"An analysis of social and economic systems and why they appear and disappear throughout history.This book is the result of a research project begun by the author in 1958 with the aim of answering two questions: First, what is the rationality of the economic systems that appear and disappear throughout history—in other words, what is their hidden logic and the underlying necessity for them to exist, or to have existed? Second, what are t ..."
Nicholas II(Reprint) Last of the Tsars 通过 Marc Ferro, BrianPearce Paperback, 336 页, 发布时间 1995 通过 Oxford University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-19-509382-7, ISBN: 0-19-509382-8
"One of the world's preeminent historians, Marc Ferro is a leading member of the Annales School of France and a recognized authority on early twentieth-century European history. For well over two decades, in volumes such as The February Revolution of 1917 and October 1917, he has demonstrated an unsurpassed skill in capturing the social and political forces that led to the Russian Revolution. Now Ferro turns his considerable talents to t ..."
Exmoor Village Looking Back Over 50 Years of Exmoor National Park [Hardcover 通过 BrianPearce, Hilary Binding Hardcover, 160 页, 发布时间 2004 通过 Devon Books ISBN-13: 978-0-86183-486-0, ISBN: 0-86183-486-0
A History of Everyday Things The Birth of Consumption in France, 1600-1800 通过 Daniel Roche, BrianPearce Hardcover, 320 页, 发布时间 2000 通过 Cambridge University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-521-63329-1, ISBN: 0-521-63329-X
"A History of Everyday Things is a pioneering essay by one of the world's leading cultural historians that sheds light on the origins of the consumer society, and thereby the birth of the modern world. Things that we regard as the everyday objects of consumption have not always been so: how, therefore, have people in the modern world become "prisoners of objects," as Rousseau put it? Daniel Roche answers this fundamental question of hist ..."
The Religion of the Poor(Updated) Rural Missions in Europe and the Formation of Modern Catholicism, c.1500-c.1800 通过 Louis Châtellier, BrianPearce Hardcover, 262 页, 发布时间 1997 通过 Cambridge University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-521-56201-0, ISBN: 0-521-56201-5
"The Religion of the Poor is a major work of early modern history, an ambitious survey of Catholic missions into the European countryside from 1500-1800. Louis Chatellier analyzes the impulses to missionary activity at the end of the Middle Ages, and outlines in detail the development of missionary activity after the Council of Trent. He discusses the type of religion proffered by the missionaries, and documents the way in which mission ..."
The Thinking Reed(Updated) Intellectuals and the Soviet State from 1917 to the Present 通过 Boris Kagarlitsky, BrianPearce Paperback, 384 页, 发布时间 1989 通过 Verso ISBN-13: 978-0-86091-961-2, ISBN: 0-86091-961-7
"This panoramic account of political culture in the Soviet Union, by one of the leading voices of unofficial radical socialism, examines the way in which cultural life in the arts, philosophy and historiography has been able to withstand the persistent efforts of the “statocracy” to extinguish independent thought."
Nicholas II(1st Edition) Last of the Tsars 通过 Marc Ferro, BrianPearce Hardcover, 336 页, 发布时间 1993 通过 Oxford University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-19-508192-3, ISBN: 0-19-508192-7
"One of the world's preeminent historians, Marc Ferro is a leading member of the Annales School of France and a recognized authority on early twentieth-century European history. For well over two decades, in volumes such as The February Revolution of 1917 and October 1917, he has demonstrated an unsurpassed skill in capturing the social and political forces that led to the Russian Revolution. Now Ferro turns his considerable talents to t ..."
A Boot Up The Quantocks 10 Leisure Walks of Discovery 通过 BrianPearce Hardcover, 64 页, 发布时间 2009 通过 Pixz Books ISBN-13: 978-1-906887-14-8, ISBN: 1-906887-14-4
"Although never more than four miles wide and sandwiched between the Somerset Levels and the Vale of Taunton, the Quantocks rise to over 1,200 feet and afford sweeping views over much of Somerset."
