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  • by John Lukacs
    £49.99

    A series of fictionalized vignettes of daily life as experienced by ordinary individuals in the USA. Each takes place in a year from 1901 to 1969, and each is followed by a short dialogue in which the author argues with an interlocutor over why he has chosen to develop a scenario in that year.

  • - Patricians and Philistines, 1900-1950
    by John Lukacs
    £146.49

    An unorthodox historian known and respected for his work on the grand conflicts of nations and civilizations, John Lukacs has peopled a smaller canvas in this volume, with seven colourful figures who flourished in Philadelphia before 1950

  • - The Remembered Past
    by John Lukacs
    £141.99

    One of the most important developments of Western civilization has been the growth of historical consciousness.

  • by John Lukacs
    £29.49

  • - The Remembered Past
    by John Lukacs
    £46.49

    In this extraordinary analysis of the meaning of the remembered past, Lukacs discusses the evolution of historical consciousness since its first emergence about three centuries ago. Among the diverse subjects he examines are the endurance of national characteristics; the development of language, history, and democracy; public opinion; the problem of religious history; memory and time; history and physics; motives and causes; and the end of the Modern Age. In a new introduction, Lukacs comments on the continual decline of historical knowledge and the teaching of history.

  • - A History of the United States in the Twentieth Century
    by John Lukacs
    £45.99

    One of America's most respected historians offers a major statement on the nature of America's political system and a critical look at the underpinnings of American society. American democracy has been transformed from an exercise in individual freedom and opportunity to a bureaucratic system created by and for dominance of special groups.

  • - Patricians and Philistines, 1900-1950
    by John Lukacs
    £46.49

    An unorthodox historian known and respected for his work on the grand conflicts of nations and civilizations, John Lukacs has peopled a smaller canvas in this volume, with seven colourful figures who flourished in Philadelphia before 1950. Their stories are framed by chapters that describe the city in 1900 and in 1950.

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    by John Lukacs
    £17.49

    The great themes woven through John Lukacs's spirited, concise history of the twentieth century are inseparable from the author's own intellectual preoccupations: the fading of liberalism, the rise of populism and nationalism, the achievements and dangers of technology, the continuing democratization of the globe, and the limitations of knowledge.

  • by John Lukacs
    £25.99

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    £30.99

  • - The Dire Warning
    by John Lukacs
    £22.49

  • by John R. Lukacs
    £26.99

    Raises perplexing questions about World War II. This work argues for World War II's central place in the history of the twentieth century, addressing the war's most persistent enigmas.

  • - A Study of Character
    by John R. Lukacs
    £28.49

    A man of impressive mental powers, of extraordinary intellectual range, and integrity, George Frost Kennan (1904-2005) was an adviser to presidents and secretaries of state. This book describes the development and the essence of Kennan's thinking, and also the importance of his work as a historian during the second half of his long life.

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