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Cultural Histories: A Cultural History of Memory in Antiquity (Hardcover)

A Cultural History of Memory presents an authoritative survey from ancient times to the present. The set of six volumes covers over 2500 years of history charting the evolving nature and role of peace throughout history. This volume A Cultural History... more

Cultural Histories: A Cultural History of Money in the Medieval Age (Paperback)

Money provides a unique and illuminating perspective on the Middle Ages. In much of medieval Europe the central meaning of money was a prescribed unit of precious metal but in practice precious metal did not necessarily change hands and indeed coinage... more

Pre-Owned Cheers: A Cultural History (The Cultural History of Television) Hardcover

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Cultural Histories: A Cultural History of Law in the Age of Enlightenment (Paperback)

The period of the Enlightenment was marked by innovation in political cultural religious and educational ideas with the aim of improving the experience of human beings in society. Key to intellectual debates and day-to-day life were ideas about the... more

Cultural Histories: A Cultural History of Money in the Age of Empire (Paperback)

The nineteenth century was a time of intense monetization of social life: increasingly money became the only means of access to goods and services especially in the new metropolises; new technologies and infrastructures emerged for saving and... more

Cultural Histories: A Cultural History of Tragedy in the Middle Ages (Paperback)

For the first time a group of distinguished authors come together to provide an authoritative exploration of the cultural history of tragedy in the Middle Ages. Reports of the so-called death of medieval tragedy they argue have been greatly... more

Cultural Histories: A Cultural History of Western Empires in the Modern Age (Paperback)

A Cultural History of Western Empires in the Modern Age covers the period from 1918 to the present. Through the lens of the political and international events shaping the period the introduction traces the gradual demise of the cultural importance of... more

Cultural Histories: A Cultural History of the Emotions (Other)

Across six volumes A Cultural History of the Emotions explores how emotions have changed over the course of human history but also how emotions have themselves created and changed history. Emotions underpin our everyday lives and shape our mental... more

Cultural Histories: A Cultural History of Marriage in the Age of Empires (Paperback)

During the age of empires (1800-1900) marriage was a key transition in the life course worldwide a rite of passage everywhere with major cultural significance. This volume presents an overview of the period with essays on Courtship and Ritual; Religion... more

Cultural Histories: A Cultural History of Genocide in the Ancient World (Hardcover)

The preamble to the United Nations Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide recognizes that at all periods of history genocide has inflicted great losses on humanity . Studies of the phenomenon of genocide have however... more

Cultural Histories: A Cultural History of Peace (Other)

A Cultural History of Peace presents an authoritative survey from ancient times to the present. The set of six volumes covers a span of 2500 years tracing how different cultures and societies have thought about struggled for developed and sustained... more

Cultural Histories: A Cultural History of Comedy in the Middle Ages (Paperback)

Comedy and humor flourished in manifold forms in the Middle Ages. This volume covering the period from 1000 to 1400 CE examines the themes practice and effects of medieval comedy from the caustic morality of principled satire to the exuberant... more

Cultural Histories: A Cultural History of Memory in the Early Modern Age (Hardcover)

A Cultural History of Memory presents an authoritative survey from ancient times to the present. The set of six volumes covers over 2500 years of history charting the evolving nature and role of memory throughout history. This volume A Cultural History... more

Cultural Histories: A Cultural History of Peace in the Age of Empire (Paperback)

A Cultural History of Peace presents an authoritative survey from ancient times to the present. The set of six volumes covers over 2500 years of history charting the evolving nature and role of peace throughout history. This volume A Cultural History... more

Cultural Histories: A Cultural History of Sexuality in the Modern Age (Paperback)

Sexual cultures have changed enormously in the 20th century. We have greater sexual equality than ever before and homosexuality has shifted from being a crime a sin and a disease to an acknowledged and sometimes legally sanctioned variation. However... more

Cultural Histories: A Cultural History of Marriage in the Modern Age (Paperback)

Spanning cultures across the 20th century this volume explores how marriage especially in the West was disestablished as the primary institution organizing social life. In the developing world the economic social and legal foundations of traditional... more

Cultural Histories: A Cultural History of Memory in the Middle Ages (Paperback)

A Cultural History of Memory presents an authoritative survey from ancient times to the present. The set of six volumes covers over 2500 years of history charting the evolving nature and role of memory throughout history. This volume A Cultural History... more

Cultural Histories: A Cultural History of Color in the Renaissance (Hardcover)

A Cultural History of Color in the Renaissance covers the period 1400 to 1650 a time of change conflict and transformation. Innovations in color production transformed the material world of the Renaissance especially in ceramics cloth and paint.... more

Cultural Histories: A Cultural History of Money in the Age of Enlightenment (Paperback)

The Enlightenment was a time of monetary turmoil and transformation in Europe. Change began with a riot of experimentation including novel ideas about human agency and capacity to promote economic progress efforts to reframe divinity in terms (like the... more

Cultural Histories: A Cultural History of the Emotions in the Late Medieval Reformation and Renaissance Age (Paperback)

The period 1300-1600 CE was one of intense and far-reaching emotional realignments in European culture. New desires and developments in politics religion philosophy the arts and literature fundamentally changed emotional attitudes to history creating... more

