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paperback. Charts the French Revolution from its beginnings at an impromptu meeting on an indoor tennis court at Versailles in 1789, right through to the 'coup d'etat' that brought Napoleon to power ten years later. This book explains the drama and complexities of this era. Num Pages: 384 pages, illustrations, maps, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBLL; HBTV; JPWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 25. Weight in Grams: 268.
Edition
1st Edition
Publisher
Penguin
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1982
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140049459
ISBN
9780140049459
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.41

Paperback. Although by twentieth-century standards the number of victims was small, the Victorian public saw 'the Indian Mutiny' of 1857-59 as an epochal event. This book seeks to discover why. It offers a view of this episode - and of Victorian imperialist culture more generally - at odds with the standard formulations of postcolonial scholarship. Num Pages: 352 pages, 8 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1FKA; 2AB; DSBH5; HBTQ; HBTV; JWXT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 227 x 153 x 21. Weight in Grams: 466.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691143309
ISBN
9780691143309
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.72

Paperback. Num Pages: 374 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; DSBF; HBJD1; HBLL; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 147 x 23. Weight in Grams: 482.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Number of pages
374
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226327396
ISBN
9780226327396
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.15
€ 45.53

Paperback. This text challenges the assumptions that the theory of relativity in physics sprang in its essence from the genius of Albert Einstein, and that scientific relativity is unconnected to ethical, cultural or epistemological relativisms. Num Pages: 318 pages. BIC Classification: 3JH; DSBF; HBJD1; HBLL; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 443.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
318
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226327334
ISBN
9780226327334
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 29.52

Hardcover. This study presents fresh interpretations of the works of Paul the Deacon (c. 720-799), which are vital to understanding the history of Italy and Western Europe in the Middle Ages. Num Pages: 328 pages, 46 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DD; 3F; HBAH; HBG; HBLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156. Weight in Grams: 46.
Publisher
Amsterdam University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2018
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9789089648235
ISBN
9789089648235
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 141.69

Paperback. An indictment of the architect of New Labour, Gordon Brown. It shows how Brown came to preside over a bankrupt country on the brink of economic and political breakdown. Taking us on a tour of Britain, it explores the ever-widening disparity between rich and poor, and how manufacturing was replaced by 'retail, entertainment and recreation'. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JMC; HBJD1; HBLX; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 19. Weight in Grams: 272.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Verso Books United Kingdom
Edition
0th Edition
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844674398
ISBN
9781844674398
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.37

Paperback. The complete short history of Scotland - from the retreat of the ice-caps to the Independence Referendum of 2014 Num Pages: 288 pages, 24 black & white halftones, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; HBJD1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 139 x 199 x 21. Weight in Grams: 306.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
New
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198714880
ISBN
9780198714880
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.09

Paperback. First published as part of the best-selling The Oxford Illustrated History of Britain, Christopher Harvie and Colin Matthew's Very Short Introduction to Nineteenth-Century Britain is a sharp but subtle account of remarkable economic and social change and an even more remarkable political stability. Series: Very Short Introductions. Num Pages: 192 pages, 14 halftones, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 180 x 115 x 10. Weight in Grams: 148.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780192853981
ISBN
9780192853981
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.81

Paperback. An introductory history that takes Scotland through two world wars and subsequent social exhaustion, through the re energising adjustments loosely referred to as 'the sixties' to a final endgame of Union versus Independence. Series: New History of Scotland. Num Pages: 192 pages, 24 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 3JJ; HBJD1; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 138. .
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
4th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748682560
ISBN
9780748682560
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 21.56

Volumes 40 and 41 together contain 375 charters and letters from bishops of Norwich in the thirteenth century. There is a substantial introduction to the bishops and the background to the documents and scholarly notes. The volumes complete the diocese of Norwich as part of the English Episcopal Acta project. Series: English Episcopal Acta. Num Pages: 194 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKEAN; 3H; HBJD1; HBLC1; HRCC7; HRCX. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 241 x 164 x 18. Weight in Grams: 474.
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
194
Condition
New
SKU
V9780197265178
ISBN
9780197265178
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 106.68

Paperback. Consigned to illiteracy, American slaves left little record of their thoughts and feelings or so we have believed. But a few learned to use pen and paper to make sense of their experiences, despite prohibitions. These authors perspectives rewrite the history of emancipation and force us to rethink the relationship between literacy and freedom." Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: D; HBTS; HBWJ; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 363.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
Edition
Reprint
SKU
V9780674088061
ISBN
9780674088061
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 30.85

Hardcover. This study ranges across the 19th century to chronicle the evolution of the institutions, theology and social attitudes of Georgia Methodists. These are examined in the context of such phenomena as: slavery; class prejudice; republicanism; population growth; war; emancipation; and urban growth. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; HRCC95; HRCM; J. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 24. Weight in Grams: 635.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
University of Georgia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780820319636
ISBN
9780820319636
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 71.01

