Women in Ancient Rome: A Sourcebook
ISBN: 9781441177490 / Angielski / Twarda / 232 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This sourcebook includes a rich and accessible selection of Roman original sources in translation ranging from the Etruscan period through Republican and Imperial Rome to the late Empire and the coming of Christianity. From Roman goddesses to mortal women, imperial women to slaves and prostitutes, the volume brings new perspectives to the study of Roman women's lives. Literary sources comprise works by Livy, Catullus, Ovid, Juvenal and many others. Suggestions for further reading, a general bibliography, and an index of ancient authors and works are also included. This sourcebook includes a rich and accessible selection of Roman original sources in translation ranging from the Etruscan period through Republic... |
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Zwischen Paris Und Moskau: Kommunistische Vorstadtidentität Und Lokale Erinnerungskultur in Ivry-Sur-Seine
ISBN: 9783486706710 / Niemiecki / Twarda / 368 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Die Pariser Vorstadt Ivry-sur-Seine ist seit 1925 eine Hochburg des franzosischen Kommunismus. Trotz Repressionen und weitgehender Ausgrenzung aus der franzosischen Mehrheitsgesellschaft konnte der Parti communiste francais seine Hegemonialstellung in Ivry halten und seit den 1960er Jahren noch weiter ausbauen. Lokale, nationale und auch ideologische Faktoren begunstigten die Entstehung dieses politisch-sozialen Milieus, dessen Gedankenwelt einen Teil der franzosischen Linken bis heute pragt. Die Studie geht der Frage nach, wie das kommunistische Milieu vor den Toren von Paris entstehen und...
Die Pariser Vorstadt Ivry-sur-Seine ist seit 1925 eine Hochburg des franzosischen Kommunismus. Trotz Repressionen und weitgehender Ausgrenzung aus der...
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Eight Weeks in the Summer of Victoria's Jubilee: The Queen, the Jews and a Murder
ISBN: 9781900355711 / Angielski / Miękka / 322 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Jubilee Summer, June 1887. Britain is deep in lavish celebration of Empire. That same month, in the East End of London a quiet young man, recently arrived from Warsaw, is accused of murdering an Angel. Two writers at the start of their career - Z, a brilliant Anglo-Jewish novelist and Maggie, a fiery social reformer - are brought together in a remarkable encounter as they investigate a crime that would change their lives and their vision of themselves, England and the world. Eight Weeks in the Summer of Victoria's Jubilee is a brilliant study of London's East End at the turn of the 19th...
Jubilee Summer, June 1887. Britain is deep in lavish celebration of Empire. That same month, in the East End of London a quiet young man, recently arr...
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Conversations and Soliloquies: A Window on South Africa
ISBN: 9781462084067 / Angielski / Twarda / 360 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In the midst of apartheid in South Africa, journalist Maurice Hommel documented the cruel injustices and tensions running rampant within the country. What he saw forever impacted his life. "Conversations and Soliloquies" presents a collection of Hommel's essays and articles from the last fifty-five years, documenting and analyzing South African history during and after apartheid. Over time, the essays illuminate, in sometimes graphic detail, the anti-apartheid struggle that defined South Africa for decades. Beginning with the Sharpeville Massacre of 1960, Hommel delves into the... In the midst of apartheid in South Africa, journalist Maurice Hommel documented the cruel injustices and tensions running rampant within the countr... |
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Conversations and Soliloquies: A Window on South Africa
ISBN: 9781462084050 / Angielski / Miękka / 380 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In the midst of apartheid in South Africa, journalist Maurice Hommel documented the cruel injustices and tensions running rampant within the country. What he saw forever impacted his life. "Conversations and Soliloquies" presents a collection of Hommel's essays and articles from the last fifty-five years, documenting and analyzing South African history during and after apartheid. Over time, the essays illuminate, in sometimes graphic detail, the anti-apartheid struggle that defined South Africa for decades. Beginning with the Sharpeville Massacre of 1960, Hommel delves into the... In the midst of apartheid in South Africa, journalist Maurice Hommel documented the cruel injustices and tensions running rampant within the countr... |
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A More Perfect Union: Holistic Worldviews and the Transformation of American Culture After World War II
ISBN: 9780199922888 / Angielski / Miękka / 354 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In 1962, when the Cold War threatened to ignite in the Cuban Missile Crisis, when more nuclear test bombs were detonated than in any other year in history, Rachel Carson released her own bombshell, Silent Spring, to challenge society's use of pesticides. To counter the use of chemicals--and bombs--the naturalist articulated a holistic vision. She wrote about a "web of life" that connected humans to the world around them and argued that actions taken in one place had consequences elsewhere. Thousands accepted her message, joined environmental groups, flocked to Earth Day celebrations,...
