A History of Surgery
A History of Surgery

Author: Harold Ellis

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 292

ISBN-13: 9781841101811

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A history of key advances in surgery including primitive techniques. Includes a facsinating glimpse into the future of surgery.

A Comparative History of Commerce and Industry, Volume I
A Comparative History of Commerce and Industry, Volume I

Author: David E. McNabb

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2016-04-29

Total Pages: 277

ISBN-13: 1137503262

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A Comparative History of Commerce and Industry, Volume I offers a subjective review of how the cultural, social and economic institutions of commerce and industry evolved in industrialized nations to produce the institution we now know as business enterprise.

Nero in Opera
Nero in Opera

Author: Gesine Manuwald

Publisher: Walter de Gruyter

Published: 2013-05-28

Total Pages: 420

ISBN-13: 3110317516

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This book considers the story of Nero and Octavia, as told in the pseudo-Senecan Octavia and the works of ancient historiographers, and its reception in (early) modern opera and some related examples of other performative genres. In total the study assembles more than 30 performative texts (including 22 librettos), ranging chronologically from L'incoronazione di Poppea in 1642/43 until the early 20th century, and provides detailed information on all of them. In a close examination of the libretto (and dramatic) texts, the study shows the impact and development of this fascinating story from the beginnings of historical opera onwards. The volume demonstrates the various transformations of the characters of Nero and his wives and of the depiction of their relationship over the centuries, and it looks at the tension between “historical” elements and genre conventions. The book is therefore of relevance to literary scholars as well as to readers interested in the evolution of Nero’s image in present-day media.

The Call to Arms
The Call to Arms

Author: Richard Feltoe

Publisher: Dundurn

Published: 2012-09-15

Total Pages: 162

ISBN-13: 145970441X

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From 1812 to 1815 a war was fought between the United States and Britain that decided the destiny and future of North America. The Call to Arms is the first of six books in the series Upper Canada Preserved — War of 1812. Each book in this battlefield-based chronicle combines the best of modern historical research with extensive quotations from original official documents and personal letters to bring to life this crucial period of Canada’s early history. Numerous historical images of locations are counterpointed with comparable modern perspectives to give a true then-and-now effect. Custom-drawn maps are also included to trace the course of individual battles stage-by-stage, while placing and moving the shifting formations of troops across a geographically accurate battlefield. In this first entry in the series, the focus is on the 1812 invasions of Upper Canada: the Battles of Detroit, Queenston Heights, and Frenchman’s Creek, and features such figures as Major General Isaac Brock, Brigadier General William Hull, Major General Roger H. Sheaffe, and Tecumseh, among others.

The Indian and Pacific Correspondence of Sir Joseph Banks, 1768–1820, Volume 5
The Indian and Pacific Correspondence of Sir Joseph Banks, 1768–1820, Volume 5

Author: Neil Chambers

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2021-12-17

Total Pages: 528

ISBN-13: 1315475960

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Following his participation in James Cook's circumnavigation in HMS Endeavour (1768-71), Joseph Banks developed an extensive global network of scientists and explorers. His correspondence shows how he developed effective working links with the British Admiralty and with the generation of naval officers who sailed after Cook. Volume 5 Letters 1798–1801