Post-Medieval

ISBN: 9781592110254
Published by : Center for Romanian Studies
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Written by one of the country’s most renowned rulers, A Description of Moldavia provides unique insight into the geography, history, economy, ethnography, culture, and traditions of the principality. Born to a noble family, the author, Dimitrie Ca... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781789255225
Published by : Oxbow Books
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This volume is a comprehensive analysis of the three primary elements of the ground-breaking historic industrial complex created to the west of Birmingham in the 18th century and associated with Matthew Boulton, James Watt, and William Murdoch. Th... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781911137160
Published by : Wessex Archaeology
Series: Wessex Archaology Occasional Paper
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Excavations at Bath Quays Waterside represent the first detailed archaeological investigation of industrial buildings and housing within a ‘slum’ district on the southern edge of the city. The area was first developed in the early 18th century, an... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780876615539
Published by : American School of Classical Studies at Athens
Series: Hesperia Supplement
Volume: 51
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An unparalleled assemblage of Archaic black-figure painted plaques was uncovered near Penteskouphia, a village west of ancient Corinth, over a century ago. The plaques—represented by over 1,200 fragments—and their depictions of gods, warriors, ani... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780813179339
Published by : University Press of Kentucky
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Between 1820 and 1913, thousands of black people left the United States to start new lives in Liberia, Africa, in what was at the time the largest outmigration in US history. When Tolbert Major, a Kentucky slave and single father, was offered his ... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780813178714
Published by : University Press of Kentucky
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In March 1856, a dead body washed onto the shore of the Mississippi River. Nothing out of the ordinary. In those days, people fished corpses from the river with alarming frequency. But this body, with its arms and legs tied to a chair, struck an e... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781942699279
Published by : Holy Trinity Seminary Press
This book is a critical study of the interaction between Russian Church and society in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. At a time of rising nationalist movement throughout Europe, Orthodox patriots advocated for the place of the Ch... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781789253221
Published by : Oxbow Books
Industrialisation is a notoriously complex issue in terms of the hazards and benefits it has brought to human beings in our endeavours to improve our lives. This is never more evident than in the field of health and medicine, where there are many ... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780876619698
Published by : American School of Classical Studies at Athens
Between 1931 and 1939, central Athens was transformed by the expropriation and demolition of the Vrysaki neighborhood at the foot of the Acropolis. In these few years, more than 5,000 inhabitants were displaced and 348 properties were torn down so... .... Learn More