Revolution of the Ordinary

A myth-busting popular history of the German Revolution focusing on the roles of women, workers and ordinary people

This radically original book argues for the power of ordinary language philosophy--a tradition inaugurated by Ludwig Wittgenstein and J. L. Austin,...

"Important and lucidly written...The American Revolution involved not simply the wisdom of a few great men but the passions, fears, and religiosity...

A provocative and original book about the world today: the problems it faces, how it works and how ordinary citizens can retake control of its future

The story of the decline of the Cuban Revolution over the last four decades, told through the lives of five ordinary Cuban citizens.Publisher: Head...

Reducere. An intimate history of an ordinary Parisian citizen and his neighbors that reflects on the origins and radicalization of the French Revolution. Wha...

In this social and cultural history of Czechoslovakia's "gentle revolution, " James Krapfl shifts the focus away from elites to ordinary citizens w...

Reducere. A newly revised version of a classic in American historyWhen The American Revolution was first published in 1985, it was praised as the first synth...

Rebel populism is an ethnography of Syrian migrant workers in Lebanon during the Syrian uprising and civil war. It documents the rise and fall of t...

DescriptionSince its first publication to mark the bicentenary of the French Revolution in 1989, this Oxford History has established itself as the ...

Warning: This book may not be for you This book is dangerous It is only for those who are ready to join an uprising?a revolution of the soul that w...

Powerful real-life stories of 'patient leaders' - ordinary people affected by life-changing illnesses, disabilities, or conditions, who are revolut...

Reducere. DescriptionThe Sexual Revolution - and the breakdown of the Family - has brought misery to millions. In The Sexual State Jennifer Roback Morse show...

Reducere. REVOLUTION is a thrilling novel of intrigue, deception, betrayal, courage and the remarkable resilience of the human spirit under unbelievable circ...

Men dominate history because they write it. This book offers a reappraisal which aims to re-establish women's importance at the centre of the world...

Reducere. "J. Michael Zenn has written a wonderful book on health....We need to wholeheartedly embrace the principles of The Self-Health Revolution. I enthus...

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

DescriptionIf we place women at the center of our account of China's last two centuries, how does this change our understanding of what happened? T...

A revealing collection that restores Dr. King as being every bit as radical as Malcolm X The radical King was a democratic socialist who sided with...

T. H. Breen introduces us to the ordinary men and women who took responsibility for the course of the American revolution. Far from the actions of ...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Eric HobsbawmEditor: Chris WrigleyPremier historian Eric Hobsbawm's brilliant study of the Industrial Revolution, which sol...

Reducere. Why do some students fall apart after high school, while others go on to become great leaders? In Teen Leadership Revolution, youth speaker Tom The...

William Wordsworth (1771-1850) is the foremost of the English Romantic poets. He was much influenced by the events of the French Revolution in his ...

Reducere. Revolution 1989 is the first in-depth, authoritative account of a few months that changed the world. At the start of 1989, six European nations wer...

From a major British political thinker and activist, a passionate case that both the left and right have lost their faith in ordinary people and mu...

Win or lose, Bernie has reshaped the landscape of American politics. Where does the political revolution go next? The political ambitions of the mo...

Win or lose, Bernie has reshaped the landscape of American politics. Where does the political revolution go next? The political ambitions of the mo...

Offering a fresh history centred on the reactions and experiences of ordinary readers and writers, Lyons deals with key turning points that occurre...

Reducere. An Empty Room is the first book by the celebrated Chinese writer Mu Xin to appear in English. A cycle of thirteen tenderly evocative stories writte...

Reducere. In the 20th century, historians began arguing for new ways of doing history. This "new history" movement called for a total history open to explori...

Reducere. A new look at the American Revolution's first weeks, from the author of the bestseller The Admirals. When we look back on our nation's history, the...

DescriptionCitizenship is at the heart of our contemporary world but it is a particular vision of national citizenship forged in the French Revolut...

Why did ordinary Germans vote for Hitler? In this dramatically plotted book, organized around crucial turning points in 1914, 1918, and 1933, Peter...

Hildesheim is a mid-sized provincial town in northwest Germany. This title presents an account of how townspeople went about their lives and reacte...

Reducere. Risking all for freedom - and love The governor has disbanded the Colonial Assembly, removing the last shred of representative government from Amer...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Shanna SwendsonRisking all for freedom - and loveThe governor has disbanded the Colonial Assembly, removing the last shred ...

