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1	History and Social Theory more books like this by Peter Burke add to wishlist What is the use of social theory to historians, and of history to social theorists? In clear and energetic prose, a pre-eminent cultural historian here offers a far-reaching response to these deceptively simple questions. In this classic text, now revised and updated in its second edition, Peter Burke reviews afresh the relationship between the ... see all copies from $2.46! new only from $16.95! \| SVS
2	The Fabrication of Louis XIV more books like this by Peter Burke add to wishlist Louis XIV was man like any other, but the money and attention lavished on his public image by the French government transformed him into a godlike figure. This book gives an account of contemporary representations of Louis XIV and shows how the making of the royal image illuminates the relationship between art and power. Images of Louis XIV ... see all copies from $2.95! new only from $21.90! \| first editions \| SVS
3	Information Graphics: Innovative Solutions in Contemporary Design more books like this by Peter Wildbur, Michael Burke add to wishlist Designers need to make information accessible and available to everyone - but how do they arrive at such elegant and useful solutions to complicated problems? Covering a broad spectrum of material, from transportation systems and body-imaging maps to personal information-manager (pim) interfaces and three-dimensional rendering, this book presents ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $18.77! \| first editions
4	The Italian Renaissance: Culture and Society in Italy more books like this by Peter Burke add to wishlist In this brilliant and widely acclaimed work, Peter Burke presents a social and cultural history of the Italian Renaissance. He discusses the social and political institutions which existed in Italy during the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries and he analyses the ways of thinking and seeing which characterized this period of extraordinary artistic ... see all copies from $2.00! new only from $17.63! \| SVS
5	What Is Cultural History more books like this by Peter Burke add to wishlist "What is Cultural History?" has established itself as an essential guide to what cultural historians do and how they do it. Now fully updated in its second edition, leading historian Peter Burke offers afresh his accessible guide to the past, present and future of cultural history, as it has been practised not only in the English-speaking world, ... see all copies from $13.95! new only from $15.98! \| SVS
6	The French Historical Revolution: The Annales School, 1929-1989 more books like this by Peter Burke add to wishlist see all copies from $23.45! new only from $23.45!
7	New Perspectives on Historical Writing more books like this by Peter Burke (Editor) add to wishlist The way in which history is written has changed quite dramatically - so much so that the phrase aethe new historyAE is now commonly used by historians. But what is the new history and how aenewAE is it? Is it a temporary fashion or a long-term trend? Will it - or should it - replace traditional history, or can the two coexist in peace? This second ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $28.95! \| first editions
8	Fortunes of the Courtier - Ppr.* more books like this by Peter Burke add to wishlist Castiglione's Cortegiano, or Book of the Courtier, is often read as a book embodying the spirit of the High Renaissance in Italy. It is therefore easy to forget that Castiglione wrote the Courtier as a practical guide to contemporary conduct and that it quickly became a huge success outside Italy. More than a hundred editions have appeared in ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.83!
9	The Best of Burke: Selected Writings and Speeches of Edmund Burke more books like this by Peter J Stanlis (Editor), Edmund Burke add to wishlist No conservative library is complete without the thought of Edmund Burke, the founder of modern conservatism. see all copies from $59.91! first editions
10	Birds of Chile more books like this by Alvaro Jaramillo, Peter Burke (Illustrator), David Beadle (Illustrator) add to wishlist This is the essential new field guide to the birds of Chile. Representing a great diversity of habitats, from the Andes in the north down to the tundra and sub-Antarctic rainforest of Tierra del Fuego in the far south, Chile is the breeding ground or temporary abode of 473 known species including 9 found nowhere else in the world. "Birds of Chile" ... see all copies from $20.00! new only from $21.12! \| first editions \| SVS
11 view cover	Change Up: An Oral History of 8 Key Events That Shaped Modern Baseball more books like this by Larry Burke, Peter Thomas Fornatale, Jim Baker add to wishlist "Change Up" is every fan's box-seat ticket to a remarkable baseball event: a round-table conversation among the participants themselves about pivotal developments that changed the game, from the 1960s to today. Here, through the eyes and words of star players like Alex Rodriguez, Derek Jeter, and Ichiro Suzuki, baseball legends like Cal Ripken, ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.95! \| first editions \| SVS
12 view cover	Eyewitnessing: The Uses of Images as Historical Evidence more books like this by Mr. Peter Burke add to wishlist This text evaluates the place of images among other kinds of historical evidence. By reviewing the many varieties of images by region, period and medium, and looking at the pragmatic uses of images (e.g. the Bayeux Tapestry, an engraving of a printing press, a reconstruction of a building), the author sheds light on our assumption that these ... see all copies from $16.63! new only from $16.63! \| SVS
13 view cover	Popular Culture in Early Modern Europe more books like this by Peter Burke add to wishlist This revised reprint contains a new preface looking at developments in recent years in the study of popular culture and the difficulty in fixing these two terms. A supplementary bibliography also adds to the information about recent research in the area. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $41.75! \| first editions \| SVS
14 view cover	The Renaissance more books like this by Peter Burke add to wishlist In this study Peter Burke distances himself from the traditional interpretation of the Renaissance as essentially Italian, self-consciously modern and easily separable from the Middle Ages. He emphasises the survival of medieval traditions and the process of the creative adaptation of classical forms and values to their new cultural and social ... see all copies from $2.08! new only from $12.98! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
15 view cover	Student Study Guide for Use with Biology more books like this by Peter H Raven, Margaret G Burke, Ronald M Taylor add to wishlist see all copies from $2.27! new only from $17.68!
