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Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1FMV; 3JJP; HBW; HBWS2; TTM. Dimension: 127 x 196 x 21. Weight in Grams: 226. 304 pages. From the author of MATTERHORN - 'America's great Vietnam novel' (Sunday Times), 'a novel of astonishing power and insight' (Observer) - comes a vivid, visceral examination of what happens to a young man when he is sent into battle, based on Karl's own experiences as a decorated Marine. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: JWA. Dimension: 127 x 196 x 21. Weight: 254.
Publisher
Atlantic Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857893802
ISBN
9780857893802
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.20

Paperback. * This is a new addition to Polity s highly successful What is History series. Series: What is History Series. Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 140 x 227 x 19. Weight in Grams: 250.
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745652696
ISBN
9780745652696
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 22.74

Paperback. This title explores the ideas of African American musicians, analyzing them on the context of meanings circulating around jazz. The text shows how much black musicians have struggled against the definations of racial authenticity and racism in the dominant culture. Series: Music of the African Diaspora. Num Pages: 425 pages, 16 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AVGJ; HBT; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 173 x 229 x 29. Weight in Grams: 624.
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
425
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520232969
ISBN
9780520232969
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.20

Paperback. What is the history of knowledge? This engaging and accessible introduction explains what is distinctive about the new field of the history of knowledge (or, as some scholars say, knowledges in the plural ) and how it differs from the history of science, intellectual history, the sociology of knowledge or from cultural history. Series: What is History Series. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 138 x 16. Weight in Grams: 230.
Publisher
Polity
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745669847
ISBN
9780745669847
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 22.74

Hardcover. What is slavery? It seems a simple enough question. Despite the long history of the institution and its widespread use around the globe, many people still largely associate slavery, outside of the biblical references in the Old Testament, to the enslavement of Africans in America, particularly the United States. Series: What is History Series. Num Pages: 208 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 219 x 148 x 21. Weight in Grams: 502.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Polity Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780745671505
ISBN
9780745671505
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 73.18

Paperback. The first full-length study of slave memory in the South African context, this examines the relevance and effects of slave memory for contemporary negotiations of South African gendered and racialised identities. It reads memory as one way of processing t Num Pages: 208 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; HBJH; HBTS. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 220 x 150 x 15. Weight in Grams: 360.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Wits University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781868145072
ISBN
9781868145072
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.05

Paperback. What is slavery? It seems a simple enough question. Despite the long history of the institution and its widespread use around the globe, many people still largely associate slavery, outside of the biblical references in the Old Testament, to the enslavement of Africans in America, particularly the United States. Series: What is History Series. Num Pages: 208 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 142 x 216 x 25. Weight in Grams: 362.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Polity
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745671512
ISBN
9780745671512
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.88

Hardcover. * Presents a clear, readable introduction to the flourishing and important field of sexual history from one of the leading international scholars in the area. Series: What is History Series. Num Pages: 180 pages. BIC Classification: HBG; JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 138. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Polity
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745680248
ISBN
9780745680248
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.24

Paperback. * Presents a clear, readable introduction to the flourishing and important field of sexual history from one of the leading international scholars in the area. Series: What is History Series. Num Pages: 180 pages. BIC Classification: HBG; JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Publisher
Polity
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745680255
ISBN
9780745680255
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 22.23

An article about the foreign policy pursued by the China in the early 1970's. 29pp
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Novosti Press Agency Moscow
Publication date
1974
Edition
First Edition
SKU
PT00000194
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 8.99
€ 4.99

Hardback. The third edition of What is Military History? has been thoroughly updated, and includes a new bibliography and new case studies on naval warfare and the origins of war, as well as expanded sections on historiography, environmental history and world history. Series: What is History?. Num Pages: 188 pages. BIC Classification: HBW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 135. .
Publisher
Polity Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Edition
3rd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781509517602
ISBN
9781509517602
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 60.41

