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Eminent Americans, Comprising Brief Biographies of Leading Statesmen, Patriots, Orators and Others, Men and Women, Who Have... Eminent Americans, Comprising Brief Biographies of Leading Statesmen, Patriots, Orators and Others, Men and Women, Who Have Made American History; 2 (Hardcover)
Benson John 1813-1891 Lossing
R859 Discovery Miles 8 590 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
The Journal of the American-Irish Historical Society; 6 (Hardcover): American-Irish Historical Society The Journal of the American-Irish Historical Society; 6 (Hardcover)
American-Irish Historical Society
R867 Discovery Miles 8 670 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
The Human Drama, Vol. IV (Hardcover): Donald James Johnson, Jean Elliott Johnson The Human Drama, Vol. IV (Hardcover)
Donald James Johnson, Jean Elliott Johnson
R1,677 Discovery Miles 16 770 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Bradford'S History Of Plimoth Plantation From The Original Manuscript With A Report Of The Proceedings Incident To The... Bradford'S History Of Plimoth Plantation From The Original Manuscript With A Report Of The Proceedings Incident To The Return Of The Return Of The Manuscript To Massachusetts. (Hardcover)
William Bradford
R1,284 R1,110 Discovery Miles 11 100 Save R174 (14%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The African Repository and Colonial Journal; yr.1845 (Hardcover): American Colonization Society. The African Repository and Colonial Journal; yr.1845 (Hardcover)
American Colonization Society.
R957 Discovery Miles 9 570 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
My Diary in America in the Midst of War; 1 (Hardcover): George Augustus 1828-1895 Sala My Diary in America in the Midst of War; 1 (Hardcover)
George Augustus 1828-1895 Sala
R960 Discovery Miles 9 600 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
Humanism in Fifteenth-Century Europe (Hardcover): David Rundle Humanism in Fifteenth-Century Europe (Hardcover)
David Rundle
R1,051 Discovery Miles 10 510 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
A History of Travel in America, Being an Outline of the Development in Modes of Travel From Archaic Vehicles of Colonial Times... A History of Travel in America, Being an Outline of the Development in Modes of Travel From Archaic Vehicles of Colonial Times to the Completion of the First Transcontinental Railroad - the Influence of the Indians on the Free Movement and Territorial... (Hardcover)
Seymour 1867-1947 Dunbar
R957 Discovery Miles 9 570 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
Paul von Hintze (Hardcover, Reprint 2015 ed.): Oldenbourg Paul von Hintze (Hardcover, Reprint 2015 ed.)
Oldenbourg
R3,608 Discovery Miles 36 080 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Paul von Hintze war als Staatssekretar des Auswartigen Amts in den dramatischen Monaten von Juli bis Oktober 1918 die Schlusselfigur der deutschen Aussenpolitik mit Einfluss auch auf die innenpolitische Entwicklung. Mit seinem Wirken sind das fieberhafte Bemuhen um die Liquidation des Weltkriegs und folgenreiche Weichenstellungen in Osteuropa sowie fur die Verfassung des Kaiserreichs verbunden. Diese Politik im Angesicht der Niederlage kann durch die Kenntnis der Karriere Hintzes besser verstanden werden. Die politische Laufbahn Hintzes im ausgehenden Kaiserreich wird in einer langeren biographischen Einleitung nachgezeichnet und im Editionsteil auf breiter, z.T. bisher nicht zuganglicher Quellenbasis dokumentiert. Dabei bietet sich uber den personalhistorischen Bezug hinaus ein tiefer Einblick in die Diplomatie- und Mentalitatsgeschichte Deutschlands und der Staatenwelt zwischen Beharrung, Revolution, Krieg und Frieden."

The History of the United States - Told in One Syllable Words (Hardcover): Josephine 1834-1892 Pollard The History of the United States - Told in One Syllable Words (Hardcover)
Josephine 1834-1892 Pollard
R759 Discovery Miles 7 590 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
The Witches - Salem, 1692 (Large print, Hardcover, Large type / large print edition): Stacy Schiff The Witches - Salem, 1692 (Large print, Hardcover, Large type / large print edition)
Stacy Schiff
R1,371 Discovery Miles 13 710 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
The Tudors - History of a Dynasty (Hardcover): David Loades The Tudors - History of a Dynasty (Hardcover)
David Loades
R1,544 Discovery Miles 15 440 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This title offers a new and comprehensive overview of the complete Tudor dynasty taking in the most recent scholarship. David Loades provides a masterful overview of this formative period of British history. Exploring the reign of each monarch within the framework of the dynasty, he unpacks the key questions surrounding the monarchy; the relationship between church and the state, development of government, war and foreign policy, the question of Ireland and the issue of succession in Tudor politics. Loades considers the recent scholarship on the dynasty as a whole, and Henry VIII, Elizabeth I and Mary Tudor in particular and considers how recent revisionist history asks new questions of their political and personal lives. This places our understanding of the dynasty as a whole in a new light.

