2013, ISBN: 1847922260

[EAN: 9781847922267], Gebraucht, wie neu, [PU: Bodley Head, London], 1913 ILLUST SOCIAL POLITICAL CULTURAL MILITARY WORLD HISTORY, Jacket, 1913 The World Before the Great War. Charles Emm… Plus…

[EAN: 9781847922267], Gebraucht, wie neu, [PU: Bodley Head, London], 1913 ILLUST SOCIAL POLITICAL CULTURAL MILITARY WORLD HISTORY, Jacket, 1913 The World Before the Great War. Charles Emmerson. Bodley Head, London. 2013 Second Impression ISBN 9781847922267 528pp Illustrated Hardback. This mint unread copy is bound in cloth covered boards with bright gilt titling to the spine, tight, white, bright and square. The unclipped dust wrapper is also in mint condition. Forever in the shadow of the war which followed, 1913 is usually seen as little more than the antechamber to apocalypse. Our perspectives narrowed by hindsight, the world of that year is reduced to its most frivolous features - last summers in grand aristocratic residences, a flurry of extravagant social engagements - or its most destructive ones: the unresolved rivalries of the great European powers, the anxieties of a period of accelerated change, the social fear of revolution, the violence in the Balkans. Our images of the times are too often dominated by the faded pastels of upper-class indulgence or by the unmitigated blackness of a world rushing headlong into the abyss of an inevitable war. 1913: The World before the Great War proposes a strikingly different portrait, returning the world in that year to its contemporary freshness, its future still undecided, its outlook still open. Told through the stories of twenty-three cities - Europe's capitals at the height of their global reach, the emerging metropolises of America, the imperial cities of Asia and Africa, the boomtowns of Australia and the Americas - Charles Emmerson presents a panoramic view of a world crackling with possibilities, from St Petersburg to Shanghai and from Los Angeles to Jerusalem. What emerges is a rich and complex world, more familiar than we expect, connected as never before, on the threshold of events which would change the course of global history. Ref PP2, Books<

2013, ISBN: 1847922260

[EAN: 9781847922267], Gebraucht, sehr guter Zustand, [SC: 4.08], [PU: Vintage Publishing, United Kingdom, London], CHARLES EMMERSON 1913 THE WORLD BEFORE GREAT WAR, Forever in the shadow … Plus…

[EAN: 9781847922267], Gebraucht, sehr guter Zustand, [SC: 4.08], [PU: Vintage Publishing, United Kingdom, London], CHARLES EMMERSON 1913 THE WORLD BEFORE GREAT WAR, Forever in the shadow of the war which followed, 1913 is usually seen as little more than the antechamber to apocalypse. Our perspectives narrowed by hindsight, the world of that year is reduced to its most frivolous features - last summers in grand aristocratic residences, a flurry of extravagant social engagements - or its most destructive ones: the unresolved rivalries of the great European powers, the anxieties of a period of accelerated change, the social fear of revolution, the violence in the Balkans. Our images of the times are too often dominated by the faded pastels of upper-class indulgence or by the unmitigated blackness of a world rushing headlong into the abyss of an inevitable war. 1913: The World before the Great War proposes a strikingly different portrait, returning the world in that year to its contemporary freshness, its future still undecided, its outlook still open. Told through the stories of twenty-three cities - Europe's capitals at the height of their global reach, the emerging metropolises of America, the imperial cities of Asia and Africa, the boomtowns of Australia and the Americas - Charles Emmerson presents a panoramic view of a world crackling with possibilities, from St Petersburg to Shanghai and from Los Angeles to Jerusalem. What emerges is a rich and complex world, more familiar than we expect, connected as never before, on the threshold of events which would change the course of global history. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged., Books<

2013, ISBN: 9781847922267

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Simon & Schuster UK, 02/04/2007 00:00:01. paperback. Good. 2.2883 in x 21.0640 in x 13.4498 in. Ex-library book, usual marking. Clean copy in good condition., Simon & Schuster UK, 02/04/2007 00:00:01, 2.5, New Holland Publishers Ltd, 2010-03-25. Paperback. Good. 1.5988 in x 20.9841 in x 16.9871 in. Ex-library book, usual marking. Clean copy in good condition., New Holland Publishers Ltd, 2010-03-25, 2.5, Bodley Head, 25/04/2013 00:00:01. hardcover. Good. 5.3959 in x 23.7819 in x 16.1877 in. Ex-library book, usual marking. Clean copy in good condition. With Dust Cover., Bodley Head, 25/04/2013 00:00:01, 2.5<

2013, ISBN: 9781847922267

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