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Hardcover. Follow the conflict of the Second World War from 1939 to 1945 in this unique volume, published in association with Imperial War Museums, London, featuring historical maps and photographs from their archives, and fascinating commentary from an expert historian. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBTP1; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 277 x 28. Weight in Grams: 1544.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780008136581
ISBN
9780008136581
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 23.71

Paperback. In the 19th century, Americans began to use maps in extraordinary new ways. Medical men mapped diseases to understand epidemics, natural scientists mapped climate to uncover weather patterns, and Northerners created slave maps to assess the power of the South. This book charts how thematic maps demonstrated the analytical potential of cartography. Num Pages: 272 pages, 47 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTP; RGV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 15. Weight in Grams: 463.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226103969
ISBN
9780226103969
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 29.52

Hardback. In the nineteenth century, Americans began to use maps in radically new ways. This title charts how maps of epidemic disease, slavery, census statistics, the environment, and the past demonstrated the analytical potential of cartography, and in the process transformed the very meaning of a map. Num Pages: 272 pages, 47 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTP; RGV. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 189 x 265 x 24. Weight in Grams: 674.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226740683
ISBN
9780226740683
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 95.07
€ 78.49

Paperback. Examines the shatter zone created in the colonial South through the interactions of American Indians and European colonists. This book assesses the shatter zone region as a whole and the varied ways in which Native peoples wrestled with an increasingly unstable world and worked to re-establish order. Editor(s): Ethridge, Robbie; Shuck-Hall, Sheri Marie. Num Pages: 536 pages, 1 photo, 15 maps, 6 tables. BIC Classification: 1KB; 1KBBS; HBJK; HBTB; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 30. Weight in Grams: 717.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
536
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780803217591
ISBN
9780803217591
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 33.91

Hardback. By 1945 Washington and London envisioned a new era in which the U.S. shouldered global responsibilities while Britain focused its regional interests narrowly. Mapping the End of Empire reveals how Anglo-American perceptions of geography and perspectives on the Muslim world shaped postcolonial futures from the Middle East to South Asia. Num Pages: 324 pages, Illustrations (black and white). BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1KBB; 3JJ; HBJD1; HBJK; HBLW; JPH; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 159 x 30. Weight in Grams: 708.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674728882
ISBN
9780674728882
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 61.73
€ 56.34

Paperback. Traces the evolution of Russia's onetime capital from a 'conceptual hierarchy' to a living cultural system. This book seeks to revise the literary monumentalization of St Petersburg - with Pushkin and Dostoevsky representing two traditional albeit opposing perspectives - to offer a view of an urban landscape. Num Pages: 384 pages, 25 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 2AGR; DSB; HBJD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 157 x 24. Weight in Grams: 556.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691130323
ISBN
9780691130323
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.49

Paperback. In 2001 the Chinese government announced that the precise location of Shangrila - a place that previously had existed only in fiction - had been identified in Zhongdian County, Yunnan. This book advances a view of landscapes as media of governance, representation, resistance, and examining how they are reshaping cultural economies. Editor(s): Yeh, Emily T.; Coggins, Chris. Series: Studies on Ethnic Groups in China. Num Pages: 340 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white halftones, maps. BIC Classification: 1FPCT; 3JJP; 3JM; GTB; HBJF; HBLW3; HBLX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 154 x 23. Weight in Grams: 480.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of Washington Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295993584
ISBN
9780295993584
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.03

Hardcover. In 2001 the Chinese government announced that the precise location of Shangrila - a place that previously had existed only in fiction - had been identified in Zhongdian County, Yunnan. This book advances a view of landscapes as media of governance, representation, resistance, and examining how they are reshaping cultural economies. Editor(s): Yeh, Emily T.; Coggins, Chris. Series: Studies on Ethnic Groups in China. Num Pages: 348 pages, 15 illus. BIC Classification: 1FPCT; 3JJP; 3JM; GTB; HBJF; HBLW3; HBLX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 162 x 29. Weight in Grams: 613.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of Washington Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295993577
ISBN
9780295993577
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 133.85

Hardcover. BIC Classification: HBW; JWF; RGV; WGG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781472827869
ISBN
9781472827869
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 26.31

Paperback. .
Publisher
The American University in Cairo Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9789774168338
ISBN
9789774168338
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.74

Hardback. Editor(s): Chandhoke, Neera. Series: Anthem South Asian Studies. Num Pages: 452 pages, 3+ tables. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HBA; HBJF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 907.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Anthem Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
452
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843310501
ISBN
9781843310501
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 132.83

Paperback. As the first book-length examination of the role of German print culture in mediating Europe's knowledge of the newly discovered people of Africa, South Asia, and the Americas, this work highlights a unique and early incident of visual accuracy and an unprecedented investment in the practice of ethnography. Series: History of Text Technologies. Num Pages: 286 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBG; HBJD; HBL; HBTB; RGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
286
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349382699
ISBN
9781349382699
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 64.10

