Modern, Industrial Archaeology

ISBN: 9780718892074
Published by : Lutterworth Press
Dissent or Conform examines how churches reacted to, and were affected by, the two world wars. Its underlying theme, however, is how the Church can be a creatively dissenting community, focusing on how easily the church can turn into a conforming... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781846741494
Published by : Countryside Books
Series: England's Living History
Steam engines, with their hissing pistons, revolving wheels, and smell of oil and coal smoke, have an irresistible attraction for many of us.The realisation that steam could be used to power machinery became one of the great Eureka moments of h... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781859463024
Published by : English Heritage
Series: Twentieth-Century Architects
Peter Aldington started his independent architectural practice in 1962, quickly earning an international reputation for designing small houses that respected their village locations and achieved magical transitions between interior and garden. ... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9783515093026
Published by : Franz Steiner Verlag
Series: Beiträge zur Geschichte der Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz. Neue Folge - Zeitzeugenerinnerungen
Volume: 7
This volume presents individual biographies of teaching staff in the departments of chemistry and pharmaceuticals at the Johannes-Gutenberg University in Mainz after 1946. German text.
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ISBN: 9782600012171
Published by : Librairie Droz S.A.
Series: RECHERCHES ET RENCONTRES
Volume: 26
Today's globalizing communications networks draw their origins from the Réseaux de l'esprit of the Ancien Régime which united academies, men of letters, literary societies and intellectuals, and which are the subject of the sixteen articles in ... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781905739264
Published by : Archaeopress
Six previously unpublished letters from the archives of the British Library, London, by the young scholar Christopher Wordsworth (1807-1885), nephew of William, detailing his travels around newly-independent Greece in 1832/3. With an introducti... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9783777421612
Published by : Hirmer Verlag GmbH
Gustave Caillebotte's (1848-1894) paintings grasp the viewer due to their radicalism and modernity. In this monograph with 48 individual analyses, the oeuvre of this idiosyncratic newcomer amongst the impressionists is presented to the public f... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9783777420813
Published by : Hirmer Verlag GmbH
The myth of the ocean liner still holds a special fascination. The imaginative beauty of the posters that advertised the major shipping companies comes to life in this oversized format. Over 200 posters from nearly 100 years are presented.
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ISBN: 9782600012966
Published by : Librairie Droz S.A.
Series: HISTOIRE DES IDéES ET CRITIQUE LITTéRAIRE
Volume: 452
English summary: Rodolphe Töpffer's correspondence reflects tense times for Geneva, as well as his personal literary activities and involvement in a number of intellectual conflicts. Töpffer's epistolary exchanges also reveal a wide-spr... .... Learn More