The society of nations
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Osterhammel describes a world increasingly networked by the telegraph, the steamship, and the railwaysindispensable for any historian, the transformation of the world sheds important new light on this momentous epoch, showing how the nineteenth century paved the way for the global catastrophes of the twentieth century, yet how it also gave rise to pacifism, liberalism, the trade union, and a host of other crucial developmentsthis is the highly anticipated english edition of the spectacularly successful and critically acclaimed german book, which is also being translated into chinese, polish, russian, and frenchfirst edition see oxfam website for delivery information read morehe explores the changing relationship between human beings and nature, looks at the importance of cities, explains the role slavery and its abolition played in the emergence of new nations, challenges the widely held belief that the nineteenth century witnessed the triumph of the nation-state, and much morejürgen osterhammel, an eminent scholar who has been called the braudel of the nineteenth century, moves beyond conventional eurocentric and chronological accounts of the era, presenting instead a truly global history of breathtaking scope and towering eruditionhe examines the powerful and complex forces that drove global change during the "long nineteenth century," taking readers from new york to new delhi, from the latin american revolutions to the taiping rebellion, from the perils and promise of europe's transatlantic labor markets to the hardships endured by nomadic, tribal peoples across the planetoxfam bookshop knutsford a monumental history of the nineteenth century, the transformation of the world offers a panoramic and multifaceted portrait of a world in transition
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Oxfam shop portishead this edition of the tales of beatrix potter, in a blue board slip case, was produced exclusively for the folio society and consists of 12 of miss potter's favourite stories, including the tale of the pie and the patty pan apart from slight bumping to the spine edges the books are in very good condition with no markings on the pagessee oxfam website for delivery information read more the books are covered in linen with titles on the front and spine embossed in gilt
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Jones made detailed observations of decorative arts on his travels in europe, the middle east, and in his native london, where he studied objects on display at the great exhibition of the works of industry of all nations in and at local museumsthe studio library of decorative art, the grammar of ornament owen jones hardcover with dust jacket good condition - some tears to the dust jacket first published in , the grammar of ornament remains a design classicat once splendidly victorian and insistently modern, the grammar of ornament celebrates objects of beauty from across time periods and continents, and remains an indispensable sourcebook todayits inspiration came from pioneering british architect and designer owen jones (), who produced a comprehensive design treatise for the machine age, lavishly illustrated in vivid chromolithographic colorsee oxfam website for delivery information read morejones's resulting study is a comprehensive analysis of styles of ornamental design, presenting key examples ranging from maori tattoos, egyptian columns, and greek borders to byzantine mosaic, indian embroidery, and elizabethan carvingshis aim was to improve the quality of western design by changing the habits of victorian designers, who indiscriminately mixed elements from a wide variety of sources
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Without close attention to this zone it is not possible to understand the emergence of new disciplines and transformation of old disciplines, to evaluate the role and impact of such major figures of science as humboldt and mendel, or to appreciate how much of the history of modern biology has been driven by national ambitions and imperialist expansion in competition with rival nationsin particular it challenges one to re-examine and take seriously the intimate connection between scientific development and the practical goals of managing and improving - perhaps even recreating - the living world to serve human endsoxfam books & music crouch end this volume explores problems in the history of science at the intersection of life sciences and agriculture, from the mid-eighteenth to the mid-twentieth centurythe book shows that the investigation of the border zone of life sciences and agriculture raises many interesting questions about how science developstaking a comparative national perspective, the book examines agricultural practices in a broad sense, including the practices and disciplines devoted to land management, forestry, soil science, and the improvement and management of crops and livestockthe life sciences considered include genetics, microbiology, ecology, entomology, forestry, and deal with us, european, russian, japanese, indonesian, chinese contextssee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Churchill's mother was american, and he excelled in history as a child which underpinned his firm belief in a so-called special relationship between the people of britain with the commonwealth of nations united under the crown (new zealand, canada, australia, south africa etca history of the english-speaking peoples is a four-volume history of britain and its former colonies and possessions throughout the world, written by winston churchill, covering the period from caesar's invasions of britain (55 bc) to the beginning of the first world war ()pages are bright and cleancomplete in four volumescondition: goodit was started in and finally published , delayed several times by war and work on other textsvolume i is on the birth of britain, volume ii is on the new world, volume iii is on the age of revolution and volume iv is on the great democracieswith numerous black and white maps throughout all volumes) and the people of the united states who had broken with the crown and gone their own wayoxfam shop balham  london - cassell and company ltd condition: in red cloth bindings with unclipped dustwrappers, edges are worn at edges and covers are agedsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreit was a bestseller, reviewed favourably on both sides of the atlanticthis work dealt with the resulting two divisions of the english-speaking peoplesa collection of first editions of this historical works by former prime minister winston churchill
