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Category : Aeronautics
Languages : en
Pages : 520
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Aero and Hydro
Empires and Entrepots
Author: Jonathan IsraelPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 0826431828
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 472
Book Description
The confrontation between Spain and the Dutch Republic was a key factor in European and world history. In this collection, Jonathan Israel explores the various aspects of this many-sided struggle, at the level of government policy, military strategy and diplomacy; and in respect of the differing fortunes of regions, towns and groups, and the Sephardic Jews.
Through Belgian Eyes
Author: Helen MacEwanPublisher: Liverpool University Press
ISBN: 1782845372
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 357
Book Description
Charlotte Brontes years in Belgium (184243) had a huge influence both on her life and her work. It was in Brussels that she not only honed her writing skills but fell in love and lived through the experiences that inspired two of her four novels: her first, The Professor, and her last and in many ways most interesting, Villette. Her feelings about Belgium are known from her novels and letters her love for her tutor Heger, her uncomplimentary remarks about Belgians, the powerful effect on her imagination of living abroad. But what about Belgian views of Charlotte Bronte? What has her legacy been in Brussels? How have Belgian commentators responded to her portrayal of their capital city and their society? Through Belgian Eyes explores a wide range of responses from across the Channel, from the hostile to the enthusiastic. In the process, it examines what The Professor and Villette tell Belgian readers about their capital in the 1840s and provides a wealth of detail on the Brussels background to the two novels. Unlike Paris and London, Brussels has inspired few outstanding works of literature. That makes Villette, considered by many to be Charlotte Brontes masterpiece, of particular interest as a portrait of the Belgian capital a decade after the country gained independence in 1830, and just before modernisation and expansion transformed the city out of all recognition from the villette (small town) that Charlotte knew. Her view of Brussels is contrasted with those of other foreign visitors and of the Belgians themselves. The story of Charlotte Brontes Brussels legacy provides a unique perspective on her personality and writing.
Splendid Ceremonies. State Entries and Royal Funerals in the Low Countries, 1515-1791
Author: John LandwehrPublisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004609784
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 351
Book Description
The first descriptive catalogue of Splendid Ceremonies which took place before the French Revolution, describing 300 books and pamphlets.
The History of Belgium
Author: Demetrius C. BoulgerPublisher:
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Category : Belgium
Languages : en
Pages : 504
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Belgium and Luxembourg
Author: G. OsmondThe Mathematics of Behavior
Author: Earl HuntPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1139459988
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 328
Book Description
Mathematical thinking provides a clear, crisp way of defining problems. Our whole technology is based on it. What is less appreciated is that mathematical thinking can also be applied to problems in the social and behavioral sciences. This book illustrates how mathematics can be used to understand human and animal behavior, using examples in psychology, sociology, economics, ecology, and even marriage counseling.
The Economic Theory of the Multinational Enterprise
Author: Peter J. BuckleyPublisher: Springer
ISBN: 1349052426
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 247
Book Description
A Text-book of the History of Painting
Author: John Charles Van DykePublisher:
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Category : Painting
Languages : en
Pages : 324
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Dutch and Flemish Newspapers of the Seventeenth Century, 1618-1700 (2 Vols.)
Author: Arthur der WeduwenPublisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004341897
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 1570
Book Description
Winner of the 2019 Menno Hertzberger Encouragement Prize for Book History and Bibliography In Dutch and Flemish Newspapers of the Seventeenth Century Arthur der Weduwen presents the first comprehensive account of the early newspaper in the Low Countries. Composed of two volumes, this survey provides detailed introductions and bibliographical descriptions of 49 newspapers, surviving in over 16,000 issues in 84 archives and libraries. This work presents a crucial overview of the first fledgling century of newspaper publishing and reading in one of the most advanced political cultures of early modern Europe. Seventy years after Folke Dahl’s Dutch Corantos first documented early Dutch newspapers, Der Weduwen offers a brand-new approach to the bibliography of the early modern periodical press. This includes, amongst others, a description of places of correspondence listed in each surviving newspaper. The bibliography is accompanied by an extensive introduction of the Dutch and Flemish press in the seventeenth century. What emerges is a picture of a highly competitive and dynamic market for news, in which innovative publishers constantly adapt to the changing tastes of customers and pressures from authorities at home and abroad.