Cultural Histories: A Cultural History of the Sea in Antiquity (Hardcover)

The sea is omnipresent in the ancient cultures of the Mediterranean basin. It is an inexhaustible source of food but also a well-traveled roadway and a means to communicate trade with or wage war against one s neighbors. Perhaps because these practical... more

Cultural Histories: A Cultural History of Tragedy in Antiquity (Paperback)

In this volume tragedy in antiquity is examined synoptically from its misty origins in archaic Greece through its central position in the civic life of ancient Athens and its performances across the Greek-speaking world to its new and very different... more

Cultural Histories: A Cultural History of Money in the Renaissance (Paperback)

In a time before large banking systems and with paper money just in its infancy money during the Renaissance meant coinage (mainly gold and silver) and local credit systems. These monetary forms had a significant influence on the ways in which money... more

Cultural Histories: A Cultural History of Memory in the Nineteenth Century (Hardcover)

A Cultural History of Memory presents an authoritative survey from ancient times to the present. The set of six volumes covers over 2500 years of history charting the evolving nature and role of memory throughout history. This volume A Cultural History... more

Cultural Histories: A Cultural History of Memory in the Middle Ages (Hardcover)

A Cultural History of Memory presents an authoritative survey from ancient times to the present. The set of six volumes covers over 2500 years of history charting the evolving nature and role of memory throughout history. This volume A Cultural History... more

Cultural Histories: A Cultural History of Disability in the Middle Ages (Paperback)

The Middle Ages was an era of dynamic social transformation and notions of disability in medieval culture reflected how norms and forms of embodiment interacted with gender class and race among other dimensions of human difference. Ideas of disability... more

Cultural Histories: A Cultural History of Disability in the Renaissance (Paperback)

In Renaissance humanism difference was understood through a variety of paradigms that rendered particular kinds of bodies and minds disabled. A Cultural History of Disability in the Renaissance covering the period from 1450 to 1650 explores evidence of... more

Chicago and its Jews; a cultural history; a cultural history 1933

{Size: 13.34 x 21.59 cms} Lang: - English Pages 460 Print on Demand. Reprinted in 2023 with the help of original edition published long back [1933]. This book is Printed in black & white sewing binding for longer life with Matt laminated multi-Colour... more

Cultural Histories: A Cultural History of Money in the Modern Age (Paperback)

Bracketed by global financial crises and economic downturns the modern age has been defined by debates about and transformations of money. The period witnessed the consolidation of national currencies and monetary policies as well as the... more

Interlink Cultural Histories: Istanbul : A Cultural History (Paperback)

Byzantium Constantinople Istanbul: these are only three names that have been given to the city that straddles two continents was the capital of two multinational empires and is today a vibrant commercial and artistic city the largest in Turkey and... more

Western Civilization : A Social and Cultural History Volume I: Prehistory-1750 Bra Social and Cultural History Volume I: Prehistory-1750 Brief Edition Ief Edition (Paperback)

This text explains the significance of Western civilization. It takes a consistently topical approach stressing social and cultural themes in conjunction with the political narrative and incorporates significant discussion of a range of peoples and... more

Pre-Owned A Cultural History of the United States Through the Decades - The 1990s A Cultural History of the United States Through the Decades Series Library Binding Stuart A. Kallen

9781560065593. Pre-Owned: Good condition. Hard cover. Language: English. Pages: 128. Library binding. Paper over boards. 128 p. Contains: Illustrations. Cultural History of the United States Through the Decades. Intended for a juvenile audience.... more

Mainz Historical Cultural Sciences: Cultural History in Europe: Institutions--Themes--Perspectives (Paperback)

What is the current state of discussion in cultural history? Which European institutions specialize in cultural history and which topics do they address? And how will cultural history develop in the future? These and other questions are raised by... more

East Asia: History Politics Sociology Postsocialist Cinema in Post-Mao China: The Cultural Revolution after the Cultural Revolution (Paperback)

This book argues that the fundamental shift in Chinese Cinema away from Socialism and towards Post-Socialism can be located earlier than the emergence of the Fifth Generation in the mid-eighties when it is usually assumed to have occured. By close... more

Routledge Studies in Cultural History The Cultural Life of Risk and Innovation (Paperback)

How did innovation become something to strive for an end in itself? And how did the market come to be thought of as the space of innovation? This edited volume provides the first historical examination of how innovations are conceived marketed... more

Routledge Studies in South Asian History Cultural Histories of India: Subaltern Spaces Peripheral Genres and Alternate Historiography (Paperback)

This book explores the social and cultural histories of India focusing on cultural encounters and representations of subaltern communities from the seventeenth to the twenty-first century. Examining cultural encounters between Europeans and Indians... more

Cultural History of Modern War: Afterlives of War: A Descendants History (Hardcover)

Afterlives of war documents the lives and historical pursuits of the generations who grew up in Australia Britain and Germany after the First World War. Although they were not direct witnesses to the conflict they experienced its effects from their... more

Pre-Owned Athens: A Cultural History Interlink Histories Paperback Michael Llewellyn Smith

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