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Paperback. This work is a study of history and morality in the 20th century. It examines the psychology which made possible Hiroshima, the Nazi genocide, Rwanda and Bosnia. It draws on accounts of participants, victims and observers and suggests that different atrocities have common patterns. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJ; HBG; HPQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 156 x 37. Weight in Grams: 638.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
480
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780712665414
ISBN
9780712665414
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 23.75

Paperback. Offering a new interpretation of early Cold War history, this book demonstrates how Christian agency played a pivotal role in the creating of space for the logic of nuclear deterrence and nuclear war, showing a balanced examination of Christians as enablers but, more provocatively, as resisters of nuclear prohibitions. Series: Histories of the Sacred and Secular, 1700-2000. Num Pages: 216 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBG; HBL; HBTB; HPC; HRAX; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 295.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349462650
ISBN
9781349462650
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.72

Hardback. Num Pages: 304 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1QD; HBG; HBJD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 431.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Palgrave USA United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9781403964533
ISBN
9781403964533
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.19

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
The Littman Library of Jewish Civilization United Kingdom
Edition
3rd Edition
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9781874774426
ISBN
9781874774426
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.80

Paperback. For centuries following the fall of Rome, Western Europe was backward and benighted, locked into the Dark Ages. Arab culture, however, was thriving, and had become a powerhouse of intellectual exploration and discussion that dazzled the likes of British adventurer Adelard of Bath. This title restores credit to the Arab thinkers of the past. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLC1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 17. Weight in Grams: 240. How the Arabs Transformed Western Civilization. 272 pages. For centuries following the fall of Rome, Western Europe was backward and benighted, locked into the Dark Ages. Arab culture, however, was thriving, and had become a powerhouse of intellectual exploration and discussion that dazzled the likes of British adventurer Adelard of Bath. This title restores credit to the Arab thinkers of the past. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: HBG; HBLC1. Dimension: 213 x 129 x 21. Weight: 206.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9781408801215
ISBN
9781408801215
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.17

Paperback. Making use of Japanese primary sources, this title presents an analysis of what happened at Midway. Num Pages: 640 pages, 38 b&w photos, 33 maps, 36 figures, 36 tables. BIC Classification: HBG; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 262 x 172 x 40. Weight in Grams: 1266.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Potomac Books
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781574889246
ISBN
9781574889246
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.16

Hardcover. The Battle of Midway was one of the most famous battles of World War Two. This book offers an interpretation of this great naval engagement. Making use of Japanese primary sources which correct previous accounts and assumptions, the authors re-assess the battle in detail and within the context of the Imperial Navy's doctrine and technology. Num Pages: 568 pages, 78 b&w photos & maps. BIC Classification: HBG; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 260 x 179 x 44. Weight in Grams: 1516.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Potomac Books Inc United States
Edition
First
Number of pages
568
Condition
New
SKU
V9781574889239
ISBN
9781574889239
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 47.56

Hardback. .
Publisher
Icon Books
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848318427
ISBN
9781848318427
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.25

Paperback. Race and racial thinking on the Swahili coast Num Pages: 414 pages, 15 b&w illus., 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1H; 1HFG; GTB; HBG; HBLW3; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 157 x 218 x 28. Weight in Grams: 566.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
414
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253222800
ISBN
9780253222800
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.83

Paperback. Drawing on multi-archival research in Korean, Russian and English, this book looks at the complexity and changes in Stalin's policy toward Korea for answers about the division of Korea in 1945 and the failure of reunification between 1945 and 1948. Lee argues that the trusteeship decision is key to the division's origins and permanency. Num Pages: 220 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBG; HBJF; HBL; HBTQ; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
220
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349531509
ISBN
9781349531509
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.08

Paperback. The troubles of 1885 are a topic of enduring fascination. "Gabriel Dumont in Paris "is a fictional retelling of the events leading up to the Northwest Rebellion, focussing on the thoughts and actions of Metis leader Gabriel Dumont. Series: Currents. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: FA; HBG; HBLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 135 x 15. Weight in Grams: 268.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
University of Alberta Press Canada
Edition
1st
Number of pages
180
Condition
New
SKU
V9780888643216
ISBN
9780888643216
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 17.17

Paperback. Editor(s): Rogge, Jorg. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 3H; 3J; DSBB; HBG; HBLC1; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 150 x 15. Weight in Grams: 280.
Publisher
Transcript Verlag
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9783837635881
ISBN
9783837635881
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 32.93

Hardback. This collection of essay explores two traditions of interpreting and manipulating nature in the early- modern and nineteenth-century Iberian world: one instrumental and imperial, the other patriotic and national. Num Pages: 248 pages, 43 illustrations. BIC Classification: HBG; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 19. Weight in Grams: 435.
Publisher
Stanford University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804755436
ISBN
9780804755436
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 139.10

Hardback. Human beings are surrounded by surfaces: from our skin to faces, to the walls and streets of our homes and cities, to the images, books, and screens of our cultures and civilizations. This book traces the human relationship with surfaces from the deep history of human evolution, which unfolded across millennia, up to the contemporary world. Num Pages: 312 pages, 25 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: HBG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 163 x 227 x 28. Weight in Grams: 554.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520272774
ISBN
9780520272774
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.44

Paperback. Joseph De Sapio examines how individuals not only understood their contacts with industrial modernity as distinct from the inherited traditional rhythms of the eighteenth century, but how they conceived of their own positions within the increasingly sophisticated political, social, and commercial paradigms of the Victorian years. Num Pages: 209 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBG; HBJD1; HBL; HBTB; HBTQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
209
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349488148
ISBN
9781349488148
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.78

Hardcover. The murkier side of eighteenth-century politics is vividly revealed in the letters edited here. Num Pages: 326 pages. BIC Classification: HBG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 21 x 13 x 15. Weight in Grams: 666.
Publisher
Surtees Society United Kingdom
Number of pages
326
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780854440764
ISBN
9780854440764
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 62.16

Hardback. Helps you examine complex dynamics of state-level social and political structures in 3 leading states - Sao Paolo in the Center-South, which received the greatest benefits from export growth; politically important Minas Gerais, situated between the prosperous southern states and the impoverished Northeast; and Pernambuco, the Northeast's state. Num Pages: 420 pages, Illustrations, map,ports. BIC Classification: HBG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 200 x 100. Weight in Grams: 705.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1980
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
420
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804709910
ISBN
9780804709910
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 112.38

Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: HBG; JFH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 450.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Hampton Roads Publishing Co United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9781571746450
ISBN
9781571746450
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 20.97

Paperback. Presents the story of the adventures and misadventures of the people of Israel in the land of Egypt the years shrouded in the mists of biblical history under the Pharaohs; the strange intermezzo of the Jewish mercenary detachment on the island of Elephantine on the upper Nile. This title probes a turning point in Western civilization. Translator(s): Cornman, Robert. Num Pages: 301 pages, 28 halftones 7 line illus. 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1HBE; HBG; HBJH; HBLA; HBTB; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 251 x 181 x 17. Weight in Grams: 638.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
279
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691015750
ISBN
9780691015750
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 58.89
€ 46.84

Paperback. Presents the history of British colonial doctrine and its contribution to the emergence of rural development and environmental policies. This work examines the way that development as a framework of ideas and institutional practices emerged out of the strategic engagement between science and the state at the climax of the British Empire. Series Editor(s): Webb, James L. A., Jr. Series: Series in Ecology & History. Num Pages: 408 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DB; HBG; HBLW; HBTQ; HBTR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UF) Further/Higher Education; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 585.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Ohio University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
408
Condition
New
SKU
V9780821417188
ISBN
9780821417188
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 35.39

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