Peter Burke: 31 books
by Peter Burke
Language: English
Release Date: March 7, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: March 7, 2017
In this wide-ranging consideration of intellectual diasporas, historian Peter Burke questions what distinctive contribution to knowledge exiles and expatriates have made. The answer may be summed up in one word: deprovincialization. Historically, the encounter between scholars from different cultures...
The French Historical Revolution
The Annales School 1929 - 2014
Language: English
Release Date: January 20, 2015
This book provides a critical history of the movement associated with the journal Annales, from its foundation in 1929 to the present. This movement has been the single most important force in the development of what is sometimes called ‘the new history’.
Renowned cultural historian, Peter...
Disability and Impairment
Working with Children and Families
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2008
Disability and Impairment introduces professionals working with families to the everyday issues faced by disabled people of all ages in family life.
Peter C Burke shows how social attitudes shape the world of the 'disabled family' either positively or negatively and the effects of stigma. He...
by Peter Burke
Language: Spanish
Release Date: September 25, 2014
Language: Spanish
Release Date: September 25, 2014
En las últimas décadas, el concepto de cultura popular se ha relevado de gran utilidad en la investigación histórica de la Europa moderna. Gracias al trabajo pionero de Peter Burke, las herramientas del historiador cultural se aplican en cualquier aspecto de la historia, y han transformado nuestra...
Pérdidas y ganancias
Exiliados y expatriados en la historia del conocimiento de Europa y las Américas, 1500-2000
Language: Spanish
Release Date: July 23, 2018
En este estudio, el prestigioso historiador Peter Burke analiza, con una visión de largo recorrido de extraordinaria erudición, la contribución que exiliados y expatriados han hecho a la historia intelectual y cultural de Occidente. Para el autor, el primer y más obvio aporte de esta cultura en...
The French Historical Revolution
Annales School 1929 - 1989
Language: English
Release Date: April 29, 2013
This book provides a critical history of the movement associated with the journal Annales, from its foundation in 1929 to the present. Burke argues that this movement has been the single most important force in the development of what is sometimes called the 'new history'.
Burke distinguishes...
by Peter Burke
Language: English
Release Date: July 8, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: July 8, 2013
The aim of this book is both to illustrate and to discuss some of the main varieties of cultural history which have emerged since the questioning of what might be called its "classic" form, exemplified in the work of Jacob Burckhardt and Johan Huizinga. Among the themes of individual chapters...
The Fortunes of the Courtier
The European Reception of Castiglione's Cortegiano
Language: English
Release Date: April 29, 2013
This book aims to understand the different readings of Castiglione's Cortegiano or Book of the Courtier from the Renaissance to the twentieth century.
A Social History of the Media
From Gutenberg to the Internet
Language: English
Release Date: July 26, 2018
Written by two leading social and cultural historians, the first two editions of A Social History of the Media became classic textbooks, providing a masterful overview of communication media and of the social and cultural contexts within which they emerged and evolved over time.
This third...
Material Constitution
A Reader
Language: English
Release Date: January 6, 1997
The only anthology available on material constitution, this book collects important recent work on well known puzzles in metaphysics and philosophy of mind. The extensive, clearly written introduction helps to make the essays accessible to a wide audience.
Many Faces, One Church
Cultural Diversity and the American Catholic Experience
Language: English
Release Date: November 20, 2004
Many Faces, One Church: Cultural Diversity and the American Catholic Experience both captures and facilitates a seismic shift in the who, what, where, when, why, and how of Catholic theology today. Along with a diverse group of theologians who represent the many faces of the church, editors Peter...
Children, Youth and Adults with Asperger Syndrome
Integrating Multiple Perspectives
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2004
This book offers a comprehensive overview of clinical, research and personal perspectives on Asperger Syndrome, including contributions from parents and experts in the fields of psychology, social work, psychiatry, genetics, sexology and vocational counselling.
It includes first-hand accounts...
Change Up
An Oral History of 8 Key Events That Shaped Baseball
Language: English
Release Date: March 4, 2008
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...
Technical Career Survival Handbook
100 Things You Need To Know
Language: English
Release Date: November 9, 2016
Technical Career Survival Handbook: 100 Things You Need To Know provides the information needed to survive a technical career, enabling prospective technical career candidates and those currently in technical careers to explore all technical education possibilities, industries, disciplines, and specialties.
This...