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1. The Pleasures of the Imagination

   English Culture in the Eighteenth Century

   By John Brewer

   'If you want to understand how British culture reinvented itself in the eighteenth century, read The Pleasures of the Imagination ... Like all really original achievements it makes us sharply rethink things we supposed we knew well, but it does so with humour and humanity, and through the text runs...

   To Be Published March 26th 2013 by Routledge
2. Children, their World, their Education

   Final Report and Recommendations of the Cambridge Primary Review

   By Robin Alexander, Michael Armstrong, Julia Flutter, Linda Hargreaves, David Harrison, Wynne Harlen, Elizabeth Hartley-Brewer, Ruth Kershner, John Macbeath, Berry Mayall, Stephanie Northen, Gillian Pugh, Colin Richards, David Utting

   Children, their World, their Education is the definitive text for students, teachers, researchers, educational leaders and all who are interested in primary education. As the culmination of the Cambridge Primary Review, the most comprehensive enquiry into English primary education for half a...

   Published October 13th 2009 by Routledge
3. Engineering Analysis in Applied Mechanics

   By John W. Brewer

   Engineering Analysis in Applied Mechanics is composed of two basic parts: the mathematical foundations in Chapters 1 through 3 and the final three chapters on specialized topics in engineering physics. Chapters 5 and 6 are devoted to solid mechanics and dynamics. The text surveys the mathematical...

   Published January 10th 2002 by Taylor & Francis
4. The Consumption of Culture 1600-1800

   Image, Object, Text

   Edited by Ann Bermingham, John Brewer

   Culture does not become 'culture' until it is consumed. This is the radical new interpretation of early modern social history presented in The Consumption of Culture 1600-1800.Leading specialists from North America and Europe explore topics such as the formation of a culture consuming public, the...

   Published March 26th 1997 by Routledge
5. Early Modern Conceptions of Property

   Edited by John Brewer, Susan Staves

   Early Modern Conceptions of Property draws together distinguished academics from a variety of disciplines, including law, economics, politics, art history, social history and literature, in order to consider fundamental issues of property in the early modern period. Presenting diverse original...

   Published September 4th 1996 by Routledge
6. Consumption and the World of Goods

   Edited by John Brewer, Roy Porter

   The study of past society in terms of what it consumes rather than what it produces is - relatively speaking - a new development. The focus on consumption changes the whole emphasis and structure of historical enquiry. While human beings usually work within a single trade or industry as producers,...

   Published October 12th 1994 by Routledge
7. The Sinews of Power

   War, Money and the English State 1688-1783

   By John Brewer

   `The book is a distinguished work - of importance to students of governmental development generally. It is written in a fluent, non-technical manner that should reach a wide audience.' American Historical Review...

   Published April 26th 1989 by Routledge