wyszukanych pozycji: 17
Heritage and Religion in East Asia
ISBN: 9780367688110 / Angielski / Miękka / 2022 / 248 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
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208,62 zł |
The Last Alchemist: Count Calgliostro, Master of Magic in the Age of Reason
ISBN: 9780060006914 / Angielski / Miękka / 2004 / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Freemason ... Shaman ... Prophet ... Seducer ... Swindler ... Thief ... Heretic Who was the mysterious Count Cagliostro? Depending on whom you ask, he was either a great healer or a dangerous charlatan. Internationally acclaimed historian Iain McCalman documents how Cagliostro crossed paths -- and often swords -- with the likes of Catherine the Great, Marie Antoinette, and Pope Pius VI. He was a muse to William Blake and the inspiration for both Mozart's Magic Flute and Goethe's Faust. Louis XVI had him thrown into the Bastille for his alleged involvement in what would come to... Freemason ... Shaman ... Prophet ... Seducer ... Swindler ... Thief ... Heretic Who was the mysterious Count Cagliostro? Depending on w... |
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74,21 zł |
Nugget Coombs: A Reforming Life
ISBN: 9780521817837 / Angielski / Twarda / 2002 / 430 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Born in 1906, H.C. Coombs is best known as the governor of the Australian central bank, but the extent of his activities and his commitment to public life until his death is unsurpassed. Tim Rowse traces Coombs' life from his childhood in Western Australia to his many roles as policy maker, change agent, advocate and adviser. Covering Coombs' life from birth to death, this book provides intriguing insights into the life of one of Australia's most influential citizens.
Born in 1906, H.C. Coombs is best known as the governor of the Australian central bank, but the extent of his activities and his commitment to public ...
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475,83 zł |
State Identities and the Homogenisation of Peoples
ISBN: 9780521792844 / Angielski / Twarda / 2002 / 372 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. This book examines the victimization of minority groups through history. The author argues that genocides, expulsions and forced assimilations have been the result of the efforts of rulers' wish to assert their control and legitimacy. By bringing uniformity to the populations within their boundaries, they legitimate their hold on power. This book thus shows how nationalist ideologies have influenced the form of the international state system, drawing on the experiences of Jews and Moors in Spain, Protestants in France, Armenians in Turkey, and minorities in the former Yugoslavia.
This book examines the victimization of minority groups through history. The author argues that genocides, expulsions and forced assimilations have be...
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292,96 zł |
Nugget Coombs: A Reforming Life
ISBN: 9780521677837 / Angielski / Miękka / 2006 / 446 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Biography of H. C. 'Nugget' Coombs, one of the most influential Australians of the twentieth century.
Biography of H. C. 'Nugget' Coombs, one of the most influential Australians of the twentieth century.
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278,13 zł |
The Cambridge Companion to Modern Chinese Culture
ISBN: 9780521863223 / Angielski / Twarda / 2008 / 424 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. At the start of the twenty-first century, China is poised to become a major global power. Understanding its culture is more important than ever before for western audiences, but for many, China remains a mysterious and exotic country. This Companion explains key aspects of modern Chinese culture without assuming prior knowledge of China or the Chinese language. The volume acknowledges the interconnected nature of the different cultural forms, from 'high culture' such as literature, religion and philosophy to more popular issues such as sport, cinema, performance and the internet. Each chapter...
At the start of the twenty-first century, China is poised to become a major global power. Understanding its culture is more important than ever before...
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307,79 zł |
Theorising Chinese Masculinity: Society and Gender in China
ISBN: 9780521119047 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 248 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. In the first comprehensive analysis of Chinese masculinity. Kam Louie uses the concepts of wen (cultural attainment) and wu (martial valour) to explain attitudes to masculinity. This revises most Western analyses of Asian masculinity that rely on the yin-yang binary. Examining classical and contemporary Chinese literature and film, the book also looks at the Chinese diaspora to consider Chinese masculinity within and outside China.
In the first comprehensive analysis of Chinese masculinity. Kam Louie uses the concepts of wen (cultural attainment) and wu (martial valour) to explai...
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233,86 zł |
Indonesian Labour in Transition: An East Asian Success Story?
ISBN: 9780521594127 / Angielski / Twarda / 1998 / 346 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. The book deals with the transformation of labor markets in Indonesia over thirty years of New Order government under President Soeharto. It traces the impact of rapid economic growth on employment, wages and labor productivity in an initially poor labor surplus economy. Key elements of the process include a growing industrial and informal sector work force, rising labor incomes, increasing mobility of rural labor, regional integration and greater female participation in the economy.
The book deals with the transformation of labor markets in Indonesia over thirty years of New Order government under President Soeharto. It traces the...
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599,38 zł |
Tradition versus Democracy in the South Pacific: Fiji, Tonga and Western Samoa
ISBN: 9780521496384 / Angielski / Twarda / 1996 / 244 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. This study analyzes the ways in which political elites use the idea of "tradition" to legitimize certain practices and institutions. Within this framework, case studies focus on constitutional development and the chiefly power in Fiji, the monarchy and the Pro-Democracy Movement in Tonga, and the political issues surrounding the move to universal suffrage in Western Samoa. The book provides a critical approach to the political implications of romanticizing non-Western cultural traditions, especially in terms of democratic development.
This study analyzes the ways in which political elites use the idea of "tradition" to legitimize certain practices and institutions. Within this frame...
