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- Yale University Press, 2019
Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 288 páginas
PVP: 16,25 €
ISBN 978-0-300-24321-5
EAN 9780300243215
A "learned and lively" (Wall Street Journal) history of archaeological adventure with tales of danger, debate, audacious explorers, and astonishing discoveries around the globe for readers of all ages What is archaeology? The word may bring to mind images of golden pharaohs and lost civilizations, or Neanderthal skulls and Ice Age cave art. Archaeology is ...
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The Vory
Russia's Super Mafia
- Yale University Press, 2019
Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 344 páginas
PVP: 17,25 €
ISBN 978-0-300-24320-8
EAN 9780300243208
The first English-language book to document the men who emerged from the gulags to become Russia's much-feared crime class: the vory v zakone Mark Galeotti is the go-to expert on organized crime in Russia, consulted by governments and police around the world. Now, Western readers can explore the fascinating history of the vory v zakone, ...
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- Yale University Press, 2019
Libro encuadernado en tapa dura · 656 páginas
PVP: 32,60 €
ISBN 978-0-300-18028-2
EAN 9780300180282
A riveting, comprehensive history of the Arab peoples and tribes that explores the role of language as a cultural touchstone This kaleidoscopic book covers almost 3,000 years of Arab history and shines a light on the footloose Arab peoples and tribes who conquered lands and disseminated their language and culture over vast distances. Tracing this ...
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- Yale University Press, 2019
Libro encuadernado en tapa dura · 296 páginas
PVP: 26,10 €
ISBN 978-0-300-22725-3
EAN 9780300227253
A life of Matilda-empress, skilled military leader, and one of the greatest figures of the English Middle Ages Matilda was a daughter, wife, and mother. But she was also empress, heir to the English crown-the first woman ever to hold the position-and an able military general. This new biography explores Matilda's achievements as military and ...
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- Yale University Press, 2019
Libro encuadernado en tapa dura · 360 páginas
PVP: 26,10 €
ISBN 978-0-300-20035-5
EAN 9780300200355
A powerful reassessment of a seminal moment in the history of India and the British Empire-the Amritsar Massacre-to mark its 100th anniversary The Amritsar Massacre of 1919 was a seminal moment in the history of the British Empire, yet it remains poorly understood. In this dramatic account, Kim A. Wagner details the perspectives of ordinary ...
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- Yale University Press, 2019
Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 368 páginas
PVP: 22,20 €
ISBN 978-0-300-24025-2
EAN 9780300240252
A vivid exploration of the evolution of reading as an essential social and domestic activity during the eighteenth century Two centuries before the advent of radio, television, and motion pictures, books were a cherished form of popular entertainment and an integral component of domestic social life. In this fascinating and vivid history, Abigail Williams explores ...
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- Yale University Press, 2019
Libro encuadernado en tapa dura · 272 páginas
PVP: 35,25 €
ISBN 978-0-300-23393-3
EAN 9780300233933
A prominent scholar of Mexican and Latin American history challenges the field's focus on historical memory to examine colonial-era conceptions of the future Going against the grain of most existing scholarship, Matthew D. O'Hara explores the archives of colonial Mexico to uncover a history of "futuremaking." While historians and historical anthropologists of Latin America have ...
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- Yale University Press, 2019
Libro · 616 páginas
PVP: 32,30 €
ISBN 978-0-300-24592-9
EAN 9780300245929
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- Yale University Press, 2018
Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 368 páginas
PVP: 20,75 €
ISBN 978-0-300-24020-7
EAN 9780300240207
"The only Washington biography you need."-Wall Street Journal As editor of the award-winning Library of America collection of George Washington's writings and a curator of the great man's original papers, John Rhodehamel has established himself as an authority of our nation's preeminent founding father. In this "crisply written, admirably concise, and never superficial" biography (Fergus ...
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- Yale University Press, 2018
Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 240 páginas
PVP: 13,70 €
ISBN 978-0-300-22429-0
EAN 9780300224290
A spirited portrait of the colorful, irrepressible, and iconoclastic American collector who fearlessly advanced the cause of modern art One of twentieth-century America's most influential patrons of the arts, Peggy Guggenheim (1898-1979) brought to wide public attention the work of such modern masters as Jackson Pollock and Man Ray. In her time, there was no ...
