The cultural revolution
List the cultural revolution
-
Introduces students to the best recent writings on the scientific revolution of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuriesoxfam shop bishop's stortford this book introduces students to the best recent writings on the scientific revolution of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuriespresents work by scholars who have been at the forefront of reinterpreting the scientific revolution great condition copy of a excellent book for students and historians of the period see oxfam website for delivery information read morecovers a wide range of topics including astronomy, science and religion, natural philosophy, technology, medicine and alchemyrepresents a broad range of approaches from the seminal to the innovative
14 €
-
Oxfam shop dumfries the permanent revolution is a work of theological re-imagination and re-construction that draws from biblical studies, theology, organizational theory, leadership studies, and key social sciencesoutlines the essential characteristics of apostolic movement and how to restructure the church and ministry to be more consistent with themshows how to view the world through a biblical perspective and continue the "permanent revolution" that jesus startedalan hirsch is a leading voice in the missional movement of the christian westit explores how the apostolic ministry facilitates ongoing renewal in the life of the church and focuses on leadership in relation to missional innovation and entrepreneurshipthe authors examine the nature of organization as reframed through the lens of apostolic ministrythis groundbreaking book integrates theology, sociology, and leadership to further define the apostolic movementsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe book elaborates on the apostolic role rooted in the five-fold ministry from ephesians 4 (apostles, prophets, evangelists, shepherds, and teacher), and its significance for the missional movement
8 €
-
Overview: award-winning writer china miéville has long been inspired by the ideals of the russian revolution and here, on the centenary of the revolution, he provides his own distinctive take on its historydust jacket condition: as newcondition: as newhow did this unimaginable transformation take place?
29 €
-
Oxfam bookshop lincoln this book looks at the growth of industry in cornwall during the industrial revolution present in this edition but absent in the first (published ) is a look at the religious and social changes also brought about by this period of technological development the book is in good condition with most signs of damage limited to the dust jacket (fraying on the edges, chipping and fading of the spine), internally the binding is strong and the pages cleansee oxfam website for delivery information read more while primarily looking at the growth of the mining industry, covering copper mining, the growth of tin mining and the introduction of steam power, this book also looks at the changes in the local agriculture and fishing industries
9 €
-
Collectives in the spanish revolution softcover, isbn publisher: freedom press, london: freedom pressisbn: text is clean'this book can only deal with a few of the collectives that were set up in spain during the struggle against franco, for as the author points out, there were 400 agricultural collectives in aragon, 900 in the levante and 300 in castileshipped from spain delivery costs extra
53 €
-
Language: this book should contain text in engseeing through the eyes of the polish revolution: solidarity and the struggle against communism in poland
15 €
-
The world of the haitian revolution by david patrick geggus (paperback, ) delivery uk delivery is usually within 7 to 9 working daysinternational delivery varies by country, please see the wordery store help page for details
19 €
-
The book is in a very good conditioncollection from rotherhithe (se16) or can post if costs are coveredthis 456 page paperback is titled 'the foreign revolution' and written by nick harristhe book tells the story and history of how overseas footballers have influenced and changed the english game
4 €
-
The first edition () was acclaimed and it firmly established the shropshire coalfield as the cradle of the industrial revolutionoxfam bookshop folkestone this is the second edition -- excellent condition but missing a dust jacketafter several reprints a new edition appeared in , but since then there has been much further research, and re-examination of interpretations, prompting a completely re-written book with an entirely new structure, and with many more illustrations, all integrated with the relevant textthis is the book that made ironbridge a place of international pilgrimage, and, in its new edition, provides a 21st-century explanation why! see oxfam website for delivery information read more
11 €
-
Oxfam bookshop cardiff his historical view of the french revolution (), made the revolution-personified or represented as the activity of the virtuous people-the focal moment of all french historyhe had offered a separate study called the people, published in , in praise of his herohis history had a hero, the people itselfsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
90 €
-
This title is suitable for a variety of courses including:- aqa: the english revolution, - ocr: the early stuarts and the origins of the civil war used soft back book in good conditionaccess to history is the most popular, trusted and wide-ranging series for a-level history studentsoxfam shop oldham exam board: aqa, edexcel, ocr & wjeclevel: a-levelsubject: historyfirst teaching: september first exam: june give your students the best chance of success with this tried and tested series, combining in-depth analysis, engaging narrative and accessibilitythis title:- supports the content and assessment requirements of the a-level history specifications- contains authoritative and engaging content- includes thought-provoking key debates that examine the opposing views and approaches of historians- provides exam-style questions and guidance for each relevant specification to help students understand how to apply what they have learnsigns of wear on covercorners and edges bumped, but contents clean and free from notessee oxfam website for delivery information read more
