Image, History, and Politics
Title | Image, History, and Politics PDF eBook |
Author | Paul D. Van Wie |
Publisher | University Press of America |
Pages | 222 |
Release | 1999 |
Genre | Antiques & Collectibles |
ISBN | 9780761812227 |
Image, History, and Politics: The Coinage of Modern Europe examines money as a medium of communication laden with artistic and political meaning by studying the last two hundred years of European coinage. This book explores the political, economic, and aesthetic messages carried by coinage, therefore providing a special realm in which to view and constantly reevaluate major political and economic developments from the French Revolution through the Cold War, with occasional comparative references to earlier time periods. The study generally focuses on the pre-1914 'Great Powers' of Europe: France, Germany, Britain, Russia, the Hapsburg Monarchy, and Italy; along with a brief comparative examination of the coinage of Spain, Switzerland and Belgium. The author demonstrates how every political system, consciously or unconsciously, constructs a set of symbols as an expression of itself with its coinage, enabling historians and social scientists to synthesize political, economic, and artistic meaning in a historical context.
The Little Book of Politics
Title | The Little Book of Politics PDF eBook |
Author | DK |
Publisher | Penguin |
Pages | 477 |
Release | 2020-05-12 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 0744044316 |
This book is the perfect pocket-sized introduction to politics and political thought throughout history. From the origins of democracy to Machiavelli's cunning statecraft, and from Rousseau's "social contract" to the American Declaration of Independence, Marxist communism, the dawn of populism, and identity politics, The Little Book of Politics examines the philosophies behind the different political beliefs and methods of government used around the world over the course of human history. Packed with infographics and flowcharts that explain complex concepts in a simple but exciting way, The Little Book of Politics offers you a combination of clear text and hard-working infographics in a portable format that is perfect for reading on the go.
Gender and the Politics of History
Title | Gender and the Politics of History PDF eBook |
Author | Joan Wallach Scott |
Publisher | Columbia University Press |
Pages | 294 |
Release | 1999 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9780231118576 |
An interrogation of the uses of gender as a tool for cultural and historical analysis. The revised edition reassesses the book's fundamental topic: the category of gender. In arguing that gender no longer serves to destabilize our understanding of sexual difference, the new preface and new chapter open a critical dialogue with the original book. From publisher description.
The Politics of Pictures
Title | The Politics of Pictures PDF eBook |
Author | John Hartley |
Publisher | Psychology Press |
Pages | 258 |
Release | 1992 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9780415015424 |
First Published in 1993. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
The Beginnings of National Politics
Title | The Beginnings of National Politics PDF eBook |
Author | Jack N. Rakove |
Publisher | JHU Press |
Pages | 501 |
Release | 2019-12-01 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1421430983 |
Originally published in 1982. Despite a necessary preoccupation with the Revolutionary struggle, America's Continental Congress succeeded in establishing itself as a governing body with national—and international—authority. How the Congress acquired and maintained this power and how the delegates sought to resolve the complex theoretical problems that arose in forming a federal government are the issues confronted in Jack N. Rakove's searching reappraisal of Revolution-era politics. Avoiding the tendency to interpret the decisions of the Congress in terms of competing factions or conflicting ideologies, Rakove opts for a more pragmatic view. He reconstructs the political climate of the Revolutionary period, mapping out both the immediate problems confronting the Congress and the available alternatives as perceived by the delegates. He recreates a landscape littered with unfamiliar issues, intractable problems, unattractive choices, and partial solutions, all of which influenced congressional decisions on matters as prosaic as military logistics or as abstract as the definition of federalism.
Blake, Politics, and History
Title | Blake, Politics, and History PDF eBook |
Author | Jackie DiSalvo |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 470 |
Release | 2015-08-14 |
Genre | Literary Criticism |
ISBN | 1317381386 |
First published in 1998, this book formed part of an ongoing effort to restore politics and history to the centre of Blake studies. It adopts a three pronged approach when presenting its essays, seeking to promote a return to the political Blake; to deepen the understanding of some of the conversations articulated in Blake’s art by introducing new, historical material or new interpretations of texts; and to highlight differing perspectives on Blake’s politics among historically focused critics. The collection contains essays with varying methodological assumptions and differing positions on questions central to historicist Blake scholarship.
A Quick History of Politics
Title | A Quick History of Politics PDF eBook |
Author | Clive Gifford |
Publisher | Quick Histories |
Pages | 130 |
Release | 2021-07-06 |
Genre | Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | 071126032X |
A Quick History of Politics takes us from pharaohs to fair votes, packed with facts and jokes about the many faces of politics through time.