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Author : Société de l'histoire de l'île Maurice
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 568 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 ( download)
Download or read book Bulletin de la Société de L'histoire de L'Ile Maurice written by Société de l'histoire de l'île Maurice and published by . This book was released on 1938 with total page 568 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Free Library of Philadelphia
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 350 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (243 download)
Download or read book Bulletin written by Free Library of Philadelphia and published by . This book was released on 1908 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Great Britain. Commonwealth Office
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 158 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (319 download)
Download or read book Mauritius written by Great Britain. Commonwealth Office and published by . This book was released on 1946 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Richard B. Allen
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521641258
Total Pages : 252 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (412 download)
Download or read book Slaves, Freedmen and Indentured Laborers in Colonial Mauritius written by Richard B. Allen and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1999-10-14 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this wide-ranging social and economic history of the island of Mauritius, from French colonization in 1721 to the beginnings of modern political life in the colony in the mid-1930s, Richard Allen brings out the importance of domestic capital formation, particularly in the sugar industry. He describes the changing relationship between different elements in the society - slave, free and maroon, and East Indian indentured populations - and shows how these were conditioned by demographic changes, world markets and local institutions. Based on thorough archival research, and thoroughly attuned to contemporary debates, this 1999 book will bring the Mauritian case to the attention of scholars engaged in the comparative study of slavery and plantation systems.
Author : Eric H. Boehm
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 648 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Historical Periodicals written by Eric H. Boehm and published by . This book was released on 1961 with total page 648 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of newspaper and magazine coverage of 20th century historical events, including VE Day, the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II, and the assassination of John F. Kennedy.
Author : Free Library of Philadelphia
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 340 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (321 download)
Download or read book A List of Serials in the Principal Libraries of Philadelphia and Its Vicinity written by Free Library of Philadelphia and published by . This book was released on 1908 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Jolyon C. Parish
Publisher : Indiana University Press
ISBN 13 : 0253000998
Total Pages : 449 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (53 download)
Download or read book The Dodo and the Solitaire written by Jolyon C. Parish and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 2013 with total page 449 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The most comprehensive book to date about these two famously extinct birds.
Author : Joan DeJean
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1416588531
Total Pages : 321 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (165 download)
Download or read book The Essence of Style written by Joan DeJean and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2007-11-01 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What makes fashionistas willing to pay a small fortune for a particular designer accessory -- a luxe handbag, for example? Why is it that people all over the world share the conviction that a special occasion only becomes really special when a champagne cork pops -- and even more special when that cork comes from a bottle of Dom Pérignon? Why are diamonds the status symbol gemstone, instantly signifying wealth, power, and even emotional commitment? One of the foremost authorities on seventeenth-century French culture provides the answer to these and other fascinating questions in her account of how, at one glittering moment in history, the French under Louis XIV set the standards of sophistication, style, and glamour that still rule our lives today. Joan DeJean explains how a handsome and charismatic young king with a great sense of style and an even greater sense of history decided to make both himself and his country legendary. When the reign of Louis XIV began, his nation had no particular association with elegance, yet by its end, the French had become accepted all over the world as the arbiters in matters of taste and style and had established a dominance in the luxury trade that continues to this day. DeJean takes us back to the birth of haute cuisine, the first appearance of celebrity hairdressers, chic cafes, nightlife, and fashion in elegant dress that extended well beyond the limited confines of court circles. And Paris was the magical center -- the destination of travelers all across Europe. As the author observes, without the Sun King's program for redefining France as the land of luxury and glamour, there might never have been a Stork Club, a Bergdorf Goodman, a Chez Panisse, or a Cristophe of Beverly Hills -- and President Clinton would never have dreamed of holding Air Force One on the tarmac of LAX for an hour while Cristophe worked his styling genius on the president's hair. Written with wit, dash, and élan by an author who knows this astonishing true story better than virtually anyone, The Essence of Style will delight fans of history and everybody who wonders about the elusive definition of good taste.
Author : Free Library of Philadelphia
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 340 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Bulletin of the Free Library of Philadelphia written by Free Library of Philadelphia and published by . This book was released on 1908 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Great Britain. Colonial Office. Library
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 766 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Catalogue of the Colonial Office Library, London written by Great Britain. Colonial Office. Library and published by . This book was released on 1964 with total page 766 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Julian P. Hume
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1472937465
Total Pages : 609 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (729 download)
Download or read book Extinct Birds written by Julian P. Hume and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2017-08-24 with total page 609 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive review of the hundreds of bird species that have become extinct over the last 1,000 years of habitat degradation, over-hunting and rat introduction. Extinct Birds has become the standard text on this subject, covering both familiar icons of extinction as well as more obscure birds, some known from just one specimen or from travellers' tales. This second edition is expanded to include dozens of new species, as more are constantly added to the list, either through extinction or through new subfossil discoveries. The book is the result of decades of research into literature and museum drawers, as well as caves and subfossil deposits, which often reveal birds long-gone that disappeared without ever being recorded by scientists while they lived. From Great Auks, Carolina Parakeets and Dodos to the amazing yet almost completely vanished bird radiations of Hawaii and New Zealand via rafts of extinction in the Pacific and elsewhere, this book is both a sumptuous reference and astounding testament to humanity's devastating impact on wildlife.
