Land Of The Ilich

Author : Steven Mithen
Publisher : Birlinn Ltd
Page : 598 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2021-11-04
Category : History
ISBN : 9781788853095

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Land of the Ilich by Steven Mithen Pdf

As an archaeologist, Steven Mithen has worked on the Hebridean island of Islay over a period of many years. In this book he introduces the sites and monuments and tells the story of the island's people from the earliest stone age hunter-gatherers to those who lived in townships and in the grandeur of Islay House. He visits the tombs of Neolithic farmers, forts of Iron Age chiefs and castles of medieval warlords, discovers where Bronze Age gold was found, treacherous plots were made against the Scottish crown, and explores the island of today, which was forged more recently by those who mined for lead, grew flax, fished for herring and distilled whisky – the industry for which the island is best known today. Although an island history, this is far from an insular story: Islay has always been at a cultural crossroads, receiving a constant influx of new people and new ideas, making it a microcosm for the story of Scotland, Britain and beyond.

Author : Cavin Wright
Publisher : Andrews UK Limited
Page : 275 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2014-06-05
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781782344346

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Graven by Cavin Wright Pdf

A far from willing conscript into a war instigated by a foreign empire, Graven, not much more than a boy, is forced to take up the sword - or die. He finds his life spiraling into a web of violence and betrayal. In a world of uncertain alliances and where life is cheap, he must stay alive and prove his worth. His simple, sheltered village upbringing has not prepared him for the carnage and horror he must now face if ever he is to see his homeland again. In a bitter struggle that will rip away the innocent youth and leave a harsh and uncompromising man, his arduous journey begins.

Author : United States. Central Intelligence Agency
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 254 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 1962
Category : World politics
ISBN : OSU:32435063984801

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Daily Report, Foreign Radio Broadcasts by United States. Central Intelligence Agency Pdf

Author : Peter Kenez
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 1985-11-29
Category : History
ISBN : 0521313988

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The Birth of the Propaganda State by Peter Kenez Pdf

Peter Kenez's comprehensive study of the Soviet propaganda system, describes how the Bolshevik Party went about reaching the Russian people. Kenez focuses on the experiences of the Russian people. The book is both a major contribution to our understanding of the genius of the Soviet state, and of the nature of propaganda in the twentieth-century.

Author : Ravi Ravindranathan
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 680 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2013-12
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781483691145

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DEATH ONLY WINS: THE STALIN TRILOGY by Ravi Ravindranathan Pdf

Early Stalin, the first volume in a forthcoming trilogy of historical fiction on the life of Joseph Stalin entitled Death Only Wins, tells the story of the future Soviet dictator in two parts, Caucasus and Siberia: In And Out. It recounts Stalin's abysmal childhood, his mother's efforts to get him into the Orthodox priesthood, his ecclesiastical education, his expulsion from the Tiflis Theological Seminary, his life as an organizer of robberies to fund Lenin's revolutionary enterprises, his first marriage, the death of his wife, his love affairs, his trips abroad, and his many arrests, exiles, and escapes from Siberia. Always in the background of the novel is the land of Georgia with its splendid food and wine, spectacular beauty, literature, customs, and culture in general as well as the harshness of the Siberian landscape. A major purpose of the first volume is to provide clues to Stalin's behaviour as ruler of the Soviet Union, an explanation of how Stalin became Stalin.

Author : Modest Ilitch Tchaïkovski
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 852 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 1906
Category : Electronic
ISBN : RUTGERS:39030010337188

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The Life & Letters of Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky by Modest Ilitch Tchaïkovski Pdf

Author : James Von Geldern,Louise McReynolds
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Page : 448 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 1998-08-22
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0253211956

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Entertaining Tsarist Russia by James Von Geldern,Louise McReynolds Pdf

Companion disc features recordings of popular songs and vaudeville skits performed by some of Russia's most famous singers and comics of early twentieth century.

Author : Nina Tumarkin
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 390 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0674524314

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Lenin Lives! by Nina Tumarkin Pdf

Was the deification of Lenin a show of spontaneous affection, or a planned political operation designed to solidify the revolution with the masses? This book aims to provide the answer. Exploring the cults mystical, historical, and political aspects, the book attempts to demonstrate the galvanizing power of ritual in the establishment of the postrevolutionary regime. In a new section the author includes the fall of the Soviet Union and Russia's new democracy.

