wyszukanych pozycji: 7
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Essays on the Mexican War
ISBN: 9780890962916 / Angielski / Twarda / 1986 / 120 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) This anthology on the conflict between Mexico and the United States from 1846 to 1848 considers the military, social, political, and diplomatic aspects of what is often referred to in Mexico as the "invasion yanqui." Included are an account of President Polk's wartime tour of New England, a study of monarchist intrigues in Mexico during the war, a description of the disharmony between Polk and his generals that resulted in weakened policy formation, and, finally, a view of a soldier's life through the letters of Andrew Trussell, a volunteer.
This anthology on the conflict between Mexico and the United States from 1846 to 1848 considers the military, social, political, and diplomatic aspect...
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77,52 |
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Conflict and Carnage in Yucatán: Liberals, the Second Empire, and Maya Revolutionaries, 1855-1876
ISBN: 9780817318703 / Angielski / Twarda / 2015 / 200 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) The Yucatan Peninsula has one of the longest, most multifaceted histories in the Americas. With the arrival of Europeans, native Maya with long and successful cultural and diplomatic traditions of their own had to grapple with outside forces attempting to impose new templates of life and politics on them. Conflict and Carnage in Yucatan provides a rigorously researched study of the vexed and bloody period of 1855 to 1876, during which successive national governments implemented, replaced, and restored liberal policies.
Synthesizing an extensive and heterogeneous range of sources,... The Yucatan Peninsula has one of the longest, most multifaceted histories in the Americas. With the arrival of Europeans, native Maya with long and su...
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203,61 |
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Carlos Pellegrini and the Crisis of the Argentine Elites, 1880-1916
ISBN: 9780275932886 / Angielski / Twarda / 1989 / 206 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) Both a political biography of Carlos Pellegrini and a study of political economy, this book challenges traditional views of Argentine history. Covering the period from 1880 through 1916, Richmond reconstructs this period of elite rule. He demonstrates that Pellegrini solved recent problems nearly 100 years earlier and questions why the military, middle class reformers, and populists have failed where the elites often succeeded. The author's main hypothesis is that the Pellegrini regime was a turning point in Argentine history. The departure of the elites coincided with a decline in... Both a political biography of Carlos Pellegrini and a study of political economy, this book challenges traditional views of Argentine history. Cove... |
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357,21 |
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The Mexican Revolution: Conflict and Consolidation, 1910-1940
ISBN: 9781603448161 / Angielski / Twarda / 2013 / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) In 1910 insurgent leaders crushed the Porfirian dictatorship, but in the years that followed fought among themselves, until a nationalist consensus produced the 1917 Constitution. This in turn provided the basis for a reform agenda that transformed Mexico in the modern era. The civil war and the reforms that followed receive new and insightful attention in this book.These essays, the result of the 45th annual Walter Prescott Webb Memorial Lectures, presented by the University of Texas at Arlington in March 2010, commemorate the centennial of the outbreak of the revolution.A potent mix of...
In 1910 insurgent leaders crushed the Porfirian dictatorship, but in the years that followed fought among themselves, until a nationalist consensus pr...
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140,54 |
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Inequality and Christian Ethics
ISBN: 9780521772532 / Angielski / Twarda / 2000 / 310 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) Are the rich getting richer and the poor getting poorer? Inequality and Christian Ethics addresses this question at an international level and goes on to consider why such a phenomenon, to the extent that it is true, is morally troubling. In order to provide an ethical perspective on a social and economic problem such as inequality, the book draws on Christian ethics, philosophy, and economics. It considers the relation of inequality to various aspects of life--such as income, health, and education--as well as to questions of race, gender, and nationality.
Are the rich getting richer and the poor getting poorer? Inequality and Christian Ethics addresses this question at an international level and goes on...
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350,75 |
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Stories for Christmas Vol. II
ISBN: 9781612033921 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 196 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) In 2010 Christmas Treasury Classics presented Stories For Christmas Volume 1. Now we're back with Volume 2 which includes five lively stories your family is sure to enjoy. The Romance of a Christmas Card by Kate Douglas finds the little township of Beulah excited and getting ready for the annual Christmas festivities. What no one realized was that several of the town's residents were about to be richly blessed by two very special Christmas cards. On Christmas Day in the Evening by Grace S. Richmond readers of Volume 1 will again meet the members of the Fernald family. Three Christmas seasons...
In 2010 Christmas Treasury Classics presented Stories For Christmas Volume 1. Now we're back with Volume 2 which includes five lively stories your fam...
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56,97 |
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Robotics in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
ISBN: 9780323878654 / Angielski / Miękka / 2023 / 420 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) |
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620,48 |