Описание: One of the most important battles of the Second World War. The four-day battle resulted in the loss of all four Japanese aircraft carriers, the US losing only one. More than 150 images of the ships and aircraft involved, all of which reveal the course of the battle in a chronological manner.
Автор: James P. Grehan Название: Everyday Life and Consumer Culture in Eighteenth-Century Damascus ISBN: 029599990X ISBN-13(EAN): 9780295999906 Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan) Рейтинг: Цена: 13794.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
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Damascus was for centuries a center of learning and commerce. Drawing on the city's dazzling literary tradition-a rich collection of poetry, chronicles, travel accounts, and biographical dictionaries-as well as on Islamic court records, James Grehan explores the material culture of premodern Damascus, reconstructing the economic infrastructure, social customs, and private consumer habits that dominated this cosmopolitan hub in the 1700s. He sketches a lively history of diet, furniture, fashion, and other aspects of daily life, providing an unusual and intimate account of the choices, constraints, and compromises that defined consumer behavior.
Coffee, tobacco, and light firearms had arisen as new luxury items in preceding centuries, and Grehan traces the usage of such goods in order to get a picture of the overall standard of living in the premodern Middle East. He looks particularly at how wealth and poverty were defined and how consumption patterns expressed notions of taste, class, and power, illuminating the prominent role played by Damascus in shaping the economy and culture of the Middle East.
In assessing the magnitude of social change in modern times, we have few benchmarks from the period preceding the onset of modernity in the nineteenth century. This informative study will make possible more precise cultural and economic comparisons between different parts of the world as it stood on the brink of a radically new economic and political order. The book's focus on a little-examined period and region will appeal to scholars and students of urban social history and Arab popular culture.
Автор: Grehan, John Название: Doolittle raid ISBN: 1526758229 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781526758224 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 2374.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: A unique series of images that explores every aspect of the Doolittle Raid, also known as the Tokyo Raid, which was undertaken on Saturday, 18 April 1942.
Описание: A unique series of images that explores every aspect of the Berlin Airlift in 1948 and 1949. Covers the contribution made by the RAF, USAF, RNZAF, RAAF and French Air Force, as well as various civilian operators.
Автор: Grehan Introduced by John Название: Stalag Luft ISBN: 1473883059 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781473883055 Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan) Рейтинг: Цена: 3960.00 р. Наличие на складе: Поставка под заказ.
Описание: The official account of this notorious prisoner of war camp written for the War Office by the prisoners themselves.
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