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Oxfam shop devizes the grand tour has become a subject of major interest to scholars and general readers interested in exploring the historic connections between nations and their intellectual and artistic productionfrom the mid-sixteenth century, northern europeans justified travel to the south in terms of educationthis copy is complete with uncut dust jacketit has very minor fading but is otherwise in very good conditionthe english had previously travelled to italy to study the classics; now they travelled to learn italian and study medicine, diplomacy, dancing, riding, fencing, and, eventually, art and architecturedocumenting the lives and travels of these personalities, professor chaney's remarkable book provides a complete picture of one of the most fascinating phenomena in the history of western civilisationfamous men, and an increasing proportion of women, all contributed to establishing a convention which eventually came to dominate european culturesee oxfam website for delivery information read moreauthors from chaucer to erasmus came to mock the custom but even the reformation did not stop the urge to travelalthough traditionally associated with the eighteenth century, when wealthy englishmen would complete their education on the continent, the grand tour is here investigated in a wider context, from the decline of the roman empire to recent times
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society is nix: gleeful anarchy at the dawn of the american comic strip st editionare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikihardcover, 41 x 54 cmcatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablethis copy has never been opened, it’s still wrappedplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitecopy with its boxperfect! read morephotos are a bit blurry just for the wrapour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any store
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When the award-winning poet david bouchard first saw the artwork of first nations artist roy henry vickers, he was struck by vickers reverence for nature, the vibrancy of his colours, and his perceptive understanding of canada's rugged west coasta plea to respect the natural treasures of our environment and a message of concern from aboriginal leaders of the past to the people of the new millennium, the elder are watching has both a timelessness and an urgency that must be heardthey collaborated on the original edition of the elders are watching, which has delighted more than readers in four languagesbouchard says, "both roy and i share similar dreams for our children" in this new edition, their vision is as fresh and relevant today as it was when the book was first published" as can be seen from the photographs it is in excellent conditionas canadian native elders have advised from time immemorial, this is a gentle plea to respect the natural environmentapproximate dimensions 24x28x1 cm, 550 gramshe saw in vickers' images the perfect complement to his own lyrical, thoughtful poetrythrough this book, we hope that others will come to share these dreams and together work toward correcting some of the mistakes of the past
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The folio society - the story of the renaissancea five-book box set in excellent condition, with the slipcase exhibiting very minor shelfwearlocation: beeston, nottingham, near the train station
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Volume i: poems and ballads, first series volume ii: songs before sunrise; songs of two nations volume iii: poems and ballads, second and third series; songs of the springtides volume iv: tristram of lyonesse; the tale of balen; atalanta in calydon; erechtheus volume v: studies in song; a century of roundels; sonnets on english dramatic poets; the heptalogia; etcminor superficial foxing and occasional marks throughoutvarious scuffs, marks, discolouration and signs of wear to boards, edges and top and bottom of spinessee oxfam website for delivery information read moretext blocks are lightly and evenly tannedendpapers discolouredoxfam bookshop newport a six-volume set of works by the renowned victorian poet, playwright, novelist, and criticvolume vi: a midsummer holiday; astrophel; a channel passage; and other poems all six volumes: dark blue cloth covered boards with gilt text to spine
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Oxfam shop darley street a history of the royal society of arts henry trueman wood published by john murray, london () used hardcover about this item: john murray, londoncondition: goodsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreblue cloth with gilt to lettering on spine and disc on front which says 'arts and commerce promoted', some browning, pages tanned and occasionally foxed, good in original blue cloth gilt, extremities worn and bumpedsize: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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289a–‘97a -- palace of the league of nations and bit - 2 sets - noare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikicatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitenational exhibition in zurich - no660c–60f read moreopening of the national exhibition - nocomplete sets in blocks of four, mnh -- technique and landscapes - nowooden sculptures - noassembly of the postal administrations - noour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any store
