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9 produkter
Histories of Nations
How Their Identities Were Forged
Av Peter Furtado, Peter Furtado
Häftad, 2017
137 kr
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National history is a vital part of national self-definition. Most books on the history of the world try to impose a uniform narrative, written usually from a single writer’s point of view. Histories of Nations is different: it presents 28 essays written by a leading historian as a ‘self-portrait’ …
Quakers
Häftad, 2013
111 kr
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Though there have never been many Quakers, these small numbers belie the sect’s tremendous impact, both historical and contemporary.Quakerism has produced an astonishing and disproportionate number of eminent thinkers, scientists, industrialists and businessmen, who are united not only by their …
Revolutions: How They Changed History and What They Mean Today
Av Peter Furtado, Peter Furtado
Inbunden, 2020
374 kr
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Revolutions hold a distinct place in the popular imagination. This may be because their rhetoric, such as ‘liberty, fraternity, equality’, articulates aspirations with which we identify; or because we are shocked by the destructive forces unleashed when social conventions break down. Yet each …
Great Cities Through Travellers' Eyes
Häftad, 2020
143 kr
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Throughout history, intrepid men and women have related their experiences and perceptions of the world’s great cities to bring them alive to those at home. The thirty-eight cities covered in this entertaining anthology of travellers’ tales are spread over six continents, ranging from Beijing to …
Plague, Pestilence and Pandemic
Voices from History
Av Peter Furtado, Peter Furtado
Häftad, 2022
157 kr
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A collection of intimate and revelatory first-hand accounts of pandemics through the ages. Humanity has always been struck by pestilence and pandemics, from the plagues of ancient Egypt to the pox that ravaged Europe in the Middle Ages, to Covid-19. People living through the crises have always …
Revolutions
How they changed history and what they mean today
Häftad, 2021
137 kr
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Revolutions – peaceful or violent, radical or reactionary – have shaped the political landscape of the world we live in today. But what led revolutionaries to action? What were they fighting against and what were they seeking to achieve? Each revolution is a product of its time, its society, its …
Restoration England
1660-1699
Häftad, 2010
114 kr
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In a period marked by a number of great diarists, England after the Civil War was a place of pleasure and drama. Indulgences such as coffee-houses and frost fairs were enjoyed by some, while the fashion for displaying finery lent itself to a new style of shopping. However, a renewed outbreak of …
Quakers
E-bok, 2013
110 kr
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Though there have never been many Quakers, these small numbers belie the sect''s tremendous impact, both historical and contemporary. Quakerism has produced an astonishing and disproportionate number of eminent thinkers, scientists, industrialists and businessmen, who are united not only by their …
Quakers
E-bok, 2013
110 kr
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Though there have never been many Quakers, these small numbers belie the sect''s tremendous impact, both historical and contemporary. Quakerism has produced an astonishing and disproportionate number of eminent thinkers, scientists, industrialists and businessmen, who are united not only by their …