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- Yale University Press, 2018
Libro encuadernado en tapa dura · 104 páginas
PVP: 16,20 €
ISBN 978-0-300-22151-0
EAN 9780300221510
The Why I Write series is based on the Windham-Campbell Lectures, delivered annually to commemorate the awarding of the Donald Windham-Sandy M. Campbell Literature Prizes at Yale University. Administered by Yale's Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, the series publishes works based on the lecture given by the event's keynote speaker.The series launched in 2017 ...
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- Yale University Press, 2018
Libro encuadernado en tapa dura · 392 páginas
PVP: 27,25 €
ISBN 978-0-300-21711-7
EAN 9780300217117
The extraordinary story of the intermingled civilizations of ancient Greece and Rome, spanning more than six millennia from the late Bronze Age to the seventh century The magnificent civilization created by the ancient Greeks and Romans is the greatest legacy of the classical world. However, narratives about the "civilized" Greek and Roman empires resisting the ...
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- Yale University Press, 2018
Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 120 páginas
PVP: 10,00 €
ISBN 978-0-300-24022-1
EAN 9780300240221
From the renowned artist and author Patti Smith, an inspired exploration of the nature of creative invention A work of creative brilliance may seem like magic-its source a mystery, its impact unexpectedly stirring. How does an artist accomplish such an achievement, connecting deeply with an audience never met? In this groundbreaking book, one of our ...
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The Witch
A History of Fear, from Ancient Times to the Present
- Yale University Press, 2018
Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 360 páginas
PVP: 18,25 €
ISBN 978-0-300-23867-9
EAN 9780300238679
Why have societies all across the world feared witchcraft? This book delves deeply into its context, beliefs, and origins in Europe's historyThe witch came to prominence and often a painful death in early modern Europe, yet her origins are much more geographically diverse and historically deep. In this landmark book, Ronald Hutton traces witchcraft from ...
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- Yale University Press, 2018
Libro encuadernado en tapa dura · 408 páginas
PVP: 32,65 €
ISBN 978-0-300-23030-7
EAN 9780300230307
A captivating popular history that shines a light on the notorious Julio-Claudian women who forged an empire Augustus, Tiberius, Caligula, Claudius, and Nero-these are the names history associates with the early Roman Empire. Yet, not a single one of these emperors was the blood son of his predecessor. In this captivating history, a prominent scholar ...
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Against the Grain
A Deep History of the Earliest States
- Yale University Press, 2018
Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 336 páginas
PVP: 21,25 €
ISBN 978-0-300-24021-4
EAN 9780300240214
An account of all the new and surprising evidence now available that contradicts the standard narrative for the beginnings of the earliest civilizations Why did humans abandon hunting and gathering for sedentary communities dependent on livestock and cereal grains, and governed by precursors of today's states? Most people believe that plant and animal domestication allowed ...
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- Yale University Press, 2018
Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 272 páginas
PVP: 24,50 €
ISBN 978-0-300-21899-2
EAN 9780300218992
An invaluable introduction to the art and craft of musical composition from a distinguished teacher and composer This essential introduction to the art and craft of musical composition is designed to familiarize beginning composers with principles and techniques applicable to a broad range of musical styles, from concert pieces to film scores and video game ...
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One Hot Summer
Dickens, Darwin, Disraeli, and the Great Stink of 1858
- Yale University Press, 2018
Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 352 páginas
PVP: 13,70 €
ISBN 978-0-300-23866-2
EAN 9780300238662
A unique, colorful view of Victorian London when residents both famous and now-forgotten endured the Great Stink across one hot summerWhile 1858 in London may have been noteworthy for its broiling summer months and the related stench of the sewage-filled Thames River, the year is otherwise little remembered. And yet, historian Rosemary Ashton reveals in ...
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- Yale University Press, 2018
Libro encuadernado en tapa dura · 360 páginas
PVP: 29,00 €
ISBN 978-0-300-23495-4
EAN 9780300234954
A landmark account that reveals the long history behind the current Catalan and Scottish independence movements A distinguished historian of Spain and Europe provides an enlightening account of the development of nationalist and separatist movements in contemporary Catalonia and Scotland. This first sustained comparative study uncovers the similarities and the contrasts between the Scottish and ...
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- Yale University Press, 2018
Libro encuadernado en tapa dura · 480 páginas
PVP: 41,60 €
ISBN 978-0-300-23577-7
EAN 9780300235777
Civility in a changing world The renowned historian Keith Thomas has written a peerless study of the place of civility in the shaping of English society between the early sixteenth and the late eighteenth centuries. Dramatic changes in court fashion and manners took place, but equally important was the emergence of an urban trading and ...
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