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Hardcover. This text contains original essays by five leading scholars in the fields of history, art history, and literature on the ways in which communities were imagined and built between the 11th and 16th centuries. Editor(s): Howe, Nicholas. Num Pages: 192 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 3H; 3J; HBG; HRCX8; HRLP7; JFS; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 161 x 21. Weight in Grams: 435.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of Notre Dame Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780268028626
- ISBN
- 9780268028626
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 108.31
€ 108.31
Paperback. With the changes in the world understanding the nature of civilization is essential. This study of the history of civilization for several generations describes them as a response to the spiritual vision of God as Light. It focuses on the genesis of civilizations rather than their decline. Num Pages: 500 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: HBG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 227 x 45. Weight in Grams: 918.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- John Hunt Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 500
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781905047635
- ISBN
- 9781905047635
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 28.86
€ 33.99
€ 28.86
paperback. The First World War killed around eight million men and bled Europe dry. Was the sacrifice worth it? Was it all really an inevitable cataclysm and were the Germans a genuine threat? Was the war, as is often asserted, greeted with popular enthusiasm? Why did men keep on fighting when conditions were so wretched? This title deals with questions. Num Pages: 672 pages, portraits. BIC Classification: HBG; HBJD; HBWN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 130 x 33. Weight in Grams: 516.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780140275230
- ISBN
- 9780140275230
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 16.46
€ 19.99
€ 16.46
Paperback. Shows that a nation's success largely depends on the way it manages its money. But where do money and politics meet? From 1700 to the present day, the author offers an analysis of the evolution of today's economic and political landscape. Num Pages: 576 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JF; 3JH; 3JJ; HBG; HBLH; HBLL; HBLW; KCBM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 24. Weight in Grams: 396. Clean copy with some shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Condition
- Used, Good
- SKU
- KSS0001990
- ISBN
- 9780140293333
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Paperback. Shows that a nation's success largely depends on the way it manages its money. But where do money and politics meet? From 1700 to the present day, the author offers an analysis of the evolution of today's economic and political landscape. Num Pages: 576 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JF; 3JH; 3JJ; HBG; HBLH; HBLL; HBLW; KCBM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 24. Weight in Grams: 396. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KKD0001297
- ISBN
- 9780140293333
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Paperback. At the beginning of the twentieth century, globalizing, booming economies married to technological breakthroughs seemed to promise a better world for most people. In this title, the author reveals how economic boom-and-bust, decaying empires and - above all - poisonous ideas of race led men to treat each other as aliens. Num Pages: 816 pages, Illustrations(some col.)., maps, ports. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLW; HBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 128 x 38. Weight in Grams: 588.
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Publisher
- Penguin Group(CA)
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141013824
- ISBN
- 9780141013824
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 18.18
€ 25.99
€ 18.18
Paperback. The decline of the West is something that has long been prophesied. Symptoms of decline are all around us today: slowing growth, crushing debts, aging populations. But what exactly is amiss with Western civilization? This book presents a indictment of an era of negligence and complacency. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLX; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 11. Weight in Grams: 150.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141975238
- ISBN
- 9780141975238
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.88
€ 15.99
€ 11.88
Paperback. From the vantage point of the United States or Western Europe, the 1970s was a time of troubles: economic 'stagflation,' political scandal, and global turmoil. This title examines the large-scale structural upheaval of the 1970s by transcending the standard frameworks of national borders and superpower relations. Editor(s): Ferguson, Niall; Maier, Charles S.; Manela, Erez; Sargent, Daniel J. Num Pages: 448 pages, 4 graphs, 9 tables. BIC Classification: 3JJPL; HBG; HBLW3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 147 x 31. Weight in Grams: 586.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Number of pages
- 448
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674061866
- ISBN
- 9780674061866
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 35.24
€ 35.99
€ 35.24
Paperback. aeo This is currently the only book in print that treats the topic of hunger from a long--range historical perspective. aeo The contributors to the book are drawn from a broad array of disciplines; among them are Amartya Sen, David Herlihy, Peter Garnsey, and John Post. Editor(s): Newman, Lucile F. Num Pages: 448 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBG; HBTB; JFFA; JFFC1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 24. Weight in Grams: 700.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Basil Blackwell Inc, US United States
- Edition
- New Ed
- Number of pages
- 448
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781557866288
- ISBN
- 9781557866288
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.46
€ 52.46
Paperback. This is the classic account of one of the most dramatic episodes in Mexican history-the revolt of the Maya Indians of Yucatan against their white and mestizo oppressors that began in 1847. Num Pages: 448 pages, Illustrations, maps, ports. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 3JH; HBG; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 24. Weight in Grams: 596.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 448
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804740012
- ISBN
- 9780804740012
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.15
€ 37.99
€ 34.15
paperback. Captain Robert Falcon Scott didn't start out life as a hero. In fact, as a boy and young man he was considered small, frail and shy. So what was it that turned this ordinary man into a legend? Num Pages: 384 pages, Colour illustrations throughout. BIC Classification: HBG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 25. Weight in Grams: 268.
