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A History of London Transport : The Nineteenth Century
ISBN: 9780415418201 / Angielski / Twarda / 412 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Presents the story of the origins of the world's largest urban passenger transport system; the story of the growth of London itself from the early days of the 19th century. This book traces the development of every kind of public transport which either produced the great expansion of London in this period, or took up the opportunities it offered.
Presents the story of the origins of the world's largest urban passenger transport system; the story of the growth of London itself from the early day...
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1121,64 zł |
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Pre-Colombian Cities
ISBN: 9780415419369 / Angielski / Twarda / 602 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Explores Aztec Tenochtitlan (Mexico City) and Inca Cuzco. This work also studies such older civic memorial centers as Teotichuacan, Tula, Monte Alban, Uxmal, Chichen Itza, Tikal, Palenque, Tiahuanaco, Chan Chan, Pachacamac, Machu Picchu, and other sites. It includes many photographs, maps, charts and city plans showing urban layouts of temples.
Explores Aztec Tenochtitlan (Mexico City) and Inca Cuzco. This work also studies such older civic memorial centers as Teotichuacan, Tula, Monte Alban,...
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1121,64 zł |
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The New Historicism
ISBN: 9780415900706 / Angielski / Miękka / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Discusses developments in new historicism, containing essays on the emergence of the Third World as a signifier, the relationship of feminism and new historicism, and the loss of the category class in new historicism. This work should be of interest to students of literature and history.
Discusses developments in new historicism, containing essays on the emergence of the Third World as a signifier, the relationship of feminism and new ...
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192,97 zł |
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The Jew's Body
ISBN: 9780415904599 / Angielski / Miękka / 316 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Drawing on a wealth of medical and historical materials, Sander Gilman sketches details of the anti-Semitic rhetoric about the Jewish body and mind, including medical and popular depictions of the Jewish voice, feet and nose. Case studies illustrate how Jews have responded to such public misconceptions as the myth of the cloven foot and Jewish flat-footedness, the proposed link between the Jewish mind and hysteria, and the Victorians' irrational connection between Jews and prostitutes. Gilman is especially concerned with the role of psycho-analysis in the construction of anti-Semitism,...
Drawing on a wealth of medical and historical materials, Sander Gilman sketches details of the anti-Semitic rhetoric about the Jewish body and mind, i...
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192,97 zł |
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Chain Her by One Foot: The Subjugation of Native Women in Seventeenth-Century New France
ISBN: 9780415908276 / Angielski / Miękka / 250 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. For the Huron and Montagnais, two of the native peoples in the New World, the value and power of women and men in their societies were equally balanced. From 1620 to 1650 these peoples experienced massive disruption because of European disease, warfare, famines and the introduction of the fur trade by Europeans. Change also came about because missionaries were intent on converting the native people to Christianity.
For the Huron and Montagnais, two of the native peoples in the New World, the value and power of women and men in their societies were equally balance...
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208,62 zł |
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Homeworkers in Global Perspective: Invisible No More
ISBN: 9780415910071 / Angielski / Miękka / 328 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Homeworkers in Global Perspective documents the lives of homeworkers, exploring state policies towards them, and describing the innovative ways in which homeworkers organize. Moving away from well-known, already explored cases, the essays focus on less-known but equally compelling examples organize, and covers the major geographic regions of the world and illustrates the diversity of home-based work and homeworker organizing.
Homeworkers in Global Perspective documents the lives of homeworkers, exploring state policies towards them, and describing the innovative ways in whi...
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156,46 zł |
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The Spirit of the Sixties: The Making of Postwar Radicalism
ISBN: 9780415913850 / Angielski / Twarda / 368 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Spirit of the Sixties explains how and why the personal became political when Sixties activists confronted the institutions of American postwar culture. The Spirit of the Sixties uses political personalism to explain how and why the personal became political when Sixties activists confronted the institutions of American postwar culture. After establishing its origins in the Catholic Worker movement, the Beat generation, the civil rights movement, and Ban-the-Bomb protests, James Farrell demonstrates the impact of personalism on...
