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Hardback. Starting with a comparison of Queens Elizabeth I and Victoria, this title examines works by poets and painters, essayists and dramatists, architects and musicians. It explores the literary nature of Victorian history writing, and author reveals the degree to which painters were indebted to written records both fictional and factual. Series: The Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art. Num Pages: 244 pages, 80 colour images + 20 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; AB; DSBF; HBJD1; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 192 x 29. Weight in Grams: 1388.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
244
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300190427
ISBN
9780300190427
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 37.97

Paperback. Examines the history of political and intellectual life in nineteenth- and twentieth-century Bengal to show how the concept can take on a life of its own in different contexts. This interdisciplinary study is suitable for historians and anthropologists, as well as scholars of South Asia and colonialism. Series: Chicago Studies in Practices of Meaning. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFCX; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 230 x 157 x 20. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226734941
ISBN
9780226734941
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 28.79

Hardback. Analyzes the establishment, growth, and operations of both commercial and municipal corporations in the nation's premier city, Philadelphia. This work argues that corporations helped to generate the relatively diffuse prosperity of the early national period. Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBEP; HBJK; KJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 250 x 150 x 15. Weight in Grams: 666.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Northern Illinois University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780875803692
ISBN
9780875803692
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 48.52

Paperback. The first expose of the secret U.S.-Saudi plot that broke OPEC and brought down the Shah of Iran Num Pages: 552 pages. BIC Classification: 1FB; HBJF1; JPS; KCL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 125 x 191 x 35. Weight in Grams: 444.
Publisher
Oneworld Publications United Kingdom
Number of pages
552
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Revised edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781851689385
ISBN
9781851689385
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 16.55

Paperback. Translation previously published in: The Huainanzi. New York: Columbia University Press, 2010. Translator(s): Meyer, Andrew Seth. Series: Translations from the Asian Classics. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 2GDC; DSBB; HBJF; HBLA; JWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 209 x 138 x 12. Weight in Grams: 248. Liu An's Art of War. Series: Translations from the Asian Classics. 176 pages. Translation previously published in: The Huainanzi. New York: Columbia University Press, 2010. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 2GDC; DSBB; HBJF; HBLA; JWL. Dimension: 209 x 138 x 12. Weight: 248. Translator(s): Meyer, Andrew Seth.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231153331
ISBN
9780231153331
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.57

Paperback. 224 pages
Publisher
Irish Academic Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
9780716528821
ISBN
9780716528821
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 14.99

Paperback. Humans have always been interested in their origins, but historians have been reluctant to write about the long stretches of time before the invention of writing. This title is suitable for readers interested in the present as in the past, brings science into history to offer a dazzling new vision of humanity across time. Num Pages: 360 pages, 10 b/w photographs, 17 line illustrations, 2 maps. BIC Classification: HBG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 146 x 22. Weight in Grams: 460. The Architecture of Past and Present. 360 pages, illustrations. Humans have always been interested in their origins, but historians have been reluctant to write about the long stretches of time before the invention of writing. This title is suitable for readers interested in the present as in the past, brings science into history to offer a dazzling new vision of humanity across time. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: HBG. Dimension: 223 x 146 x 22. Weight: 460.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of California Press
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520274624
ISBN
9780520274624
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.92

Paperback. Explores the transition from oral to written history that is taking place in tribal Jordan, a transition that reveals the many ways in which modernity, literate historicity, and national identity are developing in the contemporary Middle East. This book discusses the substance of tribal history through the eyes of its creators. Series: Comparative Studies on Muslim Societies. Num Pages: 363 pages, 22 b&w photographs, 6 line illustrations, map. BIC Classification: 1FBJ; HBAH; HBTD; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 164 x 22. Weight in Grams: 500.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
363
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520201019
ISBN
9780520201019
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 28.39

