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The Great War: A Combat History of the First World War, Paperback - Peter Hart

112,99 RON 120,99 RON

Reducere. Named one of the Ten Best Books of 2013 by The Economist World War I altered the landscape of the modern world in every conceivable arena. Millions...

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After the Black Death. Economy, society, and the law in fourteenth-century England, Hardback - Mark Bailey

335,99 RON

The Black Death was the worst pandemic in recorded history. This book presents a major reevaluation of its immediate impact and longer-term consequ...

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The Shock of the Old: Technology and Global History Since 1900, Paperback - David Edgerton

226,99 RON 242,99 RON

Reducere. From the books of H.G. Wells to the press releases of NASA, we are awash in cliched claims about high technology's ability to change the course of ...

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American Holocaust: Columbus and the Conquest of the New World, Paperback - David E. Stannard

156,99 RON

Contributor(s): Author: David E. StannardFor four hundred years--from the first Spanish assaults against the Arawak people of Hispaniola in the 149...

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Deposition 1940-1944: A Secret Diary of Life in Vichy France, Hardcover - Leon Werth

185,99 RON

Contributor(s): Author: Leon WerthTranslator: David BallHistorians agree: the diary of L on Werth (1878-1955) is one of the most precious--and read...

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Snow and Steel: The Battle of the Bulge, 1944-45, Hardcover - Peter Caddick-Adams

217,99 RON 233,99 RON

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Peter Caddick-AdamsBetween December 16, 1944 and January 15, 1945, American forces found themselves entrenched in the heavi...

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The Battle of the Atlantic: How the Allies Won the War, Paperback - Jonathan Dimbleby

130,99 RON 140,99 RON

Reducere. Description"The only thing that ever really frightened me during the war was the U-boat peril, " wrote Winston Churchill in his monumental history ...

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Deciphering Sun Tzu: How to Read the Art of War, Hardcover - Derek C. Yuen

203,99 RON 218,99 RON

Reducere. DescriptionAs the People's Republic's seemingly inexorable rise to economic and military power continues, never has the need for a better grasp of ...

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Decision at Sea: Five Naval Battles That Shaped American History, Paperback - Craig L. Symonds

103,99 RON 111,99 RON

Reducere. From thunderous broadsides traded between wooden sailing ships on Lake Erie, to the carrier battles of World War II, to the devastating high-tech a...

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Snow and Steel: The Battle of the Bulge, 1944-45, Paperback - Peter Caddick-Adams

151,99 RON 162,99 RON

Reducere. Between December 16, 1944 and January 15, 1945, American forces found themselves entrenched in the heavily forested Ardennes region of Belgium, Fra...

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The Marketplace of Revolution: How Consumer Politics Shaped American Independence, Paperback - T. H. Breen

114,99 RON 123,99 RON

Reducere. The Marketplace of Revolution offers a boldly innovative interpretation of the mobilization of ordinary Americans on the eve of independence. Breen...

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Who Belongs?: Race, Resources, and Tribal Citizenship in the Native South, Paperback - Mikaëla M. Adams

262,99 RON 281,99 RON

Reducere. Who can lay claim to a legally-recognized Indian identity? Who decides whether or not an individual qualifies? The right to determine tribal citize...

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War Comes to Garmser: Thirty Years of Conflict on the Afghan Frontier, Paperback - Carter Malkasian

149,99 RON 160,99 RON

Reducere. If you want to understand Afghanistan, writes Carter Malkasian, you need to understand what has happened on the ground, in the villages and country...

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The Myth of the Perfect Pregnancy: A History of Miscarriage in America, Hardcover - Lara Freidenfelds

200,99 RON

When a couple plans for a child today, every moment seems precious and unique. Home pregnancy tests promise good news just days after conception, a...

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The Spirit of Inquiry: How One Extraordinary Society Shaped Modern Science, Hardcover - Susannah Gibson

157,99 RON

Cambridge is now world-famous as a centre of science, but it wasn't always so. Before the nineteenth century, the sciences were of little importanc...

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A Palace of Pearls: The Stories of Rabbi Nachman of Bratslav, Hardcover - Howard Schwartz

190,99 RON 204,99 RON

Reducere. Rabbi Nachman of Bratslav (1772-1810) is widely considered to be one of the foremost visionary storytellers of the Hasidic movement. The great-gran...

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Ding Dong! Avon Calling!: The Women and Men of Avon Products, Incorporated, Hardcover - Katina Manko

216,99 RON 232,99 RON

Reducere. The Avon Lady acquired iconic status in twentieth century American culture. This first history of Avon tells the story of a direct sales company th...

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Asian American Spies: How Asian Americans Helped Win the Allied Victory, Hardcover - Brian Masaru Hayashi

209,99 RON

A recovery of the vital role Chinese, Japanese, and Korean Americans played in US intelligence services in Asia during World War II. Spies deep beh...

