wyszukanych pozycji: 40
A History of Sussex
ISBN: 9781859362327 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych. Combining sound academic research with a genuine talent for writing, this superb new book tells the story of Sussex from ancient times to the present day, exploring interesting themes along the way.
Combining sound academic research with a genuine talent for writing, this superb new book tells the story of Sussex from ancient times to the present ...
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103,20 zł |
John Betjeman and Cornwall
ISBN: 9780859898485 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 278 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Quintessentially English, Sir John Betjeman was an outsider in England and doubly so in his adopted home of Cornwall, where, as he was the first to admit, he was a foreigner. Nonetheless, as this book describes, the former Poet Laureate strove to acquire a veneer of Cornishness, discovering his own Welsh ancestry and cultivating an alternative Celtic identity that he wove during sojourns in Ireland, the other Celtic countries, and even Australia. Here eminent Cornish studies scholar Philip Payton provides a lively new account of the life of one of Britain's most beloved poets, offering new... Quintessentially English, Sir John Betjeman was an outsider in England and doubly so in his adopted home of Cornwall, where, as he was the first to... |
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110,46 zł |
John Betjeman and Cornwall
ISBN: 9780859898478 / Angielski / Twarda / 2010 / 278 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Quintessentially English, Sir John Betjeman was an outsider in England and doubly so in his adopted home of Cornwall, where, as he was the first to admit, he was a foreigner. Nonetheless, as this book describes, the former Poet Laureate strove to acquire a veneer of Cornishness, discovering his own Welsh ancestry and cultivating an alternative Celtic identity that he wove during sojourns in Ireland, the other Celtic countries, and even Australia. Here eminent Cornish studies scholar Philip Payton provides a lively new account of the life of one of Britain's most beloved poets, offering new... Quintessentially English, Sir John Betjeman was an outsider in England and doubly so in his adopted home of Cornwall, where, as he was the first to... |
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414,23 zł |
Making Moonta: The Invention of 'Australia's Little Cornwall'
ISBN: 9780859897969 / Angielski / Miękka / 2007 / 284 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. This book is about Moonta and its special place in the Cornish transnational identity. Today Moonta is a small town on South Australia's northern Yorke Peninsula; along with the neighboring townships of of Wallaroo and Kadina, it is an agricultural and heritage tourism center. In the second half of the nineteenth century, however, Moonta was the focus of a major copper mining industry. Making Moonta explores Moonta and its copper-mining hinterland in the years after 1860, charting the arrival of hundreds of Cornish immigrants and the transplantation of distinctive Cornish cultural patterns....
This book is about Moonta and its special place in the Cornish transnational identity. Today Moonta is a small town on South Australia's northern York...
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110,46 zł |
A.L. Rowse and Cornwall: Paradoxical Patriot
ISBN: 9780859897440 / Angielski / Twarda / 2005 / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Winner of the Adult Non-Fiction section of the Holyer an GofAwards 2006, and Overall Winner of the Holyer an Gof Trophy, this gripping biographical study explores the immensely complicated relationship that existed between A.L. Rowse and his native Cornwall. Rowse's books, A Cornish Childhood and Tudor Cornwall, remain in strong demand, essential reading for the general reader and historian alike, and for all those who know and love Cornwall. By shedding new light on this complex character, Payton invites a greater understanding of the broader issues of Cornish identity as well as assessing...
Winner of the Adult Non-Fiction section of the Holyer an GofAwards 2006, and Overall Winner of the Holyer an Gof Trophy, this gripping biographical st...
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414,23 zł |
New Directions in Celtic Studies
ISBN: 9780859896221 / Angielski / Twarda / 2000 / 245 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. The primary aim of New Directions in Celtic Studies is to focus on contemporary issues and to promote interdisciplinary approaches within the subject. Written by international scholars and practitioners in fields such as folklore, ethnomusicology, art history, religious studies, tourism and education, the book brings together in one volume a wide range of perspectives. It responds to the recent questioning of the viability of the notion of 'Celticity' and the idea of Celtic Studies as a discipline and points to a renewed vitality in the subject. New Directions in Celtic Studies is divided...
The primary aim of New Directions in Celtic Studies is to focus on contemporary issues and to promote interdisciplinary approaches within the subject....
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414,23 zł |
Cornish Studies Volume 3
ISBN: 9780859894760 / Angielski / Miękka / 1995 / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. The third volume in the acclaimed paperback series . . . the only county series that can legitimately claim to represent the past and present of a nation. Contributions by The third volume in the acclaimed paperback series . . . the only county series that can legitimately claim to represent the past and present of a ... |
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138,08 zł |
Regional Australia and the Great War: 'The Boys from Old Kio'
ISBN: 9780859898737 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 18-20 dni roboczych. In this book, Philip Payton provides a vivid insight into the experiences of regional Australia during the Great War of 1914-18. Alighting upon 'old Kio', the copper-mining communities of South Australia's northern Yorke Peninsula, he describes the relationship between the 'homefront' and the 'battlefront' half-a-world away. He draws an intimate portrait of Australia at war, from the lives (and deaths) of local soldiers-all volunteers-in the trenches far from home to the myriad reactions and activities of those in a community struggling to grasp the enormity of the situation in which it found...
In this book, Philip Payton provides a vivid insight into the experiences of regional Australia during the Great War of 1914-18. Alighting upon 'old K...
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151,88 zł |
Cornwall: A History
ISBN: 9780859890274 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 392 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Philip Payton's classic history of Cornwall, first published in 1996, is brought into the twenty-first century in this revised and updated edition from University of Exeter Press. Cornwall: A History begins with the region's geology and prehistory, moving through Celtic times to the creation of the kingdom of Kernow and its relationship with neighboring England. Payton examines the political accommodation of medieval Cornwall by the expanding English state as well as the flowering in the middle ages of literature in the Cornish language. He explores resistance to English intrusion, in...
