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Embodied in the hugely popular league of nations union, this pro-league movement touched britain in profound waysbased on extensive archival research, the british people and the league of nations offers a vivid account of this popular league consciousness and in so doing reveals the vibrant character of associational life between the warsoxfam bookshop chelmsford in the decades following europe's first total war, millions of british men and women looked to the league of nations as the symbol and guardian of a new world order based on international co-operationforemost amongst the league societies, the union became one of britain's largest voluntary associations and a powerful advocate of democratic accountability and popular engagement in the making of foreign policyfounded in to preserve peace between its member-states, the league inspired a rich, participatory culture of political protest, popular education and civic ritual which found expression through the establishment of voluntary societies in dozens of countries across europe and beyondsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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At the paris peace conference of , the allies agreed reluctantly to govern their new conquests according to international and humanitarian norms and under 'mandate' from the league of nationsthe allies sought to use the league to safeguard imperial authority, but that authority was undermined by the mechanisms for international oversight they had themselves createdas the guardians shows, this decision had enormous consequencesas imperial politicians wearied of continual scandals and crises - revolts in south west africa, syria, samoa, and palestine; famine in rwanda; labour abuses in new guinea; extortionate oil contracts in iraq - they began to question whether independent states might be easier to deal with than territories subject to international scrutinyminor signs of shelf wearoxfam bookshop bath a paperback in very good conditionnew states emerged from the great european land empires, while germany's african and pacific colonies, and the ottoman provinces in the middle east fell into allied handsbritain, france, belgium, japan, and the british dominions wanted to keep the new states, but woodrow wilson and the millions converted to the ideal of self-determination thought otherwisesee oxfam website for delivery information read moredrawing on research in four continents and dozens of archives, and bringing to life a global network of nationalists, humanitarians, international bureaucrats, and imperial statesmen, the guardians offers an entirely new interpretation of the importance of international organizations in the emergence of the modern world orderthe first world war threw the imperial order into crisisthe pages are clean and tight and appear unreadcolonial nationalists and humanitarians exploited new rights of petition or opportunities for publicity to expose abuses or scandals; germans resentful of the loss of their colonies and italians eager to found a new empire arrived in geneva to demand a repartition of the spoils
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This book is a first edition of his writings on the league of nationstaft was elected president in , the chosen successor of theodore roosevelt, but was defeated for re-election by woodrow wilson in  after roosevelt split the republican vote by running as a third-party candidatein , president warren goxfam bookshop carlisle william howard taft (september - march ) was the 27th president of the united states () and the tenth chief justice of the united states (), the only person to have held both officessee oxfam website for delivery information read moreharding appointed taft to be chief justice, a position in which he served until a month before his deathexcellent pages for its age, a little edge and board wear
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Oxfam books & music totnes ranging over depression-era politics, the failures of the league of nations, popular journalism and the modernist culture exemplified by such writers as james joyce and tin djuna barnes's nightwood: 'the world' and the politics of peace, bonnie roos reads barnes's novel against the backdrop of herbert bayard swope's popular new york newspaper the world to demonstrate the ways in which the novel wrestles with such contemporaneous issues as the great depression and its political fallout, the failures of the league of nations and the collapse of peace between the two world warsno marks and good bindingsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreeliot, this is a comprehensive exploration of the historical contexts of djuna barnes's masterpiece, nightwoodroos argues that nightwood allegorizes the role of liberal newspapers - epitomised by the sensationalism of the world - in driving a us policy that hastened the arrival of warbloosbury paperback in "as new"Â condition
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Are you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikithe majority with beautiful sheet edgesour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeusual marks of this series on the gummnh stamps in very good conditionplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitecomplete 'league of nations' series fromsent by registered mailcatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available
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Very difficult stamps to find in complete sheetlet from the society of nations seriesare 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 storesheet of 100 pieces, due to the age of the sheet, somewhat open at the bottom without breakingestimated catalogue price: €650shipping via registered mailplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitenot available to find in sheetscatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available
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Very difficult stamps to find in complete sheetlet from the society of nations seriessheet of 100 specimens one part of the miniature sheet with good centringare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikicatalogue value shipment via registered postsee photographsour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storesome stamps in the central part of the last row slightly detached but not separated from the sheetplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available
