The ideal travel companion, full of insider advice on what to see and do, plus detailed itineraries and comprehensive maps for exploring this cultured and vibrant nation. Explore Oslo's excellent museums and enjoy the lively waterfront area, tour Norway's spectacular fjords, del…
Etudes des traces que Byzance a laissées dans la culture et l'histoire de l'Europe. Parmi les thèmes abordés : Louis XIV et l'Orient : la mission du capitaine Gravier d'Ortières ; Byzance dans la conscience des Polonais ; Byzance dans les manuels d'histoire grecs ; Les projets b…
This third volume in the New Oxford History of England covers the period from the repeal of the Corn Laws to the dramatic failure of Gladstone's first Home Rule Bill. In his magisterial study of the mid-Victorian generation, Theodore Hoppen identifies three defining themes: "est…
Historia mínima del fútbol en América Latina
Empire-building did not only involve the use of excessive violence against native communities, but also required the gathering of data about the native Other. This is a book about books, which looks at the writings of Western colonial administrators, company-men and map-makers w…