Evening's Empire
A History of the Night in Early Modern Europe
Inbunden, Engelska, 2011
Av Craig Koslofsky, Urbana-Champaign) Koslofsky, Craig (Associate Professor, University of Illinois
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Produktinformation
- Utgivningsdatum2011-06-30
- Mått160 x 235 x 20 mm
- Vikt830 g
- FormatInbunden
- SpråkEngelska
- SerieNew Studies in European History
- Antal sidor448
- FörlagCambridge University Press
- ISBN9780521896436
- UtmärkelserWinner of Longman-History Today Book of the Year Award 2011