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Maddox examines the work of american indian intellectuals and reformers in the context of the society of american indians, which brought together educated, professional indians in a period when the "indian question" loomed largethese thinkers belonged to the first generation of middle-class american indians more concerned with racial categories and civil rights than with the status of individual tribesat heavily scripted wild west shows, chautauquas, civic pageants, expositions, and fairs, american indians were most often cast as victims, noble remnants of a vanishing race, or docile candidates for complete assimilationthe contents are described as: 'by the s, white americans were avid consumers of american indian culturesby adapting forms of public discourse and performance already familiar to white audiences, maddox argues, american indian reformers could more effectively pursue self-representation and political autonomythey confronted acute crises: the imposition of land allotments, the abrogation of the treaty process, the removal of indian children to boarding schools, and the continuing denial of birthright citizenship to indians that maintained their status as wards of the statehowever, as lucy maddox demonstrates in citizen indians, some prominent indian intellectuals of the era-including gertrude bonnin, charles eastman, and arthur cparker-were able to adapt and reshape the forms of public performance as one means of entering the national conversation and as a core strategy in the pan-tribal reform efforts that paralleled other progressive-era reform movementsoxfam bookshop west bridgford this book is in a very good used condition and has its original dust jacket which is faded to the spine' see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Oxfam bookshop stirling the smithsonian institution, bureau of american ethnology handbook of american indiansreprint of editionincluded are illustrations, manners, customs, places and aboriginal wordssee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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This book answers numerous questions, including who lefebvre was, what the society is, and what catholics are to think of vatican iioxfam bookshop preston in , the society of saint pius x was founded by archbishop marcel lefebvre to preserve and propagate the traditional catholic priesthood and traditional catholic latin mass, and given approval by romesee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Morgan shows how radical and revisionist scholars in the s and s first challenged the paradigm of denying an american empireas the vietnam war created a critical flashpoint, bringing the idea of american imperialism into the us mainstream, radical students of the new left turned toward marxist critiques, admiring revolutionaries like che guevarasimultaneously, a small school of revisionist scholars, led by historian william appleman williams at the university of wisconsin, put forward a progressive, nuanced critique of american empire grounded in psychology, economics, and broader historical contextit is this more sophisticated strand of thinking, morgan argues, which demonstrated that empire can be an effective analytical framework for studying us foreign policy, thus convincing american scholars to engage with the subject seriously for the first timeó how did this dramatic change come about?tracing the emergence of the concept of us imperialism, james gsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop knutsford the idea that the united states-a nation founded after a war of independence-operates as an imperialist power on the world stage has gained considerable traction since the turn of the twenty-first centurybut just a few decades earlier, this position was considered radical and even òun-american
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Oxfam bookshop lincoln society of antiquaries of london: general index to proceedings, 2nd series, volwith classified list of illustrations used: bright red fabric cover and gilded text on spine look newsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Published in , privately printed by rixon and arnold and edited by edwin freshfield (doctor of laws, treasurer of the society of antiquaries of london) lists all the income and expenditures of the church parish see oxfam website for delivery information read morealso contains two ex-library stamps from the sir john soane's museum library; one on inside front cover and one on first end pageoxfam bookshop bloomsbury street wear commensurate with age, fading to the spine and darkening on some parts of covers (please see photos)
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The first volume of pilots concentrated on the stories of american and british schoonersoxfam furniture shop southampton overall very good condition with only a tear to bottom left hand corner of the front dust jacketand slight bumping to the inside back fly leaf of dust jacketvolume 2 enters what for many will be a less familiar world, that of the european pilot schooners, the remarkable pilot brigs of the hooghly and the small, undecked craft of many of the less famous but equally important, servicesthe schooners in this volume range from the hiates of portugal to the beautiful station boats of the north sea ports of germany, the netherlands, belgium and francesee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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This first volume of pilots concentrates on the stories of american and british schoonerscontemporary images illustrate a text that takes in the development of the new york schooner to the yacht america and beyond, blockade runners from virginia, ice in the st lawrence seaway, the powerful schooners of liverpool, the mysterious but lovely shallops of swansea and many more besidesoxfam furniture shop southampton overall in very good condition with only very slight bumping to the bottom edge of front dust jacketsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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'journey's end' finds picard forced to relocate a group of