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Distance Points


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These essays by one of America's foremost historians of art and architecture range over theory and criticism, the search for connections between art and science in the Renaissance, and specific works of Renaissance architecture. The largest group of essays, dealing with the character of Renaissance architecture, are models of art historical scholarship in their direct approach to identifying the essentials of a building and the social and intellectual context in which they should be viewed. Another group of essays explores encounters between the traditions of artistic practice and early optics and color theory. The three essays that begin this collection bring to light the intellectual and moral concerns that underlie all of Ackerman's art historical work.




The Big 'L'


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Senlin


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Agricultural Fluctuations in Europe


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Wilhelm Abel's study of economic fluctuations over a period of seven hundred years has long been established as a core text in European agricultural history. Professor Abel was one of the first economic historians to make extensive use of statistical data, and his scholarship and approach have had a decisive effect on the orientation of economic and agricultural history. Using data on population, wages and rents from England, France, Germany and the Low Countries, and, on occasion, from Italy, Scandinavia and Poland, here Professor Abel demonstrates the striking similarity in the overall economic development for all these areas. He also analyses, the short-term fluctuations that have affected agricultural development within this economic framework, and is able to show the broad significance of the shape of the late medieval depression, the scale of the desertions of villages that accompanies it, and the implications of the sixteenth century price revolution. The book's importance lies in tracing the long-term trends that have characterized European economic development since the High Middle Ages, and as such it has made an invaluable contribution to all comparative analyses of different Western European countries since it was first published in 1980.




Bibliography on Racism


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Calumet "K"


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"Calumet K" is a collaborative novel written by means of Samuel Merwin and Henry Kitchell Webster. Set towards the backdrop of the American Midwest throughout the early 20th century, the story unfolds in the fictional city of Calumet, in which the K in the identify stands for "Kickapoo," a Native American tribe. The novel explores the complex dynamics of small-city existence, encompassing themes of industrialization, social alternate, and private relationships. At its center, "Calumet K" delves into the demanding situations confronted by using a community grappling with the intrusion of industrialization and the conflict between traditional values and modernity. The narrative weaves collectively the lives of diverse characters, each representing distinct aspects of the converting times. The critical battle revolves across the warfare for manipulate over the treasured assets in the area, especially the Kickapoo oilfields. Merwin and Webster skillfully intertwine factors of drama, romance, and social remark, growing a compelling tapestry of the human enjoy in the face of development and transferring cultural landscapes. "Calumet K" stands as a snapshot of a bygone technology, capturing the tensions and changes that marked the early twentieth century within the American heartland.




Lectures on Natural and Experimental Philosophy


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