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H V Evatt and the Establishment of Israel: The Undercover Zionist
ISBN: 9780714655789 / Angielski / Twarda / 344 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) The Minister for External Affairs, and the dominant force in the formation of Australian foreign policy for a crucial decade in the battle over Palestine (1941-1949), Herbert Vere Evatt played a central role in the Australian political response to Zionism and the conflict in Palestine. This book, which uses a variety of primary sources from Australia, Israel, the United Kingdom and the United States, provides a valuable study of Evatt the Zionist, as well as illuminating a fascinating political figure. This valuable book charts the debate in Australia over the creation of a Jewish state as...
The Minister for External Affairs, and the dominant force in the formation of Australian foreign policy for a crucial decade in the battle over Palest...
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698,90 zł |
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H V Evatt and the Establishment of Israel: The Undercover Zionist
ISBN: 9780714684611 / Angielski / Miękka / 344 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) This book reveals the fascinating story of the involvement of the Australian statesman, Dr. H V Evatt, in the United Nations decision to partition Palestine-a decision that paved the way for the establishment of Israel six months later. It unravels the complex interplay of motives and pressures in the shadow of an emerging Cold War that resulted in Evatt's pivotal role at a decisive moment that changed the face of the modern Middle East.
The narrative focuses on the enigmatic background and character of Evatt's involvement in the Palestinian drama: the personalities that influenced him... This book reveals the fascinating story of the involvement of the Australian statesman, Dr. H V Evatt, in the United Nations decision to partition Pal...
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258,80 zł |
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Old New Zealand and Other Writings
ISBN: 9780718501969 / Angielski / Miękka / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) In this work, a pakeha Maori trader looks back to the good old times before Governors were invented, and law, and justice, and all that. It is a construction of Maori life and customs, most notibly of tapu (taboo). There is also a selection of Maning's unpublished letters.
In this work, a pakeha Maori trader looks back to the good old times before Governors were invented, and law, and justice, and all that. It is a const...
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408,66 zł |
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Little America: Australia, the 51st State
ISBN: 9780745325392 / Angielski / Miękka / 259 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) What role does the US play in shaping Australian politics? Australia is one of the US's most staunch supporters: Australia has sent troops to Iraq, and is an ally in the 'war on terror'. Australian domestic policy also follows the US economic model, as state industries and services have been privatised. Erik Paul, a specialist in international studies, dissects the relationship between Australia and the US. He explores how Australia has become a key player in maintaining American dominance in South East Asia, and looks critically at the contrast between the Australian wealth and the...
What role does the US play in shaping Australian politics? Australia is one of the US's most staunch supporters: Australia has sent troops to Iraq, an...
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163,43 zł |
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Multiethnic Australia: Its History and Future
ISBN: 9780786425228 / Angielski / Miękka / 238 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) After once trying to keep its population white and predominantly British, Australia reversed course. Since 1947 it has absorbed five million immigrants from some 240 countries and places around the globe, with increasing numbers from Asian nations. In time, the country developed a multicultural outlook that encourages immigrants as well as indigenous people to retain their traditional cultures while also becoming loyal Australians. This book examines Australia past and present to show why immigration policies changed, the conflicts the new policies caused and the benefits they brought. The...
After once trying to keep its population white and predominantly British, Australia reversed course. Since 1947 it has absorbed five million immigrant...
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185,49 zł |
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The Birth of Sydney
ISBN: 9780802136992 / Angielski / Miękka / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) A narrative history of one of the world's great cities traces the development of Sydney, Australia, from its eighteenth-century origins as a remote penal colony of the British Empire to its role as the host of the 2000 Summer Olympic Games, documenting the colorful personalities, events, and instit
A narrative history of one of the world's great cities traces the development of Sydney, Australia, from its eighteenth-century origins as a remote pe...
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85,47 zł |
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The Explorers: Stories of Discovery and Adventure from the Australian Frontier
ISBN: 9780802137197 / Angielski / Miękka / 400 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) In this lively collection of stories of adventure and discovery, The Explorers tells the epic saga of the conquest and settlement of Australia. Flannery presents 67 accounts that convey the sense of wonder along with the dimensions of struggle.
In this lively collection of stories of adventure and discovery, The Explorers tells the epic saga of the conquest and settlement of Australia. Flanne...