Author : Jeffrey Merrick
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1443807540
Total Pages : 405 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (438 download)
Download or read book Order and Disorder under the Ancien Régime written by Jeffrey Merrick and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2009-03-26 with total page 405 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of revised and previously unpublished articles explores aspects of the history of monarchy, family, suicide, and sodomy in early modern, especially eighteenth-century France. The durable but flexible traditions of the Ancien Régime not only sanctified but also limited the prerogatives of sovereigns over subjects and husbands/fathers/masters over wives, children, and servants. Private and public weakness and excess in those who ruled the kingdom and the household undermined their masculinity and legitimacy. Merrick analyzes expositions of and contestations about the origins, extent, and use and abuse of gendered royal and domestic authority in a wide variety of sources, including descriptions of beehives, pamphlets published during the Fronde, statues of Louis XV, police reports about disturbed subjects, parlementary remonstrances, Jansenist polemics, essays submitted to the Academy of Berlin, the memoirs of the marquis de Bombelles, and complaints of wives against husbands and marital separation cases in Paris. In principle, kings and husbands/fathers/masters preserved order in the kingdom and the household by controlling themselves as well as their subordinates. In practice, they sometimes provoked disorder and failed in many ways to prevent and punish disorder. Merrick’s articles on suicide and sodomy not only revisit some celebrated incidents (the deaths of the dragoons Bourdeaux and Humain, who shot themselves on 25 December 1773) and notorious characters (the “pederast” marquis de Villette and “tribade” mademoiselle de Raucourt) but also document patterns in the lives and deaths of ordinary men and women. Based, like the articles on marital disputes, on extensive archival research, they investigate changes in jurisprudence and mentalities during the eighteenth century. As a whole, this volume challenges simplistic assumptions about absolutism, Enlightenment, and Revolution. Given the number of subjects addressed and the nature of the issues involved, the engaging articles will interest many readers.
Author : Dario Castiglione
Publisher : University of Exeter Press
ISBN 13 : 9780859894449
Total Pages : 266 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (944 download)
Download or read book Shifting the Boundaries written by Dario Castiglione and published by University of Exeter Press. This book was released on 1995 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The book mounts a challenge to the notion of a clear distinction between public and private and attempts to account for the mobility of the many boundaries between the two. The first essay introduces some of those problematic boundaries in the light of the influential studies of Habermas, Koselleck, Aries and Chartier, who together have helped shape our understanding of the formation of the modern public and private spheres. A number of essays deal with the nature of public opinion in relation to state control and with the role of the intelligentsia. Some investigate non-political forms of sociability and the creation of various kinds of publics within the cultural realm. Others scrutinize gender roles and the validity of the accepted correspondence of male/female to public/private in the light of women's use of the printed word.
Author : William Seale
Publisher : Smithsonian Institution
ISBN 13 : 1588346242
Total Pages : 283 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (883 download)
Download or read book The Imperial Season written by William Seale and published by Smithsonian Institution. This book was released on 2017-12-28 with total page 283 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This story of the young city of Washington coming up in the international scene is populated with presidents, foreign diplomats, civil servants, architects, artists, and influential hosts and hostesses who were enamored of the idea of world power but had little idea of the responsibilities involved. Between the Spanish American War and World War I, the thrill of America's new international role held the nation's capital in rapture. Visionaries gravitated to Washington and sought to make it the glorious equal to the great European capitals of the day. Remains of the period still define Washington--the monuments and great civic buildings on the Mall as well as the private mansions built on the avenues that now serve as embassies. The first surge of America's world power led to profound changes in diplomacy, and a vibrant official life in Washington, DC, naturally followed. In the twenty-five year period that William Seale terms the "imperial season," a host of characters molded the city in the image of a great world capital. Some of the characters are well known, from presidents to John Hay and Uncle Joe Cannon, and some relatively unknown, from diplomat Alvey Adee to hostess Minnie Townsend and feminist Inez Milholland. The Imperial Season is a unique social history that defines a little explored period of American history that left an indelible mark on our nation's capital.
Author : Indiana University. Libraries
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Total Pages : 950 pages
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Download or read book Indiana University Libraries, Bloomington Serials Holdings, 1985 written by Indiana University. Libraries and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 950 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : William Driver Howarth
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521230131
Total Pages : 764 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (31 download)
Download or read book French Theatre in the Neo-classical Era, 1550-1789 written by William Driver Howarth and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1997-06-05 with total page 764 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This 1997 book covers the period which saw the establishment in France of a centralized official theatre - not only the Comédie-Française (the first 'national' theatre), but an Italian theatre and a state opera; the often subversive independent theatres are also discussed. Nearly 1,000 documents deal with censorship and other aspects of external control, company management, the acting profession, dramatic theory and criticism, theatre architecture, settings and costumes, audience composition and behaviour. Over 120 pictorial documents - architectural drawings, technical engravings, frontispieces, portraits, etc. - provide a visual dimension where relevant. A full linking narrative and a copious bibliography help to make this an important reference work and a valuable research tool.
Author : Mauritius. Archives Department
Publisher : Port Louis : Esclapon
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 910 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book Bibliography of Mauritius, 1502-1954 written by Mauritius. Archives Department and published by Port Louis : Esclapon. This book was released on 1956 with total page 910 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: En la cubierta "every relevant piece or set of printed, manuscript and cartographic material relative to the island of Mauritius and its dependencies from 1502 to the end of 1954, whether available in Mauritius itself or in other countries." Many references are also made to the Seychelles as well as to the islands of Reunion and Madagascar.
