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Resistance and Death in the Czenstochower Ghetto - Translation of Vidershtand Un Umkum in Czenstochower Ghetto (Hardcover):... Resistance and Death in the Czenstochower Ghetto - Translation of Vidershtand Un Umkum in Czenstochower Ghetto (Hardcover)
Liber Brener; Translated by Gloria Berkenstat Freund; Cover design or artwork by Rachel Kolokoff Hopper
R955 Discovery Miles 9 550 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
A Modern History of European Cities - 1815 to the Present (Hardcover): Rosemary Wakeman A Modern History of European Cities - 1815 to the Present (Hardcover)
Rosemary Wakeman
R3,053 Discovery Miles 30 530 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Rosemary Wakeman's original survey text comprehensively explores modern European urban history from 1815 to the present day. It provides a journey to cities and towns across the continent, in search of the patterns of development that have shaped the urban landscape as indelibly European. The focus is on the built environment, the social and cultural transformations that mark the patterns of continuity and change, and the transition to modern urban society. Including over 60 images that serve to illuminate the analysis, the book examines whether there is a European city, and if so, what are its characteristics? Wakeman offers an interdisciplinary approach that incorporates concepts from cultural and postcolonial studies, as well as urban geography, and provides full coverage of urban society not only in western Europe, but also in eastern and southern Europe, using various cities and city types to inform the discussion. The book provides detailed coverage of the often-neglected urbanization post-1945 which allows us to more clearly understand the modernizing arc Europe has followed over the last two centuries.

Ayn Rand and the Russian Intelligentsia - The Origins of an Icon of the American Right (Hardcover): Derek Offord Ayn Rand and the Russian Intelligentsia - The Origins of an Icon of the American Right (Hardcover)
Derek Offord
R1,817 Discovery Miles 18 170 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This book examines the writings of the American novelist Ayn Rand, especially The Fountainhead (1943) and Atlas Shrugged (1957), which Rand considered her definitive statement about the need for an unregulated free market in which superior humans could fully realize themselves by living for no-one but themselves. It explores Rand's conception of American identity, which exalted individualism and capitalism, and her solution for saving the modern American nation, which she believed was losing the spirit of its 18th- and 19th-century founders and frontiersmen, having been degraded morally and economically by the rampant socialism of the mid-20th-century world. Derek Offord crucially goes on to analyse how Rand's writings functioned as a vehicle in which she, a Russian-Jewish writer born in St Petersburg in 1905, engaged with ideas that had long animated the Russian intelligentsia. Her conception of human nature and of a utopian community capable of satisfying its needs; her reversal of conventional valuations of self-sacrifice and selfishness; her division of humans into an extraordinary minority and the ordinary mass; her comparison of competing civilizations - in all these areas, Offord argues that Rand drew on Russian debates and transposed them to a different context. Even the type of novel she writes, the novel of ideas, is informed by the polemical methods and habits of the Russian intelligentsia. The book concludes that her search for a brave new world continues to have topicality in the 21st century, with its populist critiques of liberal democracies and acrimonious debates about countries' moral, social, and economic priorities and their identities, inequalities, and social tensions.

A Modernist in Exile - The International Reception of H. G. Adler (1910-1988) (Hardcover): Lynn L. Wolff A Modernist in Exile - The International Reception of H. G. Adler (1910-1988) (Hardcover)
Lynn L. Wolff
R2,611 Discovery Miles 26 110 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Edexcel A Level History, Paper 3: Germany, 1871-1990: united, divided and re-united Student Book + ActiveBook (Paperback):... Edexcel A Level History, Paper 3: Germany, 1871-1990: united, divided and re-united Student Book + ActiveBook (Paperback)
David Brown
R820 Discovery Miles 8 200 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This book: covers the essential content in the new specifications in a rigorous and engaging way, using detailed narrative, sources, timelines, key words, helpful activities and extension material helps develop conceptual understanding of areas such as evidence, interpretations, causation and change, through targeted activities provides assessment support for A level with sample answers, sources, practice questions and guidance to help you tackle the new-style exam questions. It also comes with three years' access to ActiveBook, an online, digital version of your textbook to help you personalise your learning as you go through the course - perfect for revision.

Keine Gewalt! No Violence! (Hardcover): Roger J. Newell Keine Gewalt! No Violence! (Hardcover)
Roger J. Newell
R1,185 R992 Discovery Miles 9 920 Save R193 (16%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
A History of Coal Mining in Great Britain (Hardcover): Robert Lindsay Galloway A History of Coal Mining in Great Britain (Hardcover)
Robert Lindsay Galloway
R935 Discovery Miles 9 350 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Venice, Its Individual Growth From the Earliest Beginnings to the Fall of the Republic (Hardcover): Pompeo 1852-1928 Molmenti Venice, Its Individual Growth From the Earliest Beginnings to the Fall of the Republic (Hardcover)
Pompeo 1852-1928 Molmenti; Created by Horatio F (Horatio Robert for Brown
R971 Discovery Miles 9 710 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Chernobyl (Hardcover): Michael Kerrigan Chernobyl (Hardcover)
Michael Kerrigan
R646 R578 Discovery Miles 5 780 Save R68 (11%) Ships in 9 - 17 working days

