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Making History: The American Left and the American Mind
ISBN: 9780231048330 / Angielski / Miękka / 313 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Looks at the history of American participation in politic, explains the reasons for public apathy, and assesses the ability of Left to reestablish political influence in the U.S.
Looks at the history of American participation in politic, explains the reasons for public apathy, and assesses the ability of Left to reestablish pol...
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210,75 zł |
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The Contemporary Relevance of History: A Study in Approaches and Methods
ISBN: 9780231063364 / Angielski / Twarda / 158 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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450,91 zł |
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The Pursuit of Heresy: Rabbi Moses Hagiz and the Sabbatian Controversy
ISBN: 9780231071918 / Angielski / Miękka / 364 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Rabbi Moses Hagiz, one of the most prominent and influential Jewish leaders of seventeenth-century Amsterdam, devoted his career to restoring rabbinic authority. His most prominent talent was as a polemicist, and he campaigned ceaselessly against Jewish heresy in an attempt to unify the rabbinate. During Hagiz's lifetime there was an overall decline in rabbinic authority, which the author argues was the result of migration and assimilation.
Rabbi Moses Hagiz, one of the most prominent and influential Jewish leaders of seventeenth-century Amsterdam, devoted his career to restoring rabbinic...
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302,21 zł |
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History of Magic and Experimental Science: Fourteenth and Fifteenth Centuries, Volume 4
ISBN: 9780231087971 / Angielski / Twarda / 767 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. 1923. Volume 11 of 14. The 16th Century: Mystic Philosophy, Words and Numbers through Summary and By-Products. The aim of this set is to treat the history of magic and experimental science and their relations to Christian thought during the first thirteen centuries of our era, with special emphasis upon the 12th and 13th centuries. Magic is understood under the broadest sense of the work, as including all occult arts and sciences, superstitions and folklore. The author believes that magic and experimental science have been connected in their development, and within these pages will attempt to...
1923. Volume 11 of 14. The 16th Century: Mystic Philosophy, Words and Numbers through Summary and By-Products. The aim of this set is to treat the his...
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544,32 zł |
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Escogidas Plantas: Nuns and Beatas in Mexico City, 1531-1601
ISBN: 9780231122122 / Angielski / Twarda / 384 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. With this book, Jacqueline Holler demonstrates how early members of religious orders in Mexico were conceived of as an extension of the process of conversion and spiritual conquest. Over time, however, the creation of convents became a means of reaffirming the European nature of the colony, at least for its upper classes. Holler's work is based on archival research in both Mexico and Spain. It integrates much of the existing historiography while effectively telling individual stories and allowing the personalities, strengths, and foibles of some of the women involved to carry the history...
With this book, Jacqueline Holler demonstrates how early members of religious orders in Mexico were conceived of as an extension of the process of con...
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409,82 zł |
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The Infantry Cannot Do with a Gun Less: The Place of the Artillery in the BEF, 1914-1918
ISBN: 9780231130349 / Angielski / Twarda / 308 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Was WWI an artillery war? The role of arms in the British Expeditionary Force was synchronized with the infantry's movement, but the British never asserted the French paradigm of "artillery conquering, infantry occupying."
Was WWI an artillery war? The role of arms in the British Expeditionary Force was synchronized with the infantry's movement, but the British never ass...
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181,90 zł |
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Sumner Welles -- Postwar Planning and the Quest for a New World Order, 1937--1943
ISBN: 9780231130363 / Angielski / Twarda / 308 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Franklin Delano Roosevelt's trusted advisor was coldly hostile to all Western European powers--Allies as much as enemies--and resolved to create a global Pax Americana modeled on the Monroe Doctrine after the war.
Franklin Delano Roosevelt's trusted advisor was coldly hostile to all Western European powers--Allies as much as enemies--and resolved to create a glo...
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181,90 zł |
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Word Cultures: Radical Theory and Practice in William S. Burroughs' Fiction
ISBN: 9780252014130 / Angielski / Twarda / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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131,39 zł |
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Natural Allies: Women's Associations in American History
ISBN: 9780252063206 / Angielski / Miękka / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Suitable for not only historians and sociologists but also to those working with or studying voluntary organizations.
Suitable for not only historians and sociologists but also to those working with or studying voluntary organizations.
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126,51 zł |
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An Early Encounter with Tomorrow: Europeans, Chicago's Loop, and the World's Columbian Exposition
ISBN: 9780252069659 / Angielski / Miękka / 376 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Documents the mixture of amazement and alarm with which European visitors greeted 1890s Chicago: as a futuristic city animated by a crass, frenetic mercantile class. This volume contains a bibliography, arranged by country and profiles of the foreign observers. It is illustrated with over seventy photographs, drawings, paintings and cartoons.
Documents the mixture of amazement and alarm with which European visitors greeted 1890s Chicago: as a futuristic city animated by a crass, frenetic me...
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141,12 zł |
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William Z. Foster and the Tragedy of American Radicalism
ISBN: 9780252070518 / Angielski / Miękka / 384 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Traces the political journey of a leading worker radical whose life and experiences encapsulate radicalism's rise and fall in the United States. Integrating indigenous and international factors that determined the fate of American communism, this book provides an understanding of the basis for radicalism among twentieth-century American workers.
Traces the political journey of a leading worker radical whose life and experiences encapsulate radicalism's rise and fall in the United States. Integ...
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82,71 zł |
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From Charity to Enterprise: The Development of American Social Work in a Market Economy
ISBN: 9780252070730 / Angielski / Miękka / 344 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Sets the professionalization of social work into a dynamic social context. The explicit political and economic framework of Wenocur and Reisch's model enables the authors to examine how various subgroups within social work lost or gained control of the professional enterprise at various points.
