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New Perspectives on Yugoslavia : Key Issues and Controversies
ISBN: 9780415499194 / Angielski / Twarda / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Nearly twenty years after it ceased to exist as a multinational federation, Yugoslavia still has the power to provoke controversy and debate. Bringing together contributions from twelve of the leading scholars of modern and contemporary South East Europe, this volume explores the history of Yugoslavia from creation to dissolution. Drawing on the very latest historical research, this book explains how the country came about, how it evolved and why, eventually, it failed. From the start of the twentieth century, through the First World War, the interwar years and the Second World War, to the...
Nearly twenty years after it ceased to exist as a multinational federation, Yugoslavia still has the power to provoke controversy and debate. Bringing...
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705,83 zł |
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Lithuania in the 1920s : A Diplomat's Diary
ISBN: 9789042027602 / Angielski / Miękka / 279 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Robert W. Heingartner kept this diary during his two year service as American consul in Kaunas, the provisional capital of Lithuania, 1926-1928. First titling the work "Impressions of Kaunas," he wanted to record all his impressions of this small city about which he actually knew very little. He started with negative impressions, but he soon came to like it. He watched its growth with considerable sympathy. The diary's appeal lies in its picture of daily life in Kaunas as the "provisional capital" of a newly independent small state - the conditions of life in the city, the social life of...
Robert W. Heingartner kept this diary during his two year service as American consul in Kaunas, the provisional capital of Lithuania, 1926-1928. Firs...
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383,34 zł |
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1939: The Year That Changed Everything in Lithuania S History
ISBN: 9789042027626 / Angielski / Twarda / 386 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "This gripping and well-documented account of the history of the town of Vilnius and its surrounding region from the Polish ultimatum of March 1938, which forced Lithuania to open diplomatic relations with Poland, to the incorporation of Lithuania into the Soviet Union in June 1940 is set against the evolution of Lithuania's relations with her neighbours during this crucial period. It is a major contribution to the outbreak of war in September 1939 and the subsequent evolution of Nazi Soviet relations." Antony Polonsky, Brandeis University and the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum "In...
"This gripping and well-documented account of the history of the town of Vilnius and its surrounding region from the Polish ultimatum of March 1938, w...
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528,16 zł |
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The New Estonian Golden Age: How Estonia Will Rise To Be One Of Europe's Five Richest Nations
ISBN: 9781441466396 / Angielski / Miękka / 142 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The New Estonian Golden Age introduces an alternative view on age-old and controversial topics that are holding up Estonian aspirations of prosperity. Estonia, known as "The Baltic Tiger," is one of New Europe's most impressive economic turn-around stories since gaining independence from the Soviet Union in 1991. They implemented innovative ideas such as flat tax, online voting and e-government. At one point, the leaders were predicting that Estonia would become one of Europe's five richest nations. Now the nation is on the verge of an unprecedented economic crisis, the leaders have retracted...
The New Estonian Golden Age introduces an alternative view on age-old and controversial topics that are holding up Estonian aspirations of prosperity....
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28,25 zł |
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Queenship and Voice in Medieval Northern Europe
ISBN: 9780230104655 / Angielski / Twarda / 248 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book examines female lordship and the power of the political voice in medieval Northern Europe, focusing on three prominent, foreign-born queens of medieval Scandinavia - Agnes of Denmark (d. 1304), Eufemia of Norway (d. 1312) and Margareta of Denmark/Sweden (d. 1412) - who acted as cultural mediators and initiators of political change.
This book examines female lordship and the power of the political voice in medieval Northern Europe, focusing on three prominent, foreign-born queens ...
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403,47 zł |
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A cat's lick : Democratisation and minority communities in the post-Soviet Baltic
ISBN: 9789042029897 / Angielski / Twarda / 379 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The research on Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania has pointed out some controversial social and political developments since the collapse of the Soviet Union. Crucially, there is a discrepancy between the governments' commitment to creating democratic political regimes, to ensuring harmonious social relations and to accommodating the ethno-cultural diversity of the resident communities. In reflecting on the legacies of the Soviet past, the book addresses the role non-titular populations have played in the process of democratisation and the relation between the states, societies and minorities in...
The research on Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania has pointed out some controversial social and political developments since the collapse of the Soviet Un...
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528,16 zł |
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Armour and Weapons
ISBN: 9780981288604 / Angielski / Miękka / 114 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Armour &Weapons is an excellent condensed history of Armour for men, horses, and weapons. Covering centuries of information, from 1066 to the 1600's. Containing multiple illustrations and photographs by the author himself Using historical records and actual inventory from the Tower of London Armoury, the author explains its development and construction.
Armour &Weapons is an excellent condensed history of Armour for men, horses, and weapons. Covering centuries of information, from 1066 to the 1600's. ...
