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The second section analyses the constraints imposed by muscle-powered military technology and by the organic economy on the tactical, operational, and strategic use of armed force, and the consequences of the spread of firearms in recorded history's first energy revolutionthe volume gives an innovative account of this potential - and why it was realized in the ancient world rather than the medieval west - together with a new analysis of the gunpowder revolution and the inability of rulers to meet the consequential costs within the confines of an organic economyexisting accounts of organic economies emphasize their restricted potential to support economic and political development, but this volume also considers why so much potential remained unrealizedbased on an original synthesis of 'structural' economic and demographic history with traditionally 'event driven' political and military history, it takes as its starting point ethe opening section considers the ensuing constraints on productivity, transportation, and the spatial organization of the economybut economic inefficiency also created a pool of under-utilized resources that could potentially be mobilized in pursuit of political powerwrigley's concept of 'organic economies' and their reliance on the land for energy and raw materialsthis is followed by an analysis of the military and economic constraints on the political integration of space through the formation of geographically extensive political units, and the volume concludes with a section on the demographic and economic consequences of the investment of manpower and resources in warresource shortages prevented rulers from establishing a fiscal apparatus capable of appropriating such resources as were physically availableoxfam bookshop wallingford the field and the forge offers a new approach to the pre-industrial past in europe and the mediterranean basin from the roman republic to the fall of napoleonsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreendemic mass poverty curtailed demand, limiting incentives for investment and innovation, and keeping output growth below what was technologically possible
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The outdoor revolution tech canopy 200 has all the features of a standard canopy but with the added benefit of side panels including windows to protect you from the elements without restricting your view & comes complete with 3 stability straps, making it one of the most substantial canopies it the market placethe tech canopy 200 is designed to fit small to medium sized campervan and motorhomes from 180cm to 220cm highat 3mtrs wide and 240cm deep it can be positioned where needed along the straight roof section of the vehiclewith the one pole quick erect system it also makes it one of the fastest and easiest to erect
70 €
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The tragedy of liberation: a history of the chinese revolution, bytitle: the tragedy of liberation: a history of the chinese revolution, format: paperback / softback type: book publisher: bloomsbury uk release date: language: english
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The french revolution of opened an era of seismic political upheaval, one in which many features of the modern world made their first significant appearancethe s was a fateful period for britain
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A beautiful edition of the history of the french revolution bound in half leather, the leather spine has 4 raised bands and gold letteringplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablethe 6 books are composed as follows: pages the volumes were written by thiers and were printed by the parisian publisher furne et c inour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storethe volumes are in good condition, with stains and wear due aging, as picturedare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawiki
53 €
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Made with the outdoor revolution double rip-stop 150hd fabric, sturdy steel legs, fibreglass roof poles, with internal uv block coating - this is the strongest and most durable canopy on the market! features: 150hd double rip-stop fabric - providing highly lightweight properties, with the strength to weight ratio of much heavier, denier fabrics steel legs - constructed from a quality, heavy-duty steel for optimum performance single fibreglass roof pole - for maximum stability & to tension the roof silver reflective coated inner roof fabric - for added protection against uv rays reflective guylines - high-visibility to reduce trip-hazard tps twin piping system (4mm x 6mm) - to attach to your caravan or motorhome includes pegs, valet & repair kit technical specifications: width: 260 or 390cm depth: 250cm height: 235cm-250cm weight: kg pack size: 75cm x 21cm x cm 390 width 2perfect for short weekend stayshas everything with it including instruction manual5 metres deep to fit caravans or motorhomes with an awning rail height of cm 150hd double rip-stop fabric read morethis canopy design is perfect for additional shelter on the side of your caravan or motorhome (fixed using integral ‘twin piping’)
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The outdoor revolution compactalite pro 325 is in very good condition and a great, easy to erect awningthis valuable extra space is perfect for storage or extra living areawith large windows you get a lot of natural daylightthe size means that it fits over the caravan door and can be positioned at the side of windows and ventsapprox specifications height 225cm weight kg pitch size 325cm x 235cm mm hh waterproofinghccc estimated pitching time - 20 minutes (based on two adults)suitable for vans up to cm tall
