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Oxfam bookshop skipton millions of javanese peasants live alongside state-controlled forest lands in one of the world's most densely populated agricultural regionsbecause their legal access and customary rights to the forest have been severely limited, these peasants have been pushed toward illegal use of forest resourcesmindful that a dramatic shift is unlikely, peluso suggests how tension between foresters and villagers can be alleviated while giving peasants a greater stake in local forest managementdevelopment efforts will by stymied and forest destruction will continuesee oxfam website for delivery information read morerich forests, poor people untangles the complex of peasant and state politics that has developed in java over three centurieswithout major changes in forest policy, peluso contends, the situation is portentousdrawing on historical materials and intensive field research, including two contemporary case studies, peluso presents the story of the forest and its peopleeconomic, social, and political costs to the government will increase
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When jacquest fournier, bishop of pamiers, launched an elaborate inquisition to stamp them out, the peasants & shepherds he interrogated revealed, along with their position on official catholicism, many details of their everyday lifebasing his absorbing study on these vivid, carefully recorded statements of peasants who lived more than 600 years ago--pierre clergue, the powerful village priest & shameless womanizer is even heard explaining his techniques of seduction--eminent historian le roy ladurie reconstructs the economy & social structure of the community & probes the most intimate aspects of medieval life: love & marriage, gestures & emotions, conversations & gossip, clans & factions, crime & violence, concepts of time & space, attitudes to the past, animals, magic & folklore, death & beliefs about the other worldoxfam bookshop cheltenham in the early 's the village of montaillou & the surrounding mountainous region of southern france was full of hereticssee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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The peasants were not just protesting against the governmentthe peasants' revolt started in essex, when a tax collector tried, for the third time in four years, to levy a poll taxshelf wear to top and bottom edges of spine, which is also discolouredminor foxing and discolouration to edges of, and first and last few leaves of text block, which is otherwise clean and tight and lightly but evenly tannedsince the black death, poor people had become increasingly angry that they were still serfs, usually farming the land and serving their kingsuperficial scuffs and markssee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop newport an account of the english people's uprising inwhipped up by the preaching of radical priest john ball, they were demanding that all men should be free and equal; for less harsh laws; and a fairer distribution of wealthrichard ii's war against france was going badly, the government's reputation was damaged, and the tax was 'the last straw'red paper covered boards with black text to front and spine
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As a whole, the book makes a major contribution to the perennial debate about how peasants secure the basic conditions of material subsistencethe nature of their environment together with only rudimentary technology caused the greek peasants to develop an extensive but delicate web of risk-management strategiessee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam shop thornbury this new work from thomas gallant provides a highly original analysis of the ancient greek domestic economythe author details these strategies alongside the key adaptive measures by which the ancient greeks coped with major fluctuations in food production and supply
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I am selling 4 ornamental peasants now starting to get their colours viewing welcome please message or ring me read more
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Made in the ussr in the 60sexcellent condition read more
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This book explores the lives of mozambiques cotton producerstheir pain and suffering, their coping strategies, their struggles to survive
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He has received an offer he can't refusesee oxfam website for delivery information read morefrom henceforth, death is no longer going to be the end, merely the means to an endoxfam shop kendal although the scythe isn't pre-eminent among the weapons of war, anyone who has been on the wrong end of, say, a peasants' revolt will know that in skilled hands it is fearsomeit's the dream job until he discovers that it can be a killer on his love lifefor mort however, it is about to become one of the tools of his tradeas death's apprentice he'll have free board, use of the company horse and being dead isn't compulsory
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(click to reveal full phone number) keithold one in s in full wooden run around 1mx800mm in got peasants, second is fresh young looking young feel if aged price pic up txt
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Gb phq - christmas, 800th anniv of ely cathedral cards: 15p - 14th century peasants from stained glass window 15+1p - arches & roundels - west front 20+1p - octagon tower 34+1p - arcade from west transept 37+1p - triple arch from west front issued: 14th nov condition: very clean - as in scan read more
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These are a pair of french casseroles know as "backoff" casseroles when the peasants used them in the alsace area(meaning back of oven)make a lovely addition to a country kitchen shelfpurchased in alsace a few years agojust used a few times but no longer cook like i used to
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Oxfam bookshop knutsford between and over one-third of the peasants of mount lebanon left their villages and travelled to the americassee oxfam website for delivery information read morethis book traces the journeys of these villages from the ranks of the peasantry into a middle class of their making
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No highlighting or other notes/marks except for owner's name in pen on ffepgood condition for aged/j is intact except for tiny strip detached at top of spine - the spine however is discoloured and the title/author lettering is only faintly discerniblesee oxfam website for delivery information read morehence low price for this very scarce itemfirst edition, publishedoxfam bookshop newport "for a dozen years claire and william band dwelt in the philosophical atmosphere of a college community in peiping, romantic centre of ancient chinese culturebut when the war with japan broke out they made a hairbreadth escape into the desert mountains of the border region, living for two years an intensely strenuous life with patriotic chinese guerillas and the poorest village peasants"
