Zbirka: Regionalna in narodna zgodovina
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Political Life of an Epidemic(2020) CHIGUDU, SIMUKAI (UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD)Challenging the view of epidemics as purely biological events, this study focuses on the political life of Zimbabwe's cholera epidemic of 2008–9, revealing how the crisis, caused by this preventable disease, had profound implications for political instituVezava: Trda118,56 € -
Confederate Reckoning(2012) MCCURRY, STEPHANIEThe attempt to repress a majority of its own population backfired on the Confederate States of America as the disenfranchised demanded to be counted and considered in the great struggle over slavery, emancipation, democracy, and nationhood. This title preVezava: Mehka38,13 € -
Essays and Dialogues(2008) SCALA, BARTOLOMEOScala (1430–1497) trained in the law and rose to prominence serving as secretary and treasurer to the Medicis and chancellor of the Guelf party before becoming first chancellor of Florence. This volume collects works from throughout his career that show tVezava: Trda47,68 € -
Sultry Month(2022) HAYTER, ALETHEAAs London swelters in a heatwave - sunstroke strikes, meat rots, ice is coveted - a glamorous coterie of writers and artists spend their summer wining, dining and opining. With the ringletted 'face of an Egyptian cat goddess', Elizabeth Barrett is courtVezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Tulipmania(2008) GOLDGAR, ANNEIn 1630s, the Netherlands was gripped by tulipmania: a speculative fever unprecedented in scale and, as history would have it, folly. The author lays waste to the legends, revealing that while the 1630s did see a speculative bubble in tulip prices, neitheVezava: Mehka51,32 € -
World on Fire(2011) FOREMAN, DR AMANDAAs America descended into Civil War, British loyalties were torn between support for the North, which was against slavery, and defending the South, which portrayed itself as bravely fighting for its independence. This book gives fresh accounts of Civil WaVezava: Mehka30,84 € -
Of This Our Country(2022)To define Nigeria is to tell a half-truth. Many have tried, but most have concluded that it is impossible to capture the true scope and significance of Africa’s most populous nation through words or images.Vezava: Mehka12,61 € -
Interpretations of the Two Germanies, 1945-1990(2000) FULBROOK, PROFESSOR MARY (UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON, UK)The two Germanies, arising from the unpromising ashes of defeated Nazi Germany, came to represent opposing models of state and society.Vezava: Mehka53,45 € -
Palaces of Revolution(2022) THURLEY, SIMONThe story of the Stuart dynasty is a breathless soap opera played out in just a hundred years in an array of buildings that span Europe from Scotland, via Denmark, Holland and Spain to England.Vezava: Mehka15,41 € -
Roman History, Volume IV(1916) DIO CASSIUSDio Cassius (Cassius Dio), ca. AD 150–235, was born in Bithynia. Dio’s work is a vital source for the last years of the Roman republic and the first four Roman emperors.Vezava: Trda44,47 € -
Shenzhen Experiment(2020) DU, JUANA rural borderland just forty years ago, today Shenzhen is a city of twenty million and a technology hub. This success is attributed to its status as a Special Economic Zone, but no other SEZs compare. Juan Du looks to the past to understand why. It turnsVezava: Trda47,68 € -
Between the Wars(2017) ZIEGLER, PHILIPRenowned biographer and historian Philip Ziegler tackles the great cultural and social events, flashpoints and diplomatic wrangles that led the world from the First to the Second World WarVezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Operation Bagration(2020) BAXTER, IANAn illustrated account of the battle of Bagration, 1944.Vezava: Mehka28,03 €
