Zbirka: Socialna in kulturna zgodovina
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Radical Art and the Formation of the Avant-Garde(2022) COTTINGTON, DAVIDAn authoritative re-definition of the social, cultural and visual history of the emergence of the “avant-garde” in Paris and LondonVezava: Trda66,53 € -
Patterns of Plague(2022) JONES, LORIThrough a comparative analysis of medical texts produced in England and France, Lori Jones reveals changing perceptions across four centuries. Using plague tracts to explore how medical and wider social understandings of the plague evolved, this innovativVezava: Mehka57,03 € -
Let Me Take You by the Hand(2022) KAVANAGH, JENNIFERLet Me Take You By The Hand is a fascinating and eye-opening exploration of the life of London's streets, and is essential reading for those who read Ben Judah's This is London.Vezava: Mehka14,01 € -
Cambridge Social History of Modern Ireland(2017)This is the first textbook on the history of modern Ireland to adopt a social history perspective. Written by an international team of leading scholars, it draws on a wide range of disciplinary approaches and consistently sets Irish developments in a wideVezava: Mehka55,13 € -
Malta 'My Island'(2020) HARLAND, MARKA three-part book on visiting Malta throughout the life of the authorVezava: Mehka12,61 € -
Fatal Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum(2021) SOUTHON, EMMACSI: Ancient Rome – what can everyday killings tell us about the Empire and its people?Vezava: Mehka13,06 € -
Philosophy of Cheese(2020) MCGUIGAN, PATRICKFrom the Swiss Alps to New York's hipster cheese bars, journalist Patrick McGuigan has written about cheesemakers, maturers and cheesemongers around the world for The Telegraph, Delicious and The Financial Times. He is partial to a slice of Kirkham's LancVezava: Trda14,02 € -
London(2000) PORTER, ROYLooking at urban history, this work balances statistics with the words of historians, diarists and novelists, poets and churchmen such as: Pepys, Boswell, Fielding, Walpole, Blake, Mayhew, Wells, Woolf, and Spark. It is a celebration of the city and alsoVezava: Mehka21,02 € -
Ship of Dreams(2020) RUSSELL, GARETHWhen the Titanic sank, so did the Edwardian age that created it. In this brilliantly original history, Gareth Russell recasts a tragedy we think we know to explore an era of seismic change.Vezava: Mehka18,21 € -
New Book of Snobs(2017) TAYLOR, D.J.Thackeray's biographer, D.J. Taylor, updates The Book of Snobs (1848) for the twenty-first century. Waspish, acute and very funny.Vezava: Mehka14,01 € -
Compacts and Cosmetics: Beauty from Victorian Times to the Present Day(2014) MARSH, MADELEINESocial history of women's romance with compacts and cosmetics. Asks why compacts were one of the few acceptable gifts from potential partners. Includes top makes and designers, plus vintage advertising, museums, specialist dealers and auctions.Vezava: Mehka23,82 € -
Three Castles Burning(2022) FALLON, DONALA companion to the hugely successful podcast of the same name by Donal Fallon, THREE CASTLES BURNING is an enjoyable wander through some of Dublin's less obvious but more interesting streets.Vezava: Mehka19,62 € -
Cork Burning(2021) LENIHAN, MICHAELDuring 11–12 December 1920 British forces set fire to Cork city. Using eyewitness accounts and illustrated with contemporary images, Cork Burning tells the story of the horrific events. RRP €19.99 £16.99Vezava: Mehka23,82 € -
Sex and Sexuality in Georgian Britain(2020) RENDELL, MIKEEverything you ever wanted to know about sex during the reigns of Georges I-IV.Vezava: Mehka21,02 € -
History of Death in 17th Century England(2020) NORMAN, BENDiscover how people died in seventeenth-century England, from succumbing to epidemic disease to being hanged, drawn, and quartered as a traitor to the realm. Learn about what happened to the seventeenth-century corpse immediately after death, including hoVezava: Mehka21,02 € -
Julia Velva, A Roman Lady from York(2021) OTTAWAY, PATRICKDescribes Roman York in the second and early 3rd centuries ADVezava: Trda42,06 € -
Found and Lost(2017) GOLD, ALISON LESLIEIn this haunting memoir, Alison gives a luminous account of key moments in her life that brought her to be the writer she is: her early activism; her descent into alcoholism; her recovery; her discovery of the power of writing to give a shape and meaningVezava: Trda16,03 €
