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Hardback. Royal Mothers and their Ruling Children: Wielding Political Authority from Antiquity to the Early Modern Era brings together a range of case studies from the Pre-Modern era to illustrate key themes with regard to motherhood, ambition and authority, with a focus on queens and elite women who are at the political heart of their respective realms. Editor(s): Woodacre, Elena; Fleiner, Carey. Series: Queenship and Power. Num Pages: 264 pages, 5 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HBG; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 148 x 223 x 22. Weight in Grams: 462.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137513106
- ISBN
- 9781137513106
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 113.58
€ 113.58
Paperback. Focusing on the British empire, this book assesses the extent to which Jews participated in the institution of slavery through investment in slave trading companies, ownership of slave ships, commercial activity as merchants who sold slaves upon their arrival from Africa, and direct ownership of slaves. Series: New Perspectives on Jewish Studies. Num Pages: 386 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLH; HBLL; HBTS; JFSL3; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 386
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- New Ed
- SKU
- V9780814726396
- ISBN
- 9780814726396
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.73
€ 32.99
€ 29.73
Hardcover. A pioneering investigation into the practices and methodologies used in the search for and exhumation of dead bodies resulting from mass violence. Editor(s): Anstett, Elisabeth; Dreyfus, Jean-Marc. Series Editor(s): Anstett, Elisabeth. Series: Human Remains and Violence. Num Pages: 264 pages, 10 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HDW; JFFE; JKVF1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 145 x 26. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719097560
- ISBN
- 9780719097560
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 160.40
€ 160.40
Paperback. Through their diaries, letters and memoirs, meet the women who defied convention and followed their convictions to defend the less fortunate and fight for their country. Num Pages: 288 pages, 40 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 3JJF; HBG; HBWN; JFSJ1; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780750979504
- ISBN
- 9780750979504
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.55
€ 17.99
€ 16.55
Hardback. Num Pages: 252 pages, illus. BIC Classification: HBG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Weight in Grams: 372.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht GmbH & Co KG Germany
- Number of pages
- 252
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783525534564
- ISBN
- 9783525534564
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 97.26
€ 97.26
Paperback. Offers an insight into Victorian England's criminal past and the characters that were forced to spend time in the unforgiving environment of a 19th-century gaol. This book focuses on the photographic documentation of convicts, and contains over 350 images of prisoners, recording the evolution of criminal records. Num Pages: 128 pages, ports. BIC Classification: HBG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 166 x 11. Weight in Grams: 352.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752451299
- ISBN
- 9780752451299
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.60
€ 19.99
€ 18.60
Hardback. Focusing on the socio-cultural as well as the political dimensions of the Sergius cult, this study sheds light on the lives of the ordinary faithful, as well as on religion's place in the strategic calculations of hostile empires. It discusses Arab Christianity in the context of late Roman culture in the East. Series: Transformation of the Classical Heritage. Num Pages: 246 pages, 17 figures, including b/w photographs and line illustrations, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 3D; HBG; HBJF; HBLA; HRKP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 166 x 23. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 246
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520216853
- ISBN
- 9780520216853
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 73.57€ 56.67
€ 73.57
€ 56.67
Paperback. Num Pages: 270 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1MBF; HBG; HBLW; JFSJ1. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 247 x 176 x 21. Weight in Grams: 738.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Aboriginal Studies Press Australia
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780855753139
- ISBN
- 9780855753139
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 22.22
€ 30.99
€ 22.22
Paperback. A Woman's Place is based upon Elizabeth Roberts's interviews with 160 elderly people from the towns of Barrow, Lancaster and Preston. They recall their memories of family life as children, youths and adults in the period between the last decade of the nineteenth century and the outbreak of the Second World War. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HBG; HBTB; JFSG; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 154 x 222 x 17. Weight in Grams: 424.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- Reissue
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631147541
- ISBN
- 9780631147541
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.06
€ 52.06
Hardcover. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: HBG; JFCD; WCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 261 x 18. Weight in Grams: 746.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781935623809
- ISBN
- 9781935623809
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 38.16
€ 38.16
hardcover. Editor(s): Elvin, Mark; Skinner, G. William. Num Pages: 472 pages, figs.tabs.M. BIC Classification: HBG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 150. Weight in Grams: 955.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1974
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 472
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804708531
- ISBN
- 9780804708531
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 103.23
€ 103.23
Hardback. -- Joseph S. Nye, Harvard University Series: New Directions in World Politics. Num Pages: 497 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLW3; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 165. Weight in Grams: 635.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 497
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231072786
- ISBN
- 9780231072786
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 118.67€ 89.47
€ 118.67
€ 89.47
Hardcover. "A superb piece of scholarship."--Anthony Long, author of "Hellenistic Philosophy" Series: Sather Classical Lectures. Num Pages: 271 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 1QSM; HBG; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 240 x 230 x 25. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 271
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520073029
- ISBN
- 9780520073029
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.89€ 48.91
€ 62.89
€ 48.91
