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Excavations at Knowth: Volume 4: Historical Knowth and Its Hinterland
ISBN: 9781904890300 / Angielski / Twarda / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This fourth volume in the Excavations at Knowth series evaluates the historical role of Knowth and the Brugh na Boinne complex. It explores the history, settlement and society of Knowth and the wider Bru na Boinne district, from the emergence of political power in the Boyne Valley to the beginning of the 21st century. The first chapter deals with the earliest references to the region in the seventh and eight centuries as an important place within the kingdom of North Brega and as, from the 8th century, its royal residence. Chapter 1 also considers the ogham and vernacular inscriptions...
This fourth volume in the Excavations at Knowth series evaluates the historical role of Knowth and the Brugh na Boinne complex. It explores the...
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153,41 |
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Irish Place Names
ISBN: 9780717133963 / Angielski / Miękka / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This is the most complete guide to Irish place-names published in modern times. It explains the origin and derivation of the names of over 3,000 cities, towns, villages and physical features. The book is in two parts. The first is a list of root or stem words that form the basis of the most common Irish place-names. The second, related to this list, is an exhaustive gazetteer of all 3,000 locations with accompanying explanations. Other books by Laurence Flanagan Ancient Ireland Favourite Irish Names for Children: top 200 Irish Proverbs
This is the most complete guide to Irish place-names published in modern times. It explains the origin and derivation of the names of over 3,000 ci... |
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70,41 |
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A Bloody Canvas: The Mike McTigue Story
ISBN: 9781856355360 / Angielski / Miękka / 362 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The most bizarre world championship fight in boxing history was staged on St. Patrick's Day 1923, in war-torn Dublin. The winner in the ring, Mike McTigue, went on to run with gunmen, gangsters and racketeers in Jazz Age New York. A Bloody Canvas: The Mike McTigue Story tells the story of how Michael Francis McTigue left Kilnamona, Co. Clare, to seek fame and fortune in the United States, only for circumstances to bring him back to Dublin where he would win one of the strangest world title fights in boxing history. Set partly against the background of the Irish Civil War, it also tells of a...
The most bizarre world championship fight in boxing history was staged on St. Patrick's Day 1923, in war-torn Dublin. The winner in the ring, Mike McT...
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98,30 |
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Irish Nationalism and European Integration: The Official Redefinition of the Island of Ireland
ISBN: 9780719072796 / Angielski / Miękka / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. How has it been possible for Irish political leaders to actively promote two of the largest challenges to Irish nation-statehood: the concession of sovereignty to the European Union and the retraction of the constitutional claim over Northern Ireland? The author of this book argues that such discourses are integrally connected and, what is more, embody the enduring relevance of nationalism in modern Ireland.
As the most comprehensive study to date of official discourse in twentieth-century Ireland, this book traces the ways in which nationalism can be simultaneously redefined and... How has it been possible for Irish political leaders to actively promote two of the largest challenges to Irish nation-statehood: the concession of so...
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102,22 |
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The Silence of Barbara Synge
ISBN: 9780719062797 / Angielski / Miękka / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "I believe this is a model for a new kind of literary-historical project... It is not biography, literary history or criticism, but it is this awkwardness that is also the work's major strength. McCormack is probably the leading authority on Irish protestant culture in the 18th and 19th centuries." Richard Kirkland The family of playwright J.M. Synge (1871-1909) had a long pedigree in Ireland. Taking the alleged death in 1767 of Mrs John Hatch (nee Synge) as his focal point, Bill McCormack explores the varied strands and stresses of two family histories in the 18th and early 19th centuries. A...
"I believe this is a model for a new kind of literary-historical project... It is not biography, literary history or criticism, but it is this awkward...
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127,84 |
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Galloglass 1250-1600: Gaelic Mercenary Warrior
ISBN: 9781846035777 / Angielski / Miękka / 64 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Galloglass, from the Gaelic gall_glaigh for 'young foreign warriors', were mercenaries from the Western Isles of Scotland who fought in the retinues of Irish magnates from the mid-13th century until the early 17th century. Without question, galloglass are among the most visually impressive warriors of all time: they were sketched by Albrecht D_rer, were mentioned by Shakespeare, and were discussed with awe and amazement in the correspondence of all the leading Elizabethan soldiers who served in Ireland. Thousands fought in Ireland, and yet so far there has been only one detailed account of...
