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History
Hardback. From the mid-17th to the mid-19th Century, millions of Korean men trained in the arts of war to prepare not for actual combat but to sit for the state military examination (mukwa). This book provides a comprehensive socio-political history of the mukwa system. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 275 pages, 2 maps, 7 line illustrations, 5 halftones. BIC Classification: 1FPK; 3JD; 3JF; 3JH; HBTB; JFSC; JW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 166 x 237 x 26. Weight in Grams: 558.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Harvard University, Asia Center United States
- Number of pages
- 275
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674025028
- ISBN
- 9780674025028
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 38.10
€ 45.99
€ 38.10
Paperback. Draws on the extraordinary memoirs, diaries, interviews, and letters of Jewish women and men to give readers an intimate portrait of Jewish life in Nazi Germany. 6 halftones. Series: Studies in Jewish History. Num Pages: 304 pages, 6 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DFG; HBJD; HBTB; HBWQ; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 203 x 136 x 15. Weight in Grams: 228.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195130928
- ISBN
- 9780195130928
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.58
€ 32.58
Paperback. Features some of Scotland's 'finest exports' to America including killers, conmen, scandalmongers and blundering military men. Reveals the dastardly deeds of the emigrant Scots who shamed their nation. A new and surprising insight into an untold aspect of Scottish/American history. Num Pages: 240 pages, 50 illustrations including portraits. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 1KBB; HBJD1; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 172 x 241 x 15. Weight in Grams: 534.
- Publisher
- Whittles Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849952637
- ISBN
- 9781849952637
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 21.92
€ 23.99
€ 21.92
Paperback. An account of relations between the sexes and the role of myth in the transition between unconscious fantasy and cultural forms, based on studies of the mythologies of the Gimi, from the Eastern Highlands of Papua New Guinea. Num Pages: 416 pages, 24 halftones, 1 map, 12 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1MKLP; HBJM; JFHF; JFSL; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 153 x 23. Weight in Grams: 566.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226293813
- ISBN
- 9780226293813
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 40.83
€ 52.99
€ 40.83
Hardcover. In doing so, the book highlights the conjoined history of broad transnational processes and local political change. Series: Johns Hopkins University Studies in Historical and Political Science. Num Pages: 272 pages, 13, 13 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1DDF; HBJD; HBLL; KCZ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 159 x 226 x 24. Weight in Grams: 512.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- The Johns Hopkins University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801899829
- ISBN
- 9780801899829
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 68.92€ 62.32
€ 68.92
€ 62.32
Paperback. Clavius was influential throughout Europe in the late 16th and early 17th centuries. This book uses his own publications, as well as archival materials, to trace the central role he played in integrating traditional Ptolemaic astronomy and Aristotelian natural philosophy into an orthodox cosmology. Num Pages: 314 pages, 17 half-tones, 7 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1D; HBJD; HBLH; PGK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 222 x 160 x 21. Weight in Grams: 444.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 314
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226469294
- ISBN
- 9780226469294
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 37.06
€ 47.99
€ 37.06
Hardback. This is the first study in English to comprehensively examine property law in Imperial Russia, focusing on the struggle to define the scope of individual noble property rights and what that process reveals about the limits of noble freedom within the Russian state. Num Pages: 255 pages. BIC Classification: GBC; HB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 168 x 19. Weight in Grams: 553.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of Delaware Press United States
- Number of pages
- 255
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611492637
- ISBN
- 9781611492637
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 124.35
€ 124.35
Hardcover. Libanius was a major figure in the fourth century East as an intellectual, a professor of rhetoric, and the friend of the emperor Julian. This book intends to remedy to that, and focuses on some unfamiliar aspects of Libanius' personality and the way he saw the world of the fourth century. Translator(s): Cribiore, Raffaella. Series: Translated Texts for Historians. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 147. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781781382523
- ISBN
- 9781781382523
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 142.21
€ 142.21
Paperback. This book provides an English translation of 12 orations (mostly unknown) of the sophist Libanius who had an important school of rhetoric in Antioch (Syria) and was one of the most influential figures in the fourth century. Translator(s): Cribiore, Raffaella. Series: Translated Texts for Historians. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 147. .
