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The editors of medicine in the twentieth century have commissioned over forty authoritative essays, written by historical specialists but intended for general audiencesoxfam shop dumfries during the twentieth century, medicine has been radically transformed and powerfully transformativeour prospects seem increasingly dependent on the progress of bio-medical sciences and genetic technologies which promise to reshape future generationssee oxfam website for delivery information read morein , western medicine was important to philanthropy and public health, but it was marginal to the state, the industrial economy and the welfare of most individualssome concentrate on the political economy of medicine and health as it changed from period to period and varied between countries, others focus on understandings of the body, and a third set of essays explores transformations in some of the theatres of medicine and the changing experiences of different categories of practitioners and patientsit is now central to these aspects of life
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The editors of medicine in the twentieth century have commissioned over forty authoritative essays, written by historical specialists but intended for general audiencesoxfam books & music kentish town during the twentieth century, medicine has been radically transformed and powerfully transformativeour prospects seem increasingly dependent on the progress of bio-medical sciences and genetic technologies which promise to reshape future generationssee oxfam website for delivery information read morein , western medicine was important to philanthropy and public health, but it was marginal to the state, the industrial economy and the welfare of most individualssome concentrate on the political economy of medicine and health as it changed from period to period and varied between countries, others focus on understandings of the body, and a third set of essays explores transformations in some of the theatres of medicine and the changing experiences of different categories of practitioners and patientsit is now central to these aspects of life
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Complete set of the history of the twentieth century by martin gilbert in three volumesbuyer collects as too heavy to postunwanted gift, and still as new
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World powers in the twentieth century by harriet ward a good introduction to this period for modern history degree or a level coursecover is slightly faded but inside is good can post email me for details will combine postage if more than one item bought
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Title: italian art in the 20th century (art & design)title: italian art in the 20th century (art & design)product category: booksbinding: hardcoverlist price (msrp)condition: good
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Beautiful set of copelands china from the early part of the twentieth century with blue and white willow pattern type designcomprises: 1 large tray; 1 teapot (mended); 1 milk jug; 1 sugar pot with lid; 3 cups; 4 saucersgood condition - apart from the teapot
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This mid-century textile was designed by heals designer, dorothy smith (as mentioned in the twentieth century pattern design book by lesley jackson)colours: white background, dark and light browns, grey, mushroom printed on selvedge: "lunette" by dorothy smith read morethis material has never been used and is in very good condition
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Oxfam shop inverness this ground-breaking anthology presents in chronological order over 400 poems written in the twentieth centuryall the major events of the twentieth century are reflected in the choice of poems within these pagesconcise biographies for each poet complete the anthologythe authors, both published poets themselves, give an overview of each period of history, while notes to the poems place each one in its historical context and trace the century's poetic development see oxfam website for delivery information read morethis richly rewarding collection makes invaluable reading for poetry lovers all over the worldsome discolouration on edges from dust and storage wear otherwise sharp copyeliot, showing that traditional forms can hold their own against the modernist orthodoxybook is in good conditionhouseman, for example, rubs shoulders with there are poets rescued from oblivion, such as the suffragette who wrote a compelling poem about her mistreatment in holloway prison in or the medical offer who went into belsen with the british troops producing an eye-witness poem of lasting powerby organizing the poems in chronological order, readers will see poets in a new light
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Oxfam bookshop skipton an orderly presentation of the harmonic procedures to be found in the music of the first half of the twentieth centuryunmarked text, tight binding, dustcover in very good condition toosee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Miller's church history: from the first to the twentieth century by andrew miller - hardcover
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Coupled with the most newsworthy stories of the period and other relevant backdrop information, the book attempts an understanding of life in donegal during the 20th centurythe book is an attempt to present a sampling of these storieseach locality has its own rich plethora of lore, tales anecdotes and historical datasee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop wallingford donegal is a county which is steeped in history
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Above all, when read together, britten and pears's letters allow the clearest possible look 'behind the scenes' of one of the most productive creative partnerships of the twentieth centuryentertaining to read, domestic and intimate, the letters provide glimpses of cultural and artistic life in the twentieth century, including pacifism and conscientious objection, critical assessments of music and other artists, transport and communications development in the twentieth century, the 'aldeburgh corpses', art collecting, gossip, everyday life in an english country house, the development of the aldeburgh festival, performance practice in early music, looking after dachshunds, travel, and a host of other topics' from the foreword by fiona shawsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe 365 letters written throughout their 39-year relationship are here brought together and published, as pears intended, for the first time nicholas clark is the librarian at the britten-pears foundation at the red house, britten and pears's home in aldeburgh, suffolkwhile the correspondence provides valuable evidence of the development of britten's works, more significant is the insight into his relationship with pears and their day-to-day life togetheroxfam shop magdelen street 'to read these letters is to climb up a wall and peer into the secret garden of two giants jude brimmer is an archivist at the britten-pears foundationstroeher is professor of music history at marshall university where she is also coordinator of the music history & literature areathis volume comprises the complete surviving correspondence between benjamin britten and peter pears