Galloglass, from the Gaelic gall_glaigh for 'young foreign warriors', were mercenaries from the Western Isles of Scotland who fought in the retinues o...
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76,65 |
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British Biographical Index / Britischer Biographischer Index
ISBN: 9783598348075 / Angielski / Twarda / 4614 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The British Biographical Index, 3rd cumulated and enlarged ed., contains information on more than 420,000 individuals from Great Britain and Ireland from the beginnings until the end of the 20th century. 760 sources, published between 1601 and 2002, have been cumulated. The British Biographical Index, 3rd cumulated and enlarged ed., contains information on more than 420,000 individuals from Great Britain and Irelan... |
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16487,48 |
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Fighting Like the Devil for the Sake of God: Protestants, Catholics and the Origins of Violence in Victorian Belfast
ISBN: 9780719079535 / Angielski / Miękka / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This fascinating book about Belfast in the middle of the nineteenth century looks at how and why Ireland's most prosperous and industrialized town began to tear itself apart. This study provides a vivid example of how a society can come apart at the seams - and how it can stay that way for generations. Through a series of steadily escalating riots, working-class Protestants and Catholics forged a tradition of violence that profoundly shaped their own identities and that of the city itself, setting the stage for the bitter conflicts of the next century.
'Fighting like the Devil for the... This fascinating book about Belfast in the middle of the nineteenth century looks at how and why Ireland's most prosperous and industrialized town beg...
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102,22 |
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Irish Nationalism and European Integration: The Official Redefinition of the Island of Ireland
ISBN: 9780719072789 / Angielski / Twarda / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. How has it been possible for Irish political leaders to not just accept, but actively promote, two of the largest challenges to Irish nation-statehood: the concession of sovereignty to the European Union and the retraction of the constitutional claim over Northern Ireland? This book argues that, rather than indicating a pragmatic retreat, such decisions (and their justification on the public stage) reveal the unique power and enduring relevance of nationalism to Irish and European politics today. This book traces the ways in which nationalism can be simultaneously redefined and revitalized...
How has it been possible for Irish political leaders to not just accept, but actively promote, two of the largest challenges to Irish nation-statehood...
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409,08 |
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Direct Rule and the Governance of Northern Ireland
ISBN: 9780719077579 / Angielski / Twarda / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This is the first comprehensive study of the operation of direct rule between 1972 and 2007 as a system of governance. How direct rule moulded the institutions of governance is analysed in detail. In addition, direct rule is compared with devolution, identifying the deficiencies and advantages of both systems.
This is the first comprehensive study of the operation of direct rule between 1972 and 2007 as a system of governance. How direct rule moulded the ins...
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434,65 |
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Polluting the Sacred: Violence, Faith and the 'Civilizing' of Parishioners in Late Medieval England
ISBN: 9789004173873 / Angielski / Twarda / 196 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Drawing on spiritual and legal sources, this book provides a novel perspective on how late medieval Christianity problematized parishioners' use of violence and how parishioners tried to reconcile the demands of their faith with cultural norms that honored violent conduct.
Drawing on spiritual and legal sources, this book provides a novel perspective on how late medieval Christianity problematized parishioners' use of vi...
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603,40 |
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Transforming Ireland: Challenges, Critiques, Resources
ISBN: 9780719078927 / Angielski / Twarda / 264 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This is the first sustained and broad-ranging critique of the legacies of Ireland's Celtic Tiger boom. Contributors identify the damaging impact that the free market has had on a wide range of areas in public life, including the media and the pharmaceutical industry, and also examine its influence on health, education, state surveillance, immigrants, the welfare state, consumerism and the Irish language. Challenging the notion that there is no alternative for Ireland but the present economic and political dispensation, experts map out an alternative politics that could create spaces for hope...
This is the first sustained and broad-ranging critique of the legacies of Ireland's Celtic Tiger boom. Contributors identify the damaging impact that ...
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434,65 |
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Transforming Ireland: Challenges, Critiques, Resources
ISBN: 9780719078934 / Angielski / Miękka / 264 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This is the first sustained and broad-ranging critique of the legacies of Ireland's Celtic Tiger boom. Contributors identify the damaging impact that the free market has had on a wide range of areas in public life, including the media and the pharmaceutical industry, and also examine its influence on health, education, state surveillance, immigrants, the welfare state, consumerism and the Irish language. Challenging the notion that there is no alternative for Ireland but the present economic and political dispensation, experts map out an alternative politics that could create spaces for... This is the first sustained and broad-ranging critique of the legacies of Ireland's Celtic Tiger boom. Contributors identify the damaging impact th... |
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102,22 |
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Re-Evaluating Irish National Security Policy: Affordable Threats?
