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Paperback. Edmund Burke, long considered modern conservatism's founding father, is also widely believed to be an opponent of empire. This book shows that Burke was a passionate supporter and staunch defender of the British Empire in the eighteenth century, whether in the new world, India, or Ireland. Series: Berkeley Series in British Studies. Num Pages: 254 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBJD1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Publisher
University of California Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520287839
ISBN
9780520287839
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.52

Paperback.
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
460
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804723282
ISBN
9780804723282
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 36.59

Hardback. Every genocide in history has been notable for the minority of brave individuals and groups who put their own lives at risk to rescue its victims. This book investigates the courageous individuals who stand against the tide of mass killing and risk their lives to save the victims of genocide. Editor(s): Semelin, Jacques; Andrieu, Claire; Gensburger, Sarah. Num Pages: 456 pages, maps. BIC Classification: HBTZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 151 x 223 x 39. Weight in Grams: 822.
Publisher
C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
Number of pages
456
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849040594
ISBN
9781849040594
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 59.79
€ 58.90

Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages, 50 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1F; HBJF; HBW; WSTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 167 x 13. Weight in Grams: 332.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780750956185
ISBN
9780750956185
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.61

Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; HBJD1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 124 x 169 x 20. Weight in Grams: 334.
Publisher
Strange Attractor Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781907222290
ISBN
9781907222290
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.29

Hardcover. Num Pages: 320 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JD; HBJD; HBLH; HBTB; JKVQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 162 x 29. Weight in Grams: 614.
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226335339
ISBN
9780226335339
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 36.61

Paperback. The first five books of Livy's history of Rome record the city's foundations through the Republic to Rome's recovery after the Gallic invasion of the 4th century BC. Translator(s): De Selincourt, Aubrey. Num Pages: 496 pages, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 3D; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 22. Weight in Grams: 346.
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
Rev Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140448092
ISBN
9780140448092
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.49

paperback. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: 1FB; 3JB; HBJF; HBLH; HBWC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 198 x 24. Weight in Grams: 328.
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241298770
ISBN
9780241298770
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.61

Paperback. Historian Rayford Logan was part of a circle of intellectuals at Howard University in the 1930s-1950s. In 1944, he gathered together essays by 15 prominent black intellectuals. The outspoken views expressed in the essays helped to set the agenda for the civil rights movement. Editor(s): Logan, Rayford W. Series: The African-American Intellectual Heritage S. Num Pages: 400 pages, bibliography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; 3JJH; 3JJPG; HBJK; HBLW; JFSL3; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 180 x 140 x 28. Weight in Grams: 572.
Publisher
University of Notre Dame Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780268019648
ISBN
9780268019648
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 38.84

Paperback. This fascinating book shows how the later years of the British Empire were characterised by accidental oversights, irresponsible opportunism and uncertain pragmatism Num Pages: 480 pages, Illustrations (some col.), map. BIC Classification: 1QDB; 3JJ; 3JM; HBJD1; HBLW; HBLX; HBTQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 145 x 197 x 31. Weight in Grams: 416. Britain's Legacies in the Modern World. 480 pages, Illustrations (some col.), map. This fascinating book shows how the later years of the British Empire were characterised by accidental oversights, irresponsible opportunism and uncertain pragmatism. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1QDB; 3JJ; 3JM; HBJD1; HBLW; HBLX; HBTQ. Dimension: 145 x 197 x 31. Weight: 350.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
480
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781408829004
ISBN
9781408829004
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 16.41

Paperback. Num Pages: 128 pages, 20 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 4KHT; 4KLR; APFG; HBJD1; HBTB; JFC; YQZ. Category: (ES) Secondary; (UA) A / AS level; (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 162 x 119 x 8. Weight in Grams: 168. 128 pages, 20 b&w illustrations. Cateogry: (ES) Secondary; (UA) A / AS level; (UF) Further/Higher Education. BIC Classification: 4KHT; 4KLR; APFG; HBJD1; HBTB; JFC; YQZ. Dimension: 162 x 119 x 8. Weight: 168.
Publisher
Auteur
Number of pages
128
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9781906733315
ISBN
9781906733315
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.79

Paperback. Presents an account of the great Ottoman Empire in the early nineteenth century, a key period often seen as the eve of Tanzimat westernizing reforms and the beginning of three distinct histories - ethnic nationalism in the Balkans, imperial modernization from Istanbul, and European colonialism in the Middle East. Num Pages: 320 pages, 3 b/w photos, 5 maps, 2 line drawings, and 1 table. BIC Classification: 1QDT; 3JF; HBJD; HBJF1; HBLL; HBTQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 151 x 20. Weight in Grams: 436.
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
First
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520266353
ISBN
9780520266353
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 25.06

