich cultural and historical archive …
Arthurian Literature has established its position as the home for a great diversity of new research into Arthurian matters. It delivers fascinating material across genres, periods, and theoretical issues. TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENTA wide range of Arthurian material is discussed here, …
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Accepting and Contesting Ideals of Femininity in England, 1690-1760
An examination of the interaction between ideology and experience in the lives of English women during a period of great social and intellectual change.Focusing on the complex relationship between discourse and experience, Women of Quality examines the role of gender …
Detailed study of monastic life of the English white canons, based on 15c visitation records.Monasteries were a dominant feature of the landscape of medieval England, but although much critical attention has been devoted to them, comparatively little has been written …
A view of a long-neglected classic of Weimar cinema - now restored and widely available - as both a gripping narrative of infidelity and jealousy and a film inherently about film.Artur Robison's Warning Shadows - in German simply Schatten, shadows …
Printed Maps and Town Plans of Bedfordshire 1576-1900Widely regarded as a model of its kind, this book, which took eighteen years to prepare, catalogues the printed County maps of Bedfordshire from Christopher Saxton (1576) to the Ordnance Survey of 1901. …
Modern English translations of several of the most important essays of Winckelmann, one of the fathers of art history and archaeology and a strong influence on Goethe and Schiller and Weimar Classicism.Johann Joachim Winckelmann (1717-68) has long been recognized as …
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A Handbook of Pedagogies and Practices
A collection of pedagogical essays that presents proven strategies for the teaching of adaptation and eighteenth-century textsThe eighteenth century was a golden age of adaptation: classical epics were adapted to contemporaneous mock-epics, life writing to novels, novels to plays, and …
Explores the complex interactions between French medicine and Vietnamese childbirth traditions, documenting the emergence of a plural system of maternity services that incorporated both biomedical knowledge and local birthing traditions.This book explores the interactions between French medicine and Vietnamese childbirth …
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African American Women Design the New South
Examines material culture and the act of institution creation, especially through architecture and landscape, to recount a deeper history of the lives of African American women in the post-Civil War South.This volume focuses broadly on the history of the social …
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Same-Sex Desire in Sub-Saharan Literatures & Cultures
Homophobia is still rife and it remains dangerous and even life-threatening to be out in Africa, but Chantal Zabus here traces the range of representations of same-sex desire in Africa through historic and contemporary sources.Homosexuality was and still is thought …
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Schenkerian Theory and Beyond
A defense of Schenkerian analysis of tonality in music.A wide range of music -- from Bach to Mozart and Brahms -- is marked by its use of some form of what is generally called "tonality": the tendency of music to …
A study of how representations and images of Charles II and his kingship were formed and presented by those in and around the court.The reconstitution of the royal court in 1660 brought with it the restoration of fears that had …
View book details for Realities and Fantasies of German Female Leadership
From Maria Antonia of Saxony to Angela Merkel
A collection of essays achieving a deeper understanding of the historical roots and theoretical assumptions that inform the realities and fantasies of German female leadership.The Western tradition of excluding women from leadership and disparaging their ability to lead has persisted …
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