Sets the professionalization of social work into a dynamic social context. The explicit political and economic framework of Wenocur and Reisch's model...
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111,91 zł |
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The Theory of Oral Composition: History and Methodology
ISBN: 9780253204653 / Angielski / Miękka / 188 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. ..". excellent book... " --The Classical Outlook ..". brief and readable... There is good tonic in these pages for the serious student of oral tradition... a remarkable book." --Asian Folklore Studies "The bibliography is a boon for students and faculty at any level who are curious about the nature, composition, and performance of oral poetry." --Choice ..". concise, evolutionary account... " --Religious Studies Review "As ever, Professor Foley's conscientious scholarship and sound judgements combine to make a further substantial contribution to the field." --E. C.... ..". excellent book... " --The Classical Outlook ..". brief and readable... There is good tonic in these pages for the serious student of ora... |
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56,31 zł |
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Time, Narrative, and History
ISBN: 9780253206039 / Angielski / Miękka / 300 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "For description and defense of the narrative configurations of everyday life, and of the practical and social character of those narratives, there is no better treatment than Time, Narrative, and History.... a clear, judicious, and truthful account, provocative from beginning to end." Journal of the British Society for Phenomenology ..". a superior work of philosophy that tells a unique and insightful story about narrative." Quarterly Journal of Speech ""For description and defense of the narrative configurations of everyday life, and of the practical and social character of those narratives, there... |
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77,84 zł |
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A History of Habsburg Jews, 1670-1918
ISBN: 9780253206497 / Angielski / Miękka / 290 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "William McCagg has done a great service for scholarship--and for Habsburg scholarship in particular--through his book. Scholars are in his debt." --History of European Ideas ..". strongly recommended to those interested in either Jewish or Habsburg history." --American Historical Review ..". McCagg tells a fascinating story with expert knowledge, with the sure eye and sound judgment of the experienced historian... " --Midstream ..". exceptionally fine research and the time frame of the study which make it quite remarkable and original." --German Politics &... "William McCagg has done a great service for scholarship--and for Habsburg scholarship in particular--through his book. Scholars are in his debt." ... |
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77,84 zł |
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Science In History, Volume 2: The Scientific and Industrial Revolution
ISBN: 9780262520218 / Angielski / Miękka / 717 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. J. D. Bernal's monumental work Science in History is the first full-scale attempt to analyze the relationship between science and society throughout history, from the perfection of the first flint hand ax to the construction of the hydrogen bomb. This remarkable study illustrates the impetus given to and the limitations placed upon discovery and invention by pastoral, agricultural, feudal, capitalist, and socialist systems, and conversely the ways in which science has altered economic, social, and political beliefs and practices.This second volume focuses on the period of development and... J. D. Bernal's monumental work Science in History is the first full-scale attempt to analyze the relationship between science and society throughou... |
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221,51 zł |
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Garden Cities of To-Morrow
ISBN: 9780262580021 / Angielski / Miękka / 170 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Originally published in 1898 as To-Morrow: A Peaceful Path to Real Reform and reissued in 1902 under its present title, Garden Cities of To-Morrow holds a unique place in town planning literature. The book led directly to two experiments in town-founding that have had a profound influence on practical urban development around the world. The book was also responsible for the introduction of the term Garden City, and set into motion ideas that helped transform town planning. Originally published in 1898 as To-Morrow: A Peaceful Path to Real Reform and reissued in 1902 under its present title, Garden Cities of To-Morrow ... |
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221,51 zł |
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Does Technology Drive History?: The Dilemma of Technological Determinism
ISBN: 9780262691673 / Angielski / Miękka / 298 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. These thirteen essays explore a crucial historical question that has been notoriously hard to pin down: To what extent, and by what means, does a society's technology determine its political, social, economic, and cultural forms?Karl Marx launched the modern debate on determinism with his provocative remark that "the hand-mill gives you society with the feudal lord; the steam-mill, society with the industrial capitalist," and a classic article by Robert Heilbroner (reprinted here) renewed the debate within the context of the history of technology. This book clarifies the debate and carries... These thirteen essays explore a crucial historical question that has been notoriously hard to pin down: To what extent, and by what means, does a s... |
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275,31 zł |
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Psychology: The Briefer Course
ISBN: 9780268015572 / Angielski / Miękka / 376 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A durable classic in the field, Psychology: The Briefer Course is developed on the structure of seventeen definitive chapters treating cryptic themes such as Habit, Stream of Consciousness, The Self, Attention, Conception, Discrimination, Association, Memory, Imagination, Perception, Reasoning, Emotion, Instinct, Will.
A durable classic in the field, Psychology: The Briefer Course is developed on the structure of seventeen definitive chapters treating cryptic themes ...
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111,91 zł |
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Two Sources of Morality and Religion
ISBN: 9780268018351 / Angielski / Miękka / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Henri Bergson inquires into the nature of moral obligation, into the place of religion and the purpose it has served since primitive times, into static religion and its value in preserving man from the dangers of his own intelligence; into dynamic religion or mysticism as a means of producing man's forward leap beyond the limits of the closed society for which nature intended him and into the open society which is the brotherhood of man.
The book is filled with extraordinary illustration and, as always in Bergson, exact and luminous metaphor. "Journal of Philosophy " Fresh and... Henri Bergson inquires into the nature of moral obligation, into the place of religion and the purpose it has served since primitive times, into stati...
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111,91 zł |
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