16 view cover	Talking Back to the Machine: Computers and Human Aspiration more books like this by Peter J Denning (Editor), David Kasik, James Burke (Introduction by) add to wishlist From the editors of the wildly successful Beyond Calculation comes another exploration of the overwhelming impact of computers on our future. This time, the essays focus on the human impact of computer technology and culture: how computers will affect the ways we teach, learn, communicate, relate to each other, and live in the coming decades. The ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.00! \| first editions \| SVS
17	A new kind of history, and other essays more books like this by Lucien Febvre, Peter Burke, Keith Folca add to wishlist see all copies from $5.04!
18 view cover	Medieval Popular Culture: Problems of Belief and Perception more books like this by Aron Gurevich, Mr. Peter Burke (Editor), Ruth Finnegan (Editor) add to wishlist By scrutinizing the lives of saints, miracle stories, descriptions of fantastic travels, penitential literature, catechisms and similar genres, from the fifth to the 15th centuries, the author attempts to reconstruct the beliefs and perceptions of ordinary men and women in medieval times. see all copies from $18.00!
19 view cover	Social History of the Media: From Gutenberg to the Internet more books like this by Asa Briggs, Lord, Peter Burke add to wishlist Written by two leading social and cultural historians, the first edition of "A Social History of the Media" has become a classic textbook, providing a masterful overview of communication media and of the social and cultural contexts within which they emerged and evolved over time. In this new and revised edition, Asa Briggs and Peter Burke have ... see all copies from $25.00! new only from $34.44! \| first editions
20 view cover	The Historical Anthropology of Early Modern Italy: Essays on Perception and Communication more books like this by Peter Burke add to wishlist Based on archival material from the cities of Genoa, Milan, Venice, Florence, Rome, and Naples, as well as on published sources, such as travel journals, and artistic representations, this volume presents an original view of the culture of early modern Italy. The book addresses particular themes - specifically those of perception and communication ... see all copies from $44.73! new only from $44.73! \| first editions \| SVS
21 view cover	New World Blackbirds: The Icterids more books like this by Alvaro Jaramillo, Peter Burke add to wishlist A guide to the family Icteridae, known as blackbirds, troupials or New World Blackbirds. A diverse family, the Icterids range throughout the Americas, from Alaska to Cape Horn, and including the Caribbean. Despite the name blackbird", many of the 103 species covered in this book are very brightly coloured , and the group includes some of the most ... see all copies from $28.88! new only from $41.13! \| signed copies \| first editions
22	Literacy and Social Development in the West: A Reader more books like this by Harvey J Graff (Editor), Mr. Peter Burke (Editor), Ruth H Finnegan (Editor) add to wishlist see all copies from $11.00! first editions
23 view cover	Storytelling Rights: The Uses of Oral and Written Texts by Urban Adolescents more books like this by Amy Shuman, Peter Burke (Editor), Ruth H Finnegan (Editor) add to wishlist Based on intensive fieldwork in an urban American junior high school, this original study explores the relationship between oral and written texts in everyday life by analysing tellings and retellings of local events, diaries, writings and discussions. see all copies from $29.06! new only from $40.07! \| first editions \| SVS
24 view cover	Languages and Communities in Early Modern Europe more books like this by Peter Burke add to wishlist In this magisterial new study, Peter Burke explores the social and cultural history of the languages spoken or written in Europe between the invention of printing and the French Revolution, arguing that, from a linguistic point of view, 1450 to 1789 should be regarded as a distinct period. One major theme of the book is the relation between ... see all copies from $15.00! new only from $29.29! \| first editions \| SVS
25 view cover	Log-linear models more books like this by David Knoke, Peter J. Burke add to wishlist Discusses the innovative log-linear model of statistical analysis. This model makes no distinction between independent and dependent variables, but is used to examine relationships among categoric variables by analyzing expected cell frequencies. see all copies from $4.05! new only from $9.85! \| first editions \| SVS

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