Thomas Wright – författare & böcker

William Harvey: A Life in Circulation

AvThomas Wright

Inbunden, Engelska, 2012

948 kr

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Del 2 - Camden Classic Reprints

Thomas Wright's Political Songs of England

From the Reign of John to that of Edward II

AvThomas Wright,Peter Coss

Inbunden, Engelska, 1996

1 017 kr

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This book contains a collection of political verses, venality satires and songs of social protest from medieval England. First edited by Thomas Wright in 1839, these so-called 'political songs' are reissued here on behalf of the Royal Historical Society. The collection provides a fascinating insight into medieval responses to contemporary events. A wide-ranging introduction from Peter Coss offers observations on authorship, audience, the means of dissemination and the use of the languages involved. The reader is brought up to date on the critical study of the poems and on their significance and potentiality for the modern historian and literary scholar. Professor Coss corrects Wright's dating where necessary and puts each item into its full contemporary context, making these fascinating verses accessible to the modern reader.

Del 2 - Camden Classic Reprints

Thomas Wright's Political Songs of England

From the Reign of John to that of Edward II

AvThomas Wright,Peter Coss

Häftad, Engelska, 1996

601 kr

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This book contains a collection of political verses, venality satires and songs of social protest from medieval England. First edited by Thomas Wright in 1839, these so-called 'political songs' are reissued here on behalf of the Royal Historical Society. The collection provides a fascinating insight into medieval responses to contemporary events. A wide-ranging introduction from Peter Coss offers observations on authorship, audience, the means of dissemination and the use of the languages involved. The reader is brought up to date on the critical study of the poems and on their significance and potentiality for the modern historian and literary scholar. Professor Coss corrects Wright's dating where necessary and puts each item into its full contemporary context, making these fascinating verses accessible to the modern reader.

Great Unwashed

AvThomas Wright

Inbunden, Engelska, 1971

2 239 kr

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First published in 1971. This volume written in 1868, is a collection of articles some of which appeared in 'All the Year Round', 'Chamber's Journal and the Star newspaper and looks at the topics of the working classes in their public relations, and the inner life of the 'great unwashed'.

Our New Masters

AvThomas Wright

Inbunden, Engelska, 1969

643 kr

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First published in 1969. Part of this work was originally made public as articles in ‘Fraser's Magazine’ and the ‘Contemporary Review’. It deals with the working classes, their views and as 'New Masters' of the political and social situation.

Built of Books: How Reading Defined the Life of Oscar Wilde

AvThomas Wright

Häftad, Engelska, 2010

331 kr

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Big Bets and Black Swans 2014

A Presidential Briefing Book

AvTed Piccone,Steven Piferm. fl.

Häftad, Engelska, 2014

223 kr

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President Obama has just three years left in office to define his legacy in world affairs. He's facing a number of critical challengesthe ongoing war in Syria, the Iran nuclear negotiations, an enigmatic North Korea and other significant crises in world affairs. The president's advisors are busy devising policy recommendations aimed at grappling with these thorny issues. From these, the president must decide which priorities to pursue and how to best exercise U.S. power and influence to manage and shape the global order.This book presents a set of policy analysis and recommendations from The Foreign Policy scholars at the Brookings Institution. Designed to provide the White House with innovative and actionable policy initiatives, the book is constructed as a series of memos to President Obama. This year, the memos are divided into five categories: Big Bets are issues where the president should consider investing his power, time and prestige in major efforts that can have a transformational impact on America and the world. Double Downs are derived from the Big Bets from last year's recommendations that the president should redouble his efforts on. Black Swans are those low-probability but high-impact events that can divert the president and his administration's higher purposes, such as dramatic negative events that he will want to take steps in advance to avoid or to mitigate their consequences. Nightmares are events that look more likely than a Black Swan and could prove particularly troublesome for U.S. interests and the global order, and for which the administration should prepare. Holds are updated policy recommendations to stay the course on approaches suggested last year.

Flight from Chile

An Oral History of Exile

AvThomas Wright,Rody Oñatem. fl.

Häftad, Engelska, 2023

268 kr

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2023 marks the fiftieth anniversary of General Pinochet's coup on September 11, 1973. During the wave of mass arrests, torture, and executions that followed, people began fleeing Chile. Over the next fifteen years some two hundred thousand Chileans sought exile in countries around the world. Out of their anguish and anger come these moving and powerful testimonies of their fractured lives--the first oral history of the Chilean diaspora, now revised and updated.Many who fled had been tortured, and they clung to the principle that the dictatorship was an evil that had to be destroyed. But their zeal and solidarity with other refugees often failed to sustain families. Many marriages collapsed, and children lost interest in their native land and culture. After civilian rule returned in 1990, many returning exiles felt estranged from a homeland forever changed. This timely update of the 1998 collection continues to remind us of the fracturing legacy and enduring oppression of usurpation and authoritarian rule long after its time has passed.