Paperback. Emily Rosenberg examines the social and cultural networks that emerged from global exchanges between 1870 and 1945. Transnational connections were being formed many decades before "globalization" became a commonplace term in economic and political discourse, and these currents underscore the fluidity of spatial and personal identifications. Num Pages: 240 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJ; HBG; HBLL; HBLW; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 210 x 17. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Publisher
- Belknap Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674281332
- ISBN
- 9780674281332
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 30.66
€ 35.99
€ 30.66
Hardback. Between 1870 and 1945, advances in communication and transportation simultaneously expanded and shrank the world. In five interpretive essays, A World Connecting goes beyond nations, empires, and world wars to capture the era's defining feature: the profound and disruptive shift toward an ever more rapidly integrating world. Series: A History of the World. Num Pages: 1168 pages, 62 halftones, 16 maps, 16 tables. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJ; HBG; HBLL; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 171 x 61. Weight in Grams: 1638.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Number of pages
- 1168
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674047211
- ISBN
- 9780674047211
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.15€ 48.00
€ 52.15
€ 48.00
Paperback. How Pearl Harbor has been written about, thought of, and manipulated in American culture. Series: American Encounters/Global Interactions. Num Pages: 248 pages, 15 b&w photos. BIC Classification: HBG; HBJK; HBLW; HBWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 220 x 136 x 16. Weight in Grams: 304.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822336372
- ISBN
- 9780822336372
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.21
€ 27.99
€ 26.21
paperback. History is a rich, varied and fascinating subject, so it's rare to find the whole lot in one book .. until now. Author Emma Marriott pulls it all together, from the world's earliest civilizations to the founding of the United Nations in 1945, passing by the likes of Charlemagne, the Ottoman Empire and the Crimean War, to name a few. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: HBG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 15. Weight in Grams: 164. Clean copy with minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- O Mara Books Ltd.
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KMK0021728
- ISBN
- 9781782437079
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 10.00
€ 10.00
Paperback. Information is broken down into manageable bite-sized chunks, refreshing your memory of all those things you once knew but have forgotten, and filling you in on the bits that the school syllabus didn't include. From building the pyramids in Egypt to the fall of the Berlin Wall, everything you used to know - and much that you didn't - is here. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: HBG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 129 x 13. Weight in Grams: 166.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2023
- Publisher
- Michael O´Mara Books Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782434481
- ISBN
- 9781782434481
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.97
€ 10.99
€ 9.97
Paperback. An illustrated guide to the ancient civilization of Mesopotamia, covering the broad areas of life, such as people, politics, religion, the world of the dead, and places and monuments. It emphasizes the archaeological and literary evidence pertaining to Mesopotamia during the period before the arrival of Alexander the Great. Series: Dictionaries of Civilization. Num Pages: 368 pages, 321 color illustrations. BIC Classification: GBC; HBG; HBLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 140 x 28. Weight in Grams: 646. Assyrians, Sumerians, Babylonians. Series: Dictionaries of Civilization. 368 pages, col. Illustrations. An illustrated guide to the ancient civilization of Mesopotamia, covering the broad areas of life, such as people, politics, religion, the world of the dead, and places and monuments. It emphasizes the archaeological and literary evidence pertaining to Mesopotamia during the period before the arrival of Alexander the Great. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: GBC; HBG; HBLA. Dimension: 201 x 140 x 28. Weight: 648.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520252660
- ISBN
- 9780520252660
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.15
€ 40.99
€ 29.15
Toward A Global Community Of Historians: The International Historical ...
Erdmann, Karl Dietrich, Kocka, Jurgen, Mommse...
Hardcover. This book traces and analyzes the changes of historians' problems, topics, and methods, as reflected at their International Congresses and in the work of their international organization. It describes the cleavages, debates, and forging of ties among historians from different parts of the world and ideological camps. Editor(s): Kocka, Jurgen; Mommsen, Wolfgang J.; Blansdorf, Agnes. Translator(s): Nothnagle, Alan L. Num Pages: 430 pages, 4 appendices, bibliog., index. BIC Classification: HBAH; HBG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 159 x 235 x 29. Weight in Grams: 708.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781571814340
- ISBN
- 9781571814340
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 167.89
€ 167.89
Paperback. This beautifully presented volume, which includes over 80 photographs, paintings, and illustrations, shines a light on the compelling personalities inside the stories, and explores the motivations behind some of the most ambitiously dishonest acts known to humankind. Num Pages: 256 pages, col. Illustrations. BIC Classification: HBG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 187 x 18. Weight in Grams: 662.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752457710
- ISBN
- 9780752457710
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.54
€ 17.99
€ 16.54
Paperback. Series: Readings in Western Civilization. Num Pages: 448 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLH; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 250 x 200 x 28. Weight in Grams: 594.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1986
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 448
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226069456
- ISBN
- 9780226069456
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 28.82
€ 36.99
€ 28.82
Paperback. Editor(s): Gray, Charles M.; Kishlansky, Mark A. Series: Readings in Western Civilization. Num Pages: 618 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1Q; HBG. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 220 x 150 x 35. Weight in Grams: 848.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1987
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 618
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226069487
- ISBN
- 9780226069487
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.41
€ 40.99
€ 31.41
Paperback. Hobsbawm's classic history, repackaged as an Abacus History Great Num Pages: 448 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJC; HBG; HBLL; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 198 x 127 x 31. Weight in Grams: 304.
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780349105987
- ISBN
- 9780349105987
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.95
€ 19.99
€ 14.95