Medicine in the twentieth century
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Oxfam shop dumfries during the twentieth century, medicine has been radically transformed and powerfully transformativethe editors of medicine in the twentieth century have commissioned over forty authoritative essays, written by historical specialists but intended for general audiencessome concentrate on the political economy of medicine and health as it changed from period to period and varied between countries, others focus on understandings of the body, and a third set of essays explores transformations in some of the theatres of medicine and the changing experiences of different categories of practitioners and patientsin , western medicine was important to philanthropy and public health, but it was marginal to the state, the industrial economy and the welfare of most individualssee oxfam website for delivery information read moreour prospects seem increasingly dependent on the progress of bio-medical sciences and genetic technologies which promise to reshape future generationsit is now central to these aspects of life
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The editors of medicine in the twentieth century have commissioned over forty authoritative essays, written by historical specialists but intended for general audiencesoxfam books & music kentish town during the twentieth century, medicine has been radically transformed and powerfully transformativesome concentrate on the political economy of medicine and health as it changed from period to period and varied between countries, others focus on understandings of the body, and a third set of essays explores transformations in some of the theatres of medicine and the changing experiences of different categories of practitioners and patientsin , western medicine was important to philanthropy and public health, but it was marginal to the state, the industrial economy and the welfare of most individualssee oxfam website for delivery information read moreour prospects seem increasingly dependent on the progress of bio-medical sciences and genetic technologies which promise to reshape future generationsit is now central to these aspects of life
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World powers in the twentieth century by harriet ward a good introduction to this period for modern history degree or a level coursecover is slightly faded but inside is good can post email me for details will combine postage if more than one item bought
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Oxfam shop inverness this ground-breaking anthology presents in chronological order over 400 poems written in the twentieth centuryall the major events of the twentieth century are reflected in the choice of poems within these pageshouseman, for example, rubs shoulders with tthis richly rewarding collection makes invaluable reading for poetry lovers all over the worldconcise biographies for each poet complete the anthologyby organizing the poems in chronological order, readers will see poets in a new lighthere are poets rescued from oblivion, such as the suffragette who wrote a compelling poem about her mistreatment in holloway prison in or the medical offer who went into belsen with the british troops producing an eye-witness poem of lasting powereliot, showing that traditional forms can hold their own against the modernist orthodoxybook is in good condition see oxfam website for delivery information read moresome discolouration on edges from dust and storage wear otherwise sharp copythe authors, both published poets themselves, give an overview of each period of history, while notes to the poems place each one in its historical context and trace the century's poetic development
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Complete set of the history of the twentieth century by martin gilbert in three volumesunwanted gift, and still as newbuyer collects as too heavy to post
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And ends in the twentieth century other than a small tear in the spine, the book is in very good conditionsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe pages are unmarked, and the spine remains unbrokenthe book begins its collection in cthe book includes virtually every pre- trophy plate that has been identified and located, and the author claims it is the largest collection of images of trophy plates so far seenoxfam bookshop lincoln limited to 350 copies, 240 of which were for members of the bookplate society, bookplates in the trophy style was the society's book for this book would appeal to those interested in bookplatesthere are many images of the plates inside, consisting of detailed black and white drawings
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Title: italian art in the 20th century (art & design)title: italian art in the 20th century (art & design)condition: goodlist price (msrp)product category: booksbinding: hardcover
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Oxfam bookshop raeburn place this thoroughly updated edition of global security in the twenty-first century offers a balanced introduction to contemporary security dilemmas in the world sean kay assesses the impact of the global economic crisis on international security and considers how the range of thinking about power and peace has evolved in relation to major flashpoints including in the middle east, asia, and eurasiasee oxfam website for delivery information read morethis edition goes even farther to incorporate traditional thinking about national security in the context of human rights, democracy, population, health, environment, energy, and especially education writing in an engaging style, kay integrates traditional and emerging challenges in one easily accessible study that gives readers the tools they need to develop a thoughtful and nuanced understanding of global security he builds on the first edition's emphasis on the role of trade and technology, the militarization of space, the privatization of security, the use of sanctions, ethnic conflict, and transnational crimekay focuses especially on the implications of the election of barack obama and the changing role of the united states in global security
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Oxfam bookshop victoria road helenas household: a tale of rome in the first century by professer james de mille condition: used, fairsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe condition of the book is used and fair, with signs of wear on the spine and cover (as pictured)
