A Short History Of Cambridge University Press
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| Author | : Michael H. Black |
| Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
| Total Pages | : 96 |
| Release | : 2000-03-28 |
| Genre | : Art |
| ISBN | : 9780521775724 |
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.
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| Total Pages | : 23 |
| Release | : 1969 |
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| Author | : Leslie Bethell |
| Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
| Total Pages | : 186 |
| Release | : 1993-03-26 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 9780521436823 |
Brings together four chapters from volumes III, V and VII of "The Cambridge History of Latin America", aiming to provide scholars, students and general readers with a concise history of this important island nation. It covers Cuba's development from the mid-18th century.
| Author | : Wiktor Osiatyński |
| Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
| Total Pages | : 263 |
| Release | : 2009-09-14 |
| Genre | : Political Science |
| ISBN | : 1139479342 |
Human Rights and their Limits shows that the concept of human rights has developed in waves: each call for rights served the purpose of social groups that tried to stop further proliferation of rights once their own goals were reached. While defending the universality of human rights as norms of behavior, Osiatyński admits that the philosophy on human rights does not need to be universal. Instead he suggests that the enjoyment of social rights should be contingent upon the recipient's contribution to society. He calls for a 'soft universalism' that will not impose rights on others but will share the experience of freedom and help the victims of violations. Although a state of unlimited democracy threatens rights, the excess of rights can limit resources indispensable for democracy. This book argues that, although rights are a prerequisite of freedom, they should be balanced with other values that are indispensable for social harmony and personal happiness.
| Author | : Fred Singleton |
| Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
| Total Pages | : 228 |
| Release | : 1998-10 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 9780521647014 |
Finland has often been ignored or misunderstood by the English-speaking world and this work presents the reader with a readable and authoritative introduction to the life of the Finns and the position of their country in the modern world. The book explains how a small nation, placed in an unfavorable geopolitical situation, won its independence and eventually achieved a high material standard of living together with an enviable degree of social and political stability by adapting itself to the realities of life in an unpromising environment. Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.
| Author | : Henry Winram Dickinson |
| Publisher | : CUP Archive |
| Total Pages | : 326 |
| Release | : 1939 |
| Genre | : Steam-engines |
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| Author | : Peter Hugoe Matthews |
| Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
| Total Pages | : 182 |
| Release | : 2001-04-23 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 9780521625685 |
This concise history of structural linguistics charts its development from the 1870s to the present day. It explains what structuralism was and why its ideas are still central today. For structuralists a language is a self-contained and tightly organised system whose history is of changes from one state of the system to another. This idea has its origin in the nineteenth century and was developed in the twentieth by Saussure and his followers, including the school of Bloomfield in the United States. Through the work of Chomsky, especially, it is still very influential. Matthews examines the beginnings of structuralism and analyses the vital role played in it by the study of sound systems and the problems of how systems change. He discusses theories of the overall structure of a language, the 'Chomskyan revolution' in the 1950s, and the structuralist theories of meaning.
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| Total Pages | : 0 |
| Release | : 1964 |
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| Author | : Jo Guldi |
| Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
| Total Pages | : 177 |
| Release | : 2014-10-02 |
| Genre | : Political Science |
| ISBN | : 1316165256 |
How should historians speak truth to power – and why does it matter? Why is five hundred years better than five months or five years as a planning horizon? And why is history – especially long-term history – so essential to understanding the multiple pasts which gave rise to our conflicted present? The History Manifesto is a call to arms to historians and everyone interested in the role of history in contemporary society. Leading historians Jo Guldi and David Armitage identify a recent shift back to longer-term narratives, following many decades of increasing specialisation, which they argue is vital for the future of historical scholarship and how it is communicated. This provocative and thoughtful book makes an important intervention in the debate about the role of history and the humanities in a digital age. It will provoke discussion among policymakers, activists and entrepreneurs as well as ordinary listeners, viewers, readers, students and teachers. This title is also available as Open Access.
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| Total Pages | : 23 |
| Release | : 1970 |
| Genre | : Scholarly publishing |
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