wyszukanych pozycji: 135
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The Marathas 1600-1818
ISBN: 9780521033169 / Angielski / Miękka / 2007 / 220 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. In this book, Dr. Stewart Gordon presents the first comprehensive history of the Maratha polity, which was an important regional kingdom in the seventeenth century and the largest political entity of eighteenth century India. He focuses on the origins of the elite families, problems of legitimacy and loyalty, military organization and change, and the development of administration, tax collection and religious patronage. Through the use of a vast array of documents, the author also gives a picture of everyday life in the Maratha polity.
In this book, Dr. Stewart Gordon presents the first comprehensive history of the Maratha polity, which was an important regional kingdom in the sevent...
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155,91 |
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The Oxford World History of Empire: Volume Two: The History of Empires
ISBN: 9780197532768 / Angielski / Twarda / 2020 / 1352 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
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1255,66 |
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The Oxford World History of Empire: Volume One: The Imperial Experience
ISBN: 9780199772360 / Angielski / Twarda / 2020 / 584 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. |
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709,38 |
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The Portuguese in India
ISBN: 9780521028509 / Angielski / Miękka / 2006 / 204 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. The Portuguese were the first European imperial power in Asia. Dr. Pearson's volume of the History is a clear account of their activities in India and the Indian Ocean from the sixteenth century onwards that is written squarely from an Indian point of view. Laying particular stress on social, economic, and religious interaction between Portuguese and Indians, the author argues that the Portuguese had a more limited impact on everyday life in India than is sometimes supposed. Their imperial effort was characterized more by reciprocity and interaction than by an unilateral imposition of...
The Portuguese were the first European imperial power in Asia. Dr. Pearson's volume of the History is a clear account of their activities in India and...
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155,91 |
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The Oxford World History of Empire: Two-Volume Set
ISBN: 9780197533970 / Angielski / Twarda / 2020 / 1856 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
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1819,43 |
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Ideologies of the Raj
ISBN: 9780521395472 / Angielski / Twarda / 1995 / 260 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Thomas Metcalf's fascinating study examines the ways the British sought to legitimate their rule over India. He demonstrates that the principles the British devised incorporated contradictory visions of India, yet together they made the authority of the Raj lawful. Students of modern India and the British Empire will find this book relevant and accessible.
Thomas Metcalf's fascinating study examines the ways the British sought to legitimate their rule over India. He demonstrates that the principles the B...
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451,58 |
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The Mughal Empire
ISBN: 9780521566032 / Angielski / Miękka / 1996 / 340 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. The Mughal empire was one of the largest centralized states in the premodern world and this volume traces the history of this magnificent empire from its creation in 1526 to its breakup in 1720. Richards stresses the dynamic quality of Mughal territorial expansion, their institutional innovations in land revenue, coinage and military organization, ideological change and the relationship between the emperors and Islam. He also analyzes institutions particular to the Mughal empire, such as the jagir system, and explores Mughal India's links with the early modern world.
The Mughal empire was one of the largest centralized states in the premodern world and this volume traces the history of this magnificent empire from ...
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132,86 |
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The Mughal Empire
ISBN: 9780521251198 / Angielski / Twarda / 1993 / 340 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. The Mughal empire was one of the largest centralized states in the premodern world and this volume traces the history of this magnificent empire from its creation in 1526 to its breakup in 1720. Richards stresses the dynamic quality of Mughal territorial expansion, their institutional innovations in land revenue, coinage and military organization, ideological change and the relationship between the emperors and Islam. He also analyzes institutions particular to the Mughal empire, such as the jagir system, and explores Mughal India's links with the early modern world.
The Mughal empire was one of the largest centralized states in the premodern world and this volume traces the history of this magnificent empire from ...
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540,65 |
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Mughal and Rajput Painting
ISBN: 9780521400275 / Angielski / Twarda / 1992 / 302 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. The Mughals seized political power in north India in 1526 and became the most important artistically active Muslim dynasty on the subcontinent. In this richly illustrated work, Dr. Milo Beach shows how Mughal patronage of the arts was radically innovative for the Indian context and profoundly altered the character of painting in the Rajput Hindu areas of north India. He reveals the different styles and subjects of Mughal and Rajput painting and the interplay of the two traditions. Beach also explores the tolerance each showed toward outside influence and change, demonstrating a uniquely...
