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Pages: 281
Authors: Shane Butler
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2015-09-04 - Publisher: MIT Press

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A search for traces of the voice before the phonograph, reconstructing a series of ancient soundscapes from Aristotle to Augustine. Long before the invention of
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Pages: 281
Authors: Shane Butler
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2016-04-22 - Publisher: MIT Press

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A search for traces of the voice before the phonograph, reconstructing a series of ancient soundscapes from Aristotle to Augustine. Long before the invention of
Mercenaries of the Ancient World
Language: en
Pages: 320
Authors: Serge Yalichev
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 1997 - Publisher: Constable & Robinson

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With a blend of narrative and analysis, this book explores the extent to which mercenaries have been used, from Sumer to Rome, and the reasons governments hired
A Spiral Way
Language: en
Pages: 174
Authors: Erika Brady
Categories: Social Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 1999 - Publisher: Univ. Press of Mississippi

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The invention of the cylinder phonograph at the end of the nineteenth century opened up a new world for cultural research. Indeed, Edison's talking machine beca
Sexing the World
Language: en
Pages: 217
Authors: Anthony Corbeill
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2015-01-18 - Publisher: Princeton University Press

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From the moment a child in ancient Rome began to speak Latin, the surrounding world became populated with objects possessing grammatical gender—masculine eyes