Zbirka: Zgodovina: dogodki in teme
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Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave(2015) DOUGLASS, FREDERICKAn autobiography of author who was born into slavery in Maryland in 1818. He describes his life as a slave - the cruelty he suffered at the hands of plantation owners; his struggles to educate himself in a world where slaves are deliberately kept ignorantVezava: Mehka12,61 € -
Asian Place, Filipino Nation(2020) CUUNJIENG ABOITIZ, NICOLENicole CuUnjieng Aboitiz reconnects the Philippine Revolution to the histories of Southeast and East Asia through an innovative consideration of its transnational political setting and regional intellectual foundations. She charts turn-of-the-twentieth-ceVezava: Mehka48,47 € -
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 € -
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 € -
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 € -
Assembling Cultures(2019) SAUNDERS, JACKAssembling cultures charts the development of workplace activism in the British motor industry between 1945 and 1982. -- .Vezava: Trda129,20 € -
Towards Corporeal Cosmopolitanism(2017) RAGHAVAN, ANJANAThis book explores the ways in which existing narratives of cosmopolitanism are often organized around European and American discourses of human rights and universalism, which allow little room for the articulation of an affective, embodied and subalternVezava: Trda24,12 € -
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: Trda33,27 € -
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 € -
Dive Palau(2016) MACDONALD, RODAn historical account of the build-up to the massive US Fast Carrier air raid. Reveals for the first time the extent of Palau's underwater WWII heritage. A gripping retelling of the raid itself. Features two recently-found unidentified shipwrecks and reveVezava: Trda46,33 € -
New Scots(2018)This is the first wide-ranging, cross-disciplinary overview of immigration to Scotland in recent history and its impact on both the newcomers and the host society. It examines key themes relating to postwar migration by showcasing the experiences of manyVezava: Mehka35,51 €
