wyszukanych pozycji: 11
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Gandhi's Passion: The Life and Legacy of Mahatma Gandhi
ISBN: 9780195156348 / Angielski / Miękka / 2002 / 308 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. More than half a century after his death, Mahatma Gandhi continues to inspire millions throughout the world. Yet modern India, most strikingly in its decision to join the nuclear arms race, seems to have abandoned much of his nonviolent vision. Inspired by recent events in India, Stanley Wolpert offers this subtle and profound biography of India's "Great Soul."
Wolpert compellingly chronicles the life of Mahatma Gandhi from his early days as a child of privilege to his humble rise to power and his assassination at the hands of a man of his own faith. This trajectory, like that of Christ,... More than half a century after his death, Mahatma Gandhi continues to inspire millions throughout the world. Yet modern India, most strikingly in its ...
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80,49 |
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Tilak and Gokhale: Revolution and Reform in the Making of Modern India
ISBN: 9780520365230 / Angielski / Twarda / 2021 / 386 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. |
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412,44 |
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Tilak and Gokhale: Revolution and Reform in the Making of Modern India
ISBN: 9780520323407 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 386 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
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272,84 |
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India and Pakistan: Continued Conflict or Cooperation?
ISBN: 9780520266773 / Angielski / Twarda / 2010 / 144 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Beginning in 1947, when "India and Pakistan were born to conflict," renowned India scholar Stanley Wolpert provides an authoritative, accessible primer on what is potentially the world's most dangerous crisis. He concisely distills sixty-three years of complex history, tracing the roots of the relationship between these two antagonists, explaining the many attempts to resolve their disputes, and assessing the dominant political leaders. While the tragic Partition left many urgent problems, none has been more difficult than the problem over Kashmir, claimed by both India and Pakistan. This...
Beginning in 1947, when "India and Pakistan were born to conflict," renowned India scholar Stanley Wolpert provides an authoritative, accessible prime...
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257,78 |
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Shameful Flight: The Last Years of the British Empire in India
ISBN: 9780195151985 / Angielski / Twarda / 2006 / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Britain's precipitous and ill-planned disengagement from India in 1947--condemned as a "shameful flight" by Winston Churchill--had a truly catastrophic effect on South Asia, leaving hundreds of thousands of people dead in its wake and creating a legacy of chaos, hatred, and war that has lasted over half a century.
Ranging from the fall of Singapore in 1942 to the assassination of Mahatma Gandhi in 1948, Shameful Flight provides a vivid behind-the-scenes look at Britain's decision to divest itself from the crown jewel of its empire. Stanley Wolpert, a leading authority on Indian... Britain's precipitous and ill-planned disengagement from India in 1947--condemned as a "shameful flight" by Winston Churchill--had a truly catastrophi...
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349,66 |
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India and Pakistan: Continued Conflict or Cooperation?
ISBN: 9780520271401 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 144 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Beginning in 1947, when "India and Pakistan were born to conflict," renowned India scholar Stanley Wolpert provides an authoritative, accessible primer on what is potentially the world's most dangerous crisis. He concisely distills sixty-three years of complex history, tracing the roots of the relationship between these two antagonists, explaining the many attempts to resolve their disputes, and assessing the dominant political leaders. While the tragic Partition left many urgent problems, none has been more difficult than the problem over Kashmir, claimed by both India and Pakistan. This...
Beginning in 1947, when "India and Pakistan were born to conflict," renowned India scholar Stanley Wolpert provides an authoritative, accessible prime...
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cena:
103,11 |
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A New History of India
ISBN: 9780195337563 / Angielski / Miękka / 2008 / 560 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. After more than twenty-five years in print, A New History of India continues to be the most readable and popular one-volume history of India available. Now in its eighth edition, this acclaimed text features updated scholarship and bibliographic material throughout and integrates new research on such incisive topics as the Indian diaspora, the economy, and the nuclear issue.
In lively, accessible language, Stanley Wolpert condenses more than 4,000 years of India's history into a graceful and engaging narrative. He discusses modern India's rapidly growing population, industry, and... After more than twenty-five years in print, A New History of India continues to be the most readable and popular one-volume history of India ...
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535,21 |
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Shameful Flight: The Last Years of the British Empire in India
ISBN: 9780195393941 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Britain's precipitous and ill-planned disengagement from India in 1947--condemned as a "shameful flight" by Winston Churchill--had a truly catastrophic effect on South Asia, leaving hundreds of thousands of people dead in its wake and creating a legacy of chaos, hatred, and war that has lasted over half a century.
Ranging from the fall of Singapore in 1942 to the assassination of Mahatma Gandhi in 1948, Shameful Flight provides a vivid behind-the-scenes look at Britain's decision to divest itself from the crown jewel of its empire. Stanley Wolpert, a leading authority on Indian... Britain's precipitous and ill-planned disengagement from India in 1947--condemned as a "shameful flight" by Winston Churchill--had a truly catastrophi...
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cena:
112,97 |
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India, 4th Edition
ISBN: 9780520260320 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 264 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. This new edition brings Stanley Wolpert's brilliantly succinct and accessible introduction to India completely up to date for a new generation of readers, travelers, and students. In crisp detail, Wolpert gives a panoramic overview of the continent on which the world's most fascinating ancient civilization gave birth to one of its most complex modern democratic nations. India now includes new sections on the country's current global economic development, the recent national elections, and on its international relations, including those with Pakistan, China, Sri Lanka, and the United...
This new edition brings Stanley Wolpert's brilliantly succinct and accessible introduction to India completely up to date for a new generation of read...
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cena:
154,67 |
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Congress and Indian Nationalism: The Pre-Independence Phase
ISBN: 9780520414235 / Angielski / Twarda / 2024 / 432 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
cena:
513,23 |
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Congress and Indian Nationalism: The Pre-Independence Phase
ISBN: 9780520301634 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 432 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Seventeen distinguished historians and political scientists discuss the phenomenon of Indian Nationalism, one hundred years after the founding of the Congress party. They offer important new interpretations of Nationalism's evolution during more than six decades of crucial change and rapid growth. As India's foremost political institution, the National Congress with its changing fortunes mirrored Indian aspirations, ideals, dreams, and failures during the country's struggle for nationhood. Many difficulties face by the pre-independence Indian National Congress are critically examined for the...
Seventeen distinguished historians and political scientists discuss the phenomenon of Indian Nationalism, one hundred years after the founding of the ...
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cena:
216,53 |