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57,60 zł |
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Stalinist Terror in Eastern Europe: Elite Purges and Mass Repression
ISBN: 9780719077760 / Angielski / Twarda / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This wide-ranging collection of essays is the first book in English to examine the impact of Stalinist terror on Eastern Europe in the years 1940 to 1956.
Covering the Baltic states, Moldavia, East Germany, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Romania, Yugoslavia, Bulgaria and Albania, the authors investigate terror both 'from above', in the form of elite purges and show trials, and 'from below' in the guise of large-scale arrests and deportations of ordinary people. Key questions addressed include the relative importance of Soviet influence versus 'local' factors; the persecution of... This wide-ranging collection of essays is the first book in English to examine the impact of Stalinist terror on Eastern Europe in the years 1940 to 1...
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461,16 zł |
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Shrinking Citizenship : Discursive Practices that Limit Democratic Participation in Latvian Politics
ISBN: 9789042031333 / Angielski / Miękka / 197 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The book, based on research results from a three-year study of parliamentary and media debates in Latvia, analyses the discourses of Latvian politicians and the media about nation, citizenship, cultural diversity, history and the nation-state. This is the first large-scale study of political debates in a Baltic State from the perspective of Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA). Separate chapters, by researchers from Canada, Latvia, Lithuania and the UK, analyse the intersections between national identity construction, national mythmaking, concepts of citizenship, journalistic action, press...
The book, based on research results from a three-year study of parliamentary and media debates in Latvia, analyses the discourses of Latvian politicia...
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264,08 zł |
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Exploring the Caucasus in the 21st Century: Essays on Culture, History and Politics in a Dynamic Context
ISBN: 9789089641830 / Angielski / Miękka / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Situated between Russia, Turkey, and Iran and comprising part of the Russian Federation along with Georgia, Armenia, and Azerbaijan, the Caucasus region is best known for ethnic and religious divides that have resulted in bloody conflicts for centuries, most recently between various minorities and the post-Soviet independent states. This extensive volume reveals the rich and multifaceted nature of the Caucasus and includes a study of the region's transition to independence; an exploration of the area's religions; and a discussion of the role of art in war-torn communities. It is necessary... Situated between Russia, Turkey, and Iran and comprising part of the Russian Federation along with Georgia, Armenia, and Azerbaijan, the Caucasus r... |
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219,00 zł |
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A Concise History of the Baltic States
ISBN: 9780521833721 / Angielski / Twarda / 492 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Baltic region is frequently neglected in broader histories of Europe and its international significance can be obscured by separate treatments of the various Baltic states. With this wide-ranging survey, Andrejs Plakans presents the first integrated history of three Baltic peoples Estonians, Latvians and Lithuanians and draws out the common threads to show how it has been shaped by their location in a strategically desirable corner of Europe. Subordinated in turn by Baltic German landholders, the Polish nobility and gentry, and then by Russian and Soviet administrators, the three nations...
The Baltic region is frequently neglected in broader histories of Europe and its international significance can be obscured by separate treatments of ...
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296,84 zł |
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Europe's Steppe Frontier, 1500-1800
ISBN: 9780226561523 / Angielski / Miękka / 264 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In Europe's Steppe Frontier, acclaimed historian William H. McNeill analyzes the process whereby the thinly occupied grasslands of southeastern Europe were incorporated into the bodies-social of three great empires: the Ottoman, the Austrian, and the Russian. McNeill benefits from a New World detachment from the bitter nationality quarrels of the late nineteenth and early twentieth century which inspired but also blinded most of the historians of the region. Moreover, the unique institutional adjustments southeastern Europeans made to the frontier challenge cast indirect light upon the...
In Europe's Steppe Frontier, acclaimed historian William H. McNeill analyzes the process whereby the thinly occupied grasslands of southeastern...
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122,98 zł |
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Ukrainian Witchcraft Trials: Volhynia, Podolia, and Ruthenia, 17th-18th Centuries
ISBN: 9786155053115 / Angielski / Twarda / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. An analysis of witchcraft trials and the specificity of legal procedure in Ukrainian lands, followed by an examination of the main quantitative data of the cases.
An analysis of witchcraft trials and the specificity of legal procedure in Ukrainian lands, followed by an examination of the main quantitative data o...
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574,40 zł |
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Ukek: The Golden Horde city and its periphery
ISBN: 9781841715872 / Angielski / Miękka / 260 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In the 18th century, large parts of Eurasia became part of the Mongol Empire; it is the north-western region, known as the Golden Horde, which forms the focus of this study. Although no work has been carried out at the city of Ukek, lying in the Golden Horde, for more than eighty years there is much unpublished data from the site and its agrarian periphery. This volume presents and examines written, numismatic and material cultural evidence as well as data on sites and settlements, cemeteries and hoards. Although this is not the easiest report to read and understand, it includes a good deal...