Civilization of the Renaissance in Italy (Hardcover): Jacob Burkhardt Civilization of the Renaissance in Italy (Hardcover)
Jacob Burkhardt
R911 Discovery Miles 9 110 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
Parodies of the Works of English & American Authors; v.5 (Hardcover): Walter 1844-1899 Hamilton Parodies of the Works of English & American Authors; v.5 (Hardcover)
Walter 1844-1899 Hamilton
R866 Discovery Miles 8 660 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
Michigan's Early Military Forces - A Roster and History of Troops Activated Prior to the American Civil War (Hardcover):... Michigan's Early Military Forces - A Roster and History of Troops Activated Prior to the American Civil War (Hardcover)
LeRoy Barnett, Roger Rosentreter
R972 Discovery Miles 9 720 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Michigan has long been proud of its military service, but many of its early accomplishments are unknown to most of the state's residents. This book fills the void in our knowledge by bringing together an impressive array of information on Michigan's armed forces from 1775 to 1860. Here we find the name rank, unit, and dates of service for all known Michigan men who served in the Revolutionary War, Indian Wars, War of 1812, Black Hawk War, Toledo War, Patriot War, and the Mexican-American War. Accompanying histories explain the reasons behind the conflicts and include maps showing all theaters of operations for Michigan troops. The in-depth accounts of the state's role in these hostilities often serve as the first serious and comprehensive studies of the contributions made by its citizens in these events.

The book's many points of interest include its treatment of the dramatic Revolutionary War period, when local Indians, British garrisons at Detroit and Mackinac, and a few Michigan men, well placed, held sway over most of the old Northwest. The book also documents "foreigners" who fought for Michigan's cause, with a disproportionate number of soldiers of French descent serving during the War of 1812, and of Irish ancestry serving in the Mexican-American War. Specific information on names of Native American soldiers is not available, but their general roles as combatants are noted. Ultimately, this book stands as a fitting memorial to the many men who took up arms on behalf of Michigan.

A Cultural History of the Human Body in the Enlightenment (Hardcover, English): Carole Reeves A Cultural History of the Human Body in the Enlightenment (Hardcover, English)
Carole Reeves
R3,315 Discovery Miles 33 150 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

A Cultural History of The Human Body presents an authoritative survey from ancient times to the present. This set of six volumes covers 2800 years of the human body as a physical, social, spiritual and cultural object. Volume 1: A Cultural History of the Human Body in Antiquity (1300 BCE - 500 CE) Edited by Daniel Garrison, Northwestern University. Volume 2: A Cultural History of the Human Body in The Medieval Age (500 - 1500) Edited by Linda Kalof, Michigan State University Volume 3: A Cultural History of the Human Body in the Renaissance (1400 - 1650) Edited by Linda Kalof, Michigan State University and William Bynum, University College London. Volume 4: A Cultural History of the Human Body in the Enlightenment (1600 - 1800) Edited by Carole Reeves, Wellcome Trust Centre for the History of Medicine, University College London. Volume 5: A Cultural History of the Human Body in the Age of Empire (1800 - 1920) Edited by Michael Sappol, National Library of Medicine in Washington, DC, and Stephen P. Rice, Ramapo College of New Jersey. Volume 6: A Cultural History of the Human Body in the Modern Age (1900-21st Century) Edited by Ivan Crozier, University of Edinburgh, and Chiara Beccalossi, University of Queensland. Each volume discusses the same themes in its chapters: 1. Birth and Death 2. Health and Disease 3. Sex and Sexuality 4. Medical Knowledge and Technology 5. Popular Beliefs 6. Beauty and Concepts of the Ideal 7. Marked Bodies I: Gender, Race, Class, Age, Disability and Disease 8. Marked Bodies II: the Bestial, the Divine and the Natural 9. Cultural Representations of the Body 10. The Self and Society This means readers can either have a broad overview of a period by reading a volume or follow a theme through history by reading the relevant chapter in each volume. Superbly illustrated, the full six volume set combines to present the most authoritative and comprehensive survey available on the human body through history.

