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General & world history
Paperback. Recounts the great traveler Ibn Battuta's remarkable career, interpreting it within the cultural and social context of Islamic society and giving the reader both a biography of an extraordinary personality and a study of the hemispheric dimensions of human interchange in medieval times. Num Pages: 384 pages, 15 b/w photographs, 12 maps. BIC Classification: 3H; HBG; HBLC1; RGR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 147 x 24. Weight in Grams: 460. A Muslim Traveler of the Fourteenth Century. 384 pages, illustrations. Recounts the great traveler Ibn Battuta's remarkable career, interpreting it within the cultural and social context of Islamic society and giving the reader both a biography of an extraordinary personality and a study of the hemispheric dimensions of human interchange in medieval times. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 3H; HBG; HBLC1; RGR. Dimension: 209 x 147 x 24. Weight: 460.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Number of pages
- 384
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Revised
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520272927
- ISBN
- 9780520272927
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.20
€ 40.99
€ 29.20
Paperback. A comprehensive volume of essays selected to enrich world history teaching and scholarship. It features forty-four articles that take stock of the history, evolving literature, and the trajectories of new world history. Editor(s): Dunn, Ross E.; Mitchell, Laura J.; Ward, Kerry. Series: California World History Library. Num Pages: 656 pages, 2 b/w images, 16 charts, 7 tables. BIC Classification: DNF; HBAH; HBG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 181 x 253 x 31. Weight in Grams: 1126.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 2nd ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520289895
- ISBN
- 9780520289895
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.99€ 36.04
€ 50.99
€ 36.04
Paperback. To find more information on Rowman & Littlefield titles, please visit us at www.rowmanlittlefield.com. Num Pages: 187 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; HBG; HBJD; HBTZ1; HBWQ; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 162 x 16. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Jason Aronson Inc. Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 187
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780765761118
- ISBN
- 9780765761118
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 61.79
€ 61.79
Paperback. Series: Seminar Studies. Num Pages: 208 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: HBG; JPWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 172 x 234 x 12. Weight in Grams: 366.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781408282571
- ISBN
- 9781408282571
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 49.99€ 46.48
€ 49.99
€ 46.48
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
€ 45.00
paperback. From the Belgian coast, across the fields of Flanders, over the valley of the Somme and down the line to the Argonne, this title covers all the major battlefields of the First World War. It is suitable for those contemplating a tour of the battlefields in Belgium and France. Num Pages: 248 pages, over 875 illustrations. BIC Classification: HBG; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 297 x 212 x 16. Weight in Grams: 1070.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- After the Battle
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781870067621
- ISBN
- 9781870067621
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 20.97
€ 29.99
€ 20.97
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780586088869
- ISBN
- 9780586088869
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.90
€ 19.99
€ 15.90
Paperback. Drawing on contemporary memoirs, diaries and letters, this book explores what actually happened in battle in Napoleonic times and how the participants' feelings and reactions influenced the outcome. Num Pages: 352 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB; HBG; HBLL; JWD; JWKT; JWT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 238 x 153 x 21. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300082708
- ISBN
- 9780300082708
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.57
€ 26.99
€ 20.57
Hardback. Num Pages: 176 pages, 4. BIC Classification: HBG; HBJF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 146 x 14. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Hackett Publishing Co.
- Condition
- New
- Format
- Hardback
- SKU
- V9781624664335
- ISBN
- 9781624664335
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 59.53€ 46.20
€ 59.53
€ 46.20
Paperback. Many of the great ruins that grace the deserts and jungles of the earth are monuments to progress traps, the headstones of civilisations which fell victim to their own success. The twentieth-century's runaway growth has placed a murderous burden on the planet. This work argues that this modern predicament is as old as civilisation. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: HBG; JP; TB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 18. Weight in Grams: 166. 224 pages. Many of the great ruins that grace the deserts and jungles of the earth are monuments to progress traps, the headstones of civilisations which fell victim to their own success. The twentieth-century's runaway growth has placed a murderous burden on the planet. This work argues that this modern predicament is as old as civilisation. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: HBG; JP; TB. Dimension: 196 x 130 x 18. Weight: 190.
- Publisher
- Canongate Books
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781841958309
- ISBN
- 9781841958309
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.52
€ 15.99
€ 11.52
Paperback. A major reassessment of the end of the British empire, focusing on the period after 1945, first published in 2007. Num Pages: 484 pages, 23 b/w illus. 9 maps. BIC Classification: 1QDB; 3JJG; 3JJH; 3JJPG; HBG; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 227 x 153 x 30. Weight in Grams: 728. The Road to Decolonisation, 1918-1968. 484 pages, 23 b/w illus. 9 maps. A major reassessment of the end of the British empire, focusing on the period after 1945, first published in 2007. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: 1QDB; 3JJG; 3JJH; 3JJPG; HBG; HBLW. Dimension: 227 x 153 x 30. Weight: 770.