7 €
-
Oxfam books & music beaconsfield this third volume outlines the history and role of the anarcho-syndicalist labour union in the spanish revolution and civil warminimal shelf wear to the soft cover; otherwise in 'as new' conditionfirst english language edition publishedsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
20 €
-
The early stuarts and the english revolution a-level history 2nd edition by katherine bricemichael lynch exam board: aqa, edexcel, ocr & wjec 244pgnew costs: ÂŁ buy it for: ÂŁ10condition: used
10 €
-
Leaflets of the russian revolution socialist organizing in by barbara c allen (hardback, ) delivery uk delivery is usually within 7 to 9 working daysinternational delivery varies by country, please see the wordery store help page for details
25 €
-
The french revolution by thomas carlyle, published in three volumes by the folio society - , presented in slip case, the set is in near mint conditionmany other titles available read more
25 €
-
Oxfam bookshop cotham hill the managerial revolution or what is happening in the world now original jacket and beige cloth bindingdarkened cover and spinepages tight and straightsee oxfam website for delivery information read more rubbing to jacket edges and foxing to jacket corners with light tears at the corners
(England)
150 €
-
Oxfam books & music olney a folder containing a collection of facsimiles relating to the russian revolutionsee oxfam website for delivery information read morefolder shows signs of wear but documents all in good condition
9 €
-
Great britain bicentenary of the american revolution mnh ** sg am happy tos hip with carrier of your choice xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx read more
-
Looking at the changed face of his country, hitchens finds a "politically correct zeal for the new" whose impact on daily life has been "as devastating in effect, if not in violence, as mao tse tung's cultural revolution in chinaif there is a term that summarizes everything that has gone wrong in britain, it is "tony blairism," which hitchens sees as having rewritten england's history, trivialized its journalism, subverted its educational system and cultural standards, and overthrown accepted notions of patriotism, faith, and morality" see oxfam website for delivery information read more"writing with passion and flair, hitchens targets the pernicious effects of tv culture, the "corruption and decay" of the english language, the loss of politeness, and the "syrupy confessional mood" brought on by the death of diana, which hitchens contrasts with the somber national response to the death of winston churchilloxfam bookshop cheltenham a surprise best seller in england, the abolition of britain is bitingly witty and fiercely argued, yet also filled with somber appreciation for what "the idea of england" has always meant to the west and to the world at largeone english critic called the abolition of britain "an elegant jeremiad" in which peter hitchens identifies everything that has gone wrong with britain since world war ii and makes the case for "those many millions who feel that they have become foreigners in their own land and wish with each succeeding day that they could turn the clock backthe new britain is government by focus group in which people are told what to feel as a way of preventing them from asking how they want to be governed
3 €
-
The little red books were published from to about and widely distributed during the cultural revolutionplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikithere is also foxing / light brown staining in the booksthe most popular versions were printed in small sizes that could be easily carried and were bound in bright red covers, becoming commonly known internationally as the little red book*buyer please pay within 3 days* read morethey are written in chinese so i am not sure of the oldest publication in this lot though the period is aroundcatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableplease view the photos for further details! shipped tracked and insuredinside contain black and white photos of mao tse-tung and also coloured illustrations of the chairmanour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storethe condition of the books vary, a few have writing or pen marks inside11 little red books in chinese containing quotations from mao tse-tung / mao zedong
(England)
41 €
-
According to historian james cracraft, he led a cultural revolution that replaced the traditionalist and medieval social and political system with a modern, scientific, europe-oriented, and rationalist systemin numerous successful wars he expanded the tsardom into a huge empire that became a major european power30 may] february [ocatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableas feodor did not leave any children, a dispute arose between the naryshkin and miloslavsky families over who should inherit the thronecountry niue island year \t face value \t5 dollars metal \tsilverare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawiki28 january] )[a] ruled the tsardom of russia and later the russian empire from 7 may [othis position changed when feodor died inpeter's other half-brother, ivan v, was next in line for the throne, but he was chronically ill and of infirm mind90 mm quality \tproof mintage \t999 pcs read morefrom an early age, peter's education (commissioned by tsar alexis i) was put in the hands of several tutors, most notably nikita zotov, patrick gordon, and paul menesiusconsequently, the boyar