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44 produkter
Battle of London 1939-45
Endurance, Heroism and Frailty Under Fire
Av Jerry White
Häftad, 2023
167 kr
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'Endlessly fascinating. . . White is such a brilliant historian' Mail on SundayLasting for six long years, the Blitz transformed life in the capital beyond recognition, marking a time of almost constant anxiety, disruption, deprivation and sacrifice for Londoners. With the capital the nation's …
Birth of a Global City
London in a Revolutionary World, 1789-1815
Av Jerry White
Inbunden, 2026
327 kr
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Revolution, war, political turmoil: this is the extraordinary story of how modern London – the world’s first truly global city – was made.‘Jerry White is the historian of London, and this may be his crowning achievement … Brilliant’ DAVID KYNASTON, author of Austerity BritainThe French …
London Stories
Inbunden, 2013
191 kr
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London has the greatest literary tradition of any city in the world. Its roll-call of story-tellers includes cultural giants who changed the way the world thought about writing, like Shakespeare, Defoe and Dickens. But there has also been an innumerable host of writers who have sought to capture …
Mansions of Misery
A Biography of the Marshalsea Debtors’ Prison
Av Jerry White
Häftad, 2017
220 kr
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For Londoners of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, debt was a part of everyday life. But when your creditors lost their patience, you might be thrown into one of the capital’s most notorious jails: the Marshalsea Debtors’ Prison.In Mansions of Misery, acclaimed chronicler of the capital …
Intervention and Detachment: Essays in Legal History and Jurisprudence
Av Jerry White
Inbunden
3247 kr
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It’s Nation Time
A Progressive Defence
Av Jerry White
Inbunden, 2024
373 kr
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Speaking at the Congress of African People in September 1970, Amiri Baraka said, “In Newark, when we greet each other on the streets, we say, ‘what time is it?’ We always say, ‘It’s nation time!’ Nationalism is about land and nation, a way of life trying to free itself.” National identity and …
It's Nation Time
A Progressive Defence
Av Jerry White
E-bok, 2024
391 kr
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Speaking at the Congress of African People in September 1970, Amiri Baraka said, “In Newark, when we greet each other on the streets, we say, ‘what time is it?’ We always say, ‘It’s nation time!’ Nationalism is about land and nation, a way of life trying to free itself.” National identity and …
It's Nation Time
A Progressive Defence
Av Jerry White
E-bok, 2024
391 kr
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Speaking at the Congress of African People in September 1970, Amiri Baraka said, “In Newark, when we greet each other on the streets, we say, ‘what time is it?’ We always say, ‘It’s nation time!’ Nationalism is about land and nation, a way of life trying to free itself.” National identity and …
Getting Up When Life Knocks You Down
Five Steps to Overcoming a Life Crisis
Av Jerry White
Häftad, 2009
172 kr
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The loss of a loved one, a painful divorce, or a serious physical injury - we must all, at one point, face tragedy - unavoidable moments that divide our lives into 'before' and 'after'. How do we muscle our way through tough times and emerge stronger, wiser - even grateful for our struggle? In …
Developmental States in East Asia
Inbunden, 1988
1692 kr
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The book analyses and evaluates the development role and impact of the state in East Asia, in both capitalist (South Korea and Taiwan) and socialist (China) contexts. It makes use of new research data on the mechanisms and impact of state intervention in East Asian development and presents an …
Rothschild Buildings
Life in an East-End Tenement Block 1887 - 1920
Av Jerry White
Häftad, 2003
280 kr
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Winner of the Jewish Chronicle Harold H. Wingate Literary Award.Rothschild Buildings were typical of the 'model dwellings for the working classes' which were such an important part of the response to late-Victorian London's housing problem. They were built for poor but respectable Jewish immigrants …
London in the Twentieth Century
A City and Its People
Av Jerry White
E-bok, 2009
170 kr
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Jerry White's London in the Twentieth Century, Winner of the Wolfson Prize, is a masterful account of the city’s most tumultuous century by its leading expert.In 1901 no other city matched London in size, wealth and grandeur. Yet it was also a city where poverty and disease were rife. For its …
I Will Not Be Broken
Five Steps to Overcoming a Life Crisis
Av Jerry White
Ljudbok, 2008
303 kr
