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In this, the first thoroughly researched scholarly biography of British actor Junius Brutus Booth, Stephen M. Archer reveals Booth to have been an artist of considerable range and a man of sensitivity and intellect. Archer provides a clear account of Booth's professional and personal life and places him in relationship to his contemporaries, particularly Edmund Kean and William Charles Macready. From 1817 to 1852 Junius Brutus Booth toured throughout North America, enjoying a reputation as the most distinguished Shakespearean tragedian on the American continent. Still, he ye
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"During the American Revolutionary War, Rufus Putnam served as the Continental Army's chief military engineer. As designer and supervisor of the construction of major fortifications-including the most indispensable, West Point-his contribution was key to helping American forces drive the British Army from Boston. Several years after the War, Putnam personally founded the first permanent American settlement in the Northwest Territory, which was ceded to the new American nation by Britain. Putnam saw to it that slavery would not be permitted in the State of Ohio, leading the way for Illinois, Indiana, Michigan and Wisconsin to enter the U.S. as free states. This first full-length biography of Putnam in more than 130 years covers his wartime service and his efforts to prevent the expansion of slavery."--
Military engineers --- Frontier and pioneer life --- Generals --- Putnam, Rufus, --- Ohio Company (1786-1796) --- United States --- Ohio --- Marietta (Ohio) --- History
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Remembering the Year of the French is a model of historical achievement, moving deftly between the study of historical events--the failed French invasion of the West of Ireland in 1798--and folkloric representations of those events.
Popular culture --- Folklore and history --- French Expedition to Ireland, 1796-1797. --- Culture, Popular --- Mass culture --- Pop culture --- Popular arts --- Communication --- Intellectual life --- Mass society --- Recreation --- Culture --- Folk-lore and history --- History and folklore --- History --- Bantry Bay Expedition, 1796-1797 --- Brest Expedition, 1796-1797 --- First Coalition, War of the, 1792-1797 --- History. --- Campaigns --- Ireland --- Irish Free State --- Public opinion. --- Historiography.
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Rufus Anderson was a central figure in the formation of missionary ideology in the middle 19th century. In telling his story, Harris looks at 19th-century American history and at the relationship between American culture and the third world.
Protestant churches --- Missions --- Missiology --- Protestant sects --- Christian sects --- Protestantism --- History --- Theory. --- Anderson, Rufus, --- Theory --- Protestant churches - Missions - History - 19th century --- Missions - Theory --- Anderson, Rufus, - 1796-1880
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Thomas Reid est une des figures marquantes de l'Écosse des Lumières, injustement tombé dans un relatif oubli. Pourtant la pensée originale de cet héritier d'une longue tradition intellectuelle nationale a exercé une influence déterminante sur les philosophes français du début du XIXe siècle. L'ouvrage propose de retrouver cette pensée de transition qui s'oppose au sensualisme, lequel domine alors la philosophie, aussi bien en Grande-Bretagne qu'en France. Au moyen d'un regard critique qui n'ignore pas les difficultés rencontrées par une pensée qui ne parvient pas à relever tous les défis qu'elle se pose, ce livre entreprend de montrer comment elle constitue un lien essentiel entre les lumières du XVIIIe siècle et les interrogations du siècle suivant.
Reid, Thomas --- Philosophy, Scottish --- Philosophie écossaise --- Reid, Thomas, --- Enlightenment --- Philosophy --- History --- Philosophie écossaise --- Jui-te, Tʻo-ma-ssu, --- Enlightenment - Scotland --- Philosophy - History - 18th century. --- Philosophy - History - 19th century --- Reid, Thomas, - 1710-1796. --- Lumières --- philosophie --- Écosse --- Reid (thomas), 1710-1796 --- Critique et interpretation
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Poland. --- 1763-1796 --- 1700-1799. --- Poland --- Poland --- Poland --- Russia --- Pologne --- Pologne --- Pologne --- Russia. --- Poland. --- Politics and government --- Foreign relations --- Foreign relations --- Foreign relations --- Politique et gouvernement --- Relations extérieures --- Relations extérieures
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Giuseppe Garibaldi, the Italian revolutionary leader and popular hero, was among the best-known figures of the nineteenth century. This book seeks to examine his life and the making of his cult, to assess its impact, and understand its surprising success.For thirty years Garibaldi was involved in every combative event in Italy. His greatest moment came in 1860, when he defended a revolution in Sicily and provoked the collapse of the Bourbon monarchy, the overthrow of papal power in central Italy, and the creation of the Italian nation state. It made him a global icon, representing strength, bravery, manliness, saintliness, and a spirit of adventure. Handsome, flamboyant, and sexually attractive, he was worshiped in life and became a cult figure after his death in 1882.Lucy Riall shows that the emerging cult of Garibaldi was initially conceived by revolutionaries intent on overthrowing the status quo, that it was also the result of a collaborative effort involving writers, artists, actors, and publishers, and that it became genuinely and enduringly popular among a broad public. The book demonstrates that Garibaldi played an integral part in fashioning and promoting himself as a new kind of "charismatic" political hero. It analyzes the way the Garibaldi myth has been harnessed both to legitimize and to challenge national political structures. And it identifies elements of Garibaldi's political style appropriated by political leaders around the world, including Mussolini and Che Guevara.
