J b carpentier (13 resultados)

Condición: Like New. In unused condition, may show some slight shelf wear, but otherwise unread. This title was digitally scanned from a rare, out of print edition, and will have some visual artifacts from that process.

Condición: New.

Condición: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Condición: New.

Condición: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Paperback. Condición: New. Print on Demand. This book scrutinizes the validity of the claims against physiologists and anatomists that they routinely manipulate and alter microscopic and macroscopic images to support their experimental narratives. The author, a distinguished scientist and researcher, provides a gripping historical and sociological analysis of the accusations, revealing the complex interplay between visual evidence, scientific integrity, and the biases that influence scientific practice. Drawing upon historical and contemporary case studies, the book examines how scientific images have been shaped by both individual biases and structural constraints within the scientific community. The author presents a nuanced and thought-provoking perspective on the relationship between visual representation and scientific truth, challenging the simplistic notion of scientific objectivity and highlighting the importance of critically evaluating scientific images in their historical and social context. This book is a reproduction of an important historical work, digitally reconstructed using state-of-the-art technology to preserve the original format. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in the book. print-on-demand item.…

Soft cover. Condición: Fine. 1st Edition. xiv, 456 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm. ; ISBN 9780669280029, 066928002X OCLC 31890473 LCCN 94076841 LC DG533 .M27 1995 Dewey 945/.05 ; color pictorial stiff paper wrappers ; This collection of readings offers the best of contemporary Italian Renaissance scholarship, classic studies, and excerpts from a great variety of important primary sources in a single volume. Unique to this text is the presentation of conflicting interpretations of major issues in Renaissance history ; Contents: Pt. 1. The Renaissance problem -- 1. The Renaissance problem -- The culture of the Italian Renaissance / Jacob Burckhardt -- Did women have a renaissance? / Joan Kelly -- pt. II. The material world -- 2. The plage and public health -- The plague strikes Orvieto / Elisabeth Carpentier -- Medical reputations and the Black Death / Nancy G. Siraisi -- Sexuality and medicine in the Middle Ages / Danielle Jacquart and Claude Thomasett -- 3. The economy of city and countryside -- Landed property and trade in medieval Siena / Giuliano Pinto -- The preconditions for luxury consumption / Richard A. Goldthwaite -- Women's work in Renaissance Tuscany / Judith C. Brown -- 4. Urban needs and opportunities -- The Italian urban experience / Marvin B. Becker -- Social mobility in Florence / David Herlihy -- The urban territory of a Florentine merchant, 1400 / Christiane Klapisch-Zuber -- pt. III. Political forms -- 5. Renaissance Venice and Florence emerge -- Guild republicianism in Trecento Florence / John M. Najemy -- The Venetian aristocracy takes control / Frederic C. Lane -- 6. Forms of government in Renaissance Italy -- Communes and despots in late-medieval Italy / P.J. Jones -- The rise of the Medici / Dale Kent -- 7. Machiavelli's world -- The prince : political science or political satire? / Garrett Mattingly -- Machiavelli's advice to princes / Quentin Skinner Pt. IV. Humanism -- The beginnings of humanism / Ronald G. Witt -- Petrarch and the discovery of human nature / Hans Baron -- 9. Humanism serves the state -- In defense of civic humanism / Hans Baron -- The significance of civic humanism / Albert Rabil, Jr -- The moral philosophy of a Venetian humanist, Giovanni Caldiera / Margaret L. King -- 10. Schools of humanism -- Humanism and scholasticism in the Italian Renaissance / Paul Oskar Kristeller -- Antiquity versus modernity / Charles Trinkaus -- pt. V. Urban society and culture -- Maternity, widowhood, and dowry in Florence / Christiane Klapisch-Zuber -- Wives and husbands in late medieval Venice / Stanley Chonjnacki -- 12. Conspicuous consumption -- The building of Renaissance Florence / Richard A. Goldwaite -- Sumptuary law and social relations in Renaissance Italy / Diane Owen Hughes -- 13. Spirituality and ritual -- Ritual behavior in Renaissance Florence / Richard Trexler -- Art and pageantry in Renaissance Venice / Edward Muir -- 14. The end of the Renaissance? -- Changing assumptions in later Renaissance culture / William J. Bouwsma -- Clerics and laymen in Italian literature / Carlo Dionisotti ; FINE. Book.…

Paperback. Condición: Very Good. 1. Dutch De Guldensporenherdenkingen en de stadsontwikkeling onder burgemeester Reynaert te Kortrijk (1884-1915) onderzoekt de wisselwerking tussen historische herdenkingscultuur en stedelijke ontwikkeling in Kortrijk aan het einde van de 19de en het begin van de 20ste eeuw. De auteurs analyseren hoe de Guldensporenherdenkingen werden ingezet binnen een bredere visie op stadsvernieuwing, identiteit en politiek beleid onder burgemeester Reynaert. Aan de hand van historische documenten, plannen en beeldmateriaal wordt aangetoond hoe monumentenzorg, urbanisatie en Vlaams-nationale symboliek elkaar beïnvloedden in een periode van sterke maatschappelijke verandering.…

Couverture rigide. Condición: Bon. 1 volume reliure demi basane fauve de l'époque, dos lisse orné, pièce de titre beige, tranches teintées jaune, 214 et 272 pages, quelques rousseurs. Bon exemplaire ( Photographies sur demande / We can send pictures of this book on simple request ).

xxvi + 1007pp., 42cm., printer's device on title page, second engraved title page, text printed in 2 columns, contemporary hardcover binding (marbled boards 'tree-calf', spine in leather with gilt title), marbled endpapers, small ex-libris stamp on title page, text and interior are clean and bright except for few occasional foxing, volume 58 of Palmé's re-edition of the Acta Sanctorum, good condition, text in Latin, weight: 6kg., H107534.…

xxxvi + 999pp., 42cm., printer's device on title page, second engraved title page, engraved full-page portrait of Antonius Tinnebroek S.J. (out-of-text), text printed in 2 columns, contemporary hardcover binding (marbled boards 'tree-calf', spine in leather with gilt title), marbled endpapers, small ex-libris stamp on title page, text and interior are clean and bright except for some occasional foxing, volume 57 of Palmé's re-edition of the Acta Sanctorum, good condition, text in Latin, weight: 6.5kg., H107533.…

LeatherBound. Condición: New. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1884 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set and contains approximately 30 pages. IF YOU WISH TO ORDER PARTICULAR VOLUME OR ALL THE VOLUMES YOU CAN CONTACT US. Resized as per current standards. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Language: French.…

LeatherBound. Condición: New. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1884 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set and contains approximately 28 pages. IF YOU WISH TO ORDER PARTICULAR VOLUME OR ALL THE VOLUMES YOU CAN CONTACT US. Resized as per current standards. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Language: French.…