ISBN: 9780719080272 / Angielski / Twarda / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The first major academic investigation of Irish national security policy as it has operated since 9/11. It draws on unprecedented access to Ireland's security and intelligence agencies; over twenty senior personnel were interviewed.
The first major academic investigation of Irish national security policy as it has operated since 9/11. It draws on unprecedented access to Ireland's...
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434,65 |
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A Secret Map of Ireland
ISBN: 9781934848272 / Angielski / Miękka / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. When the award-winning Irish Times' journalist Rosita Boland was a schoolgirl she had? in common with all Irish children?a map of Ireland. Iconic in its pinks, greens and yellows, the Educational Company map was a staple of the Irish schoolhouse. As the author matured and changed, so did the unique country she grew to know first-hand. With deep affection and curiosity, she followed her very own map from those by-gone schooldays to take the reader on a tour of Ireland, a tour like no other. In 32 colorful essays, Rosita visits each of the counties on the island and brings back tales so unusual...
When the award-winning Irish Times' journalist Rosita Boland was a schoolgirl she had? in common with all Irish children?a map of Ireland. Iconic in i...
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60,63 |
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Ireland
ISBN: 9780192806710 / Angielski / Twarda / 572 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A guide to the archaeological sites of the island of Ireland, including over 250 plans and illustrations, and expert coverage of all Ireland's major archaeological treasures. This volume is meant for archaeologists, students of Irish history, and tourists.
A guide to the archaeological sites of the island of Ireland, including over 250 plans and illustrations, and expert coverage of all Ireland's major a...
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466,52 |
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Gender, Nationalism and Conflict Transformation: New Themes and Old Problems in Northern Ireland Politics
ISBN: 9780415558167 / Angielski / Twarda / 178 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book looks at the gendering of the on-going process of conflict transformation in Northern Ireland. It aims both to document and analyze the effects of the restructuring of formal and civil society politics on gender and sexual equality. Consequently, it opens up the analysis of Northern Ireland s political transition to feminist scrutiny at local and international levels. The volume adopts a non-essentialist framework designed to trace the political constitution and reconstitution of gender inequities through conflict transformational processes. This theoretical orientation is... This book looks at the gendering of the on-going process of conflict transformation in Northern Ireland. It aims both to document and analyze the e... |
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704,38 |
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Contemporary Irish Republican Prison Writing: Writing and Resistance
ISBN: 9781403981936 / Angielski / Twarda / 244 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. As it traces the textual history of the works of authors like Bobby Sands and Gerry Adams, this book analyses Republican resistance to disciplinary structures, demonstrating the ways in which prisoners appropriate space through discursive strategies.
As it traces the textual history of the works of authors like Bobby Sands and Gerry Adams, this book analyses Republican resistance to disciplinary st...
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201,24 |
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Scotch Irish Pioneers In Ulster and America
ISBN: 9780806300467 / Angielski / Miękka / 414 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This is a study of the emigration from Northern Ireland of persons of Scottish and English descent. Chapters are devoted to the Scotch-Irish settlements in Pennsylvania, Maryland, South Carolina, and Massachusetts and include valuable lists of early pioneers. In addition, considerable space is devoted to the redoubtable settlers of Londonderry, New Hampshire. The book's extensive appendices contain lists of great genealogical importance. Biographical information is to be met with throughout the volume.
This is a study of the emigration from Northern Ireland of persons of Scottish and English descent. Chapters are devoted to the Scotch-Irish settlemen...
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219,24 |
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Richard Griffith and His Valuations of Ireland
ISBN: 9780806349541 / Angielski / Miękka / 118 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This is an extremely useful and comprehensive illustrated dictionary of heraldic terms, a necessity whether one's interest is that of an artist, engraver, heraldist, librarian, or genealogist. Elvin's book is as useful today as it was 110 years ago when the author wrote that the "aim of the present work is not to furnish an account of the antiquity and progress of Heraldry, but to provide as succinctly as possible, and in Alphabetical order, a list of the terms met with in the Science, with their appropriate Illustrations."
The outstanding feature of this book is the set of 47 plates... This is an extremely useful and comprehensive illustrated dictionary of heraldic terms, a necessity whether one's interest is that of an artist, engra...
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130,90 |
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