Zbirka: Socialna in kulturna zgodovina
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Great British Bobby(2010) EMSLEY, CLIVEIn The Great British Bobby, Clive Emsley traces the development of Britain's forces of law and order from the earliest watchmen and constables of the pre-modern period to the police service of today.Vezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Love And War In The Pyrenees(2009) BAILEY, ROSEMARYA vivid blend of history and travel and a sweeping story of collaboration and resistance, fear and heroism, pacifism and sacrifice all set against the backdrop of the Pyrenees. 'A beguiling mix of travel, memoir, history and good old-fashioned storytellVezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Vindolanda(2009) BIRLEY, ROBINA fascinating insight into everyday life on Hadrian's Wall. The translations of the Vindolanda Scrolls ('send fresh socks' etc) are also a treat!Vezava: Mehka28,03 € -
Beach Huts and Bathing Machines(2009) FERRY, KATHRYNBehind the enduring popularity of beach huts lies a story of classic British eccentricity. This work offers a view of the classic British seaside holiday through the history of beach huts and bathing machines, revealing how the changing fashions in societVezava: Mehka13,89 € -
Dancing into Battle(2007) FOULKES, NICHOLASThe social backdrop, vividly described, to one of the greatest battles in European history, Waterloo 1815.Vezava: Mehka15,41 € -
Unfree French(2007) VINEN, RICHARDIn the summer of 1940, the French army was one of the largest and best in the world, confident of victory. In the space of a few nightmarish weeks all that changed as the French and their British allies were crushed and eight million people fled their homVezava: Mehka23,82 € -
Return To Akenfield(2007) TAYLOR, CRAIG'Gentle, subtle, absorbing ... the most complex and supple account of that much-discussed idea, "modern rural life", that I have ever read' Robert Macfarlane, author of Mountains of the Mind and The Wild PlacesVezava: Mehka14,01 € -
Somewhere To Lay My Head(2007) DOUGLAS, ROBERTThe next chapter in Robert Douglas's remarkable life story picks up from the bestselling NIGHT SONG OF THE LAST TRAM but can be read on its ownVezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Women in England 1760-1914(2005) STEINBACH, PROFESSOR SUSIEA rich and fresh survey of women's lives between George III and the First World WarVezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Among the Bohemians(2003) NICHOLSON, VIRGINIASubversive, eccentric and flamboyant - the Bohemians ate garlic and didn't always wash; they painted and danced and didn't care what people thought. They sent their children to co-ed schools; explored homosexuality and Free Love. They were often drunk, brVezava: Mehka22,42 € -
Change Is Gonna Come: Music, Race And The Soul Of America(2002) WERNER, CRAIGA Change is Gonna Come chronicles more than forty years of black music: from the hopeful, angry refrains of the Freedom movement to the slick pop of Motown;Vezava: Mehka21,02 € -
Magnetic Mountain(1997) KOTKIN, STEPHENAn account of what Stalinism meant to the masses of ordinary people who lived it. It argues that Stalinism offered itself as an opportunity for enlightenment. It depicts a whole range of life: from the blast furnace workers who labored in the iron and steVezava: Mehka56,55 € -
Year 1000(2003) LACEY, ROBERT,DANZIGER, DANNY* Vivid recreation of how English people lived a thousand years ago. * What life was like at the turn of the first Millennium.Vezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Grand Expectations(1998) PATTERSON, JAMES T. (PROFESSOR OF HISTORY, PROFESSOR OF HISTORY, BROWN UNIVERSITY, USA)James T. Patterson skilfully weaves together political, social, cultural, and economic history to present a fascinating survey of postwar America.Vezava: Mehka35,04 € -
Heart of Europe(2001) DAVIES, NORMAN (SCHOOL OF SLAVONIC AND EAST EUROPEAN STUDIES, SCHOOL OF SLAVONIC AND EAST EUROPEAN STUDIES, UNIVERSITY OF LONDON)The image of Poland has once again been impressed on European consciousness. Norman Davies provides a key to understanding the modern Polish crisis in this lucid and authoritative description of the nation's history. Beginning with the period since 1945,Vezava: Mehka30,83 € -
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: Mehka12,61 € -
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 €
