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America, Amerikkka: Elect Nation and Imperial Violence
ISBN: 9781845531584 / Angielski / Miękka / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. America views itself as a nation inhabiting a "promised land" and enjoying a favoured relation with God. This view of unique election has been coupled with racial exclusivism and the marginalization of non-white citizens. America, Amerikkka traces the historical and ideological patterns behind America's sense of itself. In its examination of America's "chosenness," the book ranges across the doctrine of the "rights of man" in the 18th and 19th centuries, the role of America in the twentieth century as "global policeman," and the enforcement of neo-colonial relations over...America views itself as a nation inhabiting a "promised land" and enjoying a favoured relation with God. This view of unique election has been coup... |
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Unlikely Allies: Britain, America and the Victorian Origins of the Special Relationship
ISBN: 9781847251916 / Angielski / Twarda / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. When people speak of the special relationship between the two English-speaking peoples on either side of the Atlantic, they are talking of a phenomenon not much older than Britain's 1904 entente cordial with France. The very term 'English-speaking peoples' most probably has no earlier pedigree than William Gladstone. For much of the nineteenth-century, Britain and the United States were imperial rivals in the scramble for North America, and their often difficult relationship directly reflected that reality. That these two nations became friends and allies was never a foregone... When people speak of the special relationship between the two English-speaking peoples on either side of the Atlantic, they are talking of a... |
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487,31 |
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The American Cultural Dialogue and Its Transmission
ISBN: 9781850007746 / Angielski / Miękka / 200 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This volume combines data obtained by a values projective technique over a period of more than 30 years, data obtained from census records, and ethnographic data obtained by the authors in fieldwork in several different places in the USA. Special attention is paid to schooling as a means of cultural transmission. The concept of hinterland (the great areas of the United States in between the metropolitan sectors) is developed and contrasted to metropolitan culture. The purpose of the book is to deal with a process in which all Americans, old and new, and of all ethnic groups and minorities,...
This volume combines data obtained by a values projective technique over a period of more than 30 years, data obtained from census records, and ethnog...
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375,54 |
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The Assassination of New York
ISBN: 9781859841556 / Angielski / Miękka / 394 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Robert Fitch argues that, within a generation, New York City has been transformed from the richest city in the world to one of the poorest in North America. The pillars of its economy - Macy's, The Daily News, Citibank, Olympia and York, the Trump organization - have cracked or collapsed. Today, the officially poor in New York number nearly 2,000,000 and more than 400,000 residents of the city are without jobs.
Robert Fitch argues that, within a generation, New York City has been transformed from the richest city in the world to one of the poorest in North Am...
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112,27 |
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Representing the Republic: Mapping the United States 1600-1900
ISBN: 9781861890863 / Angielski / Twarda / 312 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Representing the Republic provides an intriguing account of the mapping of America from its colonial origins to 1900. The most significant maps and mapmakers are discussed in a survey that begins with the first European mappings of New Netherlands in the early seventeenth century and concludes with the Rand McNally atlases of the 1890s.
Maps tell us a great deal about the transformation of America's national identity. Having undertaken extensive research in map collections, including work with rare archival materials, prominent geographer John Rennie Short provides an account of... Representing the Republic provides an intriguing account of the mapping of America from its colonial origins to 1900. The most significant maps...
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128,36 |
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American Cultural Patterns: A Cross-Cultural Perspective
ISBN: 9781877864018 / Angielski / Miękka / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A greatly expanded analysis of the 1972 classic by Edward Stewart, Stewart and Bennett introduce new cross-cultural comparisons drawn from recent research on value systems, perception psychology, cultural anthropology, and intercultural communication. American cultural traits are isolated out, analyzed, and compared with parallel characteristics of other cultures to discover implications for cross-cultural interaction.
A greatly expanded analysis of the 1972 classic by Edward Stewart, Stewart and Bennett introduce new cross-cultural comparisons drawn from recent rese...
