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Separated by Their Sex
ISBN: 9780801449499 / Angielski / Twarda / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In Separated by Their Sex, Mary Beth Norton offers a bold genealogy that shows how gender came to determine the right of access to the Anglo-American public sphere by the middle of the eighteenth century. Earlier, high-status men and women alike had been recognized as appropriate political actors, as exemplified during and after Bacon's Rebellion by the actions of and reactions to Lady Frances Berkeley, wife of Virginia's governor. By contrast, when the first ordinary English women to claim a political voice directed group petitions to Parliament during the Civil War of the 1640s,... In Separated by Their Sex, Mary Beth Norton offers a bold genealogy that shows how gender came to determine the right of access to the Ang... |
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The Orient Within: Muslim Minorities and the Negotiation of Nationhood in Modern Bulgaria
ISBN: 9780801477201 / Angielski / Miękka / 248 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Bulgaria is a Slavic nation, Orthodox in faith but with a sizable Muslim minority. That minority is divided into various ethnic groups, including the most numerically significant Turks and the so-called Pomaks, Bulgarian-speaking men and women who have converted to Islam. Mary Neuburger explores how Muslim minorities were integral to Bulgaria's struggle to extricate itself from its Ottoman past and develop a national identity, a process complicated by its geographic and historical positioning between evolving and imagined parameters of East and West. The Orient Within... Bulgaria is a Slavic nation, Orthodox in faith but with a sizable Muslim minority. That minority is divided into various ethnic groups, including t... |
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The Negro and the Communist Party
ISBN: 9780807897591 / Angielski / Miękka / 352 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This is the authentic story of the thirty-year effort of the Communist party to channel Afro-American protest in terms of Kremlin edicts rather than the Bill of Rights. From its beginnings after World War I, the party chose blacks as a major target in its recruiting campaign. Wilson shows the patriotism and wisdom of the black leaders who have resisted the pressure of the Communist attack.
Originally published 1951. A UNC Press Enduring Edition -- UNC Press Enduring Editions use the latest in digital technology to make available again books from our distinguished backlist... This is the authentic story of the thirty-year effort of the Communist party to channel Afro-American protest in terms of Kremlin edicts rather than t...
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235,10 |
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The Hobo Diaries: Nickerson Days - The Thousand Miler
ISBN: 9781460938744 / Angielski / Miękka / 102 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. After his birth in 1912, my father Clarence Bernard Propes grew up in Nickerson, Kansas, where his father ran a general store. The death of his father and older half brother Robert to the Spanish Flu destroyed the family's economic base. The Great Depression finished any chance of a regular future for this boy, who had already been forced to quit school in the 8th grade. In the 1930s, my father rode the rails and wrote about it. In 1939 or so, he ended up in Berkeley, met and married my mother, Aileen Williams, who was attending the University of California. All illustrations by Clarence B....
After his birth in 1912, my father Clarence Bernard Propes grew up in Nickerson, Kansas, where his father ran a general store. The death of his father...
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40,43 |
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Vereinigte Staaten des Nordens
ISBN: 9783486701029 / Niemiecki / Twarda / 471 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Im Zweiten Weltkrieg wurden vielerorts Diskussionen daruber gefuhrt, wie die Welt nach dem Krieg aussehen sollte. Jan Hecker-Stampehl nimmt unterschiedliche Integrationsideen, wie sie in Nordeuropa in dieser Zeit diskutiert wurden, in den Blick. Im Mittelpunkt stehen dabei die in vielen Foren diskutierten "Vereinigten Staaten des Nordens."
Im Zweiten Weltkrieg wurden vielerorts Diskussionen daruber gefuhrt, wie die Welt nach dem Krieg aussehen sollte. Jan Hecker-Stampehl nimmt unterschie...
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488,46 |
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The Oxford Handbook of Oral History
ISBN: 9780195339550 / Angielski / Twarda / 560 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In the past sixty years, oral history has moved from the periphery to the mainstream of academic studies and is now employed as a research tool by historians, anthropologists, sociologists, medical therapists, documentary film makers, and educators at all levels. The Oxford Handbook of Oral History brings together forty authors on five continents to address the evolution of oral history, the impact of digital technology, the most recent methodological and archival issues, and the application of oral history to both scholarly research and public presentations. The volume is addressed to...
