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Paperback. Drawing on recently declassified documents and extensive interviews with Soviet and American policy-makers, this title casts new light on the effect of nuclear threats in two of the tensest moments of the Cold War: the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962 and the confrontations arising out of the Arab-Israeli war of 1973. Series: Princeton Studies in International History and Politics. Num Pages: 566 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLW3; JPA; JPS; JWK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 158 x 234 x 35. Weight in Grams: 824.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
566
Condition
New
Edition
Revised ed.
SKU
V9780691019413
ISBN
9780691019413
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 83.27
€ 64.47

Paperback. An amazingly rich window onto a lost world of African American history Num Pages: 464 pages, 33 photographs; 5 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBBEP; 1KBBES; 3JH; BGHA; HBJK; HBLL; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5830 x 3895 x 865. Weight in Grams: 726.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
464
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252074400
ISBN
9780252074400
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.67

Paperback. Traces the black freedom struggle in all its diversity, from the first years of freedom during the Civil War to President Obama's inauguration. Moving from popular culture to high politics, from the Deep South to New England, the West Coast, and abroad, this title weaves stories of ordinary black people - as well as celebrated figures. Num Pages: 528 pages, 32 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; 3JM; HBJK; HBLL; HBLW; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 161 x 32. Weight in Grams: 744.
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
528
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674062290
ISBN
9780674062290
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 30.11

Hardcover. 8vo . Good copy in original dustwrapper . . Victor Gollancz was a teacher publisher author and public campaigner who spen his life t passionately trying to make people see the truth as he saw it. In many ways he epitomised the social conscience of the mid twientienth century. He founded The Left Book Club, Save Europe Now and the Campaign against Capital Punishment.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1955
Publisher
Victor Gollancz
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KEX0311256
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 60.00

Paperback. Presents essays on seven core, premodern classical Chinese texts. This book draws from literature, philosophy, religion, and art history and challenges the presumption of a monolithic Chinese tradition that has been promoted by scholars and popular culture alike, both in China and the West. Editor(s): Yu, Pauline; Bol, Peter; Owen, Stephen; Peterson, Willard. Series: Studies on China. Num Pages: 292 pages, 6 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 2GDC; DSB; HBG; HBJF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 458.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
292
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520224667
ISBN
9780520224667
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 28.56

Paperback. Hegemony ---- domination by one power or state over others politically and culturally ---- is a fundamental element of historical theory. This book examines the concept of hegemony in the development of political thinking and shows how the changing organization of the world system not only influences politics but also culture and society. Num Pages: 290 pages, Illustrations, facsims. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DDN; 1KBB; HBJD1; HBJK; JPS; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 244 x 169 x 17. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Wiley
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
290
Condition
New
SKU
V9780471965862
ISBN
9780471965862
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 180.76

Hardback. A striking look back at a remarkable period in history Featuring 125 black and white photographs by such renowned Farm Security Administration photographers as Dorothea Lange, Arthur Rothstein, Russell Lee, and several others, this book documents ranching culture in western states during the Great Depression and leading up to World War II. Num Pages: 176 pages, 125 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KBBW; AJC; HBJK; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 216. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9781493027279
ISBN
9781493027279
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 26.21

Paperback. A history of the rise and fall of the world's riches nations from China in the days of Marco Polo to the fortunes of the Vanderbilts, Astors and the contemporary world of Sony, Intel and modern China. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 1FPC; 1QFH; HBTB; KCL; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 234 x 35. Weight in Grams: 594.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781472139009
ISBN
9781472139009
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.10

Paperback. Describes and analyzes the battles over the powerful medium of radio, which helped spark the massive upsurge of organized labor during the Depression. Organized chronologically, this work explores the advent of local labor radio stations such as WCFL and WEVD, labor's anti-censorship campaigns, and unionist experiments with early FM broadcasting. Series: The History of Communication. Num Pages: 320 pages, 17 photographs. BIC Classification: HBTB; KNTD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 585. Weight in Grams: 531.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780252073649
ISBN
9780252073649
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.67

