Modern History
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Inuit Folk-Tales [Paperback]
W. Worster (Translator); W. Worster (Other); Jette Rygaard (Other); Knud Rasmussen (Compiler); Bergit Kleist Pedersen (Other)
£19.00ISBN: 9780982170311
Published by : International Polar Institute
Native languages and ways of living, including the arts of sea kayaking and dog sledding, fascinated Knud Rasmussen, himself of Inuit and Danish descent. Rasmussen devoted much of his life to ethnological and cultural studies throughout Arctic Nor... .... Learn More -
Journals in Greenland [Paperback]
Hans Egede (Author)
£19.00ISBN: 9780982170304
Published by : International Polar Institute
Hans Egede's remarkable 1770-1778 journals were first published in 1818 when the British launched their great nineteenth-century Arctic explorations and such information was in enormous demand. The coast of eastern Greenland had been virtually ina... .... Learn More -
Historiography in the Twentieth Century [Paperback]
Georg G. Iggers (Author)
£16.50ISBN: 9780819567666
Published by : Wesleyan University Press
In this book, now published in 10 languages, a preeminent intellectual historian examines the profound changes in ideas about the nature of history and historiography. Georg G. Iggers traces the basic assumptions upon which historical research and... .... Learn More -
Abbreviated Lays [Paperback]
A. T. Reyes (Author)
£9.95ISBN: 9781842171110
Published by : Oxbow Books
The double-dactyl, a poetic form never intended for `the serious or high-minded', was invented in 1951. One of the form's rules is that the verse must contain a double-dactyl name, such as `Higgledy-Piggledy . This collection, the result of an... .... Learn More -
Tradition and Modernity in Romanian Culture and Civilization [Hardback]
Kurt Treptow (Editor)
£29.99ISBN: 9789739432337
Published by : Center for Romanian Studies
The studies included in this volume reflect on the development of Romanian society over the past four centuries in the areas of history, politics, sociology, literature, religion, and culture. They evaluate the impact that tradition and modernity ... .... Learn More -
Reflections on the Impact of the French Revolution: 1789, de Tocqueville, and Romanian Culture [Hardback]
Alexandru Zub (Author); Paul Michelson (Author)
£29.99ISBN: 9789739839150
Published by : Center for Romanian Studies
This book is an English version of La sfârșit de ciclu, a series of essays on the consequences of the French Revolution for nineteenth and twentieth century culture and civilization, especially that of the Romanian lands, by one of modern Romania’... .... Learn More -
Before The Bomb: How America Approached the End of the Pacific War [Hardback]
John Chappell (Author)
£36.00ISBN: 9780813119878
Published by : University Press of Kentucky
Almost forgotten in the haze of events that followed Nagasaki and Hiroshima, the summer of 1945 witnessed an intense public debate over how best to end the war against Japan. Weary of fighting, the American people were determined to defeat the imp... .... Learn More -
The Klan [Paperback]
Patsy Sims (Author)
£27.00ISBN: 9780813108872
Published by : University Press of Kentucky
" First published in 1978, The Klan is considered the best book on the grandfather of all extremist hate groups. Now, in the wake of the Oklahoma City bombing and other domestic terrorist activities that are the legacy of Klan violence, it is more... .... Learn More -
The Kurdish Nationalist Movement in the 1990s: Its Impact on Turkey and the Middle East [Paperback]
Robert Olson (Editor)
£23.00ISBN: 9780813108964
Published by : University Press of Kentucky
In this volume, leading scholars on the history of the Kurds lay out the case that the Kurdish Question looms as one of the largest threats to peace and stability in the Middle East. With the majority of Kurds living within its borders, no country... .... Learn More -
Detroit And The "Good War": The World War II Letters of Mayor Edward Jeffries and Friends [Hardback]
Dominic J. Capeci (Editor)
£32.00ISBN: 9780813119748
Published by : University Press of Kentucky
Edward J. Jeffries Jr., was elected mayor of Detroit in 1937 and for a decade led the city through a period of race riots, union turmoil, and unprecedented growth. Jeffries's circle of friends was made up primarily of newspaper reporters who share... .... Learn More
