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paperback. This volume tells the story of the French overseas empire, assembled as much by chance as by sytematic design. It was an imperial presence that brought commerce, technolgy and culture to indigenous peoples, while at the same time promoting the slave trade and suppressing independence movements. Num Pages: 336 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QD; HBG; HBJD; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 470.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- ABC-CLIO United States
- Edition
- New
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780275975432
- ISBN
- 9780275975432
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.52
€ 52.52
Paperback. Provides an analysis of the preparation of the French troops from manual regulations to the training ground, as well as a study of the changing quality of command and control within the army. This book explores the role of the French infantry at the apex of their powers and their role in these key battles. Series: Elite. Num Pages: 64 pages, Illustrations (some col.). BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JF; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; HBWH; JWD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 247 x 183 x 6. Weight in Grams: 214.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 64
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846032783
- ISBN
- 9781846032783
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.63
€ 19.99
€ 14.63
Paperback. This study of power/knowledge in France, from the 1830s through the 1930s, uses the tools of anthropology, philosophy, and cultural criticism to examine how the social environment was described. It aims to show how modernity was revealed in urban planning, architecture, and social legislation. Num Pages: 464 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJ; HBJD; HBTB; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 150 x 26. Weight in Grams: 626.
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 464
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Edition
- New ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226701745
- ISBN
- 9780226701745
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.99€ 37.85
€ 48.99
€ 37.85
Hardback. Offers a collection of scholarship that reveals the important French element in the nineteenth- and twentieth-century creation of the singular Mediterranean. These essays provide a critical study of space and movement through new approaches to rethinking the maps, migrations, and margins of the sea in the French imperial and transnational context. Editor(s): Lorcin, Patricia M. E.; Shepard, Todd D. Series: France Overseas: Studies in Empire and Decolonization Series. Num Pages: 444 pages, 13 illustrations, 10 tables, 4 charts. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 1HB; 1QSM; HBJH; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 29. Weight in Grams: 798.
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803249936
- ISBN
- 9780803249936
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 74.87
€ 74.87
Hardcover. This volumes offers a comprehensive and critical overview of ideas of how virilite has been imagined in France from the Eighteenth century. Incorporating insights of cultural and social historians, this collection approaches masculinities in a complex and interdisciplinary manner that will appeal to a wide range of readers. Num Pages: 260 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DDF; HBJD; HBLL; HBLW; JFSJ2. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 485.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230006614
- ISBN
- 9780230006614
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 139.90
€ 139.90
Hardback. Adopts a varied approach to the study of the "material world" in the French literature, thought and visual arts of the 19th century. The book moves from purely philosphical definitions to a more general treatment of materialism, examining the repercussions of the emergence of a consumer society. Editor(s): Rigby, Brian. Series: Warwick Studies in the European Humanities. Num Pages: 243 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2ADF; 3JH; DSA; DSB; HBTB; HPN; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 470.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 243
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333532669
- ISBN
- 9780333532669
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 180.97
€ 180.97
Hardcover. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: HBJF1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 137 x 22. Weight in Grams: 378.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Mage Publishers United States
- Edition
- 1st
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781933823454
- ISBN
- 9781933823454
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.42
€ 33.99
€ 24.42
Hardback. Editor(s): McDonald, Christie; Suleiman, Susan. Num Pages: 576 pages, 2 illus. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 2ADF; DSB; HBJD. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 38. Weight in Grams: 1188.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231147408
- ISBN
- 9780231147408
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 117.72€ 88.27
€ 117.72
€ 88.27
Hardback. Why did the passion for food--gastronomy--originate in France? The key, it turns out, is France itself. In its climate, diversity of soils, abundant resources, and varied topography lie the roots of France's food fame. Pitte masterfully reveals the ways in which cultural phenomena surrounding food and eating in France relate to space and place. Translator(s): Gladding, Jody. Series: Arts & Traditions of the Table: Perspectives on Culinary History. Num Pages: 176 pages, 33 photos, 8 maps. BIC Classification: HBT; JFC; WBN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 148 x 19. Weight in Grams: 394.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Number of pages
- 176
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231124164
- ISBN
- 9780231124164
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 32.94
€ 46.99
€ 32.94
Hardback. Series: European Diplomatic History. Num Pages: 339 pages. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLW; JPSD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 223 x 140 x 32. Weight in Grams: 608.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Scholarly Resources Inc.,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 339
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780842023085
- ISBN
- 9780842023085
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 143.15
€ 143.15
Hardcover. Identifying key events, practices, stakeholders and institutions in the history of French cycling, this volume presents an interdisciplinary analysis of how cycling has been significant in French society and culture since the late Nineteenth century. Series: Contemporary French and Francophone Cultures. Num Pages: 290 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDF; HBJD; HBTB; WSBX; WSQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 164 x 21. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 290
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846318351
- ISBN
- 9781846318351
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 69.90
€ 69.90
Hardback. .