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In 'the league of gentlemen are behind you' () the tradition of the great british panto is lampooned by the crackpot crew'the league of gentlemen's apocalypse' () is the big screen version of the programme in which misanthropic vicar bernice (reece shearsmith) discovers a prophecy that warns of the destruction of royston vaseysee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam shop edenbridge box set featuring the feature film and two specials from the cult tv programme'league of gentlemen at drury lane'() is the live stage adaptation of the popular tv seriesthe locals then discover that they are in fact fictional creations of the 'league of gentlemen' comedy troupemaking their way through a mysterious portal into the real world, murderous butcher hilary briss (mark gatiss), embittered businessman geoff tipps (shearsmith) and sinister pederast herr lipp (steve pemberton) confront their creators in an effort to force them to continue writing about royston vaseythe town of royston vasey is populated by many strange and eccentric individualsthe annual panto in royston vasey is at least as creepy and wacky as you'd expect
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The league of gentlemen welcome you to royston valley, the bleak provincial town populated by bizarre and eccentric characters ranging from local shop owners tubbs and edward (it's a local shop for local people) to pre-op transsexual barbara and never-was-been pop star les mcqueenthe complete, golden rose of montreaux-winning first series is featured hereoxfam shop kendal case and discs in excellent conditionsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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289a–‘97a -- palace of the league of nations and bit - 2 sets - noopening of the national exhibition - noare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiassembly of the postal administrations - nowooden sculptures - no660c–60f read moreour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storecomplete sets in blocks of four, mnh -- technique and landscapes - noplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitenational exhibition in zurich - nocatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available
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!63 portrait drawings of prominent personalities by erna plachteshort descriptive paragraph of each in english and germanpublished by carl habel verlag, darmstadt, west germany inhard cover with dust wrapper
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First published in , the book offers one of the world's first collected descriptions of what builds nations' wealth, and is today a fundamental work in classical economicsvarious scuffs and marks to boardsbuff cloth covered boards with blind embossed design to front and gilt text to spine, which is discolouredcreases to lower leading corners of first few leaves of text block, which is otherwise clean and tight and lightly but evenly tannedoxfam bookshop newport generally referred to by its shortened title, the wealth of nations, this is the magnum opus of the scottish economist and moral philosopher adam smith see oxfam website for delivery information read moredecorated endpapers (everyman design)shelf wear to top and bottom edges of spine and boardsneatly inked name to front free endpaperby reflecting upon the economics at the beginning of the industrial revolution, the book touches upon such broad topics as the division of labour, productivity, and free markets
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Oxfam shop okehampton a game of nations a political strategy game see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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This book presents a sociological analysis of this enduring relationship and asks: how are ideas of race critical to the understanding of music genres and preferences? what does the 'love of difference' via music contribute to contemporary perspectives of racism? previous studies of world music have situated it within the dynamics of local/global musical production, the representation of nations and ethnic groups, theories of globalization, hybridization and cultural appropriationthese interviews provide unique insights into the discursive repertoires that underpin contemporary culture, and will make a significant contribution to the mainly theoretical debates about world musicthe text offers a view of world music from 'within,' building on original, qualitative, interview-based research with people from the british world music scenesee oxfam website for delivery information read morerace and music seem fatally entwined in a way that involves both creative ethnic hybridity and ongoing problems of racismhaynes adds a conceptual and textual shift to these debates by utilizing world music as a lens for examining cultural imaginaries of race and analytical nuances of racializationoxfam bookshop hove minor shelf wear to hardcover, contents in very good, clean condition throughout
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Back in the present, and taking a sideswipe at stanley kubrick's 'eyes wide shut', the endlessly warring couple stella and charlie try to resolve their dysfunction, and stella visits a strange masked group called 'solutions' in the hope of using voodoo to get rid of her husbandwe are presented with a complex tableau of stories delivered to royston vasey's vicar bernice by a variety of strangers who visit her churchfinally we travel back to visit a younger herr lipp, the vicious pederast, who is captured here leading a choir of small boys in the small german town of duisberg; but what will he do to the young lad who asks if he may come to visit this christmas? see oxfam website for delivery information read morein flashback we are shown the terrible secret behind dr chinnery's always fatal attempts at veteninary surgeryoxfam shop ulverston it's christmas time in royston vasey, the little northern town whose proud motto is 'you'll never leave', and this special full-length episode has a darkly dickensian yuletide flavour
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Back in the present, and taking a sideswipe at stanley kubrick's 'eyes wide shut', the endlessly warring couple stella and charlie try to resolve their dysfunction, and stella visits a strange masked group called 'solutions' in the hope of using voodoo to get rid of her husbandoxfam shop colne road it's christmas time in royston vasey, the little northern town whose proud motto is 'you'll never leave', and this special full-length episode has a darkly dickensian yuletide flavourwe are presented with a complex tableau of stories delivered to royston vasey's vicar bernice by a variety of strangers who visit her churchfinally we travel back to visit a younger herr lipp, the vicious pederast, who is captured here leading a choir of small boys in the small german town of duisberg; but what will he do to the young lad who asks if he may come to visit this christmas? see oxfam website for delivery information read morein flashback we are shown the terrible secret behind dr chinnery's always fatal attempts at veteninary surgery