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Newspaper Confessions: A History of Advice Columns in a Pre-Internet Age, Hardcover - Julie Golia

170,99 RON

What can century-old advice columns tell us about the Internet today? This book reveals the little-known history of advice columns in American news...

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Brought to Bed: Childbearing in America, 1750-1950, 30th Anniversary Edition, Paperback - Judith Walzer Leavitt

199,99 RON

Based on personal accounts by birthing women and their medical attendants, Brought to Bed reveals how childbirth has changed from colonial times to...

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The Peculiarities of German History. Bourgeois Society and Politics in Nineteenth-Century Germany, Paperback - Geoff Eley

552,99 RON

Publisher: Oxford University PressAuthor(s): Geoff EleyNumber of pages: 308Publication date: 1984Dimensions: 218 x 139 x 17Cover type: Paperback / ...

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Without the Banya We Would Perish: A History of the Russian Bathhouse, Hardcover - Ethan Pollock

232,99 RON

When so much in Russia has changed, the banya remains. For over one thousand years Russians of every economic class, political party, and social st...

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The Great Demarcation: The French Revolution and the Invention of Modern Property, Paperback - Rafe Blaufarb

275,99 RON 295,99 RON

Reducere. What does it mean to own something? What sorts of things can be owned, and what cannot? How does one relinquish ownership? What are the boundaries ...

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Vagrant Nation: Police Power, Constitutional Change, and the Making of the 1960s, Paperback - Risa Goluboff

191,99 RON

In 1950s America, it was remarkably easy for police to arrest almost anyone for almost any reason. The criminal justice system-and especially the a...

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Psyche and Soul in America: The Spiritual Odyssey of Rollo May, Hardcover - Robert H. Abzug

246,99 RON

In post-World War II America and especially during the turbulent 1960s and 1970s, the psychologist Rollo May contributed profoundly to the popular ...

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Perceptions of the Prehistoric in Anglo-Saxon England. Religion, Ritual, and Rulership in the Landscape, Paperback - ***

337,99 RON

Represents an unparalleled exploration of the place of prehistoric monuments in the Anglo-Saxon psyche, and examines how Anglo-Saxon communities pe...

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The Skipper's War. Dragon School, Oxford & The Great War, Hardback - Desmond Devitt

168,99 RON

Illustrated history of the wartime years of Dragon School, Oxford, and celebrated headmaster Charles 'Skipper' Lynam.Publisher: Scala Arts & Herita...

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Burning the Reichstag: An Investigation Into the Third Reich's Enduring Mystery, Hardcover - Benjamin Carter Hett

166,99 RON 178,99 RON

Reducere. In February 1933, Adolf Hitler had only a tenuous grasp on power. Chancellor of Germany for merely four weeks, he led a fragile coalition governmen...

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Replacing the Dead: The Politics of Reproduction in the Postwar Soviet Union, Hardcover - Mie Nakachi

326,99 RON 349,99 RON

Reducere. Drawing on never before used archival materials, Replacing the Dead exposes the history of Soviet and Russian abortion policy. It is not unusual fo...

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Sisterhood and After. An Oral History of the UK Women's Liberation Movement, 1968-present, Paperback - ***

155,99 RON

Publisher: Oxford University Press IncAuthor(s): Margaretta (Professor of Cultural Studies, Professor of Cultural Studies, School of Media, Film, a...

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Rising Road: A True Tale of Love, Race, and Religion in America, Paperback - Sharon Davies

237,99 RON 254,99 RON

Reducere. It was among the most notorious criminal cases of its day. On August 11, 1921, in Birmingham, Alabama, a Methodist minister named Edwin Stephenson ...

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Manhattan Phoenix. The Great Fire of 1835 and the Emergence of Modern New York, Hardback - ***

229,99 RON

The Great Fire of 1835 nearly leveled Manhattan-consuming some 700 buildings-yet also created the ashes from which the city was reborn. Manhattan P...

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Witness to the Age of Revolution. The Odyssey of Juan Bautista Tupac Amaru, Paperback - Liz Clarke

138,99 RON

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Wounded: A New History of the Western Front in World War I, Paperback - Emily Mayhew

92,99 RON 99,99 RON

Reducere. The number of soldiers wounded in World War I is, in itself, devastating: over 21 million military wounded, and nearly 10 million killed. On the ba...

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Empires and Barbarians: The Fall of Rome and the Birth of Europe, Paperback - Peter Heather

155,99 RON 166,99 RON

Reducere. Empires and Barbarians presents a fresh, provocative look at how a recognizable Europe came into being in the first millennium AD. With sharp analy...

