1. |  | Title: The early Upper Paleolithic beyond Western EuropeAuthor: Brantingham, P. Jeffrey 1970- Published: University of California Press, 2004 Subjects: Anthropology | Archaeology | European History | European History | Middle Eastern HistoryPublisher's Description: This volume brings together prominent archaeologists working in areas outside Western Europe to discuss the most recent evidence for the origins of the early Upper Paleolithic and its relationship to the origin of modern humans. With a wealth of primary data from archaeological sites and regions tha . . . [more]Similar Items |
2. |  | Title: The making of Elizabethan foreign policy, 1558-1603Author: Wernham, R. B. (Richard Bruce) 1906- Published: University of California Press, 1980 Subjects: History | European HistorySimilar Items |
3. |  | Title: An archaeology of Greece: the present state and future scope of a discipline Author: Snodgrass, Anthony M Published: University of California Press, 1987 Subjects: Classics | Archaeology | European HistoryPublisher's Description: Classical archaeology probably enjoys a wider appeal than any other branch of classical or archaeological studies. As an intellectual and academic discipline, however, its esteem has not matched its popularity. Here, Anthony Snodgrass argues that classical archaeology has a rare potential in the who . . . [more]Similar Items |
4. |  | Title: A usable past: essays in European cultural history Author: Bouwsma, William James 1923- Published: University of California Press, 1990 Subjects: History | European HistoryPublisher's Description: The essays assembled here represent forty years of reflection about the European cultural past by an eminent historian. The volume concentrates on the Renaissance and Reformation, while providing a lens through which to view problems of perennial interest. A Usable Past is a book of unusual scope, t . . . [more]Similar Items |
5. |  | Title: Cholera in post-revolutionary Paris: a cultural historyAuthor: Kudlick, Catherine Jean Published: University of California Press, 1996 Subjects: History | European History | MedicinePublisher's Description: Cholera terrified and fascinated nineteenth-century Europeans more than any other modern disease. Its symptoms were gruesome, its sources were mysterious, and it tended to strike poor neighborhoods hardest. In this insightful cultural history, Catherine Kudlick explores the dynamics of class relatio . . . [more]Similar Items |
6. |  | Title: The Saga of the Volsungs: the Norse epic of Sigurd the Dragon SlayerAuthor: Byock, Jesse L Published: University of California Press, 1990 Subjects: Literature | History | European History | Folklore and MythologyPublisher's Description: The Saga of the Volsungs is an Icelandic prose epic whose anonymous thirteenth-century author based his story on the legends of Old Scandinavian folk culture. A trove of traditional lore, it tells of love, jealousy, vengeance, war, and the mythic deeds of the dragonslayer, Sigurd the Volsung. The Sa . . . [more]Similar Items |
7. |  | Title: Perceptions of Jewish historyAuthor: Funkenstein, Amos Published: University of California Press, 1993 Subjects: Jewish Studies | European HistorySimilar Items |
8. |  | Title: Opera in seventeenth-century Venice: the creation of a genre Author: Rosand, Ellen Published: University of California Press, 1990 Subjects: Music | Musicology | Opera | European HistoryPublisher's Description: Ellen Rosand shows how opera, born of courtly entertainment, took root in the special social and economic environment of seventeenth-century Venice and there developed the stylistic and aesthetic characteristics we recognize as opera today. With ninety-one music examples, most of them complete piece . . . [more]Similar Items |
9. |  | Title: Society and individual in Renaissance FlorenceAuthor: Connell, William J Published: University of California Press, 2002 Subjects: History | Renaissance History | European HistoryPublisher's Description: Renaissance Florence has often been described as the birthplace of modern individualism, as reflected in the individual genius of its great artists, scholars, and statesmen. The historical research of recent decades has instead shown that Florentines during the Renaissance remained enmeshed in relat . . . [more]Similar Items |
10. |  | Title: The English Civil War and after, 1642-1658Author: Ashton, Robert 1924- Published: University of California Press, 1970 Subjects: History | European History | Military HistorySimilar Items |
11. |  | Title: When the Soviet Union entered world politics Author: Jacobson, Jon 1938- Published: University of California Press, 1994 Subjects: History | Politics | European History | Russian and Eastern European StudiesPublisher's Description: The dissolution of the Soviet Union has aroused much interest in the USSR's role in world politics during its 74-year history and in how the international relations of the twentieth century were shaped by the Soviet Union. Jon Jacobson examines Soviet foreign relations during the period from the end . . . [more]Similar Items |
