The Cambridge Illustrated History Of France
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Author | : Colin Jones |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 356 |
Release | : 1999-05-28 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780521669924 |
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Combining superb illustration with authoritative text, this is a major political and social history of France from earliest times to the eve of the new millennium. Colin Jones offers not only an expert's account of political, social and cultural developments, but also a fresh and full interpretation of French history. The Cambridge Illustrated History of France places an innovatory emphasis on the importance of issues of regionalism, class, gender and race in the French heritage. Ranging across social, political, geographical and cultural lines - from prehistoric menhirs to the Pompidou Centre, from Louis XIV's Versailles to twentieth-century high-rises, from Marie Antoinette to Marie Claire - the author provides a host of lively and penetrating new insights into the shaping of the modern nation.
Author | : Colin Jones |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 352 |
Release | : 1994-10-20 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780521432948 |
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In a tour de force, Colin Jones gives a gripping, superbly and intelligently illustrated account of the political, social and cultural history of France, placing an innovatory emphasis on the impact of regionalism, class, gender and race in French heritage. Ranging from prehistoric menhirs to the Pompidou Centre, from Louis XIV's Versailles to twentieth-century highrises, from Marie Antoinette to Marie Claire, The Cambridge Illustrated History of France is host to lively and penetrating new insights that take us through the shaping of France from the earliest times to the brink of a new millennium. Combining superb illustration with outstanding scholarship, the diversity of the French heritage--scientific and artistic, national and regional--is explored with an engrossing and accessible style. Special features on places, people and events, a glossary, and a further reading section enhance this engaging book that will appeal to history buffs and students of French history and culture. Colin Jones is also the author of the Longman Companion to the French Revolution and The Cultural Atlas of France.
Author | : P. J. Marshall |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 404 |
Release | : 2001-08-02 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780521002547 |
Download The Cambridge Illustrated History of the British Empire Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
Up to World War II and beyond, the British ruled over a vast empire. Modern western attitudes towards the imperial past tend either towards nostalgia for British power or revulsion at what seem to be the abuses of that power. The Cambridge Illustrated History of the British Empire adopts neither of these approaches. It aims to create historical understanding about the British empire on the assumption that such understanding is important for any informed appreciation of the modern world. Through striking illustration and a text written by leading experts, this book examines the experience of colonialism in North America, India, Africa, Australia, and the Caribbean, as well as the impact of the empire on Britain itself. Emphasis is placed on social and cultural history, including slavery, trade, religion, art, and the movement of ideas. How did the British rule their empire? Who benefited economically from the empire? And who lost?
Author | : Geoffrey Parker |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 605 |
Release | : 2020-06-04 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1107181593 |
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The new edition of The Cambridge History of Warfare offers an updated comprehensive account of Western warfare, from its origins in classical Greece and Rome, through the Middle Ages and the early modern period, down to the wars of the twenty-first century in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Syria.
Author | : Patricia Buckley Ebrey |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 360 |
Release | : 1999-05-13 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780521669917 |
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A look at the over eight thousand year history and civilization of China.
Author | : Martin Kitchen |
Publisher | : Cambridge : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 352 |
Release | : 1996 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780521794329 |
Download The Cambridge Illustrated History of Germany Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
This authoritative and richly illustrated book covers the whole sweep of German history.
Author | : Roy Porter |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 11 |
Release | : 2006-06-05 |
Genre | : Medical |
ISBN | : 0521864267 |
Download The Cambridge History of Medicine Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
Against the backdrop of unprecedented concern for the future of health care, 'The Cambridge History of Medicine' surveys the rise of medicine in the West from classical times to the present. Covering both the social and scientific history of medicine, this volume traces the chronology of key developments and events.
Author | : John Julius Norwich |
Publisher | : Atlantic Monthly Press |
Total Pages | : 493 |
Release | : 2018-10-02 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0802146708 |
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An “engaging, enthusiastic, sympathetic, funny” journey through French history from the New York Times–bestselling author of Absolute Monarchs (The Wall Street Journal). Beginning with Julius Caesar’s conquest of Gaul in the first century BC, this study of French history comprises a cast of legendary characters―Charlemagne, Louis XIV, Napoleon, Joan of Arc, and Marie Antoinette, to name a few―as John Julius Norwich chronicles France’s often violent, always fascinating history. From the French Revolution―after which neither France nor the world would be the same again―to the storming of the Bastille, from the Vichy regime and the Resistance to the end of the Second World War, A History of France is packed with heroes and villains, battles and rebellion—written with both an expert command of detail and a lively appreciation for the subject matter by this “true master of narrative history” (Simon Sebag Montefiore).
Author | : Jeremy Black |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 204 |
Release | : 1996-03-28 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780521470339 |
Download The Cambridge Illustrated Atlas of Warfare Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
The Cambridge Illustrated Atlas of Warfare: Renaissance to Revolution provides a thorough introduction to the military and naval history of the years 1492 to 1792, covering the period from the European Renaissance to the revolutionary wars of the late eighteenth century. Detailed colour maps, battle plans, and colour and black-and-white illustrations combine with an authoritative text to illuminate developments in warfare on both land and sea. Particular attention is paid to the effects of European military expansion on the rest of the world including the Americas, Africa, Asia, and the Mediterranean. Special feature panels are devoted to key events, to the more complicated and intriguing military confrontations, to individual tacticians and to the key topics such as weapons, battle strategies, the rise of naval warfare, and the composition of armies. The book is written by a leading historian of the early modern period.
Author | : Virginia Reinburg |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 313 |
Release | : 2012-02-02 |
Genre | : Art |
ISBN | : 1107007216 |
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