Author: Saul David
Publisher: Grove Press
ISBN: 9780802137036
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 508
Book Description
In this title, a chronicle of the scandalous reign of England's George IV captures the sexual intrigue and financial improvidence that that helped define the Regency period and also notes this complex King's intelligence and advocacy of the arts.
Prince of Pleasure
Author: Saul David
Publisher: Grove Press
ISBN: 9780802137036
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 508
Book Description
In this title, a chronicle of the scandalous reign of England's George IV captures the sexual intrigue and financial improvidence that that helped define the Regency period and also notes this complex King's intelligence and advocacy of the arts.
Publisher: Grove Press
ISBN: 9780802137036
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 508
Book Description
In this title, a chronicle of the scandalous reign of England's George IV captures the sexual intrigue and financial improvidence that that helped define the Regency period and also notes this complex King's intelligence and advocacy of the arts.
General Index to the First-[fifth] Ten Volumes of the Journal of the London Geographical Society. ...
Author: Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain)
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 248
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 248
Book Description
American Diaries
Author: William Matthews
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 404
Book Description
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 404
Book Description
Index to the Catalogue of Manuscripts Preserved in the Library of the University of Cambridge
Author:
Publisher: CUP Archive
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 188
Book Description
Publisher: CUP Archive
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 188
Book Description
A Catalogue of the Manuscripts Preserved in the Library of the University of Cambridge: Dd. I.1-Dd.xv.35
Author: Cambridge University Library
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Manuscripts
Languages : en
Pages : 188
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Manuscripts
Languages : en
Pages : 188
Book Description
A Catalogue of the Manuscripts preserved in the Library of the University of Cambridge
Author: Henry Richards Luard
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 375251986X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 186
Book Description
Reprint of the original, first published in 1867.
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 375251986X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 186
Book Description
Reprint of the original, first published in 1867.
A Catalogue of the Manuscripts Preserved in the Library of the University of Cambridge
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 188
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 188
Book Description
A Catalogue of the Manuscripts Preserved in the Library of the University of Cambridge
Author: Cambridge University Library
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Manuscripts
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Manuscripts
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
A Catalogue of the Manuscripts Preserved in the Library of the University of Cambridge
Author: H. R. Luard
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108034381
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 187
Book Description
The first published catalogue of manuscripts held by Cambridge University Library, first published between 1856 and 1867.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108034381
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 187
Book Description
The first published catalogue of manuscripts held by Cambridge University Library, first published between 1856 and 1867.
Information Hunters
Author: Kathy Peiss
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0190944633
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 297
Book Description
While armies have seized enemy records and rare texts as booty throughout history, it was only during World War II that an unlikely band of librarians, archivists, and scholars traveled abroad to collect books and documents to aid the military cause. Galvanized by the events of war into acquiring and preserving the written word, as well as providing critical information for intelligence purposes, these American civilians set off on missions to gather foreign publications and information across Europe. They journeyed to neutral cities in search of enemy texts, followed a step behind advancing armies to capture records, and seized Nazi works from bookstores and schools. When the war ended, they found looted collections hidden in cellars and caves. Their mission was to document, exploit, preserve, and restitute these works, and even, in the case of Nazi literature, to destroy them. In this fascinating account, cultural historian Kathy Peiss reveals how book and document collecting became part of the new apparatus of intelligence and national security, military planning, and postwar reconstruction. Focusing on the ordinary Americans who carried out these missions, she shows how they made decisions on the ground to acquire sources that would be useful in the war zone as well as on the home front. These collecting missions also boosted the postwar ambitions of American research libraries, offering a chance for them to become great international repositories of scientific reports, literature, and historical sources. Not only did their wartime work have lasting implications for academic institutions, foreign-policy making, and national security, it also led to the development of today's essential information science tools. Illuminating the growing global power of the United States in the realms of intelligence and cultural heritage, Peiss tells the story of the men and women who went to Europe to collect and protect books and information and in doing so enriches the debates over the use of data in times of both war and peace.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0190944633
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 297
Book Description
While armies have seized enemy records and rare texts as booty throughout history, it was only during World War II that an unlikely band of librarians, archivists, and scholars traveled abroad to collect books and documents to aid the military cause. Galvanized by the events of war into acquiring and preserving the written word, as well as providing critical information for intelligence purposes, these American civilians set off on missions to gather foreign publications and information across Europe. They journeyed to neutral cities in search of enemy texts, followed a step behind advancing armies to capture records, and seized Nazi works from bookstores and schools. When the war ended, they found looted collections hidden in cellars and caves. Their mission was to document, exploit, preserve, and restitute these works, and even, in the case of Nazi literature, to destroy them. In this fascinating account, cultural historian Kathy Peiss reveals how book and document collecting became part of the new apparatus of intelligence and national security, military planning, and postwar reconstruction. Focusing on the ordinary Americans who carried out these missions, she shows how they made decisions on the ground to acquire sources that would be useful in the war zone as well as on the home front. These collecting missions also boosted the postwar ambitions of American research libraries, offering a chance for them to become great international repositories of scientific reports, literature, and historical sources. Not only did their wartime work have lasting implications for academic institutions, foreign-policy making, and national security, it also led to the development of today's essential information science tools. Illuminating the growing global power of the United States in the realms of intelligence and cultural heritage, Peiss tells the story of the men and women who went to Europe to collect and protect books and information and in doing so enriches the debates over the use of data in times of both war and peace.