Hardcover. Mapping England shows, through a series of compelling maps, both historic and contemporary, how England has scrutinised itself, been seen by others and how it has recorded its ever-changing circumstances. Editor(s): Craig, Blanche. Num Pages: 288 pages, 250 b/w and colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; HBTP1; RGS; RGV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 298 x 249 x 29. Weight in Grams: 1922. 288 pages, 250 b/w and colour illustrations. Editor(s): Craig, Blanche. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DBKE; HBTP1; RGS; RGV. Dimension: 298 x 249 x 29. Weight: 1922.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Black Dog Publishing
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9781906155513
ISBN
9781906155513
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 69.40

Hardback. This work considers several texts, cultural practices and intellectual processes to chart the emergence of a new geographical conciousness in early modern Japan. The study shows how spatial and geographical knowledge confined to elites in early Japan became more widespread in the Tokugawa period. Series: Asia: Local Studies/ Global Themes. Num Pages: 249 pages, 22 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JD; 3JF; 3JH; GTB; HBJF; HBLL; HBTP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 494.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
249
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520232693
ISBN
9780520232693
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 84.37
€ 64.67

Hardback. Series Editor(s): Keyes, Charles F.; Sears, Laurie J.; Rafael, Vicente. Series: Critical Dialogues in Southeast Asian Studies. Num Pages: 224 pages, 27 black & white illustrations, 3 maps, 27 b&w illus., 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1FMB; 1FPC; HBJF; HBTB; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 165 x 236 x 24. Weight in Grams: 456.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295996677
ISBN
9780295996677
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 117.40

Paperback. An informative--and beautiful--exploration of the life and history of a city through its maps. Editor(s): Krieger, Alex; Cobb, David. Num Pages: 292 pages, 100 colour and 137 b&w illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBES; HBJK; RGS; RGV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 292 x 305 x 19. Weight in Grams: 1684.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
MIT Press Ltd United States
Number of pages
292
Condition
New
SKU
V9780262611732
ISBN
9780262611732
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.21

Paperback. In this history of the British surveys of India, the author relates how imperial Britain employed modern scientific survey techniques to create and define the spacial image of its Indian empire, and to legitimize its colonialist activities as triumphs of liberal, rational science. Num Pages: 474 pages, 31 halftones, 5 maps, 1 line drawing. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 3JF; 3JH; HBTP; PDX; RGV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 150 x 27. Weight in Grams: 750.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
474
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226184883
ISBN
9780226184883
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 34.59

Hardcover. Brings the particular perspective of the geographer to the theme of 'colonial/early modern' (c. 1550 - c.1750) Ireland. Num Pages: 760 pages, maps (some col.). BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JD; HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 251 x 177 x 43. .
Publisher
Cork University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9781859183977
ISBN
9781859183977
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 69.00
€ 52.59

Sheet map.
Publisher
Old House
Number of pages
1
Publication date
2013
Edition
Map
Condition
New
SKU
9781908402554
ISBN
9781908402554
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 10.05

Sheet map. New.
Publisher
Old House Books
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
9781908402202
ISBN
9781908402202
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 12.23

Sheet map. In Scotland, the spirit of industry that swept through the nineteenth century was strongest in Glasgow - but Edinburgh emerged as a cultural capital, becoming known as the Athens of the North. This title captures Edinburgh as her reputation as a centre of finance and the arts was flourishing. Series: Old House. BIC Classification: 1DBKSC; 3JH; HBTP1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 152 x 7. Weight in Grams: 100. New.
Publisher
Old House Books
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
9781908402189
ISBN
9781908402189
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 10.98

Paperback. The fascinating story of the creation of the Ordnance Survey map, told for the first time by a brilliant young historian. Num Pages: 432 pages, Illustrations (some col.), maps (some col.). BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBJD1; HBTP1; RGV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 35. Weight in Grams: 366.
Publisher
Granta Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
paperback / softback
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847082541
ISBN
9781847082541
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 12.97

Paperback. Observers have been predicting the demise of China's Communist state since Mao's death. Yet policymakers have managed the fastest sustained economic expansion in world history. This book shows that many contemporary techniques of governance have their roots in experimental policy generation and implementation dating to the revolution and early PRC. Editor(s): Heilmann, Sebastian; Perry, Elizabeth J. Series: Harvard Contemporary China Series. Num Pages: 336 pages, black & white illustrations, frontispiece. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; JPA; JPFC; JPHC; KCP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 154 x 23. Weight in Grams: 478.
Publisher
Harvard University, Asia Center United States
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674060630
ISBN
9780674060630
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 28.71

Hardback. Num Pages: 328 pages, 66. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJPG; HBJF; HBLW3; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 167 x 28. Weight in Grams: 696.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801449345
ISBN
9780801449345
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 139.11

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