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Gerhard MĂĽller (1705-1783) was the first historian to specialise in the history of Siberia. His co-author Peter Simon…

• Rok vydání 1752

This illustrated 1752 publication brings together two seventeenth-century works that paved the way for the study of…

Belgian polymath Adolphe Quetelet (1796-1874) pioneered social statistics, characterising the 'average man' by the mean…

First published in 1881, this biography by George Saintsbury examines the role of John Dryden (1631-1700) in reforming…

• Rok vydání 2005

This fascinating and provocative 2005 book will change the way you think about democracy. Challenging conventional wisdom,…

A radical interpretation of Heidegger's later philosophy, developing his argument that art can help lead humanity beyond the…

Originally published in 1938, this book presents a concise study regarding the life and work of Thomas Arne (1710-78), best…

Published in 1897, Volume 2 of this study of the surviving remains of all the minor Italic dialects contains an alphabet, a…

Originally published in 1923, this book presents the complete text of James Boswell's 1768 work, The Journal of a Tour to…

Originally published in 1937, this book was formed from the content of a series of lectures delivered by renowned Scottish…

Why do states act through international organizations to protect populations within other states, even though this falls…

• Rok vydání 1836

A leading trader in Canton (Guangzhou), James Matheson (1796-1878) became a Hong Kong taipan. Published in 1836, this was…

Poverty is South Africa's greatest challenge. But what is 'poverty'? And how can it be measured and addressed? Davie argues…

• Čeština

First published in 1923, this book presents an account of French literature during its transition from the Renaissance to…

This survey explores how and why Romans of the late Republic and early Principate were fascinated with landscaped nature.…

This book is a detailed study of Mozart's last opera. The sources for the opera are discussed, and there are chapters…

Originally published in 1926, this book contains the biography of Francis Jenkinson, a fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge,…

• Čeština

The Cambridge Companion to Henry James provides a critical introduction to James's work. He has retained a powerful hold on…

The publications of the Hakluyt Society (founded in 1846) made available edited (and sometimes translated) early accounts of…

Originally published in 1985, this book examines the rising of the menalamba, the Red Shawls, against French colonial rule…

• Čeština

This is a succinct survey of the history of the American west. Focusing on issues of land use, environment, race, ethnicity,…

• Rok vydání 1951

This short work on the auricula by the plant geneticist Sir Rowland Biffen (1874-1949), published posthumously in 1951,…

An innovative guide to building entrepreneurial workforces through carefully designed conversations between management and…

Originally published in 1936, this book contains the modified text of the Linacre Lecture for that year. Lord Moynihan…

• Rok vydání 1851

In this work of 1851, Henry T. Prinsep (1792-1878) uses travel narratives of the few explorers who had visited the territory…

David Armstrong's book is a contribution to the philosophical discussion about possible worlds. Taking Wittgenstein's…

Originally published in 1946, this book presents an account of the practical conclusions reached by the author during many…

This 1838 book begins with a short survey of the history of Egypt up to the time of Alexander the Great. Sharpe then surveys…

The Provincial Geography of India series was created during the early part of the twentieth century to provide the general…

Catherine Crowe poses many spiritual and theological questions designed to open the reader's mind to the possibilities of…

This book gives a detailed account of the discussions and changes of policy and analyses the experiments and their results.…

Written by Agnes Bensly, wife of Orientalist and biblical scholar Robert Bensly (1831-93), and first published in 1896, this…

Based on computer analysis of price quotes from the eighteenth-century financial press, this work establishes the existence…

Originally published in 1915, this book presents the text of The Elder Brother, a comedy by the Jacobean playwright John…

• Rok vydání 1901

Caroline Skeel's first publication, originally written for the Gibson Essay Prize in 1898, and published in 1901, examines…

In the late nineteenth century, it was generally acknowledged among the scientific community that light must move through a…

Douglas Brooks examines how Renaissance dramatists made the difficult transition from writing plays for the theatre to…

Originally published in 1914, this book presents a chronological study of English literature from the Anglo-Saxon period…

Henry George Bonavia Hunt (1847-1917) is best remembered as the founder of Trinity College of Music, London. This popular…

• Rok vydání 1878

The year before this work of 1878 was published, the author, G. F. Rodwell (1843-1905) had climbed Mount Etna and collected…

Originally published in 1937, this book contains a series of studies seeking 'examples of introspection in a literature…

This Introduction is designed for students of German poetry and their teachers. Covering both familiar poems and new…

The publications of the Hakluyt Society (founded in 1846) made available edited (and sometimes translated) early accounts of…

Mill and Liberalism was first published in 1963. Initial reactions varied from the uncomprehending to the splenetic. In the…

This biography of the 'father of English poetry' was first published in 1879. Its author, Sir Adolphus William Ward,…

This is a historical critique of Henry James in relation to nineteenth-century feminism and women's fiction. The author…

This book, first published in 1969, is widely regarded as one of the best studies of Rousseau's thought in any language. In…

• Rok vydání 1885

This 1885 work by naturalist Symington Grieve collects together 'a considerable amount of literature bearing upon the…