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Rethinking the Irish in the American South - Beyond Rounders and Reelers (Hardcover): Bryan Albin Giemza Rethinking the Irish in the American South - Beyond Rounders and Reelers (Hardcover)
Bryan Albin Giemza
R3,150 Discovery Miles 31 500 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Studies of the Irish presence in America have tended to look to the main corridors of emigration, and hence outside the American South. Yet the Irish constituted a significant minority in the region. Indeed, the Irish fascination expresses itself in Southern context in powerful, but disparate, registers: music, literature, and often, a sense of shared heritage. "Rethinking the Irish in the South" aims to create a readable, thorough introduction to the subject, establishing new ground for areas of inquiry. These essays offer a revisionist critique of the Irish in the South, calling into question widely held understandings of how Irish culture was transmitted. The discussion ranges from Appalachian ballads, to "Gone With the Wind," to the Irish rock band U2, to Atlantic-spanning literary friendships. Rather than seeing the Irish presence as "natural" or something completed in the past, these essays posit a shifting, evolving, and unstable influence. Taken collectively, they offer a new framework for interpreting the Irish in the region. The implications extend to the interpretation of migration patterns, to the understanding of Irish diaspora, and the assimilation of immigrants and their ideas

History of the Little sisters of the poor (Hardcover): A. Le Roy History of the Little sisters of the poor (Hardcover)
A. Le Roy
R1,166 R1,046 Discovery Miles 10 460 Save R120 (10%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Trading with the Ottomans - The Levant Company in the Middle East (Hardcover): Despina Vlami Trading with the Ottomans - The Levant Company in the Middle East (Hardcover)
Despina Vlami
R4,587 Discovery Miles 45 870 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Arguably, trade is the engine of history, and the acceleration in what you mightcall 'globalism' from the beginning of the last millennium has been driven by communities interacting with each other through commerce and exchange. The Ottoman empire was a trading partner for the rest of the world, and therefore the key link between the west and the middle east in the fifteenth to nineteenth centuries. much academic attention has been given to the east india Company, but less well known is the Levant Company, which had the exclusive right to trade with the Ottoman empire from 1581 to 1825. The Levant Company exported British manufacturing, colonial goods and raw materials, and imported silk, cotton, spices, currants and other Levantine goods. it set up 'factories' (trading establishments) across Ottoman lands and hired consuls, company employees and agents from among its members, as well as foreign tradesmen and locals. here, despina vlami outlines the relationship between the Ottoman empire and the Levant Company, and traces the company's last glimpses of prosperity combined with slump periods and tension, as both the Ottoman and the British empire faced significant change and war. she points out that the growth of 'free' trade and the end of protectionism coincided with modernisation and reforms, and while doing so, provides a new lens through which to view the decline of the Ottoman world.

Conversational German Dialogues For Beginners and Intermediate Students - 100 German Conversations and Short Stories... Conversational German Dialogues For Beginners and Intermediate Students - 100 German Conversations and Short Stories Conversational German Language Learning Books - Book 1 (Hardcover)
Academy Der Sprachclub
R714 R672 Discovery Miles 6 720 Save R42 (6%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
World War 2 - A Captivating Guide from Beginning to End (Hardcover): Captivating History World War 2 - A Captivating Guide from Beginning to End (Hardcover)
Captivating History
R703 R619 Discovery Miles 6 190 Save R84 (12%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Chronicle of Pseudo-Turpin - Book IV of the Liber Sancti Jacobi (Codex Calixtinus) (Hardcover): Pseudo-Turpin The Chronicle of Pseudo-Turpin - Book IV of the Liber Sancti Jacobi (Codex Calixtinus) (Hardcover)
Pseudo-Turpin; Edited by Kevin R Poole; Translated by Kevin R Poole
R916 Discovery Miles 9 160 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Praise of Folly (Illustrated by Hans Holbein) (Hardcover): Desiderius Erasmus The Praise of Folly (Illustrated by Hans Holbein) (Hardcover)
Desiderius Erasmus; Illustrated by Hans Holbein
R554 Discovery Miles 5 540 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Making It Through - Bosnian Survivors Sharing Stories of Trauma, Transcendence, and Truth (Hardcover): Demaris S. Wehr Making It Through - Bosnian Survivors Sharing Stories of Trauma, Transcendence, and Truth (Hardcover)
Demaris S. Wehr
R869 Discovery Miles 8 690 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Krausism and the Spanish Avant-Garde - The Impact of Philosophy on National Culture (Hardcover): Christian Rubio Krausism and the Spanish Avant-Garde - The Impact of Philosophy on National Culture (Hardcover)
Christian Rubio
R2,584 Discovery Miles 25 840 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Judgment in Moscow - Soviet Crimes and Western Complicity (Hardcover): Vladimir Bukovsky Judgment in Moscow - Soviet Crimes and Western Complicity (Hardcover)
Vladimir Bukovsky; Introduction by Edward Lucas; Afterword by David Satter
R922 Discovery Miles 9 220 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Gabrielle Petit - The Death and Life of a Female Spy in the First World War (Hardcover): Sophie De Schaepdrijver Gabrielle Petit - The Death and Life of a Female Spy in the First World War (Hardcover)
Sophie De Schaepdrijver
R4,241 Discovery Miles 42 410 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

