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Dada and Surrealism(2004) HOPKINS, DAVID (, LECTURER IN ART HISTORY AT GLASGOW UNIVERSITY)Explores the range of media employed by both Dada and Surrealism, whilst at the same time establishing the aesthetic differences between the movements. This book also examines the Dadaist obsession with the body-as-mechanism in relation to the SurrealistsVezava: Mehka14,01 € -
Lion and the Tiger(2005) JUDD, DENISTelling the story of the remarkable British impact upon India, this book examines what the Raj really meant for the British and their Indian subjects. Among the questions explored are whether the British were intent on development or exploitation, whetherVezava: Mehka51,31 € -
Empire(2002) HOWE, STEPHEN (, TUTOR IN POLITICS AT RUSKIN COLLEGE, OXFORD)Although the great historic imperial systems have collapsed during the past, their legacies shape almost every aspect of life on a global scale. What has replaced the old territorial empires in world politics? Do the United States and its allies - the forVezava: Mehka14,01 € -
Oxford History of Ireland(2001)This work stresses the ancient, rooted nature of Irish culture, but also looks beyond received ideas of Irish history to explore the patterns of fragmentation and change which have been characteristic of Ireland's past. The text is supplemented with a chrVezava: Mehka25,22 € -
'Hitler Myth'(2001) KERSHAW, IAN (, UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD)This study of the myth that sustained one of the most notorious dictators, delves into Hitler's powerful hold over the German people. In this work, Ian Kershaw argues that it lay not so much in Hitler's personality or his bizarre Nazi ideology, as in theVezava: Mehka23,82 € -
Second World War(2001) PARKER, R. A. C. (, QUEEN'S COLLEGE, OXFORD)This is a compact but comprehensive and absorbing history of the Second World War. It examines the causes of the war, how it was won and lost, and its far-reaching consequences for humanity.Vezava: Mehka21,71 € -
Oxford History of the Roman World(2001)In less than fifty-three years, Rome subjected most of the known world to its rule. Written by a team of specialist scholars, this book traces the rise of Rome from its origins as a cluster of villages to the foundation of the Empire and its consolidationVezava: Mehka30,83 € -
Renaissance(2006) BROTTON, JERRY (, SENIOR LECTURER AT QUEEN MARY, UNIVERSITY OF LONDON)This wide-ranging exploration of the Renaissance sees the period as a time of unprecedented intellectual excitement and cultural experimentation and interaction on a global scale. It guides the reader through the key issues that defined the period, from aVezava: Mehka14,01 € -
Anglo-Saxon England(2001) STENTON, SIR FRANK M. (LATE PROFESSOR OF HISTORY, LATE PROFESSOR OF HISTORY, READING UNIVERSITY)Covers the emergence of the earliest English kingdoms to the establishment of the Anglo-Norman monarchy in 1087. Professor Stenton examines the development of English society, from the growth of royal power to the establishment of feudalism after the NormVezava: Mehka35,04 € -
History of Roman Britain(2001) SALWAY, PETER (EMERITUS PROFESSOR, EMERITUS PROFESSOR, THE OPEN UNIVERSITY)From the invasions of Julius Caesar to the unexpected end of Roman rule in the early fifth century AD and the subsequent collapse of society in Britain, this is an account of Roman Britain.Vezava: Mehka30,83 € -
Higher History(2020) KERR, JOHN,ROBERTSON, HOLLY,LECKIEExam Board: SQA Level: Higher Subject: History Two books in one! Combining a revision guide and a full set of practice test papers, this fantastic resource is all you need to revise for theVezava: Mehka24,22 € -
South(2018) COVERLEY, MERLINArtists and writers have long felt the lure of the South. Goethe was revitalised by his journey to Italy; Nietzsche took flight southwards to begin his life anew, while DH Lawrence sought the health-giving southern sun in Sicily and Sardinia. The South SeVezava: Mehka14,01 € -
Short History of the Victorian Era(2019) KERR, GORDONIt began with the horse-drawn carriage and ended with the aeroplane, an era, beginning in the 1830s and ending with the death of Queen Victoria in 1901, that saw the British Empire - the largest the world had seen - dominate the world. British ingenuity iVezava: Mehka14,01 € -
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Socrates(2019) TAYLOR, C.C.W. (EMERITUS PROFESSOR OF PHILOSOPHY, OXFORD UNIVERSITY AND EMERITUS FELLOW OF CORPUS CHRISTI COLLEGE)Christopher Taylor introduces the life and philosophy of Socrates, whose work has played a central role in shaping Western philosophical thinking for centuries. Examining what we can deduce about Socrates from the writings of his contemporaries (as he himVezava: Mehka14,01 € -
Meaning of Travel(2022) THOMAS, EMILY (ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR, DURHAM UNIVERSITY)The first ever history of the places where history and philosophy meet, from the Age of Discovery in the sixteenth century to contemplation of how space travel will affect our understanding of who we are in the twenty-first. This book will reshape your unVezava: Mehka18,91 € -
Life and Times of Frederick Douglass(2022) DOUGLASS, FREDERICKIn his final autobiography, Life and Times of Frederick Douglass Written By Himself, Frederick Douglass shares the stories of his 'several lives in one.' He does powerful justice to his lives lived in U.S. slavery, in the fight for abolition, and in the 'Vezava: Mehka14,01 € -
Introduction to Classical Chinese(2021) VOGELSANG, KAI (PROFESSOR OF SINOLOGY, PROFESSOR OF SINOLOGY, ASIEN-AFRIKA-INSTITUT, UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG)This book offers students all the necessary tools to read, understand, and analyse Classical Chinese texts, including descriptions of syntactic features, introductions to historical and cultural topics, and selected readings from classical literature withVezava: Mehka76,10 €
