Sydney Noir: The Golden Years, Michael Duffy, Nick Hordern
Автор: Golden, Mark Название: Greek sport and social status ISBN: 0292721536 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780292721531 Издательство: Wiley EDC Рейтинг: Цена: 3430.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание:
From the ancient Olympic games to the World Series and the World Cup, athletic achievement has always conferred social status. In this collection of essays, a noted authority on ancient sport discusses how Greek sport has been used to claim and enhance social status, both in antiquity and in modern times.
Mark Golden explores a variety of ways in which sport provided a route to social status. In the first essay, he explains how elite horsemen and athletes tried to ignore the important roles that jockeys, drivers, and trainers played in their victories, as well as how female owners tried to rank their equestrian achievements above those of men and other women. In the next essay, Golden looks at the varied contributions that slaves made to sport, despite its use as a marker of free, Greek status. In the third essay, he evaluates the claims made by gladiators in the Greek east that they be regarded as high-status athletes and asserts that gladiatorial spectacle is much more like Greek sport than scholars today usually admit. In the final essay, Golden critiques the accepted accounts of ancient and modern Olympic history, arguing that attempts to raise the status of the modern games by stressing their links to the ancient ones are misleading. He concludes that the contemporary movement to call a truce in world conflicts during the Olympics is likewise based on misunderstandings of ancient Greek traditions.
Автор: Golden Peter B. Название: Central Asia in World History ISBN: 0195338197 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780195338195 Издательство: Oxford Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 4434.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: This compact book traces the history of the nomadic steppe tribes and sedentary inhabitants of the oasis city-states of Central Asia from pre-history to the present. Golden covers themes of trade, religion, empire, technology, and language as he introduces readers to the people who have inhabitedge this region.
Автор: Bernstein Irving Название: The Turbulent Years: A History of the American Worker, 1933-1941 ISBN: 1608460649 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781608460649 Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan) Рейтинг: Цена: 3958.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: The era of American labor`s greatest struggles, vividly reconstructed by one of labor history`s greatest historians.
Автор: Bernstein Irving Название: The Lean Years: A History of the American Worker, 1920-1933 ISBN: 1608460630 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781608460632 Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan) Рейтинг: Цена: 3483.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: A fascinating, comprehensive study of the American workforce, from the "roaring twenties" through the Great Depression.
Описание: This book tells the story of professional football in the 1950s and 60s through the words of the players themselves. The chapters are full of anecdotes and reflections on the best and toughest players of the era, while two additional chapters include humorous quotes and the players` thoughts on how the game has changed since their heyday.
Автор: Michael Duffy, Nick Hordern Название: World War Noir: Sydney`s Unpatriotic War ISBN: 1742236049 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781742236049 Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan) Рейтинг: Цена: 2884.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: It seems that not even world war could stop crime in Sydney. In fact, World War Noir confirms that war and crime – in the form of sex, drugs, alcohol, racketeering and other illicit activities – go hand in hand. A companion book to the later glory days of the Sydney underworld from Sydney Noir, here Michael Duffy and Nick Hordern tell the story of a time when many Australians were not as patriotic as we have been told. With soldiers’ pockets full of cash and the freedom of being on leave, criminal possibilities opened up during World War II. Told from the ground – or the gutter – up, World War Noir is a raw and broad-ranging tale that confounds expectations and reveals a grittier truth. Sales PointsVividly describes the leading characters of the Sydney underworld during World War II including corrupt cops, prostitutes, gunmen, sly grog traders and bookmakersProvides an alternative history of Sydney during World War II, depicting a city far less patriotic, and far more hell bent on pleasure, than we have been led to believeTaps into the popular non-fiction crime genreWritten in the same bold, engaging style as their successful book Sydney NoirDuffy and Hordern are experienced journalists known for their interest in Sydney’s crime historyA new way of thinking about war on the homefront, especially around Anzac DayDuffy and Hordern created and run the Sydney Crime Museum website and its associated Facebook page. [Duffy is about to start posting on the blog and FB again]
Автор: Birmingham Stephen Название: The Golden Dream: Suburbia in the 1970s ISBN: 1493024728 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781493024728 Издательство: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers Рейтинг: Цена: 2955.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: In this chatty, anecdotal, and often ironic inquiry, Stephen Birmingham investigates the nesting habits, enjoyments, and frustrations of American suburban life in the Seventies.
Описание: This book approaches witchcraft and demonology through literary records. The works discussed deal with the contemporary theories propounded by those who sought either to justify, or to refute persecution. Eight contributors of differing interests,a nd with different approaches to their subject, examine a selection of important, representative witchcraft texts – published in England, France, Germany, Italy and America – setting them within their intellectual context and analysing both their style and argument.
Автор: Cutler Robin R. Название: Such Mad Fun: Ambition and Glamour in Hollywood`s Golden Age ISBN: 0997482303 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780997482300 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 2750.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
ООО "Логосфера " Тел:+7(495) 980-12-10 www.logobook.ru
