Wasteland with Words. A Social History of Iceland, Hardback - Sigurdur Gylfi Magnusson

A comprehensive study of Iceland's social and historical development, from tiny fishing settlements to a global economic power. It is of interest t...

Reducere. Our experiences of dying have been shaped by ancient ideas about death and social responsibility at the end of life. From Stone Age ideas about dyi...

Reducere. DescriptionThe early years of the twentieth century were a difficult period for Big Business. Corporate monopolies, the brutal exploitation of labo...

The State of Freedom: A Social History of the British State since 1800 - Patrick Joyce

The first three editions of this bestselling book have established A Social History of the Media as a classic, providing a masterful overview of co...

Reducere. Using a wealth of contemporary Ottoman sources, this book recreates the social history of Istanbul, a huge, cosmopolitan metropolis and imperial ca...

One of the most devastating portraits ever drawn of a human society - life in Hitler's Germany during the Third ReichPublisher: Orion Publishing Co...

Publisher: Reaktion BooksAuthor(s): Chris CaseldineIllustration(s): 68 color plates, 39 halftonesNumber of pages: 324Publication date: 2021Dimensio...

Contributor(s): Editor: Keith WrightsonThe rise of social history has had a transforming influence on the history of early modern England. It has b...

Reducere. The theme of this extraordinary book is the evolution of the modern conception of family life and the modern image; of the nature of children. Arie...

Reducere. The American family has undergone a series of transformations from its socially sanctified role as the center of society to today's private, indepe...

Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

Reducere. DescriptionWhen the Chinese communists came to power in 1949, they promised to 'turn society upside down'. Efforts to build a communist society cre...

Reducere. In 1948, a war broke out that would result in Israeli independence and the erasure of Arab Palestine. Over twenty months, thousands of Jews and Ara...

The drum kit has provided the pulse of popular music from before the dawn of jazz up to the present day pop charts. Kick It, a provocative social h...

Americans love "this year's model, " relying on the "new" to be always "improved." Enthusiasm for the new, says Stanley Buder, is essential to Amer...

Reducere. A Social History of American Technology, Second Edition, tells the story of American technology from the tools used by its earliest inhabitants to ...

Hibbert tries to show by reference to history of punishments, to the reactions of those who suffered them or have been threatened by them, and to t...

Chinese Diasporas provides a concise and compelling new history of internal and external Chinese migration from the sixteenth century to the presen...

Kristen Richardson traces the social seasons of debutantes on both sides of the Atlantic, sharing their stories in their own words, through diaries...

Shellac and Swing! tells the story of the gramophone's 'golden age, ' when it helped to shape Britain's musical, social and political life and impa...

Publisher: Polity PressAuthor(s): Peter BurkeNumber of pages: 248Publication date: 2011Dimensions: 227 x 155 x 27Cover type: Paperback / softbackRe...

Publisher: Princeton University PressAuthor(s): Fei-Hsien WangIllustration(s): 14 b/w illus. 8 tables.Number of pages: 368Collection: Studies of th...

Reducere. First substantial translation of Apollinaire's later works by an award-winning poet. Guillaume Apollinaire's final years exactly coincided with the...

Sean Damer provides a sustained critique of the Corporation of Glasgow's council housing policy and argues that it had the unintended consequence o...

Bounded by the Great War on one side and by the looming shadow of the Second World War on the other, the inter-war period has characteristically be...

Reducere. Distinguished liturgical historian and theologian Frank Senn here ventures behind the liturgical screen, behind the texts, and behind the rubrics t...

A collection of essays written to take the reader on a journey through history, examining the impact of autism on the opinions and solutions of wri...

Social historian and author Gillian Perry takes us on a highly entertaining whistle-stop tour of the history of the English afternoon tea, enhanced...

DescriptionCombining history of science and a history of universities with the new imperial history, Universities in Imperial Austria 1848-1918: A ...

Reducere. Although we are learning a lot from historians about the lives of slaves in the United States, we still know little about slavery in the Caribbean....

Reducere. In Overhaul, historians Richard Flint and Shirley Cushing Flint present the largely forgotten story of Albuquerque's locomotive repair shops, which...

Capital, as Marx once wrote, comes into the world "dripping from head to foot, from every pore, with blood and dirt." He might well have been descr...

Praise for the first edition: "To give a sense of immediacy and vividness to the long period in such a short space is a major achievement." --Histo...

Fascinating and highly readable, this is the definitive social history of the world's most romantic, flamboyant, glamorous, and politically influen...

Reducere. "This path-breaking book brilliantly explains the explosive growth of Florida from 2.7 million inhabitants in 1950 to 15.9 million in 2000. It focu...

Reducere. The formation of the modern state, the rise of capitalism, the Renaissance and Reformation, the scientific revolution and the Age of Enlightenment ...

DescriptionDigging into the roots of the debutante ritual, with its ballrooms and white dresses, Kristen Richardson-- herself descended from a line...

Reducere. In this groundbreaking work, Ellen Meiksins Wood rewrites the history of political theory. She traces the development of the Western tradition from...

Reducere. This work provides an account of the West Indian soldiers in World War I. It focuses on the processes and politics surrounding the participation of...

This work provides an account of the West Indian soldiers in World War I. It focuses on the processes and politics surrounding the participation of...

Red Men Reborn takes a unique look at the whole history and socio-cultural significance of Liverpool FC. Williams skilfully weaves his narrative ar...

Publisher: University of California PressAuthor(s): Saree MakdisiIllustration(s): 17 b-w photos, scatteredNumber of pages: 244Publication date: 202...

Revealing the fascinating social history of bricks in Britain!

Looking at urban history, this work balances statistics with the words of historians, diarists and novelists, poets and churchmen such as: Pepys, B...

The finest and most authentic collection of Icelandic folk tales to be published in the English languageIllustrations: 30 Illustrations, black and ...

A timely and vivid look at Scotland's long and difficult road to nationhood, re-exploring some cherished myths and unearthing a wealth of fascinati...

Reducere. The traveller's handbook that allows you to have a safe, considerate, budget experience of Iceland. Iceland is a peculiar place, with certain physi...