In 1962, when the Cold War threatened to ignite in the Cuban Missile Crisis, when more nuclear test bombs were detonated than in any other year in his...
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Working-class suburb: Social change on an English council estate, 1930-2010
ISBN: 9780719079511 / Angielski / Twarda / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In this detailed historical account of the birth and historical development of the Whitley council estate in Reading, Mark Clapson challenges the negativity associated with council estates and shows that this working-class suburb participated in wider trends in twentieth and twenty-first century England.
Originally a new council estate for slum dwellers, the Whitley Estate lacked facilities in its earliest years, but local campaigns soon established a living community in South Reading. Following the hardships of war, and through the postwar decades of expansion, Whitley changed as England... In this detailed historical account of the birth and historical development of the Whitley council estate in Reading, Mark Clapson challenges the nega...
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Maternalism Reconsidered: Motherhood, Welfare and Social Policy in the Twentieth Century
ISBN: 9780857454669 / Angielski / Twarda / 282 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "A welcome addition to the literature on gender and social policy, this anthology addresses critical issues regarding women and the welfare state. Recognizing that maternalism is more diverse and nuanced than the simplification initially posed as a critique of the paternalist welfare state, the editors explore ways in which women's circumstances varied globally during the 20th century through chapters on the US, France, Fascist Italy, the Netherlands, Soviet-era Ukraine, Canada, Brazil, Argentina, and Mexico...Highly Recommended." - Choice
Beginning in the late 19th century, competing... "A welcome addition to the literature on gender and social policy, this anthology addresses critical issues regarding women and the welfare state. Rec...
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Almost Worthy: The Poor, Paupers, and the Science of Charity in America, 1877-1917
ISBN: 9780253006349 / Angielski / Twarda / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In the 1880s, social reform leaders warned that the "unworthy" poor were taking charitable relief intended for the truly deserving. Armed with statistics and confused notions of evolution, these "scientific charity" reformers founded organizations intent on limiting access to relief by the most morally, biologically, and economically unfit. Brent Ruswick examines a prominent national organization for scientific social reform and poor relief in Indianapolis in order to understand how these new theories of poverty gave birth to new programs to assist the poor. In the 1880s, social reform leaders warned that the "unworthy" poor were taking charitable relief intended for the truly deserving. Armed with stat... |
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Strangers in the Wild Place: Refugees, Americans, and a German Town, 1945-1952
ISBN: 9780253006776 / Angielski / Twarda / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In 1936, the Nazi state created a massive military training site near Wildflecken, a tiny community in rural Bavaria. During the war, this base housed an industrial facility that drew forced laborers from all over conquered Europe. At war's end, the base became Europe's largest Displaced Persons camp, housing thousands of Polish refugees and German civilians fleeing Eastern Europe. As the Cold War intensified, the US Army occupied the base, removed the remaining refugees, and stayed until 1994. Strangers in the Wild Place tells the story of these tumultuous years through the eyes of these... In 1936, the Nazi state created a massive military training site near Wildflecken, a tiny community in rural Bavaria. During the war, this base hou... |
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The Ocean Hill-Brownsville Conflict: Intellectual Struggles Between Blacks and Jews at Mid-Century
ISBN: 9780739166833 / Angielski / Twarda / 226 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The history of Black-Jewish relations from the beginning of the twentieth century shows that, while they were sometimes partners of convenience, there was also a deep suspicion of each other that broke out into frequent public exchanges. During the twentieth century, the entanglements of both groups have, at times, provided an important impetus for social justice in the United States and, at other times, have been the cause of great tension. The Ocean Hill-Brownsville Conflict explores this fraught relationship, which is evident in the intellectual lives of these communities. The tension was...
The history of Black-Jewish relations from the beginning of the twentieth century shows that, while they were sometimes partners of convenience, there...
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500,94 zł |
Racial Dynamics in Early Twentieth-Century Austin, Texas
ISBN: 9780739170977 / Angielski / Twarda / 408 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This pioneering study sheds new light on racial dynamics in the urban Southwest at a critical juncture in the history of the region and the nation. It focuses upon the experiences of ethnoracial minorities, particularly African Americans and Mexican immigrants in Austin, Texas from the dawn of the Progressive Era to the onset of the Great Depression. Through this lens, McDonald explores the issues of migration, proletarianization, marginalization, adaptation, identity, and community. He reveals how, in response to the exponential growth of the local ethnic-Mexican population, the white elite...
This pioneering study sheds new light on racial dynamics in the urban Southwest at a critical juncture in the history of the region and the nation. It...
