General & world history
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General & world history
Paperback. In this worldwide survey of the 1930s, Brendon examines the great powers and their leaders and investigates how, and how far, contemporary minds knew what they knew, and the extent to which our own view of the time is fogged by their uncertainty. He illuminates a period when the world was struggling with one crisis and hurtling towards another. Num Pages: 752 pages, 24pp b&w plates. BIC Classification: 3JJG; HBG; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Scholarly. Dimension: 233 x 156 x 52. Weight in Grams: 962. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Pimlico
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KKD0002900
- ISBN
- 9780712667142
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
paperback. Operation Valkyrie was the code name given to the plot to assassinate Hitler. Galante's book is based in large part on achived materials and extensive interviews with Adolf Heusinger, one of the generals who played a key role in the plot. Num Pages: 328 pages, 26. BIC Classification: 1DFG; HBG; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 141 x 18. Weight in Grams: 372.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Cooper Square Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780815411796
- ISBN
- 9780815411796
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.55
€ 20.55
Paperback. Defeating the mighty Persian Empire at the age of 22, Alexander the Great rapidly conquered the rest of the then known world. This book traces the career of Alexander who was destined to become one of the greatest generals the world has known, and celebrates his legacy to Greek civilization. Series: New Horizons S. Num Pages: 176 pages, 153 illustrations, 121 in colour. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; BGH; HBG; HBLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 176 x 125 x 7. Weight in Grams: 282.
- Publisher
- Thames & Hudson Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 176
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780500300701
- ISBN
- 9780500300701
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.79
€ 10.99
€ 9.79
Hardcover. In 1988, the renowned sociologist Pierre Bourdieu and the leading historian Roger Chartier met for a series of lively discussions that were broadcast on French public radio. Num Pages: 100 pages. BIC Classification: HBG; HBTB; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 256.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Polity
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745679587
- ISBN
- 9780745679587
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.21
€ 52.21
Paperback. In 1988, the renowned sociologist Pierre Bourdieu and the leading historian Roger Chartier met for a series of lively discussions that were broadcast on French public radio. Num Pages: 100 pages. BIC Classification: HBG; HBTB; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 139 x 14. Weight in Grams: 152.
- Publisher
- Polity
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745679594
- ISBN
- 9780745679594
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.18
€ 18.18
paperback. A brilliant and highly original attempt to reconstruct the imaginative world of ordinary people - peasants, beggars, the poor - in early modern Europe. Camporesi shows that some food, like bread had intoxicating qualities, so that people were literally drugged by the food they ate. Num Pages: 224 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JB; 3JD; 3JF; HBG; HBJD; HBLH; JFFA; JHBT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 13. Weight in Grams: 314.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745618364
- ISBN
- 9780745618364
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.50
€ 25.50
Hardback. A study traces the tendentiousness of Greek representations by introducing comparative Egyptian material, thus interrogating the Greek texts and authors from a cross-cultural perspective. Series: Classics and Contemporary Thought. Num Pages: 360 pages, 8 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1QDAE; 1QDAG; 2AHA; DSBB; HBG; HBLA; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520228207
- ISBN
- 9780520228207
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.15€ 48.70
€ 62.15
€ 48.70
Paperback. An examination of the ordinary and extraordinary people of the Renaissance and the Enlightenment. This volume celebrates the emergence of individualism and the manifestations of a burgeoning self-consciousness over three centures. Editor(s): Aries, Philippe; Duby, Georges. Translator(s): Goldhammer, Arthur. Num Pages: 655 pages, 16 color illustrations, 426 halftones. BIC Classification: 1Q; HBG; HBLH; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 190 x 30. Weight in Grams: 1062.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Edition
- New edition
- Number of pages
- 655
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674400023
- ISBN
- 9780674400023
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.88€ 49.38
€ 53.88
€ 49.38
Paperback. This fifth and final volume of an award-winning series charts the changing inner history of our times from the tumult of World War I to the 1990s, when personal identity was released from its moorings in gender, family, social class, religion, politics and nationality. Editor(s): Aries, Philippe; Duby, Georges. Translator(s): Goldhammer, Arthur. Series: History of private life. Num Pages: 640 pages, 16 colour illustrations, 230 halftones, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1Q; 3JJF; 3JJG; 3JJH; 3JJP; HBG; HBTB; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 178 x 228 x 35. Weight in Grams: 1220.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 640
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674400047
- ISBN
- 9780674400047
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.88€ 49.38
€ 53.88
€ 49.38
Paperback. A panorama of Europe, 1900-1914, describing the cultural, economic and political life before the First World War. Num Pages: 480 pages, 16. BIC Classification: 3JJC; HBG; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 136 x 36. Weight in Grams: 444.