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Oxfam shop kendal new and sealedback in the present, and taking a sideswipe at stanley kubrick's 'eyes wide shut', the endlessly warring couple stella and charlie try to resolve their dysfunction, and stella visits a strange masked group called 'solutions' in the hope of using voodoo to get rid of her husbandit's christmas time in royston vasey, the little northern town whose proud motto is 'you'll never leave', and this special full-length episode has a darkly dickensian yuletide flavourwe are presented with a complex tableau of stories delivered to royston vasey's vicar bernice by a variety of strangers who visit her churchfinally we travel back to visit a younger herr lipp, the vicious pederast, who is captured here leading a choir of small boys in the small german town of duisberg; but what will he do to the young lad who asks if he may come to visit this christmas? see oxfam website for delivery information read morein flashback we are shown the terrible secret behind dr chinnery's always fatal attempts at veteninary surgery
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Central to this book is a study of henderson's bitter and long-lasting rivalry with ramsay macdonald and his deep commitment to the league of nations and the cause of world peaceduring the first world war and again briefly after he served as leader of the labour partysee oxfam website for delivery information read morehis talents as a political manager were central to the labour party's electoral strategy and to the expansion of the constituency organisation which enabled labour to develop from a sectional pressure group into a government partyoxfam books & music beeston manchester university press, , hardback with dust jacket very good condition arthur henderson was one of the first working-class mps and held the office of secretary of the labour party for nearly twenty-five yearsa key minister in the first two labour governments, he became foreign secretary in and received the nobel peace prize for his dedicated efforts as president of the world disarmament conferencealways a moderate, 'uncle arthur', as he was generally known, was the embodiment of the alliance between the labour party and the trade union movement, a partnership that he incorporated into the fabric of the party through the constitution
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She was among 'the most brilliant dramatic stars of our time', according to franz liszt, and billed as 'the most talked of opera singer in europe'see oxfam website for delivery information read morethis is a picturesque but painstakingly researched biography of the life - and the times - of the nineteenth century's maria callas"enchantress of nations" is a lavish biography of this amazing woman whose life spanned most of the nineteenth century; and it also weaves a rich tapestry of music and literature in france, england and russiamichael steen recounts the back-stage bitchiness, robbery, duels and violence, life in russia before the emancipation of the serfs, appalling disease and shocking poverty, and the unhappiness experienced by children of successful parentsdickens - reduced to tears by her singing - regarded her as 'one of the greatest actresses of any time'liszt also declared that, with pauline viardot, the world had finally found a woman composer of geniusluxuriously produced with a colour plate section, it opens a new vista on opera, nineteenth-century literature and history
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Includes both rise of nations and thrones & patriots expansionpc - cd - rise of nations - gold edition
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The best of the human leaguetitle:the best of the human leaguethe disc will play perfectly without interruption and the case, inlay notes and sleeve may show limited signs of wearyour item will be previously owned but still in great condition
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Celebrate the history of the olympics with this hallmark parade of nations keepsake christmas ornamentnew in box, display plate stand includedplate can also be hung on christmas tree
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Get ready for another dramatic season of blitz and experience the league like never beforestep onto the field with more customizable options than ever before, with new cities, logos, and unlockable players which will help you to create what could be the greatest franchise in league historytake your team online and dominate your opponents using new offensive and defensive evasion moves, or try and defeat the three new division all-star teams stacked with the best talent on the fieldsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop swanage the game which revolutionized pro football is back and better than ever, starring lawrence taylor, as quentin sands, and the new bad boy on the block, bill romanowski, as linebacker bruno batagglia
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Game of nations board game, played with very good condition, completecollection only
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Histories of nations peter furtado how their identities were forged hardback new and sealed collection from ireby in cumbria ca7 please view my other items for more books on history and historical places and buildings read more
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Oxfam shop colne road xena warrior princess conqueror of nations xena figure collectors series 6" figure brand new in original packaging see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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The human league - the best of (), mirror man, louise, human, seconds, in condition with some signs of use and handlingfrom smoke free and pet free homeselling all my cds, happy to combine postagesent 2nd class standard post
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4 nights in a 3* hotel in rome for 2 people, including 2 tickets to the rugby six nations scotland vs italy15th-19th march
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Dc comics & lego presentsa lego original movieattack of the legion of doom! dc comics super heroeslimited edition box set - blu-ray & limited edition exclusive
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