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The Saga of Katie Ruth: A Lady Who Won The Prize
ISBN: 9781770972711 / Angielski / Miękka / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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The Autobiography of Arthur Young: With Selections from His Correspondence
ISBN: 9781108047746 / Angielski / Miękka / 508 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Arthur Young (1741 1820) was one of the most important agriculturalists and social commentators of the eighteenth century. The account of his journeys around France (1787 9), also published in this series, remains a vital source for understanding the conditions of rural France on the cusp of revolution. The reports produced on agriculture in the English counties when he was Secretary to the Board of Agriculture from 1793 remain valuable historical sources of farming practices at the end of the eighteenth century. In later life, under the influence of his friend William Wilberforce, he became...
Arthur Young (1741 1820) was one of the most important agriculturalists and social commentators of the eighteenth century. The account of his journeys...
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The National Council for Civil Liberties and the Policing of Interwar Politics: At Liberty to Protest
ISBN: 9780719085178 / Angielski / Twarda / 232 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Public interest is no less exercised in the twenty-first century by civil liberties, police powers and the policing of public order than it was in the 1930s, or indeed a century earlier. The National Council for Civil Liberties (the precursor to civil rights organization Liberty) emerged in 1934 in protest at the policing of political expression. Historians have written extensively about public order, political extremism and the authorities and subversion in the interwar period but hitherto missing from this discourse is the account of the NCCL's role.
Janet Clark explores the origins of... Public interest is no less exercised in the twenty-first century by civil liberties, police powers and the policing of public order than it was in the...
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Industrialization and the Transformation of American Life: A Brief Introduction: A Brief Introduction
ISBN: 9780765622556 / Angielski / Twarda / 160 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book provides a descriptive, episodic yet analytical synthesis of industrialization in America. It integrates analysis of the profound economic and social changes taking place during the period between 1877 and the start of the Great Depression.
This book provides a descriptive, episodic yet analytical synthesis of industrialization in America. It integrates analysis of the profound economic a...
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Intellectual Life and the American South, 1810-1860: An Abridged Edition of Conjectures of Order
ISBN: 9780807872680 / Angielski / Miękka / 400 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Michael O'Brien has masterfully abridged his award-winning two-volume intellectual history of the Old South, Conjectures of Order, depicting a culture that was simultaneously national, postcolonial, and imperial, influenced by European intellectual traditions, yet also deeply implicated in the making of the American mind.
Here O'Brien succinctly and fluidly surveys the lives and works of many significant Southern intellectuals, including John C. Calhoun, Louisa McCord, James Henley Thornwell, and George Fitzhugh. Looking over the period, O'Brien identifies a movement from... Michael O'Brien has masterfully abridged his award-winning two-volume intellectual history of the Old South, Conjectures of Order, depicting a ...
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A Reforming People: Puritanism and the Transformation of Public Life in New England
ISBN: 9780807873113 / Angielski / Miękka / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In this revelatory account of the people who founded the New England colonies, historian David D. Hall compares the reforms they enacted with those attempted in England during the period of the English Revolution. Bringing with them a deep fear of arbitrary, unlimited authority, these settlers based their churches on the participation of laypeople and insisted on "consent" as a premise of all civil governance. Puritans also transformed civil and criminal law and the workings of courts with the intention of establishing equity. In this political and social history of the five New England...
In this revelatory account of the people who founded the New England colonies, historian David D. Hall compares the reforms they enacted with those at...
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Bath
ISBN: 9781448200634 / Angielski / Miękka / 296 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. First published in 1932, this is the story of eighteenth century Bath, where Beau Nash ruled as uncrowned king for so many years, the fashionable members of English society found a splendid justification for improving their health and enjoying themselves at the same time. They took the waters assiduously, gambled excessively, danced away the evenings at cotillion balls, and spent the mornings strolling along the Parades in their elegant finery, and exchanging gossip in the coffee houses. Writers, actors, artists and politicians shared the city's delights with exalted members of the... First published in 1932, this is the story of eighteenth century Bath, where Beau Nash ruled as uncrowned king for so many years, the fashionable m... |
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Four Days to Glory: Barack Obama-Yes We Can
ISBN: 9781468554229 / Angielski / Miękka / 32 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Four Days To Glory is a pictorial adventure of the volunteer 'get out to vote' campaign workers who rode the bus for 16 hours from Houstonto Florida to help with the Obama campaign in the Republican counties of Florida. The volunteers were a mixture of black, white, young, old, professionals, and retirees. This is our adventure.
Four Days To Glory is a pictorial adventure of the volunteer 'get out to vote' campaign workers who rode the bus for 16 hours from Houstonto Florida t...
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102,66 zł |