wyszukanych pozycji: 6
The Protestant Clergy in the Great Plains and Mountain West, 1865-1915
ISBN: 9780803293113 / Angielski / Miękka / 2004 / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. The mainline Protestant churches played a vital role in the settlement of the West. Yet historians have, for the most part, bypassed this theme. This account recreates the unique religious and cultural mix that sets this region apart from the rest of the nation. From itinerant circuit riders to powerful urban bishops, western clergy were continually involved in the maturation of their communities. Their duties on the frontier extended far beyond delivering Sunday sermons; they also served as librarians, counselors, social workers, educators, booksellers, peacekeepers, and general purveyors of...
The mainline Protestant churches played a vital role in the settlement of the West. Yet historians have, for the most part, bypassed this theme. This ...
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104,29 zł |
The Day the Sun Rose Twice: The Story of the Trinity Site Nuclear Explosion, July 16, 1945
ISBN: 9780826307682 / Angielski / Miękka / 1984 / 233 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. First published in 1984, this prize-winning history of the Manhattan Project is now available in paperback for the first time, fifty years after the explosion of the first atomic bomb.
First published in 1984, this prize-winning history of the Manhattan Project is now available in paperback for the first time, fifty years after the e...
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94,95 zł |
Scots in the North American West: 1790-1917
ISBN: 9780806132532 / Angielski / Twarda / 2000 / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Although Scots have never been an exceptionally large immigrant group in North America, their presence to the West proved significant in a variety of arenas. In this unique and engaging new book, Ferenc Morton Szasz outlines the many contributions Scots have made to the development of the region. This book illuminates the many Scottish explorers, traders, adventurers, ranchers, artists, photographers, and writers who helped forge what is perhaps America's greatest cultural export-the myth of the West. Although Scots have never been an exceptionally large immigrant group in North America, their presence to the West proved significant in a variety ... |
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187,69 zł |
Larger Than Life: New Mexico in the Twentieth Century
ISBN: 9780826338839 / Angielski / Miękka / 2006 / 316 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. "Larger than Life" offers eleven essays that touch on a variety of southwestern themes. One section highlights three people who have dramatically shaped the region's history: pilot Charles A. Lindbergh, who helped turn New Mexico into a regional center for aviation and rocketry during the interwar years; physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer, who believed that New Mexico had restored him to health in the 1920s, and, as a consequence, chose Los Alamos as the site for the nation's top secret weapons laboratory in 1942; and first-term congressman Bill Richardson (currently governor), who inaugurated...
"Larger than Life" offers eleven essays that touch on a variety of southwestern themes. One section highlights three people who have dramatically shap...
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64,67 zł |
Scots in the North American West, 1790-1917
ISBN: 9780806191256 / Angielski / Miękka / 2022 / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. |
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139,24 zł |
British Scientists and the Manhattan Project: The Los Alamos Years
ISBN: 9781349127337 / Angielski / Miękka / 1992 / 167 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 20 dni roboczych. During World War II, Franklin D.Roosevelt and Winston Churchill pooled their nations' resources in the race to beat the Germans to the secret of the atomic bomb. This book tells the story of the British scientists who journeyed to Los Alamos to help develop the world's first nuclear weapons.
During World War II, Franklin D.Roosevelt and Winston Churchill pooled their nations' resources in the race to beat the Germans to the secret of the a...
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194,08 zł |