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“kenneth bartlett”

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  • The Civilization of the Italian Renaissance

    A Sourcebook, Second Edition

    Edited by Kenneth Bartlett ...
    The Civilization of the Italian Renaissance brings together a selection of primary source documents designed to introduce students to the richness of the period. For this edition, a new chapter on Dante and his time provides a useful transition to the Renaissance from the culture of the Middle Ages. There are also new selections on warfare, education, Florence, humanism, the Church, and the later ... Read more

    $53.99 USD

  • The Experience of History

    by Kenneth Bartlett ...
    The Experience of History is a lively and passionate introduction to the field that encourages students to seek and appreciate history inside the classroom and beyond. This work:Defines history as a discipline and the role of historians within itAddresses the analytical and critical thinking skills needed to engage with the pastDiscusses a variety of important topics in the study of history, such ... Read more

    $23.00 USD

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    A Short History of the Popes

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    “Lascelles has achieved the seemingly impossible: a concise and highly readable history of Catholic Popes that manages to be extremely entertaining and informative at the same time.”Gerald Posner, author of God’s Bankers"A brilliant book on a number of different levels. Lascelles has an engaging prose style and an amazing eye for detail and apposite anecdote. Surely only purblind Catholic zelanti ... Read more

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  • Natural Experiments of History

    by Jared Diamond ...
    In eight case studies by leading scholars in history, archaeology, business, economics, geography, and political science, the authors showcase the “natural experiment” or “comparative method”—well-known in any science concerned with the past—on the discipline of human history. That means, according to the editors, “comparing, preferably quantitatively and aided by statistical analyses, different ... Read more

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  • The Art of War

    Two Perspectives

    by Sun Tzu, Niccolò Machiavelli ...
    Sun-Tzu's 'Art of War' is perhaps the most important book ever written about warfare. It can be used and adapted in every facet of your life. This book explains when and how to go to war, as well as when not to. The wisdom of the ages is distilled here, and no one has ever written a book about war that has become more important or replaced or topped the knowledge in this book. Niccolò Machiavelli ... Read more

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  • Historians In Trouble

    Plagiarism, Fraud, and Politics in the Ivory Tower

    by Jon Wiener ...
    Historians in Trouble is investigative journalist and historian Jon Wiener's "incisive and entertaining" (New Statesman, UK) account of several of the most notorious history scandals of the last few years.Focusing on a dozen key controversies ranging across the political spectrum and representing a wide array of charges, Wiener seeks to understand why some cases make the headlines and end careers, ... Read more

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  • History and Its Limits

    Human, Animal, Violence

    by Dominick LaCapra ...
    Dominick LaCapra's History and Its Limits articulates the relations among intellectual history, cultural history, and critical theory, examining the recent rise of "Practice Theory" and probing the limitations of prevalent forms of humanism. LaCapra focuses on the problem of understanding extreme cases, specifically events and experiences involving violence and victimization. He asks how ... Read more

    $22.99 USD

  • The Pursuit of Glory

    The Five Revolutions that Made Modern Europe: 1648-1815

    by Tim Blanning ...
    Series series The Penguin History of Europe
    **"History writing at its glorious best."--The New York Times"A triumphant success. [Blanning] brings knowledge, expertise, sound judgment and a colorful narrative style."--The EconomistThe New York Times bestselling volume in the Penguin History of Europe series**Between the end of the Thirty Years' War and the Battle of Waterloo, Europe underwent an extraordinary transformatoin that saw five of ... Read more

    $15.99 USD

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  • Gender and the Historian

    by Johanna Alberti ...
    Series series Making History
    Why are most famous historians men? How have women changed the writing of history over the last decades? What lives and stories have been hidden from history?Until recently history was predominantly the domain of men. That men were the authors of our past meant that in many cases only half of the story was told. In the second half of the twentieth century, however, the picture changed. Women, and ... Read more

    $64.99 USD

  • The Ultimate Rodrigo Borgia Collection

    by Charles River Editors ...
    Includes:•Charles River Editors original biography of Rodrigo Borgia•Arnold Mathews The Life and Times of Rodrigo Borgia , Pope Alexander VIAlexander never did what he said.Cesare never said what he did. Italian ProverbThere have been no shortage of controversial Popes who were accused by Catholics and other Christians of impropriety, but the most controversial of all was the Borgia Pope, ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • The Craft of International History

    A Guide to Method

    by Marc Trachtenberg ...
    This is a practical guide to the historical study of international politics. The focus is on the nuts and bolts of historical research--that is, on how to use original sources, analyze and interpret historical works, and actually write a work of history. Two appendixes provide sources sure to be indispensable for anyone doing research in this area.The book does not simply lay down precepts. It ... Read more

    $35.99 USD

  • Colonialism and Decolonization in National Historical Cultures and Memory Politics in Europe

    Modules for History Lessons

    Edited by Uta Fenske, Daniel Groth, Klaus-Michael Guse, Bärbel P. Kuhn ...
    Colonialism and decolonization are historical phenomena that are part of the historical experience of many European countries. This volume offers students and teachers a new understanding of how colonialism and decolonization fit into our shared European past and contains teaching materials for history classes in European schools. The contributions have been produced by the EU project CoDec, ... Read more

    $69.99 USD