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Journal of My Life
An eighteenth-century Frenchman describes life in Paris, the events of the French Revolution, and his own fondness for pranks and jokes.
The People of Paris
In his collective portrait of the common people, Roche offers a rich and fascinating description of their lives--their housing, food, dress, financial dealings, literature, …
Orderic Vitalis: Life, Works and Interpretations
First full-length collection on one of the most significant and influential historians of the medieval period. The Gesta Normannorum ducum and Historia ecclesiastica of Orderic …
The Culture of Clothing
Newly avilable in paperback, this major contribution to cultural history is a study of dress in France in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Daniel Roche discusses general …
Essays on Nature and Landscape
The editors have assembled here a collection of ten pieces by Susan Fenimore Cooper (1813-1894), the daughter of James Fenimore Cooper, that represent her most accomplished nature …
Sermons Sur Differens Textes De L'Ecriture Sainte (1772)
From DNA Photolesions to Mutations, Skin Cancer and Cell Death
As modern day society takes an increasing interest in outdoor activities, its exposure to sunlight has never been greater. As a consequence, countries throughout the world are …
A Post-Neoliberal Era in Latin America?
Available Open Access under CC-BY-NC licence. Ongoing conflicts between neoliberal and post-neoliberal politics have resulted in growing social instability in Latin America. This …
The Studio Reader – On the Space of Artists
The image of a tortured genius working in near isolation has long dominated our conceptions of the artist's studio. Examples are abound: think Jackson Pollock dripping resin on a …
Susan Fenimore Cooper
Fourteen critics examine Susan Fenimore Cooper's writing and beliefs in the context of her life; Collected here are detailed and diverse essays, some that examine Rural Hours, …
Monsieur Raminet's Long Voyage
After a somewhat cloistered, morally upright existence and a life devoted to legal matters, Felix Raminet, at the age of 66, achieves a lifelong ambition in passing his driving …
A History of Everyday Things
Things which we regard as the everyday objects of consumption (and hence re-purchase), and essential to any decent, civilised lifestyle, have not always been so: in former times, …