Hardback. Humans have always been interested in their origins, but historians have been reluctant to write about the long stretches of time before the invention of writing. This book maps events, cultures, and eras across millions of years to present a scale for understanding the human body, energy and ecosystems, language, food, kinship, and more. Num Pages: 360 pages, 10 b/w photographs, 17 line illustrations, 2 maps. BIC Classification: HBG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 640.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of California Press
Edition
1st Printing
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520270282
ISBN
9780520270282
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 54.42
€ 43.19

Paperback. The Great War story of Manchester is told through the voices of those who were there and is vividly illustrated with evocative images. Num Pages: 128 pages, 80 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKENL; 3JJF; HBWN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 233 x 8. Weight in Grams: 282.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780750978965
ISBN
9780750978965
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.54

Hardback. Describes the relationship between man and horse over four thousand year. This book explores the uses of the horse by highwaymen and figures such as Ned Kelly. It shows that the art of warfare from horseback with its culture of mobility has always been at conflict with the urban domesticated culture. Num Pages: 256 pages, 16 illustrations. BIC Classification: HBW; JWD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 246 x 166 x 29. Weight in Grams: 626.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Number of pages
287
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780750950343
ISBN
9780750950343
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 23.63

Hardback. Revised version of the author's thesis (Ph. D., University of Chicago, Department of History, 2009). Series: The Modern Jewish Experience. Num Pages: 346 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1DVUB; 3JJ; HBJD; HBTV4; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 24. Weight in Grams: 682.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
346
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253024510
ISBN
9780253024510
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 96.82

Paperback. Revised version of the author's thesis (Ph. D., University of Chicago, Department of History, 2009). Series: The Modern Jewish Experience. Num Pages: 346 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1DVUB; 3JJ; HBJD; HBTV4; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 510.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
346
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253024664
ISBN
9780253024664
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 36.49

Hardcover.
Publisher
Classical Press of Wales United Kingdom
Number of pages
250
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
SKU
V9780954384586
ISBN
9780954384586
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 74.28

Paperback. Explores the generative crisis in understanding property's role in the constitution of a liberal polity, which intersected in Bengal with a new politics of peasant independence based on practices of commodity exchange. Series: Berkeley Series in British Studies. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1FKA; 1QDB; HBJD1; HBJF; HBTQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 149 x 17. Weight in Grams: 404.
Publisher
University of California Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520281691
ISBN
9780520281691
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 32.84

Hardback. Explores the generative crisis in understanding property's role in the constitution of a liberal polity, which intersected in Bengal with a new politics of peasant independence based on practices of commodity exchange. Series: Berkeley Series in British Studies. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1FKA; 1QDB; HBJD1; HBJF; HBTQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 463.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Edition
First Edition, 1 ed.
SKU
V9780520281684
ISBN
9780520281684
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 74.53
€ 58.17

Paperback. This title offers a reference source for the uniform collector, modeller and student of military dress and equipment. Privates, NCOs, officers, infantrymen, mountain troopers, tank and assault gun crews are all illustrated here as they appeared on the actual battlefield, and described in detail. Series: Europa Militaria. Num Pages: 64 pages, 150 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJH; HBJD; HBWQ; JWTU. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 261 x 173 x 5. Weight in Grams: 248.
Publisher
The Crowood Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
64
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
New ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9781861264596
ISBN
9781861264596
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 19.67

Hardback. A riveting new account of the long-overlooked achievement of British-led forces who, against all odds, scored the first major Allied victory of the Second World War Num Pages: 328 pages, 20 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1HFG; 3JJH; HBJH; HBLW; HBWQ; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 168 x 242 x 33. Weight in Grams: 726.
Publisher
Yale University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300208559
ISBN
9780300208559
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.27

Hardcover. Num Pages: 300 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 163 x 20. Weight in Grams: 568.
Publisher
Sussex Academic Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
300
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Edition
First Edition - Second Impression
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845194390
ISBN
9781845194390
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 47.27

Paperback. Num Pages: 48 pages, 52ill. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; HBJD1; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 173 x 241 x 5. Weight in Grams: 158.
Publisher
Stenlake Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
48
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Condition
New
SKU
V9781872074870
ISBN
9781872074870
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 16.34

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