wyszukanych pozycji: 34
The Ideological Origins of the American Revolution
ISBN: 9780674975651 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 432 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) The Ideological Origins of the American Revolution, awarded both the Pulitzer and the Bancroft prizes, has become a classic of American historical literature. Hailed at its first appearance as "the most brilliant study of the meaning of the Revolution to appear in a generation," it was enlarged in a second edition to include the nationwide debate on the ratification of the Constitution, hence exploring not only the Founders' initial hopes and aspirations but also their struggle to implement their ideas in constructing the national government. Now, in a new preface, Bernard... The Ideological Origins of the American Revolution, awarded both the Pulitzer and the Bancroft prizes, has become a classic of American hist... |
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119,35 zł |
Illuminating History: A Retrospective of Seven Decades
ISBN: 9780393541526 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. |
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82,95 zł |
Soundings in Atlantic History: Latent Structures and Intellectual Currents, 1500-1830
ISBN: 9780674061774 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 640 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. These innovative essays probe the underlying unities that bound the early modern Atlantic world into a regional whole and trace some of the intellectual currents that flowed through the lives of the people of the four continents. Drawn together in a comprehensive Introduction by Bernard Bailyn, the essays include analyses of the climate and ecology that underlay the slave trade, pan-Atlantic networks of religion and of commerce, legal and illegal, inter-ethnic collaboration in the development of tropical medicine, science as a product of imperial relations, the Protestant international... These innovative essays probe the underlying unities that bound the early modern Atlantic world into a regional whole and trace some of the intelle... |
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182,33 zł |
The Ordeal of Thomas Hutchinson
ISBN: 9780674641617 / Angielski / Miękka / 1976 / 448 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. "This book," Mr. Bailyn writes, "depicts the fortunes of a conservative in a time of radical upheaval and deals with problems of public disorder and ideological commitment." It is at the same time a dramatic account of the origins of the American Revolution from the viewpoint, not of the winners who became the Founding Fathers, but of the losers, the Loyalists. By portraying the ordeal of the last civilian royal governor of Massachusetts, Mr. Bailyn explains "what the human reality was against which the victors struggled" and in doing so makes the story of the Revolution fuller and more...
"This book," Mr. Bailyn writes, "depicts the fortunes of a conservative in a time of radical upheaval and deals with problems of public disorder and i...
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198,93 zł |
Pamphlets of the American Revolution, 1750-1776
ISBN: 9780674652507 / Angielski / Twarda / 1965 / 804 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. This is the first volume of a four-volume set that will reprint in their entirety the texts of 72 pamphlets relating to the Anglo-American controversy that were published in America in the years 1750-1776. They have been selected from the corpus of the pamphlet literature on the basis of their importance in the growth of American political and social ideas, their role in the debate with England over constitutional rights, and their literary merit. All of the best known pamphlets of the period, such as James Otis' Rights of the British Colonies (1764), John Dickinson's Farmer's... This is the first volume of a four-volume set that will reprint in their entirety the texts of 72 pamphlets relating to the Anglo-American controve... |
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1023,42 zł |
Strangers Within the Realm: Cultural Margins of the First British Empire
ISBN: 9780807843116 / Angielski / Miękka / 1991 / 468 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) Shedding new light on British expansion in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, this collection of essays examines how the first British Empire was received and shaped by its subject peoples in Scotland, Ireland, North America, and the Caribbean.
An introduction surveys British imperial historiography and provides a context for the volume as a whole. The essays focus on specific ethnic groups -- Native Americans, African-Americans, Scotch-Irish, and Dutch and Germans -- and their relations with the British, as well as on the effects of British expansion in particular regions --... Shedding new light on British expansion in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, this collection of essays examines how the first British Empire w...
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306,34 zł |
To Begin the World Anew: The Genius and Ambiguities of the American Founders
ISBN: 9780375713088 / Angielski / Miękka / 2004 / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) Two time Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Bernard Bailyn has distilled a lifetime of study into this brilliant illumination of the ideas and world of the Founding Fathers. In five succinct essays he reveals the origins, depth, and global impact of their extraordinary creativity. The opening essay illuminates the central importance of America's provincialism to the formation of a truly original political system. In the chapters following, he explores the ambiguities and achievements of Jefferson's career, Benjamin Franklin's changing image and supple diplomacy, the circumstances and impact...