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Above all, when read together, britten and pears's letters allow the clearest possible look 'behind the scenes' of one of the most productive creative partnerships of the twentieth centuryentertaining to read, domestic and intimate, the letters provide glimpses of cultural and artistic life in the twentieth century, including pacifism and conscientious objection, critical assessments of music and other artists, transport and communications development in the twentieth century, the 'aldeburgh corpses', art collecting, gossip, everyday life in an english country house, the development of the aldeburgh festival, performance practice in early music, looking after dachshunds, travel, and a host of other topics' from the foreword by fiona shawsee oxfam website for delivery information read morestroeher is professor of music history at marshall university where she is also coordinator of the music history & literature area jude brimmer is an archivist at the britten-pears foundationoxfam shop magdelen street 'to read these letters is to climb up a wall and peer into the secret garden of two giantsthe 365 letters written throughout their 39-year relationship are here brought together and published, as pears intended, for the first timewhile the correspondence provides valuable evidence of the development of britten's works, more significant is the insight into his relationship with pears and their day-to-day life togetherthis volume comprises the complete surviving correspondence between benjamin britten and peter pears nicholas clark is the librarian at the britten-pears foundation at the red house, britten and pears's home in aldeburgh, suffolk
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Oxfam bookshop skipton an orderly presentation of the harmonic procedures to be found in the music of the first half of the twentieth centuryunmarked text, tight binding, dustcover in very good condition toosee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Miller's church history: from the first to the twentieth century by andrew miller - hardcover
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Coupled with the most newsworthy stories of the period and other relevant backdrop information, the book attempts an understanding of life in donegal during the 20th centurysee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe book is an attempt to present a sampling of these storieseach locality has its own rich plethora of lore, tales anecdotes and historical dataoxfam bookshop wallingford donegal is a county which is steeped in history
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Showing that these practices predate the age of nationalism, rae examines cases from both pre-nationalist and nationalist eras: the expulsion of the jews from fifteenth century spain, the persecution of the huguenots under louis xiv, and in the twentieth century, the armenian genocide, and ethnic cleansing in former yugoslaviashe argues that those atrocities prompted the development of international norms of legitimate state behaviour that increasingly define sovereignty as conditionaltext in very good condition, fore edge a little grubbysee oxfam website for delivery information read morecover shows minor wear and tear - slightly scratched and corners a little bumpedoxfam bookshop cotham hill why are forced displacement, ethnic cleansing and genocide an enduring feature of state systems? in this book, heather rae locates these practices of 'pathological homogenisation' in the processes of state buildingpolitical elites have repeatedly used cultural resources to redefine bounded political communities as exclusive moral communities, from which outsiders must be expelledfirst editionrae concludes by examining two 'threshold' cases - the czech republic and macedonia - to identify the factors that may inhibit pathological homogenisation as a method of state-building
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"-michael eric dyson, new york times a history of how political philosophy was recast by the rise of postwar liberalism and irrevocably changed by john rawls's a theory of justicein the shadow of justice tells the story of how liberal political philosophy was transformed in the second half of the twentieth century under the influence of john rawlspages are clean and tight with no tears, bumps, or nicksfine unclipped dust-wrapperusing archival sources, forrester explores the ascent and legacy of this form of liberalism by examining its origins in midcentury debates among american antistatists and british egalitariansin the aftermath of the civil rights movement and the vietnam war, rawls's a theory of justice made a particular kind of liberalism essential to political philosophyshe traces the roots of contemporary theories of justice and inequality, civil disobedience, just war, global and intergenerational justice, and population ethics in the s and '70s and beyondthese thinkers remade political philosophy in ways that influenced not only their own trajectory but also that of their criticsoxfam bookshop cotham hill black boards with gold-embossed spine which is unbrokenin these years, political philosophers extended, developed, and reshaped this liberalism as they responded to challenges and alternatives on the left and right-from the new international economic order to the rise of the new rightsee oxfam website for delivery information read morerecasting the history of late twentieth-century political thought and providing novel interpretations and fresh perspectives on major political philosophers, in the shadow of justice offers a rigorous look at liberalism's ambitions and limits "a forceful, encyclopedic studyin this first-ever history of contemporary liberal theory, katrina forrester shows how liberal egalitarianism-a set of ideas about justice, equality, obligation, and the state-became dominant, and traces its emergence from the political and ideological context of the postwar united states and britain