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780521685559
- ISBN
- 9780521685559
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.18
€ 42.18
Hardcover. Until now there was no overview of the air war in Vietnam and the debate it has produced-a debate in which some historians argue that the U.S. could have won the war if it had employed more air power. Frankum fills this gap by deftly tying together the air campaigns over North Vietnam, South Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia. Series: Vietnam: America in the War Years. Num Pages: 232 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1FMV; 1KBB; HBG; HBJK; HBLW; HBWS2; JWG; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 159 x 23. Weight in Grams: 467.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742543027
- ISBN
- 9780742543027
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 34.49
€ 41.99
€ 34.49
Hardback. Num Pages: 288 pages, over 150 bw images. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJH; HBG; HBWQ; JWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 285 x 225 x 33. Weight in Grams: 1724.
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- Format
- Hardback
- SKU
- V9780764329326
- ISBN
- 9780764329326
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.51€ 46.20
€ 65.51
€ 46.20
Hardback. Between 1935 and 1938 the celebrated photographer Roman Vishniac explored the cities and villages of Eastern Europe, capturing life in the Jewish shtetlekh of Poland, Romania, Russia, and Hungary. This book is devoted to a subject Vishniac especially loved, and one whose mystery and spontaneity he captured with particular poignancy: children. Num Pages: 156 pages, 69 duotones. BIC Classification: 1DV; 3JJ; AJB; AJCP; HBG; HBLW; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 241 x 20. Weight in Grams: 950.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Number of pages
- 156
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520221871
- ISBN
- 9780520221871
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 37.51
€ 52.99
€ 37.51
Hardback. Muller takes us behind the scenes of the Wehrmacht High Command, providing a fascinating insight into an unknown story of World War II. Num Pages: 320 pages, 30 bw integrated, 9 maps. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 1DVU; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 163 x 28. Weight in Grams: 624.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780768298
- ISBN
- 9781780768298
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 77.90
€ 77.90
Paperback. In this comprehensive study of the man and his creations, the author follows an introduction to the culture and society of 18th-century England by tracing the rise of the Landscape Movement. Num Pages: 204 pages, 70 black & white illustrations, 12 colour illustrations, 12 colour plates. BIC Classification: HBG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 264 x 192 x 15. Weight in Grams: 620.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd
- Number of pages
- 204
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780750953856
- ISBN
- 9780750953856
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 21.76
€ 24.99
€ 21.76
Paperback. The twentieth century has been scarred by political violence and genocide, reaching its extreme in the Holocaust. Yet, at the same time, the century has been marked by a growing commitment to human rights. Series: The World Beat Series. Num Pages: 258 pages, photographs. BIC Classification: 3JJ; HBG; HBLW; HBTZ; JFFE; JMRM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 157 x 19. Weight in Grams: 481.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Scholarly Resources Inc.,U.S. United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 258
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780842029827
- ISBN
- 9780842029827
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.02
€ 66.02
Hardback. An examination of an intriguing figure in the religious life of the ancient Mediterranean world, the Phrygian Mother Goddess, known to the Greeks and Romans as Cybele or Magna Mater, the Great Mother. The text presents and analyzes literary, historiographic and archaeological data. Num Pages: 400 pages, 76 b/w photographs, 2 line drawings, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1QDA; DSBB; HBG; HBLA; HDD; HRKP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 264 x 188 x 30. Weight in Grams: 940.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520210240
- ISBN
- 9780520210240
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 83.39€ 63.75
€ 83.39
€ 63.75
Paperback. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: HBG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 163 x 9. Weight in Grams: 172.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Pavilion Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- KOG0000470
- ISBN
- 9781845888091
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardback. The idea that Christianity started as a clandestine movement among the poor is a widely accepted notion. This book addresses beliefs and historical facts, and brings a sociologist's perspective to bear on the puzzle behind the success of early Christianity. It provides insights into why people convert and how new religious groups recruit members. Num Pages: 256 pages, 10 halftones, 10 tables. BIC Classification: HBG; HRC; JH; JMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 241 x 165 x 21. Weight in Grams: 536.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 262
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691027494
- ISBN
- 9780691027494
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 89.35€ 68.78
€ 89.35
€ 68.78
Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBG; HRC; JFF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 137 x 204 x 24. Weight in Grams: 210.
- Publisher
- HarperSanFrancisco
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Edition
- 6th Print
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780060677015
- ISBN
- 9780060677015
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 17.88
€ 20.99
€ 17.88
It has long been a commonly shared wisdom that humans need government to bring social order to what would otherwise be a chaotic and dangerous world. Num Pages: 376 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HBG; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 150 x 30. Weight in Grams: 680.
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Potomac Books Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781612347325
- ISBN
- 9781612347325
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.50
€ 42.50
Paperback. Num Pages: 575 pages, black & white halftones, figures. BIC Classification: HBG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 180 x 31. Weight in Grams: 944.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Collegiate Press United States
- Edition
- 2 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 575
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780939693283
- ISBN
- 9780939693283
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 144.38
€ 144.38
Hardback. The best new research on medieval clothing and textiles, drawing from a range of disciplines. Num Pages: 224 pages, 42 black & white illustrations, 6 colour illustrations, 1 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 3H; HBG; HBLC1; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 166 x 241 x 19. Weight in Grams: 614.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781783270897
- ISBN
- 9781783270897
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 79.86
€ 79.86