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76,92 zł |
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John Devoy's Catalpa Expedition
ISBN: 9780814727485 / Angielski / Twarda / 225 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) The story of John Devoy's 1876 Catalpa rescue is a tale of heroism, creativity, and the triumph of independent spirit in pursuit of freedom. The daily log on board the whaling ship Catalpa begins with the typical recount of a crew intact and a spirit unfettered, but such quiet words deceive the truth of the audacious enterprise that came to be known as one of the most important rescues in Irish American history. John Devoy's men rescued six Irish political prisoners from the Australian coast, allowing millions of fellow Irishmen and American-Fenians, many of whom secretly... The story of John Devoy's 1876 Catalpa rescue is a tale of heroism, creativity, and the triumph of independent spirit in pursuit of freedom... |
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383,10 zł |
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Pastoral Accounting in Colonial Australia: A Case Study of Unregulated Accounting
ISBN: 9780815330370 / Angielski / Twarda / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) First Published in 1997. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
First Published in 1997. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
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1035,41 zł |
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In Oceania: Visions, Artifacts, Histories
ISBN: 9780822319986 / Angielski / Miękka / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) In this collection of essays, ""Nicholas Thomas, a leading theorist of historical anthropology, explores the historicization of cultural encounters in the region referred to as Oceania. Basing his claims on wide-ranging historical and ethnographic research and building on his celebrated studies of exchange and colonialism in the Pacific, Thomas describes how outsiders and islanders alike have constructed indigenous cultures over the last two hundred years.
"In Oceania" documents and analyzes the "rhetorical artifacts" of explorers, missionaries, fiction and travel writers, and the people... In this collection of essays, ""Nicholas Thomas, a leading theorist of historical anthropology, explores the historicization of cultural encounters in...
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113,84 zł |
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Making Moonta: The Invention of 'Australia's Little Cornwall'
ISBN: 9780859897952 / Angielski / Twarda / 284 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) Winner of the 2008 Holyer An Gof Award for non-fiction. An investigation of the popular tradition of 'Australia's Little Cornwall' how one town in South Australia gained and perpetuated this identity into the twenty-first century. This book is about Moonta and its special place in the Cornish transnational identity. Today Moonta is a small town on South Australia's northern Yorke Peninsula; along with the neighbouring townships of of Wallaroo and Kadina, it is an agricultural and heritage tourism centre. In the second half of the nineteenth century, however, Moonta was the focus of a major... Winner of the 2008 Holyer An Gof Award for non-fiction. An investigation of the popular tradition of 'Australia's Little Cornwall' how one town in ... |
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408,71 zł |
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Making Moonta: The Invention of 'Australia's Little Cornwall'
ISBN: 9780859897969 / Angielski / Miękka / 284 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) This book is about Moonta and its special place in the Cornish transnational identity. Today Moonta is a small town on South Australia's northern Yorke Peninsula; along with the neighboring townships of of Wallaroo and Kadina, it is an agricultural and heritage tourism center. In the second half of the nineteenth century, however, Moonta was the focus of a major copper mining industry. Making Moonta explores Moonta and its copper-mining hinterland in the years after 1860, charting the arrival of hundreds of Cornish immigrants and the transplantation of distinctive Cornish cultural patterns....
This book is about Moonta and its special place in the Cornish transnational identity. Today Moonta is a small town on South Australia's northern York...
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108,99 zł |
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A Higher Authority: Indigenous Transnationalism and Australia
ISBN: 9780868409542 / Angielski / Miękka / 254 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) This important book recovers the long tradition of indigenous transnationalism - contact with external people, institutions, ideas - throughout Australia's history from before white settlement to the present.
This important book recovers the long tradition of indigenous transnationalism - contact with external people, institutions, ideas - throughout Austra...
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135,96 zł |
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Doctors at Sea: Emigrant Voyages to Colonial Australia
ISBN: 9781403986856 / Angielski / Twarda / 248 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) In this engaging tale of movement from one hemisphere to another, we see doctors at work attending to their often odious and demanding duties at sea, in quarantine, and after arrival. The book shows, in graphic detail, just why a few notorious voyages suffered tragic loss of life in the absence of competent supervision. Its emphasis, however, is on demonstrating the extent to which the professionalism of the majority of surgeon superintendents, even on ships where childhood epidemics raged, led to the extraordinary saving of life on the Australian route in the Victorian era.
