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Biography: historical, political & military
Paperback. From his memorial in Washington and immortalization on Mount Rushmore, one might assume Abraham Lincoln was a national hero rather than a controversial president. Drawing on an array of material, this is a study of the role Lincoln's reputation and memory has played in American life. Num Pages: 382 pages, 48 halftones, 6 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGH; HBJK; HBLL; JPHL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 155 x 26. Weight in Grams: 602.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- University of Chicago Press, 2000
- Number of pages
- 382
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226741987
- ISBN
- 9780226741987
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Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 28.00
€ 34.99
€ 28.00
Paperback. Offers a study of those at the centre of Western civilization's vision of the world - the Enlightenment: nobles, priests, functionaries, men of letters, artists, explorers, soldiers and women. This book examines the fundamental structures of society, and attitudes to birth, death and sexuality. Editor(s): Vovelle, Michel. Translator(s): Cochrane, Lydia G. Num Pages: 460 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BGH; HBG; HBJD; HBLH; HBLL; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 155 x 28. Weight in Grams: 634.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 460
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226865706
- ISBN
- 9780226865706
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Condition: New
€ 59.41€ 50.94
€ 59.41
€ 50.94
From Loyalist to Founding Father: The Political Odyssey of William Sam...
Elizabeth Peterkin McCaughey
Hardback. Num Pages: 362 pages, Ill.M. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 278 x 153 x 25. Weight in Grams: 771.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1980
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 362
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231045063
- ISBN
- 9780231045063
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 112.88€ 86.38
€ 112.88
€ 86.38
Paperback. Exploring a tumultuous time in Japanese 19th-century history, when the country began to emerge from self-imposed exile, this study profiles activists such as Sakamoto Ryoma and Nakaoka Shintaro, who played an important role in the development of a unified nation state. Num Pages: 423 pages, maps, ports. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; BGHA; HBJF; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 140 x 24. Weight in Grams: 538.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 423
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231101738
- ISBN
- 9780231101738
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Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.81
€ 46.99
€ 33.81
Hardback. Shows how Eleanor Roosevelt, after being freed from the constraints imposed by her role in the White House, expanded her career and challenged both the Democratic party and American liberals to practice what they preach. Num Pages: 298 pages, 25 photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; HBJK; HBLW3; JPFF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 681.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 298
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231104043
- ISBN
- 9780231104043
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 109.32€ 83.75
€ 109.32
€ 83.75
Paperback. Interlacing the life and work of the seminal 20th century philosopher, Hannah Arendt, this biography explores her critique of Saint Augustine and her biographical essay on Rahel Varnhagen. It also accentuates Arendt's commitment to recounting lives and narration and reflects on her perspective on Judaism, anti-Semitism and the "banality of evil." Translator(s): Guberman, Ross. Series: European Perspectives: A Series in Social Thought and Cultural Criticism. Num Pages: 320 pages, 4 halftones. BIC Classification: BGH; HP; JPF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 220 x 144 x 19. Weight in Grams: 420.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231121033
- ISBN
- 9780231121033
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Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 22.43
€ 30.99
€ 22.43
Hardback. This is the extraordinary story of how Japan was dramatically transformed during the long reign of Emperor Meiji, from an isolated island nation to one of the five great powers of the world, poised as a rival in Asia to Russia and the European colonial powers. Num Pages: 928 pages, 20 photos. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JH; 3JJC; BGH; HBJF; HBLL; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 57. Weight in Grams: 1452.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 928
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231123402
- ISBN
- 9780231123402
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 104.56€ 80.25
€ 104.56
€ 80.25
Paperback. Adam of Bremen's history of the See of Hamburg and of Christian missions in northern Europe from AD 788 to 1072 is a primary source of knowledge concerning the history, geography and ethnography of the Baltic region and its peoples before the 13th century. Translator(s): Tschan, Francis J. Series: Records of Western Civilization Series. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1DN; 3F; 3H; BGH; HBJD; HBLC; HRCC7. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 430.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition (US) First Printing
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231125758
- ISBN
- 9780231125758
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.44
€ 40.99
€ 29.44
Hardback. Yoshimasa may have been the worst shogun ever to rule Japan. But his influence on the cultural life of Japan was unparalleled. Yoshimasa is remembered primarily as the builder of the Temple of the Silver Pavilion and as the ruler at the time of the Onin War (1467-1477), after which the authority of the shogun all but disappeared. Series: Asia Perspectives: History, Society and Culture. Num Pages: 224 pages, 10 illus. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3H; BGH; HBJF; HBLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 150 x 19. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231130561
- ISBN
- 9780231130561
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Condition: New
€ 104.56€ 80.25
€ 104.56
€ 80.25
Paperback. Yoshimasa may have been the worst shogun ever to rule Japan. But his influence on the cultural life of Japan was unparalleled. Yoshimasa is remembered primarily as the builder of the Temple of the Silver Pavilion and as the ruler at the time of the Onin War (1467-1477), after which the authority of the shogun all but disappeared. Series: Asia Perspectives: History, Society and Culture. Num Pages: 224 pages, 10 illus. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3H; BGH; HBJF; HBLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 139 x 210 x 13. Weight in Grams: 363.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231130578
- ISBN
- 9780231130578
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Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 27.68
€ 37.99
€ 27.68
Paperback. Series: Columbia Studies in Contemporary American History. Num Pages: 320 pages, 6 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPN; BGH; HBJK; HBLW3; JPHL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 15. Weight in Grams: 430.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231138611
- ISBN
- 9780231138611
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 27.68
€ 37.99
€ 27.68
