wyszukanych pozycji: 5
History of Future Cities
ISBN: 9780393348866 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 480 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Every month, five million people move from the past to the future. Pouring into developing-world "instant cities" like Dubai and Shenzhen, these urban newcomers confront a modern world cobbled together from fragments of a West they have never seen. Do these fantastical boomtowns, where blueprints spring to life overnight on virgin land, represent the dawning of a brave new world? Or is their vaunted newness a mirage?
In a captivating blend of history and reportage, Daniel Brook travels to a series of major metropolitan hubs that were once themselves instant cities-- St. Petersburg,... Every month, five million people move from the past to the future. Pouring into developing-world "instant cities" like Dubai and Shenzhen, these urban...
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125,23 zł |
The Accident of Color: A Story of Race in Reconstruction
ISBN: 9780393531725 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 368 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. |
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76,83 zł |
The Trap: Selling Out to Stay Afloat in Winner-Take-All America
ISBN: 9780805088014 / Angielski / Miękka / 2008 / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. "Takes dead aim at the conservative economic consensus that has dominated U.S. politics . . . Biting and necessary."--The American Prospect In this witty and revealing polemic, journalist Daniel Brook argues that the exploding income gap--a product of the conservative ascendance--is systematically dismantling the American dream, as debt-laden, well-educated young people are torn between their passions and the pressure to earn six-figure incomes. Rising education, housing, and health-care costs have made it virtually impossible for all but the corporate elite to... "Takes dead aim at the conservative economic consensus that has dominated U.S. politics . . . Biting and necessary."--The American Prospect |
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99,46 zł |
The Accident of Color: A Story of Race in Reconstruction
ISBN: 9780393247442 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. |
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120,76 zł |
Modern Revolution: Social Change and Cultural Continuity in Czechoslovakia and China
ISBN: 9780761831938 / Angielski / Miękka / 2005 / 242 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Using a comparative historical methodology, this book analyzes the causal convergence of the 1989 Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia from socio-cultural and political economic perspectives, and contrasts it with China's Tiananmen Square rebellion during same year. The key strategy in tracking the causal convergence is a measured emphasis on structures, agencies, cultures, and their interactions.
Using a comparative historical methodology, this book analyzes the causal convergence of the 1989 Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia from socio-cultu...
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405,96 zł |