duma (a council of russian nobles) chose the 10-year-old peter to become tsar with his mother as regentsophia alekseyevna, one of alexis' daughters from his first marriage, led a rebellion of the streltsy (russia's elite military corps) in april–may999 weight \t2 oz (626 mm thickness \t2this arrangement was brought before the people of moscow, as ancient tradition demanded, and was ratifiedthroughout this period, the government was largely run by artamon matveev, an enlightened friend of alexis, the political head of the naryshkin family and one of peter's greatest childhood benefactorsplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteon 29 january , tsar alexis died, leaving the sovereignty to peter's elder half-brother, the weak and sickly feodor iii2g) diameter \t41in the subsequent conflict some of peter's relatives and friends were murdered, including matveev, and peter witnessed some of these acts of political violence27 april] until his death, jointly ruling before with his half-brothercoin story peter the great, peter i or pyotr alexeyevich (russian: ???? ??????´????, ???? i, pyotr i, or ???? ????´???, pyotr velikiy) (9 june [oour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any store
108 €
-
The author herself grew up during the cultural revolution, at the time of the personality cult of mao and the worst excesses of the gang of fouroxfam bookshop cheltenham through the lives of three different women - grandmother, mother and daughter - this book tells the story of 20th-century chinashe joined the red guard but after mao's death she was to become one of the first chinese students to study abroadshe rose to be a senior communist official, but was imprisoned three timesher daughter, born in , experienced the horrors of japanese occupation in manchuria as a schoolgirl, and after their surrender joined the communist-led underground fighting chiang kai-shek's kuomintangher husband, also a high official and one of the very first to join the communists, was relentlessly persecuted, imprisoned and finally sent to a labour camp where, physically broken and disillusioned, he lost his sanitysee oxfam website for delivery information read morein , at the age of 15, the author's grandmother became the concubine of a powerful warlord, whom she was seldom to see during the 10 years of their "marriage"at times scarcely credible in the details it reveals of the suffering of millions of ordinary chinese people, it is an unforgettable record of tyranny, hope and ultimate survival under conditions of extreme harshness
4 €
-
Patrons of the arts who helped make florence one of the great cultural centers of the renaissance, they were also power-hungry and reckless, ultimately losing everythingoxfam bookshop cheltenham it was a dynasty with more wealth and power than the houses of windsor, kennedy, and rockefeller combinedbankers turned nobility and de facto rulers, the medici family defined upward mobilityit was the house of mediciin the house of medici, christopher hibbert, author of the days of the french revolution, explores the lives and misdeeds of this remarkable familyhe lives with his family in henley-on-thames in oxfordshire, englandsee oxfam website for delivery information read morechristopher hibbert, an oxford graduate, has written more than fifty books, including wellington: a personal history, london: the biography of a city, redcoats and rebels, and the destruction of lord raglanit shaped all of europe and controlled politics, scientists, artists and even popes for three hundred years
3 €
-
The narrative tracks his story along with that of polat, a trader and member of a forgotten ethnic minority, who moves to the west in search of political freedom and a new life; william jefferson foster, who grew up in an illiterate family in a remote village; emily, a migrant factory worker in a city without a past; and chen mengjia, a scholar of oracle-bone inscriptions - the earliest known writing in east asia - and a man whose mysterious story has been lost since his suicide forty years ago, at the beginning of the cultural revolutionoxfam shop wolverhampton oracle bones tells its engaging and compelling story through the lives of a handful of ordinary peoplewith him we discover not only where the great, influential cultures of east and west intersect, but also how the conjunction of past and present creates today's china - and how people create meaning out of chaotic world eventssee oxfam website for delivery information read moreall of them are migrants, emigrants, or wanderers who find themselves far from home, their lives dramatically changed by historical forces they are struggling to understandthe author himself is a westerner, a journalist living in beijinghessler excavates the past in search of meaning, his intimate approach putting a remarkable human face on the history he uncovers
14 €
-
Oxfam shop ringwood this is the story of a young boy, born in tibet to inherit the role of buddhist lineage holder, whose life was interrupted by the chinese army invasion and the ensuing cultural revolutiontwo decades later, he walked out of tibet and started on his journey of fully taking on leadership of the drikung kagyu lineagesince then the teachings of this lineage have flourished and are practiced all around the world--after nearly being lostsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
15 €
-