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Medal out of a golden lead of the french revolutionplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitelouis xvi, the best of kings, read morecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawiki
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The head revolution squash string ensures an enhanced feel and a great spin potential and features a gauge of 1excellent feel and spinsports technology
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Many of the cossack hosts also sided with the whites, seeing it as an opportunity to create their own independent states; others remained neutral or hostile to both sidessoon after the february revolution, and the abdication of tsar nicholas ii, the white cause began to emerge and oppose the bolsheviksthere was, however, no single, united white army to fight the red army and the forces available to the whites represented a spectrum of political factions including monarchist military organisations and social-democratsthis fascinating text by mikhail khvostov examines the colourful uniforms and the equipment of the white armies of the russian civil war ()
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Designed and built by the french entrepreneur gustave eiffel, this 324-meter-high wrought iron engineering masterpiece was used as the entrance to the universal exposition, held in paris to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the french revolutionplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteperfect box with intact seals, never opened! lego misb - discontinuedlego architecture for real collectorscatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storerecreate the eiffel tower, one of the world’s most famous and iconic monuments, with lego architectureare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawiki
38 €
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Oxfam emporium manchester the eminent art historian lord clark is your guide through western european culture, from the fall of the roman empire to the industrial revolution and beyondthe lavish series was hailed as a masterpiece when it was first transmitted in and remains the benchmark for the numerous programmes it inspiredsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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In the end of time, the british theoretical physicist julian barbour describes the coming revolution in our understanding of the world: a quantum theory of the universe that brings together einstein's general theory of relativity, which denies the existence of a unique time, and quantum mechanics, which demands onefinally, in a lucid and eloquent epilogue, the author speculates on the philosophical implications of his theory: does free will exist? is time travel possible? how did the universe begin? where is heaven? does the denial of time make life meaningless? written with exceptional clarity and elegance, this profound and original work presents a dazzlingly powerful argument that all will be able to follow, but no-one with an interest in the workings of the universe will be able to ignoreunifying thinking that has never been brought together before in a book for the general reader, barbour reveals the true architecture of the universe and demonstrates how physics is coming up sharp against the extraordinary possibility that the sense of time passing emerges from a universe that is timelessthe heart of the book is the author's lucid description of how a world of stillness can appear to be teeming with motion: in this timeless world where all possible instants coexist, complex mathematical rules of quantum mechanics bind together a special selection of these instants in a coherent order that consciousness perceives as the flow of timebarbour believes that only the most radical of ideas can resolve the conflict between these two theories: that there is, quite literally, no time at alloxfam bookshop cheltenham time is an illusionthis is the first full-length account of the crisis in our understanding that has enveloped quantum cosmologysee oxfam website for delivery information read morealthough the laws of physics create a powerful impression that time is flowing, in fact there are only timeless 'nows'
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Graduates of the dachau school would go on to play a central role in the wartime criminality of the third reich, particularly at auschwitzan international symbol of nazi depredation, dachau was the cradle of a new and terrible spirit of destructionoxfam books & music islington dachau and the ss studies the concentration camp guards at dachau, the first ss concentration camp and a national 'school' of violence for its concentration camp personnelchristopher dillon analyses recruitment to the dachau ss and evaluates the contribution of ideology, training, social psychology and masculine ideals to the conduct and subsequent careers of concentration camp guardsthis copy has slight damage to the back dust jacket (see photograph) see oxfam website for delivery information read morethroughout the pre-war era of nazi germany, dachau functioned as an academy of violence where concentration camp personnel were schooled in steely resolution and the techniques of terrorcombining extensive new research into the pre-war history of dachau with theoretical insights from studies of perpetrator violence, this book offers the first systematic study of the 'dachau school'it explores the backgrounds and socialization of thousands of often very young ss men in the camp and critiques the assumption that violence was an outcome of personal or ideological pathologiesset up in the first months of adolf hitler's rule, dachau was a bastion of the nazi 'revolution' and a key springboard for the ascent of heinrich himmler and the ss to control of the third reich's terror and policing apparatusdachau and the ss makes an original contribution to scholarship on the pre-history of the holocaust and the institutional organisation of violence
