Zbirka: Britanska in irska zgodovina
2587 rezultatov
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Nation of Petitioners(2025) MILLER, HENRY J. (DURHAM UNIVERSITY)Between 1780 and 1918, over one million petitions from across the four nations were sent to the House of Commons. This first study of the nineteenth-century heyday of petitioning explores the central role of petitions in reshaping the political culture ofVezava: Mehka55,11 € -
Fast Set(2005) JENNINGS, CHARLES* Three Extraordinary Men and Their Race for the Land Speed Record* The story of the speed kings - the obsessive fast-car record-breakers of the 1920s to 1940sVezava: Mehka22,04 €
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Lloyd George and the Generals(2014) WOODWARD, DAVID R.A detailed study of the interaction between Lloyd George and the military authorities over the conduct of the Great War based largely on primary sources.Vezava: Mehka93,29 €
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First Stones(2022)Results of recent research on the Neolithic long cairns lying in the shadow of the Black Mountains in south-east Wales.Vezava: Mehka63,72 € -
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Jamaican in Lincolnshire(2024) OTTEY, RALPHThe memoir of Ralph Ottey, covering his childhood in Jamaica, his wartime service in the RAF and his life and career in LincolnshireVezava: Trda90,11 €
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Rise and Demise.(2023) DEERING, DERMOTThe story of a young Irishman's career in the British colonial serviceVezava: Mehka23,60 €
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Condition Red: Air Raid Imminent(2020) BRAZIER, CORINNEDetailed account of the role of the police in Birmingham during WWII including planning for War, additional policing duties, heroism and remembering fallen officersVezava: Mehka22,38 €
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Men of 1924(2023) CLARK, PETERClark's vivid portrayal is full of evocative portraits of a new breed of politician, the forerunners of all those who, later in the last century and in this one, overcame a system from which they had been excluded for too long.Vezava: Trda27,79 €
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Land Is All That Matters(2024) DUNGAN, MYLESA sweeping narration of the land wars that shaped Irish history, from the ruinous famine of 1741 to the eve of World War Two.Vezava: Trda41,69 € -
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Mungo Park's Ghost(2024) KENNEDY, DANE (GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY, WASHINGTON DC)The British sent two large expeditions to Africa in 1816, one to follow the Niger River to its outlet, the other to trace the Congo River to its source. The forgotten story of their disastrous failures is a revealing case study of the hubris that spurredVezava: Trda51,68 € -
Working-Class Raj(2023) LINDGREN-GIBSON, ALEXANDRA (UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI)Working-Class Raj explores what happened to working-class men and women when they left Britain and travelled to India, where their worlds were upended by the disruptive addition of race to British social hierarchies. Drawing on previously unused corresponVezava: Trda133,88 €
