Fins de siècle : how centuries end, 1400-2000 / edited by Asa Briggs and Daniel Snowman.
Fins de siècle : how centuries end, 1400-2000 / edited by Asa Briggs and Daniel Snowman.
Fins de siècle : how centuries end, 1400-2000 / edited by Asa Briggs and Daniel Snowman.
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Publisher
New Haven, Conn. : Yale University Press, c1996.
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N941/213
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Language
English
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Physical content
248 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 26 cm.
Contents
Introduction / Asa Briggs and Daniel Snowman -- The 1390s: The Empty Throne / Paul Strohm -- The 1490s: Continuities and Contrasts / Malcolm Vale -- The 1590s: Apotheosis or Nemesis of the Elizabethan Regime? / Ian Archer -- The 1690s: Finance, Fashion and Frivolity / Peter Earle -- The 1790s: 'Visi...
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Publisher
New Haven, Conn. : Yale University Press, c1996.
Place of Publication
Connecticut
Date Published
c1996.
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Summary
The writers - Paul Strohm on the 1390s (when signs of a new time consciousness first emerged), Malcolm Vale on the 1490s, Ian Archer on the 1590s, Peter Earle on the 1690s, Roy Porter on the 1790s and Asa Briggs on the 1890s and 1990s - discuss what is common and what is distinctive to each period. Investigating cultural and intellectual attitudes,...
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Fins de siècle : how centuries end, 1400-2000 / edited by Asa Briggs and Daniel Snowman.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [235]-242) and index.
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Date Copyright
c1996.
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Call Numbers
N941/213
Record Identifier
74VvZQZVKrzd
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VvZQZVKrzd
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ISBN
0300066872 (alk. paper)
9780300066876 (alk. paper)
DDC
941
MMS ID
991004717609702626
