The Emperor And The Peasant

Author : Kenneth Janda
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2017-12-28
Category : History
ISBN : 9781476669571

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The Emperor and the Peasant by Kenneth Janda Pdf

There was more to World War I than the Western Front. This history juxtaposes the experiences of a monarch and a peasant on the Eastern Front. Franz Josef I, emperor of Austria-Hungary, was the first European leader to declare war in 1914 and was the first to commence firing. Samuel Mozolak was a Slovak laborer who sailed to New York--and fathered twins, taken as babies (and U.S. citizens) to his home village--before being drafted into the Austro-Hungarian army and killed in combat. The author interprets the views of the war of Franz Josef and his contemporaries Kaiser Wilhelm II and Tsar Nicholas II. Mozolak's story depicts the life of a peasant in an army staffed by aristocrats, and also illustrates the pattern of East European immigration to America.

Author : Kenneth Janda
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2018-01-12
Category : History
ISBN : 9781476631189

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The Emperor and the Peasant by Kenneth Janda Pdf

There was more to World War I than the Western Front. This history juxtaposes the experiences of a monarch and a peasant on the Eastern Front. Franz Josef I, emperor of Austria-Hungary, was the first European leader to declare war in 1914 and was the first to commence firing. Samuel Mozolak was a Slovak laborer who sailed to New York--and fathered twins, taken as babies (and U.S. citizens) to his home village--before being drafted into the Austro-Hungarian army and killed in combat. The author interprets the views of the war of Franz Josef and his contemporaries Kaiser Wilhelm II and Tsar Nicholas II. Mozolak's story depicts the life of a peasant in an army staffed by aristocrats, and also illustrates the pattern of East European immigration to America.

Author : Harcourt School Publishers Staff
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 20 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 0153195002

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The Emperor and the Peasant Boy by Harcourt School Publishers Staff Pdf

Author : 熊存瑞（Victor Cunrui Xiong）
Publisher : Airiti Press
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2018-08-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9789866286711

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From Peasant to Emperor：The Life of Liu Bang by 熊存瑞（Victor Cunrui Xiong） Pdf

When Liu Bang, the eponymous protagonist of this novel, set out to conquer all under Heaven, he was already 47 years old. A medium-built, foul-mouthed peasant with a reputation as a ne’er-do-well, a womanizer, and a drunkard, who, though literate, never cared much about literature, he seemed to have a slim chance at success at a time when all the heroes in the realm contended for power and dominance. Against all odds, he defeated his rivals to found the Han dynasty, and quelled the numerous rebellions that challenged his rule. 本書以史實與故事兼容之手法，描述歷史人物劉邦以平民出身，卻能扭轉情勢爭奪天下的經過。

Author : Amy Kind
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2015-12-22
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781509500222

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Persons and Personal Identity by Amy Kind Pdf

As persons, we are importantly different from all other creatures in the universe. But in what, exactly, does this difference consist? What kinds of entities are we, and what makes each of us the same person today that we were yesterday? Could we survive having all of our memories erased and replaced with false ones? What about if our bodies were destroyed and our brains were transplanted into android bodies, or if instead our minds were simply uploaded to computers? In this engaging and accessible introduction to these important philosophical questions, Amy Kind brings together three different areas of research: the nature of personhood, theories of personal identity over time, and the constitution of self-identity. Surveying the key contemporary theories in the philosophical literature, Kind analyzes and assesses their strengths and weaknesses. As she shows, our intuitions on these issues often pull us in different directions, making it difficult to develop an adequate general theory. Throughout her discussion, Kind seamlessly interweaves a vast array of up-to-date examples drawn from both real life and popular fiction, all of which greatly help to elucidate this central topic in metaphysics. A perfect text for readers coming to these issues for the first time, Persons and Personal Identity engages with some of the deepest and most important questions about human nature and our place in the world, making it a vital resource for students and researchers alike.

Author : Peter J Seybolt
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 254 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2019-05-20
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780429975271

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Throwing The Emperor From His Horse by Peter J Seybolt Pdf

This engaging book sketches an intimate portrait of the life of Wang Fucheng, an illiterate peasant who served for thirty years as Communist party secretary of an impoverished village on the north China plain. Based on conversations over a seven-year period (1987 - 1994) between Wang Fucheng and Peter Seybolt, the book unfolds as a continuous first

Author : Jean-Marie Deguignet
Publisher : Seven Stories Press
Page : 444 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2004-02-03
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1583226168

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Memoirs of a Breton Peasant by Jean-Marie Deguignet Pdf

A fascinating document of an extraordinary life, Memoirs of A Breton Peasant reads with the liveliness of a novel and bristles with the vigor of an opinionated autodidact from the very lowest level of peasant society. Brittany during the nineteenth century was a place seemingly frozen in the Middle Ages, backwards by most French standards; formal education among rural society was either unavailable or dismissed as unnecessary, while the church and local myth defined most people's reasoning and motivation. Jean-Marie Déguignet is unique not only as a literate Breton peasant, but in his skepticism for the church, his interest in science, astronomy and languages, and for his keen—often caustic—observations of the world and people around him. Born into rural poverty in 1834, Déguignet escapes Brittany by joining the French Army in 1854, and over the next fourteen years he fights in the Crimean war, attends Napoleon III’s coronation ceremonies, supports Italy’s liberation struggle, and defends the hapless French puppet emperor Maximilian in Mexico. He teaches himself Latin, French, Italian and Spanish and reads extensively on history, philosophy, politics, and literature. He returns home to live as a farmer and tobacco-seller, eventually falling back into dire poverty. Throughout the tale, Deguignet’s freethinking, almost anarchic views put him ahead of his time and often (sadly, for him) out of step with his contemporaries. Déguignet’s voluminous journals (nearly 4,000 pages in total) were discovered in a farmhouse in Brittany a century after they were written. This narrative was drawn from them and became a surprise bestseller when published in France in 1998.

