Bloch: 238 books

Feudalism — which was essentially a political and military system — was above all a personal set of mutual obligations between lord and vassal. At its heart was the oath of loyalty. Before witnesses, a vassal placed his clasped hands between those of the lord and pledged to become "his man," a...

Marc Bloch said that his goal in writing Feudal Society was to go beyond the technical study a medievalist would typically write and ‘dismantle a social structure.’ In this outstanding and monumental work, which has introduced generations of students and historians to the feudal period, Bloch...

Christmas Summary Classics This series contains summary of Classic books such as Emma, Arne, Arabian Nights, Pride and prejudice, Tower of London, Wealth of Nations etc. Each book is specially crafted after reading complete book in less than 30 pages. One who wants to get joy of book reading especially...

"The Library of Babel" is arguably Jorge Luis Borges' best known story--memorialized along with Borges on an Argentine postage stamp. Now, in The Unimaginable Mathematics of Borges' Library of Babel, William Goldbloom Bloch takes readers on a fascinating tour of the mathematical ideas hidden...

Quatrième de couverture Cofondateur, en 1929, de la revue Annales, le grand historien Marc Bloch fut une des victimes de Klaus Barbie. Fusillé le 16 juin 1944 à Saint-Didier-de-Formans (Ain), près de Lyon, il laissait inachevé un ouvrage de méthodologie, Apologie pour l'histoire ou Métier...

In the tradition of The Swerve comes this thrilling, detective-like work of literary history that reveals how a poem created the world we live in today. It was, improbably, the forerunner of our digital age: a French poem about a shipwreck published in 1897 that, with its mind-bending possibilities...

From Michael Pollan to locavores, Whole Foods to farmers' markets,  today cooks and foodies alike are paying more attention than ever before to the history of the food they bring into their kitchens—and especially to vegetables. Whether it’s an heirloom tomato, curled cabbage, or succulent squash,...

This provocative new study one of the world's most distinguished anthropologists proposes that an understanding of cognitive science enriches, rather than threatens, the work of social scientists. Maurice Bloch argues for a naturalist approach to social and cultural anthropology, introducing developments...

Petrochemical Machinery Insights is a priceless collection of solutions and advice from Heinz Bloch on a broad range of equipment management themes, from wear to warranty issues, organizational problems and oil mist lubrication, and professional growth and pre-purchase of machinery. The author...

Il 29 gennaio 1937, venticinque giorni dopo essere stato nominato professeur sans chair alla Sorbona, Marc Bloch pronuncia la conferenza Che cosa chiedere alla storia? davanti a un uditorio di membri del Centre polytechnicien d’études économiques, circolo di intellettuali impegnati nella riflessione...

Sex, Love, and Migration goes beyond a common narrative of women's exploitation as a feature of migration in the early twenty-first century, a story that features young women from poor countries who cross borders to work in low paid and often intimate labor. Alexia Bloch argues that the mobility of...

Ce nouvel ouvrage de la collection « Tout savoir sur... » dirigée par Henri Kaufman revient sur les piliers d’une stratégie webmarketing (search, display, email marketing, affiliation, buzz, connaissance client, ergonomie e-commerce...) et les valeurs montantes (médias sociaux, mobile, reciblage...

Nel centenario del primo conflitto mondiale, i ricordi di guerra di un testimone d’eccezione. Con uno stile sobrio e attraverso un’approfondita analisi storiografica, Marc Bloch porta sotto gli occhi del lettore l’esperienza della guerra con i suoi orrori ma anche con i suoi momenti di inaspettata...

Tracce è un’opera dalla genesi complessa, programmaticamente eccentrica, sospesa tra narrazione e riflessione filosofica; o meglio, rappresenta il frutto esemplare di quel «pensare anche affabulando» teorizzato da Bloch. Apologhi, motti di spirito, proverbi, fiabe romantiche, leggende classiche...