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In very good condition save for small removed label mark on front board: since , when the second volume of women in western european history became available, a significant amount of new material has been published that will be of importance to researchers and students with an interest in women's status and experiences in european historythis new bibliography, which encompasses the period from antiquity to the present, supplements and udpates the earlier volumesoxfam bookshop victoria large tome, publin addition to new and recently discovered works, later editions and translations of previously cited works are offered see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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In doing so, he shows how the duelling tradition was something unique to europe and its colonies, and, in its contribution to the development of the officer corps, played a key part in shaping european military powerin the duel in european history, renowned historian victor kiernan writes with his characteristic wit and insight of duelling's evolution from its medieval origins - when it was regarded as a badge of rank - to the early twentieth century, by which time it was seen as an irrational anachronismdrawing on a vast range of historical and cultural sources, this is the definitive account of a violent ritual that continues to fascinate even todaymoreover, the romance and drama of the duel has made it an enduring fixture in films, literature, and the theatresee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam shop clitheroe for centuries, duelling played an integral role in the preservation of the aristocratic order in europe, defying attempts by both church and state to ban the practice
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I have for sale a paperback version of years of renewal second edition european history very good condition published in can be posted if required please enquire about the cost read more
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european history and french literaturesmall collection of sixteen (16) paperbacksauthors include moliere, sartre & boyerbuyer collects or pays for delivery
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Oxfam shop bishop's stortford this is an excellent collectable for antiquarian book collectors or those interested in historythis book in excellent condition for its age, with only a few marks on its cover, while the pages and spine of undamaged see oxfam website for delivery information read morethe book recounts and analyses events from the congress of vienna to the beginning of the franco-prussian waroriginally published in , this edition is intended as a companion book for students studying the s in europe
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history of the great european war volumes 1-10 hardback books history of the great european war vol 1-10posted by colin in books, comics & magazines, books in old kilpatrick
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Oxfam bookshop newark despite its position at the heart of europe and its quintessentially european nature, switzerland's history is often overlooked within the english-speaking worldthis comprehensive and engaging history of switzerland traces the historical and cultural development of this fascinating but neglected european country from the end of the dark ages up to the presentthe book concludes with a discussion of the contemporary challenges, often shared with neighbours, that shape the country todaysee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe authors focus on the initial confederacy of the middle ages; the religious divisions which threatened it after and its surprising survival amongst europe's monarchies; the turmoil following the french revolution and conquest, which continued until the federal constitution of ; the testing of the swiss nation through the late nineteenth century and then two world wars and the depression of the s; and the unparalleled economic and social growth and political success of the post-war era
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Examining how american history is written from europe, the contributors shed light on how history is written in the united states and, indeed, on the way history is written anywhereoxfam bookshop knutsford in this stimulating and highly original study of the writing of american history, twenty-four scholars from eleven european countries explore the impact of writing history from abroadthe innovative perspectives included in historians across borders are designed to reinvigorate american historiography as the rise of global and transnational history is creating a critical need to understand the impact of place on the writing and teaching of historysome minor annotations in ink as shown in digital imagethis book is designed for students in historiography, global and transnational history, and related courses in the united states and abroad, for us historians, and for anyone interested in how historians workarguing that historical writing is conditioned, crucially, by the place from which it is written, this volume identifies the formative impact of a wide variety of institutional and cultural factors that are commonly overlookedsix distinguished scholars from around the world add their commentariessee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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For sale complete set the history of the great european war 10 books in reasonable condition for age nice addition to any collection read more
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Publisher: east european monographsused - near fine: east european monographs, boulder, co, st editionsee oxfam website for delivery information read more an academic textbook on the history, culture, and politics of romania and its peopleuk courier delivery only for this item, 9 gbphardcover (original cloth) in a clear plastic dust jacketnear fine conditionoxfam shop shirley hardcover, isbn13: , isbn10
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history great empires: rome (nintendo ds, ) - european version