In the 18th century, large parts of Eurasia became part of the Mongol Empire; it is the north-western region, known as the Golden Horde, which forms t...
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422,73 zł |
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A History of the Ottoman Empire to 1730: Chapters from the Cambridge History of Islam and the New Cambridge Modern History
ISBN: 9780521099912 / Angielski / Miękka / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. From the historian's perspective, the Ottomans in their heyday could claim a more absolute monarchy than any of the truly European empires, a more successful record in quelling rebellion and the rise of national settlement, and the development and maintenance of more effective lines of communication between the centre and outlying lands. The chapters in this book were each written by a specialist in Ottoman history, and in combination they trace the steps by which the empire built on its fourteenth-century beginnings to the high point of its European power. The emphasis throughout is on the...
From the historian's perspective, the Ottomans in their heyday could claim a more absolute monarchy than any of the truly European empires, a more suc...
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205,79 zł |
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The Macedonia File: The Greek Minority in the FYROM Under Bondage
ISBN: 9781453781517 / Angielski / Miękka / 482 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The book attempts to illuminate, somewhat, the History of Hellenism in the neighboring Republic of Skopje, which is suffering the consequences of the Third Phase of the Macedonian Question - which, in the Authors opinion, is darker the previous First Phase (1870-1912) and Second Phase (1912-1939). Research will continue and information will constantly improve, until the real nature of Slavism and its designs on Hellenism are revealed, because the Author's firm belief is that Greeks and Slavs, being Orthodox Christians can live in harmony without incident, building an enviable peace in the...
The book attempts to illuminate, somewhat, the History of Hellenism in the neighboring Republic of Skopje, which is suffering the consequences of the ...
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100,88 zł |
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The View from Here
ISBN: 9781453860007 / Angielski / Miękka / 314 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. There is a human curiosity to know where you have come from in order to know where you are going. On the journey historical and political events shape our lives. Toomas Hendrik Ilves, President of Estonia says, 'It is not the depth of the crisis but rather our behaviour during the crisis that will show us who we truly are.' 'The view from here' explores below the surface of compelling family stories, of what people today do not talk about, maybe do not know enough facts to talk about, and which will be forgotten when the older generation is gone. Why do they hold onto their truths? A...
There is a human curiosity to know where you have come from in order to know where you are going. On the journey historical and political events shape...
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80,70 zł |
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Early Islamic Spain: The History of Ibn Al-Qutiyah
ISBN: 9780415668552 / Angielski / Miękka / 196 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book is the first published English-language translation of the significant History of Islamic Spain by Ibn al-Qutiya (d. Cordova 367 / 977). Including extensive notes and comments, a genealogical table and relevant maps, the text is preceded by a study of the author and his work, and is the only serious examination of the unique manuscript since Pascual de Gayangos' edition in 1868. Ibn al-Qutiya's work is one of the significant and earliest histories of Muslim Spain and an important source for scholars. Although like most Muslims of al-Andalus in this period, Ibn... This book is the first published English-language translation of the significant History of Islamic Spain by Ibn al-Qutiya (d. Cordova 367... |
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272,55 zł |
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The last ambassador : August Torma, soldier, diplomat, spy
ISBN: 9789042033139 / Angielski / Miękka / 251 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Estonian ambassador August Torma had a protracted and unconventional relationship with the British Foreign Office. Appointed to the Court of St James's in 1934, Torma lost his government in 1940 when the Soviet Union overran his country, but continued to live at the legation in London and visit the Foreign Office. Gradually, however, his diplomatic standing was eroded because of Soviet demands. For Torma there was the very real fear that Britain might recognise the Soviet occupation of his homeland and he continued to reiterate his faith in international law in the hope that Estonia's stolen...
Estonian ambassador August Torma had a protracted and unconventional relationship with the British Foreign Office. Appointed to the Court of St James'...
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357,79 zł |
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Forgotten Pages in Baltic History : Diversity and Inclusion
ISBN: 9789042033153 / Angielski / Miękka / 332 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The years from 1918 to 1945 remain central to European History. It was a breath-taking time during which the very best and very worst attributes of Mankind were on display. In the euphoria of peace which followed the end of the First World War, the Baltic States emerged as independent forces on the world stage, participating in thrilling experiments in national and transnational governance. Later, following economic collapse and in the face of rising totalitarianism among even Europe's most cultured nations, Baltic communities succumbed to nationalism too. During wartime, Baltic peoples...
The years from 1918 to 1945 remain central to European History. It was a breath-taking time during which the very best and very worst attributes of Ma...
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451,49 zł |
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