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Paperback. 'Mark Harrison's book illuminates the threats posed by infectious diseases since 1500. He places these diseases within an international perspective, and demonstrates the relationship between European expansion and changing epidemiological patterns. The book is a significant introduction to a fascinating subject. ' Gerald N. Series: Themes in History. Num Pages: 280 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 3J; HBG; HBLH; HBLL; HBLW; HBT; MBNH; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 151 x 16. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Publisher
- Polity Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 280
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745628103
- ISBN
- 9780745628103
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.20
€ 26.20
Hardback. Num Pages: 160 pages, over 170 color and b/w photographs. BIC Classification: HBG; HBWQ; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 274 x 21. Weight in Grams: 634.
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764321566
- ISBN
- 9780764321566
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 48.99€ 32.18
€ 48.99
€ 32.18
Hardback. Examines the "home front" war effort from an overall imperial perspective, assessing the contribution of individual imperial territories. Num Pages: 240 pages, 5 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1QDB; 3JJH; HBG; HBJD1; HBLW; HBWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 23 x 15. Weight in Grams: 666.
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781783272259
- ISBN
- 9781783272259
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 97.69
€ 97.69
Paperback. They are a mythical people, almost an imagined people, writes Kurlansky. Signs of their civilization exist well before the arrival of the Romans in 218BC. Their forbidden tongue is equally mysterious, it is related to no other, but today the Basques are enjoying what may be the most important cultural renaissance in their long existence. Num Pages: 400 pages, illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1DSE; HBG; HBJD; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 28. Weight in Grams: 374.
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099284130
- ISBN
- 9780099284130
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.40
€ 17.99
€ 13.40
Paperback. From the Vikings to Clarence Birdseye, the author introduces the explorers, merchants, writers, chefs and fisherman, whose lives have been interwoven with the prolific fish. He chronicles the cod wars of the 16th and 20th centuries. He shows how the most profitable fish in history is faced with extinction. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: HBG; HBTB; WBT; WNCS1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 23. Weight in Grams: 290.
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099268703
- ISBN
- 9780099268703
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 9.50
€ 9.50
Paperback. From the The New York Times best-selling author of Cod and Salt, a definitive history of paper and the astonishing ways it has shaped today's world. Num Pages: 416 pages, 24 illustrations. BIC Classification: HBG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140. .
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393353709
- ISBN
- 9780393353709
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.49
€ 19.99
€ 18.49
Hardcover. From the New York Times best-selling author of Cod and Salt, a definitive history of paper and the astonishing ways it has shaped today's world. Num Pages: 416 pages, 24 illustrations. BIC Classification: HBG; HBTB; JFCD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155. .
- Publisher
- W. W. Norton & Company
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393239614
- ISBN
- 9780393239614
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 25.78
€ 30.99
€ 25.78
Hardcover. The role of massacre in history has been given little focused attention either by historians or academics in related fields. This is surprising as its prevalence and persistence surely demands that it should be a subject of serious and systematic exploration. What exactly is a massacre? When - and why - does it happen? Editor(s): Levene, Mark; Roberts, Penny. Series: War and Genocide. Num Pages: 320 pages, 6 half-tones, maps. BIC Classification: HBG; HBJD; HBTZ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 220. Weight in Grams: 516.
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books, Incorporated
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781571819345
- ISBN
- 9781571819345
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 155.32
€ 155.32
Paperback. How should we understand genocide in the modern world? As an aberration from the norms of a dominant liberal international society? Or rather as a guide to the very dysfunctional nature of the international system itself? This book sets out the conceptual issues in the study of genocide, addressing the fundamental problems of defining genocide. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLL; HBTZ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 148 x 17. Weight in Grams: 446.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 384
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845117528
- ISBN
- 9781845117528
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 29.93
€ 34.99
€ 29.93
hardcover. Num Pages: 266 pages. BIC Classification: BGH; HBG; HBW; HBWQ; JWLF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 198 x 129 x 30. Weight in Grams: 580. Good copy showing light age and wear. Scoring throughout text. Ex Libris markings to preliminary pages and stamps throughout. Light wear to dust jacket. Remains a nice reading copy
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Overlook Press New York
- Condition
- Used, Good
- SKU
- KMO0001148
- ISBN
- 9780879515775
Hardback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 5.70
€ 5.70
Paperback. Series: The Lawrence Stone Lectures. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: HBG; JFCX; JPSN1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 330.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691157955
- ISBN
- 9780691157955
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 18.73
€ 24.99
€ 18.73
Paperback. For millennia, mankind has devised ingenious and diabolical means of inflicting pain on fellow human beings. This deplorable but seemingly universal trait has eaten away at mankind's very claim to civilisation. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations (some col.). BIC Classification: HBG; HBTB; JKVP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 246 x 173 x 17. Weight in Grams: 736.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752459479
