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The Land and the Loom: Peasants and Profit in Northern ...

The Land and the Loom: Peasants and Profit in Northern ...

Liana Vardi

About the Author Liana Vardi is Assistant Professor of History at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Vardi, Liana. The land and the loom : peasants and profit in northern France , ...
Dairy Queens: The Politics of Pastoral Architecture from ...

Dairy Queens: The Politics of Pastoral Architecture from ...

Meredith Martin

161– 187. SaintLambert's sentimental view of the peasantry is discussed in Liana Vardi, “Imagining the Harvest in Early Modern Europe,” American Historical Review, 101, no. 5 (December 1996): 1395 – 1396. 21 Liana Vardi, “Rewriting the ...
Framing Social Criticism in the Jesus Movement: The ...

Framing Social Criticism in the Jesus Movement: The ...

Sarah E. Rollens

According to Liana Vardi, moreover, these romanticized portraits are historically situated and only start to emerge in post-Enlightenment thought." To reach this conclusion, Vardi traces the way that peasants were represented in early modern  ...
The Physiocrats and the World of the Enlightenment

The Physiocrats and the World of the Enlightenment

Liana Vardi

Whatever side they took, Dan Edelstein has recently stressed that the participants in these quarrels displayed a common spirit of enquiry and were equally indebted to classical and modern authors.20 Emma Rothschild has shown the ...
Agricultural Enlightenment: Knowledge, Technology, and ...

Agricultural Enlightenment: Knowledge, Technology, and ...

Peter M. Jones

... them with the physiocrats, although this will not satisfy André Bourde who wrote an extremely thorough book examining every aspect of the literature on agricultural improvement in eighteenth-century France.49 Nor will it satisfy Liana Vardi, ...
Privilege and Reciprocity in Early Modern Belgium: ...

Privilege and Reciprocity in Early Modern Belgium: ...

Erik J. Hadley

Liana Vardi, in her work on eighteenth-century Cambrésis, notes that the peasants of the Cambrésis and Walloon Flanders paid, on average, three to four livres per capita for direct taxes (i.e., the taille).101 Through comparisons with Hainaut ...
Sentimental Savants: Philosophical Families in Enlightenment ...

Sentimental Savants: Philosophical Families in Enlightenment ...

Meghan K. Roberts

Liana Vardi, The Land and the Loom: Peasants and Profit in Northern France, 1680–1800 (Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 1993), 87–109; Hoffman, Growth in a Traditional Society, 81–142. 8. G. E. Mingay, introduction to The Agricultural ...
Invisible Hands: Self-Organization and the Eighteenth Century

Invisible Hands: Self-Organization and the Eighteenth Century

Jonathan Sheehan

... Before the Deluge: Public Debt, Inequality, and the Intellectual Origins of the French Revolution (Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2007); and Liana Vardi, The Physiocrats and the World of the Enlightenment (Cambridge: Cambridge ...
The Work of France: Labor and Culture in Early Modern Times, ...

The Work of France: Labor and Culture in Early Modern Times, ...

James R. Farr

1977); and Pierre Goubert, The Ancien Regime, trans. Steve Cox (New York: Harper and Row, 1973; orig. ed. 1969). 5. Hoffman, Growth; Jonathan Dewald and Liana Vardi, “The Peasantries of France, 1400—1800,” in The Peasantries of  ...
Asian Children's Favorite Stories: A Treasury of Folktales ...

Asian Children's Favorite Stories: A Treasury of Folktales ...

David Conger

Asian Children's Favorite Stories retold by David Conger, Kay Lyons, Liana Romulo, Joan Suyenaga and Marian Davies Toth illustrations by Patrick Yee edited by Liana Romulo TUTTLE PUBLISHING Tokyo • Rutland, Vermont • Singapore ...
Distributed Computing and Artificial Intelligence: 9th ...

Distributed Computing and Artificial Intelligence: 9th ...