In this engaging tale of movement from one hemisphere to another, we see doctors at work attending to their often odious and demanding duties at sea, ...
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191,85 zł |
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Australia, New Zealand, and the Pacific: An Environmental History
ISBN: 9781576078686 / Angielski / Twarda / 418 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) Of interest to students and academics alike, this book provides a much-needed synthesis of the recent literature on the environmental history of Australia and Oceania. Part of ABC-CLIO's Nature and Human Societies series, this book maps out the key trends in the region's environmental history, charting the creation of the Australian continent from the ancient land mass of Gondwanaland to the arrival of humans. Especially fascinating are the chapters highlighting how successive waves of human migration created environmental havoc throughout the region, leading to the collapse of the... Of interest to students and academics alike, this book provides a much-needed synthesis of the recent literature on the environmental history of Au... |
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381,47 zł |
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Wobblies!: A Graphic History of the Industrial Workers of the World
ISBN: 9781844675258 / Angielski / Miękka / 305 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) The stories of the hard-rock miners' shooting wars, young Elizabeth Gurly Flynn (the "Rebel Girl" of contemporary sheet music), the first sit-down strikes and Free Speech fights, Emma Goldman and the struggle for birth control access, the Pageant for Paterson orchestrated in Madison Square Garden, bohemian radicals John Reed and Louise Bryant, field-hand revolts and lumber workers' strikes, wartime witch hunts, government prosecutions and mob lynching, Mexican-American uprisings in Baja, and Mexican peasant revolts led by Wobblies, hilarious and sentimental songs created and later...
The stories of the hard-rock miners' shooting wars, young Elizabeth Gurly Flynn (the "Rebel Girl" of contemporary sheet music), the first sit-down str...
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149,36 zł |
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Far East & Australasia 2000
ISBN: 9781857430622 / Angielski / Twarda / 1438 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) A systematic survey of all the countries of East Asia, South East Asia, Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific Islands. This book keeps up to date with economic and political developments. It presents over 1300 pages of statistics, directory material and analysis. Topics covered include the environment, religion, population and economic trends. Following this survey are individual chapters on every country. These include: articles on the geography, history and economy of the country; economic and demographic statistics; and directory names, addresses and contact numbers for the government,...
A systematic survey of all the countries of East Asia, South East Asia, Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific Islands. This book keeps up to date wit...
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1734,31 zł |
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Recollections
ISBN: 9781862544673 / Angielski / Miękka / 198 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) Nathaniel Hailes was a wry chronicler of early colonial South Australia. He arrived in Adelaide from England in 1839 and throughout his colourful career witnessed many strange and wonderful happenings.
Nathaniel Hailes was a wry chronicler of early colonial South Australia. He arrived in Adelaide from England in 1839 and throughout his colourful care...
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119,66 zł |
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Hikoi: Forty Years of Maori Protest
ISBN: 9781869691011 / Angielski / Miękka / 163 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) This is a photographic history of Maori protest from the 1960s to the Hikoi of 2004. Included are demonstrations involving apartheid South Africa, the Land March of 1975, and the occupations of Raglan, Bastion Point, and Pakaitore. By and large the photographs chosen illustrate both the issues and the passions involved, and the book serves to remind the reader of the importanace of the right to protest and the influence which that right, responsibily exercised, can have.
This is a photographic history of Maori protest from the 1960s to the Hikoi of 2004. Included are demonstrations involving apartheid South Africa, the...
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181,15 zł |
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Dreaming of a National Socialist Australia
ISBN: 9781876819910 / Angielski / Miękka / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) 'Australia First' is a good slogan that has been adopted by several quite different political ideologies. This book deals with the movement that developed slowly from about 1936 and came to an inglorious end in 1942. It grew out of the Victorian Socialist Party and the Rationalist Association. At first it attracted literary figures such as Xavier Herbert, Eleanor Dark, Miles Franklin. When it became heavily political, among its members were former communists and a Nazi Party member; some worked for the Labor Party, some for the United Australia Party (later the Liberal Party). One was a paid...
'Australia First' is a good slogan that has been adopted by several quite different political ideologies. This book deals with the movement that devel...
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106,63 zł |
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