- ISBN
- 9780752459479
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 23.63
€ 26.99
€ 23.63
Paperback. Coveying both the epic and everyday aspects of Mortain's field of battle, Lieutenant Colonel Mark J. Reardon takes the reader down to the platoon level on both sides to produce a comprehensive look at the battle to halt Hitler's Panzer divisions in 1944. Series: Modern War Studies. Num Pages: 392 pages, 20 photographs, 16 maps. BIC Classification: 3JJH; HBG; HBJD; HBWQ; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 155 x 230 x 20. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Univ Pr of Kansas
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700612956
- ISBN
- 9780700612956
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.53
€ 43.53
Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJH; DSB; HBG; HBTB; HBW; HBWQ; JFSK2; JFSL9; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 367.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816690602
- ISBN
- 9780816690602
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.40
€ 30.99
€ 27.40
Hardback. The Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) was the third most powerful navy in the world at the start of World War II, and came to dominate the Pacific in the early months of the war. This book details the Japanese ships which fought in the Pacific and examines the principles on which they were designed, and how they were armed. Num Pages: 392 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJH; HBG; HBLW; HBWQ; JWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 248 x 195 x 35. Weight in Grams: 1512.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781472801463
- ISBN
- 9781472801463
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 30.27
€ 46.99
€ 30.27
Paperback. Illustrator(s): Bryan, Tony. Series: New Vanguard. Num Pages: 48 pages, black & white illustrations, colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJH; HBG; HBWQ; JWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 248 x 184 x 5. Weight in Grams: 168.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 48
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846032806
- ISBN
- 9781846032806
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 12.46
€ 16.99
€ 12.46
Hardcover. Public discourse and everyday life during the last days of Yugoslavia Series: New Anthropologies of Europe. Num Pages: 336 pages, 10 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1D; 1DV; GTB; HBG; HBJD; HBLW; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 29. Weight in Grams: 636.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780253356239
- ISBN
- 9780253356239
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 85.58€ 31.58
€ 85.58
€ 31.58
Paperback. Public discourse and everyday life during the last days of Yugoslavia Series: New Anthropologies of Europe. Num Pages: 336 pages, 10 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1DV; GTB; HBG; HBLW; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 26. Weight in Grams: 516.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253223067
- ISBN
- 9780253223067
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.51
€ 30.99
€ 27.51
Paperback. Offering a kaleidoscopic journey into the experiences of modernization, the dizzying social changes that swept millions of people into the capitalist world, this title dexterously interweaves an exploration of modernism in art, literature, and architecture. Num Pages: 420 pages. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJ; HBG; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 110 x 32. Weight in Grams: 496.
- Publisher
- Verso Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 420
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781844676446
- ISBN
- 9781844676446
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 23.25
€ 25.99
€ 23.25
Paperback. "The Venture of Islam" has been honored as a magesterial work of the mind since its publication in early 1975. In this three-volume study, illustrated with charts and maps, Hodgson traces and interprets the historical development of Islamic civilization from before the birth of Muhammad to the middle of the twentieth century. Num Pages: 544 pages, xii, 532 p., 33 charts, 8 maps. BIC Classification: 1Q; HBG; HRH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 33. Weight in Grams: 842.
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 544
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1977
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226346830
- ISBN
- 9780226346830
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 32.45
€ 41.99
€ 32.45
Paperback. Series: Women in Culture and Society Series. Num Pages: 304 pages, 1 line drawing. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLC; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 154 x 20. Weight in Grams: 436.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226355047
- ISBN
- 9780226355047
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 37.06
€ 47.99
€ 37.06
Paperback. Sex is beyond reason, and yet we constantly reason about it. So, too, did the peoples of Ancient Greece and Rome.This work considers how erotic experience is understood in classical texts, and what ethical and philosophical arguments are made about sex? Editor(s): Nussbaum, Martha C.; Sihvola, Juha. Num Pages: 464 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 1QDAR; HBG; HBLA; JFCX; JFSJ; VFVC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 151 x 26. Weight in Grams: 628.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 464
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226609157
- ISBN
- 9780226609157
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 37.18
€ 47.99
€ 37.18
Paperback. Collection of essays that focuses on questions of gender and culture in early Christianity. Editor(s): Martin, Dale B.; Miller, Patricia Cox. Num Pages: 376 pages. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 157 x 22. Weight in Grams: 546.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822334224
- ISBN
- 9780822334224
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.51
€ 32.99
€ 29.51
Paperback. A challenge to the whole basis of thinking on the subject of classical civilization. The author argues that it has its roots in Afroasiatic cultures, and that these influences have been systematically ignored, suppressed or denied since the 18th century. Num Pages: 608 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLA; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 37. Weight in Grams: 436.
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Number of pages
- 608
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099887805
- ISBN
- 9780099887805
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.04
€ 19.99
€ 15.04