american indians from a planet that now falls in cardassian space'masks' sees the enterprise transformed into an ancient society and data taken over by a string of personalities'emergence' finds the crew endangered when the enterprise develops its own intelligence'liaisons' finds picard stranded on a planet with a beautiful woman'phantasm' finds data disturbed by bad dreams, and his search for the causes turning into a real-life nightmare for the rest of the crew'bloodlines' sees picard discover that he has a son'dark page' has troi probe her mother's memory and uncover a family tragedy hidden in the pastin 'descent: part 2', the concluding part to the season six cliffhanger, picard and the senior crew are stranded on a planet infested with the new borg'the pegasus' has the enterprise joined by one of riker's old commanding officers, admiral pressman, who urges picard to embark on a hunt for a missing star fleet vessel before it falls into romulan handssee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe crew find help in the unlikely source of hugh, who explains that they are the ones responsible for the changes to the borg'pre-emptive strike' has ro ordered to infiltrate the rebel maquis organisation, where she finds that she is sympathetic to many of their causesin 'genesis' picard and data return to the enterprise to find that the crew have de-evolved into pre-historic creaturesthe rest of the crew urge data to get to know her and, as he does, he begins to realise that she is hiding something from himfinally, in the two-part story 'all good things', picard finds himself travelling backwards and forwards in timein 'inheritance' data meets a woman who was once married to his creator and is therefore his motherin 'force of nature' a brother and sister team prove that the warp drive used in all ships is tearing the fabric of the universe apart'sub rosa' finds doctor crusher falling in love with a stranger she meets at her grandmother's funeral'firstborn' has alexander reluctant to take part in the klingon ritual of the first rite of ascension'interface' has geordie encounter his mother when his visor is attached to an interface that allows him to have direct mental communication with a remote mechanical probeoxfam shop wolverhampton the complete final season of the 'star trek' spin-off'attached' sees picard and dr crusher linked telepathically by an alien race, and suddenly realising that they have been hiding their true feelings for each other'gambit' sees riker captured by aliens who he thinks have killed picard, but soon finds picard masquerading as a mercernary'parallels' finds worf shifting into multiple parallel universesin 'gambit: part 2' riker poses as a rogue starfleet officer alongside picard's mercenary'homeward' sees worf clash with his half-brother when the latter wants to violate the prime directiveq returns to reveal that mankind is still on trial by the consortium, and that picard's people face destruction from an unlikely source'lower decks' looks at the lives of some of the junior crew of the enterprise, who soon find themselves on a top-secret mission'thine own self' has data stranded on a planet with no memory and a horde of angry locals blaming him for bringing the plague to their townin 'eye of the beholder' troi and worf become romantically involved
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Angie debo’s comprehensive and compassionate account provides an unrivalled history of american indians from the dawn of their first contact with europeans to the late 20th centurythis illustrated folio edition is in near mint condition read more
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The author largely focuses on the huron indians of quebec, an ethnic group that had all but disappeared, but which manufactured an ethnic tradition almost from scratch in the midst of a modern, industrialized nationoxfam books & music lancaster creating ethnicity raises the important question of what is ethnic? using case studies from canada, zaire, belgium and bolivia, roosens shows that ethnicity does not always stem from ancient tradition, but can be shaped, modified, recreated or even manufactured in modern societythey are contrasted with other ethnic groups in other countries, whose paths to ethnic identity were very differentfinally, roosens examines a contemporary european city, brussels, see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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society is nix: gleeful anarchy at the dawn of the american comic strip st editioncatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableare 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 storeperfect! read moreplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitecopy with its boxthis copy has never been opened, it’s still wrappedhardcover, 41 x 54 cmphotos are a bit blurry just for the wrap
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The volumes are nos in the hakluyt society second series, originally published in volume set hardbacksvolume ii continue with book 2 and part of book 3 of the new edition, and contains the voyage to hawaii and the north american coastit has been possible to identify virtually all the host of islands, channels and inlets that vancouver encountered, and the provenance of most of the approximately 400 place names he bestowed, nine out of ten of which are still in use, is indicatedthis is the first annotated edition of vancouver's journal as he revised it for publication insee oxfam website for delivery information read morevery small tear to spine on volume iiall four visited the northwest coast of north america, but weather and circumstances prevented cook from making more than what beaglehole calls ' a magnificent, an epoch-making reconnaissance'; la perouse only touched the coast in a significant way at yakutat bay and lituya bay, and malasina's memorable visits were to yakutat bay and nootka soundall pages are very clean and crisp all solid bindingsvolume i contains book 1 of this new and annotated edition of a voyage of discoveryit covers the coast of north americathe third volume in the set includes the remainder of book 3, all book 4, part of book 