ISBN: 9780198129639 | Hardcover
This critical study examines Dunbar's view of himself as a poet, or `makar', and the way he handles various poetic genres.... Meer informatie
ISBN: 9780198831754 | Paperback
This Very Short Introduction discusses the central events, machines, and people that feature in established accounts of the history of computing. It t... Meer informatie
ISBN: 9780198841890 | Paperback
With a new preface outlining the most recent critical developments, this updated edtion of The Future of the Professions predicts how technology will ... Meer informatie
ISBN: 9780198804369 | Paperback
This book is about the central role of evolution in shaping the nature and diversity of the living world. It describes the processes of natural select... Meer informatie
ISBN: 9780190879457 | Hardcover
The modern slum is as prevalent as its stereotypes. Today, a slum is often understood to be a place of extreme poverty in the developing world-a place... Meer informatie
ISBN: 9780192853851 | Paperback
This Very Short Introduction to Classics links a haunting temple on a lonely mountainside to the glory of ancient Greece and the grandeur of Rome, and... Meer informatie
ISBN: 9780192870582 | Hardcover
Reorganizing menstruation explores what happens when menstrual practices change, and what is revealed and made possible when longstanding menstrual st... Meer informatie
ISBN: 9781803270647 | Hardcover
The broad valley of the Bradano river and its tributary, the Basentello, separates the Apennine mountains in Lucania from the limestone plateau of the... Meer informatie
ISBN: 9780197635056 | Hardcover
It is often thought that the story of Tutankhamun ended when the thousands of dazzling items discovered by Howard Carter and Lord Carnarvon were trans... Meer informatie
ISBN: 9780199646807 | Hardcover
In light of modern scepticism towards the practice, it is easy to overlook just how important a role astrology played in the career of Rome's first Em... Meer informatie
ISBN: 9780198805830 | Hardcover
A coherent, comprehensive description and analysis of the most recent 170 years of Scottish population history. With its coverage of both national and... Meer informatie
ISBN: 9780192802484 | Paperback
Essential reading for anyone interested in the African continent and the diversity of human history, this Very Short Introduction looks at Africa's pa... Meer informatie
ISBN: 9780197265925 | Hardcover
The short-lived rebellion of 1915 was led by John Chilembwe, a Baptist minister trained in the USA. This book contains the testimonies presented to th... Meer informatie
ISBN: 9780199686162 | Hardcover
A revised critical edition of books 21 to 25 of Livy's history of Rome (Titi Livi ab urbe condita)-which cover the first eight years (218-211 BC) of R... Meer informatie
ISBN: 9780192803061 | Paperback
An introduction to the history of Western astronomy from prehistoric times to the origins of astrophysics in the mid nineteenth century. Emphasis is g... Meer informatie
ISBN: 9780198848578 | Hardcover
This volume addresses the treatment and perception of historic buildings in Imperial Rome, examining the ways in which public monuments were restored ... Meer informatie
ISBN: 9780199669783 | Hardcover
Domesday: Book of Judgement provides a unique study of the extraordinary eleventh-century survey, the Domesday Book. Sally Harvey depicts the Domesday... Meer informatie
ISBN: 9780198149279 | Paperback
In 338 BC Philip II of Macedon established Macedonian rule over Greece; he was succeeded in 336 by his son Alexander the Great, whose conquests in the... Meer informatie
ISBN: 9780198892786 | Hardcover
An exploration of the extraordinary story of Jewish POWs in German captivity during the Second World War - extraordinary because of the contrast betwe... Meer informatie
ISBN: 9780198229773 | Hardcover
Margot Asquith was the wife of Herbert Henry Asquith, the Liberal Prime Minister who led Britain into war in August 1914. Asquith's early war leadersh... Meer informatie