Philip Payton's classic history of Cornwall, first published in 1996, is brought into the twenty-first century in this revised and updated edition fro...
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138,08 zł |
Cornish Studies Volume 14
ISBN: 9780859897990 / Angielski / Miękka / 2006 / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. The fourteenth volume in this acclaimed paperback series includes articles on Cornish mining history, the Cornish and Breton languages compared, the history and revival of Cornish, the poet Charles Causley, twentieth-century Anglo-Cornish poetry written by women, the novels of Edith Havelock Ellis, the 1913 Cornish china-clay workers' strike, fiction and Cornish tourism, nationalization in Cornwall, and the controversial Padstow 'Darkie Days' Contributions by The fourteenth volume in this acclaimed paperback series includes articles on Cornish mining history, the Cornish and Breton languages compared, th... |
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131,18 zł |
Cornish Studies Volume 12
ISBN: 9780859897563 / Angielski / Miękka / 2004 / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. The twelfth volume in the acclaimed paperback series . . . the only county series that can legitimately claim to represent the past and present of a nation. Contributions by The twelfth volume in the acclaimed paperback series . . . the only county series that can legitimately claim to represent the past and present of ... |
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138,08 zł |
Cornish Studies Volume 8
ISBN: 9780859896825 / Angielski / Miękka / 2000 / 200 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. The eighth volume in the acclaimed paperback series . . . the only county series that can legitimately claim to represent the past and present of a nation. Contributions by The eighth volume in the acclaimed paperback series . . . the only county series that can legitimately claim to represent the past and present of a... |
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131,18 zł |
Cornish Studies Volume 5: Cornish Studies: Five
ISBN: 9780859895514 / Angielski / Miękka / 1997 / 200 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. The fifth volume in this acclaimed paperback series covers a wide range of topics, including Celtic Cornwall, Cornish politics, the Cornish economy, Cornish genetics, constructions of language and race in contemporary Cornwall, Cornish rugby, and education in Cornwall. Contributions by The fifth volume in this acclaimed paperback series covers a wide range of topics, including Celtic Cornwall, Cornish politics, the Cornish economy... |
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138,08 zł |
Cornwall in the Age of Rebellion, 1490-1660
ISBN: 9781905816200 / Angielski / Twarda / 2021 / 438 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. |
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414,23 zł |
Cornish Studies Volume 18
ISBN: 9780859898607 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 232 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. Cornish Studies has consistently and successfully sought to explore the nature of Cornish identity and discuss its implications for society and governance in contemporary Cornwall. This latest volume includes articles on mining in both nineteenth-century and contemporary Cornwall, an assessment of research into Cornish folklore, discussion of the modern growth of alternative "Celtic spiritualities" in Cornwall, a fresh perspective on the Middle Cornish language of medieval Cornish drama, and a fascinating account of the rise and importance of swimming matches in Victorian... Cornish Studies has consistently and successfully sought to explore the nature of Cornish identity and discuss its implications for society ... |
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131,18 zł |
Cornish Studies Volume 16
ISBN: 9780859898362 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. The latest volume of Cornish Studies includes articles on the possible existence of a Medieval Cornish Bible; the rebellion and Civil War during Cornwall's early modern period; the Cornish Army; Cornish emigration to Australia; Cornish identity; tourism and representations of Cornwall in travel writing; and social, political, economic, and public health issues affecting Cornwall in the eighteenth, nineteenth, and twentieth centuries. The latest volume of Cornish Studies includes articles on the possible existence of a Medieval Cornish Bible; the rebellion and Civil War du... |
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138,08 zł |
Making Moonta: The Invention of 'Australia's Little Cornwall'
ISBN: 9780859897952 / Angielski / Twarda / 2007 / 284 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Winner of the 2008 Holyer An Gof Award for non-fiction. An investigation of the popular tradition of 'Australia's Little Cornwall' how one town in South Australia gained and perpetuated this identity into the twenty-first century. This book is about Moonta and its special place in the Cornish transnational identity. Today Moonta is a small town on South Australia's northern Yorke Peninsula; along with the neighbouring townships of of Wallaroo and Kadina, it is an agricultural and heritage tourism centre. In the second half of the nineteenth century, however, Moonta was the focus of a major... Winner of the 2008 Holyer An Gof Award for non-fiction. An investigation of the popular tradition of 'Australia's Little Cornwall' how one town in ... |
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414,23 zł |
Cornish Studies Volume 10
ISBN: 9780859897334 / Angielski / Miękka / 2002 / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. The tenth volume in the acclaimed paperback series . . . the only county series that can legitimately claim to represent the past and present of a nation. Contributions by The tenth volume in the acclaimed paperback series . . . the only county series that can legitimately claim to represent the past and present of a ... |
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131,18 zł |
Cornish Studies Volume 6
ISBN: 9780859896108 / Angielski / Miękka / 1998 / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. The sixth volume in the acclaimed paperback series . . . the only county series that can legitimately claim to represent the past and present of a nation. Contributions by The sixth volume in the acclaimed paperback series . . . the only county series that can legitimately claim to represent the past and present of a ... |
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131,18 zł |
Cornish Studies Volume 19
ISBN: 9780859898669 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 252 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. The nineteenth volume in this acclaimed series furthers the mission to investigate and elucidate the nature of Cornish identity, as well as to discuss its implications for society and governance in contemporary Cornwall. "Cornish Studies . . . consistently provides rich material for the understanding of the British past and present as a whole, and of their impact on the wider world."--Ronald Hutton, University of BristolThe nineteenth volume in this acclaimed series furthers the mission to investigate and elucidate the nature of Cornish identity, as well as to disc... |
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138,08 zł |