Author: Holmes AmmidownPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Charlton (Mass.)
Languages : en
Pages : 684
Book Description
Historical Collections: The histories of seven towns.f
Author: Holmes AmmidownPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Charlton (Mass.)
Languages : en
Pages : 684
Book Description
Historical Collections
Author: Holmes AmmidownPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Charlton (Mass. : Town)
Languages : en
Pages : 686
Book Description
The Great Cities in History
Author: John Julius NorwichPublisher: Thames & Hudson
ISBN: 0500773580
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 464
Book Description
A work of history, but also about art and architecture, trade and commerce, travel and exploration, economics and politics, this is above all a book about people and how, over the millennia, they have managed to live closely together. From the origins of urbanization in Mesopotamia to the global metropolises of today, great cities have marked the development of humankind Babylon and Nineveh, Athens and Rome, Istanbul and Venice, Timbuktu and Samarkand, their very names are redolent both of history and romance. The Great Cities in History tells their story from early Uruk and Thebes to Jerusalem and Alexandria. Then the fabulous cities of the first millennium: Damascus and Baghdad in the days of the Caliphates, Teotihuacan and Maya Tikal in Central America, and Changan, capital of Tang Dynasty China. The medieval world saw the rise of powerful cities: Palermo and Paris in Europe, Benin in Africa and Angkor of the Khmer. In the early modern world, we journey to Islamic Isfahan and Agra, and Prague and Amsterdam in their heyday, before arriving at the phenomenon of the contemporary mega-city: London and New York, Tokyo and Barcelona, Los Angeles and São Paulo. A galaxy of more than fifty distinguished authors, including Jan Morris, Colin Thubron, Simon Schama, Orlando Figes, Felipe Fernandez-Armesto, Misha Glenny, Adam Zamoyski and A. N. Wilson, evoke the character of each place and explain the reasons for its success, seeing what each city would have been like during its golden age.
The Heart of the Commonwealth
Author: John L. BrookePublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521673396
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 476
Book Description
Presents a synthetic view of the social grounding of republicanism and liberalism in Worchester Country, Massachusetts, from its settlement to the eve of the Civil War.
Selected Catalogues, 1890-1895
Author: Francis P. Harper (Firm)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Antiquarian booksellers
Languages : en
Pages : 556
Book Description
The Historical Magazine, and Notes and Queries Concerning the Antiquities, History, and Biography of America
Author: The Bibliographer's Manual of American History: General index. 1910
Author: Stanislaus Vincent HenkelsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Books
Languages : en
Pages : 430
Book Description
Catalogue of the Historical and Antiquarian Portion of the Library Formed by the Late John A. Lewis, Esq., of Boston
Author: John A. Lewis (of Boston.)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 168
Book Description
Catalogue of the Valuable Collection of Americana, Belonging to H.M. Cable, Esq., of Hyde Park, Mass
Author: Hobart M. CablePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : America
Languages : en
Pages : 426
Book Description
Catalogue of the Valuable Collection of Americana, Belonging to H.M. Cable, Esq., of Hyde Park, Mass. ...
Author: H. M. CablePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Private libraries
Languages : en
Pages : 218
Book Description