Hardcover. Blood awakens associations with ancient ideas. But we know very little about the historical representations of blood in Western cultures. The contributors attempt to follow the use of blood in mapping family and kinship relations in European culture from the ancient world to the present. Editor(s): Johnson, Christopher H.; Jussen, Bernhard; Sabean, David Warren; Teuscher, Simon. Num Pages: 372 pages, 6 ills, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1D; HBJD; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 232 x 160 x 23. Weight in Grams: 610. Matter and Metaphor from Ancient Rome to the Present. 372 pages, 6 ills, 1 table. Editor(s): Johnson, Christopher H.; Jussen, Bernhard; Sabean, David Warren; Teuscher, Simon. Blood awakens associations with ancient ideas. But we know very little about the historical representations of blood in Western cultures. The contributors attempt to follow the use of blood in mapping family and kinship relations in European culture from the ancient world to the present. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. BIC Classification: 1D; HBJD; JHMC. Dimension: 232 x 160 x 23. Weight: 610.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Number of pages
372
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857457493
ISBN
9780857457493
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 167.22

Hardback. This book, centered largely on the European experience of families scattered geographically, challenges the dominant narratives of modernization by offering a long-term perspective from the Middle Ages to the twenty-first century. Paradoxically, transnational familiesA" are to be found long before the nation state was in place. Editor(s): Johnson, Christopher H.; Sabean, D. W.; Teuscher, Simon; Trivellato, Francesca. Num Pages: 360 pages, 10 ills. BIC Classification: 1D; HBJD; HBTB; JFFN; JHBK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 228 x 158 x 24. Weight in Grams: 638.
Publisher
Berghahn Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
360
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857451835
ISBN
9780857451835
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 167.29

Hardback. Num Pages: 360 pages, 12, 5 black & white halftones, 3 colour tables, 4 charts. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JD; 3JF; 3JH; HBJD; HBTB; JFC; JFSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 28. Weight in Grams: 685.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780801453984
ISBN
9780801453984
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 79.94

Hardback. Num Pages: 377 pages, 5 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; HBTB; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 221 x 26. Weight in Grams: 616.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st ed. 2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137597397
ISBN
9781137597397
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 133.53

Hardback. On April 28, 2004, 60 Minutes II broadcast the now-infamous photos of prisoner abuse by American soldiers at Abu Ghraib. The news quickly spread worldwide, undermining the U.S. presence in Iraq. Despite several Department of Defense investigations and eleven courts-martial convictions, important questions remain about the events at Abu Ghraib. Num Pages: 334 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; 1KBB; 3JMC; HBJF1; HBLX; HBWS5; JWXK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 163 x 31. Weight in Grams: 636.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Potomac Books Inc
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781597974417
ISBN
9781597974417
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 42.08

Paperback. Drawing on hundreds of sermons, essays, speeches, letters, journals, plays, poems, and newspaper articles, the author of this volume explores how intellectuals, preachers, and polemicists transformed both the forms and the substance of public discussion in 18th-century Connecticut. Series: Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture. Num Pages: 524 pages, 18 illustrations, 4 figures, index, appendices. BIC Classification: 1KBB; CBP; CFG; GTC; HBTB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 33. Weight in Grams: 771.
Publisher
The University of North Carolina Press Chapel Hill
Number of pages
524
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
KEX0227922
ISBN
9780807847725
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 4.99

Paperback. Japan is an icon of the modern world, and yet it remains an enigma to many, who see it as a confusing montage of the alien and the familiar, the ancient and modern. The aim of this Very Short Introduction is to explode the myths and explore the reality of modern Japan - by taking a concise look at its history, economy, politics, and culture. Series: Very Short Introductions. Num Pages: 176 pages, 21 halftones. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JMC; HBJF; HBLX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 180 x 67 x 11. Weight in Grams: 136.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199235698
ISBN
9780199235698
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.82

Paperback. This book provides all that is needed to study Plato's Atlantis story: Greek text, commentary, vocabulary of Greek terms, new translation and full introduction. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HBLA1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 147. .
Publisher
Liverpool University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781786940155
ISBN
9781786940155
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.93

Hardback. This book provides all that is needed to study Plato's Atlantis story: Greek text, commentary, vocabulary of Greek terms, new translation and full introduction. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HBLA1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 147. .
Publisher
Liverpool University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781786940162
ISBN
9781786940162
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 189.11

Paperback. From the Korean War to the conflict in Iraq, this book examines the ways in which the American public decides whether to support the use of military force. Contrary to the conventional view, it demonstrates that the public does not respond reflexively and solely to the number of casualties in a conflict. Num Pages: 280 pages, 13 line illus. 48 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBWS; JPS; JPVK; JPWS; JWA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 432.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691139081
ISBN
9780691139081
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.49

Hardcover. Num Pages: 736 pages, illustrations throughout. BIC Classification: 1QRM; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 247 x 188 x 48. Weight in Grams: 1914.
Publisher
Grub Street Publishing
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781909166127
ISBN
9781909166127
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 78.74

Hardcover. Offers a full coverage of various aspects of aerial operations throughout the whole of the Mediterranean area. This title helps readers to follow the wartime careers of units and personnel involved. Num Pages: 448 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1HB; 3JJH; HBJH; HBLW; HBWQ; JWG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 245 x 170 x 42. Weight in Grams: 1544.
Publisher
Casemate Publishers
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781908117076
ISBN
9781908117076
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 59.06
€ 45.69

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