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His Life and Times
'A wonderfully assured and utterly riveting biography that captures not only the much-maligned Machiavelli, but also the spirit of his time and place....
The Imperial Ideal in Fourteenth-century Italy
The first comprehensive, synoptic study of humanistic ideas of Empire in the period c.1250-1402, Humanism and Empire offers a radical new interpretati...
Why are some countries more democratic than others? For most non-European countries, elections began under Western colonial rule. However, existing re...
Classical Scholarship, Christian Theology and the Origins of the Renaissance in Italy
Challenging the familiar view of Francesco Petrarca as the โfather of humanismโ, this book offers a comprehensive re-interpretation of Petrarchโ...
Featuring the beauties of Michelangelo and Leonardo da Vinci, combined with the dark and hidden side of the Renaissance, by an acclaimed historian and...
The Politics of Caste in Twentieth-Century India
From Hierarchy to Ethnicity discusses the origins of politicized caste identities in twentieth-century India, and how they evolved over time....
In Eight Books, Latin and English
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An Economic Theory of International Politics
"In modern times, international borders reflect discontinuous changes in political authority, no matter what the inconveniences are for the individual...
"Renowned as an age of artistic rebirth, the Renaissance is cloaked with an aura of beauty and brilliance. But behind the Mona Lisa's smile lurked a s...
Founded on the Most Extensive Hospital and Private Practice, During a Period of Nearly Fifty Years; with Numerous Plates
Theory and Practice
Triangulation, Realignment and the Battle for the Centre Ground
The 2005 general election revealed the emergence of a new and more volatile electorate and signalled the collapse of traditional voting patterns in Br...
Social Power and Regional Policy in India
Why do some states provide infrastructure and social services to their citizens, and others do not? In Development in Multiple Dimensions, Alexander L...
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in...
Issues and Analysis
The Scottish Founders of Modern Public Accountancy
The mid nineteenth century founders of the foundation of institutionalised public accountancy in the English-speaking world were public accountants pr...
In Eight Books, Latin and English - Scholar's Choice Edition
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was ...
This powerful chronicle of men at war, first published in 1937, recalls the author's experience with the horrors of World War I, for which he received...
A Review of the Coal Mining Industry Under Private Enterprise
State Highway 1 (North Island), Mangaweka Deviation
Why are the citizens of neighboring regions that lie across an international border often subject to very different governance systems? In The Cartel ...
The Paris Years
A close look at Man Ray's interwar portraiture, as well as the friendships between the photographer and his subjects: the international avant garde in...
Sex, Greed, Violence and Depravity in an Age of Beauty
Renowned as a period of cultural rebirth and artistic innovation, the Renaissance is cloaked in a unique aura of beauty and brilliance. Its very name ...