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Paperback. Num Pages: 704 pages, illustrations (some colour), maps. BIC Classification: HBG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 139 x 212 x 34. Weight in Grams: 610.
- Publisher
- Ballantine Books Inc.
- Number of pages
- 677
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1987
- Edition
- Reissue
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780345349576
- ISBN
- 9780345349576
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 18.58
€ 26.99
€ 18.58
Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 1KBB; 1KLCM; 3JJF; HBG; HBLW; HBWN; JPSH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 21. Weight in Grams: 184.
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780241968260
- ISBN
- 9780241968260
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.88
€ 15.99
€ 11.88
Paperback. Highlighting the contributions of Victorian and Edwardian women to the study, protection, and writing of nature, this text recovers their works from the misrepresentation they often faced at the time of their composition. Num Pages: 306 pages, 52 halftones. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLL; HBTB; JFSJ1; WN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 2
- Number of pages
- 306
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226284439
- ISBN
- 9780226284439
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.64
€ 40.99
€ 31.64
Paperback. Tracing the beginnings of the British colonial enterprise in South Asia and the Middle East, this title brings together key texts from the era of the privately owned British East India Company through the crises that led to the Company's takeover by the Crown in 1858. It ends with the momentous opening of the Suez Canal in 1869. Editor(s): Harlow, Barbara; Carter, Mia. Num Pages: 832 pages, 28 illus., 1 map. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1QDB; HBG; HBTQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 159 x 242 x 48. Weight in Grams: 1174.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 832
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822331643
- ISBN
- 9780822331643
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 39.70
€ 44.99
€ 39.70
hardcover. Editor(s): Rosenwein, Barbara H. Num Pages: 272 pages, 12. BIC Classification: HBG; HBJD; HBLC; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 571.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780801432668
- ISBN
- 9780801432668
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 139.86
€ 139.86
Paperback. Using data on every civil war fought between 1940 and 1992, the author details the conditions that lead combatants to partake in what she defines as a three-step process - the decision on whether to initiate negotiations, to compromise, and, finally, to implement any resulting terms. Num Pages: 216 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: GTJ; HBG; HBLW3; HBW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 161 x 236 x 14. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691089317
- ISBN
- 9780691089317
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 38.09
€ 52.99
€ 38.09
Hardback. Chronicles the history of a Communist-led resistance movement inside the Minsk ghetto, which, through its links to its Belarussian counterpart outside the ghetto and with help from others, enabled thousands of ghetto Jews to flee to the surrounding forests where they joined partisan units fighting the Germans. Num Pages: 376 pages, 23 b/w photographs, 2 maps. BIC Classification: HBG; HBWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 165 x 28. Weight in Grams: 640.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520242425
- ISBN
- 9780520242425
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 84.07€ 64.94
€ 84.07
€ 64.94
Paperback. Investigating how intimacy is constructed across the restless world of empire Editor(s): Ballantyne, Tony; Burton, Antoinette. Num Pages: 368 pages, 7 photographs. BIC Classification: HBG; HBTQ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252075681
- ISBN
- 9780252075681
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.82
€ 32.99
€ 29.82
Paperback. This reader on world history emphasizes the centrality of raced, sexed, and classed bodies as sites on which imperial power was imagined and exercised, in order to examine the effects of global politics, capital and culture on everyday spaces and local cultural encounters Editor(s): Ballantyne, Tony; Burton, Antoinette. Num Pages: 464 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: HBG; HBTQ; HBTR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 166 x 29. Weight in Grams: 653.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822334675
- ISBN
- 9780822334675
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 31.94
€ 34.99
€ 31.94
Hardback. A detailed examination of the role of two critical non-state groups in the Liberian Civil War peace process - the diaspora and the religious - that provides key insights for policymakers and NGOs into the roles that civil society actors can play in conflict resolution and peacemaking. Series: Western Africa Series. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: HBG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 666.
- Publisher
- James Currey
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847011589
- ISBN
- 9781847011589
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 98.09
€ 98.09
Paperback. Num Pages: 368 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BGH; HBG; HBLC; HRJ; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 207 x 129 x 24. Weight in Grams: 446.
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Number of pages
- 368
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Edition
- 5th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801484858
- ISBN
- 9780801484858
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.15
€ 37.99
€ 34.15
Paperback. In this truly global study, Azar Gat sets out to unravel the 'riddle of war' throughout human history, from the early hunter-gatherers right through to the unconventional terrorism of the twenty-first century. Num Pages: 840 pages, 55 black and white halftones, 4 maps, 2 tables. BIC Classification: HBG; HBW; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 159 x 50. Weight in Grams: 1248.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 840
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199236633
- ISBN
- 9780199236633
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.44
€ 66.44
Illustrating Empire: A Visual History of British Imperialism (The Bodl...
Ashley Jackson & David Tomkins
paperback. Illustrating Empire tells the history of the British Empire through the ephemeral images used to promote, record, and celebrate its development. The narrative is told through more than 200 striking and original images accompanied by illuminating story captions which unlock the history and meaning behind the illustrations. Series: Visual History from the John Johnson Collection of Printed Ephemera. Num Pages: 224 pages, 228 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDB; HBG; HBTQ; WCS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 213 x 21. Weight in Grams: 886. A Visual History of British Imperialism. Series: Visual History from the John Johnson Collection of Printed Ephemera. 224 pages, 228 colour illustrations. Illustrating Empire tells the history of the British Empire through the ephemeral images used to promote, record, and celebrate its development. The narrative is told through more than 200 striking and original images accompanied by illuminating story captions which unlock the history and meaning behind the illustrations. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1QDB; HBG; HBTQ; WCS. Dimension: 229 x 213 x 21. Weight: 894.