Author : Lu Yao
Publisher : AmazonCrossing
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2019-03
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1542044626

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Life by Lu Yao Pdf

Gao Jialin, a stubborn, idealistic and ambitious young man from a small country village, life is upended when corrupt local politics cost him his beloved job as a schoolteacher, prompting him to reject rural life and try to make it in the big city.

Author : Peter H. Wilson
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 600 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2016-01-28
Category : History
ISBN : 9780141956916

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The Holy Roman Empire by Peter H. Wilson Pdf

THE SUNDAY TIMES AND ECONOMIST BOOKS OF THE YEAR 2016 'Hugely impressive... Wilson is an assured guide through the millennium-long labyrinth of papal-imperial relations' Literary Review A great, sprawling, ancient and unique entity, the Holy Roman Empire, from its founding by Charlemagne to its destruction by Napoleon a millennium later, formed the heart of Europe. It was a great engine for inventions and ideas, it was the origin of many modern European states, from Germany to the Czech Republic, its relations with Italy, France and Poland dictated the course of countless wars - indeed European history as a whole makes no sense without it. In this strikingly ambitious book, Peter H. Wilson explains how the Empire worked. It is not a chronological history, but an attempt to convey to readers why it was so important and how it changed over its existence. The result is a tour de force - a book that raises countless questions about the nature of political and military power, about diplomacy and the nature of European civilization and about the legacy of the Empire, which has continued to haunt its offspring, from Imperial and Nazi Germany to the European Union.

Author : Bob Scribner,Gerhard Benecke
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 205 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2021-09-05
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781000424225

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The German Peasant War of 1525 – New Viewpoints by Bob Scribner,Gerhard Benecke Pdf

This book, first published in 1979, presents a series of important investigations into the German Peasant War of 1525 – the last great peasant revolt and the first modern revolution. Previously under-studied by English-speaking historians, these essays provide a valuable analysis of the aims and extent of the Peasant War, and are representative of the various elements in the historiographical debate.

Author : He Lan
Publisher : Funstory
Page : 743 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2020-05-19
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781649351791

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Peasant's Adorable Wife by He Lan Pdf

After waking up and changing into a new body, a group of top quality relatives will hang themselves after wailing, teasing, playing rascally and proficient in everything. "Let's see how you're going to deal with me. I'm more confused than you are. You're a rascal, I'm even more of a rascal than you are. Let's see who can beat who." Hey, who's inside? "Who said they were going to marry you?" If you don't marry me, who else can you marry? " Someone gritted his teeth, his face as black as ink. Third brother Yang, your wife has been bullied. Someone chilled the air as he used his palm to cut open the big rock, "Who is it? See if I chop him up. " Third brother Yang, someone wants to pry your corner. Someone with a cold aura carried a hoe to the door, "Which weed is it? See how I cut him out of the ground. " Third brother Yang, your wife wants to go to heaven. Someone calmly brought over a ladder. "I'll build her a ladder." One versus one, purely for entertainment. The content was not to be compared.)

Author : Scott Michael Decker
Publisher : Next Chapter
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2022-01-08
Category : Fiction
ISBN : PKEY:6610000334070

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The Peasant by Scott Michael Decker Pdf

Following a civil war, an empire grapples with the devastating fallout. His conscience heavy, Peasant General Guarding Bear wants to usurp the tyrannical emperor's throne. But the general's rivals continue to play games, seeking to avenge their name and reclaim the Northern Imperial Sword. With his reign threatened and no progeny to his name, the Emperor plots to conceive an heir by stealth. Soon, Guarding Bear enters a world of deception, smoke and mirrors, and must decide where his loyalties lie.

Author : Baby,Baby Professor
Publisher : Baby Professor (Education Kids)
Page : 64 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2017-03-15
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1541916298

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Justinian I by Baby,Baby Professor Pdf

A children's introduction to the life and times of Emperor Justinian I, who sought to revive the Byzantine Empire's greatness and reconquer the lost western half of the historical Roman Empire.

Author : Nancy Wiegersma
Publisher : Springer
Page : 299 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 1988-06-18
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781349099702

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Vietnam: Peasant Land, Peasant Revolution by Nancy Wiegersma Pdf

Author : Wayne S. Vucinich,John Shelton Curtiss
Publisher : Stanford University Press
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 1968
Category : History
ISBN : 0804706387

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The Peasant in Nineteenth-Century Russia by Wayne S. Vucinich,John Shelton Curtiss Pdf

A Stanford University Press classic.