In the past sixty years, oral history has moved from the periphery to the mainstream of academic studies and is now employed as a research tool by his...
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795,09 |
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Töchter Der Revolte?: Frauenbewegung Und Feminismus Der 1970er Jahre in München
ISBN: 9783486702545 / Niemiecki / Twarda / 302 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. in den 1960er Jahren schlug die Stunde der Frauen - endlich. Ihr Leben veranderte sich, ihr politisches Engagement in eigener Sache gewann eine neue Qualitat, ihre Forderungen nach Emanzipation und Selbstbestimmung fanden breite Resonanz. Trug die Revolte von "1968" wirklich zu dieser Wende bei? Welche Rolle spielte der grundlegende gesellschaftliche Wandel, dem die Bundesrepublik damals unterworfen war, tatsachlich? Am Beispiel Munchens skizziert Elisabeth Zellmer die organisatorische Entwicklung, die Leitideen und Aktivitaten der Frauenbewegung. Sie spannt dabei den Bogen vom feministischen...
in den 1960er Jahren schlug die Stunde der Frauen - endlich. Ihr Leben veranderte sich, ihr politisches Engagement in eigener Sache gewann eine neue Q...
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191,01 |
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The Politics of Wine in Britain: A New Cultural History
ISBN: 9780230238657 / Angielski / Twarda / 354 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A unique look at the meaning of the taste for wine in Britain, from the establishment of a Commonwealth in 1649 to the Commercial Treaty between Britain and France in 1860 - this book provides an extraordinary window into the politics and culture of England and Scotland just as they were becoming the powerful British state.
A unique look at the meaning of the taste for wine in Britain, from the establishment of a Commonwealth in 1649 to the Commercial Treaty between Brita...
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Globalization, Environmental Change, and Social History
ISBN: 9781107401518 / Angielski / Miękka / 233 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Throughout all ages, the activities of mankind have weighed heavily upon the environment. In turn, changes in that environment have favoured the rise of certain social groups and limited the actions of others. Despite this, environmental history has remained a blind spot for most social and economic historians. This is to be regretted, as the various and unequal effects of environmental change often explain the strengths and weaknesses of certain social groups, irrespective of their being defined along the lines of class, gender and ethnicity. This volume brings together the expertise of...
Throughout all ages, the activities of mankind have weighed heavily upon the environment. In turn, changes in that environment have favoured the rise ...
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The Evolution of the American Dream: How the Promise of Equal Opportunity Became a Quest for Equal Results
ISBN: 9781461131953 / Angielski / Miękka / 306 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The American Dream has been a driving force in the development and success of our nation and a key motivating factor in all that we have achieved, individually and collectively. But what is the American Dream, exactly, and how has it changed over the course of America's history? This is the question that Bob Skandalaris and Amber Clark explore in their latest book, The Evolution of the American Dream. From the dream of land and a new start in the colonial era, to the dream of political and religious freedom during the Revolutionary War, to the dream of living a life of self-reliance on the...
The American Dream has been a driving force in the development and success of our nation and a key motivating factor in all that we have achieved, ind...
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60,65 |
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From the Tribe of Odo A Oetting Family History
ISBN: 9781460985366 / Angielski / Miękka / 128 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Otting or Oetting name originated from the name of the leader of a tribe in the 5th century. It was a local tribe and the leader's name was Odo. This developed into the name Oto. Which developed into the name Autingas (Latin origin). The earliest recording of the name Autingas is in a script that dates back to the year AD 748. The word "Ting" means to "come together" so perhaps the word Otting means the coming together or the meeting place of the Odo tribe.
The Otting or Oetting name originated from the name of the leader of a tribe in the 5th century. It was a local tribe and the leader's name was Odo. T...
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In Defence of Learning: The Plight, Persecution, and Placement of Academic Refugees, 1933-1980s
ISBN: 9780197264812 / Angielski / Twarda / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Established in the 1930s to rescue scientists and scholars from Nazi Europe, the Society for the Protection of Science and Learning (SPSL, founded in 1933 as the Academic Assistance Council and now known as the Council for Assisting Refugee Academics) has had an illustrious career. No fewer than eighteen of its early grantees became Nobel Laureates and 120 were elected Fellows of the British Academy and Royal Society in the UK. While a good deal has been written on the SPSL in the 1930s and 1940s, and especially on the achievements of the outstanding scientists rescued, much less attention...