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The puffin book of twentieth century children’s stories edited by judith elkin and beautifully illustrated by michael foreman and the puffin book of twentieth century children’s verse edited by brian patten and again beautifully illustrated by michael foremanboth brand new would make lovely presentsbargain only £1 each
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This fascinating study is a profound effort to understand one of the twentieth century's great enigmasin fact, heisenberg never had to face the moral problem of whether he should design a bomb for the nazi regimehe began at once to construct an image of himself as a "pure" scientist who could have built a bomb but chose to work on reactor design insteadoxfam shop kendal very good condition hardback with minimal weardigging deep into the archival record among formerly secret technical reports, rose establishes that heisenberg never overcame certain misconceptions about nuclear fission, and as a result the german leaders never pushed for atomic weaponssee oxfam website for delivery information read morethis was fiction, as rose demonstrates: in reality, heisenberg blindly supported and justified the cause of german victoryno one better represents the plight and the conduct of german intellectuals under hitler than werner heisenberg, whose task it was to build an atomic bomb for nazi germanywhat precisely did heisenberg know about the physics of the atomic bomb? how deep was his loyalty to the german government during the third reich? assuming that he had been able to build a bomb, would he have been willing? these questions, the moral and the scientific, are answered by paul lawrence rose with greater accuracy and breadth of documentation than any other historian has yet achievedthe controversy surrounding heisenberg still rages, because of the nature of his work and the regime for which it was undertakenthe question of why he did, and why he misrepresented himself afterwards, is answered through rose's subtle analysis of german mentality and the scientists' problems of delusion and self-delusiononly when he and his colleagues were interned in england and heard about hiroshima did heisenberg realize that his calculations were wrong
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The extensive research he embarked upon afterwards revealed not only the scope of the people's hardship and amazing resilience; it located in the american effort to help the armenians a unique perspective on our own nation's experience of the twentieth centuryas the new york times carried stories about the ""slow massacre of a race,"" public outrage over this tragedy led to an unprecedented philanthropic crusade spearheaded by near east relief, an organization rooted in protestant missionary endeavors in the near east and dedicated to saving the survivors of the first genocide of the twentieth centurybetween and as many as 1"" the west gradually began to take noticepart of a generation who were admonished as children to ""remember the starving armenians,"" peterson went to armenia in as a peace corps volunteer and became fascinated by the country's troubled historyin ""starving armenians,"" merrill peterson explores the american response to these atrocities, beginning with the initial reports to president wilson from his ambassador to the ottoman empire, henry morgenthau, who described turkey as ""a place of horrorthe book also addresses the armenian aspirations for an independent republic under american auspices; these hopes went unfulfilled in the peacemaking after the war and ended altogether when armenia was absorbed into the soviet unionoxfam bookshop knutsford the persecution and suffering of the armenian people, a religious and cultural minority in the ottoman empire, reached a peak in the era of world war i at the hands of the turks""starving armenians"" is an eloquent narrative of an all but forgotten part of that experiencefirst edition see oxfam website for delivery information read more5 million armenian men, women, and children died in ottoman turkey, victims of execution, starvation, and death marches to the syrian desert
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Oxfam bookshop ealing the epitome of modernist style and luxurious comfort, charles and ray eames's leather-upholstered rosewood-veneered chair and matching ottoman-launched in and in continuous production since then-is a design classic of the twentieth centuryvery good condition: some shelf wear to dust jacket and cover see oxfam website for delivery information read morethis book, which celebrates the lounge chair's 50th anniversary, is the first in-depth study of one of the most revered pieces of american furniture, and its equally revered creators
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International cooperation in the early twentieth century by daniel gorman (hardback, a %0a delivery%0a uk delivery is usually within 6 to 8 working days%0a international delivery varies by country, please see the wordery store help page for details
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One of the oldest and most powerful of the great hollywood studios, twentieth century fox has maintained its magnificent archive of still photographsfilmmaker scorsese contributes an essay to this stunning volumethis collection features the best of these photographs, many previously unpublished
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Indispensable 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 developmentshe 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 moreoxfam bookshop knutsford a monumental history of the nineteenth century, the transformation of the world offers a panoramic and multifaceted portrait of a world in transitionjĂĽrgen 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 eruditionosterhammel describes a world increasingly networked by the telegraph, the steamship, and the railwaysthis 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 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 planet
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Scrivener's button cabinet: a twentieth century clothing button collection, paperback by jackson, sandra, isbn , isbn-13 , like new used, free shipping in the us