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Number of pages
- 368
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141035598
- ISBN
- 9780141035598
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.85
€ 15.99
€ 11.85
Hardback. The first anthology to address the relationship between the events of the Nazi genocide and the intellectual concerns of contemporary literary and cultural theory in one substantial and indispensable volume. Editor(s): Levi, Neil; Rothberg, Michael. Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJH; HBG; HBJD; HBTZ1; HBWQ; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 244 x 172 x 25. Weight in Grams: 1021.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Number of pages
- 528
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748616541
- ISBN
- 9780748616541
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 171.70€ 163.99
€ 171.70
€ 163.99
Paperback. Magisterial analysis of human history, from the first hominid to the Great Recession of 2008. Written from the perspective of ordinary men and women. Series: Counterfire. Num Pages: 352 pages, 10-15 black and white images. BIC Classification: HBG; JPFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 20. Weight in Grams: 506.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Pluto Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745332147
- ISBN
- 9780745332147
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 24.51
€ 35.99
€ 24.51
Hardback. Magisterial analysis of human history, from the first hominid to the Great Recession of 2008. Written from the perspective of ordinary men and women. Series: Counterfire. Num Pages: 352 pages, 10-15 black and white images. BIC Classification: HBG; JPFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 150 x 28. Weight in Grams: 703.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Pluto Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780745332154
- ISBN
- 9780745332154
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 100.65€ 84.13
€ 100.65
€ 84.13
Paperback. Editor(s): Nederman, Cary J.; Forhan, Kate Langdon. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 3H; HBG; HBLC; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 154 x 14. Weight in Grams: 370.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
- Edition
- 2nd
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780872204881
- ISBN
- 9780872204881
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 27.53
€ 37.99
€ 27.53
Paperback. Since humans migrated from Africa and dispersed throughout the world, they have found countless ways and reasons to reconnect with each other. This book follows the exploits of traders, preachers, adventurers, and warriors throughout history as they have shaped and reshaped the world. It also discusses how we can and should embrace a global world. Num Pages: 416 pages, 10 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: HBG; JFFS; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 127 x 28. Weight in Grams: 594.
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300136234
- ISBN
- 9780300136234
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 22.66
€ 30.99
€ 22.66
Paperback. Our lives are infinitely richer if we take the time to look at what the Greeks and Romans have given us in politics and law, religion and philosophy and education, and to learn how people really lived in Athens, Rome, Sparta and Alexandria. This book shows how we are living very much like people did 2,000 or more years ago. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: HBG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 126 x 18. Weight in Grams: 234.
- Publisher
- Profile Books
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846683244
- ISBN
- 9781846683244
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.70
€ 15.99
€ 11.70
Paperback. Editor(s): Rabbat, Nasser O. Num Pages: 290 pages. BIC Classification: AMVD; AMX; HBG; JFSL4; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 244 x 172. Weight in Grams: 540.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 290
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781138246850
- ISBN
- 9781138246850
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 71.49
€ 71.49
Paperback. Editor(s): Green, Nancy L.; Waldinger, Roger. Series: Studies of World Migrations. Num Pages: 292 pages. BIC Classification: HBG; JFFN; JFS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 229 x 21. Weight in Grams: 432.
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252081903
- ISBN
- 9780252081903
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.82
€ 32.99
€ 29.82
Paperback. "Bisaha provides the most comprehensive and nuanced account now available of the attitudes of Western intellectuals to the Turks, the Byzantines, and crusading in Renaissance Italy, an important time and place for the formation of Western cultural identity."-James Hankins, Harvard University Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812219760
- ISBN
- 9780812219760
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.15
€ 37.99
€ 34.15
Paperback. Presents a collection of non fiction essays, articles, and appreciations of fellow writers. This work examines the author's evidence of the inequities of Apartheid as she saw them in 1959, her shocking account of the bans on literature still in effect in the mid-1970s, through to South Africa's emergence in 1994 as a country free at last. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DNF; HBG; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 133 x 16. Weight in Grams: 214.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780747548232
- ISBN
- 9780747548232
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.23
€ 17.99
€ 13.23
Hardcover. This study examines the writings of Nizari Quhistani, one of the Ismaili authors who survived the Mongol invasion in the 13th century. The evidence of his writings demonstrate that while the Ismaili community was impaired, its organizational structure and internal coherence continued to operate. Series: Ismaili Heritage Series. Num Pages: 150 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1FBN; HBG; HBLC; HRH; JFSR2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 25. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Publisher
- I. B. Tauris
- Number of pages
- 150
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781860644320
- ISBN
- 9781860644320
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 39.21
€ 46.99
€ 39.21
Hardback. An assessment of how important the sea has been in the development of modern history. Num Pages: 848 pages, 6 black & white illustrations, 17 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: HBG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 166 x 241 x 46. Weight in Grams: 1258.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2018
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd
- Edition
- Bilingual
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781783271603
- ISBN
- 9781783271603
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 181.16
€ 181.16
Hardcover. With a blend of narrative and analysis, this book explores the extent to which mercenaries have been used, from Sumer to Rome, and the reasons governments hired them when they could conscript native citizens. Num Pages: 316 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDA; HBG; HBLA; HBTB; JWXN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 164 x 241 x 25. Weight in Grams: 604. Clean copy in fine dustjacket with shelf wear. Some sunning to spine and minor tearing and edgewear to DJ. All illustrations present. In very good condition
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Constable
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KJE0000025
- ISBN
- 9780094757509
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99