The Spirit of the Sixties explains how and why the personal became political when Sixties activists confronted the institutions of American p...
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573,87 zł |
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American Zionism: Missions and Politics: American Jewish History
ISBN: 9780415919326 / Angielski / Twarda / 514 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Part of an eight volume set which collates articles written on the history of the Jewish people in America, this final volume volume comprises articles which take a look at the political movement for the establishment of a national homeland for the Jewish people. The 21 articles cover subjects such as the historical emergence of Zionism, attitudes towards the Zionist and Anti-Zionist movements in America, and the developments of trusteeship for the Palestine.
Part of an eight volume set which collates articles written on the history of the Jewish people in America, this final volume volume comprises article...
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1147,72 zł |
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Rough Medicine: Surgeons at Sea in the Age of Sail
ISBN: 9780415924511 / Angielski / Twarda / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In this often darkly humorous tale we learn what type of person would sign on for a dangerous three-year voyage across the globe, what types of medicines and surgical tools were available and what sort of people they encountered on remote South Seas islands.
In this often darkly humorous tale we learn what type of person would sign on for a dangerous three-year voyage across the globe, what types of medici...
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704,29 zł |
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Rough Medicine: Surgeons at Sea in the Age of Sail
ISBN: 9780415924528 / Angielski / Miękka / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Using diaries, journals and correspondence the author tells a fascinating story of remarkable men who shipped out as doctors on South Sea whalers in the early nineteenth century.
Using diaries, journals and correspondence the author tells a fascinating story of remarkable men who shipped out as doctors on South Sea whalers in t...
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198,19 zł |
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The Cultural History of Plants
ISBN: 9780415927468 / Angielski / Twarda / 460 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Cultural History of Plants is the most important book published on the spread and exploitation of plants in over a century. Written by acknowledged experts in their fields, this valuable reference will be useful for both scholars and general readers. It is both botanical and cultural, describing the role of plants in social life, regional customs, the arts and natural landscapes. There are over 1000 plant entries in the form of concise histories, 200 maps and 600 black and white illustrations. The A to Z entries cover food and flowering plants as well as those used for textiles, perfume...
The Cultural History of Plants is the most important book published on the spread and exploitation of plants in over a century. Written by acknowledge...
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1460,74 zł |
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The Body Politic : Foundings, Citizenship, and Difference in the American Political Imagination
ISBN: 9780415928588 / Angielski / Twarda / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In this text, Catherine Holland advances a thesis that challenges the dominant schools of thought concerning the liberal tradition in the United States. Organized around two founding moments - the American Revolution and ratification of the Constitution and the period of Reconstruction following the American Civil War - the book identifies a recurring, symbolic figure at the heart of American dilemmas of citizenship and nation, namely the human body.
In this text, Catherine Holland advances a thesis that challenges the dominant schools of thought concerning the liberal tradition in the United State...
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453,82 zł |
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Telegraph Messenger Boys: Labor, Communication and Technology, 1850-1950
ISBN: 9780415931083 / Angielski / Twarda / 258 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Though providing a perspective on the telegraph system, a communications network that revolutionized human perceptions of time and space, this text's ramifications go far beyond just the telegraphy - it tells a broader story of human interaction with technology, and the social and cultural changes brought about by this interaction.
Though providing a perspective on the telegraph system, a communications network that revolutionized human perceptions of time and space, this text's ...
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678,21 zł |
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Telegraph Messenger Boys: Labor, Communication and Technology, 1850-1950
ISBN: 9780415931090 / Angielski / Miękka / 258 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In Telegraph Messenger Boys Gregory J. Downey provides an entirely new perspective on the telegraph system: a communications network that revolutionized human perceptions of time and space. The book goes beyond the advent of the telegraphy and tells a broader story of human interaction with technology and the social and cultural changes it brought about.