12. |  | Title: Gregory the Great: perfection in imperfectionAuthor: Straw, Carole Ellen Published: University of California Press, 1991 Subjects: History | European History | Classical History | ChristianityPublisher's Description: Gregory I (590-604) is often considered the first medieval pope and the first exponent of a truly medieval spirituality. Carole Straw places Gregory in his historical context and considers the many facets of his personality - monk, preacher, and pope - in order to elucidate the structure of his thou . . . [more]Similar Items |
13. |  | Title: Decadent enchantments: the revival of Gregorian chant at SolesmesAuthor: Bergeron, Katherine Published: University of California Press, 1998 Subjects: Music | Musicology | French Studies | European HistoryPublisher's Description: The oldest written tradition of European music, the art we know as Gregorian chant, is seen from an entirely new perspective in Katherine Bergeron's engaging and literate study. Bergeron traces the history of the Gregorian revival from its Romantic origins in a community of French monks at Solesmes, . . . [more]Similar Items |
14. |  | Title: The three-piece suit and modern masculinity: England, 1550-1850Author: Kuchta, David 1960- Published: University of California Press, 2002 Subjects: History | European History | Men and MasculinityPublisher's Description: In 1666, King Charles II felt it necessary to reform Englishmen's dress by introducing a fashion that developed into the three-piece suit. We learn what inspired this royal revolution in masculine attire--and the reasons for its remarkable longevity--in David Kuchta's engaging and handsomely illustr . . . [more]Similar Items |
15. |  | Title: The Jews of Britain, 1656 to 2000Author: Endelman, Todd M Published: University of California Press, 2002 Subjects: Jewish Studies | European History | Ethnic Studies | ImmigrationPublisher's Description: In Todd Endelman's spare and elegant narrative, the history of British Jewry in the modern period is characterized by a curious mixture of prominence and inconspicuousness. British Jews have been central to the unfolding of key political events of the modern period, especially the establishment of t . . . [more]Similar Items |
16. |  | Title: Aryans and British IndiaAuthor: Trautmann, Thomas R Published: University of California Press, 1997 Subjects: History | South Asia | Asian History | European HistoryPublisher's Description: "Aryan," a word that today evokes images of racial hatred and atrocity, was first used by Europeans to suggest bonds of kinship, as Thomas Trautmann shows in his far-reaching history of British Orientalism and the ethnology of India. When the historical relationship uniting Sanskrit with the languag . . . [more]Similar Items |
17. |  | Title: Erasmus of the Low Countries Author: Tracy, James D Published: University of California Press, 1997 Subjects: History | European History | Autobiographies and Biographies | Renaissance HistoryPublisher's Description: Few historical figures have been more important in modeling the ideal of impartial critical scholarship than Erasmus of Rotterdam (1469-1536). Yet his critical scholarship, though beholden to no one, was not dispassionate. James Tracy shows how Erasmus the scholar sought through his writings to prom . . . [more]Similar Items |
18. |  | Title: A nation of provincials: the German idea of Heimat Author: Applegate, Celia Published: University of California Press, 1990 Subjects: History | European History | German StudiesPublisher's Description: At the center of this pioneering work in modern European history is the German word Heimat - the homeland, the local place. Translations barely penetrate the meaning of the word, which has provided the emotional and ideological common ground for a variety of associations and individuals devoted to t . . . [more]Similar Items |
19. |  | Title: Radicalism and reverence: the political thought of Gerrard Winstanley Author: Shulman, George M Published: University of California Press, 1989 Subjects: Politics | European HistoryPublisher's Description: One of the most undeservedly neglected political theorists of the seventeenth century, Gerrard Winstanley is a fascinating figure who wrote broadly and creatively on issues that appear surprisingly modern to his present-day readers. His theoretical approach to the English revolution knit together su . . . [more]Similar Items |
20. |  | Title: Letters from prison and other essaysAuthor: Michnik, Adam Published: University of California Press, 1986 Subjects: Politics | European HistorySimilar Items |