Paperback. The third edition of What is Military History? has been thoroughly updated, and includes a new bibliography and new case studies on naval warfare and the origins of war, as well as expanded sections on historiography, environmental history and world history. Series: What is History?. Num Pages: 188 pages. BIC Classification: HBW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 279. .
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
3rd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781509517619
ISBN
9781509517619
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 22.54

Paperback. * What is Medical History? will be an invaluable textbook for all students of the history of medicine and science. * The second title in Polity's new series, 'What is History?', designed to be a key introductory textbook for students of the history of medicine and science. Series: What is History Series. Num Pages: 160 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTB; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 165 x 10. Weight in Grams: 226.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745632254
ISBN
9780745632254
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.29

Hardback. The field of the history of medicine and health has expanded spectacularly in recent times. In What is Medical History? John C. Burnham explores the reasons for this expansion, introducing medical history for those who know little of the subject. Num Pages: 160 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTB; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 146 x 16. Weight in Grams: 332.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745632247
ISBN
9780745632247
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 60.45

Hardback. 68pp. - Gollancz,
Condition
Used, Very Good
Format
Hardback
Publisher
Gollancz
Number of pages
68
Publication date
1943
SKU
KTK0101844
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.00

Hardback. What is intellectual history? Those who practice intellectual history have described themselves as eavesdroppers upon the conversations of the past, explorers of alien ideological worlds, and translators between historic societies and our own, while their critics have often derided them as narrow-mindedly studying the ideas of dead white men. Series: What is History Series. Num Pages: 180 pages. BIC Classification: HBT; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 138 x 17. Weight in Grams: 314.
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745644929
ISBN
9780745644929
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.54

Paperback. What is intellectual history? Those who practice intellectual history have described themselves as eavesdroppers upon the conversations of the past, explorers of alien ideological worlds, and translators between historic societies and our own, while their critics have often derided them as narrow-mindedly studying the ideas of dead white men. Series: What is History Series. Num Pages: 180 pages. BIC Classification: HBT; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 139 x 216 x 18. Weight in Grams: 212.
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745644936
ISBN
9780745644936
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.50

hardcover. Editor(s): O'Sullivan, Luke. Series: Michael Oakeshott Selected Writings. Num Pages: 480 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 147 x 223 x 39. Weight in Grams: 700.
Publisher
Imprint Academic United Kingdom
Number of pages
480
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
SKU
V9780907845836
ISBN
9780907845836
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 38.94

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1967
Publisher
Vintage
Condition
New
SKU
V9780394703916
ISBN
9780394703916
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.49

Hardcover. To mark the 40th anniversary of this text, this updated volume reviews the state of the discipline at the beginning of the 21st century. Renowned scholars ask and seek to answer Carr's question for a new generation of historians: what does it mean to study history at the start of the 21st century? Num Pages: 240 pages, index. BIC Classification: HBAH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 223 x 148 x 18. Weight in Grams: 424.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
240
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Edition
Revised
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333977019
ISBN
9780333977019
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.81

Paperback. Editor(s): Cannadine, David. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: HBAH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 215 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 250.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
172
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781403933362
ISBN
9781403933362
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 36.87

Hardback. A scholar of Hellenistic and Prussian history, Droysen developed a historical theory that at the time was unprecedented in range and depth, and which remains to the present day a valuable key for understanding history as both an idea and a professional practice. Series: Making Sense of History. Num Pages: 244 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBAH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 238 x 160 x 20. Weight in Grams: 508.
Publisher
Berghahn Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782382485
ISBN
9781782382485
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 164.11

paperback. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: HBAH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Publisher
Princeton Univers. Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691178196
ISBN
9780691178196
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 25.49

paperback. Global and world history address the deep structural changes that have shaped human experience. Many are material, related to environmental and climatic alteration, to the domestication of livestock and development of agriculture, to technology, to disease, and to variations in human immunity, reproduction, and physiology. Series: What is History Series. Num Pages: 152 pages, figures. BIC Classification: HB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 139 x 12. Weight in Grams: 204.
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
152
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745633015
ISBN
9780745633015
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.77

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