How the Old World Ended: The Anglo-Dutch-American Revolution 1500-1800 (Scott Jonathan)(Pevná vazba)

How the Old World Ended: The Anglo-Dutch-American Revolution 1500-1800 (Scott Jonathan)(Pevná vazba)

A magisterial account of how the cultural and maritime relationships between the British, Dutch and American territories changed the existing world order - and made the Industrial Revolution possible Between 1500 and 1800, the North Sea region overtook the Mediterranean as the most dynamic part

The Expanding Blaze: How the American Revolution Ignited the World, 1775-1848 (Israel Jonathan)(Pevná vazba)

To Begin the World Over Again: How the American Revolution Devastated the Globe (Lockwood Matthew)(Pevná vazba)

The first exploration of the profound and often catastrophic impact the American Revolution had on the rest of the world While the American Revolution led to domestic peace and liberty, it ultimately had a catastrophic global impact--it strengthened the British Empire and led to widespread

The Expanding Blaze: How the American Revolution Ignited the World, 1775-1848 (Israel Jonathan)(Paperback)

A major intellectual history of the American Revolution and its influence on later revolutions in Europe and the AmericasThe Expanding Blaze is a sweeping history of how the American Revolution inspired revolutions throughout Europe and the Atlantic world in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries

Genomic Politics: How the Revolution in Genomic Science Is Shaping American Society (Hochschild Jennifer)(Pevná vazba)

A groundbreaking analysis of how the genomic revolution is transforming American society and creating new social divisions-some along racial lines-that promise to fundamentally shape American politics for years to come. The emergence of genomic science in the last quarter century has

Jump-Starting America: How Breakthrough Science Can Revive Economic Growth and the American Dream (Gruber Jonathan)(Pevná vazba)

The untold story of how America once created the most successful economy the world has ever seen and how we can do it again.The American economy glitters on the outside, but the reality is quite different. Job opportunities and economic growth are increasingly concentrated in a few crowded coastal

The Improbable Victory: The Campaigns, Battles and Soldiers of the American Revolution, 1775-83 (McNab Chris)(Pevná vazba)

The American Revolution reshaped the political map of the world, and led to the birth of the United States of America. Yet these outcomes could have scarcely been predicted when the first shots were fired at Lexington and Concord. American rebel forces were at first largely a poorly trained,

The Lockhart Plot: Love, Betrayal, Assassination and Counter-Revolution in Lenin's Russia (Schneer Jonathan)(Pevná vazba)

During the spring and summer of 1918, with World War I still undecided, British, French and American agents in Russia developed a breathtakingly audacious plan. Led by Robert Hamilton Bruce Lockhart, a dashing, cynical, urbane 30-year-old Scot, they conspired to overthrow Lenin's newly established

Planet Palm - How Palm Oil Ended Up in Everything-and Endangered the World (Zuckerman Jocelyn C.)(Pevná vazba)

Angel of the Glade (MacKay Scott)(Pevná vazba)

Women Before the Court: Law and Patriarchy in the Anglo-American World, 1600-1800 (Moore Lindsay R.)(Pevná vazba)

This book is a ground-breaking study of women in Britain and British America through two centuries of pivotal changes in the law, economy and empire. It shows how the expansion of women's legal status gave them increased financial independence and undermined patriarchal relationships within the

The American Counter-Revolution in Favor of Liberty: How Americans Resisted Modern State, 1765-1850 (Jankovic Ivan)(Pevná vazba)

1. The American Revolution as the Last European Peasants' Rebellion.- 2. Consent, Representation and Liberty: America as the Last Medieval Society.- 3. Shades of Anarchy: The Concept of Lawful Rebellion in America.- 4. Men of Little Faith Facing the Modern State: The Country Party Ideology in Great

The Old English History of the World: An Anglo-Saxon Rewriting of Orosius (Godden Malcolm R.)(Pevná vazba)

The Old English History of the World is a translation and adaptation of the Latin history known as the Seven Books of History against the Pagans, written by the Spanish cleric Paulus Orosius at the prompting of Saint Augustine after the sack of Rome in 410. To counter the pagan and republican

Writers and Revolution: Intellectuals and the French Revolution of 1848 (Beecher Jonathan)(Pevná vazba)

The revolution of 1848 has been described as the revolution of the intellectuals. In France, the revolution galvanised the energies of major romantic writers and intellectuals. This book follows nine writers through the revolution of 1848 and its aftermath: Alphonse de Lamartine, George Sand, Marie

Radical Wordsworth - The Poet Who Changed the World (Bate Jonathan)(Pevná vazba)

Italian Culture in America: How a Founding Father Introduced Italian Art, Architecture, Food, Wine, and Liberty to the American People (Giordano Ralph)(Pevná vazba)

At the onset of the American Revolution, Britain's North American colonies sought political independence but remained culturally dependent upon Europe. Among the many vast contributions of Thomas Jefferson, one of the most celebrated Founding Fathers, was a continuing admiration and lifelong

American Gothic - Six Decades of Classic Horror Cinema (Rigby Jonathan)(Pevná vazba)

In the long-awaited American Gothic Jonathan Rigby tells the story of the Hollywood horror lm from its 19th century beginnings through to the arrival of Vincent Price as a horror star in films like House of Wax and The Fly. This 60-year period encompasses the shadowy nightmares of the silent era,

The Pleasure Gap: American Women and the Unfinished Sexual Revolution (Rowland Katherine)(Pevná vazba)

Macarthur's Air Force: American Airpower Over the Pacific and the Far East, 1941-51 (Yenne Bill)(Pevná vazba)

General Douglas MacArthur ended World War II controlling one of the most powerful air forces in the world. This new history traces its development from its origins in the Philippines through to its eventual victory in the skies over Japan and its key role in the Korean War. General Douglas

The Customer Service Revolution: Overthrow Conventional Business, Inspire Employees, and Change the World (Dijulius John R.)(Pevná vazba)

In The Customer Service Revolution, DiJulius points out how numerous companies have made Customer service their biggest competitive advantage, are dominating their industries, and have made price irrelevant. As a result of this Customer service revolution, people are being treated differently,

The Cause: The American Revolution and Its Discontents, 1773-1783 (Ellis Joseph J.)(Pevná vazba)

Llama Unleashes the Alpacalypse (Stutzman Jonathan)(Pevná vazba)

In the hilarious follow-up to Llama Destroys the World, author/illustrator team Jonathan Stutzman and Heather Fox give Llama another shot at saving the world...from himself, in Llama Unleashes the Alpacalypse. Llama's back and ready to destroy the world AGAIN... this time with his best camelid,

Dominion: How the Christian Revolution Remade the World (Holland Tom)(Pevná vazba)

From the crucifixion of Jesus to the birth of modern morals, this 'marvelous' account from an award-winning historian shows how the Christian Revolution forged the Western imagination (The Economist).Crucifixion, the Romans believed, was the worst fate imaginable. It was this that rendered it so

Gullah Images: The Art of Jonathan Green (Green Jonathan)(Pevná vazba)

Paintings, magisterial and universal, that capture the essence of a vibrant African American communityIn his art Jonathan Green paints the world of his childhood and an ode to a people imbued with a profound respect for the dignity and value of others--the Gullah people of the South Carolina