wyszukanych pozycji: 6
The Chief: The Life of William Randolph Hearst
ISBN: 9780618154463 / Angielski / Miękka / 2001 / 736 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. The epic scope of historian Nasaw's award winning biography matches the titanic personality and achievements of William Randolph Hearst (1862-1951), who built the nation's first media conglomerate from a single San Francisco newspaper.
The epic scope of historian Nasaw's award winning biography matches the titanic personality and achievements of William Randolph Hearst (1862-1951), w...
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82,95 zł |
The Patriarch: The Remarkable Life and Turbulent Times of Joseph P. Kennedy
ISBN: 9780143124078 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 912 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) David Nasaw examines the life of Joseph P. Kennedy, the founder of the 20th century's most famous political dynasty. Drawing on never-before-published materials from archives on three continents and interviews with Kennedy family members and friends, Nasaw tells the story of a man who participated in the major events of his times: the booms and busts, the Depression and the New Deal, two world wars and the Cold War, and the birth of the New Frontier. In studying Kennedy's life, we relive the history of the American century.
David Nasaw examines the life of Joseph P. Kennedy, the founder of the 20th century's most famous political dynasty. Drawing on never-before-published...
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56,74 zł |
Going Out: The Rise and Fall of Public Amusements
ISBN: 9780674356221 / Angielski / Miękka / 1999 / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. David Nasaw has written a sparkling social history of twentieth-century show business and of the new American public that assembled in the city's pleasure palaces, parks, theaters, nickelodeons, world's fair midways, and dance halls. The new amusement centers welcomed women, men, and children, native-born and immigrant, rich, poor and middling. Only African Americans were excluded or segregated in the audience, though they were overrepresented in parodic form on stage. This stigmatization of the African American, Nasaw argues, was the glue that cemented an otherwise disparate... David Nasaw has written a sparkling social history of twentieth-century show business and of the new American public that assembled in the city's p... |
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175,46 zł |
Andrew Carnegie
ISBN: 9780143112440 / Angielski / Miękka / 2007 / 896 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) The definitive account of the life of Andrew Carnegie
Celebrated historian David Nasaw, whom The New York Times Book Review has called "a meticulous researcher and a cool analyst," brings new life to the story of one of America's most famous and successful businessmen and philanthropists--in what will prove to be the biography of the season. Born of modest origins in Scotland in 1835, Andrew Carnegie is best known as the founder of Carnegie Steel. His rags to riches story has never been told as dramatically and vividly as in Nasaw's new biography. Carnegie, the son... The definitive account of the life of Andrew Carnegie
Celebrated historian David Nasaw, whom The New York Times Book Review has ... |
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103,20 zł |
Schooled to Order: A Social History of Public Schooling in the United States
ISBN: 9780195028928 / Angielski / Miękka / 1981 / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. 'This is history of education in its finest tradition, i.e., education s social history rather than as mere schooling... Carefully researched, well written, and even-handed, Nasaw's book is an important addition to the debate over the evolution of public education in the United States.'
'This is history of education in its finest tradition, i.e., education s social history rather than as mere schooling... Carefully researched, well wr...
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112,51 zł |
The Gospel of Wealth Essays and Other Writings
ISBN: 9780143039891 / Angielski / Miękka / 2006 / 128 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Words of wisdom from American philanthropist Andrew Carnegie
Focusing on Carnegie's most famous essay, "The Gospel of Wealth," this book of his writings, published here together for the first time, demonstrates the late steel magnate's beliefs on wealth, poverty, the public good, and capitalism. Carnegie's commitment to ensuring and promoting the welfare of his fellow human beings through philanthropic deeds ranged from donations to universities and museums to establishing more than 2,500 public libraries in the English-speaking world, and he gave away more than $350 million... Words of wisdom from American philanthropist Andrew Carnegie
Focusing on Carnegie's most famous essay, "The Gospel of Wealth," this book o... |
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74,26 zł |