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Economic and social history of england, by richard benjamin jones published by longmans cover has some wear but otherwise the condition is very good read more
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British economic and social history can post email me for details discount given if more than one item ordered
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Some local social history books of sheffield and one on cornwall hard to get hold ofand accept paypal10 for lot and will post
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Pawnbroking: an aspect of british social history by hudson, kennethcondition is good
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Rituals & myths in nursing a social history by claire laurent (paperback, ) delivery uk delivery is within 3 to 5 working daysinternational delivery varies by country, please see the wordery store help page for details
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Oxfam shop cockermouth these four volumes of trevelyan's famous ' illustrated english social history ', were owned by ruth c wright, who selected the illustrationssee oxfam website for delivery information read morethere are various typed letters, pasted in to the front of the volumes, which passed between trevelyan and mrs wright, with trevelyan's signature on them3 of the volumes have their dust wrappers, but volume 1's has gone missing
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social history cookery for schools book hb 262 pages pencil inscription on inner page, can easily be removed if required, please view picture £5 plus £3 p&p or collection from ireby in cumbria, ca7, 12 miles north of keswick, 4 miles south of mealsgate please view my other items for more unusual items and antiques read more
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Will appeal both to fans of both social history and numismaticssmall change: a history of everyday coinage, paperback by johnson, peter, isbn , isbn-13 , brand new, free shipping in the us a fascinating, thoroughly illustrated social history of how currency was democratised
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social and military history and humour of the period11 volumes of punch from to
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Oxfam bookshop victoria blending social history with pioneering architecture and business analysis, dolphin square provides a detailed history of the london landmark and its antecedentsthe trust's unique blend of quasi-charitable purpose and commercial management enabled long-standing tenants to enjoy below-market rentals before the trust came under immense pressure to realise the value of the existing leases and sell them off inbuilt on a massive scale to a high density in the mid-s, it was a pioneering example of concrete design, and when completed was the largest single residential building in europethe book charts the square's changing ownership and eventual creation of the dolphin square trust, which managed the flats on a non-profit-making basis for 40 yearsdolphin square - the large, imposing red brick building on the north bank of the thames - was and is no ordinary block of flatsthe book begins with the antecedents of the seven-acre site, which was first occupied by the workshops of thomas cubitt, when he developed pimlico and belgraviawhen the army clothing function was privatised, the duke of westminster offered the land for developmentthe successful bidder was fred ffrench, the swashbuckling new york property developer, who had plans to produce in london something like his large-scale apartment complexes in tudor city and knickerbocker villagefrom to it was the site of the royal army clothing depot, which produced uniforms for the british and other armed forceshowever, he was unable to raise funds in the aftermath of the great depression, and the project was taken on by a british builder, costain, inconceived as a speculative housing project and later catering for mps, peers and entertainers required to work in london, this book tells the story of the dolphin square project and also captures what it has been like to live in the square for figures including ellen wilkinson, alistair darling, william hague, mo mowlam, sir david steel, christine keeler, sid james, barbara windsor and princess annesee oxfam website for delivery information read moredolphin square breaks new ground in providing a detailed examination of a major example of urban property speculation and management
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Oxfam shop didsbury an interesting social history of the period between , Â a history of everyday things in england "has been written for boys and girls of public-school ageit is an account of the work of the people, rather than the politics which guided themthe hardcover copy is in good conditionthe binding is firm but the rear board is slightly creaky when openedsee oxfam website for delivery information read more" easy to read, and illustrated with black and white drawings and charts, and colour platesinside, the lightly tanned pages are generally clean and bright, however the rear end paper is brownedthe beige cloth boards with dark green titling and decoration are marked in places with corners and spine ends lightly bumped and rubbed and a scuff to lower edge
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They include: *elizabeth i by anne somerset *the warrior queens (boadicea’s chariot) by antonia fraser *eleanor of aquitaine by marion meade *the weaker vessel (woman’s lot in 17th century england) by antonia fraser *mary queen of scots by antonia fraser *medieval women (social history of women in england ) by henrietta leyser price excludes p&poriginally priced at over £50 for the set, none of these books has been thumbed and they are as new in their box
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Oxfam books & music lancaster this books provides history of holidays and holiday making for england and walespublished in , this first edition book is in good conditionthere is no dust jacketthe book is hardbound with gilted textname inscribed on the inner coversee oxfam website for delivery information read moreno marking/ notes insidefoxing of pages is visible due to age
