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Early Modernity and Mobility
Port Cities and Printers across the Armenian Diaspora, 1512-1800
A history of the continent-spanning Armenian print tradition in the early modern period Early Modernity and Mobility explores the disparate yet connected histories of Armenian printing establishments in...
The Seven Measures of the World
The fascinating stories behind the essential seven units of measurement that allow us to understand the physical world From the beginning of history, measurement has been interwoven into the human experience,...
Futurism and Europe
The Aesthetics of a New World
A new, expansive study on Futurism which explores for the first time its relationships with other European avant-gardes during 1912 to 1939 Futurism was originally an Italian movement established in 1909 that...
The Syriac World
In Search of a Forgotten Christianity
A comprehensive survey of Syriac Christianity from its origins in Hellenistic and ancient Near Eastern cultures to the present Often referred to as the third main language of Christianity after Latin and Greek,...
Revolutionary Things
Material Culture and Politics in the Late Eighteenth-Century Atlantic World
How objects associated with the American, French, and Haitian revolutions drew diverse people throughout the Atlantic world into debates over revolutionary ideals “By excavating the power of material objects and...
Three Powers in Heaven
The Emergence of Theology and the Parting of the Ways
A fresh look at how Christianity and Judaism became two distinct religions through the parting of their intellectual traditions How, when, and why did Christianity and Judaism become separate religions? This book...
The Women Who Saved the English Countryside
A vibrant history of English landscape preservation over the last 150 years, told through the lives of four remarkable women In Britain today, a mosaic of regulations protects the natural environment and...
Van Gogh's Cypresses
The first book to study Vincent van Gogh’s fascination with cypresses, the “tall and dark trees” that feature in some of his most iconic pictures This groundbreaking study of paintings and drawings of cypress trees...
Atlas of the Senseable City
A fascinating exploration of how the growth of digital mapping, spurred by sensing technologies, is affecting cities and daily lives What have smart technologies taught us about cities? What lessons can we learn...
About Architecture
An Essential Guide in 55 Buildings
About Architecture is an engaging introduction to architecture, exploring the ways in which we construct our built environment, and why. Hugh Pearman guides us through the architecture that shapes our lives—from how our towns...