On 26 April 1986, the unthinkable happened near the Ukrainian town of Pripyat: two massive steam explosions ruptured No. 4 Reactor at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, immediately killing 30 people and setting off the worst nuclear accident in history. The explosions were followed by an open-air reactor core fire that released huge amounts of radioactive contamination into the atmosphere for the next nine days, spreading across the Soviet Union, parts of Europe, and especially neighbouring Belarus, where around 70% of the waste landed. The following clean-up operation involved more than half a million personnel at a cost of $68 billion, and a further 4,000 people were estimated to have died from disaster-related illnesses in the following 20 years. Some 350,000 people were evacuated as a result of the accident (including 95 villages in Belarus), and much of the area returned to the wild, with the nearby city of Pripyat now a ghost town. Chernobyl provides a photographic exploration of the catastrophe and its aftermath in 180 authentic photos. See the twisted wreckage of No. 4 Reactor, the cause of the nuclear disaster; marvel at historic photos of the clean-up operation, with helicopters spraying decontamination liquid and liquidators manually clearing radioactive debris; see the huge cooling pond used to cool the reactors, and which today is home to abundant wildlife, despite the radiation; explore the ghost town of Pripyat, with its decaying apartment blocks, empty basketball courts, abandoned amusement park, wrecked schools, and deserted streets.

U.S.-German Agreement on the Transfer of German Control of Nazi Party Records in the Berlin Document Center - Hearing Before... U.S.-German Agreement on the Transfer of German Control of Nazi Party Records in the Berlin Document Center - Hearing Before the Subcommittee on International Security, International Organizations, and Human Rights of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, Hou (Hardcover)
United States Congress House Commi
R829 Discovery Miles 8 290 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
The Zbaraz Memorial Book (Zbarazh, Ukraine) - Translation of Sefer Zbaraz (Hardcover): Moshe Sommerstein The Zbaraz Memorial Book (Zbarazh, Ukraine) - Translation of Sefer Zbaraz (Hardcover)
Moshe Sommerstein; Translated by Yaacov David Shulman; Cover design or artwork by Nina Schwartz
R1,096 R936 Discovery Miles 9 360 Save R160 (15%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Medea - Literally Translated Into English Prose, From the Text of Porson, With the Original Greek (Hardcover): Euripides Medea - Literally Translated Into English Prose, From the Text of Porson, With the Original Greek (Hardcover)
Euripides
R865 Discovery Miles 8 650 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
The Story of the Moors in Spain - A History of the Moorish Empire in Europe; their Conquest, Book of Laws and Code of Rites... The Story of the Moors in Spain - A History of the Moorish Empire in Europe; their Conquest, Book of Laws and Code of Rites (Hardcover) (Hardcover)
Stanley Lane-Poole
R775 Discovery Miles 7 750 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This fascinating history book details the Moorish arrival, conquest and rule over Spain and the Iberian peninsula in Europe. We hear of how the Moors arrived and conquered the Iberian peninsula, remaining for some 800 years. Tariq ibn-Ziyad, arriving in 711 AD, began an upheaval never before seen in the European continent. The Moorish brought industriousness and commerce, a sophisticated code of laws, beautiful architecture, and outstanding scholarly achievements in astronomy and mathematics - together, these would forever shape the culture of Spain and Portugal. Stanley Lane-Poole was a historian and archaeologist who worked in partnership with the British Museum for eighteen years. Specializing in Middle Eastern and North African culture and architecture, it was through years of painstaking study and compilation of existing documents that the author was able to compose this, and other histories.

Peasants in Russia from Serfdom to Stalin - Accommodation, Survival, Resistance (Hardcover): Boris B Gorshkov Peasants in Russia from Serfdom to Stalin - Accommodation, Survival, Resistance (Hardcover)
Boris B Gorshkov
R4,239 Discovery Miles 42 390 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

The peasantry accounted for the large majority of the Russian population during the Imperialist and Stalinist periods - it is, for the most part, how people lived. Peasants in Russia from Serfdom to Stalin provides a comprehensive, realistic examination of peasant life in Russia during both these eras and the legacy this left in the post-Soviet era. The book paints a full picture of peasant involvement in commerce and local political life and, through Boris Gorshkov's original ecology paradigm for understanding peasant life, offers new perspectives on the Russian peasantry under serfdom and the emancipation. Incorporating recent scholarship, including Russian and non-Russian texts, along with classic studies, Gorshkov explores the complex interrelationships between the physical environment, peasant economic and social practices, culture, state policies and lord-peasant relations. He goes on to analyze peasant economic activities, including agriculture and livestock, social activities and the functioning of peasant social and political institutions within the context of these interrelationships. Further reading lists, study questions, tables, maps, primary source extracts and images are also included to support and enhance the text wherever possible. Peasants in Russia from Serfdom to Stalin is the crucial survey of a key topic in modern Russian history for students and scholars alike.

