Author : Roy Porter
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 452 pages
File Size : 28,59 MB
Release : 1998
Category : History
ISBN : 9780674538399
An extraordinary city, London grew from a backwater in the Classical Age into an important medieval city and significant Renaissance urban center to a modern colossus--full of a free people ever evolving. Roy Porter touches the pulse of his hometown and makes it our own, capturing London's fortunes, people, and imperial glory with vigor and wit. 58 photos.
Author : Roy Porter
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 25,32 MB
Release : 1986-10-09
Category : History
ISBN : 9780521277846
Fifteen contributors examine the interpretative value of ideas of revolution for explaining historical development within their own speciality. They assess the existing historiography and offer their personal views.
Author : Terry Foster
Publisher :
Page : 156 pages
File Size : 46,31 MB
Release : 1992
Category : Cooking
ISBN :
"A brewing veteran and renowned expert on British beers, Terry Foster has written the only in-depth book on brewing this classic style with modern ingredients and equipment. 'Porter' reviews the history of George Washington's favorite beer and teaches you how to create this rich, full-bodied ale for your own enjoyment."--Publisher description.
Author : John Porter
Publisher : Fleetwood ; Blackpool : W. Porter
Page : 516 pages
File Size : 11,71 MB
Release : 1876
Category : Fylde (England)
ISBN :
Author : Roy Porter
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Page : 874 pages
File Size : 44,98 MB
Release : 1999-10-17
Category : Medical
ISBN : 0393242447
Winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize "A panoramic and perfectly magnificent intellectual history of medicine…This is the book that delivers it all." —Sherwin Nuland, author of How We Die Hailed as "a remarkable achievement" (Boston Globe) and as "a triumph: simultaneously entertaining and instructive, witty and thought-provoking…a splendid and thoroughly engrossing book" (Los Angeles Times), Roy Porter's charting of the history of medicine affords us an opportunity as never before to assess its culture and science and its costs and benefits to mankind. Porter explores medicine's evolution against the backdrop of the wider religious, scientific, philosophical, and political beliefs of the culture in which it develops, covering ground from the diseases of the hunter-gatherers to the more recent threats of AIDS and Ebola, from the clearly defined conviction of the Hippocratic oath to the muddy ethical dilemmas of modern-day medicine. Offering up a treasure trove of historical surprises along the way, this book "has instantly become the standard single-volume work in its field" (The Lancet).
Author : Roy Porter
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 35,25 MB
Release : 1995
Category : History
ISBN : 9780521585972
A collection of essays exploring the complex history of drugs and narcotics throughout historyfrom ancient Greece to the present dayshows that such substances were sought originally as healing agents, both within and without the medical profession. However, the mood- and mind-altering characteristics of some have led to the widespread abuse and legal controls we see today.
Author : Roy Porter
Publisher : Reaktion Books
Page : 330 pages
File Size : 30,61 MB
Release : 2021-03-08
Category :
ISBN : 1861898223
In this historical tour de force, Roy Porter takes a critical look at representations of the body in health, disease, and death in Britain from the mid-seventeenth to the twentieth century. Porter argues that great symbolic weight was attached to contrasting conceptions of the healthy and diseased body and that such ideas were mapped onto antithetical notions of the good and the bad, the beautiful and the ugly. With these images in mind, he explores aspects of being ill alongside the practice of medicine, paying special attention to self-presentations by physicians, surgeons, and quacks, and to changes in practitioners’ public identities over time. Porter also examines the wider symbolic meanings of disease and doctoring and the “body politic.” Porter’s book is packed with outrageous and amusing anecdotes portraying diseased bodies and medical practitioners alike.
Author : Martyn Cornell
Publisher : The History Press
Page : 235 pages
File Size : 26,23 MB
Release : 2011-11-08
Category : History
ISBN : 0752475940
Amber, Gold & Black is the most comprehensive history of British beer in all its variety ever written. Learn all there is to know about the history of the beers Britons have brewed and enjoyed down the centuries: Bitter, Porter, Mild and Stout, IPA, Brown Ale, Burton Ale and Old Ale, Barley Wine and Stingo, Golden Ale, Gale Ale, Honey Ale, White Beer, Heather Ale and Mum. This is a celebration of the depths of our beery heritage, a look at the roots of the styles we enjoy today, as well as those ales and beers we have lost, and a study of how the liquids that fill our beer glasses, amber gold and black, developed over the years. Whatever your knowledge of beer, from beginner to buff, Amber, Gold & Black will tell you things you never knew before about Britain's favourite drink.
Author : Jonny Garrett
Publisher : Random House
Page : 441 pages
File Size : 39,48 MB
Release : 2018-02-01
Category : Cooking
ISBN : 1473551013
"The most brilliant guide to the best beer and pubs in London by connoisseurs Jonny and Brad. Trust me they know their stuff!'" – Jamie Oliver To beer or not to beer, that is the question. The London Craft Beer Guide features 40 of the best pubs, breweries and taprooms across the city. Organised around London boroughs from North to South, East to West, every corner is full of hidden gems to discover. Find new favourite brews with descriptions of the best to taste at each location, and pairings notes to enjoy alongside food. As well as the beer itself, this guide gives you unique insight into the people behind the casks, with exclusive interviews and photography that reveal the history and personality behind each sip. From mango-like IPAs to chocolaty stouts and crisp, puckering sour beers this is the ultimate guide for craft beer converts and those looking to find off-the-beaten-track tastes and flavours. Whether you’re a Londoner looking for your new local, or a visitor hoping to navigate the city’s best craft-brewing spots, The London Craft Beer Guide will provide plenty of inspiration.
Author : James Steel
Publisher :
Page : 174 pages
File Size : 20,12 MB
Release : 1878
Category : Brewing
ISBN :