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Oxfam bookshop new milton used, fair condition, hard cover with dust jacketaccompanying the first major television history of this ever more influential artform, this landmark book explores the key events and the key images that have marked the development of photographythis book examines all the different genres of photography from landscape and portraiture to news and reportageall the pages are clean and unmarkedthe hard cover has a little bumping to the top and bottom of the spine but the corners are goodit begins with the earliest days of the photograph in the s and ends with an examination of the state of photography today and the effect that the 'digital revolution' will have, changing not only how we look at a photograph but what it is in a physical sensethis is a major book for anyone who wants to know more about one of the most important art forms of the 21st century"the genius of photography" examines the evolution of photography in its wider context: social, political, economic, technological and artisticthe dust jacket has creasing to the top edge and bumping to all four corners and also the top and bottom of the spinethis is a large book measuring 305 x 240 x 26 mm and weighing 1 7 kg, however, this is still within the limit to not affect the postage costthe inner edge of the back board is damaged down the length where it joins to the spine, however, the binding of the pages is still soundat the heart of the book is a quest to understand what makes a truly great photographsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethere is a very small tear (about 5 mm) at the bottom of the spineit brings a critical perspective and a strong aesthetic sense to the subject, but above all it is primarily a narrative history
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Oxfam 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 medicipatrons 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 everythingin 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
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It brings together the latest work on a subject which is central to an understanding not just of the french revolution but of much french political controversy over the past two centuriesoxfam bookshop new milton used, very good condition, hard cover with dust jacketthe book is in very good condition with just some light shelfwear and a little bumping to the top corners of the dust jacketthe binding is sound, the corners of the hard cover are good and the pages are all clean and unmarkedsee oxfam website for delivery information read morealthough the framework of this book is a narrative, the main themes of the counter-revolution are also covered in order to set the events in their wider context of europe, much of which at some time was occupied by the french
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Oxfam bookshop sevenoaks this is the iconic eyewitness account of the russian revolution in october-november , when the bolsheviks under lenin took control of the statethe volume is in good used condition commensurate with agethere is no dustjacketwritten by the american journalist john reed, this edition was published by modern books in , shortly after its first publication in england insee oxfam website for delivery information read morethere is slight wear to the buckram binding, and the spine is somewhat faded
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' as the population grew, magistrates and parish constables would become the main weapons in the fight against crime, and, as the industrial revolution changed the nature of society, the organised constabularies that we know today began to evolve, most notably with robert peel's establishment of the metropolitan policehe therefore appointed a shire reeve for each county, who was responsible for maintaining 'the king's peacesee oxfam website for delivery information read morerichard cowley's history of the british police charts its development from the anglo-saxon reeves to 'blunkett's bobbies' (community support officers), and, unlike most such accounts, does not focus on a specific area, but includes the whole countryoxfam original liverpool having expelled the norse invaders from his kingdom, alfred the great wanted to ensure that it remained peaceful and law-abidingwritten by a former police officer who is now archivist of northamptonshire constabulary, this is essential reading for anyone interested in the history of the policing and crime in britain
49 €
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Shelf wear to top and bottom edges of spine and boardsdecorated endpapers (everyman design)creases to lower leading corners of first few leaves of text block, which is otherwise clean and tight and lightly but evenly tanned see oxfam website for delivery information read moreneatly 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 marketsfirst 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 economicsoxfam 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 smithvarious scuffs and marks to boardsbuff cloth covered boards with blind embossed design to front and gilt text to spine, which is discoloured
12 €
