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Modern China by Wasserstrom, Jeffrey
Category: History | Series: Oxford Illustrated History Ser.
This lavishly illustrated volume explores the history of China during a period of dramatic shifts and surprising transformations, from the founding of the Qing Dynasty (1644-1912) through to the present day. The Oxford Illustrated History of Modern China promises to be essential reading for anyone who w ...Show more
OXFORD ILUSTRATED HISTORY OF THE THIRD REICH by GELLATELY ROBERT
Category: History | Series: Oxford Illustrated History Ser.
At age thirty in 1919, Adolf Hitler had no accomplishments. He was a rootless loner, a corporal in a shattered army, without money or prospects. A little more than twenty years later, in autumn 1941, he directed his dynamic forces against the Soviet Union, and in December, the Germans were at the gates ...Show more
The Oxford Illustrated History of Science by Iwan Rhys Morus
Category: Science | Series: Oxford Illustrated History Ser.
The Oxford Illustrated History of Science is the first-ever fully illustrated global history of science, from Aristotle to the atom bomb - and beyond. The first part of the book tells the story of science in both the East and West from antiquity to the Enlightenment: from the ancient Mediterranean worl ...Show more
The Oxford Illustrated History of the Book by James Raven (Editor)
Category: Languages and Reference | Series: Oxford Illustrated History Ser.
In 14 original essays, The Oxford Illustrated History of the Book reveals the history of books in all their various forms, from the ancient world to the digital present. Leading international scholars offer an original and richly illustrated narrative that is global in scope. The history of the book ...Show more
The Oxford Illustrated History of the Renaissance by Gordon Campbell (Editor)
Category: History | Series: Oxford Illustrated History Ser.
The Renaissance is one of the most celebrated periods in European history. But when did it begin? When did it end? And what did it include? Traditionally regarded as a revival of classical art and learning, centred upon fifteenth-century Italy, views of the Renaissance have changed considerably in recen ...Show more
The Oxford Illustrated History of the Renaissance by Gordon Campbell (Editor)
Category: Art and Design | Series: Oxford Illustrated History Ser.
The Renaissance is one of the most celebrated periods in European history. But when did it begin? When did it end? And what did it include?Traditionally regarded as a revival of classical art and learning, centred upon fifteenth-century Italy, views of the Renaissance have changed considerably in recent ...Show more
The Oxford Illustrated History of the World by Felipe Fernández-Armesto (Editor)
Category: History | Series: Oxford Illustrated History Ser.
Imagine the planet, as if from an immense distance of time and space, as a galactic observer might see it--with the kind of objectivity that we, who are enmeshed in our history, can´t attain.The Oxford Illustrated History of the World encompasses the whole span of human history. It brings together some ...Show more
The Oxford Illustrated History of the World by Felipe Fernández-Armesto (Editor)
Category: History | Series: Oxford Illustrated History Ser.
Imagine the planet, as if from an immense distance of time and space, as a galactic observer might see it -- with the kind of objectivity that we, who are enmeshed in our history, can't attain.The Oxford Illustrated History of the World encompasses the whole span of human history. It brings together som ...Show more
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