Author: Joseph IrvingPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Dumbartonshire (Scotland)
Languages : en
Pages : 610
Book Description
The History of Dumbartonshire
Author: Joseph IrvingPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Dumbartonshire (Scotland)
Languages : en
Pages : 610
Book Description
History of Dumbartonshire
Author: John IrvingPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Dumbartonshire
Languages : en
Pages : 642
Book Description
The History of Dumbartonshire, Civil, Ecclesiastical, and Territorial
Author: Joseph IrvingPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Dumbartonshire
Languages : en
Pages : 720
Book Description
Dumbarton Oaks
Author: Robert C. HilderbrandPublisher: UNC Press Books
ISBN: 9780807849507
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 344
Book Description
Hilderbrand explains why, with the Second World War moving toward an Allied victory in the summer of 1944, the United States, Great Britain, the Soviet Union, and China began to give greater priority to protecting their own sovereignty than to preventing
Glasgow
Author: Michael MeighanPublisher:
ISBN: 9781445618869
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
A new history of Glasgow tracing the growth of the city from prehistoric days to its rise as one of the Great Victorian cities.
The History
Author: Michael AttaleiatesPublisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 0674057996
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 657
Book Description
In 1039 Byzantium was the most powerful empire in Europe and the Near East. By 1079 it was a politically unstable state half the size, menaced by enemies on all sides. The History of Michael Attaleiates is our main source for this astonishing reversal. This translation, based on the most recent critical edition, includes notes, maps, and glossary.
Perspectives on Garden Histories
Author: Michel ConanPublisher: Dumbarton Oaks
ISBN: 9780884022657
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 252
Book Description
Comprising ten papers which critically examine the field of garden history, presented at the twenty-first Dumbarton Oaks Colloquium on the History of Landscape Architecture. Topics include changes in approaches to garden history and architectural studies over time and new historical investigations and discoveries in Italian and Mughal gardens. Good
Publications of the Scottish History Society
Author: Scottish History SocietyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Scotland
Languages : en
Pages : 480
Book Description
Beatrix Farrand's Plant Book for Dumbarton Oaks
Author: Diane K. McGuirePublisher: Dumbarton Oaks
ISBN: 9780884021025
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 190
Book Description
The Plant Book for Dumbarton Oaks was prepared as a resource for those charged with maintenance of the gardens following their acquisition by Harvard University in 1941. Beatrix Farrand here explains the reasoning behind her plan for each of the gardens and stipulates how each should be cared for in order that its basic character remain intact. Her resourceful suggestions for alternative plantings, her rigorous strictures concerning pruning and replacement, her exposition of the overall concept that underlies each detail, and the plant lists that accompany her discussion of each garden make this a volume of interest to every student, practitioner, and lover of landscape design.
Byzantium, a World Civilization
Author: Angeliki E. LaiouPublisher: Dumbarton Oaks
ISBN: 9780884022152
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 184
Book Description
These seven chapters, originally given as lectures honoring the fiftieth anniversary of Dumbarton Oaks, cover a wide range of topics, from the relationship of Byzantium with its Islamic, Slavic, and Western European neighbors to the modern reception of Byzantine art.