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21 produkter
Troublemaker
The Life and History of A.J.P Taylor
Häftad, 2002
385 kr
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Popular, prolific, and impassioned, British historian A. J. P. Taylor (1906-1990) was also outspoken, controversial, and quarrelsome. Taylor’s many books, including The Struggle for Mastery in Europe, The Origins of the Second World War, and English History 1914-1945, changed the way history was …
Wine
A Global History
Inbunden, 2026
355 kr
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'Capaciously informative and endlessly entertaining' Tom Holland, co-host of The Rest Is HistoryIn the beginning, there was the vine. Wine: a drink, a medicine, a ritual and a commodity. Across millennia, it has been used to celebrate and commiserate, as a negotiating tool and a diplomatic gift. …
Morgan Grenfell 1838-1988
The Biography of a Merchant Bank
Inbunden, 1989
2740 kr
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This is the arresting 150-year story of one of the oldest and most illustrious merchant banks and of the men who made it.Founded in 1838 by an American, George Peabody, Morgan Grenfell quickly became the most important American banking house in London, and by the turn of the century held an …
The British Isles Since 1945
Av Ian Kershaw, I. Kershaw m. fl.
Inbunden, 2003
2847 kr
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This title is intended for undergraduates studying the history of the British Isles in the 20th century. It should also be suitable as background reading for general readers and students of 20th-century philosophy, politics, and literature. It includes separate chapters covering the developments in …
The British Isles Since 1945
Häftad, 2003
809 kr
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Since 1945 Great Britain has gone through many changes: the loss of an empire, economic decline and resurgence, entry into Europe, evolution into a multicultural society, and devolution, to name only the more obvious. In this book, six distinguished historians each take a theme - politics, …
Goodbye, Great Britain
The 1976 IMF Crisis
Av Kathleen Burk, Alec Cairncross
Inbunden, 1992
884 kr
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In this authoritative and gripping book—the first full account of the 1976 International Monetary Fund crisis—Kathleen Burk and Alec Cairncross peel back the surface of the most searing economic crisis of postwar Britain to reveal its historical roots and contemporary context. During the spring of …
Is This Bottle Corked?
The Secret Life of Wine
Av Kathleen Burk, Michael Bywater
E-bok, 2009
119 kr
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We’ve all come across those suave, confident, and all-so-knowing books that tell us precisely what to drink with which dish, how to swirl, sniff, slosh, and pronounce on our wine, and, above all, how to impress our friends and business associates with our expertise. Well, this is not one of those …
Old World, New World
The Story of Britain and America
Häftad, 2009
572 kr
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In OLD WORLD, NEW WORLD Kathleen Burk sets out to tell the story of Britain and America across four hundred years, from colonisation to Iraq.There are two strands to this story. The first is the grand narrative that takes in the British colonisation of America and the American Revolutionary War, …
Britain, America and the Sinews of War 1914-1918 (RLE The First World War)
Inbunden, 2014
2578 kr
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Anglo-American relations were transformed during the First World War. Britain was already in long-term economic decline relative to the United States, but this decline was accelerated by the war, which was militarily a victory for Britain, but economically a catastrophe. This book sets out the …
War and the State (RLE The First World War)
The Transformation of British Government, 1914-1919
Inbunden, 2014
2190 kr
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This volume gives students and researchers an insight into British central government in 1914, how and why it altered during the war years and what permanent changes remained when the war was over. The war saw the scope of governmental intervention widened in an unprecedented manner. The …
Britain, America and the Sinews of War 1914-1918 (RLE The First World War)
Häftad, 2017
814 kr
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Anglo-American relations were transformed during the First World War. Britain was already in long-term economic decline relative to the United States, but this decline was accelerated by the war, which was militarily a victory for Britain, but economically a catastrophe. This book sets out the …
War and the State (RLE The First World War)
The Transformation of British Government, 1914-1919
Häftad, 2017
814 kr
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This volume gives students and researchers an insight into British central government in 1914, how and why it altered during the war years and what permanent changes remained when the war was over. The war saw the scope of governmental intervention widened in an unprecedented manner. The …
War and the State (RLE The First World War)
The Transformation of British Government, 1914-1919
E-bok, 2014
935 kr
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This volume gives students and researchers an insight into British central government in 1914, how and why it altered during the war years and what permanent changes remained when the war was over. The war saw the scope of governmental intervention widened in an unprecedented manner. The …
War and the State (RLE The First World War)
The Transformation of British Government, 1914-1919
E-bok, 2014
963 kr
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This volume gives students and researchers an insight into British central government in 1914, how and why it altered during the war years and what permanent changes remained when the war was over. The war saw the scope of governmental intervention widened in an unprecedented manner. The …
Britain, America and the Sinews of War 1914-1918 (RLE The First World War)
E-bok, 2014
915 kr
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Anglo-American relations were transformed during the First World War. Britain was already in long-term economic decline relative to the United States, but this decline was accelerated by the war, which was militarily a victory for Britain, but economically a catastrophe. This book sets out the …
Britain, America and the Sinews of War 1914-1918 (RLE The First World War)
E-bok, 2014
935 kr
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Anglo-American relations were transformed during the First World War. Britain was already in long-term economic decline relative to the United States, but this decline was accelerated by the war, which was militarily a victory for Britain, but economically a catastrophe. This book sets out the …
Lion and the Eagle
The Interaction of the British and American Empires 1783–1972
E-bok, 2018
164 kr
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An invigorating history of the arguments and cooperation between America and Britain as they divided up the world and an illuminating exploration of their underlying alliance Throughout modern history, British and American rivalry has gone hand in hand with common interests. In this book Kathleen …
Lion and the Eagle
The Interaction of the British and American Empires 1783–1972
Häftad, 2019
188 kr
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An invigorating history of the arguments and cooperation between America and Britain as they divided up the world and an illuminating exploration of their underlying alliance Throughout modern history, British and American rivalry has gone hand in hand with common interests. In this book Kathleen …
United States and the European Alliance since 1945
Av Kathleen Burk, Melvyn Stokes
Inbunden, 1999
2183 kr
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Most historical writing on the relations between the United States and its European allies in the post-war period has concentrated on the development of the Cold War and the beginnings of European integration. An equally significant question is how relations between an increasingly self-confident …