Established in the 1930s to rescue scientists and scholars from Nazi Europe, the Society for the Protection of Science and Learning (SPSL, founded in ...
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Globalizing Lynching History: Vigilantism and Extralegal Punishment from an International Perspective
ISBN: 9780230115880 / Angielski / Twarda / 251 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The study of lynching in US history has become a well-developed area of scholarship. However, scholars have rarely included comparative or transnational perspectives when studying the American case, although lynching and communal punishment have occurred in most societies throughout history.
The study of lynching in US history has become a well-developed area of scholarship. However, scholars have rarely included comparative or transnation...
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201,24 |
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Curating Difficult Knowledge: Violent Pasts in Public Places
ISBN: 9780230296725 / Angielski / Twarda / 239 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This volume inscribes an innovative domain of inquiry, bringing museum and heritage studies to bear on questions of transitional justice, memory and post-conflict reconciliation. As practitioners, artists, curators, activists and academics, the contributors explore the challenges of bearing witness to past conflicts.
This volume inscribes an innovative domain of inquiry, bringing museum and heritage studies to bear on questions of transitional justice, memory and p...
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The Life and Times of Francis Cabot Lowell, 1775-1817
ISBN: 9780739146842 / Angielski / Miękka / 366 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. After the Revolutionary War, despite political independence, the United States still relied on other countries for manufactured goods. Francis Cabot Lowell, born in Massachusetts in 1775, was one of the principal investors in building the India Wharf and the shops and warehouses close to the harbor. His work was instrumental in establishing domestic industry for the United States and spurred the American industrial revolution. Francis Cabot Lowell's Method-a detailed investment plan, cheap raw materials and power, a motivated labor force, a sound marketing plan, and above all, modern...
After the Revolutionary War, despite political independence, the United States still relied on other countries for manufactured goods. Francis Cabot L...
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A History of Smoking
ISBN: 9781447412021 / Angielski / Miękka / 364 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.
Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republ...
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Historical Mysteries
ISBN: 9781604445176 / Angielski / Miękka / 186 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Andrew Lang (31 March 1844 - 20 July 1912) was a Scots poet, novelist, literary critic, and Historian. Lang's writings on Scottish history are characterized by a scholarly care for detail, a piquant literary style, and a gift for disentangling complicated questions.
Andrew Lang (31 March 1844 - 20 July 1912) was a Scots poet, novelist, literary critic, and Historian. Lang's writings on Scottish history are charact...
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51,00 |
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Cultural History in Europe: Institutions--Themes--Perspectives
ISBN: 9783837617245 / Angielski / Miękka / 260 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. What is the current state of discussion in cultural history? Which European institutions specialize in cultural history and which topics do they address? And how will cultural history develop in the future? These and other questions are raised by European scholars in the discussion of Institutions, Themes and Perspectives of cultural history in this volume. It provides an overview of contemporary developments in Scandinavia, Finland, Great Britain, Latvia, Poland, Hungary, Austria, Switzerland, Germany, Italy, and Spain.
What is the current state of discussion in cultural history? Which European institutions specialize in cultural history and which topics do they addre...
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Wild Life in a Southern County
ISBN: 9781908213006 / Angielski / Miękka / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Immersed in the detail of this ancient landscape, its people and the habitats of its wildlife, what emerges from Jefferies' dazzling prose is his sense of perpetual wonder and the deep affection he felt for his homeland, from the clatter of a milkmaid's boots to a pike lying in ambush.
Immersed in the detail of this ancient landscape, its people and the habitats of its wildlife, what emerges from Jefferies' dazzling prose is his sens...
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70,46 |
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White Flight/Black Flight: The Dynamics of Racial Change in an American Neighborhood
ISBN: 9780801449185 / Angielski / Twarda / 264 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Urban residential integration is often fleeting a brief snapshot that belies a complex process of racial turnover in many U.S. cities. White Flight/Black Flight takes readers inside a neighborhood that has shifted rapidly and dramatically in race composition over the last two decades. The book presents a portrait of the life of a working-class neighborhood in the aftermath of white flight, illustrating cultural clashes that accompany racial change as well as common values that transcend race, from the perspectives of three different groups who are living it: white stayers, black... Urban residential integration is often fleeting a brief snapshot that belies a complex process of racial turnover in many U.S. cities. White Fl... |
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