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Paths out of the Apocalypse(2022) KONRAD, OTA (ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF MODERN HISTORY, ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF MODERN HISTORY, CHARLES UNIVERSITY, PRAGUE),KUCERA, RUDOLF (DIRECTOR OF THE MASARYK INSTITUTE AND ARCHIVES, DIRECTOR OF THE MASARYK INSTITUTE AND ARCHIVES, CZECH ACADEMY OF SCIENCES)Paths out of the Apocalypse fundamentally rethinks some key debates in the scholarship on early 20th-century Central Europe, the First World War, violence, nationalism and modern European comparative social and cultural history, considering the populationVezava: Trda196,09 € -
Radical Enlightenment(2002) ISRAEL, PROFESSOR JONATHAN I. (PROFESSOR IN THE SCHOOL OF HISTORICAL STUDIES, PROFESSOR IN THE SCHOOL OF HISTORICAL STUDIES, INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDY, PRINCETON, USA)"The Radical Enlightenment" was a set of ideas which helped lay the foundations of the modern world on the basis of equality, democracy, secularism, and universality. This study by cultural historian, Jonathan Israel, shows how Spinoza and his thought setVezava: Mehka101,50 € -
Shipwrecks and the Bounty of the Sea(2022) CRESSY, DAVID (GEORGE III PROFESSOR OF BRITISH HISTORY AND HUMANITIES DISTINGUISHED PROFESSOR EMERITUS, GEORGE III PROFESSOR OF BRITISH HISTORY AND HUMANITIES DISTINGUISHED PROFESSOR EMERITUS, OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY)Shipwrecks and the Bounty of the Sea is a work of social history examining community relationships, law, and seafaring over the long early modern period, exploring the politics of the coastline, the economy of scavenging, and the law of 'wreck of the sea'Vezava: Trda68,42 € -
Heroes or Villains?(2021) DAVIS, JON (DIRECTOR OF THE STRAND GROUP AND LECTURER, KING'S COLLEGE LONDON),RENTOUL, JOHN (CHIEF POLITICAL COMMENTATOR FOR ^ITHE INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY^R AND VISITING PROFESSOR AT KING'S COLLEGE LONDON)A unique new account of New Labour in power-drawing on a mass of previously unpublished contributions from most of the main players in the Blair government, including Tony Blair himself.Vezava: Mehka21,71 € -
Nostalgic Imagination(2020) COLLINI, STEFAN (PROFESSOR EMERITUS OF INTELLECTUAL HISTORY AND ENGLISH LITERATURE, PROFESSOR EMERITUS OF INTELLECTUAL HISTORY AND ENGLISH LITERATURE, UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE)In the book born from his Oxford Ford Lectures, Stefan Collini challenges the historical assumptions at work in twentieth-century English literary criticism, showing how the work of critics was bound up with claims about the nature and direction of historVezava: Mehka48,09 € -
Rhetoric of Exemplarity in Early Modern England(2022) ULLYOT, MICHAEL (ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF ENGLISH, ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF ENGLISH, UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY)This book investigates the role of exemplarity as a rhetorical device in late Elizabethan and Jacobean literature and culture. Ullyot argues that exemplarity is driven by both reader and author, and that positive moral examples were presented as aspiratioVezava: Trda145,92 € -
Anglo-Saxon Farms and Farming(2020) BANHAM, DEBBY (AFFILIATED LECTURER, AFFILIATED LECTURER, DEPT OF ANGLO-SAXON, NORSE AND CELTIC, UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE),FAITH, ROSAMOND (VISITING FELLOW, VISITING FELLOW, KELLOGG COLLEGE, OXFORD)A study of farming in England before the Norman Conquest, in a period before trade was an important way of making a living, exploring what tools and methods were used in Anglo-Saxon farming, what kind of livestock was kept, and what crops were grown.Vezava: Mehka86,61 € -
Courtier, Scholar, and Man of the Sword(2021) JACKSON, CHRISTINE (EMERITUS FELLOW, AND FORMERLY ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR IN EARLY MODERN HISTORY, EMERITUS FELLOW, AND FORMERLY ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR IN EARLY MODERN HISTORY, KELLOGG COLLEGE, OXFORD AND OXFORD UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENT FOR CONTINUING EDUCATION)Lord Herbert of Cherbury was a flamboyant Stuart courtier, soldier, and diplomat, known for his duelling and extravagance but also for his great intellect. His life and writings offer a unique window into the aristocratic world and culture of the early seVezava: Trda196,09 € -
