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Oxfam bookshop knutsford a monumental history of the nineteenth century, the transformation of the world offers a panoramic and multifaceted portrait of a world in transitionhe explores the changing relationship between human beings and nature, looks at the importance of cities, explains the role slavery and its abolition played in the emergence of new nations, challenges the widely held belief that the nineteenth century witnessed the triumph of the nation-state, and much moreosterhammel describes a world increasingly networked by the telegraph, the steamship, and the railwaysfirst edition see oxfam website for delivery information read moreindispensable for any historian, the transformation of the world sheds important new light on this momentous epoch, showing how the nineteenth century paved the way for the global catastrophes of the twentieth century, yet how it also gave rise to pacifism, liberalism, the trade union, and a host of other crucial developmentshe examines the powerful and complex forces that drove global change during the "long nineteenth century," taking readers from new york to new delhi, from the latin american revolutions to the taiping rebellion, from the perils and promise of europe's transatlantic labor markets to the hardships endured by nomadic, tribal peoples across the planetjürgen osterhammel, an eminent scholar who has been called the braudel of the nineteenth century, moves beyond conventional eurocentric and chronological accounts of the era, presenting instead a truly global history of breathtaking scope and towering eruditionthis is the highly anticipated english edition of the spectacularly successful and critically acclaimed german book, which is also being translated into chinese, polish, russian, and french
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Oxfam bookshop knutsford focusing on ottoman lebanon, ussama makdisi shows how sectarianism was a manifestation of modernity that transcended the physical boundaries of a particular countrymakdisi argues that sectarianism represented a deliberate mobilization of religious identities for political and social purposesthe religious violence of the nineteenth century, which culminated in sectarian mobilizations and massacres in , was a complex, multilayered, subaltern expression of modernization, he says, not a primordial reaction to itmakdisi's book is important to our understanding of lebanese society today, but it also makes a significant contribution to the discussion of the importance of religious discourse in the formation and dissolution of social and national identities in the modern world condition good, some minor warping to front cover as can be seen in digital imagemakdisi highlights how european colonialism and orientalism, with their emphasis on christian salvation and islamic despotism, and ottoman and local nationalisms each created and used narratives of sectarianism as foils to their own visions of modernity and to their own projects of colonial, imperial, and national developmentsee oxfam website for delivery information read morehis study challenges those who have viewed sectarian violence as an islamic response to westernization or simply as a product of social and economic inequities among religious groupsthe ottoman reform movement launched in and the growing european presence in the middle east contributed to the disintegration of the traditional lebanese social order based on a hierarchy that bridged religious differences
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Oxfam bookshop knutsford the persecution and suffering of the armenian people, a religious and cultural minority in the ottoman empire, reached a peak in the era of world war i at the hands of the turksbetween and as many as 1"" the west gradually began to take noticeas the new york times carried stories about the ""slow massacre of a race,"" public outrage over this tragedy led to an unprecedented philanthropic crusade spearheaded by near east relief, an organization rooted in protestant missionary endeavors in the near east and dedicated to saving the survivors of the first genocide of the twentieth centuryin ""starving armenians,"" merrill peterson explores the american response to these atrocities, beginning with the initial reports to president wilson from his ambassador to the ottoman empire, henry morgenthau, who described turkey as ""a place of horrorfirst edition see oxfam website for delivery information read more""starving armenians"" is an eloquent narrative of an all but forgotten part of that experiencepart of a generation who were admonished as children to ""remember the starving armenians,"" peterson went to armenia in as a peace corps volunteer and became fascinated by the country's troubled historythe extensive research he embarked upon afterwards revealed not only the scope of the people's hardship and amazing resilience; it located in the american effort to help the armenians a unique perspective on our own nation's experience of the twentieth centurythe book also addresses the armenian aspirations for an independent republic under american auspices; these hopes went unfulfilled in the peacemaking after the war and ended altogether when armenia was absorbed into the soviet union5 million armenian men, women, and children died in ottoman turkey, victims of execution, starvation, and death marches to the syrian desert
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Oxfam bookshop knutsford in the dramatic narratives that comprise the republic of nature, mark fiege reframes the canonical account of american history based on the simple but radical premise that nothing in the nation's past can be considered apart from the natural circumstances in which it occurredin these pages, the nation's birth and development, pain and sorrow, ideals and enduring promise come to life as never before, making a once-familiar past seem newthe republic of nature points to a startlingly different version of history that calls on readers to reconnect with fundamental forces that shaped the american experiencecom/ see oxfam website for delivery information read moreamong the historical moments revisited here, a revolutionary nation arises from its environment and struggles to reconcile the diversity of its people with the claim that nature is the source of libertyrevisiting historical icons so familiar that schoolchildren learn to take them for granted, he makes surprising connections that enable readers to see old stories in a new lightboard of educationabraham lincoln, an unlettered citizen from the countryside, steers the union through a moment of extreme peril, guided by his clear-eyed vision of nature's capacity for improvementby focusing on materials and processes intrinsic to all things and by highlighting the nature of the united states, fiege recovers the forgotten and overlooked ground on which so much history has unfoldedfor more information, visit the author's website: http://republicofnaturein topeka, kansas, transformations of land and life prompt a lawsuit that culminates in the momentous civil rights case of brown v