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Oxfam bookshop cheltenham an entertaining social and cultural history of cycling in post-war europe seen through the eyes of a veteran racing cyclistone more kilometre is a lovely blend of personal anecdote, serious history and informed obsession, combining gentle humour, personal reminiscence and good history into a beguiling wholeprogressing through four decades of cycling social history, the author will examine cycling as a continental phenomenon, the rise and fall of the tour de france; the lives of the great 'trackmen'; cycling in its domestic form, cycling for fun, the ever-popular british cycling clubs - some of which are over one hundred years old and are home to many fellow eccentrics, fanatics and old-timers, like the author's friend, 'the yorkshire junior road race champion of , now living in a caravan, crippled and penniless with his much younger companion a taxidermist - beautiful and cruel'see oxfam website for delivery information read morethe book starts with the s, regarded as the golden age of cycling, and when the author, 'an unhappy communist child', first discovered cycling and its emancipating powerswritten with great literary and historical relish, one more kilometre examines the spread of cycling's popularity, how it developed into a sport and how the bicycle has changed people's lives - all viewed through the eyes of a seasoned 56-year-old racing cyclist/art critic who keeps eleven racing cycles in his garden shed and who never cycles less than miles a year
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Emphasis has been given to social topics, moral treatment and psychiatry as a profession, but little work has been produced on the internal history of individual diseases and their medico-social contextoxfam shop dumfries the last 20 years have seen a growth in interest in the history of psychiatrythis book aims to redress this imbalance by exploring the history of significant psychiatric disorders from both the clinical and socio-historical perspectivethe text is designed as a standard reference work on the subject for practitioners and trainees within medicine, and psychiatry, historians and social scientistsdr porter has also published "mind-forg'd manacles"see oxfam website for delivery information read moreit is divided in three sections covering neuropsychiatric disorders such as dementia, stroke and parkinson's disease; functional psychoses such as schizophrenia and depression; and neuroses and personality
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Tomasello argues that our prehuman ancestors, like today's great apes, were social beings who could solve problems by thinkinga natural history of human thinking is the most detailed scientific analysis to date of the connection between human sociality and cognitionin this much-anticipated book, michael tomasello weaves his twenty years of comparative studies of humans and great apes into a compelling argument that cooperative social interaction is the key to our cognitive uniquenessin order to survive, humans had to learn to see the world from multiple social perspectives, to draw socially recursive inferences, and to monitor their own thinking via the normative standards of the groupbut they were almost entirely competitive, aiming only at their individual goalsonce our ancestors learned to put their heads together with others to pursue shared goals, humankind was on an evolutionary path all its owneven language and culture arose from the preexisting need to work togethertomasello's "shared intentionality hypothesis" captures how these more socially complex forms of life led to more conceptually complex forms of thinkingsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop preston tool-making or culture, language or religious belief: ever since darwin, thinkers have struggled to identify what fundamentally differentiates human beings from other animalsas ecological changes forced them into more cooperative living arrangements, early humans had to coordinate their actions and communicate their thoughts with collaborative partnerswhat differentiates us most from other great apes, tomasello proposes, are the new forms of thinking engendered by our new forms of collaborative and communicative interaction
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Geography, pschology, french, science, law and goverment, british social history, maths, history, german, philosophy, british social history, thr arts, biology, dictionary illustrated vol 1 & 2, music, year book, english, british commonwealth, buyer to collect or arrange collection due to weightset of 19 odhams encyclopedia hard back booksin excellent condition read more
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As a contribution to the social history of wartime britain, it also reveals the strengths and weaknesses of a liberal democracythis book is likely to interest those studying or teaching social history, jewish history or race relations in sociology, politics and cultural studiesthis hardback first edition is in a good, used condition overalltony kushner examines the impact of evacuation, the blitz, the black market and other aspects of the war on relations between gentile and jewthere are a few minor marks here and there on the dustjacket but otherwise it is free from chips or tearshe probes attitudes to anglo-jewry, from left to right of the political spectrumoxfam bookshop hexham the persistence of prejudice examines attitudes to jews at all levels of society during a war that many saw as a fight against fascismthe binding is soundthe jewish image in society, the response of the state to jews at home and abroad, and the effect of antisemitism on the jewish community itself receive particular attentionthe text block is yellowing slightly but appears to be free from inscriptions or annotationssee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe blue cloth boards are gilt stamped on the spine and are a little spotted and stainedthis book suggests that, rather than being confined to extremists, antisemitism was part of the mainstream cultureit is complete with its dustjacket which has a small sticker mark on the inside front flap
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Despite these advances, poverty, social inequality and religious division still festeroxfam shop evesham in a second edition of their successful concise history of modern india, barbara metcalf and thomas metcalf explore india's modern history afresh and update the events of the last decadeit is these institutions which have helped bring about the social, cultural and economic changes that have taken place over the last half century and paved the way for the modern success storyin response to these dilemmas, the book grapples with questions of caste and religious identity, and the nature of the indian nationfrom the days of the mughals, through the british empire, and into independence, the country has been transformed by its institutional structuressee oxfam website for delivery information read morethese include the takeover of congress from the seemingly entrenched hindu nationalist party in , india's huge advances in technology and the country's new role as a major player in world affairs