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My First Book of Tagalog Words: Filipino Rhymes and Verses

My First Book of Tagalog Words: Filipino Rhymes and Verses

Liana Romulo

With the help of this book, we hope more children (and adults) will soon be a part of the 22 million people worldwide that speak Tagalog!
The Homes of Giorgio Vasari

The Homes of Giorgio Vasari

Liana Cheney

This book is the first to focus on Vasari’s decorative cycles for his homes in Arezzo and Florence, revealing the significance of the artistic, cultural, and historical milieu of the sixteenth century.
Filipino Friends

Filipino Friends

Liana Romulo

Filipino Friends, perfect for Filipino-American's or those just interested in the culture, is indispensable in bridging the gap between the two cultures.
Readings in Italian Mannerism

Readings in Italian Mannerism

Liana De Girolami Cheney

The aim of this book is to focus on the origin of the historiography of the terms "Mannerism" and "Maniera" in paintings and drawings of the sixteenth-century in Italy.
Die Unbekannte: Thriller

Die Unbekannte: Thriller

Peter Swanson

Sie zu lieben ist ein tödlicher Fehler George Foss hatte nicht gedacht, dass er sie jemals wiedersehen würde, bis er Liana eines Nachts in seiner Lieblingsbar in Boston erblickt.
Diversity Programming for Digital Youth: Promoting Cultural ...

Diversity Programming for Digital Youth: Promoting Cultural ...

Jamie Campbell Naidoo

The book Filipino Celebrations: A Treasury of Feasts and Festivals by Liana Romulo and Corazon Dandan-Albano also includes a wealth of background information on Filipino culture along with crafts and games that might be used for  ...
The Zombie Movie Encyclopedia

The Zombie Movie Encyclopedia

Peter Dendle

ZombieJuice.com, Jesse Mark Cesario, Liana Martin, Bill Hellfire, Michael Weldon, Ken Kish, and Jerry Ohlinger. Special thanks to Bryan Senn, for proofreading and moral support, for generously making his private collection of stills available ...
Essays on women artists: "the most excellent"

Essays on women artists: "the most excellent"

Liana Cheney

This two-volume collection of essays celebrates the diversity of artistic style and thematic contributions of female artists from the Renaissance period to the present day.
Dictionary of Artists' Models

Dictionary of Artists' Models

Jill Berk Jiminez

ADVISERS Susan P. Casteras Liana De Girolami Cheney Marie Lathers Jan Marsh Pamela Gerrish Nunn Gill Saunders CONTRIBUTORS Henry Adams Sherman Reed Anderson Christopher D.M. Atkins Colin B. Bailey Suzanne Bailey ...
Asian Studies Newsletter

Asian Studies Newsletter

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... Mizuno Tomoko Sakomura Jianguo Chen Robin L. Hardee Vu Anh Le Okpyo Moon Eberhard Sandschneider Liana Chen Philip E. Harding Charles William Leary Aaron Moore Matthew R. Sayers Bonnie Cheng Anita Harris Charlotte Ping  ...
Filipino Children's Favorite Stories

Filipino Children's Favorite Stories

Liana Romulo

Filipino Children's Favorite Stories presents thirteen well-loved myths and tales from the Philippines. These stories will enchant six to ten year old readers around the world with their wit and charm.
Giorgio Vasari's Teachers: Sacred & Profane Art

Giorgio Vasari's Teachers: Sacred & Profane Art

Liana Cheney

This book examines the artistic, cultural, and historical influence of Giorgio Vasari’s teachers, mentors, and patrons on his sacred and profane paintings.
Filipino Celebrations: A treasury of Feasts and Festivals

Filipino Celebrations: A treasury of Feasts and Festivals

Liana Romulo

Rich with detailed watercolors and cultural flavor, Filipino Celebrations: A Treasury of Feasts and Festivals makes major holidays (like Christmas) and family gatherings (like weddings and birthdays) come alive.
Giorgio Vasari's Prefaces: Art & Theory

Giorgio Vasari's Prefaces: Art & Theory

Liana Cheney

By virtue of this text, Vasari was knows as the "first art historian" since Pliny the Elder. This volume provides an opportunity to study and understand the art, theory, and visual culture of Giorgio Vasari and sixteenth century Italy.

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