European cartographers and the Ottoman World 1500-1750

maps from the collection of O.J. Sopranos

This lavishly illustrated catalogue of the exhibit European Cartographers and the Ottoman World, 1500-1750, explores how mapmakers sought to document a new geography of the Near East that reconciled classical ideas and theories with the information collected and brought back by travellers and voyagers. The ...

Corpus Rhetoricum

Anonyme : Préambule à la rhétorique. Aphtonios : Progymnasmata. En annexe : Pseudo-Hermogène : Progymnasmata

The antiquities of Athens

measured and delineated by James Stuart and Nicholas Revett, painters and architects

James 'Athenian' Stuart and Nicholas Revett-s monumental Antiquities of Athens was the first accurate survey of ancient Greek architecture ever completed. Based on precise measured drawings done at the sites of the ancient ruins between 1751 and 1754, these books set a new standard for ...

World without end?

environmental disaster and the collapse of Empires

When the Aegean island of Thera was blown apart in the Bronze Age by a volcanic explosion larger than that of Krakatoa the scale of the disaster was so great some believe it to have inspired the legend of Atlantis. When the conquistadors arrived in ...

Mussolini's Rome

rebuilding the eternal city

Rome was Mussolini's obsession. After coming to power in 1922, Mussolini spent two decades rebuilding Rome as the foremost site and symbol of the new fascist order. Through an ambitious program of demolition and construction, he sought to make Rome a capital that both ...

A people's history of the world

From earliest human society to the Holy Roman Empire, from the Middle Ages to the Enlightenment, from the Industrial Revolution to the end of the millennium, Chris Harman provides a brilliant and comprehensive history of the planet.Eschewing the standard histories of "Great Men," of ...

Ending terrorism

lessons for defeating al-Qaeda

Terrorism, like war, never ends; but individual terrorist campaigns and the groups that perpetuate them always do. Why? This Adelphi Paper comparatively examines the waning days of terrorist groups, to understand crucial points where a critical mass of factors developed and led toward their demise ...

Opposing Europe?

the comparative party politics of euroscepticism.Vol.2: comparative and theorical perspectives

The project of European integration now spans Europe, but in becoming bigger and broader the European Union has brought on itself significant criticism. As the EU becomes deeper, wider, and more ambitious, so opposition and scepticism become more prominent for citizens and more problematic for ...

Leyenda negra y leyendas doradas en la conquista de América

Pedrarias y Balboa

Este libro, basado en cientos de documentos inéditos, abre nuevas perspectivas sobre la conquista de América a través de las vidas entrecruzadas de dos de sus protagonistas, Pedrarias Dávila (1468-1531) y Vasco Núñez de Balboa (1475-1519). Lejos de ser Balboa un héroe dorado y Pedrarias ...

Inventing Human Rights

a history

Human rights is a concept that only came to the forefront during the eighteenth century. When the American Declaration of Independence declared "all men are created equal" and the French proclaimed the Declaration of the Rights of Man, they were bringing a new guarantee into ...

Driving innovation

intellectual property strategies for a dynamic world

How does IP balance the exclusive rights of innovators with public demand for access to their innovations? How can organizations manage IP strategically to meet their goals? How do IP strategies play out on the global stage? Driving Innovation reveals the dynamics of intellectual property ...

Lula of Brazil

the story so far

Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's dramatic life story has captured the imagination of millions, and his progressive politics have brought hope and excitement to Brazil - and the world. This work is the first major English language biography of the metalworker who became president of ...

El retorno de la historia y el fin de los sueños

La idea, dominante a principios de los años noventa, de que el mundo había llegado a una era de concordia mundial ha resultado ser errónea: hemos entrado de pleno en un periodo de divergencia. Los expertos en ciencia política, de acuerdo con una visión determinista ...

Diario del viaje a Moscovia

El Diario del viaje a Moscovia del duque de Liria y Jérica, embajador plenipotenciario del Rey nuestro Señor (que Dios guarde) el señor Phelipe V a la Corte de Rusia, partiendo de Madrid el día 10 de marzo de 1727 y pasando por las cortes ...

Geography

a very short introduction

Modern Geography has come a long way from its historical roots in exploring foreign lands, and simply mapping and naming the regions of the world. Spanning both physical and human Geography, the discipline today is unique as a subject which can bridge the divide between ...

La imagen de Madrid en los años centrales del siglo XVIII

Aldo Rossi concibe la ciudad como una relación dinámica entre la fijeza del espacio y sus volúmenes, por una parte, y, por otra, la diferente utilización y el desplazamiento recíproco que éstos sufren a lo largo del tiempo. Tales transformaciones se captan, sin embargo, en ...

Madrid en 1854

A lo largo de buena parte de la historia, la ciudad ha sido un espacio clausurado, cerrado. Principalmente ha sido un espacio jurídico, pero también un espacio cultural y de libertad. Esto permite estar al tanto de las novedades en arte, en filosofía, en literatura ...

Indumentaria tradicional manchega

Epistolario de Sor Dolores Peña y Lillo

(Chile, 1763-1769)

Edición del epistolario hasta ahora desconocido y único en su género tanto por sus significativas dimensiones como por conservarse de forma íntegra. Uno de los pocos ejemplos que se conservan de entre los muchos que, se supone, escribieron las monjas por orden de sus confesores.

El Monasterio de Santa Clara la Real de Toledo

De forma amena, el libro recopila información de los principales conventos de Toledo, sin renunciar al rigor histórico. Dividido en 10 capítulos, en el libro también se hace también un repaso del devenir histórico del propio monasterio, que cuenta ya con siete siglos de existencia.