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  • The French Language in Russia

    A Social, Political, Cultural, and Literary History

    par Derek Offord, Vladislav Rjéoutski, Gesine Argent ...
    Collections series Languages and Culture in History
    With support from the Arts and Humanities Research Council of the UK and the Deutsches Historisches Institut Moskau , The French Language in Russia provides the fullest examination and discussion to date of the adoption of the French language. ... En savoir plus

    $89.99 CAD

  • Ayn Rand and the Russian Intelligentsia

    The Origins of an Icon of the American Right

    par Professor Derek Offord ...
    Collections series Russian Shorts
    This book examines the writings of the American novelist Ayn Rand, especially The Fountainhead (1943) and Atlas Shrugged (1957), which Rand considered her definitive statement about the need for an unregulated free market in which superior humans could fully realize themselves by living for no-one but themselves. It explores Rand's conception of American identity, which exalted individualism and ... En savoir plus

    $21.99 CAD

  • European Francophonie

    The Social, Political and Cultural History of an International Prestige Language

    Modifié par Vladislav Rjéoutski, Gesine Argent, Derek Offord ...
    Collections Livre 1 - Historical Sociolinguistics
    This volume examines the use of French in European language communities outside France from the Middle Ages to the twentieth century. The phenomenon of French language usage is explored in a wide variety of communities, namely Bohemian, Dutch, medieval English, German (Prussian), Italian, Piedmontese, Polish, Romanian, Russian, Spanish, Swedish and Turkish. Each chapter offers unique insight into ... En savoir plus

    $135.99 CAD

  • Nineteenth-Century Russia

    Opposition to Autocracy

    par Derek Offord ...
    Collections series Seminar Studies
    This new Seminar Study provides students with a rewarding introduction to nineteenth-century Russia. This period of Russian history is, of course, characterised by the flowering of an enormously rich intellectual and cultural life, the origins of which lie in the intelligentsia¿s opposition to autocratic rule. Here, Professor Offord introduces the reader to the period while focusing particularly ... En savoir plus

    $89.99 CAD

  • French and Russian in Imperial Russia

    Language Use among the Russian Elite

    Modifié par Derek Offord ...
    Collections series Russian Language and Society

    $110.99 CAD

  • French and Russian in Imperial Russia

    Language Attitudes and Identity

    Modifié par Derek Offord ...
    Collections series Russian Language and Society

    $110.99 CAD

  • A History of Russian Thought

    Modifié par William Leatherbarrow, Derek Offord ...
    The history of ideas has played a central role in Russia's political and social history. Understanding its intellectual tradition and the way the intelligentsia have shaped the nation is crucial to understanding the Russia of today. This history examines important intellectual and cultural currents (the Enlightenment, nationalism, nihilism, and religious revival) and key themes (conceptions of the ... En savoir plus

    $41.99 CAD

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  • A Bitter Revolution : China's struggle with the modern world

    China's Struggle with the Modern World

    par Rana Mitter ...
    Collections series Making of the Modern World
    China is now poised to take a key role on the world stage, but in the early twentieth century the situation could not have been more different. Rana Mitter goes back to this pivotal moment in Chinese history to uncover the origins of the painful transition from a premodern past into a modern world. Mitter takes us through the resulting social turmoil and political promise, the devastating war ... En savoir plus

    $10.99 CAD

  • How the French Think

    An Affectionate Portrait of an Intellectual People

    par Sudhir Hazareesingh ...
    Sudhir Hazareesingh's How the French Think is a warm yet incisive exploration of the French intellectual tradition, and its exceptional place in a nation's identity and lifestyleWhy are the French an exceptional nation? Why do they think they are so exceptional? An important reason is that in France intellectual activity is regarded not just as the preserve of the thinking elite but for almost ... En savoir plus

    $10.99 CAD

  • The Wisdom of Mao

    par Philosophical Library ...
    Collections series Wisdom
    Beyond the Little Red Book: China's revolutionary leader and his philosophyIn this collection of essays, China's Chairman Mao Tse-Tung explains the interpretation of Marxism-Leninism ideology that became known as Maoism. This philosophy fueled the Chinese Revolution and the massive social and economic changes Mao instituted as the nation's leader. From examining the way contradictions can cause ... En savoir plus

    $9.89 CAD ou Gratuit avec Kobo Plus

  • The Dreyfus Affair

    The Scandal That Tore France in Two

    par Piers Paul Read ...
    July 20, 1894. The German Military Attache in Paris. Colonel Maximillien von Schwarzkoppen received a visit from a seedy-looking middle-aged Frenchman who would not give his name. He told Schwarzkoppen that he was a French army officer serving on the General Staff; that he was in desperate need of money; and was therefore prepared to sell military secrets to the Germans.Captain Alfred Dreyfus, ... En savoir plus

    $18.99 CAD

  • Inside the Mind of Vladimir Putin

    par Michel Eltchaninoff ...
    The Russian president's landmark speeches, interviews and policies borrow heavily from great Russian thinkers past and present, from Peter the Great to Dostoevsky and Solzhenitsyn. They offer powerful visions of strong leaders and the Russian nation: they value conservatism and the Slavic spirit. They root morality in Orthodoxy, and Russian identity in the historic struggle with the West. Today, ... En savoir plus

    $16.79 CAD