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Constitutional history of the united kingdom offers an accessible and highly valuable overview for students with little or no prior knowledge of british historydrawing on key constitutional themes, constitutional history of the united kingdom provides insight and context to modern constitutional problemsann lyon presents a vivid overview of fourteen hundred years of english legal history taking us on a rich journey from a feudal society to the fractured union of the present daythis second edition has been revised and updated to bring coverage up to the present day, including parliamentary reform; the scottish referendum on independence and further drives for enhanced devolution; the effect of eu membership on the uk constitution; and the impact of the european convention on human rights and the human rights actoxfam books & music totnes an appreciation of the development and evolution of the united kingdom constitution is vital in order to understand the existing nature of the constitution, proposals for reform and the many complex challenges it facesvery topical!(as of )paperback book in excellent condition, clean and with good bindingsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Peter wilson's book is a major work, the first new history of the war in a generation, and a fascinating, brilliantly written attempt to explain a compelling series of eventsall the major european powers apart from russia were heavily involved and, while each country started out with rational war aims, the fighting rapidly spiralled out of control, with great battles giving way to marauding bands of starving soldiers spreading plague and murderoxfam bookshop shaftesbury winner of the society for military history distinguished book award the horrific series of conflicts known as the thirty years war () tore the heart out of europe, killing perhaps a quarter of all germans and laying waste to whole areas of central europe to such a degree that many towns and regions never recoveredwilson's great strength is in allowing the reader to understand the tragedy of mixed motives that allowed rulers to gamble their countries' future with such horrifying resultsat its end a recognizably modern europe had been created but at a terrible pricethe war was both a religious and a political one and it was this tangle of motives that made it impossible to stop book condition very good, covers and spine unmarked and all pages crisp and cleanwhether motivated by idealism or cynicism, everyone drawn into the conflict was destroyed by itsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe principal actors in the drama (wallenstein, ferdinand ii, gustavus adolphus, richelieu) are all here, but so is the experience of the ordinary soldiers and civilians, desperately trying to stay alive under impossible circumstances
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Oxfam books & music crouch end this volume explores problems in the history of science at the intersection of life sciences and agriculture, from the mid-eighteenth to the mid-twentieth centurywithout close attention to this zone it is not possible to understand the emergence of new disciplines and transformation of old disciplines, to evaluate the role and impact of such major figures of science as humboldt and mendel, or to appreciate how much of the history of modern biology has been driven by national ambitions and imperialist expansion in competition with rival nationstaking a comparative national perspective, the book examines agricultural practices in a broad sense, including the practices and disciplines devoted to land management, forestry, soil science, and the improvement and management of crops and livestockthe life sciences considered include genetics, microbiology, ecology, entomology, forestry, and deal with us, european, russian, japanese, indonesian, chinese contextsin particular it challenges one to re-examine and take seriously the intimate connection between scientific development and the practical goals of managing and improving - perhaps even recreating - the living world to serve human endsthe book shows that the investigation of the border zone of life sciences and agriculture raises many interesting questions about how science developssee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Central european jews in america and anti-semitism in americaother volumes deal with american zionism, the history of judaism in the united states, and american jewry's reaction to the holocaustthis is volume 1 onlyoxfam bookshop hampstead american jewish history: colonial and early national period, vol 1Â by jeffrey sgurock part of a eight-volume set containing 211 journal articles and book chapters on jewish life in america, most written during the last 50 yearseach volume has its own index and is separately titled, eit has no dust jacket as issued and it is immaculate insidethe book is in very good conditionsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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The 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 differencesmakdisi 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 more condition good, some minor warping to front cover as can be seen in digital imagethe 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 worldhis 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 groupsmakdisi argues that sectarianism represented a deliberate mobilization of religious identities for political and social purposesoxfam bookshop knutsford focusing on ottoman lebanon, ussama makdisi shows how sectarianism was a manifestation of modernity that transcended the physical boundaries of a particular country
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european economic community 50pcollection only observing social distancing regulationshulldailymail co uk/news/history/uk-stamps-coins-worth- read more
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Oxfam bookshop henley-on-thames the beaten track is a major study of european tourism during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuriesit draws on a wide variety of sources from high literature and travel writing to periodicals and guidebooks to reveal an important current in the history of the modern concept of 'culture', in both popular and elite formsa couple of bumps at corners, contents in excellent clean condition throughoutincluding bibliography and indexsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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No any custom fees for european buyers read morefrance batch 155 postal history items range from end of `s toa few items maybe before or after this datecondition from poor to good conditionyou will get excatly what did you seeplease see pictures for more detailsi will send to worldwide with fast international secur insured postagesome of them have creasing,tear or damagesome cover front
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An introduction by danielle kisluk-grosheide presents the history of the museum's distinguished furniture collectionin detailed texts, which incorporate new archival and technical information, the authors discuss the history and significance of each piece
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Oxfam bookshop aberystwyth summary of the history and development of mediaeval and modern european music see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Not only does this book illuminate a much neglected area of european history, and assist those trying to make sense of poland's heritage, it also provides much comparative material for students of early modern history in generaloxfam bookshop wallingford in the closing years of the 18th century, the old polish state paid the price of over 100 years of ungovernability in political extinctionbetween and an area of eastern europe larger than france was divided among russia, prussia and austriafurthermore no reader could fail to be struck by the parallels in the problematic relationship between poland and russia in the 18th century and todaysee oxfam website for delivery information read morebringing together polish scholarship previously inaccessible to english-speaking readers, the author examines the economy, the society and the institutional structure of early modern poland and analyzes her loss of national sovereignty in the light of poland's lack of political centralization and dynastic strengthat the very time that monarchial absolutism seemed to be collapsing in western europe, the dismemberment of the polish "noble democracy" affirmed absolutism's triumph in the east