5, covering the pacific coast of north america and return to hawaiias a midshipman vancouver had been with cook when he discovered the sandwich (hawaiian) islands inoxfam bookshop skipton four of the greatest maritime exploring expeditions were crammed into two decades late in the 18th century - cook's third voyage, the french expedition commanded by la perouse, the malaspina expedition sent out by spain, and george vancouver's voyage of discoverythe original manuscript has disappeared, but fortunately no fewer than 25 partial or complete logs or journals by other members of the expedition have survivedappendices include documents relating to the voyage and a list of the ships' companyall dust covers present (unclipped) some rubbing wear to dust covervancouver, by contrast, surveyed the enormous extent of coast from lower california to cook inlet, and his meticulous survey literally set out on the map of the world the intricacies of puget sound and the western coast of mainland canadathey attracted his interest, and the attention he devoted to the islands, their inhabitants and their political future when he twice later wintered there will surprise manythe final volume contains the remainder of book 5 of a voyage of discoverythe main pagination of all four volumes is continuousthese supplement vancouver's narrative at many pointsthe voyage to australia and tahitiit was an achievement that places him with his mentor, cook, in the first rank of marine surveyors
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Peace came in the form of a woman indians and spaniards in the texas borderlands by juliana barr (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
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Welch medal of the american association for the history of medicineoriginally published in and updated in , the discovery of insulin has won the city of toronto book award, the jason hannah medal of the royal society of canada, and the william hin this engaging and award-winning account, historian michael bliss recounts the fascinating story behind the discovery of insulin - a story as much filled with fiery confrontation and intense competition as medical dedication and scientific geniusoxfam books & music bury stedmunds the discovery of insulin at the university of toronto in was one of the most dramatic events in the history of the treatment of diseasesee oxfam website for delivery information read moreinsulin was a wonder-drug with ability to bring patients back from the very brink of death, and it was no surprise that in the nobel prize for medicine was awarded to its discoverers, the canadian research team of banting, best, collip, and macleod
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Oxfam shop dumfries accompany george kennan as he explores his family's roots in the american pastkennan has forged one of the most illustrious careers in the annals of american letters and politicsnow in his late nineties, kennan turns an eye to a matter closer to his heart in an american family: the kennansembarking on a genealogical journey spanning several decades, he traces the roots of the kennan family back more than five generations, discovering a family history that has all the makings of a classic american storyfilled with lively and sometimes haunting vignettes collected from archives and libraries across new england, an american family is a fascinating detective story and brings to fruition a family memoir begun by kennan's grandfather nearly a century agohis prophetic american diplomacy influenced several generations of cold war policy makers, and sketches from a life, one of the most lyrical accounts of a life in public service ever written, chronicled his extraordinary diplomatic career spanning more than half a centurybeginning with the kennans' life of unmitigated poverty in scotland in the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries, an american family details the kennan family's passage to america and the hardships they faced as early settlers in connecticut and massachusetts, "the epitome of the backcountry family of the most remote northern fringes of new england life" he adroitly captures life in colonial times and in the period following the revolutionary war, and chronicles the major events of a nation's early history with the rare intimacy of a family member reflecting on his forebearsgraceful yet revealing, it is a cherished reminder of three hundred years of a nation's history through the eyes and words of one of america's most remarkable sonsas a consummate statesman and prolific writer, kennan has distinguished himself as one of the most influential figures of the twentieth centurysee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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This 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 eastthese engagements prompt larger questions about the consequences of american christian cultural projection into the wider worldmissionaries presented examples of american culture to middle eastern peoples, just as they interpreted the middle east for americans back homeoxfam bookshop knutsford during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, american missionary encounters in the middle east set foundations for later ucontributors 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 moresee oxfam website for delivery information read morethis volume focuses on regions that were once part of the ottoman empire in western asia, the balkans, and north africamiddle eastern relations
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I have a few other folio society books listed on herethe best of raconteurs from the folio society this is new & had cellophane around it but was opened to take the photo'sthis was printed in & has illustrations by john lawrence, it comes with the slipcase which is also in very good conditionthis was part of dad's collection of which a number he never got round to opening or reading
