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Conflict and Survival in Contemporary Western European Film
ISBN: 9781538158982 / Angielski / Twarda / 2022 / 212 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) |
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West Virginia: A History
ISBN: 9780393301823 / Angielski / Miękka / 1984 / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) In his clear, eminently readable style, Williams organizes the tangled strands of West Virginia's past around a few dramatic events--the battle of Point Pleasant, John Brown's insurrection in Harper's Ferry, the Paint Creek labor movement, the Hawk's Nest and Buffalo Creek disasters, and more. Williams uses these pivotal events as introductions to the larger issues of statehood, Civil War, unionism, and industrialization. Along the way, Williams conveys a true feel for the lives of common West Virginians, the personalities of the state's memorable characters, and the powerful influence of the...
In his clear, eminently readable style, Williams organizes the tangled strands of West Virginia's past around a few dramatic events--the battle of Poi...
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87,48 |
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Appalachia: A History
ISBN: 9780807853689 / Angielski / Miękka / 2002 / 480 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) Interweaving social, political, environmental, economic, and popular history, John Alexander Williams chronicles four and a half centuries of the Appalachian past. Along the way, he explores Appalachia's long-contested boundaries and the numerous, often contradictory images that have shaped perceptions of the region as both the essence of America and a place apart.
Williams begins his story in the colonial era and describes the half-century of bloody warfare as migrants from Europe and their American-born offspring fought and eventually displaced Appalachia's Native American... Interweaving social, political, environmental, economic, and popular history, John Alexander Williams chronicles four and a half centuries of the Appa...
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156,41 |
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Turning to Nature in Germany: Hiking, Nudism, and Conservation, 1900-1940
ISBN: 9780804700153 / Angielski / Twarda / 2007 / 368 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) "Turning to Nature in Germany" is a study of mass movements that aimed to bring the German people into closer contact with nature. In the early twentieth century organized hikers, nudists, and conservationists all looked to nature for solutions to the nation's political crises. Following these movements over three political erasthe Second Empire, the Weimar Republic, and the Third Reichthe book shows how manifestations of popular culture reflected the concerns and hopes of their time. Williams breaks with historians who have long seen nature movements as anti-modern and irrational by arguing...
"Turning to Nature in Germany" is a study of mass movements that aimed to bring the German people into closer contact with nature. In the early twenti...
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307,93 |
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West Virginia and Captains the Captains of Industry (Revised)
ISBN: 9780937058787 / Angielski / Miękka / 2003 / 239 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) June 20, 1863, ushered in the thirty-fifth state of the Union. West Virginia was to be the model of sustained growth and progress. It would take less than fifty years, however, for this industrialized state to be lagging far behind the rest of the nation in nearly every measure of personal and institutional achievement. What went wrong? By examining those first fifty years of statehood through the lives of four influential West Virginians--Johnson M. Camden, Henry G. Davis, Steven B. Elkins, and Nathan B. Scott--John Alexander Williams answers this complex question.
June 20, 1863, ushered in the thirty-fifth state of the Union. West Virginia was to be the model of sustained growth and progress. It would take less ...
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78,15 |
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Berlin Since the Wall's End: Shaping Society and Memory in the German Metropolis Since 1989
ISBN: 9781847185358 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) |
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154,30 |
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Weimar Culture Revisited
ISBN: 9781349292158 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 235 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) Weimar Culture Revisited is the first book to offer an accessible cross-section of new cultural history approaches to the Weimar Republic. This collection uses an interdisciplinary approach and focuses on the everyday workings of Weimar culture to explain the impact and meaning of culture for German's everyday lives during this fateful era.
Weimar Culture Revisited is the first book to offer an accessible cross-section of new cultural history approaches to the Weimar Republic. This collec...
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231,47 |
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Sinking Columbus : Contested History, Cultural Politics and Mythmaking During the Quincentenary
ISBN: 9780813017990 / Angielski / Twarda / 2000 / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) "An excellent book, lively and well written, and likely to appeal to a wider audience than the typical academic monograph."--William D. Phillips, Jr., author of The Worlds of Christopher Columbus Sinking Columbus describes and analyzes the failure of the 1992 commemoration of the 500th anniversary of Christopher Columbus's voyage from Spain to the New World, once "universally" hailed as the "discovery of America." Despite this failure, the book recognizes the Quincentenary as an important and illuminating event in the recent political and cultural history of the United... "An excellent book, lively and well written, and likely to appeal to a wider audience than the typical academic monograph."--William D. Phillips, J... |
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244,39 |
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