- Publisher
- University of Delaware Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611496376
- ISBN
- 9781611496376
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 105.94€ 17.21
€ 105.94
€ 17.21
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719095498
- ISBN
- 9780719095498
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 24.22
€ 24.99
€ 24.22
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333729731
- ISBN
- 9780333729731
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 119.46
€ 119.46
Hardcover. .
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719097041
- ISBN
- 9780719097041
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 100.06€ 36.46
€ 100.06
€ 36.46
Hardcover. This is the first book-length study of the French Caribbean presence in Africa, and serves as a unique contribution to the field of African Diaspora and Colonial studies. By using administrative records, newspapers, and interviews, it explores the French Caribbean presence in the colonial administration in Africa before World War II. Num Pages: 212 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1H; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJH; HBLL; HBLW; HBTQ; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 145 x 18. Weight in Grams: 394.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 214
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230105447
- ISBN
- 9780230105447
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.20
€ 62.20
paperback. This book describes how a long generation of founding French Canadians shaped the Pacific Northwest. Num Pages: 944 pages, 47 photos, 4 maps, 16 tables. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFSJ1; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 30. Weight in Grams: 676.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 944
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780774828055
- ISBN
- 9780774828055
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 45.61
€ 46.99
€ 45.61
Paperback. After examining in volume 1 and 2 the hardware artillery implemented by Gunners from the end of the Old Regime to First Empire, this third volume discusses some topics of specialists uniformology, and of the materials used for the men of the "Armes savantes". Num Pages: 84 pages, Colour illustrations throughout. BIC Classification: 3JF; 3JH; HBLL; HBW; JWM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 201 x 8. Weight in Grams: 290.
- Publisher
- Histoire and Collections
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 2nd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9782352504320
- ISBN
- 9782352504320
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 22.31
€ 25.99
€ 22.31
Paperback. In text, photographs and colour plates, this book describes the uniforms, weaponary and military customs of the French Medieval armies. Illustrator(s): McBride, Angus. Series: Men-at-Arms. Num Pages: 48 pages, colour and b&w illustrations, b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 3H; 3JB; HBJD; HBLC; JWD; JWM; JWTU. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 248 x 183 x 4. Weight in Grams: 174.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Osprey Publishing United Kingdom
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 48
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781855327108
- ISBN
- 9781855327108
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.37
€ 17.99
€ 16.37
Paperback. Num Pages: 196 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; HBWN; JWG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 307 x 18. Weight in Grams: 854.
- Publisher
- Histoire and Collections
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9782352503705
- ISBN
- 9782352503705
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.92€ 50.43
€ 53.92
€ 50.43
Num Pages: 288 pages, over 840 b/w photographs, line drawings. BIC Classification: 3JJC; HBJD; HBLW; JWMV; WGM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 286 x 223 x 27. Weight in Grams: 1730.
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764307522
- ISBN
- 9780764307522
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 64.73€ 45.69
€ 64.73
€ 45.69
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Osprey Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 112
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781855328983
- ISBN
- 9781855328983
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.41
€ 20.41
Paperback. Fremont's report documents the opening of the West even as it offers a firsthand look at the making of the American myth Num Pages: 392 pages, 1 photograph, 11 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; RGR; WTLP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 154 x 23. Weight in Grams: 536.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803271357
- ISBN
- 9780803271357
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 31.30
€ 32.99
€ 31.30
Num Pages: 248 pages, 17 black & white photographs, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1M; HBWQ; JWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Naval Institute Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781612518602
- ISBN
- 9781612518602
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 55.18
€ 55.18