The Mughals seized political power in north India in 1526 and became the most important artistically active Muslim dynasty on the subcontinent. In thi...
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446,90 |
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The Sikhs of the Punjab
ISBN: 9780521637640 / Angielski / Miękka / 1998 / 308 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. This important new contribution to the New Cambridge History of India examines chronologically the entire span of Sikh history from prehistoric times to the present day. In an introductory chapter, Professor Grewal surveys the changing pattern of human settlements in the Punjab until the fifteenth century and the emergence of the Punjabi language as the basis of regional articulation. Subsequent chapters explore the life and beliefs of Guru Nanak--the founder of Sikhism; the extension and modification of his ideas by his successors; the increasing number and composition of their followers and...
This important new contribution to the New Cambridge History of India examines chronologically the entire span of Sikh history from prehistoric times ...
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142,23 |
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Women in Modern India
ISBN: 9780521653770 / Angielski / Miękka / 1999 / 312 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. The author traces the history of Indian women from the nineteenth century under colonial rule, to the twentieth century after Independence. She begins with the reform movement, established by men to educate women, and demonstrates how education changed their lives, enabling them to take part in public life. Through the women's own accounts, the author has compiled an accessible and immediate record of their achievements over the past two centuries, which will be of interest to students of South Asia and to anyone concerned with women and their history.
The author traces the history of Indian women from the nineteenth century under colonial rule, to the twentieth century after Independence. She begins...
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128,16 |
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Giuseppe Mazzini and the Globalization of Democratic Nationalism, 1830-1920
ISBN: 9780197264317 / Angielski / Twarda / 2008 / 444 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Giuseppe Mazzini--Italian patriot, humanist, and republican --was one of the most celebrated and revered political activists and thinkers of the nineteenth century. This volume is the first to compare and contrast the perception of his thought and the transformation of his image across the world.
Mazzini's contribution to the Italian Risorgimento was unparalleled; he stood for a "religion of humanity"; he argued against tyranny, and for universal education, a democratic franchise and the liberation of women. The papers in this volume reflect the range of Mazzini's political thought,... Giuseppe Mazzini--Italian patriot, humanist, and republican --was one of the most celebrated and revered political activists and thinkers of the ninet...
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445,28 |
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Atlas of Deformational and Metamorphic Rock Fabrics
ISBN: 9783642684340 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 551 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. In May 1976 Lucian B. Platt organized a highly successful Penrose Confer ence on The Formation of Rock Cleavage at Bryn Mawr College in Penn sylvania, U. S. A. The meeting drew together about 70 specialists from both sides of the Atlantic and from Australasia, who contributed discussions on various aspects of rock cleavage and its formation. Even early in the meet ing it became clear to the participants that they lacked a common terminol ogy, that often the same technical word implied different things to different people and that observables and descriptors were loosely defined. In an at...
In May 1976 Lucian B. Platt organized a highly successful Penrose Confer ence on The Formation of Rock Cleavage at Bryn Mawr College in Penn sylvania,...
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403,47 |
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Reappraisals in Overseas History
ISBN: 9789060214473 / Angielski / Miękka / 1979 / 255 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
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806,99 |
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Tributary Empires in Global History
ISBN: 9780230294721 / Angielski / Twarda / 2011 / 294 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Tributary Empires in Global History is one of a very select few to pioneer comparisons between the great historical empires of agrarian societies, such as the Roman, Mughal and Ottoman empires, and others. As such, it is an exercise in global and comparative history over time. It examines and interrogates our basic historiographical, theoretical and comparative models and conceptions about how large pre-colonial empires expanded, operated and declined. In 14 chapters, all of them explicitly comparative, a group of leading historians, sociologists and anthropologists illuminate tributary...
Tributary Empires in Global History is one of a very select few to pioneer comparisons between the great historical empires of agrarian societies, suc...
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484,18 |