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This book explores the ways in which a buffalo hunt transformed theodore roosevelt into the strenuous, larger-than-life figure who graces mount rushmore and led the united states (sometimes kicking and screaming) into the twentieth centuryprominent inscription on ffep, otherwise excellent condition in dust jacket, not price clippedincluded are more than 150 photographs of the life and times of theodore roosevelt, drawn principally from the extensive collections of the theodore roosevelt centre at dickinson state universityroosevelt lived and worked in the north dakota badlands for four years between , but the american west remained one of his deepest passions and his favourite arena for pursuing the strenuous lifehe fell in love with the dakota badlands, purchased two badlands ranches, and threw himself into the life of the vanishing frontierhe hunted big game in virtually every western state, recruited his rough riders from among those he had met in his western travels, and wrote a series of articles and books based on his adventures in the westsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop henley-on-thames no president of the united states is as thoroughly associated with the american west as theodore roosevelt, who was born in new york city and educated at harvard universityroosevelt, in return, transformed the american west and helped to make cowboy life a central feature of american mythologyroosevelt ventures into the american west in to kill a buffalo
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The passions and betrayals of trotsky's final years are unravelled, revealing a panorama of russian history during the first half of the twentieth centuryoxfam bookshop royal exchange square hounded from country to country by stalin's agents, leon trotsky finally finds refuge in mexico as the guest of the artist diego rivera and his beautiful wife frida kahlosee oxfam website for delivery information read moreas personal and confiding as a whisper, "in the blue house" reverberates with the momentous words and voices of historybut the extraordinary years spent in frida's beloved family homethe blue house, prove also to be his last
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While in his time he was mainly praised for his messiah, he has mainly been regarded as a virtuoso ode writer in the twentieth centurythe bindings show minor wearvolume 3 from is a second edition, the first two volumes are first editions from andthis epic was completed inklopstock identified the mystical urge of religion with that of the poet; for him there was an inseparable connection between art, the harmonious order of the world and manare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikias a proponent of the mens sana in corpore sano principle, he was an avid sportsman and not insensitive to charming female companysince der messias was such a great success, christian v of denmark offered him a state pension to enable him to complete the epicour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablethe first dutch edition of klopstock's famous epic, ‘de messias’, in beautiful half-leather bindingscondition: very crisp copies without annotations or tearshe continued to write odeshis critics considered his epicurean spirit to be incompatible with his devoutness, but for klopstock it was a natural thingplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteder messias was written and published in stagesfrom to he lived in copenhagen and lived exclusively from the penklopstock was not an ascetic, but a convinced bon vivant
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Oxfam books & music aberdeen fifty years on from its original publication, hla hart's the concept of law is widely recognized as the most important work of legal philosophy published in the twentieth century, and remains the starting point for most students coming to the subject for the first timepublished in see oxfam website for delivery information read morein this third edition, leslie green provides a new introduction that sets the book in the context of subsequent developments in social and political philosophy, clarifying misunderstandings of hart's project and highlighting central tensions and problems in the work
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Oxfam shop pershore the first book in a trilogy that follows three irish women through the decades of the twentieth centurysee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Oxfam shop nether edge covering topical issues concerning the nature of the israeli state, this engaging work presents essays that combine a variety of comparative schemes, both internal to jewish civilization and extending throughout the world, such as: modern jewish society, politics and culture historical consciousness in the twentieth century colonialism, anti-colonialism and postcolonial state-buildingthis book will appeal to scholars and students with research interests in many fields, including israeli studies, middle east studies, and jewish studiesnote: pencil notes on a few pages, will rub outotherwise as newsee oxfam website for delivery information read morewith its open-ended, comparative approach, israel in history provides a useful means of correcting the biases found in so much scholarship on israel, be it sympathetic or hostile
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‘cherry’ ingram is a portrait of this little-known englishman, a story of britain and japan in the twentieth century and an exploration of the delicate blossoms whose beauty is admired around the worldevery spring we enjoy his legacy
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Oxfam books & music beaconsfield this book surveys the transformation of the british isles in the sixteenth centuryin this book, a team of leading scholars consider these important transformations in the english monarchical polity, ranging widely to consider relations between the various parts of the isles throughout the sixteenth centuryin europe, england was a significant trading partner, but its language unknownchapters focus on political history and ideas of the state; the change in religion; britain's overseas role; the economy and society; and the renaissance in cultural life in this perioda little shelf wear to the cover but otherwise in very good conditionsee oxfam website for delivery information read morewith the english bible and shakespeare, english had reached the maturity of a potential world language, while the british peoples stood poised on the edge of a global expansionthe book also includes a detailed chronology, maps, illustrations, and a guide to further reading to provide a full and dynamic picture of this significant era in british historyat the start of the period, england was an effectively governed monarchy, its government regal but also consensualby the early seventeenth century, the london-based english government had developed and extended its effective authority over the north and wales, ireland was subjugated and colonised, the english and scottish crowns unitedthe established churches of the british isles had broken away from the roman catholic europe and were now national, royal, and protestantyet its authority was not easily enforced beyond the more developed south-east and midlands and it was exercised indirectly in wales and ireland, while scotland was an independent monarchy
