Описание: In this interdisciplinary study of eighteenth-century England, Patricia Fara explores how natural philosophers constructed magnetism as a science, appropriating the skills and knowledge of experienced navigators. For people of this period, magnetic phenomena reverberated with the symbolism of occult mystery, sexual attraction, and universal sympath
Автор: Lipking Lawrence I. Название: Ordering of the Arts in Eighteenth-Century England ISBN: 0691620997 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780691620992 Издательство: Wiley Рейтинг: Цена: 11880.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: By the end of the eighteenth century, the arts had been surveyed by an unprecedented series of major works on literature, music, and painting of which the author or this book provides a rich and comprehensive analysis. Originally published in 1970. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available pre
Автор: Hogwood Название: Music in Eighteenth-Century England ISBN: 0521090083 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780521090087 Издательство: Cambridge Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 4909.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: The essays in this book are devoted to the social and intellectual background of eighteenth-century music.
Автор: Young, B.w. Название: Religion and enlightenment in eighteenth-century england ISBN: 0198269420 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780198269427 Издательство: Oxford Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 30624.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: This is a description and analysis of the intellectual culture of the eighteenth-century Church of England. Challenging conventional perceptions of the Church as an intellectually moribund institution, the study traces the influence of thinkers such as Locke, Newton, Burke, and Gibbon on theological debate in England during this period.
Описание: Over the long eighteenth century English governance was transformed by large adjustments to the legal instruments and processes of power. This book documents and analyzes these shifts and focuses upon the changing relations between legal authority and the English people.
Автор: Turner Название: Disability in Eighteenth-Century England ISBN: 0415886449 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780415886444 Издательство: Taylor&Francis Рейтинг: Цена: 22968.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Drawing on a fascinating variety of sources, this book explores changing attitudes towards physical impairment in eighteenth-century England. It also uncovers the "hidden histories" of people with disabilities from different social backgrounds and examines how experiences of disability were shaped by class and gender.
Автор: Porter Название: The Chinese Taste in Eighteenth-Century England ISBN: 1107662370 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781107662377 Издательство: Cambridge Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 6653.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: In this book, David Porter analyses the processes by which Chinese aesthetic ideas were assimilated within English culture. Illustrated with many examples of Chinese and Chinese-inspired objects and art, this is a major contribution to eighteenth-century cultural history and to the history of contact and exchange between China and the West.
Описание: This book looks at the aristocratic adoption of Roman ideals in eighteenth-century English culture. In the century following the Revolution of 1688, the ruling class promoted - by way of its patronage - a classical frame of mind embracing all the arts, on the foundations of `liberty` and `civic virtue`.
Автор: Robson Название: The Attorney in Eighteenth-Century England ISBN: 1107654998 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781107654990 Издательство: Cambridge Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 5069.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Originally published in 1959, this book examines the shifting role of attorneys and solicitors in the eighteenth century, a period that saw the growth and development of the professional classes and their affiliated organizations. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in British social or legal history.
Автор: Hickey Название: Eighteenth-Century English ISBN: 1107686091 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781107686090 Издательство: Cambridge Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 6019.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: The eighteenth century was a key period in the development of the English language, in which the modern standard emerged and many dictionaries and grammars first appeared. The novel insights offered in this book extend our knowledge of the English language at the onset of the modern period.
Автор: Mary E. Fissell Название: Patients, Power and the Poor in Eighteenth-Century Bristol ISBN: 0521526930 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780521526937 Издательство: Cambridge Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 8237.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: In early modern England, housewives, clergymen, bloodletters, herb women, and patients told authoritative tales about the body. By the end of the eighteenth century, however, medicine had begun to drown out these voices. This book argues that changes in the relationship between rich and poor underlay this rise in medicine`s authority.
Автор: Clery Название: The Feminization Debate in Eighteenth-Century England ISBN: 0333777328 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780333777329 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 9083.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: It looks at the first use of a female author as an icon of modernity in the Athenian Mercury , and reappraises works by Elizabeth Singer Rowe, Mandeville, Defoe, Pope and Elizabeth Carter.
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