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781781382530
- ISBN
- 9781781382530
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.09
€ 37.99
€ 34.09
Hardback. This landmark study analyzes the debates over compensation within France and Great Britain, establishing a compelling analysis of the Atlantic slave trade's aftermath. Series: European Expansion & Global Interaction. Num Pages: 390 pages. BIC Classification: 1K; HBJK; HBTS; LBBR. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 161 x 237 x 20. Weight in Grams: 550.
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781785333316
- ISBN
- 9781785333316
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 157.00
€ 157.00
Hardback. Taiwan's relationship with China is one of the most fraught in East Asia, a key issue in the island's domestic politics and a major obstacle in Sino-American relations. This book explores the roots of the conflict in the post-war period and examines how the Nationalists consolidated their rule. Num Pages: 272 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1FPCT; 1FPCW; 3JJP; HBJF; HBLW3; HBTQ; HBTR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 243 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804744577
- ISBN
- 9780804744577
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 81.89
€ 81.89
Hardback. Num Pages: 226 pages, black & white illustrations, colour illustrations, figures. BIC Classification: GBC; HB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 248 x 168 x 18. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Lehigh University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 226
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611460698
- ISBN
- 9781611460698
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 129.21
€ 129.21
Hardback. First edition - 8vo.Very good - KAW0814 - 64pp. - Institute of Human Relations, New York
- Format
- Hardback
- Publisher
- Institute of Human Relations New York
- Number of pages
- 64
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KCK0002748
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 25.00
€ 25.00
Hardback. First edition - 8vo. Very good copy - KAW0601 - 64pp. - The American Jewish Committee, New York
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- The American Jewish Committee New York
- Number of pages
- 64
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1971
- SKU
- KCK0002535
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 25.00
€ 25.00
Better Off Forgetting?: Essays on Archives, Public Policy, and Collect...
. Ed(S): Avery, Cheryl; Holmlund, Mona
paperback. While stimulating debate about our rapidly changing information environment, Better Off Forgetting? focuses on the continuing role of archives in gathering and preserving our collective memory. Editor(s): Avery, Cheryl; Holmlund, Mona. Num Pages: 240 pages, 2, 2 figures; 1 table. BIC Classification: HB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 16. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442610804
- ISBN
- 9781442610804
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 33.00
€ 36.99
€ 33.00
Paperback. Series: Century of the Soldier. Num Pages: 136 pages, c 30 b/w ills, 8pp colour plates & maps. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JD; HBJD1; HBLH; HBW; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 251 x 182 x 8. Weight in Grams: 378.
- Publisher
- Helion and Company
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781910777725
- ISBN
- 9781910777725
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.42
€ 33.99
€ 24.42
Paperback. Betsy's failed quest to win royal status for her son and grandsons consumed the remainder of her seventy-four years, decades that transformed her from the glamorous "belle of Baltimoreinto a shrewd and successful businesswoman determined to protect her family. Num Pages: 244 pages, 24, 24 figures. BIC Classification: 1KBBFM; 3JF; BGH; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 153 x 17. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Maryland Historical Society United States
- Number of pages
- 244
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780984213504
- ISBN
- 9780984213504
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 36.98
€ 37.99
€ 36.98
Paperback. Very good copy with light shelf wear. Light nicks, remains very good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KCW0018007
- ISBN
- 9780747515524
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardback. This fascinating investigation into the machinations of a divided navy tackles important questions of military professionalism, leadership, and identity. Series: Studies in Canadian Military History. Num Pages: 320 pages, 25 b/w illustrations, 4 figures. BIC Classification: 1KBC; HBW; JP; JWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 4039 x 24. Weight in Grams: 553.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780774812955
- ISBN
- 9780774812955
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 112.38
€ 112.38
Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages, 12 halftones. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBLH; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 139 x 17. Weight in Grams: 364.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195084269
- ISBN
- 9780195084269
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.19
€ 48.19