Paperback. A collection of photographs that documents the dramatic transformation that has taken place over the last one hundred years in the area around Whetstone and the Great North Road. It includes graphic images of Whetstone, Totteridge, Friern Barnet, New Southgate, Brunswick Park, Woodside Park and North Finchley. Series: Britain in Old Photographs. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: HBJD1; HBTB; WQP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 164 x 11. Weight in Grams: 372.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
96
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780750906500
ISBN
9780750906500
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.72

Hardcover. Good clean copy in dustwrapper. DW with some minor shelf wear.
Edition
First
Publisher
Random House
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1988
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KTG0008589
ISBN
9780394510255
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Hardcover. Good clean copy in dustwrapper. DW with tear to cover.
Condition
Used, Good
Edition
First
Publisher
Random House
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1988
SKU
KTG0008539
ISBN
9780394510255
Hardback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. An account of the rise of the Zulu nation in southern Africa, and its fall under Cetshwayo in the Zulu war of 1879. This work sets out to be not only a history of the Zulus but also a full-scale study of the British colonial and military policy in relation to southern Africa, and of those involved. Num Pages: 672 pages, 1. BIC Classification: 1HFM; 3JH; HBJH; HBLL; HBTQ; HBTR; JFSL9; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 149 x 49. Weight in Grams: 908.
Publisher
Pimlico London
Number of pages
672
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780712661058
ISBN
9780712661058
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 23.06

Paperback. This book elaborates the social-psychological concept of schema while championing the literary critical practice of close reading to show how literature reflects, promotes, and contests pervasive sociocultural ideas like race, ethnicity, gender, and sexuality. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DS; HBTB; JFSL4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 229 x 14. Weight in Grams: 330.
Publisher
Stanford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804797023
ISBN
9780804797023
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.44

Paperback. Walking straight out of Edwardian drawing rooms into the manifest horrors of the First World War, the volunteer nurses rose magnificently to the occasion. In leaking tents they fought another war, a war against agony and death. This book captures a panorama of hardship, disillusion and despair, and also of endurance and supreme courage. Num Pages: 384 pages, illustrations (black and white). BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJF; HBJD1; HBLW; HBWN; MQC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 194 x 130 x 25. Weight in Grams: 300.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241952405
ISBN
9780241952405
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.49

Hardcover. An evocative collection of wartime accounts, quotes and stories from the First World War. Chronologically ordered, from the day war was declared on 4 August 1914, through to voices from the front, women at war, the American perspective, and ending with Armistice on 11 November 1918. Editor(s): Anderson, Janice. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJF; HBJD; HBLW; HBWN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 169 x 179 x 20. Weight in Grams: 424.
Publisher
Lorenz Books
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780754831853
ISBN
9780754831853
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 9.99
€ 9.18

Paperback. An account of George Orwell's observations of working-class life in the bleak industrial heartlands of Yorkshire and Lancashire in the 1930s. It presents his descriptions of social injustice, cramped slum housing, dangerous mining conditions, squalor, hunger and growing unemployment that are written with honesty, fury and great humanity. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKEN; 1DBKEY; HBTB; JFS; JPFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 113 x 183 x 14. Weight in Grams: 136.
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141395456
ISBN
9780141395456
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.33

Hardcover. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJH; BGH; HBJD1; HBLW; HBWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152. .
Publisher
Casemate
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781910860229
ISBN
9781910860229
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.66

Paperback. Comfort, cake and courting: the tea ceremony in the golden age of tea Num Pages: 96 pages, 30. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJC; HBJD1; HBTB; JFCV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 168 x 235 x 9. Weight in Grams: 302.
Publisher
Amberley Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781445650319
ISBN
9781445650319
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 16.91

Hardcover. 8vo. .Early Ireland.
Publisher
Thames & Hudson Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1971
Edition
n
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KEX0280235
ISBN
9780500560020
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 16.00

Paperback. Upending the conventional wisdom that Bretton Woods was the product of an amiable Anglo-American collaboration, this book shows that it was in reality part of a much more ambitious geopolitical agenda hatched within President Franklin D Roosevelt's Treasury and aimed at eliminating Britain as an economic and political rival. Num Pages: 464 pages, 32 halftones. BIC Classification: HBLW; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 30. Weight in Grams: 462.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
New in Paper
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691162379
ISBN
9780691162379
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 22.64

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