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And for three intense, violent days, it looked as if they would sweep all before themat the end of may , the fourteen-year-old king of england had reason to be fearful: the plague had returned, the royal coffers were empty and a draconian poll tax was being widely evadedbut within two weeks, the unthinkable happened: a vast force of common people invaded london, led by a former soldier, walter tyler, and the radical preacher john ball, demanding freedom, equality and the complete uprooting of the church and statesee oxfam website for delivery information read moreyet richard, bolstered by his powerful, admired mother, felt secure in his god-given right to reignnow is the time depicts the events of the peasants' revolt on both a grand and intimate scale, vividly portraying its central figures and telling an archetypal tale of an epic struggle between the powerful and the apparently powerlessoxfam bookshop cheltenham in this gripping novel, melvyn bragg brings an extraordinary episode in english history to fresh, urgent life
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He's survived war zones, firing squads and beatings,blazing deserts and deadly junglesa remarkable story of survival, perseverance and unquenchable spiritual passionvariety see oxfam website for delivery information read moreinducted into the guinness book of world records for the "world's longest walk," arthur has spent the last 40years traversing all seven continents, 315 countries, island groups and territoriesyou will laugh and cry at the inspiring story of the man who set out on a life-long mission to carry a symbol all too often associated with judgment and hatred and reinterpret it to the world with a smile and a message of peace, love and hopein fact, he is the only individual to ever literally walk the face of the earthhe's dined with presidents and peasants,been greeted by hundreds of thousands in jammed packed squares and walked deserted highways all for one grand purposeyet perhaps even more amazing than the miles he's tread is the completely unquantifiable number of people that have been the focus of his journey along the wayarthur blessitt is one of the most unique individuals to walk the face of the earthoxfam bookshop newport how do you live a life of purpose and destiny? it begins at
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Through pelle's eyes we see how the peasants cope with their harsh living conditions, and how the landowners hold onto their powerthe grass is no greener in denmark, however, and they must work like slaves on a farm to surviveoxfam bookshop st albans pappa lasse (max von sydow) decides to leave turn-of-the-century sweden for denmark, hoping the quality of his life and that of his son (pelle hvenegaard) will improvesee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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See oxfam website for delivery information read morethe life of poor peasants, agricultural labourers in an estate of the 's is interwoven with the author's autobiographyoxfam bookshop wallingford  a double classic of modern hungarian realist literature & of sociography
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Outside an inn with a crowd of peasants watching others dancing under a vine-covered trellis, a man standing above the crowd and playing a flute and drumreference: hollstein 47important and original print by van ostadeare 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 storeexcellent impression of the seventh state on good laid papercatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablevery good condition with full plate border (with som blur) and tread marginplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website
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Oxfam bookshop cheltenham in the south of italy, between apulia and calabria, lies a land that is barren, desolate, and malarial, where the peasants live out their existence in poverty and in the presence of deathchrist stopped at eboli is levi's classic, starkly beautiful account of a place beyond hope and a people abandoned by historysee oxfam website for delivery information read moreit was here in primitive lucania, at the start of the ethiopian war (, that carlo levi, doctor, painter, philosopher, and man of letters, was confined as a political prisoner because of his uncompromising opposition to fascism
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Hoeing selected next years breeding stock we have a hand full of surplus male golden peasants in both the normal red and salmon coloursstunning coloured birds!! please make an appointment to view because of distancing! read morejust moulting into nuptial feather
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Whether as a dissolute layabout in the gambling saloons and brothels of moscow and st petersburg, as an artillery officer in the crimean war or as an enlightened landowner educating his peasants and working in the fields, he had abundant energy and was in all areas a giantsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreyet he was full of paradoxes, most clearly seen in his tempestuous marriage to sofya behrs - one of the most closely documented and perhaps one of the most painful, human relationships in historythe loss of both of his parents during childhood was the prelude to a series of incidents which made his life as highly coloured as any of his great works of fictionoxfam bookshop cheltenham leo tolstoy() was born into one of the grand old families of imperial russia