Rebel Orkney - Tales of insurrection from Orcadian history (Hardcover): Fiona Grahame Rebel Orkney - Tales of insurrection from Orcadian history (Hardcover)
Fiona Grahame; Contributions by Martin Scott Laird
R985 Discovery Miles 9 850 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Napoleonic Wars - A Captivating Guide to the Napoleonic Wars and War of 1812 (Hardcover): Captivating History Napoleonic Wars - A Captivating Guide to the Napoleonic Wars and War of 1812 (Hardcover)
Captivating History
R744 R660 Discovery Miles 6 600 Save R84 (11%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
With the Tsar Against Napoleon - the Recollections of Louis Rochechouart with Russian Forces During the Revolutionary &... With the Tsar Against Napoleon - the Recollections of Louis Rochechouart with Russian Forces During the Revolutionary & Napoleonic Period (Hardcover)
Louis Rochechouart
R787 Discovery Miles 7 870 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Arnost Frischer and the Jewish Politics of Early 20th-Century Europe (Hardcover): Jan Lanicek Arnost Frischer and the Jewish Politics of Early 20th-Century Europe (Hardcover)
Jan Lanicek
R4,584 Discovery Miles 45 840 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

In this analysis of the life of Arnost Frischer, an influential Jewish nationalist activist, Jan Lanicek reflects upon how the Jewish community in Czechoslovakia dealt with the challenges that arose from their volatile relationship with the state authorities in the first half of the 20th century. The Jews in the Bohemian Lands experienced several political regimes in the period from 1918 to the late 1940s: the Habsburg Empire, the first democratic Czechoslovak republic, the post-Munich authoritarian Czecho-Slovak republic, the Nazi regime, renewed Czechoslovak democracy and the Communist regime. Frischer's involvement in local and central politics affords us invaluable insights into the relations and negotiations between the Jewish activists and these diverse political authorities in the Bohemian Lands. Vital coverage is also given to the relatively under-researched subject of the Jewish responses to the Nazi persecution and the attempts of the exiled Jewish leadership to alleviate the plight of the Jews in occupied Europe. The case study of Frischer and Czechoslovakia provides an important paradigm for understanding modern Jewish politics in Europe in the first half of the 20th century, making this a book of great significance to all students and scholars interested in Jewish history and Modern European history.

Will Ukraine Bloom Again? (Hardcover): Stephan A Dzerovych Will Ukraine Bloom Again? (Hardcover)
Stephan A Dzerovych
R754 Discovery Miles 7 540 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Anglo-Danish Empire - A Companion to the Reign of King Cnut the Great (Hardcover): Richard North, Erin Goeres, Alison Finlay Anglo-Danish Empire - A Companion to the Reign of King Cnut the Great (Hardcover)
Richard North, Erin Goeres, Alison Finlay
R4,442 Discovery Miles 44 420 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Anglo-Danish Empire is an interdisciplinary handbook for the Danish conquest of England in 1016 and the subsequent reign of King Cnut the Great. Bringing together scholars from the fields of history, literature, archaeology, and manuscript studies, the volume offers comprehensive analysis of England's shift from Anglo-Saxon to Danish rule. It follows the history of this complicated transition, from the closing years of the reign of King AEthelred II and the Anglo-Danish wars, to Cnut's accession to the throne of England and his consolidation of power at home and abroad. Ruling from 1016 to 1035, Cnut drew England into a Scandinavian empire that stretched from Ireland to the Baltic. His reign rewrote the place of Denmark and England within Europe, altering the political and cultural landscapes of both countries for decades to come.

The Life of Pope Leo XIII (Hardcover): Bernard O'reilly The Life of Pope Leo XIII (Hardcover)
Bernard O'reilly
R797 Discovery Miles 7 970 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Chernobyl and the Mortality Crisis in Eastern Europe and the Former USSR (Hardcover): Jose A Tapia Chernobyl and the Mortality Crisis in Eastern Europe and the Former USSR (Hardcover)
Jose A Tapia
R2,903 Discovery Miles 29 030 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Before the COVID-19 pandemic, the mortality crisis which affected Eastern Europe and the republics of the former USSR at the time of the transition to a market economy was arguably the major peacetime health crisis of recent decades. Chernobyl and the Mortality Crisis in Eastern Europe and the Old USSR discusses the importance of that crisis, surprisingly underplayed in the scientific literature, and presents evidence suggesting a potential role of the Chernobyl disaster among the causes contributing to it.

Chrysalis I - Metamorphosis of Odium (Hardcover): Jozef Borovsky Chrysalis I - Metamorphosis of Odium (Hardcover)
Jozef Borovsky
R909 Discovery Miles 9 090 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Bradford - Of Plymouth Plantation (Hardcover): William Bradford Bradford - Of Plymouth Plantation (Hardcover)
William Bradford
R980 Discovery Miles 9 800 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Napoleon's Last Campaign in Germany, 1813; With Seventeen Maps and Plans (Hardcover): Francis Loraine 1852- Petre Napoleon's Last Campaign in Germany, 1813; With Seventeen Maps and Plans (Hardcover)
Francis Loraine 1852- Petre
R1,042 Discovery Miles 10 420 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
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