Atlantic American Societies
ISBN: 9780415080736 / Angielski / Miękka / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Within the chronological framework of implantation, maturation and transition, this book provides the history of European expansion in the Americas from the age of Columbus through the abolition of slavery. Suggesting a shift in the traditional units of analysis away from nationally defined boundaries, this volume considers all of the Americas - and Africa - to encourage students to see the larger inter-imperial issues which governed behaviour in both the new world and the old. It also provides students with a mechanism for viewing inter-imperial rivalries from the largest possible...
Within the chronological framework of implantation, maturation and transition, this book provides the history of European expansion in the Americas fr...
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Us Foreign Policy in World History
ISBN: 9780415123440 / Angielski / Twarda / 266 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. US Foreign Policy in World History is a survey of US foreign relations and its perceived crusade to spread liberty and democracy in the two hundred years since the American Revolution. David Ryan undertakes a systematic and material analysis of US foreign policy, whilst also explaining the policymakers' grand ideas, ideologies and constructs that have shaped US diplomacy.
US Foreign Policy explores these arguments by taking a thematic approach structured around central episodes and ideas in the history of US foreign relations and policy making, including: * The Monroe... US Foreign Policy in World History is a survey of US foreign relations and its perceived crusade to spread liberty and democracy in the two h...
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Us Foreign Policy in World History
ISBN: 9780415123457 / Angielski / Miękka / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. US Foreign Policy in World History is a survey of US foreign relations and its perceived crusade to spread liberty and democracy in the two hundred years since the American Revolution. David Ryan undertakes a systematic and material analysis of US foreign policy, whilst also explaining the policymakers' grand ideologies and the ideas that have shaped US diplomacy.
US Foreign Policy explores these arguments by taking a thematic approach structured around central episodes and ideas in the history of US foreign relations and policy making, including: *The Monroe... US Foreign Policy in World History is a survey of US foreign relations and its perceived crusade to spread liberty and democracy in the two h...
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Philippine Politics and Society in the Twentieth Century: Colonial Legacies, Post-Colonial Trajectories
ISBN: 9780415147910 / Angielski / Miękka / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The only book length study to cover the Philippines after Marco's downfall, this key title thematically explores issues affecting this fascinating country, throughout the last century. Appealing to both the academic and non academic reader, topics covered include:
national level electoral politics economic growth the Philippine Chinese law and order opposition the Left local and ethnic politics. The only book length study to cover the Philippines after Marco's downfall, this key title thematically explores issues affecting this fascinating cou...
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238,11 zł |
The Island Race: Englishness, Empire and Gender in the Eighteenth Century
ISBN: 9780415158954 / Angielski / Twarda / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Rooted in a period of vigorous exploration and colonialism, The Island Race: Englishness, empire and gender in the eighteenth century is an innovative study of the issues of nation, gender and identity. Wilson bases her analysis on a wide range of case studies drawn both from Britain and across the Atlantic and Pacific worlds. Creating a colourful and original colonial landscape, she considers topics such as: * sodomy Wilson shows the far-reaching implications that... Rooted in a period of vigorous exploration and colonialism, The Island Race: Englishness, empire and gender in the eighteenth century is a... |
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Revolutions and the Revolutionary Tradition: In the West 1560-1991
ISBN: 9780415172950 / Angielski / Miękka / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Revolutions presents eight European case studies including the English revolution of 1649, the French Revolution and the recent revolutions within the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe (1989-1991) and examines them not only in their specific political, economic and social contexts but also as part of the wider European revolutionary tradition. A chapter on the American Revolution is also included as a revolution which grew out of European expansionism and political culture. Revolutions brings together leading writers on European history, who make a major contribution to the...
Revolutions presents eight European case studies including the English revolution of 1649, the French Revolution and the recent revolutions w...
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222,92 zł |
History and International Relations
ISBN: 9780415178655 / Angielski / Twarda / 238 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book is a major contribution to the debate about philosophy and method in history and international relations. The author analyses IR scholarship from classical realism to quantitative and postmodern work.
This book is a major contribution to the debate about philosophy and method in history and international relations. The author analyses IR scholarship...
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The Empire and Its Critics, 1899-1939: Classics of Imperialism
ISBN: 9780415179454 / Angielski / Twarda / 2016 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The eight books reprinted in this set played an important role in defining attitudes and expectations about imperialism on the British Left in the twentieth century. They are vital in understanding the transition from the liberal anti-imperialism of the nineteenth century to the more overtly socialist critiques of the twentieth.
The eight books reprinted in this set played an important role in defining attitudes and expectations about imperialism on the British Left in the twe...
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Who's Who in the Roman World
ISBN: 9780415224109 / Angielski / Twarda / 384 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Who's Who in the Roman World is a wide-ranging biographical survey of one of the greatest civilizations in history. Covering a period from the 5th century BC to AD 364, this is an authoritative and hugely enjoyable guide to an era which continues to fascinate today. The figures included come from all walks of Roman life and include some of history's most famous - not to mention infamous - figures as well as hitherto little-known, but no less fascinating, characters. These include:
* the notorious emperors - Caligula; Nero; Elagabalus; Commodus * the great poets, philosophers... Who's Who in the Roman World is a wide-ranging biographical survey of one of the greatest civilizations in history. Covering a period from th...