Hardback. Karin Amimoto Ingersoll uses her concept of seascape epistemology to articulate an indigenous Hawaiian way of knowing founded on a sensorial, intellectual, and embodied literacy of the ocean that can provide the means for generating an alternative indigenous politics and ethics. Num Pages: 216 pages, 12 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1MKPH; HBTB; HPK; JFSL4; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822362128
ISBN
9780822362128
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 108.92

Paperback. Karin Amimoto Ingersoll uses her concept of seascape epistemology to articulate an indigenous Hawaiian way of knowing founded on a sensorial, intellectual, and embodied literacy of the ocean that can provide the means for generating an alternative indigenous politics and ethics. Num Pages: 216 pages, 12 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1MKPH; HBTB; HPK; JFSL4; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 13. Weight in Grams: 295.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Duke University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822362340
ISBN
9780822362340
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.44

Paperback. A profoundly moving, piercingly frank memoir of grief -- of learning to live with grief -- that begins in Sri Lanka on December 26, 2004, when the author lost her parents, her husband, and her two young sons in the tsunami she miraculously survived. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1QSN; 3JMC; BG; HBJF; HBLX; RNR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 136 x 215 x 18. Weight in Grams: 246.
Publisher
Virago
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844089079
ISBN
9781844089079
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.61

Paperback. In 1935 Italy declared war on Abyssinia and Evelyn Waugh was sent to Addis Ababa to cover the conflict. This title captures the dilemmas and complexities of a feudal society caught up in twentieth-century politics and confrontation. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFGA; 3JJG; BGB; HBJH; HBLW; KNTJ; WT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 133 x 12. Weight in Grams: 134.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141185057
ISBN
9780141185057
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.90

Paperback. Num Pages: 208 pages, over 120 bw images. BIC Classification: HBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 280 x 216 x 18. Weight in Grams: 1104. Operation Lusty and the Race for Nazi Aviation Technology. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: HBW. Dimension: 280 x 216 x 18. Weight: 1110.
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780764335174
ISBN
9780764335174
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.00
€ 32.61

Hardcover. "8vo. This book contains the following chapters: Problems of NATO Defense, The End of the Western Consensus, The East West Military Confrontation War in Europe & The Limited Promise of Arms Control in Europe. Indexed. 286p. Good copy bound in modern grey cloth. Text bright and clean. First edition". Keywords: "Society, Politics & Philosophy - Warfare & Defence - Defence Strategy & Research,Subjects - Society, Politics & Philosophy - Government & Politics - Countries & Regions"
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
The Free Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1985
SKU
KON0756567
ISBN
9780669111200
Hardback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

paperback. Its clear and instructional discussions of hydraulic technology and engineering principles make it a useful resource for a range of courses, including the history of technology, urban history, and American business history. Series: Johns Hopkins Introductory Studies in the History of Technology. Num Pages: 272 pages, 39, 7 black & white line drawings, 32 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBBES; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTK; KNDD; TBX. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 161 x 214 x 18. Weight in Grams: 320.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780801893063
ISBN
9780801893063
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.65

Hardback. Its clear and instructional discussions of hydraulic technology and engineering principles make it a useful resource for a range of courses, including the history of technology, urban history, and American business history. Series: Johns Hopkins Introductory Studies in the History of Technology. Num Pages: 272 pages, 39, 7 black & white line drawings, 32 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBBES; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTK; KNDD; TBX. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780801893056
ISBN
9780801893056
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.68

Paperback. A masterly and concise reinterpretation of one of the seminal events in modern history, by one of the world's foremost military historians. Num Pages: 256 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; HBWH; JWLP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 17. Weight in Grams: 216.
Publisher
Icon Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848312333
ISBN
9781848312333
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.72

paperback. .
Publisher
Vintage
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099563792
ISBN
9780099563792
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 16.85

Paperback. An epic page-turner about Waterloo, one of the greatest land battles in British history, rich in dramatic human detail and grounded in first class research. Num Pages: 704 pages, Section: 16, b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; HBWH; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 32. Weight in Grams: 506.
Publisher
Abacus
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780349123011
ISBN
9780349123011
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 16.06

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