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Rising: Stories of the 2013 Alberta Flood
ISBN: 9781497426726 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 230 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. When river levels in southern Alberta surged far beyond expectations in June 2013, an area the size of Nova Scotia was flooded, causing unprecedented devastation. An elderly woman and her son are forced to flee as their home begins to give way to the water. A homeless man searches the dark, empty streets for shelter. Emergency responders use boats to pluck residents from half-submerged houses. Soldiers sandbag to rescue houses from erosion, while communities large and small rally to help their neighbours. These extraordinary portraits from a disaster form a glimpse of the remarkable time when...
When river levels in southern Alberta surged far beyond expectations in June 2013, an area the size of Nova Scotia was flooded, causing unprecedented ...
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40,11 zł |
The Last Muster: Images of the Revolutionary War Generation
ISBN: 9781606350553 / Angielski / Twarda / 2010 / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. An amazing photographic addition to the history of the early Republic
"I wondered if it was possible to use photographic and documentary evidence to re-create the first generation of Americans--those men, women, and children bound together by having lived during the Revolutionary War. . . .While there were many images in public collections or owned by collectors, I knew through my work as a curator and as a collector that there were likely even more in private family collections."--from the Introduction A remarkable work of documentary history,... An amazing photographic addition to the history of the early Republic
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265,72 zł |
Coping with Cultural and Racial Diversity in Urban America
ISBN: 9780275931742 / Angielski / Twarda / 1990 / 202 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. The authors state at the beginning of this provocative new book that one of the most distinctive features of the American persona is a preoccupation and underlying concern in the United States with what is or is not American.' How far can an ethnic group in the United States go to maintain its identity before it trespasses into what is perceived as un-American terrain? This is the underlying theme of Lambert and Taylor's community based investigation which studies the attitudes of Americans toward ethnic diversity and intergroup relations. Directed toward social psychologists,... The authors state at the beginning of this provocative new book that one of the most distinctive features of the American persona is a preoccupatio... |
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380,00 zł |