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ISBN: 9780131499966
Publisher: PI PRESS
Subtitle: THE LIFE CYCLES OF IMPERIAL NATIONS
Author: PETER TURCHIN
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| Weight | 0.66 kg |
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| ISBN | 9780131499966 |
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| Publication Date | 2006 |
| Pages | 405 |
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The opening volume of Morris’s “Pax Britannica Trilogy,” this richly detailed work traces the rise of the British Empire, from the accession of Queen Victoria to the throne in 1837 to the celebration of her Diamond Jubilee in 1897.
ISBN: 0156027747 – Paperback
Publisher: ALFRED A. KNOPF
ISBN: 0156027747
Publisher: ALFRED A. KNOPF
Subtitle: AN IMPERIAL PROGRESS
Author: JAN MORRIS
ISBN: 0691116695
Publisher: PRINCETON UNIVERSITY PRESS
Subtitle: WHY STSTES RISE AND FALL
Author: PETER TURCHIN
‘Journeys East: 20th Century Western Encounters with Eastern Religious Traditions’ gives a complete account of the meeting and mingling of Western and Eastern traditions, which has characterized the history of religion in the 20th century. It is a well structured book which is thought provoking and offers much more than more collection of data.
ISBN: 8182749786
Publisher: PENTAGON PRESS
Subtitle: 20TH CENTURY WESTERN ENCOUNTERS WITH EASTERN RELIGIOUS TRADITIONS
Author: HARRY OLDMEADOW
ISBN: 9694023319
Publisher: VANGUARD BOOKS
Subtitle: A BOOK FOR YOUNG PEOPLE
Author: SVEN HEDIN
ISBN: 9810120834
Publisher: FEDERAL PUBLICATION
Subtitle:
Author: JONATHAN GREEN
ISBN: 0226561410
Publisher: CHICAGO
Subtitle: A HISTORY OF THE HUMAN COMMUNITY WITH A RETROSPECTIVE ESSAY
Author: WILLIAM H. MCNEILL
ISBN: 9780141390970 – Paperback
Publisher: PENGUIN BOOK
ISBN: 9780141390970
Publisher: PENGUIN BOOK
Subtitle: AND OTHER HISTORICAL MYSTERIES?
Author: HUGH ROOS WILLIAMSON
On an autumn day in 1769, a Hungarian nobleman named Wolfgang von Kempelen attended a conjuring show at the court of Maria Theresa, empress of Austria-Hungary. So unimpressed was Kempelen by the performance that he declared he could do better himself. Maria Theresa held him to his word and gave him six months to prepare a show of his own. Kempelen did not disappoint; he returned to the court the following spring with a mechanical man, fashioned from wood, powered by clockwork, dressed in a stylish Turkish costume—and capable of playing chess.The Turk, as this contraption became known, was an instant success and enjoyed an illustrious career in Europe and America during the next eighty-five years. Associated over time with a host of historical figures, including Benjamin Franklin, Catherine the Great, Napoleon Bonaparte, Charles Babbage, and Edgar Allan Poe, Kempelen’s creation also unwittingly helped to inspire the development of the power loom, the computer, and the detective story. Everywhere it went; the Turk baffled spectators and provoked frenzied speculation about whether a machine could really think. Many rival theories were published serving only to undermine each other, and the Turk’s secret was only ever revealed to a select few.Part historical detective story, part real-life fairy tale, The Turk chronicles the machine’s remarkable and checkered career against the backdrop of the Industrial Revolution, as mechanical technology opened up dramatic new possibilities and the relationship between people and machines was being redefined. Today, in the midst of the computer age, that relationship has assumed a new significance, as scientists and philosophers continue to debate the possibility of machine intelligence. To modern eyes, the Turk was a surprisingly farsighted invention, and its saga is a colorful and important part of the history of technology.
ISBN: 0802713912
Publisher: WALKER & COMPANY
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Author: TOM STANDAGE
