Looks at hundreds of autobiographies penned between 1760 and 1900 to offer an account of how the Industrial Revolution was experienced by the working class. This book shows how it raised incomes, improved literacy and offered exciting opportunities for political action.
Shows how our debates are rooted in the many controversies surrounding the birth of the religion and the earliest attempts to resolve them. This title explores the... Læs mere
The untold story of how the Dutch conquered the European book market and became the world's greatest bibliophiles
A long-awaited survey of female Abstract Expressionist artists revealing the richness and lasting influence of their work
This study of Edward I, first published in 1988, is an account of one of the leading monarchs of the Middle Ages. Examining manuscript sources, the book reveals a capable monarch who pioneered legal and parliamentary change, conquered Wales and came close to conquering Scotland.
A fresh and insightful history of how the German arts-and-letters scene was transformed under the Nazis
Edith Grossman, celebrated for her brilliant translation of Don Quixote, offers a dazzling new version of another Cervantes classic
Featuring extended analyses of the author's most cherished poets - Shakespeare, Whitman, and Crane - as well as inspired appreciations of Emerson,... Læs mere
This biography of Edward the Confessor, first published in 1970, aims to rescue the image of the King from what the author sees as myth and bogus scholarship. Disentangling fact... Læs mere
Winner of the 1991 Elaine and David Spitz Book Prize for the best book on liberal and/or democratic theory, this book discusses what democracy is and why it is important. It examines basic assumptions of democratic theory and tests them against the questions raised by critics.