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As noted by ian tyrrell and jay sexton, however, american "anti-imperialism was clearly selective, geographically, racially, and constitutionally" 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 teachingoxfam 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 stateswith the revolution, and again in , the nation stood against the most powerful empire in the world and declared itself independentencounters in the middle east, and the transnational nature of anti-imperialist public sentiment during the cold war and beyondthe declaration of independence, after all, is an anti-imperial document, cataloguing the sins of the metropolitan government against the coloniesthe 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 usee oxfam website for delivery information read moreduring the mexican revolution, the anti-imperial dimensions of early u
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Fantastic antique framed 50 years service print issued by amalgamated society of woodworkersa framed certificate issued to one william macdonald to mark 50 years membership in the amalgamated society of woodworkersplease note this item is located in glasgow but can be posted throughout the uk at costthis really belongs in a museumin what i believe is it;s original period framea fantastic gift for anyone into woodwork, masonic interest etca fine piece of graphic art in its own right toomeasures in x 15
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Publisher:royal society of chemistrythe chemistry of explosives (royal society of chemistry paperbacks)we appreciate the impact a good book can havebook binding:paperbackgeneral interestauthor:akhavan, jacqueline
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An important book in the history of american anglingamerican angler's guide, or, complete fisher's manual, for the united states: containing the opinions and practices of experienced anglers of both hemispheresthe american angler's guide; or, complete fisher's manual, for the united states: containing the opinions and practices of experienced anglers of both hemispheresare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitefirst edition third edition: the first edition to contain the second partedition: third edition, revised, corrected, and greatly improved: with the addition of a second part/ third edition, revised, corrected, and greatly improved: with the addition of a second part / new york: hgold stamped front cover and spinewith the various modes adopted in ocean, river, lake, and pond fishing; the usual tackle and baits required; instructions in the art of making artificial flies; methods of making fish-ponds, transportation of fish, etcmarvellous and complete copyannotation: part ii with its own engraved title pagesigns of use and age-related colourationcatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablehandsomely illustrated with twenty-five engravings of the principal angle-fish of america, and embellished with numerous engravings on steel, stone, and woodour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storevery solid bindingsize: xii, [] ppalternative title: complete fisher's manual for the united states163; bruns b253; wetzel pengravings outside the text: illustrations68; goodspeed pauthor: brown, john jin the original, contemporary publisher’s bindingpublisher: new york: h
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From reconstruction to lyndon johnson and beyond, quadagno reveals how american social policy has continually foundered on issues of racehe realized that his grand plan for welfare reform, the family assistance plan, threatened to undermine wages in the south and alienate the republican party's new constituency-white, southern democrats-and therefore dropped itthe "american creed" of liberty, justice, and equality clashed with a history of active racial discrimination, says quadagnothis shift of emphasis eventually alienated white, working-class americans, who had some of the same needs-for health care, subsidized housing, and job training opportunities-but who got very little from these programsthe color of welfare reveals the root cause of this failure-the inability to address racial inequalityturning to lyndon johnson's "unconditional war on poverty," she contends that though anti-poverty programs for job training, community action, health care, housing, and education have accomplished much, they have not been fully realized because they became inextricably intertwined with the civil rights movement of the s, which triggered a white backlashoxfam bookshop hove thirty years after lyndon johnson declared a war on poverty, the united states still lags behind most western democracies in national welfare systems, lacking such basic programs as national health insurance and child care supportdrawing on extensive primary research, quadagno shows, for instance, how roosevelt, in need of support from southern congressmen, excluded african americans from the core programs of the social security actin the color of welfare, jill quadagno takes exception to these claims, placing race at the centre of the "american dilemma," as swedish economist gunnar myrdal did half a century agoat the same time, affirmative action clashed openly with organized labor, and equal housing raised protests from the white suburban middle-class, who didn't want their neighborhoods integrated" yet instead of finally instituting full democratic rights for all its citizens, the policies enacted in that turbulent decade failed dismallysome critics have explained the failure of social programs by citing our tradition of individual freedom and libertarian values, while others point to weaknesses within the working classit is racism that has undermined the war on poverty, and america must come to terms with this history if there is to be any hope of addressing welfare reform todayquadagno shows that nixon, who initially supported many of johnson's programs, eventually caught on that the white middle class was disenchantedsee oxfam website for delivery information read morejob training programs, for instance, became affirmative action programs, programs to improve housing became programs to integrate housing, programs that began as community action to upgrade the quality of life in the cities were taken over by local civil rights groupsin the s, the united states embarked on a journey to resolve the "american dilemma