By using a novel comparative perspective it gives a fresh view of the relationship between cultural regionalism, political regionalism and nationalismthis book offers new perspectives to specialists of regionalism and nationalism, but will also be of interest to students of the cultural history of france, germany and spain and to specialists from the fields of politics, ethnology, art history, cultural studies and architectural historystorm further illuminates how during the first decades of the twentieth century the culture of regionalism slowly lost the battle against its main rival: the avant-gardeshortly afterwards they were followed by architects, who constructed villas and garden cities inspired by vernacular cottagesregional identities, like national identities, were created and sometimes even invented; and this was equally the case in france, germany and spainduring the s painters began to apply the regionalist ideology by producing images of a presumably harmonious and authentic rural societythey all appropriated, and in some cases perverted, the regionalist message showing that strong regional identities would ultimately reinforce national unityartists, architects and international exhibitions played a highly influential role in this processsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop kingston upon thames this pioneering book studies the rise, heyday and demise of regionalism from the belle aepoque until the eve of the second world warlater on regionalism was used at international exhibitions by widely differing regimes, such as the primo de rivera dictatorship in spain, the popular front government in france, and the hitler-regime in germany
60 €
-
" empire's twin broadens our conception of anti-imperialist actors, ideas, and actions; it charts this story across the range of american history, from the revolution to our own era; and it opens up the transnational and global dimensions of american anti-imperialismby tracking the diverse manifestations of american anti-imperialism, this book highlights the different ways in which historians can approach it in their research and teachingencounters in the middle east, and the transnational nature of anti-imperialist public sentiment during the cold war and beyondwith the revolution, and again in , the nation stood against the most powerful empire in the world and declared itself independentthe contributors cover a wide range of subjects, including the discourse of anti-imperialism in the early republic and civil war, anti-imperialist actions in the uduring the mexican revolution, the anti-imperial dimensions of early uthe declaration of independence, after all, is an anti-imperial document, cataloguing the sins of the metropolitan government against the coloniesas noted by ian tyrrell and jay sexton, however, american "anti-imperialism was clearly selective, geographically, racially, and constitutionallysee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop knutsford across the course of american history, imperialism and anti-imperialism have been awkwardly paired as influences on the politics, culture, and diplomacy of the united states
14 €
-
The book is in excellent conditionwriting for both the general reader and the scholar, michael grant has in his fluent and immensely readable account captured one of the most astonishing civilisations at the height of its powersnever has there been such a multiplication of varied talents and genius within so limited a periodin this book, michael grant concentrates on the individuals in the cultural, social, artistic and political history of the classical greeks, who shaped their own and future civilisationssee oxfam website for delivery information read morehe places the work of sophocles, aristophanes, herodotus, aristotle, the architect and sculptors of the parthenon, philip ii of macedonia and many other in their historical context, and asks what gave rise to such outstanding achievement in the cultural, philosophical, scientific and literary spheresoxfam bookshop chipping norton hardback - - weidenfeld & nicolson the golden age of ancient greek city-state civilisation lasted from 490 to 336 bc, the period between the first wars with persia and carthage and the accession of alexander the great
6 €
-
These engagements prompt larger questions about the consequences of american christian cultural projection into the wider worldcontributors explain the distinctly american dimensions of these missionary encounters, the cultural influences they exerted on the region, and their consequences for local nationalism, print culture, education, and moreoxfam bookshop knutsford during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, american missionary encounters in the middle east set foundations for later umissionaries presented examples of american culture to middle eastern peoples, just as they interpreted the middle east for americans back homethis volume focuses on regions that were once part of the ottoman empire in western asia, the balkans, and north africathis is an excellent resource for specialists in history, middle eastern studies, american studies, religious studies, missiology, and anyone interested more broadly in american engagement in the middle eastsee oxfam website for delivery information read moremiddle eastern relations
17 €
-
Oxfam bookshop cheltenham the french revolution marks the foundation of the modern political worldit was in the crucible of the revolution that the political forces of conservatism, liberalism and socialism began to find their modern form, and it was the revolution that first asserted the claims of universal individual rights, on which our current understandings of citizenship are basedthe guillotine in paris claimed some official victims, but executions of captured counter-revolutionary rebels ran into the tens of thousands, and deaths in the areas of greatest conflict probably ran into six figures, with indiscriminate massacres being perpetrated by both sidesbut the terror was, as much as anything else, a civil war, and such wars are always both brutal and complexsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe story of the terror is a story of grand political pronouncements, uprisings and insurrections, but also a story of survival against hunger, persecution and bewildering ideological demands, a story of how a state, even with the noblest of intentions, can turn on its people and almost crush them
4 €