Generals --- Statesmen --- Garibaldi, Giuseppe, --- Gairī Vālḍī, --- Garibalʹdi, Dzhuzeppe, --- Garibaldi, Hovsēpʻ, --- Garibalʹdi, Iosif, --- Garibaldi, José, --- Garibaldi, Yovsēpʻ, --- גרבלדי, דז׳וזפו (יוסף) --- Influence. --- Public opinion. --- Italy --- History --- 929 GARIBALDI, GIUSEPPE --- 945.08 --- 945.08 Geschiedenis van Italië: Risorgimento; Franse bezetting tot annexatie van de Pauselijke Staten--(1796-1870) --- Geschiedenis van Italië: Risorgimento; Franse bezetting tot annexatie van de Pauselijke Staten--(1796-1870) --- Biografie. Genealogie. Heraldiek--GARIBALDI, GIUSEPPE
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La statue de Giordano Bruno dressée sur le Campo de Fiori, le procès de Galilée dont la mémoire est toujours présente à travers le théâtre ou les débats de l’Académie pontificale des sciences disent assez combien le destin de la Rome des XVIIe et XVIIIe siècles a été négativement associé à celui de la science moderne et de son avènement conflictuel. Les études réunies dans ce volume, résultat d’un programme collectif de recherche sur la genèse de la culture scientifique européenne, entendent apporter une nouvelle contribution non seulement au dossier de la révolution scientifique en milieu catholique, mais plus largement à celui des relations que chaque société entretient avec les acteurs et la production du savoir et de la science. La focale mise sur Rome, comme milieu social spécifique, comme capitale de la catholicité et comme centre d’une monarchie pontificale en profond renouvellement entre XVIe et XVIIIe siècle, permet de discuter les paradigmes classiques d’une historiographie qui a trop hâtivement relégué le milieu romain à la marge de toute forme d’innovation savante. Il s’agit aussi d’ouvrir de nouvelles pistes de réflexions et de nouveaux chantiers sur les diverses configurations socio-intellectuelles au sein desquelles le travail savant a continué à faire de Rome un centre actif de travail et de production de savoirs.
Science --- Religion and science --- Sciences --- Religion et sciences --- History. --- History --- Histoire --- Rome (Italy) --- Rome (Italie) --- Intellectual life --- Vie intellectuelle --- 509.45632 --- 945.63207 --- Sciences History Italy Rome --- History Italy Rome 1527 - 1796 --- History of Italy --- anno 1500-1799 --- Rome --- Physical Sciences & Mathematics --- Sciences - General --- Renaissance --- cartographie --- Contre-Réforme --- Lumières --- héliocentrisme --- Révolution
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History --- Italy --- History of civilization --- anno 1600-1699 --- anno 1500-1599 --- #gsdb8 --- 945.07 --- 930.85 <45> "15/16" --- 316.728 <45> "15/16" --- 39 <45> "15/16" --- Peter Burke ; vert. door Aris J.van Braam --- geschiedenis --- cultuurgeschiedenis --- italie --- renaissance --- barok --- 940 --- Geschiedenis van Italië: Spaanse en Oostenrijkse overheersing--(1527-1796) --- Cultuurgeschiedenis. Kultuurgeschiedenis--Italië--?"15/16" --- Cultuur. Levenswijze--Italië--?"15/16" --- Volkenkunde. Zeden en gebruiken. Culturele antropologie--Italië--?"15/16" --- Civilization --- Italië --- Renaissance --- 944.5 italië --- 39 <45> "15/16" Volkenkunde. Zeden en gebruiken. Culturele antropologie--Italië--?"15/16" --- 316.728 <45> "15/16" Cultuur. Levenswijze--Italië--?"15/16" --- 930.85 <45> "15/16" Cultuurgeschiedenis. Kultuurgeschiedenis--Italië--?"15/16" --- 945.07 Geschiedenis van Italië: Spaanse en Oostenrijkse overheersing--(1527-1796) --- 930.85(450) --- 94(45) --- Cultuurgeschiedenis ; Italië ; 16e en 17e eeuw --- Steden ; Italië ; cultuur --- Geschiedenis ; Italië --- stadscultuur
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Dr. Bernard H. Lavenda has written A New Perspective on Thermodynamics to combine an old look at thermodynamics with a new foundation. The book presents a historical perspective, which unravels the current presentation of thermodynamics found in standard texts, and which emphasizes the fundamental role that Carnot played in the development of thermodynamics. A New Perspective on Thermodynamics will: Chronologically unravel the development of the principles of thermodynamics and how they were conceived by their discoverers Bring the theory of thermodynamics up to the present time and indicate areas of further development with the union of information theory and the theory of means and their inequalities. New areas include nonextensive thermodynamics, the thermodynamics of coding theory, multifractals, and strange attractors. Reintroduce important, yet nearly forgotten, teachings of N.L. Sardi Carnot Highlight conceptual flaws in timely topics such as endoreversible engines, finite-time thermodynamics, geometrization of thermodynamics, and nonequilibrium work from equilibrium free energy differences. Dr. Bernard H. Lavenda is Professor of Physical Chemistry at Universita degli Studi di Camerino, Italy. He is recipient of the 2009 Telesio-Galeli Prize in Physics for his work on irreversible thermodynamics.
Carnot, Sadi, 1796-1832. --- Heat-engines -- History. --- Thermodynamics -- History. --- Thermodynamics -- Research -- History. --- Thermodynamics. --- Thermodynamics --- Physics --- Mathematics --- Mathematical Statistics --- Physical Sciences & Mathematics --- Research --- History. --- Mathematics. --- Energy. --- Probabilities. --- Physics. --- Statistical physics. --- Dynamical systems. --- Mechanics. --- Mechanics, Applied. --- Probability Theory and Stochastic Processes. --- Theoretical and Applied Mechanics. --- Energy, general. --- Statistical Physics, Dynamical Systems and Complexity. --- History and Philosophical Foundations of Physics. --- Chemistry, Physical and theoretical --- Dynamics --- Mechanics --- Heat --- Heat-engines --- Quantum theory
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