General Percy Kirke and the Later Stuart Army (Hardcover): John Childs General Percy Kirke and the Later Stuart Army (Hardcover)
John Childs
R4,268 Discovery Miles 42 680 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

General Percy Kirke (c. 1647-91) is remembered in Somerset as a cruel, vicious thug who deluged the region in blood after the Battle of Sedgemoor in 1685. He is equally notorious in Northern Ireland. Appointed to command the expedition to raise the Siege of Londonderry in 1689, his assumed treachery nearly resulted in the city's fall and he was made to look ridiculous when the blockade was eventually lifted by a few sailors in a rowing boat. Yet Kirke was closely involved in some of the most important events in British and Irish history. He served as the last governor of the colony of Tangier; played a central role in facilitating the Glorious Revolution of 1688; and fought in the majority of the principal actions and campaigns undertaken by the newly-formed standing armies in England, Ireland and Scotland, especially the Battle of the Boyne and the first Siege of Limerick in 1689. With the aid of his own earlier work in the field, additional primary sources and a recently-rediscovered letter book, John Childs looks beyond the fictionalisation of Kirke, most notably by R. D. Blackmore in Lorna Doone, to investigate the historical reality of his career, character, professional competence, politics and religion. As well as offering fresh, detailed narratives of such episodes as Monmouth's Rebellion, the conspiracies in 1688 and the Siege of Londonderry, this pioneering biography also presents insights into contemporary military personnel, patronage, cliques and procedures.

A Cultural History of the Human Body in the Renaissance (Hardcover, English): Linda Kalof, William Bynum A Cultural History of the Human Body in the Renaissance (Hardcover, English)
Linda Kalof, William Bynum
R3,321 Discovery Miles 33 210 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

A Cultural History of The Human Body presents an authoritative survey from ancient times to the present. This set of six volumes covers 2800 years of the human body as a physical, social, spiritual and cultural object. Volume 1: A Cultural History of the Human Body in Antiquity (1300 BCE - 500 CE) Edited by Daniel Garrison, Northwestern University. Volume 2: A Cultural History of the Human Body in The Medieval Age (500 - 1500) Edited by Linda Kalof, Michigan State University Volume 3: A Cultural History of the Human Body in the Renaissance (1400 - 1650) Edited by Linda Kalof, Michigan State University and William Bynum, University College London. Volume 4: A Cultural History of the Human Body in the Enlightenment (1600 - 1800) Edited by Carole Reeves, Wellcome Trust Centre for the History of Medicine, University College London. Volume 5: A Cultural History of the Human Body in the Age of Empire (1800 - 1920) Edited by Michael Sappol, National Library of Medicine in Washington, DC, and Stephen P. Rice, Ramapo College of New Jersey. Volume 6: A Cultural History of the Human Body in the Modern Age (1900-21st Century) Edited by Ivan Crozier, University of Edinburgh, and Chiara Beccalossi, University of Queensland. Each volume discusses the same themes in its chapters: 1. Birth and Death 2. Health and Disease 3. Sex & Sexuality 4. Medical Knowledge and Technology 5. Popular Beliefs 6. Beauty and Concepts of the Ideal 7. Marked Bodies I: Gender, Race, Class, Age, Disability and Disease 8. Marked Bodies II: the Bestial, the Divine and the Natural 9. Cultural Representations of the Body 10. The Self and Society This means readers can either have a broad overview of a period by reading a volume or follow a theme through history by reading the relevant chapter in each volume. Superbly illustrated, the full six volume set combines to present the most authoritative and comprehensive survey available on the human body through history.

Borderers (Hardcover): Carla Barringer Rabinowitz Borderers (Hardcover)
Carla Barringer Rabinowitz; Illustrated by Mark Wright
R965 Discovery Miles 9 650 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
The Book of the Courtier (Hardcover): Baldesar Castiglione The Book of the Courtier (Hardcover)
Baldesar Castiglione; Translated by Hoby Thomas
R675 Discovery Miles 6 750 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The Book of the Courtier (Il Cortegiano), describing the behaviour of the ideal courtier (and court lady) was one of the most widely distributed books in the 16th century. It remains the definitive account of Renaissance court life. This edition, Thomas Hoby's 1561 English translation, greatly influenced the English ideal of the "gentleman." Baldesar Castiglione was a courtier at the court of Urbino, at that time the most refined and elegant of the Italian courts. Practising his principles, he counted many of the leading figures of his time as friends, and was employed on important diplomatic missions. He was a close personal friend of Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino, better known as Raphael, who painted the sensitive portrait of Castiglione on the cover of this edition.

Disease and Discrimination - Poverty and Pestilence in Colonial Atlantic America (Hardcover): Dale L. Hutchinson Disease and Discrimination - Poverty and Pestilence in Colonial Atlantic America (Hardcover)
Dale L. Hutchinson
R2,442 Discovery Miles 24 420 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Disease and discrimination are processes linked to class in the early American colonies. Many early colonists fell victim to mass sickness as Old and New World systems collided and new social, political, economic, and ecological dynamics allowed disease to spread. Dale Hutchinson argues that most colonists, slaves, servants, and nearby Native Americans suffered significant health risks due to their lower economic and social status. With examples ranging from indentured servitude in the Chesapeake to the housing and sewage systems of New York to the effects of conflict between European powers, Hutchinson posits that poverty and living conditions, more so than microbes, were often at the root of epidemics.

