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907 rezultatov
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Washing Of The Spears(1994) MORRIS, DONALD RIn 1879, armed only with their spears, their rawhide shields, and their incredible courage, the Zulus challenged the might of Victorian England and, initially, inflicted on the British the worst defeat a modern army has ever suffered at the hands of men wVezava: Mehka35,05 € -
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 € -
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 € -
David Hume: A Treatise of Human Nature: Volume 1: Texts(2010) DAVID FATE NORTONVezava: Mehka76,02 € -
Nineteenth-Century Britain(2000) HARVIE, CHRISTOPHER (PROFESSOR OF BRITISH AND IRISH STUDIES, PROFESSOR OF BRITISH AND IRISH STUDIES, UNIVERSITAT TUBINGEN),MATTHEW, COLIN (FORMERLY PROFESSOR OF MODERN HISTORY, FORMERLY PROFESSOR OF MODERN HISTORY, UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD)First published as part of the best-selling The Oxford Illustrated History of Britain, Christopher Harvie and Colin Matthew's Very Short Introduction to Nineteenth-Century Britain is a sharp but subtle account of remarkable economic and social change andVezava: Mehka14,01 € -
Origins of the French Revolution(1999) DOYLE, WILLIAM (PROFESSOR EMERITUS AND SENIOR RESEARCH FELLOW, PROFESSOR EMERITUS AND SENIOR RESEARCH FELLOW, UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL)This revised and updated edition of the standard introduction to the origins of the greatest of all revolutions incorporates and critically appraises the results of a new generation of research and interpretation. It thus remains the essential starting poVezava: Mehka96,25 € -
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 € -
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 € -
Violent Abuse of Women in 17th and 18th Century Britain(2019) PIMM, GEOFFREYThis work records the many kinds of violent physical and verbal abuse perpetrated against women in Britain and her colonies, both domestically and under the law.Vezava: Mehka21,02 € -
Illuminating Natural History(2021) MCBURNEY, HENRIETTAThe life and art of the 18th-century naturalist Mark Catesby, and his pioneering work depicting the flora and fauna of North America, are explored in vibrant detailVezava: Trda70,00 € -
Book of Phobias and Manias(2022) SUMMERSCALE, KATEA thrilling compendium of our deepest fears and obsessions by the bestselling author of The Suspicions of Mr Whicher.Vezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Utopia's Discontents(2021) HILLIS, FAITH (ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF HISTORY, ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF HISTORY, UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO)Utopia's Discontents provides the first synthetic treatment of the Russian revolutionary emigration before the Revolution. It argues that neighborhoods created by Russian exiles became sites of revolutionary experimentation that offered their residents aVezava: Trda55,11 € -
Chiefs Now in This City(2021) CALLOWAY, COLIN G. (JOHN KIMBALL JR. 1943 PROFESSOR OF HISTORY AND NATIVE AMERICAN STUDIES, JOHN KIMBALL JR. 1943 PROFESSOR OF HISTORY AND NATIVE AMERICAN STUDIES, DARTMOUTH COLLEGE)Vezava: Trda43,45 € -
Radical Enlightenment(2002) ISRAEL, PROFESSOR JONATHAN I. (PROFESSOR IN THE SCHOOL OF HISTORICAL STUDIES, PROFESSOR IN THE SCHOOL OF HISTORICAL STUDIES, INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDY, PRINCETON, USA)"The Radical Enlightenment" was a set of ideas which helped lay the foundations of the modern world on the basis of equality, democracy, secularism, and universality. This study by cultural historian, Jonathan Israel, shows how Spinoza and his thought setVezava: Mehka101,50 € -
Industrial Revolution(2017) ALLEN, ROBERT C. (GLOBAL DISTINGUISHED PROFESSOR OF ECONOMIC HISTORY, NYU ABU DHABI)The Industrial Revolution was one of the great, transforming events of world history. Robert C. Allen explains what happened during this period, and why. He asks why the revolution occured in Britain rather than other countries, and looks at the impact ofVezava: Mehka14,01 € -
Reconstruction(2020) GUELZO, ALLEN C. (HENRY R. LUCE PROFESSOR OF THE CIVIL WAR ERA AND DIRECTOR OF CIVIL WAR ERA STUDIES, HENRY R. LUCE PROFESSOR OF THE CIVIL WAR ERA AND DIRECTOR OF CIVIL WAR ERA STUDIES, GETTYSBURG COLLEGE)Allen C. Guelzo's Reconstruction: A Very Short Introduction is a gracefully-written interpretation of Reconstruction as a spirited struggle to re-integrate the defeated Southern Confederacy into the American Union after the Civil War, to bring African AmeVezava: Mehka14,01 €
