wyszukanych pozycji: 6
Cul de Sac: Patrimony, Capitalism, and Slavery in French Saint-Domingue
ISBN: 9780226679259 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 264 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. |
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153,17 zł |
Cul de Sac: Patrimony, Capitalism, and Slavery in French Saint-Domingue
ISBN: 9780226079356 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017 / 264 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. In the eighteenth century, the Cul de Sac plain in Saint-Domingue, now Haiti, was a vast open-air workhouse of sugar plantations. This microhistory of one plantation owned by the Ferron de la Ferronnayses, a family of Breton nobles, draws on remarkable archival finds to show that despite the wealth such plantations produced, they operated in a context of social, political, and environmental fragility that left them weak and crisis prone. Focusing on correspondence between the Ferronnayses and their plantation managers, Cul de Sac proposes that the Caribbean plantation system, with...
In the eighteenth century, the Cul de Sac plain in Saint-Domingue, now Haiti, was a vast open-air workhouse of sugar plantations. This microhistory of...
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191,47 zł |
Revolutionary Commerce: Globalization and the French Monarchy
ISBN: 9780674047266 / Angielski / Twarda / 2010 / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. Combining the intellectual history of the Enlightenment, Atlantic history, and the history of the French Revolution, Paul Cheney explores the political economy of globalization in eighteenth-century France. The discovery of the New World and the rise of Europe's Atlantic economy brought unprecedented wealth. It also reordered the political balance among European states and threatened age-old social hierarchies within them. In this charged context, the French developed a "science of commerce" that aimed to benefit from this new wealth while containing its revolutionary effects.... Combining the intellectual history of the Enlightenment, Atlantic history, and the history of the French Revolution, Paul Cheney explores the polit... |
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492,07 zł |
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: A Comprehensive Guide to Symptoms, Treatments, and Solving the Practical Problems of Cfs
ISBN: 9780446672689 / Angielski / Miękka / 1997 / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. In this enlightening and compassionate guide, one of the foremost specialists in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome--himself a ten-year survivor of the disease--helps victims and their loved ones regain control of their lives. This updated edition includes new information about current medical treatments, related disorders, and strategies for living with the CFS.
In this enlightening and compassionate guide, one of the foremost specialists in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome--himself a ten-year survivor of the disease-...
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109,76 zł |
Harold Innis Reflects: Memoir and Wwi Writings/Correspondence
ISBN: 9781442273993 / Angielski / Twarda / 2016 / 260 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Offering fresh insight into the early life of Harold Adams Innis (1894-1952), this volume makes available a number of previously unpublished writings from the renowned Canadian economic historian and media scholar. Part I, Innis's autobiographical memoir, chronicles his farm-based family background, early education, military service during World War I, and the beginnings of what would become a distinguished academic career. Part II features a selection of correspondence during his military service, revealing both the pain and perceptions derived from that experience, and other war-related...
Offering fresh insight into the early life of Harold Adams Innis (1894-1952), this volume makes available a number of previously unpublished writings ...
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541,58 zł |
Harold Innis's History of Communications: Paper and Printing--Antiquity to Early Modernity
ISBN: 9781442243385 / Angielski / Twarda / 2014 / 200 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. For decades, media historians have heard of Harold Innis's unpublished manuscript exploring the history of communications--but very few have had an opportunity to see it. In this volume, editors and Innis scholars William J. Buxton, Michael R. Cheney, and Paul Heyer make widely accessible, for the first time, three core chapters from the legendary Innis manuscript. Here, Innis (1894-1952) examines the development of paper and printing from antiquity in Asia through to 16th century Europe. He demonstrates how the paper/printing nexus intersected with a broad range of other phenomena, including...
For decades, media historians have heard of Harold Innis's unpublished manuscript exploring the history of communications--but very few have had an op...
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448,58 zł |