A Sword for Christ - The Republican Era in Great Britain and Ireland (Hardcover): Jonathan Cobb A Sword for Christ - The Republican Era in Great Britain and Ireland (Hardcover)
Jonathan Cobb
R910 R811 Discovery Miles 8 110 Save R99 (11%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days

The fifteen-year period between 1645 and 1660 was one of the most dynamic in British history, during which the republican Commonwealth and Cromwellian Protectorate attempted to create a new type of 'Godly' state after the execution of Charles I. Drawing on the latest research and established sources, as well as the works and diaries of contemporaries such as John Evelyn, Lucy Hutchinson and Samuel Pepys, A Sword for Christ offers a new and stimulating perspective on these extraordinary years. Key personalities such as Sir Thomas Fairfax, the Marquis of Argyll, Charles II and, of course, Oliver Cromwell himself - one of the most contentious figures in history - are re-appraised and brought vividly to life. In addition to exploring the religious and political debates which shaped the era and the military culture which defined it, the book also considers how society was profoundly affected by the upheaval caused by the civil wars; the relations between what was essentially an English republic and its Irish and Scottish neighbours; and the ethos of the New Model Army and the navy.

Superstition and Magic in Early Modern Europe: A Reader (Hardcover): Helen L. Parish Superstition and Magic in Early Modern Europe: A Reader (Hardcover)
Helen L. Parish; Edited by Helen L. Parish
R4,928 Discovery Miles 49 280 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Superstition and Magic in Early Modern Europe brings together a rich selection of essays which represent the most important historical research on religion, magic and superstition in early modern Europe. Each essay makes a significant contribution to the history of magic and religion in its own right, while together they demonstrate how debates over the topic have evolved over time, providing invaluable intellectual, historical, and socio-political context for readers approaching the subject for the first time. The essays are organised around five key themes and areas of controversy. Part One tackles superstition; Part Two, the tension between miracles and magic; Part Three, ghosts and apparitions; Part Four, witchcraft and witch trials; and Part Five, the gradual disintegration of the 'magical universe' in the face of scientific, religious and practical opposition. Each part is prefaced by an introduction that provides an outline of the historiography and engages with recent scholarship and debate, setting the context for the essays that follow and providing a foundation for further study. This collection is an invaluable toolkit for students of early modern Europe, providing both a focused overview and a springboard for broader thinking about the underlying continuities and discontinuities that make the study of magic and superstition a perennially fascinating topic.

Slavery Behind the Wall - An Archaeology of a Cuban Coffee Plantation (Paperback): Theresa A Singleton Slavery Behind the Wall - An Archaeology of a Cuban Coffee Plantation (Paperback)
Theresa A Singleton
R2,173 Discovery Miles 21 730 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Cuba had the largest slave society of the Spanish colonial empire and thus the most plantations. The lack of archaeological data for interpreting these sites is a glaring void in slavery and plantation studies. Theresa Singleton helps to fill this gap with the presentation of the first archaeological investigation of a Cuban plantation written by an English speaker. At Santa Ana de Biajacas, where the plantation owner sequestered slaves behind a massive masonry wall, Singleton explores how elite Cuban planters used the built environment to impose a hierarchical social order upon slave laborers. Behind the wall, slaves reclaimed the space as their own, forming communities, building their own houses, celebrating, gambling, and even harboring slave runaways. What emerged there is not just an identity distinct from other NorthAmerican and Caribbean plantations, but a unique slave culture that thrived despite a spartan lifestyle. Singleton's study provides insight into the larger historical context of the African diaspora, global patterns of enslavement, and the development of Cuba as an integral member of the larger Atlantic World.

The Civilisation of the Renaissance in Italy (Hardcover): Jacob Burckhardt The Civilisation of the Renaissance in Italy (Hardcover)
Jacob Burckhardt
R1,154 Discovery Miles 11 540 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This book (hardcover) is part of the TREDITION CLASSICS. It contains classical literature works from over two thousand years. Most of these titles have been out of print and off the bookstore shelves for decades. The book series is intended to preserve the cultural legacy and to promote the timeless works of classical literature. Readers of a TREDITION CLASSICS book support the mission to save many of the amazing works of world literature from oblivion. With this series, tredition intends to make thousands of international literature classics available in printed format again - worldwide.

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