Author : C. J. Storella,A.K. Sokolov
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 462 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2013-01-08
Category : History
ISBN : 9780300189018

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The Voice of the People by C. J. Storella,A.K. Sokolov Pdf

This book presents the first comprehensive collection in English of peasant writings during the early years of the Bolshevik regime. Drawn entirely from Russian archival sources, it presents more than 150 previously unpublished letters addressed to newspapers, government officials, and Communist Party leaders. The letters and accompanying commentary result in a unique history of the Soviet peasantry's engagement and struggle with a powerful state, enabling readers to hear the voice of a social class that throughout history has too often been rendered voiceless.

Author : Maria Teresa Vázquez-Castillo
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2004-10-28
Category : History
ISBN : 9781135940324

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Land Privatization in Mexico by Maria Teresa Vázquez-Castillo Pdf

This book analyzes [ejido] land as space of urbanization and location of economic activities and capital and land privatization as a redistributive process with local, urban, regional and global consequences.

Author : Geroid Tanquary Robinson
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 366 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 1967
Category : Land tenure
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Rural Russia Under the Old Régime by Geroid Tanquary Robinson Pdf

Author : William Shubin
Publisher : Page Publishing Inc
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2022-08-01
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781646288687

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Michail Alekseevich Shubin by William Shubin Pdf

Imagine traveling for weeks across the desert with a caravan of loaded camels. Imagine joining a traditional Russian Molokan family at the dinner table to hear about their struggles and their victories. Imagine finding yourself a pioneer in a new land and having to rebuild your lives virtually from scratch. This true-to-life account of the Molokan people covers this journey through Uzbekistan, Iran, Turkey, and the USA. Their world was so different from anything we know now, but it was just as real. You are invited on a journey of courage, overcoming unbelievable odds and preserving the faith of their fathers. On the pages of this biography, you will meet religious prisoners, the Persian shah, and four generations of the tenacious Shubin family.

Author : John Friedmann
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 514 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2020-06-16
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780691214009

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Planning in the Public Domain by John Friedmann Pdf

John Friedmann addresses a central question of Western political theory: how, and to what extent, history can be guided by reason. In this comprehensive treatment of the relation of knowledge to action, which he calls planning, he traces the major intellectual traditions of planning thought and practice. Three of these--social reform, policy analysis, and social learning--are primarily concerned with public management. The fourth, social mobilization, draws on utopianism, anarchism, historical materialism, and other radical thought and looks to the structural transformation of society "from below." After developing a basic vocabulary in Part One, the author proceeds in Part Two to a critical history of each of the four planning traditions. The story begins with the prophetic visions of Saint-Simon and assesses the contributions of such diverse thinkers as Comte, Marx, Dewey, Mannheim, Tugwell, Mumford, Simon, and Habermas. It is carried forward in Part Three by Friedmann's own nontechnocratic, dialectical approach to planning as a method for recovering political community.

Author : Bahruz Balayev
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 261 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Caucasus, South
ISBN : 9780739178270

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The Right to Self-determination in the South Caucasus by Bahruz Balayev Pdf

The Right to Self-Determination in the South Caucasus: Nagorno Karabakh in Context, by Bahruz Balayev, explores the relationship in international law between the concept of self-determination and territorial integrity in the context of the Caucasus region. This study brings together the various self-determination movements of the Caucasus (Nagorno Karabakh, South Ossetia, Adjara, Abkhazia, and Chechnya) and provides a comparative analysis. The August 2008 war in Georgia and the proclamation of independence of Kosovo renewed the discussion over the right to self-determination in international law: Has the right to self-determination evolved since the solutions to the conflicts over self-determination are now determined in a new manner, or should it? Will the question of self-determination in different regions of the world be a spark for a new cold war? Unilateral declarations and the recognition of independence of South Ossetia, Abkhazia, and Kosovo could be the first spark. These are the pressing questions because there are many self-determination and secession movements all over the world. The Right to Self-Determination in the South Caucasus is a unique tool for scholars, researchers, and the public in understanding South Caucasus regional conflicts from the New Haven School perspective.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 1976
Category : Soviet Union
ISBN : UCLA:31158001151942

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Soviet Analyst by Anonim Pdf