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470,88 zł |
Constitutional Change in the Commonwealth
ISBN: 9780521400398 / Angielski / Twarda / 1991 / 128 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. This book is concerned with changes and proposed changes to the governmental structures of the four oldest members of the Commonwealth--Britain, Australia, Canada and New Zealand. It is divided into three sections. The first contrasts the efforts of the three "older dominions" to free themselves legally from their constitutional ties with the United Kingdom, not achieved until the 1980s. The second section examines attempts and proposals to curb the power of the parliaments to impair individual and democratic rights. Only Canada has achieved something similar to the United States' Bill of...
This book is concerned with changes and proposed changes to the governmental structures of the four oldest members of the Commonwealth--Britain, Austr...
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500,54 zł |
Large-Scale Landscape Experiments: Lessons from Tumut
ISBN: 9780521881562 / Angielski / Twarda / 2009 / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. An overview of relationships between landscape change, habitat fragmentation and biodiversity conservation, using key lessons from the Tumut Fragmentation Study.
An overview of relationships between landscape change, habitat fragmentation and biodiversity conservation, using key lessons from the Tumut Fragmenta...
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485,71 zł |
The Seismic Wavefield: Volume 1, Introduction and Theoretical Development
ISBN: 9780521809450 / Angielski / Twarda / 2001 / 382 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. The Seismic Wavefield provides a guide to the understanding of seismograms in terms of physical propagation processes within the Earth. The focus is on the observation of earthquakes and man-made sources on all scales, for both body waves and surface waves. Volume I begins with a survey of the structure of the Earth and the nature of seismic wave propagation using examples of observed seismograms. The second part provides a full development of the theoretical background for seismic waves. Volume II (to be published later) will cover local and regional seismic events, global wave propagation,...
The Seismic Wavefield provides a guide to the understanding of seismograms in terms of physical propagation processes within the Earth. The focus is o...
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802,02 zł |
The Existence Principle
ISBN: 9780792351887 / Angielski / Twarda / 1998 / 197 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 20 dni roboczych. When we ask whether something exists, we expect a yes or no answer, not a further query about what kind of existence, how much of it, whether we mean existence for you or existence for me, or whether we are asking about some property which it might have.
In this book, this simple requirement is defended and pursued into its various and sometimes surprising implications. In the course of this pursuit, such questions arise as Do appearances exist?' Do unknowable things exist?' Do past and future exist?' Does God necessarily exist?' This novel and non-technical approach to important... When we ask whether something exists, we expect a yes or no answer, not a further query about what kind of existence, how much of it, whether we mean ...
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389,98 zł |
Governing Australia: Studies in Contemporary Rationalities of Government
ISBN: 9780521583572 / Angielski / Twarda / 1998 / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Inspired by Foucault's discussion of governmentality, this book makes a major contribution to our understanding of government. Interdisciplinary in approach, the book combines theoretical discussion with empirical focus. While a wide range of topics is discussed--from sexual harassment in the military to new contractualism--the contributors explore a range of shared concerns, giving the volume focus and rigor. The book includes a substantial introduction by the editors, and contains work critiquing the central notion of governmentality.
Inspired by Foucault's discussion of governmentality, this book makes a major contribution to our understanding of government. Interdisciplinary in ap...
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475,83 zł |
Molecular Basis of Virus Evolution
ISBN: 9780521022897 / Angielski / Miękka / 2005 / 624 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Advances in molecular biology have led to huge increases in determining the phylogenetic history of viruses. This book is one of the first solely devoted to the origins and evolution of viruses, and of the ways in which they interact with their cellular hosts and vectors. Intitial chapters cover impacts of viruses and their control. Further chapters detail genetic variation of viruses and the molecular basis of interrelation at the population level and the molecular basis and evolution of this relationship. Seventeen chapters follow on genetic origins, sources of variation, population...
Advances in molecular biology have led to huge increases in determining the phylogenetic history of viruses. This book is one of the first solely devo...
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332,62 zł |
Quantitative Thermochronology: Numerical Methods for the Interpretation of Thermochronological Data
ISBN: 9780521830577 / Angielski / Twarda / 2006 / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Thermochronology, the study of the thermal history of rocks, enables us to quantify the nature and timing of tectonic processes. First published in 2006, Quantitative Thermochronology is a robust review of isotopic ages, and presents a range of numerical modeling techniques to allow the physical implications of isotopic age data to be explored. The authors provide analytical, semi-analytical and numerical solutions to the heat transfer equation in a range of tectonic settings and under varying boundary conditions. They then illustrate their modeling approach built around a large number of...
Thermochronology, the study of the thermal history of rocks, enables us to quantify the nature and timing of tectonic processes. First published in 20...
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549,96 zł |
The Creation of the Anglo-Australian Observatory
ISBN: 9780521353960 / Angielski / Twarda / 1990 / 316 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. This book is the official history of the Anglo-Australian Telescope (AAT), which was built at Coonabarabran in New South Wales beginning in 1968; it came into operation in 1974. The telescope is part of the Anglo-Australian Observatory which provides facilities for research in optical astronomy for scientists from Britain and Australia. Between them, the authors of this book were all involved in different capacities throughout the development of the telescope. As such it gives a detailed and personal record of the scientific, administrative and political developments from the moment...
This book is the official history of the Anglo-Australian Telescope (AAT), which was built at Coonabarabran in New South Wales beginning in 1968; it c...
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624,10 zł |