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réf. B9780521466455Paperback / softback. New. This book challenges the received view that Darwinism generated essentially aggressive and warlike social values and pugnacious images of humankind and throws important new light upon militarism peace movements the origins of World War I and British social thought. paperback
réf. B9780521890977Paperback / softback. New. Elections occupied an important place in the French Revolution yet until recently they have received little attention. This book explores all types of election from 1789 to 1799 and is based on extensive research on the role of elections in the different regions of France. paperback
réf. B9780521636476Paperback / softback. New. This book examines whether setting up democratic local councils in four developing countries Ghana Cote d'Ivoire Bangladesh and India enhances the popularity responsiveness and effectiveness of administration. The authors make an important contribution to current debates about 'good governance' asking whether the poor and disadvantaged benefit from decentralisation. paperback
réf. B9780521107358Paperback / softback. New. This is an intellectual biography of Benjamin Kidd a leading Social Darwinist in the years before World War I and a social prophet in the tradition of Comte and Spencer. paperback
réf. B9780521128629Paperback / softback. New. This provocative study assesses the claim that Shelley suffered throughout his life from a youthful contraction of venereal disease and reveals the importance of meaning of disease and healing in Shelley's poetry. paperback
1973réf. mon0002930658Her Majestyis Stationery Office 1973-01-01. Hardcover. Acceptable. 2.5197 9.9213 7.6378. Ex library copy with usual markings. No jacket. Inside back and front hinge have cracked but remain intact. Her Majestyis Stationery Office hardcover
1976réf. mon0000805140John Wiley & Sons Inc 1976T. paperback. Good. 0.7000 in x 8.2000 in x 5.3000 in. John Wiley & Sons Inc paperback
réf. 33005801New York 1843. A holographic letter sheet size opens to be 40 x 25.4 cm. folds down to be 13 x 7 cm. very good wax seal torn to open the letter single page of text 20 x 25. 4 cm. very good written in a bold hand Dated Dec. 9 1843. This is a fascinating and superb piece of diplomatic history vis-à-vis the first American commercial trade treaty with China thus stabilizing trade with China and America. This item concerns the gift to China of a working steam train model. The letter is addressed to Gilbert Thompson Chief Engineer of the U.S. Navy Washington City D.C. Forwarding a $60 claim for the model of a Steam Train Engine made by Jabez B. Crook "to your order last summer to be taken to China." WHO WAS JABEZ B. CROOK: Crook was a very skilled machinist and he produced a model Steam Train of such high quality that it was intended as a diplomatic gift to the Emperor of China to open commercial trade with America. Crook was later known for his superb quality bamboo fishing rods and was a pioneer for his hand-crafted fishing reels. . With the new appointment of Caleb Cushing to be the Honorable U.S. ENVOY EXTRAORDIANARY TO CHINA and former Massachusetts Congressman Cushing wanted to impress the Chinese with America's new and technological marvels such as the telegraph new daguerreotype photography and a model steam train engine. To that end Cushing enlisted John R. Peters Jr. a brilliant young engineer to accompany his diplomatic mission to China in order to "exhibit the finest fruits of American mechanical ingenuity before the Chinese." It was most likely that Peters commissioned Crook to sell the U.S. Government this steam train placing the order through Thomson a lawyer who was the Navy's "Chief Engineer" because his father a Justice of the Supreme court had once been a Secretary of the Navy. More research is needed about the model train and its voyage and delivery to the Chinese. THE STEAM TRAIN: A fascinating association in that a similar if not identical steam train telegraph and other American marvels were delivered to the Japanese in 1854 as gifts to the Japanese all of which is well documented in the Commodore Perry Expedition. We are still researching to confirm this is the exact one made by Crook. The fact remains that a steam train was given as one of many gifts to the Japanese and for sure Caleb Cushing was also involved with these gifts to Japan with the opening of trade with Commodore Perry just a few years after the opening of China. See Pineau below. Although Cushing did petition to have audience with the Emperor of China after his arrival to Canton this was denied instead met with the Governor of Guandong & Guangxi who was the highest Chinese official he could muster and said to be the emissary of the Emperor of China. The Treaty of Wanghia was signed on July 3 1844 at Kun Iam Temple a village in north Macau. CONDITION: The letter is in excellent condition with a very faint and small stain on the recto and another on the verso which does not affect any text. There are two black stamps from "BARNUM'S CITI HOTEL MONUMENT SQUARE BALTIMORE" on the verso along with the addressee's address "Gilbert Thompson Esq Chief Engineer