In central Brussels stands a statue of a young woman. Built in 1923, it is the first monument to a working-class woman in European history. Her name was Gabrielle Petit. History has forgotten Petit, an ambitious and patriotic Belgian, executed by firing squad in 1916 for her role as an intelligence agent for the British Army. After the First World War she was celebrated as an example of stern endeavour, but a hundred years later her memory has faded. In the first part of this historical biography Sophie De Schaepdrijver uses Petit's life to explore gender, class and heroism in the context of occupied Europe. Petit's experiences reveal the reality of civilian engagement under military occupation and the emergence of modern espionage. The second part of the book focuses on the legacy and cultural memory of Petit and the First World War. By analysing Petit's representation in ceremony, discourse and popular culture De Schaepdrijver expands our understanding of remembrance across the 20th century.

Encyclopedia of Lisieux (Hardcover): Justin Corfield Encyclopedia of Lisieux (Hardcover)
Justin Corfield
R1,360 Discovery Miles 13 600 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
The Politics and Rhetoric of Commemoration - How the Portuguese Parliament Celebrates the 1974 Revolution (Hardcover): Michael... The Politics and Rhetoric of Commemoration - How the Portuguese Parliament Celebrates the 1974 Revolution (Hardcover)
Michael Billig, Cristina Marinho
R4,956 Discovery Miles 49 560 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

In recent years there has been much interest in collective memory and commemoration. It is often assumed that when nations celebrate a historic day, they put aside the divisions of the present to recall the past in a spirit of unity. As Billig and Marinho show, this does not apply to the Portuguese parliament's annual celebration of 25 April 1974, the day when the dictatorship, established by Salazar and continued by Caetano, was finally overthrown. Most speakers at the ceremony say little about the actual events of the day itself; and in their speeches they continue with the partisan politics of the present as combatively as ever. To understand this, the authors examine in detail how the members of parliament do politics within the ceremony of remembrance; how they engage in remembering and forgetting the great day; how they use the low rhetoric of manipulation and point-scoring, as well as high-minded political rhetoric. The book stresses that the members of the audience contribute to the meaning of the ceremony by their partisan displays of approval and disapproval. Throughout, the authors demonstrate that, to uncover the deeper meanings of political rhetoric, it is necessary to take note of significant absences. The Politics and Rhetoric of Commemoration illustrates how an in-depth case-study can be invaluable for understanding wider processes. The authors are not content just to uncover unnoticed features of the Portuguese celebration. They use the particular example to provide original insights about the rhetoric of celebrating and the politics of remembering, as well as throwing new light onto the nature of party political discourse.

