Zbirka: Socialna in kulturna zgodovina
2279 rezultatov
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Weimar Republic Sourcebook(1995) KAES, ANTON,JAY, MARTIN,DIMENDBERG, EDWARDA comprehensive documentation of Weimar culture, history and politics. It explores Germany's relationship to democracy, ideologies of 'reactionary modernism', the rise of the 'New Woman', Bauhaus architecture, the tradition of cabaret and urban entertainmVezava: Mehka66,94 € -
Framing the Early Middle Ages(2006) WICKHAM, CHRIS (PROFESSOR OF MEDIEVAL HISTORY, UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD.)The Roman empire tends to be seen as a whole whereas the early middle ages tends to be seen as a collection of regional histories, roughly corresponding to the land-areas of modern nation states.Vezava: Mehka115,50 € -
Voices of Morebath(2003) DUFFY, EAMONIn the 50 years between 1530 and 1580, England moved from being a lavishly Catholic country to a Protestant nation. Exploring Morebath, a remote and tiny sheep-farming village on the edge of Exmoor, this work offers a window into a rural world in crisis aVezava: Mehka30,40 € -
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Zakhor(1996) HAYIM YERUSHALMI, YOSEF“Mr. Yerushalmi’s previous writings . . . established him as one of the Jewish community’s most important historians. His latest book should establish him as one of its most important critics. Zakhor is historical thinking of a very high order - mature spVezava: Mehka50,39 € -
Medieval Women(2005) LEYSER, HENRIETTAMEDIEVAL WOMEN looks at a thousand years of English history, as it affected - and was made by - women.Vezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Gentleman's Daughter(2003) VICKERY, AMANDABased on a close examination of letters, diaries and account books, this study offers an insight into the intimate and everyday lives of genteel women and transforms our understanding of the position of women in this period.Vezava: Mehka21,61 € -
Dutch Republic(1998) ISRAELThe Dutch Golden Age was one of the most spectacularly creative episodes in world history. The age of Grotius, Spinoza, Rembrandt, and Vermeer, it was also remarkable for its immense impact in the spheres of commerce, finance, shipping, and technology. ThVezava: Mehka106,75 € -
Poverty, Gender and Life-Cycle under the English Poor Law, 1760-1834(2013) WILLIAMS, SAMANTHAExamination of welfare during the last years of the Poor Law, bringing out the impact of poverty on particular sections of society - the lone mother and the elderly.Vezava: Mehka50,48 € -
True Law of Kingship(1996) BURNS, J. H. (PROFESSOR EMERITUS, HISTORY OF POLITICAL THOUGHT, PROFESSOR EMERITUS, HISTORY OF POLITICAL THOUGHT, UNIVERSITY OF LONDON)In the 16th century, commoners were told to fear God and honour the King. But what if the King ordered one thing and God's law said another? In this study, the author examines the dilemma by focusing on the Scottish response to monarchial government durinVezava: Trda397,22 € -
Twentieth-Century South Africa(2001) BEINART, WILLIAM (PROFESSOR OF RACE RELATIONS, AFRICAN STUDIES CENTRE AND ST ANTHONY'S COLLEGE, OXFORD FELLOW, PROFESSOR OF RACE RELATIONS, AFRICAN STUDIES CENTRE AND ST ANTHONY'S COLLEGE, OXFORD FELLOW, ST ANTHONY'S COLLEGE, OXFORD)This text examines the forces - both destructive and dynamic - which have shaped 20th-century South Africa. The book draws on the rich and lively tradition of radical history writing on the country and weaves economic and cultural history into the politicVezava: Mehka29,43 € -
Stations of the Sun(2001) HUTTON, RONALD (PROFESSOR OF HISTORY, PROFESSOR OF HISTORY, UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL)From May Day revels and Midsummer fires, to Harvest Home, and Hallowe'en, to the twelve days of Christmas, Ronald Hutton takes us on a fascinating journey through the ritual year in Britain. This comprehensive and engaging study covers the whole sweep ofVezava: Mehka23,82 € -
Natural History of Ghosts(2013) CLARKE, ROGERWhat explains spectral sightings? Why do we fear the supernatural? What proof is there? This book takes us on a journey of belief with ghosts of every kind.Vezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Arsenic Century(2011) WHORTON, JAMES C. (PROFESSOR EMERITUS OF THE HISTORY OF MEDICINE ,UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON, SEATTLE)The story of arsenic in Victorian Britain, looking both at its widespread presence in everything from candles to curtains, and also its more sinister use for murder and suicide.Vezava: Mehka23,11 € -
European Architecture 1750-1890(2000) BERGDOLL, BARRY (PROFESSOR OF ART HISTORY, PROFESSOR OF ART HISTORY, COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY, NEW YORK)This comprehensive examination of 18th and 19th-century architecture explores its extreme diversity within the context of social, economic and political upheaval. It offers an analysis of the ways issues of style functioned to make architecture one of theVezava: Mehka34,33 € -
Inconvenient People(2013) WISE, SARAHUncovers twelve shocking stories, untold for over a century and reveals the darker side of the Victorian upper and middle classes - their sexuality, fears of inherited madness, financial greed and fraudulence - and chillingly evoke the black motives at thVezava: Mehka21,02 € -
History of the Vikings(2001) JONES, GWYN (EMERITUS PROFESSOR OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE, EMERITUS PROFESSOR OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE, UNIVERSITY COLLEGE, CARDIFF)Illustrated throughout, this classic study traces the development of the northern peoples and kingdoms from their origins and legendary pre-history to the triumphs of Canute and the defeat of Harald Hardradi at Stamford Bridge in 1066.Vezava: Mehka29,43 €
