Cannadine mr david (59 risultati)

Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. This collection of 30 essays covers a wide range of issues from 19th- and 20th-century British history. The book's content ranges from essays on the monarchy, political ambitions and urban decay, through to studies of time, food and sex. It also includes an examination of some major personalities. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.…

Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. David Cannadine has an appreciation for the odd things that have made Britain tick: the personalities and ideas that have bound together British historical experiences. In this book he takes a variety of British icons ranging from Noel Coward to Stanley Baldwin, from Gilbert and Sullivan to Ian Fleming to show the many strange ways Britain has built its sense of self. Above all, looming behind everything remains Winston Churchill. Britain, however much it may twist and turn, cannot shake off being in his shadow even today. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. …

Condizione: Very Good. Shipped within 24 hours from our UK warehouse. Clean, undamaged book with no damage to pages and minimal wear to the cover. Spine still tight, in very good condition. Remember if you are not happy, you are covered by our 100% money back guarantee.

Hardback. Condizione: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. For much of the modern era, the British Empire was the largest and greatest in the world, on which, it was truly observed, the sun never set. It encompassed almost every variant of human existence, and for three centuries it shaped the political, social and economic life of much of the globe. The origins of the British Empire, and the reasons for its collapse in the mid-20th century, have been extensively studied by historians. But very little attention has been paid to how the Empire was actually "run". How, during the heyday years of its stable existence, did its rulers understand their task? And what, more generally, did Britons think their Empire "looked like"? In this entertaining and original book, David Cannadine investigates the ideologies and social attitudes at the heart of the Empire. One of them was, undoubtedly, race. But even more pervasive was class - a traditional vision of hierarchy and subordination, derived from the sense the British had of their own society, which they exported and analogized to the ends of the earth and back again. This was how the British made, ran and visualized their Empire. And this in turn helps us to understand many of its seemingly baffling oddities, such as the ostentatiously elaborated monarchy and the exceptionally complex honours system, both of which the British continue to live with, long after most other nations who were once part of the Empire have given them up. "Ornamentalism" is at once a vividly evocative account of a vanished era, a major reassesment of Britain and its imperial past, and a trenchant and disturbing analysis of what it means to be a post-imperial nation today. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.…

Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. This study is a history of the British aristocracy as it unfolded during the last century. The author recounts the process by which the notable and nobles lost their wealth, power and prestige, political assault mounted by Lloyd George, the terrible human cost extracted by the World War I, the breakup of great, landed estates in England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland, and the erosion of the traditional system of titles and honours. The author shows how the aristocracy tried to cope with the tide of events that led to their decline. They made careers for themselves as shareholders or heiress-hunters, novelists or Kenyan adventurers, ornamental directors or successful businessmen. They fought valiantly (and vainly) to protect the House of Lords, the Church of England, the agricultural economy and the union with Ireland, all of which is detailed in this book. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.…

Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Condizione: Very Good. Good copy in dustwrapper. DW with minor shelf wear.

Condizione: As New. 1998. First Edition. Hardcover. . Clean copy. . . . .

Condizione: As New. 1998. First Edition. Hardcover. . Clean copy. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

Condizione: Very Good. Good copy in dustwrapper. DW with minor shelf wear.

Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. In this collection of essays, David Cannadine starts with the birth of a truly British upper class between the 1780s and 1820s, when a comparatively small group of families consolidated their grip on the levers of wealth, power and prestige. This broad historical background explains the careers of people like Lord Curzon, the Viceroy of India who became the great ceremonial impressario of the British Empire, and Winston Churchill, who, even in 1940, was widely regarded as a typical patrician adventurer. In considering some of the more famous aristocratic dynasties, Cannadine reconstructs the financial history of the dukes of Devonshire and offers his own assessment of Harold Nicholson and Vita Sackville-West. The text concludes with an attack on the way in which present aristocrates have managed to become subsidized guardians of their former stately homes. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.…

Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Condizione: Very Good. This book is in very good condition and will be shipped within 24 hours of ordering. The cover may have some limited signs of wear but the pages are clean, intact and the spine remains undamaged. This book has clearly been well maintained and looked after thus far. Money back guarantee if you are not satisfied. See all our books here, order more than 1 book and get discounted shipping. .…

paperback. Condizione: Good. Our good condition books are generally good for reading but not for gifting or collecting. They could have imperfections such as creasing, fanning, inscriptions, margin notes, yellowing, staining on edge or cover or pages, bumps, scuffs, etc etc (sometimes multiple of these). It's a wide category that encompasses anything that isn't almost-new down to anything that is slightly better than poor. We would NOT recommend gifting Good books - these should be considered reading copies. Our books are dispatched from a Yorkshire former cotton mill. We list via barcode/ISBN so please note that the images are stock images and may not be the exact copy you receive, furthermore the details about edition and year might not be accurate as many publishers reuse the same ISBN for multiple editions and as we simply scan a barcode or enter an ISBN we do not check the validity of the edition data when listing. If you're looking for an exact edition please don't order (at least not without checking with us first, although we don't always have time to check). We aim to dispatch prompty, the service used will depend on order value and book size. We can ship to most countries, see our shipping policies. Payment is via Abe only.…

Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. Andrew Mellon rose to become one of America's greatest financiers. Despite painful shyness and personal misery - his loveless marriage ended in scandalous divorce - he built a mighty and diverse fortune, tracking America's course to global economic supremacy. As treasury secretary under Harding, Coolidge and Hoover, he made the federal government run like a business - prefiguring the public official as CEO - and won credit for the Roaring Twenties. But Mellon would stay on too long: blamed for the Great Depression, he eventually found himself a broken icon, his every fiscal assumption overthrown by the New Deal. Prosecuted for tax evasion, Mellon would not abandon his last dream, to make a great gift to America; but he died before his National Gallery of Art was realized. David Cannadine is one of our greatest historians and "Mellon" is his masterpiece. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.…

paperback. Condizione: Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read but remains in clean condition. All of the pages are intact and the cover is intact and the spine may show signs of wear. The book may have minor markings which are not specifically mentioned.…

PAP. Condizione: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. This text offers new insight into one of Britain's most famous, celebrated and complex buildings. It places the building within a broad historical, political and cultural context. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.…

Paperback / softback. Condizione: New. New copy - Usually dispatched within 4 working days.

Paperback. Condizione: Good. . Posted within 1 working day. Royal Mail Tracked 24 to UK. Tracked Airmail worldwide. Robust recyclable packaging. Picture is the actual item.

hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. NEW EU 3 EURO CHARGE FOR IMPORTS IS INCLUDED IN OUR SHIPPING PRICE. ALL ITEMS ARE DISPATCHED FROM THE UK, ALL OVERSEAS ORDERS SENT BY TRACKABLE AIR MAIL. IF YOU ARE LOCATED OUTSIDE THE UK PLEASE ASK US FOR A POSTAGE QUOTE FOR MULTI VOLUME SETS BEFORE ORDERING.…

Condizione: New. A collection of previously unpublished essays from David Cannadine on the making of history in the twentieth century, with a focus on Britain and its former empire. Num Pages: 402 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBAH; HBJD1; HBL; HBTB; HBTQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155. . . 2011. Paperback. . . . . …

Condizione: New.

Hardback. Condizione: New. New copy - Usually dispatched within 4 working days.

Condizione: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Condizione: good. Befriedigend/Good: Durchschnittlich erhaltenes Buch bzw. Schutzumschlag mit Gebrauchsspuren, aber vollständigen Seiten. / Describes the average WORN book or dust jacket that has all the pages present.

Condizione: New. A collection of previously unpublished essays from David Cannadine on the making of history in the twentieth century, with a focus on Britain and its former empire. Num Pages: 402 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBAH; HBJD1; HBL; HBTB; HBTQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155. . . 2011. Paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland. …

Paperback / softback. Condizione: New. New copy - Usually dispatched within 4 working days.

Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. Originally published in 1990 and now available in paperback, a history of the decline of the British aristocracy over the last hundred years, which looks at the process by which nobles have lost their wealth, power and prestige. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.…