of Navy Washington City. D.C." Folded and red seal wax sealed a minor bit of paper was torn naturally when this letter was opened. The remains of the seal closure on opposite side. No envelope as was standard for the times but having an integral envelope by folding and wax sealing the paper. Nice condition boldly written in wide pen. Signed by J.G. Staples the lawyer. REFERENCES: The Treaty of Wanghia: Roger.: THE JAPAN EXPEDITION 1852-1855 OF COMMODORE MATTHEW CALBRAITH PERRY: see pages 173-174 last paragraph: "We have established a magnetic telegraph.we have laid down the entire railroad track sent from the United States and put the steam engine tender and car in excellent practical operation carrying round the circle many of the astonished natives. We have exhibited and explained the use of numerous useful inventions of our country." And on p. 176-177: AMERICAN GIFTS. ".First assistant engineer Danby with the requisite number of mechanics was employed in unpacking and putting in working order the locomotive engine whilst Messrs. Draper and Williams were equally busy in preparing the erect the telegraphic posts for the extension of the magnetic lines for the telegraph." RE: Crook: Crook's fishing tackle: rcas-reel-news-january-html . unknown
2013réf. 124360Frances Lincoln Ltd. . New. Hardcover. FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - Flawless copy brand new pristine never opened -- 432 pages; over 300 illustrations a number of which are in color. -- with a bonus offer-- . 2013. 0711233497 . Frances Lincoln Ltd. hardcover
2016réf. 116168Fairchild Books. New. Paperback. FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - Flawless copy brand new pristine never opened - -- with a bonus offer--; Required Reading Range . 2016. 1472569008 . Fairchild Books paperback
2012réf. 97561Routledge. New. Hardcover. FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - Flawless copy brand new pristine never opened -- 264 pp. ; 15 illus. -- with a bonus offer--; Media Practice; 'Tim Crook has written an important and much-needed book and its arrival on our shelves has come at a highly appropriate time.' Professor Seán Street Bournemouth University The Sound Handbook maps theoretical and practical connections between the creation and study of sound across the multi-media spectrum of film radio music sound art websites animation and computer games entertainment and stage theatre. Using an interdisciplinary approach Tim Crook explores the technologies philosophies and cultural issues involved in making and experiencing sound investigating soundscape debates and providing both intellectual and creative production information. The book covers the history theory and practice of sound and includes practical production projects and a glossary of key terms. The Sound Handbook is supported by a companion website signposted throughout the book with further practical and theoretical resources dedicated to bridging the creation and study of sound across professional platforms and academic disciplines. . 2012. 0415551501 . Routledge hardcover
1967réf. 13353Ithaca NY: Cornell University Press. As New. Hardcover. FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - AS NEW THE TEXT BLOCK IS PRISTINE CLEAN UNMARKED AND IN EXCELLENT CONDITION - -- with a bonus offer--; 013353; Ex-Library . 1967. Cornell University Press hardcover
1971réf. 1416243New York Heidelberg Berlin: Springer-Verlag 1971. First Thus Edition. Hardcover. Octavo 206 pages. In Very Good minus condition with a Good dust jacket. Spine black with white lettering. Exterior has moderate wear including slight rubbing/chipping to the head/tail edges with mild age toning to the jacket interior. Boards have slight wear including mild tilt to the spine. Text block has moderate wear including slight age toning to the edges and light foxing to few pages. Previous owner's name and former bookshop's price to the front end paper. First thus edition. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk office Case #2. 1416243. FP New Rockville Stock. Springer-Verlag hardcover
réf. 1852301546.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
2021réf. 339360Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. First Edition. Cloth. Edge tear to jacket. A nice solid copy.; 7; 6.125 X 2.3 X 9.25 inches; 931 pages . 2021. 142143783X . Johns Hopkins University Press hardcover
réf. B9781781798065Paperback / softback. New. Rather than claim to show the "essence" of Judaism Christianity or Islam this book shows the diversity within Jewish Christian and Islamic experience theological dispute and practice. paperback
réf. A9780313303401Hardback. New. Crook develops theoretical accounts of the possible mechanisms linking family background with socioeconomic success and tests competing hypotheses using a synthetic approach drawing on the strengths of the two distinct traditions of social stratification research. hardcover
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réf. B9781783270934Paperback / softback. New. Survey of the growth and development of the magnificent shrines which reached their apogee during the middle ages. paperback
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