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His specialism was english monastic history from the 10th century to the dissolution of the monasteries in the 16th centurythe sarum lectures in theology were established through a fund left by john bampton in the 18th centurydavid knowles osb (born michael clive knowles, ) was an english benedictine monk who was regius professor of modern history at the university of cambridge from tosee oxfam website for delivery information read morelettering on spine is fadedthe book was previously in a convent library, but shows few signs of use internally except for the bookplate and note on the front endpaperhardback, no dust jacketpages are clean and brightpublished by oxford university pressfirst editionthey ran from tooxfam shop cowley road hardback with blue boards and gilt lettering on spine
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Author: harry lyou won't receive heavily thumbed shelf copies from us!book title: stemware of the 20th century, the top 200 patternsstemware of the 20th century, the top 200 patterns by: harry l
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Furthermore no reader could fail to be struck by the parallels in the problematic relationship between poland and russia in the 18th century and todayat 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 eastbetween and an area of eastern europe larger than france was divided among russia, prussia and austriasee oxfam website for delivery information read morenot 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 generalbringing 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 strengthoxfam 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 extinction
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Work probably done in the 19th centuryarmour composed of a cuirass and a morion (burgonet helmet?) in the style of the 17th century2 kg, made in one single pieceare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableweight kg read morethe morion is made by a welded assemblya slight hole on the front of the ridgethe armour has ribbed edgesplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website
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Since then an estimated 230 million copies have been sold, proving that comic books have the same power to entertain children and adults in the 21st century as they did in the early 20thhis attempts to research his story are put to the test by the bolsheviks and moscow's secret policebut a sinister stowaway follows their every move and seems set on ensuring they come to a sticky endjoin the most iconic character in comics as he embarks on an extraordinary adventure spanning historical and political events, and thrilling mysteriesaccompanied by his dog snowy, tintin leaves brussels to go undercover in soviet russiastill selling over copies every year in the uk and having been adapted for the silver screen by steven spielberg and peter jackson in , the adventures of tintin continue to charm more than 80 years after they first found their way into publicationsee oxfam website for delivery information read moretintin in the congo the young reporter tintin and his faithful dog snowy set off on assignment to africatintin and snowy encounter witch doctors, hostile tribesmen, crocodiles, boa constrictors and numerous other wild animals before solving the mystery and getting their storyoxfam bookshop hampstead the adventures of tintin, volume 1: tintin in the land of the soviets / tintin in the congo join the world's most famous travelling reporter in two exciting adventures as he heads for the land of the soviets and the congotintin in the land of the soviets
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The book is uniquely attentive to the broader anglo-american context; in the nineteenth century, great britain and the united states shared a common-law regime that was singularly unfriendly to workers, but each country eventually developed workers' compensation in response to very different sets of pressuresautobiographies, songs, and broadsides provide a window onto the cultural meanings of workplace accidents and contrast those meanings with the views of humanitarian onlookers and the victorian presssee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop glossop road very good condition, no real marks or wear caught in the machinery draws on social, cultural, and legal history to bring to life the dangers facing working people in great britain between and the first british employer's liability act of
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Others are studies of particular periods, places or groups which have not found their place in more narrative accounts: standardisation in the nineteenth century, the role of low german, the state of german at the stunde null insee oxfam website for delivery information read morean overarching theme is the role of deliberate intervention in the development of german, whether it took the form of education, prescriptivism, purism or political manipulationsome of these 'landmarks' are individuals or groups of people who have exerted influence over the language: charlemagne, luther, the early modern grammarians and lexicographersthe essays, a number of which were originally delivered as lectures in the university of cambridge and all of which are by specialists in the field, combine to provide a history of the german language in its social contextoxfam books & music beeston peter lang, , paperback very good condition the contributions to this volume explore eleven key developments in the external history of the german language, that is, the combination of social, political and cultural circumstances which influenced the language and its speakers
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