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Tragedy happens to everyone. Whether it''s the loss of a loved one, a painful divorce, or a serious injury, we must all face personal catastrophe—unavoidable moments that divides our lives into "before" and "after." These events take a heavy toll on everyone, but there are those who have muscled …
London In The Nineteenth Century
''A Human Awful Wonder of God''
Av Jerry White
E-bok, 2011
170 kr
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Jerry White's London in the Nineteenth Century is the richest and most absorbing account of the city's greatest century by its leading expert.London in the nineteenth century was the greatest city mankind had ever seen. Its growth was stupendous. Its wealth was dazzling. Its horrors shocked the …
Rothschild Buildings
Life in an East-End Tenement Block 1887 - 1920
Av Jerry White
E-bok, 2011
170 kr
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Winner of the Jewish Chronicle Harold H. Wingate Literary Award.Rothschild Buildings were typical of the 'model dwellings for the working classes' which were such an important part of the response to late-Victorian London's housing problem. They were built for poor but respectable Jewish immigrants …
London In The Eighteenth Century
A Great and Monstrous Thing
Av Jerry White
E-bok, 2012
113 kr
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Jerry White's London in the Eighteenth Century is an unrivalled, panoramic account of the city's dramatic century of rebirth by its leading expert.London in the eighteenth century had risen from the ashes. The city and its people had been brought to the brink by the Great Fire of 1666. But the …
Campbell Bunk
The Worst Street in North London Between the Wars
Av Jerry White
E-bok, 2013
170 kr
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From the 1880s to the Second World War, Campbell Road, Finsbury Park (known as Campbell Bunk), had a notorious reputation for violence, for breeding thieves and prostitutes, and for an enthusiastic disregard for law and order. It was the object of reform by church, magistrates, local authorities, …
Battle of London 1939-45
Endurance, Heroism and Frailty Under Fire
Av Jerry White
E-bok, 2021
136 kr
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'Endlessly fascinating. . . White is such a brilliant historian' Mail on SundayLasting for six long years, the Blitz transformed life in the capital beyond recognition, marking a time of almost constant anxiety, disruption, deprivation and sacrifice for Londoners. With the capital the nation's …
Mansions of Misery
A Biography of the Marshalsea Debtors’ Prison
Av Jerry White
E-bok, 2016
170 kr
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For Londoners of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, debt was a part of everyday life. But when your creditors lost their patience, you might be thrown into one of the capital’s most notorious jails: the Marshalsea Debtors’ Prison.In Mansions of Misery, acclaimed chronicler of the capital …
Zeppelin Nights
London in the First World War
Av Jerry White
E-bok, 2014
147 kr
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‘Zeppelin Nights is social history at its best… White creates a vivid picture of a city changed forever by war’ The Times2018 marks the centenary of the end of the First World War. In those four decisive years, London was irrevocably changed. Soldiers passed through the capital on their way to the …
Birth of a Global City
London in a Revolutionary World, 1789-1815
Av Jerry White
E-bok, 2026
472 kr
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Revolution, war, political turmoil: this is the extraordinary story of how modern London – the world’s first truly global city – was made.‘Jerry White is the historian of London, and this may be his crowning achievement … Brilliant’ DAVID KYNASTON, author of Austerity BritainThe French …
Revisioning Europe
The Films of John Berger and Alain Tanner
Av Jerry White
Häftad, 2012
462 kr
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Revisioning Europe is among the few existing English-language discussions of the films made by British novelist John Berger and Swiss film director Alain Tanner. It brings to light a political cinema that was unsentimental about the possibilities of revolutionary struggle and unsparing in its …
Two Bicycles
The Work of Jean-Luc Godard and Anne-Marie Miéville
Av Jerry White
Häftad, 2013
504 kr
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Jean-Luc Godard and Anne-Marie Miéville are among the most important postwar filmmakers; they have worked across forms, across media, and across countries. This book, the first to be devoted specifically to the work they did together, examines the way they expanded the possibilities of cinema by …
Stan Brakhage in Rolling Stock, 1980-1990
Av Jerry White
Inbunden, 2018
916 kr
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This is a collection of writings by the giant of experimental cinema, Stan Brakhage, that shows him in a completely new light, as part of world cinema. For the duration of the 1980s, Brakhage contributed to the Boulder literary magazine Rolling Stock, mostly publishing reports from the Telluride …