"As an introduction to her detailed study Professor Lublinskaya presents a summary and critique of the whole 'general crisis' interpretation of seventeenth-century European history which is regularly a subject for heated debate among Western historians. However, it is as a specialist in the history of seventeenth-century France that Professor Lublinskaya approaches the problem of the general crisis. The major part of her book is a detail ..."
Exmoor (The official National Park guide) 通过 BrianPearce, Ian Mercer Paperback, 112 页, 发布时间 2001 通过 David & Charles ISBN-13: 978-1-898630-15-9, ISBN: 1-898630-15-1
"Exmoor Exmoor is a moorland plateau in Devon and Somerset. The National Park includes not only Exmoor but also the Brendon Hills to the east and the Vale of Porlock to the north. Wildlife in the park includes wild ponies, red deer and buzzards soaring overhead. Full description"
"This CfE Maths Problem-Solving Skills Pupil Book features lots of differentiated maths investigations to help pupils transfer their maths skills to real-life contexts. Each engaging activity is based on a real-life application of maths, with the relevant CfE Outcomes and Experiences clearly identified. * clearly presented, differentiated maths investigations * engaging activities based on real-life applications of maths * suitable for ..."
" Islam and Capitalism is a learned, engaging rebuttal of the cultural reductionism of Max Weber and others who have tried to explain the politics and society of the Middle East by reference to some unchanging entity called “Islam,” typically characterized as instinctively hostile to capitalism. Maxime Rodinson looks at the facts, analyzing economic texts with his customary common sense, to show that Muslims never had any problem making ..."
Minehead Town & City Memories (Town and City Memories) 通过 BrianPearce, Francis Frith Paperback, 96 页, 发布时间 2006 通过 Frith Book Company Ltd. ISBN-13: 978-1-85937-953-0, ISBN: 1-85937-953-2
"This is the first English translation of important writings on the Thirty Years' War by the great Soviet historian B.F. Porshnev. Dukes has selected the most enlightening areas of Porshnev's unparalleled research to fill a crucial gap in our understanding of the conflict, and has set Porshnev's work firmly in context with a comprehensive introduction and evaluation. A significant reinterpretation of a fascinating period, the book will i ..."
"Stuart R. Schram and Helene Carre re d'Encausse, Marxism and Asia, Allen
Lane The Penguin Press, London, 1969, p. 22. 36. In Lenin's analysis of
imperialism, the scientific rigour is greatly affected by his political concern with
the fight ..."
"For nearly twenty years, two men from Georgia dominated the Russians and their empire: Stalin and his ruthless henchman Beria. Much is known about Stalin, but little about the increasing psychosis in the Kremlin where an arm amicably laid on one's shoulder could mean death. In this compelling book, Beria's son draws on many political and personal events to portray his father, and explain the incomprehensible loyalty that Stalin inspired ..."
A History of Everyday Things(1st Edition) The Birth of Consumption in France, 1600-1800 通过 Daniel Roche, BrianPearce Paperback, 320 页, 发布时间 2000 通过 Cambridge University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-521-63359-8, ISBN: 0-521-63359-1
"Things which we regard as the everyday objects of consumption (and hence re-purchase), and essential to any decent, civilised lifestyle, have not always been so: in former times, everyday objects would have passed from one generation to another, without anyone dreaming of acquiring new ones. How, therefore, have people in the modern world become 'prisoners of objects', as Rousseau put it? The celebrated French cultural historian Daniel ..."
"This is the first English translation of important writings on the Thirty Years' War by the great Soviet historian B.F. Porshnev. Dukes has selected the most enlightening areas of Porshnev's unparalleled research to fill a crucial gap in our understanding of the conflict, and has set Porshnev's work firmly in context with a comprehensive introduction and evaluation. A significant reinterpretation of a fascinating period, the book will i ..."