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Oxfam bookshop bloomsbury street the law society of scotland directory of expert witness see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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It spans oceans and ideologies and encompasses personal tragedies and triumphs, the death of kings and the birth of nationsoxfam bookshop cheltenham the rainborowes bridges two generations and two worlds, weaving together the lives of the rainborowe clan as they struggle to forge a better life for themselves and a better future for humankind in the new worldin their efforts to build a paradise on earth, the rainborowes and their friends encounter pirates and witches, prophets and princes, muslem militants and mohican indiansthe rainborowes explains america and mourns england's failed revolutionthey are ordinary men and women, and they do an extraordinary thingsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethey change the worldstarting with william rainborowe, a prominent merchant-mariner and shipmaster, and his equally formidable sons and daughters between and , we follow their astonishing story through the civil war, the putney debates, and settling in americausing rare printed material from the period and unpublished manuscripts from collections in britain and america the rainborowes recreates day-to-day life on both sides of the atlantic during one of the most tumultuous periods in western historythey build new societies
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Nancy drew: the mystery of the clue bender society (nintendo ds, )
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Folio society - the mutiny of hms bounty - sir john barrowpublished in th printing) single volume with plain slipcase
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Folio society edition of the dynasties of china by bamber gascoignesingle edition in a plain slipcase
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Hi i am selling - a hardback in slipcase folio society the bride of lammermoor by sir walter scott in good condition please see photos and dont hesitate to ask me any questions you may have i will post worldwide but please email first for price please look at my other items as i am selling many more folio books thanks for looking and good luck
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There is some yellowing of the pages with occasional spottingthe cover and some early pages are creased at bottom frontthis copy is a left book club edition published inthe cloth-covered softback is worn but soundsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam books & music beaconsfield an attempt to explain history by economic theorythe binding is in good condition
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It traces the process whereby the equitable settlement between the country constituent nations was destroyed by an increasingly virulent great-serb nationalism and pressure from outside powersoxfam bookshop cardiff the first inside account of the collapse of yugoslaviasoftback book in very good conditionsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreno marks or inscriptionssee attached images of this copy
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The royal society for the encouragement of arts, manufactures, and commercethe buyer is to collectroyal mail mint stamps
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The birth of europe by mike andrews colliding continents and destiny of nations excellent conditions read more
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Short descriptive paragraph of each in english and germanhard cover with dust wrapper!63 portrait drawings of prominent personalities by erna plachtepublished by carl habel verlag, darmstadt, west germany in
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It's numbered 301a beautiful 'society of arts' prize wine jug datedprice includes post and packingheight 7" (18cm) and is in lovely blue with vine designin excellent condition with no signs of damage or wearhappy to post uk only
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The book concludes by developing an account of the impact such a theological realism and practice of critique might have on contemporary political theory--with explorations of the doxological nature of social change, the changing shape of the state, governmentality and political sovereignty, and the status and role of religious communities in civil societythis realism bases social and political criticism in the purposes of a nonviolent, patient, and reconciling godrichard bourne identifies a theological realism found in the work of john howard yoderin developing this theological realism, the book furnishes an account of christian criticism capable of addressing key debates in contemporary theology and political theoryoxfam books & music lancaster seek the peace of the city provides a robust engagement with the theological foundations and practices of christian social and political criticismbourne begins by arguing for the public status of theological political claimsbourne develops this account and shows how it is consonant with aspects of the work of a range of contemporary theologians including stanley hauerwas, john milbank, karl barth, and dietrich bonhoeffersee oxfam website for delivery information read morehe demonstrates that only a vigorous theological realism, grounded in the universal lordship of christ, is capable of providing a foundation for local, particular, and ad hoc practices of critique
