Zbirka: Zgodovina 20. stoletja
2105 rezultatov
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North American X-15(2017) DAVIES, PETER E.An authoritative history of the hypersonic career and lasting influence of America’s Mach 6 rocket plane, packed with photos and spectacular new artwork, which will appeal to the many aviation fans fascinated by the thrilling, dangerous world of Space AgeVezava: Mehka21,02 € -
Churchill and the Bomb in War and Cold War(2018) RUANE, KEVIN (CANTERBURY CHRIST CHURCH UNIVERSITY, UK)Vezava: Mehka44,54 € -
Save the Womanhood!(2021) CASLIN, SAMANTHA (DEPARTMENT OF HISTORY, UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL (UNITED KINGDOM))The history of the women who travelled through Liverpool in search of work and adventure, and the women who tried to stop them. Save the Womanhood is a fascinating new history about promiscuity, prostitution and the efforts of local social purists to ‘savVezava: Mehka53,97 € -
Death in the Congo(2015) GERARD, EMMANUEL,KUKLICK, BRUCEMore than 50 years later the murky circumstances and tragic symbolism of Patrice Lumumba’s assassination trouble people around the world. Emmanuel Gerard and Bruce Kuklick reveal a tangled web of international politics in which many people—black and whiteVezava: Trda52,46 € -
British Way of War(2021) LAMBERT, ANDREWHow a strategist's ideas were catastrophically ignored in 1914—but shaped Britain’s success in the Second World War and beyondVezava: Trda47,52 € -
Destruction Was My Beatrice(2015) RASULA, JEDA colourful history of Dada, leading readers through the germination and dissemination of this revolutionary but little-understood artistic movement.Vezava: Trda35,64 € -
1989(2019) MARK, JAMES (UNIVERSITY OF EXETER),IACOB, BOGDAN C. (UNIVERSITY OF EXETER),RUPPRECHT, TOBIAS (UNIVERSITY OF EXETER),SPASKOVSKA, LJUBICA (UNIVERSITY OF EXETER)Marking the thirtieth anniversary of the revolutions of 1989, this original and wide-ranging study places the transformation of Eastern Europe in a global context, providing new perspectives on the relationship between globalisation and the collapse of coVezava: Trda149,16 € -
Hotbed(2022) SCUTTS, JOANNAThe never-before-told story of the club whose audacious ideas and unruly acts transformed an international feminist agenda into a modern way of life.Vezava: Trda33,27 € -
Farewell Kabul(2016) LAMB, CHRISTINAFrom the award-winning co-author of I Am Malala, this book asks just how the might of NATO, with 48 countries and 140,000 troops on the ground, failed to defeat a group of religious students and farmers? How did the West’s war in Afghanistan and across thVezava: Mehka21,02 € -
First Black Archaeologist(2022) LEE, JOHN W.I. (ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF HISTORY, ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF HISTORY, UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT SANTA BARBARA)This is the very first book-length biography of John Wesley Gilbert, a man famous as "the first black archaeologist." The book uses previously unstudied sources to reveal the triumphs and challenges of an overlooked pioneer in American archaeology.Vezava: Trda51,72 € -
Great British Woodstock(2017) CLARK, RAYThe Great British Woodstock: The Incredible Story of the Weeley Festival 1971Vezava: Mehka31,55 € -
Son Also Rises(2015) CLARK, GREGORYHow much of our fate is tied to the status of our parents and grandparents? How much does it influence our children? More than we wish to believe. While it has been argued that rigid class structures have eroded in favor of greater social equality, The SoVezava: Mehka32,31 € -
SOE: The Scientific Secrets(2009) BOYCE, FREDRIC,EVERETT, DOUGLASThe history of Special Operations Executive (SOE) seems to spring a never-ending run of surprises, and here are some more. SOE: The Scientific Secrets is a revelation about the tools that allowed the murky world of spying and spies to operate during wartiVezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Birkbeck(2022) BOURKE, JOANNA (PROFESSOR OF HISTORY, PROFESSOR OF HISTORY, BIRKBECK, UNIVERSITY OF LONDON)Birkbeck traces the 200-year history of Birkbeck, University of London from its founding at a time when social elites deplored the notion of educated working people to the present day. Joanna Bourke writes a lively history of the institution, and how it cVezava: Trda76,99 € -
Crisis of the Meritocracy(2020) MANDLER, PETER (PROFESSOR OF MODERN CULTURAL HISTORY AND BAILEY LECTURER IN HISTORY, GONVILLE AND CAIUS COLLEGE, UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE)The story of the revolutionary transformation of the British educational system in the second half of the 20th century from a rigid hierarchy for a minority, to a fundamental right of all citizens, one of the most valued and enduring features of the welfaVezava: Trda47,65 € -
Tsushima(2022) KOWNER, ROTEM (PROFESSOR OF JAPANESE STUDIES, PROFESSOR OF JAPANESE STUDIES, DEPARTMENT OF ASIAN STUDIES, UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA, ISRAEL)The story of how the Japanese Imperial Navy defeated the Russian Imperial Navy in 1905, marking the first modern victory of an Asian power over a major European power.Vezava: Trda40,64 €