In Telegraph Messenger Boys Gregory J. Downey provides an entirely new perspective on the telegraph system: a communications network that rev...
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198,19 zł |
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Chartered Schools: Two Hundred Years of Independent Academies in the United States, 1727-1925
ISBN: 9780415931182 / Angielski / Twarda / 378 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The authors of this volume look at the academy, America's prevalent form of higher schooling in the 18th and 19th centuries, highlighting its role in the formation of middle-class social networks and culture during that period.
The authors of this volume look at the academy, America's prevalent form of higher schooling in the 18th and 19th centuries, highlighting its role in ...
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704,29 zł |
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Chronological History of U.S. Foreign Relations
ISBN: 9780415939140 / Angielski / Twarda / 1488 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. More than a timeline, the Chronological History allows readers to follow themes and compare time periods via extensive chronological listings, numerous cross-references, and thorough index. This comprehensive resource also includes 38 new maps to provide perspectives on the complex territorial disputes in which the US has played a role.
With over one third new material, along with updated and revised entries and maps, this second edition is essential for all students of political science, history, and international relations. Also includes 38 maps. More than a timeline, the Chronological History allows readers to follow themes and compare time periods via extensive chronological listings...
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3391,01 zł |
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Feminist Revolution in Literacy: Women's Bookstores in the United States
ISBN: 9780415975964 / Angielski / Twarda / 296 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This is an examination of the history of bookstores operated by and for women in the US from the 1970s to the 1990s, the number of which reached over 100 by the early 1990s.
This is an examination of the history of bookstores operated by and for women in the US from the 1970s to the 1990s, the number of which reached over ...
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704,29 zł |
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Negotiating Motherhood in Nineteenth-Century American Literature
ISBN: 9780415981040 / Angielski / Twarda / 218 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Returning to a foundational moment in the history of the American family, Negotiating Motherhood in Nineteenth-Century American Literature explores how various authors of the period represented the maternal role-an office that came to a new, social prominence at the end of the eighteenth century. By examining maternal figures in the works of diverse authors such as Harriet Beecher Stowe, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Frederick Douglass, Harriet Jacobs, and Sarah Piatt, this book exposes the contentious but fruitful negotiations that took place in the heart of the American sentimental... Returning to a foundational moment in the history of the American family, Negotiating Motherhood in Nineteenth-Century American Literature explores... |
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756,45 zł |
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The Hidden Hitler
ISBN: 9780465043095 / Angielski / Miękka / 462 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Lothar Machtan makes a compelling case that Adolf Hitler was homosexual, and that one cannot begin to understand him, his entry into politics, and the early Nazi movement without a clear understanding of this aspect of his identity. Recent books on the Nazi movement have argued that the Third Reich was a fundamentally sordid regime. Machtan provides powerful new evidence in support of this view. This side of Hitler and his "Munich clique," as Goebbels put it, has never been so vividly evoked. As an intimate portrait of Hitler and as a surprising portrait of the homoerotic nature of the early...
Lothar Machtan makes a compelling case that Adolf Hitler was homosexual, and that one cannot begin to understand him, his entry into politics, and the...
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158,01 zł |
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The World Is a Ghetto: Race and Democracy Since World War II
ISBN: 9780465043415 / Angielski / Miękka / 448 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The World Is a Ghetto compares post-World War II racial dynamics in four countries or regions: the United States, South Africa, Brazil, and the European Union. Howard Winant argues that race remains crucial both for contemporary politics and for concepts of identity and culture. By investigating how economic development, labor processes, the ideals of democracy and popular sovereignty, patterns of social stratification, and even concepts of social and individual identity have been affected by the role race has played in the modern global democracy, Winant provides a new critique of racial...
The World Is a Ghetto compares post-World War II racial dynamics in four countries or regions: the United States, South Africa, Brazil, and the Europe...
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158,01 zł |
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