The Cambridge Companion to the History of the Book - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Cambridge Companion to the History of the Book write by Leslie Howsam. This book was released on 2015. The Cambridge Companion to the History of the Book available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. An accessible and wide-ranging study of the history of the book within local, national and global contexts.
A Short History of Cambridge University Press
A Short History of Cambridge University Press - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook A Short History of Cambridge University Press write by Michael H. Black. This book was released on 2000-03-28. A Short History of Cambridge University Press available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. A Short History of Cambridge University Press is an account of the world's oldest press, from the publication of the Press's first book in 1584 through to the present day. It emphasises the constitutional basis of the Press, which is an essential part of its parent university, and highlights the moments of change and crisis: Richard Bentley's revival in the 1690s, the Victorian renaissance in the 1850s, the rise of modern university publishing, two world wars, the crisis of the early 1970s - resolved by Geoffrey Cass's bold reconstruction - and the printing and publishing expansion of the 1990s. This history brings out the unique nature of the Press, which is an educational charitable enterprise, trading with vigour throughout the world and publishing over 2400 titles a year. This revised and illustrated second edition brings the story up to the turn of the millennium, and emphasises both the diversity of the Press's recent achievements and its current aims.
A History of Cambridge University Press: Volume 1, Printing and the Book Trade in Cambridge, 1534-1698
A History of Cambridge University Press: Volume 1, Printing and the Book Trade in Cambridge, 1534-1698 - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook A History of Cambridge University Press: Volume 1, Printing and the Book Trade in Cambridge, 1534-1698 write by David McKitterick. This book was released on 1992-09-28. A History of Cambridge University Press: Volume 1, Printing and the Book Trade in Cambridge, 1534-1698 available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This is the first of three volumes concerning the history of the oldest press in the world,a history that extends from the sixteenth century to the present day.
A History of Cambridge University Press: Volume 3, New Worlds for Learning, 1873-1972
A History of Cambridge University Press: Volume 3, New Worlds for Learning, 1873-1972 - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook A History of Cambridge University Press: Volume 3, New Worlds for Learning, 1873-1972 write by David McKitterick. This book was released on 1992. A History of Cambridge University Press: Volume 3, New Worlds for Learning, 1873-1972 available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The third and final volume of A History of Cambridge University Press, covering 1873-1972.
A History of the Laws of War: Volume 2
A History of the Laws of War: Volume 2 - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook A History of the Laws of War: Volume 2 write by Alexander Gillespie. This book was released on 2011-10-07. A History of the Laws of War: Volume 2 available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This unique new work of reference traces the origins of the modern laws of warfare from the earliest times to the present day. Relying on written records from as far back as 2400 BCE, and using sources ranging from the Bible to Security Council Resolutions, the author pieces together the history of a subject which is almost as old as civilisation itself. The author shows that as long as humanity has been waging wars it has also been trying to find ways of legitimising different forms of combatants and ascribing rules to them, protecting civilians who are either inadvertently or intentionally caught up between them, and controlling the use of particular classes of weapons that may be used in times of conflict. Thus it is that this work is divided into three substantial parts: Volume 1 on the laws affecting combatants and captives; Volume 2 on civilians; and Volume 3 on the law of arms control. This second book on civilians examines four different topics. The first topic deals with the targetting of civilians in times of war. This discussion is one which has been largely governed by the developments of technologies which have allowed projectiles to be discharged over ever greater areas, and attempts to prevent their indiscriminate utilisation have struggled to keep pace. The second topic concerns the destruction of the natural environment, with particular regard to the utilisation of starvation as a method of warfare, and unlike the first topic, this one has rarely changed over thousands of years, although contemporary practices are beginning to represent a clear break from tradition. The third topic is concerned with the long-standing problems of civilians under the occupation of opposing military forces, where the practices of genocide, collective punishments and/or reprisals, and rape have occurred. The final topic in this volume is about the theft or destruction of the property of the enemy, in terms of either pillage or the intentional devastation of the cultural property of the opposition. As a work of reference this set of three books is unrivalled, and will be of immense benefit to scholars and practitioners researching and advising on the laws of warfare. It also tells a story which throws fascinating new light on the history of international law and on the history of warfare itself.