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Oxfam bookshop wallingford these essays are comparative studies of developments in china in the context of contemporaneous developments in europefeatures in china's history, society, geography, and developments in technology, industry, demography and literature are scrutinised and provide insights into developments in china spanning a thousand yearssee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Iron curtain is a brilliant history of a brutal period in european history, but also a reminder of how fragile free societies are, and how vulnerable they can be to the predations of determined and unscrupulous enemiessee oxfam website for delivery information read morethis book explains how communism was imposed on these previously free societies in the decade after the end of the second world warthere is a little creasing to the top edge of the dust jacket and a little bumping to the top and bottom of the spinefrom anne applebaum, comes a major new work of historical and moral reckoning: the story of life behind the iron curtainoxfam bookshop new milton used, very good condition, hard cover with dust jacketapplebaum describes, in calm but devastating detail, how political parties, the church, the media, young people's organisations - the institutions of civil society on every level - were all quickly evisceratedonce the nazis were defeated in , the people of central and eastern europe expected to recover the lives they had led beforeshe also chronicles individual lives to show the rapid choices people had to make - to fight, to flee, or to collaborateinstead, they found themselves subjected to a tyranny that was in many ways as inhuman as the one which they had just escapedthe binding is sound, the corners are good and all the pages are clean and unmarkedranging widely across new archival material and many sources unknown in english, she follows the communists' tactics as they bullied, threatened and murdered their way to powerwithin a remarkably short period after the end of the war, eastern europe had been ruthlessly stalinised
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Now translated into english by anthea bell, it confirms sebald's reputation as one of the most original and stimulating of european writersoxfam shop haverfordwest "from the first page of any book by sebald, one is in the hands of a master" daily telegraphsparking off a wide-ranging debate in the german press when it was published in , on the natural history of destruction concerns the strange silence surrounding the destruction of german cities through allied bombing in post-war german writingfirst edition copy the book is in very good condition with some damage to dust jacket, excellent reading copysee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Stanley macbean knight - the history of the great european war - its causes and effects: 10 volume set - caxton publishing company, limited - hardback - undated (circa cm x 18 cmcatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikivolume pages volume pages volume pages volume pages volume pages volume pages volume pages volume pages volume pages volume pages this set is in good condition - clean bright contents - firm bindings - no inscriptions - gilt titles and illustrations to front boards, with tooled illustrations to front boards and spines - unusual gilt anchor decoration to spines - some surface staining to front and rear boards, particularly to volumes and 10; contents in all volumes are all clean and bright - each book contains numerous coloured maps, along with black and white images/photographs from events occurring during the world war that spanned from - a very nice collectable setour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website
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Oxfam bookshop woodbridge this book deals with the history of mining and smelting from the renaissance to the presentit was this invention which brought back to life the rich copper-silver mines of central europe, in the process making brass cannon and silver coin available to the ambitious habsburg emperors, thereby underpinning their quest for european dominationthe dust jacket has a plastic loose protective cover, inside clean and unmarked see oxfam website for delivery information read moremartin lynch opens with the invention, sometime before , of a revolutionary technique for separating silver from copperlynch also discusses the industrial revolution and the far-reaching changes to mining and smelting brought about by the steam engine; the era of the gold rushes; the massive mineral developments and technological leaps forward which took place in the usa and south africa at the end of the 19th century; and, finally, the spread of mass metal-production techniques amid the violent struggles of the 20th centuryin an engaging, concise and fast-paced text, he presents the interplay of personalities, politics and technology that have shaped the metallurgical industries over the last 500 years
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The cultural history of gardens is closely bound up with man's hopes and longings
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This book outlines the little we know of ancient sparta, describes greek reaction to the ambiguous institutions of the great rival to democratic athens, makes a first attempt to follow the subsequent fortunes of the debate, and indicates sparta's role, over twenty-five centuries, in the intellectual history of europe"oxfam bookshop newport first published as a hardback in , this is the paperback first edition"ancient polemics on sparta (by plato, aristotle, plutarch and others) have had a remarkable after-life in the political and educational thought of renaissance italy, the france of the philosophes, whig england and nazi germanysee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Oxfam shop thornbury in the three decades between and , european merchants and explorers progressed from relative ignorance about the shape of the globe to knowledge of an atlas that was almost completevoyages of discovery also contains 9 facsimile documents, including an extract from captain james cook's diary, and the title page of cortes's second dispatch to charles vthe final touches to the pattern of oceans and continents came two-and-a-half centuries later with the voyages of james cookthe exchange of flora, fauna, diet, disease and culture changed the world within a few generationssee oxfam website for delivery information read morevoyages to africa, asia, the americas and the pacific and the legacies of those journeys and encounters are here dramatically described through an authoritative text and an original selection of imagesthey did so in search of spices, gold, silver and slaves, but with rudimentary technology, huge courage and boundless confidence in themselves and their calculations
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