In 400 B.C., when Hippocrates wrote a book claiming that epilepsy, the “sacred disease,” was a natural disorder and not a visitation of demons, the sc ...
From the use of metals by prehistoric man to the alchemical experiments of medieval and renaissance man to the complex chemical skills of contemporary ...
David Ruggles (1810-1849) was of one of the most heroic--and has been one of the most often overlooked--figures of the early abolitionist movement in ...
New Jersey: A History of the Garden State presents a fresh, comprehensive overview of New Jersey’s history from the prehistoric era to the present. Th ...
This magnificent book is the first comprehensive history of statistics from its beginnings around 1700 to its emergence as a distinct and mature disci ...
This is a large book in which chronology often takes the place of reflections on ideas and development. Several times the author jumps into the future ...
A good grasp of the theory of structures--the basis by which the strength, stiffness and stability of a building can be understood--is fundamental to ...
Battleships: An Illustrated History of Their Impact КНИГИ ;ВОЕННАЯ ИСТОРИЯ Издательство: ABC-CLIOСерия: Weapons & WarfareАвтор(ы): Stanley SandlerЯзык ...
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Cinema is quite simply a unique book from one of the most influential film-makers in the history of cinema. Here, Jean-Luc Godard looks back on a cent ...
The period following the Mexican Revolution was characterized by unprecedented artistic experimentation. Seeking to express the revolution's heterogen ...
Hardcore punk was an underground tribal movement created with anger and passion but ultimately destroyed by infighting and dissonance. This oral histo ...
This exciting history, featuring an introduction by famed DJ John Peel, tells the two-decade-long history of grindcore and death metal through the eye ...
This paper represents an inquiry on the use of history and cultural heritage in the metal scene. It is an attempt to show how history and cultural her ...
This book is the first thoroughgoing study in any language of the philosophy of music history. Drawing on competing philosophies of history throughout ...
Industrial music was born in 1976 in London, England with the creation of Industrial Records. Originally, “industrial music” referred to the musical o ...
A star-studded cast of characters, artists, underground reporters, and entrepreneurial groupies give first-hand backstage accounts of the drugs, sex, ...
This book covers the historical relationship and contemporary interests of archaeology and anthropology, providing a much-needed introduction to the t ...
Anthropolgy and Archaeology provides a valuable and much-needed introduction to the theories and methods of these two inter-related subjects. This vol ...
