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Paperback. "The present edition, with minor revisions by the author, was first published by Faber and Faber Ltd, London, 1972"--T.p. verso. Num Pages: 336 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPCT; HBG; HBJF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 138 x 23. Weight in Grams: 416.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1972
Publisher
Stanford University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804709019
ISBN
9780804709019
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.81

Hardcover. The authors use major new documentary sources, including cables and letters between Mao Zedong and Stalin, to tell for the first time the inside story of the creation of the Sino-Soviet alliance and the origins of the Korean War. Editor(s): Goncharov, Sergei; Lewis, John Wilson; Litai, Xue. Series: Studies in Intl Security and Arm Control. Num Pages: 412 pages, 42 half-tones 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 1FPC; 1FPK; 3JJPG; HBG; HBJF; HBLW3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 157 x 232 x 34. Weight in Grams: 704.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Stanford University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804721158
ISBN
9780804721158
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 158.83

Hardback. This book examines how the early modern Portuguese state used convicts and orphans to populate its global empire. In addition, it addresses the issue of gender in the state's use of two distinct groups of single women as colonizers, orphan girls and reformed prostitutes, each given state-awarded dowries if they agreed to relocate overseas. Num Pages: 288 pages, 15 half-tones 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1DSP; 1QD; 3JB; 3JD; 3JF; HBG; HBJD; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 24. Weight in Grams: 513.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804733595
ISBN
9780804733595
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 102.33

Paperback. Historians and archaeologists normally assume that the economies of ancient Greece and Rome between about 1000 BC and AD 500 were distinct from those of Egypt and the Near East. This book asks whether the differences between accounts of these regions reflect real economic differences. Editor(s): Manning, J. G.; Morris, Ian. Series: Social Science History. Num Pages: 304 pages, 6 tables, 24 figures. BIC Classification: 1QDA; HBG; HBLA; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 16. Weight in Grams: 404.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Stanford University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804757553
ISBN
9780804757553
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.69

Hardback. Through a bold combination of meticulous historiographical research and autobiographical material, this book characterizes the post-World War II era as a time of "latency" during which there emerged a new "chronotope," or change in our relationship to time. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJP; HBG; HBLW3; HPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 503.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804785181
ISBN
9780804785181
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 40.71

Hardback. Num Pages: 200 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HBG. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 317.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804785310
ISBN
9780804785310
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 58.94
€ 57.35

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1986
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press
Number of pages
412
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812212396
ISBN
9780812212396
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 37.34

Paperback. Editor(s): Sheingorn, Pamela. Series: The Middle Ages Series. Num Pages: 344 pages, 11 illus. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLC; HRCC1; HRCM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 530.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812215120
ISBN
9780812215120
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.03

Paperback. "In the restrained prose of Torture lies a passionate message about the intentional violation of the bodies of human beings, in our time and in the past."-New York Times Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBG; JFFE; JKVP1. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 212 x 143 x 20. Weight in Grams: 434.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press
Edition
Expanded
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812215991
ISBN
9780812215991
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.03

Paperback. Eleven essays that focus on the competing eschatologies of the Middle Ages. Editor(s): Bynum, Caroline Walker; Freedman, Paul H. Series: The Middle Ages Series. Num Pages: 376 pages, 17 illus. BIC Classification: 3H; HBG; HBLC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 598.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812217025
ISBN
9780812217025
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 37.02

Paperback. Discusses the background of the World War I Middle East conflict and relates the final, critical campaign through Palestine, along with its notable personalities, including T E Lawrence, Emir Feisal, Kress von Kressenstein, and Edmund Allenby. Num Pages: 224 pages, 7 maps. BIC Classification: 1FBP; 3JJF; HBG; HBJF1; HBWN; JWLF. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 203 x 133 x 25. Weight in Grams: 122.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812218619
ISBN
9780812218619
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 26.93

Hardback. No Place of Rest pursues the literary traces of the traumatic expulsion of Jews from France in 1306. Through careful readings of liturgical, philosophical, memorial, and medical texts, Susan Einbinder reveals how medieval Jews asserted their identity in exile. Series: The Middle Ages Series. Num Pages: 280 pages, 2 illus. BIC Classification: HBG; HBJD; JFSR1. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 567.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812241150
ISBN
9780812241150
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 75.98

Paperback. Historically leftist ideas and theories have had a profound impact on modern Jewish life. But, the left's impact on the Jewish community has greatly diminished today. This book presents a sweeping portrait of the defining impact of the left on modern Jewish politics and culture in Europe, Palestine/Israel, and the New World. Editor(s): Mendelsohn, Ezra. Series: Essential Papers on Jewish Studies. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBG; JFSR1; JPF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 156 x 34. Weight in Grams: 744.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Edition
Text is Free of Markings
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814755716
ISBN
9780814755716
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 35.00

Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages, 34 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBG; HBJK; HBWQ; JFSJ1; JWD; JWG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 154 x 24. Weight in Grams: 474.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
New York University Press New York
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814755877
ISBN
9780814755877
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.70

Hardback. Explores how Asian Americans figured in the effort to shape the credibility of American democracy during the Cold War, even while their perceived "foreignness" cast them as likely alien subversives Series: Nation of Nations. Num Pages: 285 pages, 12 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1F; 1K; GTB; HBG; HBLW3; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 157 x 23. Weight in Grams: 567.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
New York University Press
Number of pages
285
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814759356
ISBN
9780814759356
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 71.14

Paperback. Chronicles the lives of Pham Van Dinh and Tran Ngoc Hue, two of the brightest young stars in the Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN). This book provides a lens through which to understand the ARVN and South Vietnam's complex relationship with Americas government and military. Num Pages: 368 pages, 15 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FMV; HBG; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB; HBWS2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 492.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
NYU Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814794678
ISBN
9780814794678
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.71

Hardcover. Profiling the most notorious mischief makers from the 1600s to the present day, this book explores how "pranks" are part of a long tradition of speaking truth to power and social critique. Num Pages: 364 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBG; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 160 x 28. Weight in Grams: 632.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
NYU Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814796290
ISBN
9780814796290
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 34.61

Paperback. Series: Medieval Cultures S. Num Pages: 194 pages, 6 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1DVKC; 2AGZ; 3H; DSBB; HBG; HBLC; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 149 x 12. Weight in Grams: 300.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
194
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816630547
ISBN
9780816630547
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 27.51

Paperback. Editor(s): Boxer, C. R. Num Pages: 528 pages, 6 halftones, 13 line illustrations, 10 maps. BIC Classification: 1QS; HBG; HBLH; HBTM; RGR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 139 x 216 x 31. Weight in Grams: 654.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
528
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816638901
ISBN
9780816638901
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 27.31

Paperback. Series: Critical American Studies. Num Pages: 260 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBG; HBJK; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 139 x 21. Weight in Grams: 530.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
260
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816640812
ISBN
9780816640812
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 27.48

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