Zbirka: Socialna in kulturna zgodovina
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Irish(2004) BURROWES, JOHNIrish is the story of the mass migration from Ireland to Glasgow that took place in the wake of the Great Famine of the mid-nineteenth century. The coming of the Irish to Glasgow had a bigger impact on the city than other event.Vezava: Mehka16,81 € -
Old Woman's Reflections(1977) SAYERS, PEIGStorytelling kept alive the myths, legends, and history of the Blasket Islands, which are three miles off Irelands Dingle Peninsula. In her old age, Peig Sayers, 'the Queen of Gaelic storytellers', recounted her life to her son, who recorded the tale in tVezava: Mehka11,90 € -
Slave Trade(2006) THOMAS, HUGHThe rise and fall of the business of slave trading - by a bestselling historianVezava: Mehka28,04 € -
Fall of Public Man(2003) SENNETT, RICHARDAre we now so self-absorbed that we take little interest in the world beyond our own lives? Or has public life left no place for individuals to participate? This title examines the growing imbalance between private and public experience, and asks what canVezava: Mehka21,02 € -
Untold History of the Potato(2009) READER, JOHNThe story of one of the world's most important crops From the gold potatoes at the Sun Temple in Cuzco, Peru, the muddy ones in Ireland and those grown in China for McDonald's chips, the story of the spud is both satisfying and fascinating.Vezava: Mehka23,82 € -
1920s Scrapbook(2008) OPIE, ROBERTCaptures the mood of a radical decade in over 1000 colour images.Vezava: Trda23,09 € -
Short History of Slavery(2007) WALVIN, JAMESPresents an account of the Atlantic slave trade which helps us to understand the rise and fall of one of the most shameful chapters in British history.Vezava: Mehka15,41 € -
Writing Local History(2007) BECKETT, JOHNThis book describes the development of local history in England from its origins in the Middle Ages to its practise in the early twenty-first century. It looks also at how local history is related to archaeology, landscape, and family history. -- .Vezava: Mehka24,70 € -
Bicycle: The History(2006) HERLIHY, DAVID V.Presents the history of the bicycle, an invention that precipitated nothing short of a social revolution. This book recounts a story replete with disputed patents, brilliant inventions, and missed opportunities. It shows us why the bicycle captured the puVezava: Mehka52,28 € -
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1950s Childhood: Spangles, Tiddlywinks and The Clitheroe Kid(2013) TAIT, DEREKA book recalling what it was like to be a child in the 1950s, including home life, school days, music and fashions.Vezava: Mehka14,01 € -
Brief Lives(2011) JOHNSON, PAULPresents author's experience of a complex variety of people who have contributed to our political, spiritual and cultural life.Vezava: Mehka22,42 € -
Intimate History of Humanity(1995) ZELDIN, THEODOREa constant companion' Bill Bailey'Extraordinary and beautiful...the most exciting and ambitious work of non-fiction I have read in more than a decade' The Daily TelegraphThis extraordinarily wide-ranging study looks at the dilemmas of life today and showsVezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Thin Paths(2012) BLACKBURN, JULIAShortlisted for the 2011 Costa Biography Award and the 2012 Royal Society of Literature Ondaatje Prize Julia Blackburn and her husband moved to a little house in the mountains of northern Italy in 1999.Vezava: Mehka15,41 € -
Real Gorbals Story(2007) MACFARLANE, COLINColin MacFarlane was born in Gorbals in the 1950s, 20 years after the publication of "No Mean City", the novel about pre-war life in what was once Glasgow's deprived district. The author witnessed the last days of old Gorbals as street boy as a regeneratiVezava: Mehka18,21 €