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Oxfam bookshop knutsford philanthropy and american higher education provides higher education professionals, leaders and scholars with a thoughtful, comprehensive introduction to the scope and development of philanthropy and fund raising as part of the essential life and work of colleges and universities in the united statessee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Oxfam bookshop knutsford across the course of american history, imperialism and anti-imperialism have been awkwardly paired as influences on the politics, culture, and diplomacy of the united statesas noted by ian tyrrell and jay sexton, however, american "anti-imperialism was clearly selective, geographically, racially, and constitutionallythe contributors cover a wide range of subjects, including the discourse of anti-imperialism in the early republic and civil war, anti-imperialist actions in the uencounters in the middle east, and the transnational nature of anti-imperialist public sentiment during the cold war and beyondby tracking the diverse manifestations of american anti-imperialism, this book highlights the different ways in which historians can approach it in their research and teachingduring the mexican revolution, the anti-imperial dimensions of early uthe declaration of independence, after all, is an anti-imperial document, cataloguing the sins of the metropolitan government against the colonies" empire's twin broadens our conception of anti-imperialist actors, ideas, and actions; it charts this story across the range of american history, from the revolution to our own era; and it opens up the transnational and global dimensions of american anti-imperialismwith the revolution, and again in , the nation stood against the most powerful empire in the world and declared itself independentsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Oxfam bookshop knutsford this first edition book studies the ottoman jewish community and the economic, cultural and religious contributions of its members with special attention to the ottoman role in protecting their jewish subjects from christian anti-semitism within the empire during the nineteenth centurysome annotations in ink as illustrated in digital images - priced accordingly see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Oxfam bookshop knutsford during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, american missionary encounters in the middle east set foundations for later ucontributors explain the distinctly american dimensions of these missionary encounters, the cultural influences they exerted on the region, and their consequences for local nationalism, print culture, education, and moremissionaries presented examples of american culture to middle eastern peoples, just as they interpreted the middle east for americans back homethese engagements prompt larger questions about the consequences of american christian cultural projection into the wider worldthis volume focuses on regions that were once part of the ottoman empire in western asia, the balkans, and north africathis is an excellent resource for specialists in history, middle eastern studies, american studies, religious studies, missiology, and anyone interested more broadly in american engagement in the middle eastmiddle eastern relationssee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Oxfam bookshop knutsford this volume explores important facets of the development of north american foreign missions, paying particular attention to the role that agencies such as the american board of commissioners for foreign missions played in shaping the theology, theory and policy of evangelistic activities overseassee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Oxfam bookshop knutsford wolfgang faust was the driver of a tiger i tank with the wehrmacht heavy panzer battalions, seeing extensive combat action on the eastern front infaust describes how his tiger unit fought pitch battles in the snows of western russia against the full might of the red army: the t34s, stalin tanks, sturmovik bombers and the feared katyusha rocket brigadeshis astonishing testimony reveals the merciless decisions that panzer crews made in action, the devastating power of their weaponry and the many ways that men met their deaths in the snow and ice of the ostfrontfirst published in the late s, this memoir's savage realism shocked the post-war german publicthis memoir was his brutal and deeply personal account of the russian front's appalling carnagesome readers were outraged at the book's final scenes, while others wrote, 'now, at last, i know what our men did in the east' today it stands as one of the great semi-autobiographical accounts of warfare in world war 2: a crescendo of horror, grom survival and a fatalistic acceptance of the panzer man's destinysee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Oxfam bookshop knutsford tim stead's work has a universal appealinscribed with previous owners name as illustrated in digital imagewood is an essential part of mankind's existence, but it is what stead does with it that makes him so extra-ordinaryusing timber others would discard, his works of art and functional pieces merge together to defy convention and categorisation'explorations in wood' celebrate stead's deep relationship with nature and the belief that his work is part of a whole, interconnecting with other environmentally inspired artistssee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Oxfam bookshop knutsford a 'view from the interior' examines design history from a feminist perspectiveant it illuminates women's relationship to design, both as designers and those designed forit does more than add women's names to textbooksit exposes the socially constructed nature of design history and the assumptions of male designers and architects about women's tastes, women's place and the way women livesee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Oxfam bookshop knutsford an extraordinary collection of animal photographs by alfons alt, the winner of the european publishers award for photography for the yearsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe work incorporates one of the oldest printing techniques (resino-pigmentype) which allows the photographer to manipulate the colouration of the images and whilst the work is remiscent of a medieval bestiary it is inescapably contemporary both in visual approach and contentalfons alt has exhibited widely throughout europe and the photographs from this book will begin a european tour in october colour plates
