Gabriel - 19th Century 1

Negli anni Quaranta dell’Ottocento l’Italia era ancora un mosaico di Stati, ma nel giro di vent’anni una serie di guerre condotte dai Savoia del Piemonte e da volontari come Garibaldi consentirono l……続きを見る

The Compleat Surgeon: Or, the Whole Art of Surgery Explain’d in a Most Familiar Method is a seminal medical manual first published in the early 18th century, attributed to Charles Gabriel Le Clerc a……続きを見る

Past and Present (1843) juxtaposes Jocelin of Brakelond's chronicle of Abbot Samson at St Edmundsbury with the factories and poorhouses of industrial Britain. This genre-bending history-sermon indic……続きを見る

Astoria (A Western Classic) narrates John Jacob Astor's Pacific Fur Company venture (1810–1813) to plant a trading post at the Columbia's mouth. In poised, documentary prose enlivened by picturesque……続きを見る

Le premier colloque international sur les traités de Makoko et de Brazza, par une analyse croisée d’historiens, d’économistes, de juristes, de sociologues et de psychologues, soulève la polémique au……続きを見る

Dès le xixe siècle, la contribution des savants à la révolution industrielle, le développement de la science et son institutionnalisation, avec la mise en place de chaires universitaires puis de lab……続きを見る

Scopri l'epopea di un uomo che ha osato sfidare il destino e riscrivere la storia di Roma! La vita di Cola di Rienzo di Gabriele D'Annunzio è un viaggio avvincente nel cuore del Medioevo, un'epoca d……続きを見る

The War of the Triple Alliance is the largest single conflict in the history of South America. Drawing Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay and Paraguay into conflict the war was characterized by extraordinar……続きを見る

In "The Adventures of the Ojibbeway and Ioway Indians in Europe," George Catlin presents an engaging and vivid account of his travels with indigenous tribes in Europe during the 19th century. Throug……続きを見る

Lavishly illustrated with over 100 illustrations that detail the composition, organization, uniforms, weapons and equipment of each force. The Crimean War was the first major European war since the ……続きを見る

In 1837, Queen Victoria inherited an army that had not changed greatly from that which defeated Napoleon in 1815, although reform was already under way. The process of reorganization and modernizati……続きを見る

Entre la fin du XIXe siècle et la Première Guerre mondiale, le jeune État italien connaît un vaste mouvement migratoire qui porte plusieurs millions de ses citoyens à chercher fortune ailleurs. Si l……続きを見る

In Search of Liberty explores how African Americans, since the founding of the United States, have understood their struggles for freedom as part of the larger Atlantic world. The essays in this vol……続きを見る

"Colombia, la grande reúne las perspectivas de destacados historiadores e historiadoras en una obra colectiva que ofrece una mirada innovadora y crítica sobre la primera República de Colombia (1819-……続きを見る

This unique collection of "SLAVERY: Hundreds of Documented Testimonies of Former Slaves, Influential Memoirs, Records on Living Conditions and Customs in the South & History of Abolitionist Movement……続きを見る

In "The Crime Against Kansas," Charles Sumner delivers a passionate and incisive critique of the pro-slavery forces undermining the integrity of the young Kansas territory during the contentious era……続きを見る

During most of the nineteenth century, physicians and pharmacists alike considered medical patenting and the use of trademarks by drug manufacturers unethical forms of monopoly; physicians who presc……続きを見る

The War of the Triple Alliance is the largest single conflict in the history of South America. Drawing Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay and Paraguay into conflict the war was characterized by extraordinar……続きを見る

The First Carlist War broke out after the death of King Ferdinand VII, the king restored at the end of the Peninsular War thanks to Wellington's victory. The crown was claimed by both his daughter I……続きを見る

In the 1840s, Italy was a patchwork of states. The North was ruled by the Austrian Empire, the South by the Spanish-descended monarchy of the Two Sicilies. Over the next two decades, after wars led ……続きを見る

The restoration of the Meiji Imperial dynasty in 1868, after 250 years of the Tokugawa Shogunate, decisively opened Japan to the outside world and the monarchy embraced modernization, including the ……続きを見る

This book describes and illustrates the armies of the embattled Ottoman Turkish Empire involved in 19th-century wars during the Empire's long spiral of decline. During the so called 'long 19th centu……続きを見る

This highly illustrated study examines, in detail, the brutal Paraguayan War of 1864–70, one of the largest and bloodiest conflicts in South American history. The Paraguayan War, also known as the W……続きを見る

In "Notes Geographical and Historical, Relating to the Town of Brooklyn in Kings County on Long-Island," Gabriel Furman presents a meticulous account of Brooklyn's geographical and historical develo……続きを見る

Clara und Alois aus dem südbadischen Fautenbach hatten gerade eine kleine Familie gegründet, als der Zweite Weltkrieg ausbrach und Alois in den Krieg musste. Unzählige Liebesbriefe schrieben sich di……続きを見る

Eroe o carnefice? Benefattore o flagello? Il giudizio dei posteri non è mai stato concorde sulla figura di Charles-Antoine Manhès, aiutante di campo di Gioacchino Murat, incaricato negli anni 10 del……続きを見る

"El libro mantiene el foco en su heroína, y reconoce que la historia de Victoria es también amena y que ella tenía un instinto natural para el espectáculo", New York Times. "La fascinante biografía ……続きを見る

Brilliantly researched and wonderfully written, this book reveals the rarely glimpsed and heartbreakingly human side of the man whose works would redefine the world after his death. Drawing upon pre……続きを見る