- Publisher
- Bodleian Library
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781851243341
- ISBN
- 9781851243341
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.47
€ 26.99
€ 20.47
Paperback. Exploring the final decade of each century from the 15th to the 20th, this work investigates factors such as cultural and economic attitudes, and artistic, scientific and political change. It finds that a consciousness of time has influenced the way people perceive their place in history. Num Pages: 256 pages, 84 b&w illustrations, 34 colour plates. BIC Classification: 3H; 3J; HBG; HBTB; JFCX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 168 x 243 x 17. Weight in Grams: 680.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300082630
- ISBN
- 9780300082630
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 16.17
€ 19.99
€ 16.17
Paperback. New and affordable edition of this major naval history of the First World War Five volumes to be published in time for the centenary of the War Specially commissioned introductions Num Pages: 364 pages, 10 b/w photographs, maps available via web link. BIC Classification: 3JJC; 3JJF; HBG; HBLW; HBWN; JWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 138 x 31. Weight in Grams: 532.
- Publisher
- Naval Institute Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848322011
- ISBN
- 9781848322011
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 17.65
€ 23.99
€ 17.65
Hardback. Arthur Eckstein's interpretation challenges the way Polybius' "Histories" have long been viewed. He argues that Polybius evaluates people and events as much from a moral viewpoint as from a pragmatic, utilitarian, or even Machiavellian one. Series: Hellenistic Culture and Society. Num Pages: 325 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 2AHA; DSBB; HBG; HBJD; HBLA; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 158 x 235 x 24. Weight in Grams: 481.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 325
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520085206
- ISBN
- 9780520085206
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 68.68€ 53.80
€ 68.68
€ 53.80
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Alberta Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 269
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780888644732
- ISBN
- 9780888644732
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.26
€ 40.99
€ 29.26
Paperback. How research into Indigenous rights claims is influenced by, and in turn changes, Indigenous law and claims legislation. Series: McGill-Queen's Native and Northern Series. Num Pages: 360 pages, 15 maps, 20 photos. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 1MBF; 1MBN; HBG; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 228 x 22. Weight in Grams: 546.
- Publisher
- McGill-Queen´s University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780773547438
- ISBN
- 9780773547438
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.03
€ 37.99
€ 34.03
Paperback. Mohandas Gandhi and Winston Churchill: India's moral leader and Great Britain's greatest Prime Minister. They remain enduring models of leadership in a democratic society. Yet the truth was Churchill and Gandhi were bitter enemies throughout their lives. This book reveals how that rivalry shaped the twentieth century and beyond. Num Pages: 736 pages, 3 maps, 24 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1FKA; 3JJ; HBG; HBJD1; HBLW; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 36. Weight in Grams: 540.
- Publisher
- Cornerstone United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 736
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099493440
- ISBN
- 9780099493440
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.00
€ 19.99
€ 15.00
Paperback. Tracing Architecture looks at the impact that knowledge of ancient Egyptian, Greek, Roman and British architecture had on aesthetic attitudes and architectural design. It explores the changing relationship between text and image in an era before the introduction of mass mechanical reproduction. Editor(s): Arnold, Dana; Bending, Stephen. Series: Art History Special Issues. Num Pages: 160 pages, 0. BIC Classification: ABA; AMA; HBA; HBG; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 175 x 245 x 12. Weight in Grams: 290.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405105354
- ISBN
- 9781405105354
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.05
€ 32.05
Paperback. Revisits the two most tumultuous and influential revolutions of modern times: the French Revolution of 1789 and the Russian Revolution of 1917. This book follows their unfolding - from the French Declaration of the Rights of Man to the "externalization" of the terror through the Napoleonic wars. Num Pages: 736 pages, facsimiles, maps. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JF; 3JJ; HBG; HBJD; HBLL; HBLW; HBTB; HBTV; JPWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 232 x 156 x 45. Weight in Grams: 1070.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 736
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- 3rd Printing, 1st Paperback Printing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691090153
- ISBN
- 9780691090153
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.13€ 51.18
€ 65.13
€ 51.18
Paperback. Kitchener's Sword-arm Num Pages: 264 pages, 20 illustrations, 20 maps. BIC Classification: BGH; HBG; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 166 x 241 x 28. Weight in Grams: 556.
- Publisher
- Spellmount Publishers Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781873376546
- ISBN
- 9781873376546
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 23.75
€ 26.99
€ 23.75
paperback. The relentless rise of Communism was the most momentous political development of the first half of the twentieth century. This book explains how and why Communists came to power; how they were able, in a variety of countries on different continents to hold on to power for so long; and, what brought about the downfall of so many Communist systems. Num Pages: 736 pages. BIC Classification: HBG; JPFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 40. Weight in Grams: 556.
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Number of pages
- 736
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845950675
- ISBN
- 9781845950675
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.96
€ 19.99
€ 14.96
paperback. Traces the journeys of a stone across the world. This book recounts the origins, trade, and circulation of a natural object in the context of the history of Islamic Eurasia and global encounters between empire and nature. Series: California World History Library. Num Pages: 216 pages, 10 color, 11 b/w. BIC Classification: HBG; PNV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 229 x 14. Weight in Grams: 324.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520282551
- ISBN
- 9780520282551
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.93
€ 33.99
€ 24.93