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No Beast So Fierce(2020) HUCKELBRIDGE, DANEThe deadliest animal of all time meets the world's most legendary hunter in a classic battle between man and wild. But this pulse-pounding narrative is also a nuanced story of how colonialism and environmental destruction upset the natural order, placingVezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Introduction to Roman Law(1975) NICHOLAS, THE LATE BARRY (, FORMERLY PROFESSOR OF COMPARATIVE LAW IN THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD AND SOMETIME PRINCIPAL OF BRASENOSE COLLEGE),METZGER, PROFESSOR ERNEST (, DOUGLAS PROFESSOR OF CIVIL LAW, UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW)This book sketches the history of Roman private law from the Twelve Tables to modern times, and sets out the elements of the system. It does not attempt to summarize the whole law, but explains and evaluates its most characteristic and influential featureVezava: Mehka83,99 € -
New History of the Humanities(2015) BOD, RENS (PROFESSOR AT THE INSTITUTE FOR LOGIC, LANGUAGE, AND COMPUTATION,, PROFESSOR AT THE INSTITUTE FOR LOGIC, LANGUAGE, AND COMPUTATION,, UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM)Offers the first overarching history of the humanities from Antiquity to the present.Vezava: Mehka80,77 € -
Canada(2020) WRIGHT, DONALD (PROFESSOR OF POLITICAL SCIENCE, UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK)A bilingual, multicultural, and multinational nation, Canada borders the United States, reaches into the Arctic, and stretches across six time zones. Drawing on Canadian history, politics, and literature, Donald Wright explores the Canadian story and idenVezava: Mehka14,01 € -
Modern China(2016) MITTER, RANA (PROFESSOR OF THE HISTORY AND POLITICS OF MODERN CHINA AND DIRECTOR OF THE UNIVERSITY CHINA CENTRE, UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD)This Very Short Introduction addresses the themes, developments, and controversies that have shaped Modern China. Covering a range of social issues, Rana Mitter provides a contemporary view of the world's most populous nation, with a new acknowledgement oVezava: Mehka14,01 € -
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Reflections on the Revolution in France(1987) BURKE, EDMUNDIncludes "Burke's Reflections" and "Pocock's Reflections on Burke and the Eighteenth Century".Vezava: Mehka26,60 € -
Uncovering the African Past(2015) RASHIDI, RUNOKOThis is the third in a trilogy by the well-known African-American scholar, Runoko Rashidi. In the first two volumes which have sold well, Black Star: The African Presence in Early Europe, and African Star over Asia: The African Presence in the East he iVezava: Mehka42,76 € -
Origins of Globalization(2018) DE ZWART, PIM (WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITEIT, THE NETHERLANDS),VAN ZANDEN, JAN LUITEN (UNIVERSITEIT UTRECHT, THE NETHERLANDS)In recent times, the rapid growth of international economic exchange has changed our lives. But when did this process of globalization begin? Pim de Zwart and Jan Luiten van Zanden show that it began in the early modern era, as the effects of global tradeVezava: Mehka55,13 € -
Mary Tudor(2009) PORTER, LINDAA groundbreaking new history of the first woman to rule England in her own right.Vezava: Mehka21,02 € -
London in Fragments(2018) SANDLING, TEDObjects found on the banks of the Thames tell the stories of Londoners through the centuries.Vezava: Mehka25,23 € -
Hundred Years War Vol 2(2001) SUMPTION, JONATHANIn the second volume of his celebrated history of the Hundred Years War, Jonathan Sumption examines the middle years of the fourteenth century and the succession of crises that threatened French affairs of state, including defeat at Poitiers and the captuVezava: Mehka42,06 € -
Inventing the Victorians(2002) SWEET, MATTHEWAs Sweet shows us in this brilliant study, many of the concepts that strike us as terrifically new - political spin-doctoring, extravagant publicity stunts, hardcore pornography, anxieties about the impact of popular culture upon children - are VictorianVezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Albigensian Crusade(1999) SUMPTION, JONATHANIn twelfth century Languedoc a subversive heresy of Eastern origin flourished to an extraordinary degree. The Albingenses believed that the world was created by an evil spirit, and that all worldly things - including the Church - were by nature sinful. ThVezava: Mehka23,82 € -
Modern Greece: A Short History(1999) WOODHOUSE D.S.O., THE HON. C.M.Acclaimed for its penetration, balance and insight, Modern Greece tells the story of Greece and the Greek people from the founding of Constantinople to the late twentieth century. 'Very readable, very informative.' Sunday TimesVezava: Mehka15,41 € -
Hidden Histories: A Spotter's Guide to the British Landscape(2018) OCHOTA, MARY-ANNHidden Histories will help you decipher the story of our landscape through the features you can see around you.Vezava: Mehka28,03 €