Two time Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Bernard Bailyn has distilled a lifetime of study into this brilliant illumination of the ideas and world of ...
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75,15 zł |
Education in the Forming of American Society: Needs and Opportunities for Study
ISBN: 9780807840474 / Angielski / Miękka / 1970 / 160 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) In a pungent revision of the professional educator's school of history, Bailyn traces the cultural context of education in early American society and the evolution of educational standards in the colonies. His analysis ranges beyond formal education to encompass such vital social determinants as the family, apprenticeship, and organized religion.
Originally published in 1960. A UNC Press Enduring Edition -- UNC Press Enduring Editions use the latest in digital technology to make available again books from our distinguished backlist that were previously out of print. These... In a pungent revision of the professional educator's school of history, Bailyn traces the cultural context of education in early American society and ...
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222,52 zł |
The New England Merchants In The Seventeenth Century
ISBN: 9781446513156 / Angielski / Twarda / 2010 / 266 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) |
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207,89 zł |
Faces of Revolution: Personalities & Themes in the Struggle for American Independence
ISBN: 9780679736233 / Angielski / Miękka / 1992 / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) Pulitzer-Prize-winning author Bernard Bailyn brings us a book that combines portraits of American revolutionaries with a deft exploration of the ideas that moved them and still shape our society today.
Pulitzer-Prize-winning author Bernard Bailyn brings us a book that combines portraits of American revolutionaries with a deft exploration of the ideas...
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83,99 zł |
The Barbarous Years: The Peopling of British North America: The Conflict of Civilizations, 1600-1675
ISBN: 9780375703461 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 640 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize |
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88,41 zł |
The New England Merchants in the Seventeenth Century
ISBN: 9780674612808 / Angielski / Miękka / 1979 / 264 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. By the middle of the eighteenth century the merchants were dominant figures in the northern American colonies, powerful economically, politically, and socially. But in New England this preeminence had not been present in the first years of settlement; it had been achieved in the course of three generations of social development as the merchants often Puritans themselves, rose within the Bible Commonwealths to challenge the domination of the Puritan fathers. In lively detail Mr. Bailyn here presents the struggle of the merchants to achieve full social recognition as their successes in... By the middle of the eighteenth century the merchants were dominant figures in the northern American colonies, powerful economically, politically, ... |
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176,80 zł |
Atlantic History: Concept and Contours
ISBN: 9780674016880 / Angielski / Twarda / 2005 / 160 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. Atlantic history is a newly and rapidly developing field of historical study. Bringing together elements of early modern European, African, and American history--their common, comparative, and interactive aspects--Atlantic history embraces essentials of Western civilization, from the first contacts of Europe with the Western Hemisphere to the independence movements and the globalizing industrial revolution. In these probing essays, Bernard Bailyn explores the origins of the subject, its rapid development, and its impact on historical study.
He first considers Atlantic history as a... Atlantic history is a newly and rapidly developing field of historical study. Bringing together elements of early modern European, African, and Ameri...
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121,46 zł |
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
ISBN: 9781481942164 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 92 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) |
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37,09 zł |
The Intellectual Migration
ISBN: 9780674334113 / Angielski / Twarda / 1969 / 748 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych. |
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297,47 zł |
The Story of Little Black Sambo and Little Black Mingo
ISBN: 9781481275149 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 30 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) |
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37,09 zł |
Glimpses of the Harvard Past
ISBN: 9780674354449 / Angielski / Miękka / 1995 / 161 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. This happy combination of literary essay and exceptionally well-written history, providing insights into a past still important in the twentieth century, will quickly take an honored place on the shelves of Harvardiana. Bernard Bailyn writes on the origins of Harvard and the foundations of Harvard's persistent character, structure, and style of governance, and contributes another chapter on the unhappy ending to the administration of the beloved President Kirkland (x8xo-i8z8), who presided over but could not control a period of profound change. Oscar Handlin describes the shifting... This happy combination of literary essay and exceptionally well-written history, providing insights into a past still important in the twentieth ce... |
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182,33 zł |
Poems Well Lit
ISBN: 9781482048650 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 30 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) |
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46,42 zł |
Stories of Don Quixote Written Anew for Children
ISBN: 9781481275101 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 166 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) |
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46,37 zł |
Magical Love Spells
ISBN: 9781481971256 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 46 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) |
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32,45 zł |