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Egyptian Mythology: A Guide to the Gods, Goddesses, and Traditions of Ancient Egypt, Paperback - Geraldine Pinch

101,99 RON 109,99 RON

Reducere. From stories of resurrected mummies and thousand-year-old curses to powerful pharaohs and the coveted treasures of the Great Pyramids, ancient Egyp...

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The 'russian' Civil Wars, 1916-1926: Ten Years That Shook the World, Paperback - Jonathan Smele

200,99 RON 215,99 RON

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Jonathan SmeleThis volume offers a comprehensive and original analysis and reconceptualization of the compendium of struggl...

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Haig's Enemy: Crown Prince Rupprecht and Germany's War on the Western Front, Hardcover - Jonathan Boff

157,99 RON

Contributor(s): Author: Jonathan BoffDuring the First World War, the British army's most consistent German opponent was Crown Prince Rupprecht of B...

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Lying in Early Modern English Culture. From the Oath of Supremacy to the Oath of Allegiance, Paperback - ***

242,99 RON

A major study of ideas of truth and falsehood in early modern England from the advent of the Reformation to the aftermath of the failed Gunpowder P...

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The Age of Mass Child Removal in Spain. Taking, Losing, and Fighting for Children, 1926-1945, Hardback - ***

727,99 RON

This book examines the ideas and practices underpinning state removal of children. Early twentieth century Spanish juvenile courts were involved in...

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Book - Searching for Boko Haram: A History of Violence in Central Africa, Hardcover - Scott Maceachern

223,99 RON

Contributor(s): Author: Scott MaceachernFor the past decade, Boko Haram has relentlessly terrorized northeastern Nigeria. Few if any explanations f...

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Magic, Witchcraft and Ghosts in the Greek and Roman Worlds: A Sourcebook, Paperback - Daniel Ogden

307,99 RON 329,99 RON

Reducere. DescriptionIn a culture where the supernatural possessed an immediacy now strange to us, magic was of great importance both in the literary and myt...

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Fateful Lightning: A New History of the Civil War & Reconstruction, Paperback - Allen C. Guelzo

123,99 RON 132,99 RON

Reducere. The Civil War is the greatest trauma ever experienced by the American nation, a four-year paroxysm of violence that left in its wake more than 600,...

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A Leap in the Dark: The Struggle to Create the American Republic, Paperback - John Ferling

128,99 RON 138,99 RON

Reducere. It was an age of fascinating leaders and difficult choices, of grand ideas eloquently expressed and of epic conflicts bitterly fought. Now comes a ...

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Who Killed Hammarskjold?: The Un, the Cold War and White Supremacy in Africa, Paperback - Susan Williams

195,99 RON 209,99 RON

Reducere. One of the outstanding mysteries of the twentieth century, and one with huge political resonance, is the death of Dag Hammarskjold and his UN team ...

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The Chubbs: A Free Black Family's Journey from the Antebellum Era to the Mid-1900s, Paperback - Clemmie Whatley

138,99 RON

How could I know that a call from my cousin, Henry, in the fall of 2015 would change the trajectory of my life? It was Henry's request that I work ...

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Spirit of the Blitz. Home Intelligence and British Morale, September 1940 - June 1941, Hardback - Jeremy A. Crang

188,99 RON

Edited and introduced by two leading historians of the period, this volume tells the inside story of Home Intelligence and why it proved so controv...

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Inca Apocalypse: The Spanish Conquest and the Transformation of the Andean World, Hardcover - R. Alan Covey

199,99 RON 213,99 RON

Reducere. A major new history of the Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire, set in a larger global context than previous accounts Previous accounts of the fall...

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Sources for Armies of Deliverance: A New History of the Civil War, Paperback - Elizabeth R. Varon

171,99 RON 184,99 RON

Reducere. Designed to accompany Armies of Deliverance: A New History of the Civil War, College Edition, by Elizabeth R. Varon, Sources for Armies of Delivera...

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Mythologies Without End: The Us, Israel, and the Arab-Israeli Conflict, 1917-2020, Hardcover - Jerome Slater

197,99 RON 211,99 RON

Reducere. The history of modern Israel is a fiercely contested subject. From the Balfour declaration to the Six-Day War to the recent assault on Gaza, ideolo...

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Globe on Paper. Writing Histories of the World in Renaissance Europe and the Americas, Hardback - Giuseppe Marcocci

581,99 RON

How did writing histories of the world change after the discovery of America? Focusing on a set of case studies, this book explores creative works ...

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Cows and Curates. The story of the land and livings of Christ Church, Oxford, Hardback - Judith Curthoys

220,99 RON

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Rivers of the Sultan: The Tigris and Euphrates in the Ottoman Empire, Hardcover - Faisal H. Husain

286,99 RON 307,99 RON

Reducere. The Tigris and Euphrates rivers run through the heart of the Middle East and merge in the area of Mesopotamia known as the cradle of civilization. ...

