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Islamic and Middle Eastern Travellers and Geographers
ISBN: 9780415351898 / Angielski / Twarda / 1520 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The area of Middle Eastern geography and travel has attracted large numbers of scholars over the last fifty years. This new collection from Routledge features key articles from the field to create a major and continuing resource for scholars and students alike. The first volume concentrates on the Islamic geographers who mapped and made navigable the routes followed by later travellers. While travel, and in particular the rihla (or travel to Mecca ) did not depend for its impetus on formal geography, both were highlighted in the travellers diaries and travelogues which helped to make... The area of Middle Eastern geography and travel has attracted large numbers of scholars over the last fifty years. This new collection from Routled... |
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5018,42 zł |
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Women's Body (Es 5-Vol. Set)
ISBN: 9784902454741 / Angielski / Twarda Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. PRODUCT DESCRIPTION
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5018,42 zł |
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Chinese Media
ISBN: 9780415623544 / Angielski / Twarda / 1616 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. From an area of specialist research a decade ago China's media has become now an important element of research and teaching worldwide, not only in specific Chinese cultural studies courses at the university level but increasingly in post-graduate research and in the domain of business consultancy. Edited by Michael Keane and Wanning Sun, leading experts in the field, this new title is a 'mini library' of the foundational and the very best cutting-edge scholarship on Chinese media From an area of specialist research a decade ago China's media has become now an important element of research and teaching worldwide, not only in ... |
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5018,42 zł |
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Sumida: Collected Works of Ellen H. Swallow Richards
ISBN: 9784861660481 / Angielski / Twarda / 2700 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This is a collection of writings by the American chemist and home economist, Ellen Henrietta Swallow Richards. From the Preface by Kazuko Sumida: Ellen H. Swallow Richards (1842 1911) was the first woman graduate and staff member at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), and the first woman professional chemist in the U.S. She was known mainly as a founder of the American home economics movement and, to a lesser extent, as the mother of American public health. Her contribution included not only the establishment of the standards for water analysis, but also the... This is a collection of writings by the American chemist and home economist, Ellen Henrietta Swallow Richards. From the Preface by Kazuko Su... |
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5147,10 zł |
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English Homes and Gardens (4-Vol. Es Set)
ISBN: 9784861661839 / Angielski / Twarda / 2700 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This is the first part of a reprint of English Homes and Gardens, a series edited by H. Avray Tipping and originally published in London in the 1920s. - The series gathered records of British residential architecture, with many photographs and plans. - It covered around 250 castles, manor houses and country houses in ten volumes and introduced them with plans and more than 4,600 photographs, illustrating not only exteriors, but also interiors and gardens. - Many of the buildings covered are now completely or partially lost, and the collection will provide researchers,... This is the first part of a reprint of English Homes and Gardens, a series edited by H. Avray Tipping and originally published in London in the 192... |
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5327,25 zł |
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Routledge Library Editions: Education Management
ISBN: 9781138487208 / Angielski / Mixed Media Product / 5584 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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5404,46 zł |
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Biographical Sources of the 19th Century Pioneers of the American Women's Education
ISBN: 9784861660184 / Angielski / Twarda / 3200 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This is a collection of either autobiographies or contemporary records of the lives of eight leaders of nineteenth-century American women educators. Involved in the foundation of women s schools and colleges in various parts of America, they played very important roles to form the American women s intellectual background. Like Mary Lyon s influence on Emily Dickinson, they are not only important source materials to study women s history and education, but also better to understand the philosophical aspects of American women s literature. "This is a collection of either autobiographies or contemporary records of the lives of eight leaders of nineteenth-century American women educators... |
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5404,46 zł |
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Scottish Songs, Ballads, and Popular Rhymes (Es 4-Vol. Set)
ISBN: 9784902454659 / Angielski / Twarda Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. After the Scottish Enlightenment of the eighteenth century, nationalism in Scotland bloomed, and folklore, traditional songs, and ballads were collected as an important part of Scottish culture. Robert Chambers, a leading nineteenth-century publisher in Edinburgh (famous for Chambers Encyclopaedia and Dictionary), compiled and published various books of those traditional and popular songs of Scotland collected by his predecessors, together with the ones discovered in the nineteenth century. It became a valuable record of the traditional culture of Scotland. The present collection of four... After the Scottish Enlightenment of the eighteenth century, nationalism in Scotland bloomed, and folklore, traditional songs, and ballads were coll... |
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5404,46 zł |
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Lydia Maria Francis Child (Es 4-Vol. Set)
ISBN: 9784861661143 / Angielski / Twarda Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This is the third part of the series to collect conduct books, and educational guides for children during Victorian America. This facsimile reprint collection provides ten books for children by Lydia Maria Child (1802-80), a novelist and journalist. While famous for her activities as an American abolitionist and a campaigner for women's rights, she also had a keen interest in childhood and various issues surrounding children and early education. She started writings books for children in her early twenties. She even edited and published a periodical for children, Juvenile Miscellany, along... This is the third part of the series to collect conduct books, and educational guides for children during Victorian America. This facsimile reprint... |
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5507,40 zł |
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Routledge Library Editions: The Gulf
ISBN: 9781138119598 / Angielski / Twarda / 4888 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This collection gathers together a wide range of titles that detail the history, politics, economics and society of the countries that make up the Gulf region. Written by acclaimed Middle Eastern, American and European scholars, "RLE: The Gulf" is an essential reference resource in the study of the Gulf states.