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The 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 speakersan overarching theme is the role of deliberate intervention in the development of german, whether it took the form of education, prescriptivism, purism or political manipulationothers 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 insome of these 'landmarks' are individuals or groups of people who have exerted influence over the language: charlemagne, luther, the early modern grammarians and lexicographerssee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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social policy, fourth edition, by john baldock, lavinia mitton, nick manning, and sarah vickerstaff - £20 oxford dictionary of sociology, by john scott and gordon marshall - £2 america: a narrative history (brief ninth edition), by george brown tindall, and david eshi - £15 introduction to medieval europe, , second edition, wim blockmans, and peter hoppenbrouwers - £18 sociology paperback 7th edition by anthony giddens, philip w
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Starting with the history of the potato as a member of the botanical genus solanum, its adaptation by man as a cultivated plant, and the record of its spread throughout the world; secondly the author considers the influence the potato has exerted upon the social structure and economy of different peoples at different timesno inscriptions or annotations see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop woodbridge first published in , this remarkable book is the culmination of a life-long study of every aspect of the potato
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Oxfam bookshop swanage a history of india is a compact synthesis presenting the grand sweep of indian history from antiquity to the presentthe authors examine the major political, economic, social and cultural forces which have shaped the history of the indian subcontinent in this surveythis classic text is an authoritative detailed account which emphasises and analyses the stuctural pattern of indian historythis third edition has been thoroughly revised, containing new research, and an up-to-date preface, index and datelinesee oxfam website for delivery information read moreit remains the definitive text on the nation
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Makdisi argues that sectarianism represented a deliberate mobilization of religious identities for political and social purposeshis 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 differencesmakdisi'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 developmentthe 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 itsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam 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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This book covers important aspects of the history of italy between the years toit concentrates on social and political issues and gives particular coverage to sicily and the southlongman history of italy: italy in the age of the renaissance bytitle: italy in the age of the renaissance series: longman history of italy format: paperback / softback type: book publisher: longman uk release date: language: english
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Oxfam bookshop tunbridge wells the structure of big historythe social and natural sciences have more in common than most of us may suspectthis thought-provoking study presents a single straightforward structure which unites the latest scientific views on the history of the universe, the solar system, the planet, life and humankindthe focus on the formation, differentiation and transformation of configurations, regimes, and on the ever-changing reactions and interactions between them produces a simple, dynamic and reality-congruent structure with which to view the whole of historyfrom the big bang until todayvery good conditiona few traces of erased pencil markings to first pagesee oxfam website for delivery information read moreit contributes to a better understanding of some long-standing academic controversies such as the root causes behind the origins of humankind, the rise of agriculture and the emergence of early states
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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 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 erathe book concludes with a discussion of the contemporary challenges, often shared with neighbours, that shape the country todaysee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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" what are myths? how have they evolved? and, why do we still so desperately need them? the history of myth is the history of humanity; our stories and beliefs, our curiosity and attempts to understand the world, link us to our ancestors and each otheroxfam bookshop bloomsbury street signed by the author! some wear to dustjacket - rubbing wear to corners and small marks on front cover, along with discolouration/shelf-wear "karen armstrong is one of britain's most renowned religious and social commentators" see oxfam website for delivery information read moreheralding a major series of retellings of international myths by authors from around the world, armstrong's characteristically insightful and eloquent book serves as a brilliant and thought-provoking introduction to myth in the broadest sense - and why we dismiss it only at our perilmyths help us make sense of the universearmstrong takes us from the palaeolithic period and the myths of the hunters right up to the 'great western transformation' of the last 500 years and the discrediting of myth by science"human beings have always been mythmakers
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Barbed wire and cucumber sandwiches is the compelling story of a cricket tour framed in a landscape of turbulent social historyfifty years on, acclaimed author and social historian dr colin shindler has delved deep into the mcc archives for new information and gained exclusive interviews with key players of the timecricket, england's gentle summer game, was shaken to its core by demonstrations, strikes, arrests and violence amid growing global disgust at apartheid, ahead of south africa's planned tourthe battle to stop and then to save the tour split the nation, drove a wedge between the generations and destroyed friendships in an uncanny foreshadowing of brexitbarbed wire and cucumber sandwiches brings you the full untold story of one of cricket's biggest controversies - the significance of which reaches far beyond the realm of sportsee oxfam website for delivery information read morealongside the views of cricketers mike brearley and ray illingworth are the opinions of labour politician peter hain, who was chairman of the stop the seventy tour campaign
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Graphic agitation: social and political graphics since the sixties by liz mcquistonsoftback design book featuring insightful reference to the history of anti-establishment graphicsbook is in good condition with slight fading to the spine and a crossed out previous owners name on the front sheet
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