wyszukanych pozycji: 13
Studies in Folk Life (Rle Folklore): Essays in Honour of Iorwerth C. Peate
ISBN: 9781138843936 / Angielski / Twarda / 2015 / 390 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. This collection, first published in 1969, presents essays written by twenty of the most eminent scholars from the British Isles and Europe on aspects of folk life studies. The essays are written in honour of Dr Iorwerth C. Peate, Curator of the Welsh Folk Museum and doyen of folk life studies in Britain, to mark his retirement as the first President of the Society for Folk Life Studies. In the present book all the various aspects of folk life, from linguistics to sociology, from architecture to agrarian history, are covered, reflecting the wide interests of Dr Peate and his valuable...
This collection, first published in 1969, presents essays written by twenty of the most eminent scholars from the British Isles and Europe on aspects ...
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779,55 zł |
Studies in Folk Life (Rle Folklore): Essays in Honour of Iorwerth C. Peate
ISBN: 9781138845633 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 372 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
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228,62 zł |
'Doc Tom' Thomas Richards
ISBN: 9780708315514 / Walijski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. |
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27,30 zł |
Univ of Wales Ill History: An Illustrated History
ISBN: 9780708312230 / Angielski / Miękka / 1993 / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. |
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27,30 zł |
Hiwmor Tri Chardi Llengar: Moc Rogers, Tegwyn Jones a Hywel Teifi
ISBN: 9781800994898 / Walijski / Miękka / 2023 / 112 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 12 dni roboczych. |
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57,10 zł |
Getting Yesterday Right : Interpreting the Heritage of Wales
ISBN: 9780708311516 / Angielski / Twarda / 1992 / 179 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. This work argues that the heritage of Wales is being exploited and cheapened by the creation of tourist experiences which trade on nostalgia. It calls for integrity and authenticity in the interpretation of Welsh heritage, emphasizing the need for careful selection of sites and artefacts. The text is essentially a survey from which implications not only for the development of museums and interpretative centres in Wales but also for other parts of the United Kingdom. It should be of interest to all those who work in the heritage industry, to their public and to anyone concernbed about the way...
This work argues that the heritage of Wales is being exploited and cheapened by the creation of tourist experiences which trade on nostalgia. It calls...
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109,36 zł |
The Foundations of Modern Wales 1642-1780
ISBN: 9780192852786 / Angielski / Miękka / 1993 / 512 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Between 1642 and 1780, powerful social forces transformed Wales from an impoverished, downtrodden, and sleepy nation to one on the threshold of unprecedented social, economic, and political change. Drawing on an extensive range of original and published material, Jenkins reveals how demographic growth, agrarian advancements, the development of heavy industries and trade, and improved communications created the foundation for modern Wales. Among the colorful and influential personalities who appear in this book are Vavasor Powell, Sir Watkin Williams Wynn, Edward Lhuyd, and Sir Humphrey...
Between 1642 and 1780, powerful social forces transformed Wales from an impoverished, downtrodden, and sleepy nation to one on the threshold of unprec...
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193,35 zł |
English Farm Wagon: Origins and Structure
ISBN: 9780715381199 / Angielski / Twarda / 1981 / 264 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. |
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54,43 zł |
A Concise History of Wales
ISBN: 9780521530712 / Angielski / Miękka / 2007 / 360 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Based on historical research and debates about Wales and Welshness, this volume offers an authoritative and accessible account of the period from Neanderthal times to the opening of the Senedd, the home of the National Assembly for Wales, in 2006. Within a remarkably brief and stimulating compass, Geraint H. Jenkins explores the emergence of Wales as a nation, its changing identities and values, and the transformations its people experienced and survived throughout the centuries. In the face of seemingly overwhelming odds, the Welsh never reconciled themselves to political, social and...
Based on historical research and debates about Wales and Welshness, this volume offers an authoritative and accessible account of the period from Nean...
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129,34 zł |
A Rattleskull Genius: Pb: The Many Faces of Iolo Morganwg
ISBN: 9780708321874 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 515 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. An industrious academic and charmingly eccentric Romantic poet and forger, Iolo Morganwg (1747-1846)left behind a floor-to-ceiling stack of unpublished manuscripts in his small Welsh cottage. "A Rattleskull Genius," based on that trove of unpublished material now held at the National Library of Wales, provides both a celebration and a critical reassessment of the author and his contributions to Welsh cultural tradition."
An industrious academic and charmingly eccentric Romantic poet and forger, Iolo Morganwg (1747-1846)left behind a floor-to-ceiling stack of unpubli... |
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109,36 zł |
A Concise History of Wales
ISBN: 9780521823678 / Angielski / Twarda / 2007 / 360 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Based on historical research and debates about Wales and Welshness, this volume offers an authoritative and accessible account of the period from Neanderthal times to the opening of the Senedd, the home of the National Assembly for Wales, in 2006. Within a remarkably brief and stimulating compass, Geraint H. Jenkins explores the emergence of Wales as a nation, its changing identities and values, and the transformations its people experienced and survived throughout the centuries. In the face of seemingly overwhelming odds, the Welsh never reconciled themselves to political, social and...
Based on historical research and debates about Wales and Welshness, this volume offers an authoritative and accessible account of the period from Nean...
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424,80 zł |
Let's Do Our Best for the Ancient Tongue: The Welsh Language in the Twentieth Century
ISBN: 9781783161782 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 720 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. This book brings together the foremost experts in the history of the Welsh language to trace its trajectory through the twentieth century. Contributors discuss not only the numerical and territorial decline of Welsh but also its struggle for official recognition, and the different roles it has played (and continues to play) in social, regional, and class domains. Welsh speakers have long been concerned with the fate of the language, and this volume puts that problem, and its integral relationship with education, work, and everyday life in Wales, into a broad, productive context. This new...
This book brings together the foremost experts in the history of the Welsh language to trace its trajectory through the twentieth century. Contributor...
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164,06 zł |
Degrees of Influence : A Memorial Volume for Glanmor Williams
ISBN: 9780708321171 / Angielski / Twarda / 2009 / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Few Welsh scholars of the modern era have served their profession, university, and country as admirably as Sir Glanmor Williams (1921 2005), and this volume recounts his remarkable contributions to the flourishing of Welsh history during the past half century. Highlighting the political, economic, educational, and social threads in his work including the launch of the "Welsh History Review," the major publication series Studies in Welsh History, the Oxford History of Wales, and the Glamorgan County History, as well as his charming and modest memoir "A Lie" this memorial tribute pays honor... Few Welsh scholars of the modern era have served their profession, university, and country as admirably as Sir Glanmor Williams (1921 2005), and th... |
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54,65 zł |