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Once We Were Slaves: The Extraordinary Journey of a Multi-Racial Jewish Family, Hardcover - Laura Leibman

119,99 RON

An obsessive genealogist and descendent of one of the most prominent Jewish families since the American Revolution, Blanche Moses firmly believed h...

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The Dred Scott Case: Its Significance in American Law and Politics, Paperback - Don E. Fehrenbacher

266,99 RON 285,99 RON

Reducere. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize in 1979, The Dred Scott Case is a masterful examination of the most famous example of judicial failure--the case refer...

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The Information-Literate Historian: A Guide to Research for History Students, Paperback - Jenny L. Presnell

253,99 RON 271,99 RON

Reducere. The Information-Literate Historian: A Guide to Research for History Students is the only book specifically designed to teach today's history studen...

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Dead Men Telling Tales. Napoleonic War Veterans and the Military Memoir Industry, 1808-1914, Hardback - Matilda Greig

630,99 RON

Dead Men Telling Tales is an original account of the lasting cultural impact made by the autobiographies of Napoleonic soldiers over the course of ...

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Freedom from Fear: The American People in Depression and War, 1929-1945, Hardcover - David M. Kennedy

396,99 RON 424,99 RON

Reducere. Award NamePulitzer PrizeAward categoryHistoryBetween 1929 and 1945, two great travails were visited upon the American people: the Great Depression ...

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Part of Our Lives: A People's History of the American Public Library, Paperback - Wayne A. Wiegand

182,99 RON 195,99 RON

Reducere. Despite dire predictions in the late twentieth century that public libraries would not survive the turn of the millennium, their numbers have only ...

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Reconstructing the Dreamland: The Tulsa Riot of 1921: Race, Reparations, and Reconciliation, Paperback - Alfred L. Brophy

105,99 RON 113,99 RON

Reducere. Award NameOklahoma Book AwardAward categoryNonfictionThe 1921 Tulsa Race Riot was the country's bloodiest civil disturbance of the century. Thirty ...

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Spatial Data Analysis. An Introduction for GIS users, Paperback - Christopher (School of Geography, Archaeology and Palaeoecology, Queens University,

410,99 RON

Spatial Data Analysis introduces key principles about spatial data and provides guidance on methods for their exploration; it provides a set of key...

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Scribes and Scholars. A Guide to the Transmission of Greek and Latin Literature, Paperback - N. G. Wilson

328,99 RON

It explores how the texts from classical Greece and Rome have survived and gives an account of the reasons why it was thought worthwhile to preserv...

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The Library, Books 16-20: Philip II, Alexander the Great, and the Successors, Paperback - Diodorus Siculus

81,99 RON

Starting with the most meagre resources, Philip made his kingdom the greatest power in Europe The Greek historian Diodorus of Sicily is one of our ...

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Confederate Emancipation: Southern Plans to Free and Arm Slaves During the Civil War, Paperback - Bruce Levine

93,99 RON

In early 1864, as the Confederate Army of Tennessee licked its wounds after being routed at the Battle of Chattanooga, Major-General Patrick Clebur...

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We Are an African People: Independent Education, Black Power, and the Radical Imagination, Paperback - Russell Rickford

265,99 RON 284,99 RON

Reducere. During the height of the Black Power movement of the late 1960s and 1970s, dozens of Pan African nationalist private schools, from preschools to po...

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Forever Prisoners: How the United States Made the World's Largest Immigrant Detention System, Hardcover - Elliott Young

217,99 RON 233,99 RON

Reducere. Stories of non-US citizens caught in the jaws of the immigration bureaucracy and subject to indefinite detention are in the headlines daily. These ...

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Writing a War of Words. Andrew Clark and the Search for Meaning in World War One, Hardback - ***

224,99 RON

Writing a War of Words is the first investigation of a valuable archive of war-time notebooks documenting changes to the English language on the Ho...

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Histories of Everyday Life. The Making of Popular Social History in Britain, 1918-1979, Hardback - Laura Carter

727,99 RON

This book is a social history of popular history in Britain between the end of the First World War and the 1970s. It considers how ordinary people ...

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Your Country, My Country: A Unified History of the United States and Canada, Hardcover - Robert Bothwell

254,99 RON 272,99 RON

Reducere. Canada: land of hockey, terrible weather, unfailing politeness-and little else, as far as many Americans are aware. For Canadians, the United State...

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Empire Ascendant: The British World, Race, and the Rise of Japan, 1894-1914, Hardcover - Cees Heere

668,99 RON 715,99 RON

Reducere. In 1902, the British government concluded a defensive alliance with Japan, a state that had surprised much of the world with its sudden rise to pro...

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