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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

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. .
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

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

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

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

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

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

€ 61.75
€ 56.34

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. 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

€ 95.09
€ 78.49

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

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

Hardcover. "Published for the Library at the Mariners' Museum by the University of Virginia Press in association with the Virginia Cartographical Society." Num Pages: 391 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 275 x 310 x 33. Weight in Grams: 2858.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813932675
ISBN
9780813932675
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 96.08

Hardcover. Presents an examination of the use of maps for wayfinding. This book considers maps whose makers employed the smallest of scales to envision the broadest of human stages. It looks at maps that are at the opposite end of the scale from cosmological and world maps. It shows ways in which certain maps can be linked to particular events in history. Editor(s): Akerman, James R.; Karrow, Robert W. Num Pages: 336 pages, 198 colour plates. BIC Classification: AGC; HBT; RGS; RGV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 284 x 222 x 33. Weight in Grams: 1912.
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
336
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226010755
ISBN
9780226010755
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 95.09
€ 82.98

Paperback. An introduction to the history of cartography, this title charts the links between maps and history. It includes illustrations made using Geographical Information Systems which illuminate the many ways in which various human cultures have interpreted spatial relationships. Num Pages: 362 pages, 80 halftones, 15 line drawings, 1 table. BIC Classification: HBT; RGV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 154 x 26. Weight in Grams: 524.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
Third Edition
Number of pages
362
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226799742
ISBN
9780226799742
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 33.29

paperback. An introduction to a fresh way of looking at history, from a perspective that stretches from the beginning of time onwards. Beginning with the Big Bang, it views the interaction of the natural world with the arrivals in flora and fauna, including human beings. Series: California World History Library. Num Pages: 672 pages, 8 b/w illustrations, 39 line illustrations, 9 maps, 32 tables. BIC Classification: HBG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 155 x 43. Weight in Grams: 896.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of California Press
Condition
New
SKU
9780520271449
ISBN
9780520271449
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 32.75

Hardcover. Drawing on 700 years' worth of maps from the National Archives, this stunning and fascinating collection is not just about the history of the maps, but is also an insight into the places whether cities, countries or the whole world and the social history of the time that the mapmakers captured." Num Pages: 256 pages, 120 maps, More than 100 historical maps and colour images throughout. BIC Classification: HBG; HBTP1; RGV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 286 x 288 x 22. Weight in Grams: 1708. Very good copy.I
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
SKU
KEX0303758
ISBN
9781408189672
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 45.00

Hardback. This work presents a biography of the artist Marc Chagall in dialogue with events and ideologies of his time. It encompasses different aspects of his life (1889-1985) including his roots in folk culture, his personal relationships and his inerests. Series: Contraversions: Jews & Other Differences. Num Pages: 1056 pages, 166 illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJ; AGB; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 266 x 201 x 65. Weight in Grams: 2132.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Stanford University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804742139
ISBN
9780804742139
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 103.75

Paperback. This book is a concise, illustrated history of the legendary Dassault Mirage III. Covered are its technical developments, markings, and use by French, Spanish and other forces. Num Pages: 48 pages, 68. BIC Classification: HBW; JWG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 141 x 5. Weight in Grams: 248.
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
Number of pages
48
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780764343704
ISBN
9780764343704
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 12.64

Hardcover. A riveting history of the month that transformed the world's greatest nations as Russia faced revolution and America entered the First World War. Num Pages: 400 pages, 8 pages of illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLW; HBWN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 171 x 243 x 39. Weight in Grams: 610.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
W. W. Norton & Company
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393292084
ISBN
9780393292084
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 26.53

Hardback. Num Pages: 264 pages, 2 black & white illustrations, 13 black & white halftones, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBBWR; 3JJG; HBJK; HBLW; WSJM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Taylor Trade Publishing United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9781589799240
ISBN
9781589799240
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 23.79

Paperback. March into Meath Num Pages: 160 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JF; HBJD1; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 165 x 10. Weight in Grams: 350.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
KOG0000533
ISBN
9781845886929
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 6.23

Hardcover. First edition - Very good in dustwrapper - Illustrated - KAW0473 - 183pp. - Red Rooster Press, Ascot Vale Australia
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Red Rooster Press Ascot Vale Australia
Number of pages
183
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1985
SKU
KCK0002407
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 45.00

Paperback. Describes what going to war with 42 Commando was like and includes authentic details of danger, frustration, fatigue, courage and endurance that are just some of the emotions experienced during those fateful weeks and months of 1982. Num Pages: 256 pages, 16pp B&W Photos. BIC Classification: 1MTASF; 3JJPN; HBJD1; HBLW3; HBW; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 157 x 22. Weight in Grams: 480.
Publisher
Pen & Sword Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844156276
ISBN
9781844156276
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 23.69

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