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Oxfam shop bishop's stortford the norton anthology of american literature is the classic survey of american literature from its sixteenth-century origins to its flourishing presentthe sixth edition offers the work of 242 writers-30 newly included-representing the extraordinary wealth and diversity of american literatureamong the many major works included in their entirety are hawthorne's the scarlet letter, thoreau's walden, douglass's narrative of the life of frederick douglass, an american slave, clemens's huckleberry finn, chopin's the awakening, faulkner's as i lay dying, williams's a streetcar named desire, larsen's quicksand, ginsberg's "howl," mamet's glengarry glen ross, and parks's the america playinformative introductions, headnotes, footnotes, and bibliographies accompany the textssee oxfam website for delivery information read morepackage to the present," contains three slipcased volumes: '', 'between the wars ' and 'literature since '
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Topics include: the influence of jazz on beat poetry; surrealist influences on american verse; disability poetics; asian american poetry; and morethe oxford handbook of modern and contemporary american poetry provides a comprehensive approach to the debates that have defined the study of american verse of the twentieth and twenty-first centuriesboards and dust wrapper in very good conditionoxfam bookshop chipping norton hardback, first edition, oxford university presssee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Fantastic antique framed 50 years service print issued by amalgamated society of woodworkersa framed certificate issued to one william macdonald to mark 50 years membership in the amalgamated society of woodworkersthis really belongs in a museumin what i believe is it's original period framea fantastic gift for anyone into woodwork, masonic interest etca fine piece of graphic art in its own right toomeasures " x 15
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Examining how american history is written from europe, the contributors shed light on how history is written in the united states and, indeed, on the way history is written anywhereoxfam bookshop knutsford in this stimulating and highly original study of the writing of american history, twenty-four scholars from eleven european countries explore the impact of writing history from abroadthe innovative perspectives included in historians across borders are designed to reinvigorate american historiography as the rise of global and transnational history is creating a critical need to understand the impact of place on the writing and teaching of historysome minor annotations in ink as shown in digital imagethis book is designed for students in historiography, global and transnational history, and related courses in the united states and abroad, for us historians, and for anyone interested in how historians workarguing that historical writing is conditioned, crucially, by the place from which it is written, this volume identifies the formative impact of a wide variety of institutional and cultural factors that are commonly overlookedsix distinguished scholars from around the world add their commentariessee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Traditional masculine qualities and behaviour have become unacceptable in the new societyit presents a dystopian vision of a female-dominated society of the 22nd century, where women keep men in complete subordination after the historic transfer of powersee oxfam website for delivery information read moresome foxing on some pages and a few pencil lines on some page bordersas a result, men must change their rough nature and adjust to new gender rolesmodern art reflects change in new stereotypical forms of masculinity and femininity leather bound boards are in fair condition with edges and corners that are worn downoxfam bookshop carlisle the revolt of man () reads like an anti-suffragette novel and the critique of the new woman ideology which emerged in england in the sthey gradually become less manly, and many adopt the submissive look of earlier victorian women, whereas women become assertive and domineeringpen inscription and stamp mark on title pagethe novel comically reverses victorian gender rolespages are in fair condition for its agewomen gradually take over the traditional men's occupations and privileges, having become judges, doctors, lawyers, businesswomen and artists, whereas effeminate men are allowed to live and perform simple work in complete passivity, submission and obedience to the triumphant femaleswomen prove to be more effective in the public sphere; they are stronger, more intelligent, and better educated
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Oxfam 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 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 attentionas a contribution to the social history of wartime britain, it also reveals the strengths and weaknesses of a liberal democracythis 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 flaphe probes attitudes to anglo-jewry, from left to right of the political spectrumthe binding is soundtony kushner examines the impact of evacuation, the blitz, the black market and other aspects of the war on relations between gentile and jewthe blue cloth boards are gilt stamped on the spine and are a little spotted and stainedthe text block is yellowing slightly but appears to be free from inscriptions or annotationssee oxfam website for delivery information read morethere are a few minor marks here and there on the dustjacket but otherwise it is free from chips or tearsthis 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 overall
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Folio society the history of the decline and fall of the roman empire i have the full 8book collection here for sale all in very good condition presented in two 4 book hard protective covers the price is ÂŁ115 if you require delivery this is at an additional cost to you collection is also welcome
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