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Asian Democracy in World History
ISBN: 9780415229425 / Angielski / Twarda / 136 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Taking a comparative approach, Alan T. Wood traces the evolution of democracy from its origins in prehistoric times and describes democratic growth in thirteen Asian countries from Japan in East Asia to Pakistan in South Asia and examines key issues such as: * How does the democratic experience in Asia, in countries with unique and totalitarian political traditions, compare with democracies worldwide? Taking a comparative approach, Alan T. Wood traces the evolution of democracy from its origins in prehistoric times and describes democratic growth... |
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Warfare and Society in the Barbarian West 450-900
ISBN: 9780415239394 / Angielski / Twarda / 330 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Guy Halsall relates warfare to many aspects of medieval life, economy, society and politics.This book recovers its distinctiveness, looking at warfare in a rounded context in the British Isles and Western Europe between the end of the Roman Empire and the break-up of the Carolingian Empire. Examining the raising and organization of early medieval armies and looks at the conduct of campaigns, the survey also includes a study of the equipment of warriors and the horrific experience of battle as well as an analysis of medieval fortifications and siege warfare. Warfare and... Guy Halsall relates warfare to many aspects of medieval life, economy, society and politics.This book recovers its distinctiveness, looking at warf... |
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Disease and Medicine in World History
ISBN: 9780415278171 / Angielski / Miękka / 176 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Disease and Medicine in World History is a concise introduction to diverse ideas about diseases and their treatment throughout the world. Drawing on case studies from ancient Egypt to present-day America, Asia and Europe, this survey discusses concepts of sickness and forms of treatment in many cultures. Sheldon Watts shows that many medical practices in the past were shaped as much by philosophers and metaphysicians as by university-trained doctors and other practitioners. Subjects covered include:
Disease and Medicine in World History is a concise introduction to diverse ideas about diseases and their treatment throughout the world. ... |
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182,37 zł |
Encyclopedia of Post-Colonial Literatures in English
ISBN: 9780415278850 / Angielski / Twarda / 1676 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Post-Colonial Literatures in English, together with English Literature and American Literature, form one of the three major groupings of literature in English, and, as such, are widely studied around the world. This encyclopedia documents the history and development of this body of work.
Post-Colonial Literatures in English, together with English Literature and American Literature, form one of the three major groupings of literature in...
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A History of the World: From the 20th to the 21st Century
ISBN: 9780415289559 / Angielski / Miękka / 1012 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This second edition has been thoroughly updated and includes discussions on 9/11 and the second Gulf War, and takes into account the latest historical research. A comprehensive survey of the key events and personalities of this period throughout the world, it includes discussion on topics such as:
This second edition has been thoroughly updated and includes discussions on 9/11 and the second Gulf War, and takes into account the latest histori... |
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Between Sex and Power: Family in the World 1900-2000
ISBN: 9780415300773 / Angielski / Twarda / 392 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The institution of the family changed hugely during the course of the twentieth century. In this major new work, Goran Therborn provides a global history and sociology of the family as an institution and of politics within the family, focusing on three dimensions of family relations: on the rights and powers of fathers and husbands; on marriage, cohabitation and extra-marital sexuality; and on population policy. Therborn's empirical analysis uses a multi-disciplinary approach to show how the major family systems of the world have been formed and developed. Therborn concludes by assessing what...
The institution of the family changed hugely during the course of the twentieth century. In this major new work, Goran Therborn provides a global hist...
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The Routledge Companion to World History Since 1914
ISBN: 9780415345842 / Angielski / Twarda / 592 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Routledge Companion to World History since 1914 is an outstanding compendium of facts and figures on World History. Fully up-to-date, reliable and clear, this volume is the indispensable source of information on a thorough range of topics such as:
The Routledge Companion to World History since 1914 is an outstanding compendium of facts and figures on World History. Fully up-to-date, ... |
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Negotiated Empires: Centers and Peripheries in the Americas, 1500-1820
ISBN: 9780415925389 / Angielski / Twarda / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This volume brings together original essays by leading historians of the Atlantic World, representing recent developments in historiography of the period. These essays present the argument that coercive imperial authority has been vastly overrated. Distance, the primacy of trade over politics, and the refusal of colonized peoples to recognize European authority resulted in de-centralized American empires.
This volume brings together original essays by leading historians of the Atlantic World, representing recent developments in historiography of the per...
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Negotiated Empires: Centers and Peripheries in the Americas, 1500-1820
ISBN: 9780415925396 / Angielski / Miękka / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In this innovative volume, leading historians of the early modern Americas examine the subjects of early modern, continuing colonization, and the relations between established colonies and frontiers of settlement. Their original essays about centers and peripheries in Spanish, Portuguese, French, Dutch, and British America invite comparison.
In this innovative volume, leading historians of the early modern Americas examine the subjects of early modern, continuing colonization, and the rela...
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Women and Religion in Old and New Worlds
ISBN: 9780415930345 / Angielski / Twarda / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This study takes a global and comparative approach to the study of women's religious experience in the early modern period. Each section in this book pairs an essay that explores the religious experience of women in a European country - Spain, France, the Netherlands and England - with one that takes a look at such experiences in a New World colony of the respective European power.
This study takes a global and comparative approach to the study of women's religious experience in the early modern period. Each section in this book ...
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What If?: The World's Foremost Military Historians Imagine What Might Have Been
ISBN: 9780425176429 / Angielski / Miękka / 416 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. With its in-depth reflections on the monumental events of the past, this amazing book of essays ponders what might have been if things had gone differently in history. Featuring Stephen J. Ambrose, John Keegan, and many others.
With its in-depth reflections on the monumental events of the past, this amazing book of essays ponders what might have been if things had gone differ...
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103,07 zł |