wyszukanych pozycji: 8
Kyrgyzstan and the Legacies of Collectivisation: Under the Soviet Shadow
ISBN: 9781527546448 / Twarda / 2023 / 183 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. This book argues that the early twentieth century Soviet Russian occupation and rule of the Central Asian territory that became Kyrgyzstan was made possible by collectivisation and forcible population displacement. The rural transformation brought about by the seizure of private and community owned assets, the ending of pastoralism as a livelihood system, and the corralling of people on to collective and state farms were pivotal strategies of colonisation. Evictions, involuntary resettlement and immigration reconfigured the population and enabled largely non-Kyrgyz rule. As the book...
This book argues that the early twentieth century Soviet Russian occupation and rule of the Central Asian territory that became Kyrgyzstan was made po...
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313,56 zł |
Understanding Impoverishment: The Consequences of Development-Induced Displacement
ISBN: 9781571819277 / Angielski / Miękka / 1996 / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. Infrastructure development projects are set to continue into the next century as developing country governments seek to manage population growth, urbanization and industrialization. The contributions in this volume raise many questions about 'development' and 'progress' in the late twentieth century. What is revealed are the enormous problems and disastrous affects which continue to accompany displacement operations in many countries, which raise the ever more urgent question of whether the benefits of infrastructure development justify or outweigh the pain of the radical disruption of...
Infrastructure development projects are set to continue into the next century as developing country governments seek to manage population growth, urba...
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146,10 zł |
A Tamil Asylum Diaspora: Sri Lankan Migration, Settlement and Politics in Switzerland
ISBN: 9781571819178 / Angielski / Twarda / 1996 / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. During twelve years of ethno-nationalist secessionist violence in the north and east of Sri Lanka, insurrection in the south, and island-wide state repression, many Tamils were forced to seek political asylum overseas. At least 200,000 Tamils, primarily from the Jaffna Peninsula, have escaped to Europe of whom ca. 25,000 (the largest group relative to the population) have settled in Switzerland, the focus of this study. The author examines the conditions in Sri Lanka that led to the flight, the phases and technicalities of the emigration and resettlement in Switzerland. Based on... During twelve years of ethno-nationalist secessionist violence in the north and east of Sri Lanka, insurrection in the south, and island-wide stat... |
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517,46 zł |
Understanding Impoverishment: The Consequences of Development-Induced Displacement
ISBN: 9781571819161 / Angielski / Twarda / 1996 / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. Infrastructure development projects are set to continue into the next century as developing country governments seek to manage population growth, urbanization and industrialization. The contributions in this volume raise many questions about 'development' and 'progress' in the late twentieth century. What is revealed are the enormous problems and disastrous affects which continue to accompany displacement operations in many countries, which raise the ever more urgent question of whether the benefits of infrastructure development justify or outweigh the pain of the radical disruption of... Infrastructure development projects are set to continue into the next century as developing country governments seek to manage population growth, ... |
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517,46 zł |
Displacement Beyond Conflict: Challenges for the 21st Century
ISBN: 9781845457723 / Angielski / Twarda / 2010 / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. There is growing political concern about the increasing numbers of people displaced both within the borders of their countries and internationally. This volume explores the interrelated drivers of contemporary global displacement with a particular focus on low-level conflict, climatic and environmental change and infrastructure development. The authors examine the governance of global displacement assessing the protection needs and responses of national governments and the international community. It further considers options for improving the humanitarian and political management of this...
There is growing political concern about the increasing numbers of people displaced both within the borders of their countries and internationally. Th...
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517,46 zł |
The Valancourt Book of Horror Stories
ISBN: 9781943910526 / Angielski / Twarda / 2016 / 278 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. In this volume, you will encounter tales of ghosts, haunted houses, witchcraft, vampirism, lycanthropy, and sea monsters. Stories of cruelty and vengeance, of a body that refuses to be cremated, a deranged performer with one last shocking show, a frozen corpse that may not be dead. With stories ranging from frightening to horrific to weird to darkly funny, by a lineup of authors that includes both masters of horror fiction and award-winning literary greats, this is a horror anthology like no other. Spanning two hundred years of horror, this new collection features seventeen macabre... In this volume, you will encounter tales of ghosts, haunted houses, witchcraft, vampirism, lycanthropy, and sea monsters. Stories of cruelty and ve... |
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225,06 zł |
Gilded Needles (Valancourt 20th Century Classics)
ISBN: 9781941147917 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 292 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Welcome to the Black Triangle, New Yorks decadent district of opium dens, gambling casinos, drunken sailors, gaudy hookers, and back room abortions. The queen of this unsavory neighborhood is Black Lena Shanks, whose family leads a ring of female criminals-women skilled in the art of cruelty.
Only a few blocks away, amidst the elegant mansions and lily-white reputations of Gramercy Park and Washington Square, lives Judge James Stallworth. On a crusade to crush Lenas evil empire, the judge has sentenced three of her family members to death. And now she wants revenge. One... Welcome to the Black Triangle, New Yorks decadent district of opium dens, gambling casinos, drunken sailors, gaudy hookers, and back room abortions. T...
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106,87 zł |
The Valancourt Book of Horror Stories
ISBN: 9781943910519 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 278 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Spanning two hundred years of horror, this new collection features seventeen macabre gems, including two original tales and many others that have never or seldom been reprinted, by: Charles Birkin - John Blackburn - Michael Blumlein - Mary Cholmondeley - Hugh Fleetwood - Stephen Gregory - Gerald Kersh - Francis King - M. G. Lewis - Florence Marryat - Richard Marsh - Michael McDowell - Christopher Priest - Forrest Reid - Bernard Taylor - Hugh Walpole 'The things were there and they were hiding in the slime; waiting . . . waiting to clutch and claw and... Spanning two hundred years of horror, this new collection features seventeen macabre gems, including two original tales and many others that have n... |
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112,50 zł |