Zbirka: Socialna in kulturna zgodovina
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Women and the Public Sphere in the Age of the French Revolution(1988) LANDES, JOAN B.In this provocative interdisciplinary essay, Joan B. Landes examines the impact on women of the emergence of a new, bourgeois organization of public life in the eighteenth century. She focuses on France, contrasting the role and representation of...Vezava: Mehka48,10 € -
African Dominion(2019) GOMEZ, MICHAELIn a radically new account of the importance of early Africa in global history, Gomez traces how Islam's growth in West Africa, along with intensifying commerce that included slaves, resulted in a series of political experiments unique to the region, culmVezava: Mehka48,47 € -
Eternal Light and Earthly Concerns(2021) FOURACRE, PAULThis book investigates how the practice of keeping a light burning in churches was established in the early Middle Ages. It asks what the material consequences of implementing the practice were and why it ceased at the end of the Middle Ages. -- .Vezava: Trda77,52 € -
Scottish Suffragettes(2000) LENEMAN, LEAHThis text looks at women who fought tirelessly for equality. It focuses on the Scottish women of all ages and from all backgrounds who were involved in the non-militant "suffragist" movement.Vezava: Mehka13,42 € -
Work in the Future(2020)This short, accessible book seeks to explore the future of work through the views and opinions of a range of expertise, encompassing economic, historical, technological, ethical and anthropological aspects of the debate.Vezava: Mehka41,57 € -
Mother's Sacrifice(2020) FELTON, JENNIEA heartrending standalone saga, filled with romance, tragedy, drama, secrets and triumph in adversity from the author of the Families of Fairley Terrace series.Vezava: Trda29,43 € -
Mother's Sacrifice(2021) FELTON, JENNIEA heartrending standalone saga, filled with romance, tragedy, drama, secrets and triumph in adversity from the author of the Families of Fairley Terrace series.Vezava: Mehka15,41 € -
When Marilyn Met the Queen(2022) MORGAN, MICHELLEIn July 1956, Marilyn Monroe arrived in London, on honeymoon with her husband Arthur Miller, to make The Prince and the Showgirl with Laurence Olivier. It was meant to be a happy time, but it didn't turn out that way.Vezava: Trda33,27 € -
Dance Called America(2022) HUNTER, JAMESOver a period of three centuries, many thousands of people left the islands and wider north of Scotland to make new lives across the sea. In this new edition of his acclaimed book, historian James Hunter follows in their footsteps – from the Deep South toVezava: Mehka21,37 € -
Creating the People’s War(2022) HAMMETT, JESSICA (ESRC NEW INVESTIGATOR)Civil defence was the most significant voluntary organisation of the Second World War. It involved men and women of every class, generation and locality in Britain. This book examines how civil defence personnel developed local workplace communities, engaVezava: Trda121,60 € -
Ford Madox Brown(2022) TRODD, COLINThis original book explores the thinking behind Brown’s murals in Manchester Town Hall. It argues that Brown was the most innovative artist in Victorian Britain and that he used this public commission to contest the liberal model of British history favourVezava: Trda77,52 € -
Assembling Cultures(2019) SAUNDERS, JACKAssembling cultures charts the development of workplace activism in the British motor industry between 1945 and 1982. -- .Vezava: Trda77,52 € -
Letters of Great Women(2021) HAWKSLEY, LUCINDAA collection of the most inspiring, illuminating, poignant and compelling correspondence from remarkable women through history.Vezava: Trda35,05 € -
Century of Deception(2021) KEABLE, IANEmbracing history and society, literature and theatre, medicine and religion, this hugely entertaining book reveals our susceptibility to being duped. 'Fake news', 'going viral' and 'social media' may be modern terms, but as this eye-opening book shows, tVezava: Trda23,76 € -
In Bed with the Ancient Egyptians(2018) BOOTH, CHARLOTTEThe fascinating history of sex in ancient Egyptian society, from the flirtations of Pharaohs to exotic aphrodisiacs.Vezava: Mehka14,01 € -
Constructing Identities over Time(2022) DUNAJEVA, JEKATYERINAExplores how 2 dominant stereotypes—bad Gypsies associated with criminality, lack of education, and backwardness over centuries, and good Roma as proud, empowered, and educated people in more recent development—took hold in formal and informal educationalVezava: Trda92,75 €
