Zbirka: Socialna in kulturna zgodovina
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Striking a Light(2011) RAW, DR LOUISEIn July 1888, fourteen hundred women and girls employed by the matchmakers Bryant and May walked out of their East End factory and into the history books. The author gives us a challenging new interpretation of events proving that the women themselves, noVezava: Mehka55,58 € -
Things of Darkness(1995) HALL, KIM F.The "Ethiope," the "tawny Tartar," the "woman blackamoore," and "knotty Africanisms"—allusions to blackness abound in Renaissance texts. Kim F. Hall's eagerly awaited book is the first to view...Vezava: Mehka57,03 € -
Long Road Home(2011) SHEPHARD, BENAfter the Great War, the millions killed on the battlefields were eclipsed by the millions more civilians carried off by disease and starvation when the conflict was over.Vezava: Mehka23,82 € -
Modern Art 1851-1929(1999) BRETTELL, RICHARDThe period 1851 to 1929 witnessed the rise of the major European avant-garde groups. This volume explores the aims and achievements of artists such as Monet, Gauguin, Picasso and Dali, in relation to urban capitalism and expansion, colonialism, nationalisVezava: Mehka34,33 € -
Pity of it All(2004) ELON, AMOSPresents history of German Jews, tracing the journey of a people and their culture from the mid eighteenth century to the eve of the Third Reich. This book chronicles a 150-year period of achievement and integration that at its peak produced a golden ageVezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Medieval Suffolk: An Economic and Social History, 1200-1500(2010) BAILEY, MARKThe first volume in what will become the definitive history of Suffolk looks at how the county survived the three most tumultuous events of the period, the Great Famine, the Black Death and the Peasants' Revolt, to emerge as one of the richest English regVezava: Mehka50,95 € -
Mad, Bad And Sad(2017) APPIGNANESI, LISA* 'In every generation there are quite firm rules on how to behave when you are crazy' Ian HackingVezava: Mehka21,02 € -
Invention of Murder(2011) FLANDERS, JUDITH‘We are a trading community, a commercial people. Murder is doubtless a very shocking offence, nevertheless as what is done is not to be undone, let us make our money out of it.’ PunchVezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Brief History of Tea(2009) MOXHAM, ROYFrom tea's first discovery in China to the present day, the story of a great world obsessionVezava: Mehka15,41 € -
Self-Help(2008) SMILES, SAMUELA bestseller in 1859, Self-Help became one of Victorian Britain's most important statements on the allied virtues of hard work, thrift, and perseverance. Smiles's book is the precursor of today's motivational and self-improvement literature and encapsulatVezava: Mehka15,41 € -
Medical Muses(2012) HUSTVEDT, ASTIA groundbreaking new book about the nineteenth century obsession with hysteria, focussing on the renowned Salpêtrière Hospital in Paris.Vezava: Mehka21,02 € -
Ancient Olympic Games(2011) SWADDLING, JUDITHIn this revised and all-colour edition of her indispensable guide to the ancient Games, Judith Swaddling traces their mythological and religious origins, and describes the events, the sacred ceremony and the celebrations that were an essential part of theVezava: Mehka14,01 € -
Kick(2017) BYRNE, PAULAThe remarkable life of the vivacious, clever – and forgotten – Kennedy sister, who charmed the English aristocracy and was almost erased from her family history.Vezava: Mehka15,41 € -
When I Was a Nipper(2011) TITCHMARSH, ALANGoes on a personal and nostalgic journey through post-War Britain in search of treasured values and traditions that were once the soul of society. This title also takes a broader perspective, creating a detailed and evocative portrait of a way of life thaVezava: Mehka21,02 € -
Cadbury Story(1998) CHINN, CARLWith full access to the Bournville archives, Dr. Chinn has traced the history of this distinguished family and its long established business.Vezava: Mehka18,92 € -
Black Diamonds(2008) BAILEY, CATHERINEWentworth in Yorkshire was surrounded by 70 collieries employing tens of thousands of men. It is the finest and largest Georgian house in Britain and belonged to the Fitzwilliam family. This title tells the story of its demise: family feuds, forbidden lovVezava: Mehka18,21 €
