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Arcadian Waters and Wanton Seas
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Arne Neset |
The nineteenth century was the great age of landscape painting in Europe and America. In an era of rapid industrialization and transformation of landscape, pictures of natural scenes were what people… |
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Sacred gifts, profane pleasures
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Marcy Norton |
"Before Columbus's fateful voyage in 1492, no European had ever seen, much less tasted, tobacco or chocolate. Initially dismissed as dry leaves and an odd Indian drink, these two commodities came to … |
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Bound with an Iron Chain
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Anthony Vaver |
Most people know that England shipped thousands of convicts to Australia, but few are aware that colonial America was the original destination for Britain’s unwanted criminals. In the 18th century, t… |
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The Isles
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Norman Davies,Norman Davies |
Written by one of the most brilliant and provocative historians at work today, The Isles is a revolutionary narrative history that takes a new perspective on the development of Britain and Ireland, l… |
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Before the Revolution
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Daniel K. Richter |
This work is an investigation of North American history in the seven centuries before the founding of the United States, looking at how the sequential cultural layers defined by people the author cal… |
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Qing encounters
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Petra ten-Doesschate Chu,Ning Ding |
"Qing Encounters: Artistic Exchanges between China and the West examines how the encounters between China and Europe in the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries transformed the arts on both side… |
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El laberinto de los tres minotauros
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J. M. Briceño Guerrero |
"Reúne tres libros que en su conjunto componen una especie de filosofía de la historia de América Latina. Los libros aludidos son: La identificación americana con la Europa segunda (1977) (ver HL… |
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The Lens Within the Heart
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Timon Screech |
"It has long been assumed that Japan's closed country policy meant that the country was isolated from the influence of the outside, and in particular, the western world.
However, this study of 18th … |
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