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Nowaczyk was concerned above all to reconstruct with the greatest possible accuracy the day-today realities of the composer’s life and times, and in the process to bring what I called ‘a real sense of historical immediacy’ to a story whose outline is already well known, but which is held by most of us at a certain distance. Nowaczyk’s findings are evidence-based throughout, but at the same time they...

The aim of this book is to shed light on the processes and mechanisms by which the national identity of Buryats (their homeland split by state borders, their diaspora scattered far and wide across Russia, Mongolia, and China) has been shaped under contemporary social conditions and within international political systems. The volume at hand constitutes an attempt to analyze 21st century transformations...

The aim of this book is to shed light on the processes and mechanisms by which the national identity of Buryats (their homeland split by state borders, their diaspora scattered far and wide across Russia, Mongolia, and China) has been shaped under contemporary social conditions and within international political systems. The volume at hand constitutes an attempt to analyze 21st century transformations...

Czas to pieniądz, wiedza i władza Codziennie wiele razy sprawdzamy, która jest godzina, ale czy wiemy, jaką rolę pomiar czasu odegrał w rozwoju cywilizacji? Zegary dały władzę politykom, dowódcom armii i szefom firm, wpływając na kształt współczesnego świata. W jaki sposób? David Rooney bierze pod lupę dwanaście zegarów, które odegrały kluczową rolę w różnych epokach i kulturach. Przyglądamy się najciekawszym...