- Publisher
- Phoenix
- Number of pages
- 480
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- Digital original
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780753825983
- ISBN
- 9780753825983
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.31
€ 17.99
€ 13.31
Paperback. Series: The Princeton Economic History of the Western World. Num Pages: 288 pages, 3 halftones. 6 line illus. 15 tables. 6 maps. BIC Classification: 1D; 3J; HBG; HBJD; HBTQ; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 156 x 236 x 20. Weight in Grams: 414.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691175843
- ISBN
- 9780691175843
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 18.61
€ 24.99
€ 18.61
Paperback. Pachomius, who died in 346, has long been regarded as the "founder of monasticism". This reading of the available texts, first published in 1985, reveals that Pachomius's pioneering enterprise has been consistently misread in light of later monastic practices. Series: Transformation of the Classical Heritage. Num Pages: 250 pages, 2 maps, 1 figure. BIC Classification: 1HBE; 1QDA; HBG; HBJH; HBLA; HRCC7; HRCX8. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 40.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- New Ed
- Number of pages
- 250
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520219595
- ISBN
- 9780520219595
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 27.84
€ 38.99
€ 27.84
Paperback. From the early beginnings of human civilization in prehistoric times, to the first manned space flight and beyond, this title helps you discover all about the things that have influenced our past and shaped our world. It also looks at the common threads running through the world's diverse and geographically distant cultures, and their differences. Series: Eyewitness Companions. Num Pages: 512 pages, 7 maps. BIC Classification: GBC; HBG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 136 x 34. Weight in Grams: 856. Series: Eyewitness Companions. 512 pages, 7 maps. From the early beginnings of human civilization in prehistoric times, to the first manned space flight and beyond, this title helps you discover all about the things that have influenced our past and shaped our world. It also looks at the common threads running through the world's diverse and geographically distant cultures, and their differences. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: GBC; HBG. Dimension: 224 x 136 x 34. Weight: 852.
- Publisher
- Dorling Kindersley Ltd
- Number of pages
- 512
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405341240
- ISBN
- 9781405341240
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 17.03
€ 24.99
€ 17.03
Paperback. "First published in 1967, revised and updated 1985, reprinted in 2003 by Leo Cooper"--Title page verso. Num Pages: 304 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1QFC; 3JJ; HBG; HBW; JWTY. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 138 x 25. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Publisher
- Pen & Sword Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848844230
- ISBN
- 9781848844230
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 17.49
€ 21.99
€ 17.49
Paperback. Examining such nation-states as Iran, Iraq, Turkey, Israel, Russia, Ukraine, India, and Thailand, this book shows how states invoke the remote past to extol the glories of specific peoples or prove claims to ancestral homelands. It is suitable for archaeologists and historians. Editor(s): Kohl, Philip L.; Kozelsky, Mara; Ben-Yehuda, Nachman. Num Pages: 384 pages, 23 halftones, 5 maps, 3 figures. BIC Classification: HBG; HDW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 153 x 226 x 23. Weight in Grams: 604.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226450599
- ISBN
- 9780226450599
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 30.98
€ 40.99
€ 30.98
Hardback. Num Pages: 438 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJF; HBG; HBW; HBWN; HRAM9; HRC; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 160 x 43. Weight in Grams: 726.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 438
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780062105097
- ISBN
- 9780062105097
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.03
€ 30.99
€ 27.03
paperback. This second volume concentrates on the West from the time of Constantine's conversion, when the the Church was beginning to make a world of its own, and it pursues the Church's history in this world of its making to the end of the thirteenth century, when the high point was reached and a new secular order was already appearing. Num Pages: 480 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLC; HRC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 24. Weight in Grams: 552. Clean copy in dust wrapper. DW with nicks and tears. Some foxing to pages and DW but remains a good copy
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2048
- Publisher
- Continuum International Publishing
- Condition
- Used, Good
- SKU
- KMK0012586
- ISBN
- 9780722079829
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. This book studies the interaction between the empire-building West and the rest of the world. Num Pages: 310 pages, 13 b/w illus. 2 tables. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLL; HBLW; HBTQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 153 x 229 x 17. Weight in Grams: 438. The European Challenge and the Overseas Response in the Age of Empire. 310 pages, 13 b/w illus. 2 tables. This book studies the interaction between the empire-building West and the rest of the world. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: HBG; HBLL; HBLW; HBTQ. Dimension: 153 x 229 x 17. Weight: 512.
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Number of pages
- 310
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780521890540
- ISBN
- 9780521890540
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 30.06
€ 30.99
€ 30.06
Paperback. Describes measures that were taken to deal with the post-war slump and the ways in which capitalist economies achieved growth and affluence in the 1950s and 1960s. The book then shows how this boom was undermined by inflation and falling profits, and how high unemployment ensued. Num Pages: 352 pages, charts, tables, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 3JJPG; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; 3JJPN; HBG; HBLW3; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 25. Weight in Grams: 646.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631179351
- ISBN
- 9780631179351
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 64.97
€ 64.97
Paperback. Num Pages: 752 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HBG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 272 x 213 x 25. Weight in Grams: 1338.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Cengage Learning, Inc United States
- Edition
- 8th Edition
- Number of pages
- 752
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781305959873
- ISBN
- 9781305959873
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 84.81
€ 84.81
Hardcover. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBG; JKV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 158. Weight in Grams: 725.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1988
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804714068
- ISBN
- 9780804714068
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 90.54
€ 90.54
Paperback. How the division of the Americas from the rest of the world affected human history. Num Pages: 640 pages. BIC Classification: HBG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 154 x 39. Weight in Grams: 844.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Phoenix (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd )
- Number of pages
- 640
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780753828458
- ISBN
- 9780753828458
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 16.43
€ 21.99
€ 16.43
Paperback. A history of the twentieth century which covers all the ideas, people, great events, literary and artistic movements, scientific discoveries which have shaped the twentieth century. Num Pages: 864 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJ; HBG; HBLW; JFCX. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 155 x 52. Weight in Grams: 1270.
- Publisher
- Phoenix
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781842124444
- ISBN
- 9781842124444
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 17.94
€ 25.99
€ 17.94
Hardback. Links the history of Europe to world history, situating European modernity in its global context. This book asks why, from some moment onwards, 'Europe' and 'the rest of the world' entered into a particular relationship. Editor(s): Wagner, Peter. Series: Annual of European and Global Studies. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: HBG; JPA; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 163 x 23. Weight in Grams: 618.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781474400404
- ISBN
- 9781474400404
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 117.26€ 112.54
€ 117.26
€ 112.54