The Meaning of Media - Texts and Materiality in Medieval Scandinavia (Hardcover): Anna Catharina Horn, Karl G. Johansson The Meaning of Media - Texts and Materiality in Medieval Scandinavia (Hardcover)
Anna Catharina Horn, Karl G. Johansson
R2,608 Discovery Miles 26 080 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

The book highlights aspects of mediality and materiality in the dissemination and distribution of texts in the Scandinavian Middle Ages important for achieving a general understanding of the emerging literate culture. In nine chapters various types of texts represented in different media and in a range of materials are treated. The topics include two chapters on epigraphy, on lead amulets and stone monuments inscribed with runes and Roman letters. In four chapters aspects of the manuscript culture is discussed, the role of authorship and of the dissemination of Christian topics in translations. The appropriation of a Latin book culture in the vernaculars is treated as well as the adminstrative use of writing in charters. In the two final chapters topics related to the emerging print culture in early post-medieval manuscripts and prints are discussed with a focus on reception. The range of topics will make the book relevant for scholars from all fields of medieval research as well as those interested in mediality and materiality in general.

For My Legionaries (Hardcover): Corneliu Zelea Codreanu For My Legionaries (Hardcover)
Corneliu Zelea Codreanu; Introduction by Kerry Bolton; Contributions by Lucian Tudor
R959 Discovery Miles 9 590 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Hitler'S Spanish Legion - The Blue Division in Russia in WWII (Paperback): Gerard R. Kleinfeld, Lewis Tambs Hitler'S Spanish Legion - The Blue Division in Russia in WWII (Paperback)
Gerard R. Kleinfeld, Lewis Tambs
R971 Discovery Miles 9 710 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

For nearly three years, August 1941 to March 1944, 47,000 Spanish soldiers served under German command on the Russian front, two of those years con tinuously in the line in the siege of Leningrad. There were 22,000 casu alties, of which 4,500 were killed in ac tion or died of wounds, disease, or frost bite. Fewer than 300 prisoners of war finally were repatriated in 1954. The story of these Spanish volunteers told here, largely from original Spanish and German archival sources, in the graphic detail of a military history cover ing the major battles of the Russo-German war, gives an entirely different perspective to the siege of Leningrad which is neither Communist nor Nazi but Mediterranean. Thinking of themselves as warriors, as opposed to soldiers, the Spaniards fought with great courage and dash. Masters of improvisation, they lived off the countryside, regarded the Russians as human beings, and often formed strong bonds with the peasants--so strong that the Russian population often protected the Spaniards from both the Red Army and the partisans.

Shadowplay: Behind the Lines and Under Fire - The Inside Story of Europe's Last War (Paperback): Tim Marshall Shadowplay: Behind the Lines and Under Fire - The Inside Story of Europe's Last War (Paperback)
Tim Marshall 1
R315 R288 Discovery Miles 2 880 Save R27 (9%) Ships in 12 - 19 working days

A gripping eyewitness account of a major 20th-century military conflict by the UK's most popular writer on geopolitics; The shattering of Yugoslavia in the 1990s showed that, after nearly 50 years of peace, war could return to Europe. It came to its bloody conclusion in Kosovo in 1999.; Tim Marshall, then diplomatic editor at Sky News, was on the ground covering the Kosovo War. This is his illuminating account of how events unfolded, a thrilling journalistic memoir drawing on personal experience, eyewitness accounts, and interviews with intelligence officials from five countries.; Twenty years on from the war's end, with the rise of Russian power, a weakened NATO and stalled EU expansion, this story is more relevant than ever, as questions remain about the possibility of conflict on European soil. Utterly gripping, this is Tim Marshall at his very best: behind the lines, under fire and full of the insight that has made him one of Britain's foremost writers on geopolitics.