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The volumes are nos in the hakluyt society second series, originally published in volume set hardbacksthe 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 hawaiiit covers the coast of north americathe final volume contains the remainder of book 5 of a voyage of discoveryvolume ii continue with book 2 and part of book 3 of the new edition, and contains the voyage to hawaii and the north american coastthe voyage to australia and tahitias a midshipman vancouver had been with cook when he discovered the sandwich (hawaiian) islands insee oxfam website for delivery information read morevery small tear to spine on volume iiall dust covers present (unclipped) some rubbing wear to dust coverall 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 soundthey 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 manyoxfam 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 survivedthe main pagination of all four volumes is continuousthis is the first annotated edition of vancouver's journal as he revised it for publication inthese supplement vancouver's narrative at many pointsvancouver, 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 canadaappendices include documents relating to the voyage and a list of the ships' companyit 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 indicatedit was an achievement that places him with his mentor, cook, in the first rank of marine surveyorsall pages are very clean and crisp all solid bindingsvolume i contains book 1 of this new and annotated edition of a voyage of discovery
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Makdisi's book is important to our understanding of lebanese society today, but it also makes a significant contribution to the discussion of the importance of religious discourse in the formation and dissolution of social and national identities in the modern worldmakdisi highlights how european colonialism and orientalism, with their emphasis on christian salvation and islamic despotism, and ottoman and local nationalisms each created and used narratives of sectarianism as foils to their own visions of modernity and to their own projects of colonial, imperial, and national developmenthis study challenges those who have viewed sectarian violence as an islamic response to westernization or simply as a product of social and economic inequities among religious groupsmakdisi argues that sectarianism represented a deliberate mobilization of religious identities for political and social purposesoxfam bookshop knutsford focusing on ottoman lebanon, ussama makdisi shows how sectarianism was a manifestation of modernity that transcended the physical boundaries of a particular countrythe ottoman reform movement launched in and the growing european presence in the middle east contributed to the disintegration of the traditional lebanese social order based on a hierarchy that bridged religious differences condition good, some minor warping to front cover as can be seen in digital imagesee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe religious violence of the nineteenth century, which culminated in sectarian mobilizations and massacres in , was a complex, multilayered, subaltern expression of modernization, he says, not a primordial reaction to it
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But when spectators gather worldwide for a much-anticipated solar storm, billions are left blinded and the few sighted survivors watch as society collapses into chaosit is up to dr bill masen (scott) to lead the brave in their epic battle against the triffids' reign of terror in what could be the last days for humankindoxfam bookshop aberystwyth dougray scott and joely richardson star in this star-studded two-part bbc remake of the classic science fiction thrillerfree to roam the planet with a fatal sting, and a retributive taste for human flesh, the triffids begin rapid breedingvanessa redgrave, brian cox, jason priestley and eddie izzard co-starsee oxfam website for delivery information read morein the near future, humankind's search for an alternative fuel supply leads to the discovery of the ominous triffid, a crop cultivated for its fuel that seems to have a life of its ownthe triffids, meanwhile, find their way out of captivity
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Oxfam bookshop hampstead liberalism and the limits of justice by michael sandel a liberal society seeks not to impose a single way of life, but to leave its citizens as free as possible to choose their own values and endssandel locates modern liberalism in the tradition of kant, and focuses on its most influential recent expression in the work of john rawlsin the most important challenge yet to rawls' theory of justice, sandel traces the limits of liberalism to the conception of the person that underlies it, and argues for a deeper understanding of community than liberalism allowsit therefore must govern by principles of justice that do not presuppose any particular vision of the good lifebut can any such principles be found? and if not, what are the consequences for justice as a moral and political ideal? these are the questions michael sandel takes up in this penetrating critique of contemporary liberalismsee oxfam website for delivery information read morein very good condition
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This expansive collection ranges over, amongst others, bookchin's account of his teenage years as a young communist during the great depression, his experiences of the s and reflections on that decade's lessons, his vision of a libertarian communist society, libertarian politics, the future of anarchism, and the unity of theory and practicehe goes on to assess the crisis of radicalism today and defends the need for a revolutionary leftfinally, he states what is to be valued in both anarchism and marxism in building such a left and offers guidelines for forming a new revolutionary social movementsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreprinted in , first editionoxfam shop mutley plain  "murray bookchin has been a dynamic revolutionary propagandist since the s when, as a teenager, he orated before socialist crowds in new york city and engaged in support work for those fighting franco in the spanish civil warnow, for the first time in book form, this volume presents a series of exciting and engaged interviews with, and essays from, the founder of social ecology" book in good condition with clean pages throughout and securely boundsome dirt marks to the page edges, otherwise very good
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