Reducere. On Easter Monday, 1916, Irish rebels poured into Dublin's streets to proclaim an independent republic. Ireland's long struggle for self-government ...

Reducere. Common sense has always been a cornerstone of American politics. In 1776, Tom Paine's vital pamphlet with that title sparked the American Revolutio...

Reducere. In a world of limitless media noise, how can businesses break through to customers? Context.We are in the midst of a massive media revolution. For ...

The Army of the Guardians of the Islamic Revolution (Sepah-e Pasdaran-e Enqelab-e Eslami) is more commonly known as Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Gu...

DescriptionOn a June night in 1791, King Louis XVI and Marie-Antoinette fled Paris in disguise, hoping to escape the mounting turmoil of the French...

``One of the most imaginative minds at work in South African literature today.``--Andre BrinkOriginally part of a collaborative project with photog...

DescriptionIn 2009, an anonymous programmer releases a new method of paying and being paid to the world. No one runs it; no one controls it; no aut...

DescriptionAimed at parents, teachers and anyone who cares for or works with children, this is a highly original, inspiring and above all fun guide...

DescriptionThis book focuses on a stream in New Hampshire and how it and other bodies of water have been affected by changes in technology, economi...

Reducere. In 1936, the people of Spain rose up, overthrew their masters and took power into their own hands. In the villages and small towns of Aragon, they ...

Reducere. Since the Bali bombings of 2002 and the rise of political Islam, Indonesia has frequently occupied media headlines. Nevertheless, the history of th...

Reducere. Espionage played a vital role during the American Revolution in Rhode Island. The British and Americans each employed spies to discover the secrets...

Reducere. Dominic Meng-Hsuan Yang examines one of the least understood migrations in modern East Asia - the human exodus from China to Taiwan when Chiang Kai...

Reducere. On 10th August 1901, two English women walked into the past. During a visit to the Palace of Versailles, on the anniversary of the French Revolutio...

Reducere. DescriptionThis remarkable memoir is one of the most celebrated documents toemerge from the tumult of America's Revolutionary War. Theordinary and ...

Description"A vivid, unforgettable picture of the quality--or lack of it--of life in England among 'ordinary' people."--Peter Stansky.About the Aut...

Reducere. In this final book of the 299 Days series, The 43 Colonels celebrates the many "ordinary" men and women who did extraordinary things during and aft...

Reducere. A cutting-edge look at how accelerating financial change, from the end of cash to the rise of cryptocurrencies, will transform economies for better...

Reducere. DescriptionLife Lessons is a dramatic and inspiring story of Captain Tony Tarracino's remarkable journey from the ghettos of Elizabeth, N.J. to bec...

The quality of life for ordinary Roman citizens at the height of the Roman Empire probably was better than that of any other large group of people ...

DescriptionNever before published, an extraordinarily inspiring and radical conversation between Howard Zinn and PBS/NPR journalist Ray Suarez, whe...

Description1917 saw one of the most dramatic revolutions in world history when the workers of Russia united to throw out their tsar and aristocracy...

Reducere. Here Grof presents a useful model of the psyche--a model extended by his thirty years of studying non-ordinary states of consciousness. It is usefu...

Reducere. A timely survey of radical spirituality and political activism in Islam and the West over the last century and a half, The Crescent And The Compass...

This book is the first to trace the good and bad fortunes, over more than a century, of the earliest large free black community in the United State...

Artificial intelligence (AI) is often discussed as something extraordinary, a dream--or a nightmare--that awakens metaphysical questions on human l...

DescriptionTen Lessons in Modern Chinese History tells the story of modern China from the Opium Wars in the mid-nineteenth century to the Xi Jinpin...

Ten Lessons in Modern Chinese History tells the story of modern China from the Opium Wars in the mid-nineteenth century to the Xi Jinping era. Usin...

"The most important ...] Russian novel of the 20th century."-The New York Times Book ReviewConsidered Andrei Bely's masterpiece, Petersburg, is a p...

Reducere. Watching the revolution of January 2011, the world saw Egyptians, men and women, come together to fight for freedom and social justice. These event...

Through war and its aftermaths, a woman fights to keep her daughters safe. As a girl she sees her village sacked and her beloved father and brother...

DescriptionGraham Greene saw the Castros rise; Sarah Rainsford watched them leave. From the street where Wormold, the hapless hero of Greene's Our ...

As a magical revolution remakes a city, an ancient evil is awakened in a brilliant new novel from the Hugo-nominated author of Foundryside and the ...

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