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Publisher: American Philosophical Society
ISBN: 9781422377956
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 620

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Publisher: American Philosophical Society
ISBN: 9781422377994
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1086

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Publisher: American Philosophical Society
ISBN: 9781422377840
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 554

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Author: Sarah B. Pomeroy
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ISBN: 9781606181065
Category : Swimmers
Languages : en
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"This is the first book that focuses on Benjamin Franklin as a swimmer. Franklin thought swimming a valuable activity and swam whenever he could wherever he was. We can see Franklin's personality emerge through the lens of swimming, which offered him entrée into London society as a young man. The book includes excerpts from the journal of Benjamin Franklin Bache, Franklin's grandson"--

Author: American Philosophical Society
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ISBN:
Category : Electronic journals
Languages : en
Pages : 518

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Author: Johann Gustav Droysen
Publisher: American Philosophical Society Press
ISBN: 9781606180235
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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Flora Kimmich has translated J.G. Droysen's classic study into English for the first time. Through her masterly rendering she brings this foundational work of modern historiography of the ancient world to a new audience. Based entirely on ancient sources, this is an exhaustive, beautifully narrated account of Alexander from the origins of the ancient Macedonian kingdom to Alexander's death in Babylon in 323 B.C. Droysen's interpretation of Alexander, first published in 1833 by a 25-year-old Privatdozent, is colored both by the idealistic exuberance of German romanticism and the wars of liberation and, in a substantially revised second edition published in 1877, by the imperial optimism of a newly consolidated Germany. This translation of the 1877 edition, with complete notes, does full justice to Droysen's celebrated prose style. The monograph is enhanced with special introductory sections by Glen W. Bowersock and Brian Bosworth. Map.

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ISBN: 9781606180952
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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The American Philosophical Society exhibition, Curious Revolutionaries: The Peales of Philadelphia (April-December 2017), curated by Andrew W. Mellon Postdoctoral Fellows Drs. Diana Marsh and Amy Ellison, offered visitors a look at the lives, accomplishments, and legacies of Charles Willson Peale and his talented family. Expanding on the exhibition, "The Art of Revolutions" conference, cosponsored by the American Philosophical Society, the Museum of the American Revolution, and the Philadelphia Museum of Art, explored the role of imagery in influencing and giving meaning to the political revolutions that defined the late 18th and early 19th centuries. The conference was held October 26-28, 2017, at the American Philosophical Society. Included here is a selection of the talks presented at the conference, revised and updated. The volume also contains an introduction by Cathy Kelley and a compelling preface by Patrick Spero, Librarian and Director of the APS Library.

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Publisher: American Philosophical Society
ISBN: 9781422370933
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 90

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Author: Joseph Mali
Publisher: American Philosophical Society
ISBN: 9780871699350
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 212

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As the essays in this collection make plain, Isaiah Berlin invented neither the term "Counter-Enlightenment" nor the concept. However, more than any other figure since the eighteenth century, Berlin appropriated the term, made it the heart of his own political thought, and imbued his interpretations of particular thinkers with its meanings and significance. His diverse treatment of writers at the margins of the Enlightenment, who themselves reflected upon what they took to be its central currents, were at once historical and philosophical. Berlin sought to show that our patterns of culture, manufactured by ourselves, must be explained differently from the ways in which we seek to fathom laws of nature. Many of the essays in this volume were prepared for the International Seminar in memory of Sir Isaiah Berlin, held at the School of History in Tel Aviv University during the academic year 1999-2000.

Author: American Philosophical Society. Library
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Category : Classification
Languages : en
Pages : 408

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