British General Elections Since 1964(2021) DENVER, DAVID (EMERITUS PROFESSOR OF POLITICS, EMERITUS PROFESSOR OF POLITICS, LANCASTER UNIVERSITY),GARNETT, MARK (SENIOR LECTURER IN POLITICS AND INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS, SENIOR LECTURER IN POLITICS AND INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS, LANCASTER UNIVERSITY)The first book to look at a succession of British general elections in significant detail. By starting the survey in 1964 rather than the traditional date of 1945, it can also focus more rigorously on the changes which began in the 1960s and still affectVezava: Mehka66,28 € -
Cricket Country(2022) KIDAMBI, PRASHANT (ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR IN COLONIAL URBAN HISTORY SCHOOL OF HISTORY, POLITICS AND INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER)The extraordinary story of the first 'All India' national cricket tour of Great Britain and Ireland - and how the idea of India as a nation took shape on the cricket pitch.Vezava: Mehka38,94 € -
Reckonings(2020) FULBROOK, MARY (DEAN OF THE FACULTY OF SOCIAL AND HISTORICAL SCIENCES, DEAN OF THE FACULTY OF SOCIAL AND HISTORICAL SCIENCES, UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON)Reckonings documents how Holocaust victims have sought justice over the decades and the haunting disparity between crime and punishment.Vezava: Mehka24,52 € -
Enoch Powell(2022) CORTHORN, PAUL (READER IN MODERN BRITISH HISTORY, QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST)Best known for his notorious 'Rivers of Blood' speech in 1968 and his outspoken opposition to immigration, Enoch Powell was one of the most controversial figures in British political life in the second half of the twentieth century and a formative influenVezava: Mehka24,52 € -
Born in the GDR(2016) VAIZEY, HESTER (UNIVERSITY LECTURER IN MODERN GERMAN HISTORY AND FELLOW OF CLARE COLLEGE, UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE)The real life stories of eight East Germans caught up in the dramatic transition from Communism to Capitalism by the fall of the Berlin Wall - and what they feel about life after the Wall.Vezava: Mehka21,71 € -
Historicizing Roma in Central Europe(2022) SHMIDT, VICTORIA,JAWORSKY, BERNADETTE NADYAIn Central Europe, limited success in revisiting the role of science in the segregation of Roma reverberates with the yet-unmet call for contextualizing the impact of ideas on everyday racism. This book attempts to interpret such a gap as a case of episteVezava: Mehka75,24 € -
Roman Britain(2015) SALWAY, PETER (QUONDAM FELLOW, ALL SOULS COLLEGE, UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD, AND EMERITUS FELLOW OF THE OPEN UNIVERSITY)For centuries Britain was an integral part of the Roman Empire. In this Very Short Introduction, Peter Salway weaves together the latest archaeological investigations and historical scholarship to chart life in Roman Britain from the first Roman invasionVezava: Mehka14,01 € -
Industrial Revolution(2017) ALLEN, ROBERT C. (GLOBAL DISTINGUISHED PROFESSOR OF ECONOMIC HISTORY, NYU ABU DHABI)The Industrial Revolution was one of the great, transforming events of world history. Robert C. Allen explains what happened during this period, and why. He asks why the revolution occured in Britain rather than other countries, and looks at the impact ofVezava: Mehka14,01 € -
Alexander the Great(2014) BOWDEN, HUGH (SENIOR LECTURER IN ANCIENT HISTORY AT KING'S COLLEGE LONDON)In 336 BC Alexander the Great became king of Macedon. During his twelve-year reign he conquered the Achaemenid Persian Empire, the largest to have yet existed, and in the process had a profound effect on the world he moved through. In this examination ofVezava: Mehka14,01 € -
Five Year Mission(2015) BALE, TIM (PROFESSOR OF POLITICS, PROFESSOR OF POLITICS, QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON)The story of Ed Miliband's attempt to put Labour back into power after just five years in opposition: the challenges he has faced, the difficulties - and the colleagues - he has had to deal with, some of the mistakes he has made, and the successes he hasVezava: Mehka18,91 € -
Atlantic Wars(2020) PLANK, GEOFFREY (PROFESSOR OF EARLY MODERN HISTORY, PROFESSOR OF EARLY MODERN HISTORY, UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA)Atlantic Wars is the first work to comprehensively explore how warfare shaped human experience around the Atlantic from the late Middle Ages until the nineteenth century. It examines how armed conflict affected how and where people lived, who they associaVezava: Trda68,41 €
