This book provides a comprehensive survey of Edmund Burke's historical thought, a neglected area of both Burke scholarship and historiography. Ranging from Burke's general conception of history to his accounts of English, European, American, Irish and Asian-Muslim history, this book offers much-need[...]
Den brittiske juristen, politikern och litteratören Edmund Burke (17291797) är känd som konservatismens fader och som förespråkare för det gamla samhället och dess eliter. Han författade inflytelserika skrifter och höll känslostarka och uppmärksammade tal inom estetik och politisk idédeb[...]
The great British statesman Edmund Burke had a genius for political argument, and his impassioned speeches and writings shaped English public life in the second half of the eighteenth century. This anthology of Burke's speeches, letters, and pamphlets, selected, introduced, and annotated by David Br[...]
Until the 1993 first edition of this book, one thing had been missing in Middle Eastern history - depiction of the lives of ordinary Middle Eastern men and women, peasants, villagers, pastoralists, and urbanites. Now updated and revised, the second edition has added six new portraits of individuals [...]
Ride faster and more efficiently with "Serious Cycling." Exercise scientists have unearthed a wealth of information that cyclists can use to improve their performance. However, most cyclists have never had access to this great body of knowledge. Now you do. "Serious Cycling" bridges the gap between [...]
Fine-tune your workout intensity! Precision Heart Rate Training fully explains why and how to train with a heart rate monitor. Editor Ed Burke introduces the basic concepts of heart rate training. Then an all-star panel of experts explains how to design and use training programs for seven different [...]
Reissued here is one of the most influential works of Western political thought and rhetoric, first published in 1790.[...]