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revolution - the beatles (3hello, goodbye - the beatles (ob-la-di, ob-la-da - the beatles (across the universe - the beatles (lady madonna - the beatles (pepper's lonely hearts club band - the beatles (a day in the life - the beatles (i am the walrus - the beatles (oxfam shop colne road disc 11here comes the sun - the beatles (ballad of john & yoko - the beatles (don't let me down - the beatles (all you need is love - the beatles (magical mystery tour - the beatles (lucy in the sky with diamonds - the beatles (octopus's garden - the beatles (while my guitar gently weeps - the beatles (let it be - the beatles (something - the beatles (the beatles (come together - the beatles (penny lane - the beatles (with a little help from my friends - the beatles (the fool on the hill - the beatles (get back - the beatles (old brown shoe - the beatles (the long and winding road - the beatles ( cd + booklet see oxfam website for delivery information read morestrawberry fields forever - the beatles (hey jude - the beatles (
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Please click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitevery lovely lot of 51 stamps from the years and , complete with: claude debussy, claude bernard, to save the race, le clémenceau, 75th anniversary of the red cross, international exhibition in new york, for the birth rate, verdun, for the postal museum, pau, guillotière bridge in lyon, for our soldiers, france's overseas territories , for sailors lost at sea, the french revolution, for jobless intellectuals, ptt ministry, celebrations for the fiftieth anniversary of the eiffel tower, marshal foch, national relief, georges guynemer, etcy & t value: €365catawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablethe stamps are in flawless condition, look at the photos to draw your own conclusionour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawiki
80 €
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Covering both the urban and rural and packed with pictures, maps and drawings showing everything from how we can still pick out bronze age fields on bodmin moor to how the industrial revolution really changed our landscape, this book makes us look afresh at our surroundings and really see them for the first timein the making of the british landscape, eminent historian, archaeologist and farmer, francis pryor explains how to read these clues to understand the history of our land and of how people have lived on it throughout timeoxfam bookshop ludlow this is the story of britain as it has been preserved in fields, roads, buildings, towns and villages, mountains, forests and islandssee oxfam website for delivery information read morefrom the suburban streets that still trace out the boundaries of long vanished farms to the norfolk broads, formed when medieval peat pits flooded, from the ceremonial landscapes of stonehenge to the spread of the railways - evidence of how man's effect on britain is everywhere
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Build your own lego interpretation of the famous eiffel tower! here is the lego architecture interpretation of one of the most famous monuments in history: the eiffel tower! designed and built by the french building contractor, gustave eiffel, this original wrought-iron engineering masterpiece -height: 324 m) was the grand entrance to the universal fair held in paris to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the french revolutionplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableheight: over 31 cm, width: 11 cm, depth: 11 cmla poste (mondial relay preferred, delivery via la poste if the global relay service not available in your country)shipping methods: - mondial relay (relay location preferred, home delivery if delivery in relay location not available in your country)our weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawiki
34 €
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Titles: life on the home front life in the twenties and thirties life in the victorian age life in the tudor age life during the industrial revolution life in the age of exploration life in the land of the pharaohswill deliver free in brighton and hove areaset of seven hardback volumes
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Titles: life on the home front life in the twenties and thirties life in the victorian age life in the tudor age life during the industrial revolution life in the age of exploration life in the land of the pharaohswill sell individuallyset of seven hardback volumes - will deliver free in the brighton, hove and surrounding area
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The book concludes with his reflections on his departure from the new vision and on the ugandan revolutioncommunication is key to helping us give you the best experiencewe will do our best to turn any less than satisfactory experience into a positive one
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It is said without them the scientific revolution would have been impossibleoxfam shop cottingham pushing the limits - infinitesimal calculus by antonio jpublished by rba coleccionablessee oxfam website for delivery information read morethis book from the 'everything is mathematical' series invites the reader to explore the importance of calculus and of concepts such as 'derivatives' and 'integrals'very good condition
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Henry firth and ian theasby, creators of the world’s biggest and fastest-growing plant-based platform, bosh!, are the new faces of the food revolutionthe cookbook will be your guidealways ensuring they stick to fresh, supermarket-friendly ingredients, bosh!
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Hussite warfare: the armies, equipment, tactics and campaigns 1, paperback by querengasser, alexander, isbn , isbn-13 , brand new, free p&p in the uk with the outbreak of the hussite revolution in , bohemia found itself opposed by a superior force of european crusader armiesgerman knighthood was experiencing its last heyday
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