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Oxfam bookshop knutsford for more than three decades, millions of britons have woken to the sound of john humphrys' voiceas presenter of radio 4's today, the nation's most popular news programme, he is famed for his tough interviewing, his deep misgivings about authority in its many forms and his passionatecommitment to a variety of causesa day like today charts john's journey from the poverty of his post-war childhood in cardiff, leaving school at fifteen, to the summits of broadcastinghumphrys pulls no punches and now, freed from the restrictions of being a bbc journalist, he reflects on the politicians he has interrogated and the controversies he has reported on and been involved in, including the interview that forced the resignation of his own boss, the director generala day like today is both a sharp, shrewd memoir and a backstage account of the great newsworthy moments in recent history - from the voice behind the country's most authoritative microphonejohn was also the first journalist to present the nine o'clock news on televisionin typically candid style, he also weighs in on the role the bbc itself has played in our national life - for good and ill - and the broader health of the political system today humphrys was the bbc's youngest foreign correspondent; he was the first reporter at the catastrophe of aberfan, an experience that marked him for ever; he was in the white house when richard nixon became the first american president to resign; in south africa during the dying years of apartheid; and in war zones around the globe throughout his careersee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Oxfam bookshop knutsford sacred morning chants 1shri ram pratah smaranam 3shri ram chandra 9see oxfam website for delivery information read moreshri ram stuti 4shri rama dhun the disc is clean with no scratches or marksbhajab ram sumir 8
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Oxfam bookshop knutsford ellis larkins & tony middleton - swingin' for hamprecorded in at soundmixers, new york city nypublished by concord jazz inc in side 1: jazzland thai silk riverboat jazz at the fair twilight in the city side 2: ski party the ingenue hot spot lonely lights sunday in soho see oxfam website for delivery information read moreheavy duty vinyl record in very good condition for age
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Oxfam bookshop knutsford le desert noir - vinyl record by alain markusfield track list: le desert noir marrakech blues venus theme patita song atlantis rock bulgaro-feld hot love jupiter forever - part 1 jupiter forever - part 2 released in by pema music see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Oxfam bookshop knutsford conway twitty is known in the states as having been a true country starbut did you know he tried to make it in rock'n roll? this mega-rare ep,released on the mgm label and backed by the jordanaires, was his last single released in the uk and the vinyl and the picture sleeve are in really splendid conditionthis record came in as part of a collection of late 50s and early 60s vinyl all in a similarly excellent conditionsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Oxfam bookshop knutsford 14 track cd recorded at wisseloord studios, hilversum, holland in may cmg014 see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Oxfam bookshop knutsford kidrobot dunny " figure - triclops studio sword swallower with box see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Oxfam bookshop knutsford during the korean war, a marine battalion commander, together with his men, fight their way to a strategic reservoirsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe film is in very good condition with no tears in the rollfaced by overwhelming chinese reinforcements, they have to battle their way back to their own the colours of the box are still clear and the text and images are clearly legible, however the back of the box has some scratches and sticker scarring
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Oxfam bookshop knutsford a reformed homeless person becomes a police constable who must fight a criminal who dominates an inner city streetthe film is in very good condition with no tears in the roll although there is a crack in the film casethe colours of the box are still clear and the text and images are clearly legible, there is a small amount of wear on the back of the box howeversee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Oxfam bookshop knutsford udo lindenberg die 1 vision music video collection shows extras - biography, film career, photo gallery see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Oxfam bookshop knutsford two original flasks, one leather embossed (18cm long) and one in copper (20cm long)measurer engraved with '' see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Oxfam bookshop knutsford pair of size 6 handmade samuel windsor moccasins in unused condition see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Oxfam bookshop knutsford a chronicle of england's golden age of the late 16th century, recounting the life and times of the remarkable elizabeth i in a cycle of 6 playsbox set unused and in original cellophane packaging see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Oxfam bookshop knutsford pictures of s football stars - as presented with the topical times see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Oxfam bookshop knutsford bronze medal - city and guilds london institute department of technology, technological examination metallurgy first prize - awarded to james aroberts in original case with accompanying documents see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Oxfam bookshop knutsford humorous look at erma bombeck's 43 year marriage see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Oxfam bookshop knutsford stories about jewesses proliferated in nineteenth-century britain as debates about the place of the jews in the nation ragedreading a range of texts from popular romance to the realist novel, she investigates how the complex figure of the jewess brought the instabilities of nineteenth-century religious, racial and national identity into uniquely sharp focuswhile previous scholarship has explored the prevalence of antisemitic stereotypes in this period, nadia valman argues that the figure of the jewess - virtuous, appealing and sacrificial - reveals how hostility towards jews was accompanied by pity, identification and desire tracing the narrative of the jewess from its beginnings in romantic and evangelical literature, and reading canonical writers including walter scott, george eliot and anthony trollope alongside more minor figures such as charlotte elizabeth tonna, grace aguilar and amy levy, valman demonstrates the remarkable persistence of this narrative and its myriad transformations across the centurysee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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