Zbirka: Socialna in kulturna zgodovina
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Life and Death of St. Kilda(2011) STEEL, TOMThe extraordinary story of the UK’s most gruelling and spectacularly beautiful islands. Tom Steel’s acclaimed portrait of the St Kildan’s lives is now updated in this reissued edition.Vezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Europe's Inner Demons(1993) COHN, NORMANIn this ground-breaking book, Professor Norman Cohn traces popular beliefs about witches to their origins. He examines the fantasies that inspired the great European witch-hunt of the 16th and 17th centuries when thousands of innocent people were torturedVezava: Mehka21,02 € -
Dress in Anglo-Saxon England(2010) OWEN-CROCKER, GALE RSplendid . . . the major overview of Anglo-Saxon clothing and textile from the 5th to 11th centuries. . . . Owen-Crocker has become the authority reconstructors call upon. . . . A wise and scholarly book. TOEBI NewsletterVezava: Mehka40,14 € -
People's War(1992) CALDER, ANGUSThe Second World War was, for Britain, a 'total war'. In this title, the author presents not only the great events and leading figures but also the oddities and banalities of daily life on the Home Front, and in particular the parts played by ordinary peoVezava: Mehka39,24 € -
Victorians(2003) WILSON, A.N.People, not abstract ideas, make history, and nowhere is this more revealed than in A. The 'global village' is a Victorian village and many of the ideas we take for granted, for good or ill, originated with these extraordinary, self-confident people. WilsVezava: Mehka21,02 € -
Journal of the Plague Year(2010) DEFOE, DANIELA Journal of the Plague Year is Defoe's fictional reconstruction of the effects of the Great Plague of 1665 on London. He brings vividly to life the devastation and suffering wrought by the disease,and its effect on the city. This revised edition includesVezava: Mehka12,61 € -
Sex with Kings(2005) HERMAN, ELEANORFrom the dawn of time, power has been an aphrodisiac. The royal mistress, having conquered a king, often ran his kingdom, wielding her sexuality as a sceptre. This book explores the position of royal mistress at European Courts, and the fascinating womenVezava: Mehka15,41 € -
Gilded Stage(2010) SNOWMAN, DANIELThe first and only global social history of the world's most romantic, flamboyant, glamorous and politically influential art-form: opera. 'A mighty achievement, by far and away the best history of opera available.' Tim Blanning, Literary ReviewVezava: Mehka42,06 € -
Highland Clearances(1973) PREBBLE, JOHNIn the terrible aftermath of the battle of Culloden, the Highlanders suffered at the hands of their own clan chiefs. Offering a reconstruction of Culloden, the author recounts how the Highlanders were deserted and then betrayed into famine and poverty. WhVezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Georgian London(2014) INGLIS, LUCYTakes readers on a tour of London's most formative age - the age of love, sex, intellect, art, great ambition and fantastic ruin. This book is about the Georgians who called London their home, from dukes and artists to rent boys and hot air balloonists meVezava: Mehka21,02 € -
Bradshaw’s Handbook (Premium Edition)(2012)Offers a snapshot of Britain in the 1860s. This is a facsimile of the actual book, often referred to as "Bradshaw's Guide", that inspired the "Great British Railway Journeys" television series, and is possibly the only surviving example of the 1863 editioVezava: Trda46,32 € -
Fields Beneath(2011) TINDALL, GILLIANA journey through time: from a scattering of cottages along a pre-roman horse track, to a medieval parish and staging post for travellers, onwards into a prosperous Tudor village favoured by gentlemen for their country seats and an 18th century resort ofVezava: Mehka21,02 € -
Daily Life in Ancient Rome(1991) CARCOPINO, JEROMEIn this portrait of life in Ancient Rome, the author begins by painting a backcloth on which the social, political, cultural and religious aspects of the community are drawn. He enlarges on the details of everyday life, following the typical routine of aVezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Shadows Of The Workhouse(2012) WORTH, JENNIFER, SRN, SCMA fascinating slice of East End life, from the No.1 bestsellilng author of CALL THE MIDWIFE, soon to be a major BBC TV series.Vezava: Mehka15,41 € -
All That Is Solid Melts Into Air(2010) BERMAN, MARSHALLOffering a kaleidoscopic journey into the experiences of modernization, the dizzying social changes that swept millions of people into the capitalist world, this title dexterously interweaves an exploration of modernism in art, literature, and architecturVezava: Mehka36,10 € -
Technics and Civilization(2010) MUMFORD, LEWISDrawing upon art, science, philosophy, and the history of culture, this title explains the origin of the machine age and traces its social results, asserting that the development of modern technology had its roots in the Middle Ages rather than the IndustVezava: Mehka47,52 € -
Newton and the Counterfeiter(2010) LEVENSON, THOMASAlready famous throughout Europe for his theories of planetary motion and gravity, Isaac Newton decided to take on the job of running the Royal Mint.Vezava: Mehka18,21 €