This collection gathers together a wide range of titles that detail the history, politics, economics and society of the countries that make up the ... |
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5661,81 zł |
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Urbanization in China
ISBN: 9780415709101 / Angielski / Twarda / 1674 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Since the "Opening Up" period of 1978-80, China has urbanized with unprecedented speed. The construction of completely new cities and the dramatic redevelopment of existing urban centers have completely transformed the Chinese landscape. This urban revolution has generated an astonishing number and size of cities, undertaken with little thought for environmental and social consequences. Scholars striving to understand and analyze these remarkable and often contradictory urban phenomena have contributed to a large English language literature in multiple disciplines (geography, sociology,... Since the "Opening Up" period of 1978-80, China has urbanized with unprecedented speed. The construction of completely new cities and the dramatic ... |
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5661,81 zł |
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Tourism in East and Southeast Asia CC 4v
ISBN: 9780415706049 / Angielski / Twarda / 1466 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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5661,81 zł |
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China's Security
ISBN: 9781138207318 / Angielski / Twarda / 1574 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Chinese security has become a key focus after the Cold War. In just a few decades, China has gone from an obscure position as a closed communist developing country with little integration into international institutions over being designated a prospective strategic partner of the United States to being seen as Washington's principal strategic opponent. Despite these vast changes in perspective on China's international role and interests, China is still seen as an enigmatic security actor with hidden agendas and a vast chasm between Beijing's official policies and strategic practices. ...
Chinese security has become a key focus after the Cold War. In just a few decades, China has gone from an obscure position as a closed communist devel...
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5661,81 zł |
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Early Islamic History
ISBN: 9780415500876 / Angielski / Twarda Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Insight into the origins and early development of Islam has become relevant not only to the specialist, but underlies a thorough understanding of debates relating to Islam and the Middle East in the contemporary period. An understanding of the sources and the historiography remains pivotal to discussions of early Islamic history. This important issue is addressed in this volume.
Insight into the origins and early development of Islam has become relevant not only to the specialist, but underlies a thorough understanding of deba...
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5661,81 zł |
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The Works of Nicholas Tarling on Southeast Asia
ISBN: 9780415670753 / Angielski / Twarda / 1741 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The collection's editor writes: Southeast Asian history and historiography would be greatly handicapped if the writings of Nicholas Tarling were removed from the increasingly expanding literature. The reading list has increased several folds since the early 1950s when Southeast Asian history was beginning to emerge as a serious area of scholarly research and writing. Nonetheless the works of the pioneering batch of scholars have remained relevant more than half a century since their publications. These books and articles have attained 'classic' status, never failing to be listed in... The collection's editor writes: Southeast Asian history and historiography would be greatly handicapped if the writings of Nicholas Tarling... |
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5661,81 zł |
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The Military History of the Modern Middle East
ISBN: 9780415859394 / Angielski / Twarda / 1680 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. No area of the world has been more involved in military matters during the last half century than has the Middle East. The region has seen seven Arab-Israeli wars; three wars involving Iraq and two more in Afghanistan; as well as civil wars in Lebanon, Libya, Algeria, Yemen, Syria, and among Palestinians; and insurgencies in several other places. Several of these wars most notably the last one in Iraq and the Afghan ones involved direct Western intervention. In addition, however, the military has been either the direct ruler of many countries, including Turkey among others, or the main... No area of the world has been more involved in military matters during the last half century than has the Middle East. The region has seen seven Ar... |
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5919,17 zł |
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The World in Miniature (7-Vol. Es Set)
ISBN: 9784861661853 / Angielski / Twarda / 2700 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The World in Miniature was a popular series of illustrated, pocket-sized books. The series was originally produced by Rudolph Ackermann, a renowned London bookseller and publisher in the early nineteenth century. The series continued for several years from its launch in 1821 and was completed in 43 volumes. The series introduced a Western readership to the manners, character, customs, fashion, history, religion etc. of peoples from distant lands. This collection includes a facsimile reprint of seven volumes covering Asiatic and Pacific countries: Japan, China, the... The World in Miniature was a popular series of illustrated, pocket-sized books. The series was originally produced by Rudolph Ackermann, a renowne... |
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5919,17 zł |
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K. Persia
ISBN: 9780415242943 / Angielski / Twarda Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This set examines the history and culture of Persia through its rich language and literature. It includes Griffith's translation of Jami's outstanding work, Yusuf and Zulaikha. The Warner brothers nine-volume triumph represents one of the first attempts to provide the subject matter of the great epic, Shahnama in English; and Haug's foundational essays present all the materials needed for understanding the scriptures and religion of the Parsis.
This set examines the history and culture of Persia through its rich language and literature. It includes Griffith's translation of Jami's outstanding...
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5919,17 zł |
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Tohda: Asian Images in the Nineteenth-Century British Reviews (6-Vol. Set)
ISBN: 9784902454246 / Angielski / Twarda / 2700 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This is a collection of more than 120 articles and book reviews on Japan, China, and India published in the four leading British reviews of the nineteenth century (the Quarterly Review, Edinburgh Review, Blackwood s Edinburgh Magazine, and the Westminster Review). The selection from those reviews, which represented the four principal shades of mainstream contemporary political opinion (conservative, liberal, radical, and Tory), shows us the variety of Victorian views on Asia and enables us to trace their chronological changes. Contributors include important Orientalists and/or... This is a collection of more than 120 articles and book reviews on Japan, China, and India published in the four leading British reviews of the nin... |
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5919,17 zł |
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The Morte Darthur: A Collection of Early-Nineteenth-Century Editions
ISBN: 9784902454413 / Angielski / Twarda / 3250 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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5919,17 zł |