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Including more than 250 authentic, easy-to-follow recipes, the author leads readers on an exhilarating journey from antiquity through the middle ages to the mid-twentieth centuryin this only english-language book to encompass the entire region, the award-winning author of encyclopedia of pasta, oretta zanini de vita, offers a substantial and complex social history of rome and lazio through the story of its foodoxfam books & music aberdeen the food of rome and its region, lazio, is redolent of herbs, olive oil, ricotta, lamb, and porkit is the food of ordinary, frugal people, yet it is a very modern cuisine in that it gives pride of place to the essential flavors of its ingredientshardback book with dust jacket, published in see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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We glimpse too the injustices that inspired them, above all the mass eviction of peasants from their homes by the lawthey give an insight into a people, a landscape, and a lost way of lifethe great famine was to kill over a million irish between and , and force an even greater number to flee their homelandsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop victoria "the first irish photographs date from , a year after the discovery of the photographic processyet these images, reproduced here in colour and covering the first century of ireland in the era of photography, do much more than tell a gripping political storyin the century that followed, ireland was to know tragedy and triumph, bitter struggle and agonized compromiseand they show the transforming impact of modernity, as industry and urban expansion brought ireland into a new era"--publisher descriptionas that story unfolds, we see inspirational leaders and impatient rebels, and their campaigns of persuasion and violencein the following decades, irish political life was dominated by the struggle for land rights, for home rule, and for independencethey reveal the labour of rural survival: cutting peat, fishing, gathering seaweed and tilling the soil, against the magnificence of the often harsh irish landscapethey evoke the grandeur, elegance and complacency of life in the big house, home and symbol of the anglo-irish elite
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We meet the greek navigator pytheus, whose description of the celts as prettanike (the 'painted people') yielded the latin word britanniciwe witness the roman victory celebrations of ad 43, where a squadron of elephants were paraded through colchesterin very good conditionthis first volume begins in bc with the life and death of cheddar man and ends in with wat tyler and the peasants' revoltnow, in great tales of english history, robert lacey captures one hundred of the most pivotal moments: the stories and extraordinary characters who helped shape a nationoxfam bookshop victoria from ancient times to the present day, the story of england has been laced with drama, intrigue, courage and passion - a rich and vibrant narrative of heroes and villains, kings and rebels, artists and highwaymen, bishops and scientistssome shelf wear to the jacketand we visit the new forest, in , and the mysterious shooting of king william rufussee oxfam website for delivery information read morepacked with insight, humour and fascinating detail, robert lacey brings the stories that made england brilliantly to lifefrom ethelred the unready to richard the lionheart, the venerable bede to the black prince, this is, quite simply, history as history should be toldhardback signed first edition
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6 in c major, optempo di menuetto 4andante molto mosso (scene by the brook) 3allegretto (shepherd's song: happy and grateful feelings after the storm) symphony noallegretto scherzando 38 in f major, opallegro ma non troppo (awakening of happy feelings upon arrival in the country) 2allegro (merry gathering of the peasants) 4allegro (thunderstorm) 5oxfam shop exeter beethoven: symphonies 6 & 8 symphony noallegro vivace city of birmingham symphony orchestra conductor: walter weller see oxfam website for delivery information read moreallegro vivace e con brio 2
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At the heart of this magisterial account are jonathan's encounters with a diverse range of ordinary russians - from urban intellectuals and the new class of entrepreneurs, to impoverished peasants and russia's ethnic minorities struggling to cling to their distinctive identitiesbut as a resurgent world power, with an energy-rich economy, we ignore russia at our perilbut despite economic progress, he finds aspects of russian society deeply troubling, and takes an unflinchingly critical look at the way russia has been run during the putin yearsin this timely and revealing portrait, distinguished author and broadcaster jonathan dimbleby crosses eight time zones and covers miles, from murmansk in the arctic circle to the asian city of vladivostok, in an attempt to get beneath the skin of modern russiafor jonathan, crossing the immense russian landmass became as much an interior journey as an exterior one, and the book contains painfully honest passages as he struggles to meet the challenges of an arduous film trip against the backdrop of great turbulence in his personal lifesee oxfam website for delivery information read moretravelling by road, rail and boat, his epic journey takes him from the neo-classical splendour of st petersburg to remote and inaccessible parts of siberiaeven today it remains a country little understood by the westfilled with a dazzling array of historical and literary references, russia - a journey to the heart of a land and its people is a riveting and illuminating account of modern russiajonathan was the only british television journalist to interview president gorbachev during the cold war, and, returning to russia for the first time since those days, he discovers a land transformedoxfam shop colne road winston churchill famously described russia as 'a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma'
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It once fed the nation and took pride of place on dining tables from peasants to royaltywith current heightened public interest in traditional and wholesome meats, now is the time for a serious revival in the popularity of muttonsee oxfam website for delivery information read morewith the backing of the mutton renaissance campaign, it is poised to make a comeback as its extraordinary health and environmental benefits are recognisedthis is its turning pointoxfam shop colne road mutton is a great as yet untold story with its deep impact on the landscape, history and culture of these islandsbob kennard addresses all the issues: what s a wether, mutton as a super-meat, mutton candles, mutton farming round the world, how sheep have shaped the landscape, mutton recipes, braxy ham, salt marsh mutton, butchery tips, lists of mutton breeds, directory of suppliers
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" book in good condition with clean pages throughout and securely boundcrease to bottom left hand corner of front coverit looks in turn at aristocrats, peasants, townsmen, wage-earners and paupers, and examines how they obtained their incomes and how they spent themsee oxfam website for delivery information read morelarge tan mark to top and side edge of pages, otherwise all goodoxfam shop mutley plain " between and medieval english society went through a series of upheavals: this was an age of war, pestilence and rebellionthis book explores the realities of life of the people who lived through those stirring timesthis revised edition () includes a substantial new concluding chapter and an updated bibliography
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