Hardback. This book moves from the birth of Gandhi's method of nonviolent resistance in South Africa to an in-depth analysis of two of his signal triumphs: the civil disobedience movement of 1930 and his historic Calcutta fast of 1947. Dalton concluded with a comparison of Gandhi to Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X. Num Pages: 336 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKA; BGH; HBJF; HBLW; JPHL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 454.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231159586
- ISBN
- 9780231159586
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 104.56€ 80.25
€ 104.56
€ 80.25
Paperback. Num Pages: 410 pages, 15 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJ; BGH; HPS; JMAF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 157 x 23. Weight in Grams: 628.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231162593
- ISBN
- 9780231162593
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 18.04
€ 23.99
€ 18.04
Hardback. Num Pages: 240 pages, 10 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FB; 3JJP; BGH; HBJF1; JPS; JPW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 149 x 217 x 23. Weight in Grams: 388.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231171564
- ISBN
- 9780231171564
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.44
€ 40.99
€ 29.44
Hardback. One woman's courage to battle stigma and injustice for women and the mentally ill Num Pages: 272 pages, 12 black and white photographs. BIC Classification: BGH; JFSJ1; JPVH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 157 x 25. Weight in Grams: 588.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252035722
- ISBN
- 9780252035722
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 45.21
€ 45.21
Hardback. The first African American to head a branch of the New York Public Library (NYPL), Regina Andrews led an extraordinary life. Allied with W E B Du Bois, she fought for promotion and equal pay against entrenched sexism and racism. This book offers the portrait of Andrews' activism. Num Pages: 168 pages, 23 black and white photographs. BIC Classification: BGH; GL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 417.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252038501
- ISBN
- 9780252038501
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.04
€ 63.04
Hardback. Born in 1852 in the last years of serfdom, Vera Figner came of age as Imperial Russian society was being rocked by the massive upheaval that culminated in the Bolshevik revolution of 1917. At first champion of populist causes and champion of women's higher education, Figner later became a leader of the terrorist party The People's Will. Num Pages: 352 pages, 6 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JH; 3JJ; BGH; HBJD; HBLL; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 220 x 362 x 27. Weight in Grams: 626.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253012845
- ISBN
- 9780253012845
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 38.82
€ 38.82
Paperback. Rachel Bella Calof defies the nostalgia of the cheerful oLittle House on the PrairieO homestead; her story is instead one of real families handling daily stresses, competing needs, and interpersonal accommodations. Editor(s): Rikoon, J. Sanford. Translator(s): Calof, J.; Shaw, M. Num Pages: 176 pages, 9 b&w photos. BIC Classification: BGHA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 10. Weight in Grams: 341.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253209863
- ISBN
- 9780253209863
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Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 16.53
€ 16.99
€ 16.53
Paperback. An Igbo woman becomes king at a time of extraordinary change in Africa Num Pages: 322 pages, 29 b&w illus., 12 maps, 9 music exx., 5 tables. BIC Classification: 1HFDN; BGH; HBJH; HBLW. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 227 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 446.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 322
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253222480
- ISBN
- 9780253222480
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Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.87
€ 31.99
€ 28.87
Paperback. Garcilaso Inca de la Vega, a Peruvian mestizo and historian, envisioned Latin America as a multiethnic continent and advanced a humanist interpretation of New World history. In this collection of articles, central aspects of Garcilaso's life and work are reviewed. Editor(s): Anadon, Jose. Num Pages: 264 pages, 1 port. BIC Classification: 1KLS; 2ADS; BGH; DSBD; HBAH; HBJK; JFC; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- University of Notre Dame Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780268010379
- ISBN
- 9780268010379
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Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.36
€ 37.99
€ 34.36
Paperback. A collection of essays on Pope Gregory the Great, many taken from a symposium held in 1993. Gregory emerges as a figure interpreting the past - by receiving, synthesizing and developing the teachings of earlier writers - and presenting a persuasive theological and pastoral agenda. Editor(s): Cavadini, John C. Series: Notre Dame Studies in Theology. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 3F; BGH; HRCC2; HRCC7; HRCM; HRCX1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 395.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of Notre Dame Press
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780268010430
- ISBN
- 9780268010430
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.90
€ 32.99
€ 29.90
Hardcover. This volume offers an account of the life and labours of Edward Sorin, founder of the University of Notre Dame. It describes how he overcame great odds to found and grow one of world's premier Catholic institutions of higher learning. Num Pages: 800 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBND; 3JH; BGH; JNMN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 185 x 56. Weight in Grams: 1792.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of Notre Dame Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780268027599
- ISBN
- 9780268027599
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 47.76
€ 47.76
Paperback. Presents English translations from the works of Michael Psellos, a key philosopher of the Byzantine Empire. This book contains the works that Psellos wrote about his family, including a funeral oration for his mother that features recollections from a childhood spent in Constantinople. Editor(s): Kaldellis, Anthony. Translator(s): Kaldellis, Anthony. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 3H; BGHA; HBJD; HBLC; HPCB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 16. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Notre Dame Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780268033156
- ISBN
- 9780268033156
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.79
€ 31.99
€ 28.79
Hardcover. La Fontaine was a great French lyric poet of the 17th century. This study is almost as much about Louis XIV as about La Fontaine. It provides analysis of the absolutist politics and attempts by the King to enforce an official cultural style, and the plight of the artist under such a ruler. Translator(s): Todd, Jean Marie. Num Pages: 536 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; 3JD; BGH; BGR; DSBD; DSC; HBJD; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 167 x 41. Weight in Grams: 1025.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of Notre Dame Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780268038779
- ISBN
- 9780268038779
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.85
€ 52.85