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76,97 |
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The Yin and Yang of American Culture: A Paradox
ISBN: 9781877864858 / Angielski / Miękka / 228 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. According to the principles of yin and yang, life is governed by the coexistence of two opposites that complete each other in order to create harmony. In many ways, this concept can help us understand the advantages and drawbacks of American customs and values as perceived by Asians. Discussing the facets of culture by following the original principles of yin and yang, Kim Y. Eun explains various aspects of both Asian and American culture in terms of history, wisdom, proverbs, personal experiences, anecdotes, and quotes. The Yin and Yang of American Culture will dispel any misconceptions with...
According to the principles of yin and yang, life is governed by the coexistence of two opposites that complete each other in order to create harmony....
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102,64 |
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This Independent Republic
ISBN: 9781879998247 / Angielski / Miękka / 184 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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63,72 |
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American History Workbook, Volume I: To 1865
ISBN: 9781881089728 / Angielski / Miękka / 180 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Active learning about the founding of the United States The American History Workbook engages students in the study of our nation's history with challenging exercises that promote more active learning.
Active learning about the founding of the United States The American History Workbook engages students in the study of our nation's history with chall...
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92,17 |
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The Enoch Train Pioneers
ISBN: 9781890905217 / Angielski / Miękka / 276 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. On September 26, 1856, the first two handcart companies arrived in the Salt Lake Valley. They began their journey in Liverpool, England, arriving in America on the sailing ship "Enoch Train." These early pioneers had their faith to help carry them through their 1,300-mile journey, following paths set down by their predecessors.
On September 26, 1856, the first two handcart companies arrived in the Salt Lake Valley. They began their journey in Liverpool, England, arriving in A...
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104,77 |
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Working Americans, 1880-1999 - Vol. 2: The Middle Class: Print Purchase Includes Free Online Access
ISBN: 9781891482724 / Angielski / Twarda / 600 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Each of the volumes in the Working Americans 1880-1999 series focuses on a particular class of Americans, The Working Class, The Middle Class and The Upper Class over the last 120 years. Chapters in each volume focus on one decade and profile three to five families. Family Profiles include real data on Income & Job Descriptions, Selected Prices of the Times, Annual Income, Annual Budgets, Family Finances, Life at Work, Life at Home, Life in the Community, Working Conditions, Cost of Living, Amusements and much more. Each chapter also contains an Economic Profile with Average Wages of other...
Each of the volumes in the Working Americans 1880-1999 series focuses on a particular class of Americans, The Working Class, The Middle Class and The ...
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585,33 |
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The Supreme Court in United States History: Volume One: 1789-1821
ISBN: 9781893122185 / Angielski / Miękka / 572 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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155,90 |
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The Supreme Court in United States History: Volume Two, 1821-1855
ISBN: 9781893122192 / Angielski / Miękka / 576 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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155,90 |
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The Supreme Court in United States History: Volume Three: 1856-1918
ISBN: 9781893122208 / Angielski / Miękka / 556 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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155,90 |
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History of Labour in the United States
ISBN: 9781893122741 / Angielski / Miękka / 652 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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155,90 |
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History of Labour in the United States
ISBN: 9781893122758 / Angielski / Miękka / 644 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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155,90 |
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Land Title Origins: A Tale of Force and Fraud
ISBN: 9781893122895 / Angielski / Miękka / 568 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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155,90 |
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Africans in the Americas: A History of Black Diaspora
ISBN: 9781930665682 / Angielski / Miękka / 372 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book seeks to explore, in a single, short, convenient text, the complex relationship between Africa and the Americas from the early 16th century through the end of the 20th century.
This book seeks to explore, in a single, short, convenient text, the complex relationship between Africa and the Americas from the early 16th century ...
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125,74 |
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Working Americans, 1880-1999 - Vol. 4: Children: Print Purchase Includes Free Online Access
ISBN: 9781930956353 / Angielski / Twarda / 600 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Each volume in the widely-successful Working Americans series focuses on a particular type of American and illustrates what life was like for that group from the 1800s to the present time. The volumes are arranged into decade-long chapters, each introduci
Each volume in the widely-successful Working Americans series focuses on a particular type of American and illustrates what life was like for that gro...
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585,33 |
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A Constitutional History of the United States
ISBN: 9781931313315 / Angielski / Miękka / 416 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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117,88 |
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