Shadows Over Baku - The Armenian Massacre in Azerbaijan (Hardcover): Karina Yesayeva Khachatorian Shadows Over Baku - The Armenian Massacre in Azerbaijan (Hardcover)
Karina Yesayeva Khachatorian
R854 Discovery Miles 8 540 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Myths about Russia (Hardcover): Vladimir Medinskiy Myths about Russia (Hardcover)
Vladimir Medinskiy
R886 R764 Discovery Miles 7 640 Save R122 (14%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The German Forest - Nature, Identity, and the Contestation of a National Symbol, 1871-1914 (Hardcover, New): Jeffrey K Wilson The German Forest - Nature, Identity, and the Contestation of a National Symbol, 1871-1914 (Hardcover, New)
Jeffrey K Wilson
R2,465 Discovery Miles 24 650 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

From the late eighteenth century, Germans increasingly identified the fate of their nation with that of their woodlands. A variety of groups soon mobilized the 'German forest' as a national symbol, though often in ways that suited their own social, economic, and political interests. The German Forest is the first book-length history of the development and contestation of the concept of 'German' woodlands.

Jeffrey K. Wilson challenges the dominant interpretation that German connections to nature were based in agrarian romanticism rather than efforts at modernization. He explores a variety of conflicts over the symbol -- from demands on landowners for public access to woodlands, to state attempts to integrate ethnic Slavs into German culture through forestry, and radical nationalist visions of woodlands as a model for the German 'race'. Through impressive primary and archival research, Wilson demonstrates that in addition to uniting Germans, the forest as a national symbol could also serve as a vehicle for protest and strife.

Norse Magic and Asatru - An Essential Guide to Norse Divination, Elder Futhark Runes, Paganism, and Heathenry for Beginners... Norse Magic and Asatru - An Essential Guide to Norse Divination, Elder Futhark Runes, Paganism, and Heathenry for Beginners (Hardcover)
Mari Silva
R706 Discovery Miles 7 060 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
A History of New Sweden; or, The Settlements on the River Delaware. Translated From the Swedish, With an Introd. and Notes... A History of New Sweden; or, The Settlements on the River Delaware. Translated From the Swedish, With an Introd. and Notes (Hardcover)
Acrelius Israel 1714-1800
R1,109 Discovery Miles 11 090 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Vladimir Lenin - How to Become a Leader (Hardcover): Vladlen Loginov Vladimir Lenin - How to Become a Leader (Hardcover)
Vladlen Loginov
R895 R784 Discovery Miles 7 840 Save R111 (12%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Media Discourse of Commemoration - The Centenary of World War One in Europe (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2021): Elisabeth Le, Luciana... Media Discourse of Commemoration - The Centenary of World War One in Europe (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2021)
Elisabeth Le, Luciana Radut-Gaghi, Alida Maria Silletti, Hedwig Wagner
R4,238 Discovery Miles 42 380 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This book explores how First World War commemoration events are presented, reported and mediated on the websites of mainstream daily newspapers from seven European countries. The book is the result of a research group - DIREPA-EUROPE (Discours, representations, passe de l'Europe), part of Lemel research network - characterized by a shared interest in media discourse and online newspapers. It presents a fluid analysis chain on the commemoration discourse generated by the WWI Armistice Centenary in 2018, and will be of interest not only to scholars of discourse and media studies, but also of European history, cultural memory, journalism and conflict studies.

The Irish Scholarly Presence at St. Gall - Networks of Knowledge in the Early Middle Ages (Hardcover): Sven Meeder The Irish Scholarly Presence at St. Gall - Networks of Knowledge in the Early Middle Ages (Hardcover)
Sven Meeder
R4,233 Discovery Miles 42 330 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

The Carolingian period represented a Golden Age for the abbey of St Gall, an Alpine monastery in modern-day Switzerland. Its bloom of intellectual activity resulted in an impressive number of scholarly texts being copied into often beautifully written manuscripts, many of which survive in the abbey's library to this day. Among these books are several of Irish origin, while others contain works of learning originally written in Ireland. This study explores the practicalities of the spread of this Irish scholarship to St Gall and the reception it received once there. In doing so, this book for the first time investigates a part of the network of knowledge that fed this important Carolingian centre of learning with scholarship. By focusing on scholarly works from Ireland, this study also sheds light on the contribution of the Irish to the Carolingian revival of learning. Historians have often assumed a special relationship between Ireland and the abbey of St Gall, which was built on the grave of the Irish saint Gallus. This book scrutinises this notion of a special connection. The result is a new viewpoint on the spread and reception of Irish learning in the Carolingian period.

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