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Scrivener's button cabinet: a twentieth century clothing button collection, paperback by jackson, sandra, isbn , isbn-13 , brand new, free shipping in the us
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One such great change occurred at the turn of the twentieth century, when there was a revolution in modern scientific thinkingit finds answers to the deepest questions of modern physics and ultimately describes a unified design of the universe, which has truth beauty and symmetryevery so often science moves by large leaps,sometimes spurred by the realization that the commonly held beliefs of the day need revisinghere the genius and ironies behind those discoveries are describedsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe subject is the the history and explanation of modern physicsoxfam bookshop thame this book is an essential guide for anyone inquiring about the present and future place of science in mankind's culturethis paperback is in a very good clean conditionthis book has great clarity and removes the shrouds of mystery, which envelop one of contemporary science's greatest challenges
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Old chambers twentieth century dictionary used as in picture's ÂŁ1 non smoking household see other adds
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Oxfam bookshop canterbury time-images: alternative temporalities in twentieth century theory, history, and art: alternative temporalities in twentieth-century theory, literature, and art hardcover - by tyrus miller  cambridge scholars publishing; new edition (1 sept) a very good copy see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Oxfam shop brentwood christie's catalogue - twentieth century art 30 april lotssee oxfam website for delivery information read moreillustrated in colour141 pages with 2 fold-outs
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Collectible glass buttons of twentieth century by barbara more **brand new**
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twentieth century tiles (shire library) by van hans lemmen **mint condition**
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Annika mombauer tracks the impassioned debates as they developed at critical points through the twentieth centurywere they really justified? see oxfam website for delivery information read more there a sticky label on the backcover over the barcode that has been mostly removedemotive and emotional from the very beginning of the conflict, the debate and the passions aroused in response to such issues as the 'war-guilt paragraph' of the treaty of versailles, are set in the context of the times in which they were proposedsimilarly, the argument has been fuelled by concerns over the sacrifices that were made and the casualities that were suffered the book focuses on the controversy itself, rather than the specific events leading up to the waroxfam bookshop tunbridge wells the origins of the first world war annika mombauer very good condition paperbacktext is unmarkedthe seminal event of the 20th century, the origins of the first world war have always been difficult to establish and have aroused deep controversy
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In this tour de force of science history, manjit kumar shows how the golden age of physics ignited the greatest intellectual debate of the twentieth centuryin , albert einstein suggested that light was a particle, not a wave, defying a century of experimentsquantum theory is weirdquantum theory looks at the very building blocks of our world, the particles and processes without which it could not existoxfam shop worcester 'this is about gob-smacking science at the far end of reasonin this magisterial book, manjit kumar gives a dramatic and superbly-written history of this fundamental scientific revolution, and the divisive debate at its core'bohr brainwashed a whole generation of physicists into believing that the problem had been solved', lamented the nobel prize-winning physicist murray gell-mannwerner heisenberg's uncertainty principle and erwin schrodinger's famous dead-and-alive cat are similarly strangesee oxfam website for delivery information read moretake it nice and easy and savour the experience of your mind being blown without recourse to hallucinogens' nicholas lezard, guardian for most people, quantum theory is a byword for mysterious, impenetrable sciencebut in "quantum", kumar brings einstein back to the centre of the quantum debatewhile "quantum" sets the science in the context of the great upheavals of the modern age, kumar's centrepiece is the conflict between einstein and bohr over the nature of reality and the soul of science"quantum" is the essential read for anyone fascinated by this complex and thrilling story and by the band of brilliant men at its heartand yet for many years it was equally baffling for scientists themselvesyet for 60 years most physicists believed that quantum theory denied the very existence of reality itselfas niels bohr said, if you weren't shocked by quantum theory, you didn't really understand it
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Jimena canales introduces readers to the revolutionary ideas of einstein and bergson, describes how they dramatically collided in paris, and traces how this clash of worldviews reverberated across the twentieth centurythe physicist and the philosopher is a magisterial and revealing account that shows how scientific truth was placed on trial in a divided century marked by a new sense of timeoxfam shop kendal paperback as newsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe physicist and the philosopher tells the remarkable story of how this explosive debate transformed our understanding of time and drove a rift between science and the humanities that persists todayeinstein considered bergson's theory of time to be a soft, psychological notion, irreconcilable with the quantitative realities of physicscanales explains how the new technologies of the period-such as wristwatches, radio, and film-helped to shape people's conceptions of time and further polarized the public debateshe also discusses how bergson and einstein, toward the end of their lives, each reflected on his rival's legacy-bergson during the nazi occupation of paris and einstein in the context of the first hydrogen bomb explosionbergson, who gained fame as a philosopher by arguing that time should not be understood exclusively through the lens of science, criticized einstein's theory of time for being a metaphysics grafted on to science, one that ignored the intuitive aspects of timeon april , in paris, albert einstein and henri bergson publicly debated the nature of timeshe shows how it provoked responses from figures such as bertrand russell and martin heidegger, and carried repercussions for american pragmatism, logical positivism, phenomenology, and quantum mechanics
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