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Paperback. Turning his back on neoliberalism at the moment that its advocates were in their pomp, trumpeting 'the end of history' and the supposedly unstoppable spread of liberal values across the globe, Gray's was a lone voice of scepticism. The thinking he criticised here would lead ultimately to the invasion of Iraq. Series: Routledge Classics. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JF; HBG; HBLL; HBTB; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 196 x 130 x 24. Weight in Grams: 352.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415424042
- ISBN
- 9780415424042
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 17.58
€ 17.99
€ 17.58
Paperback. Offers a study of those at the centre of Western civilization's vision of the world - the Enlightenment: nobles, priests, functionaries, men of letters, artists, explorers, soldiers and women. This book examines the fundamental structures of society, and attitudes to birth, death and sexuality. Editor(s): Vovelle, Michel. Translator(s): Cochrane, Lydia G. Num Pages: 460 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BGH; HBG; HBJD; HBLH; HBLL; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 155 x 28. Weight in Grams: 634.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 460
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226865706
- ISBN
- 9780226865706
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 59.33€ 50.25
€ 59.33
€ 50.25
Paperback. Christopher Tyerman offers this book-length study of the role of England in the Crusades which focuses on the courtroom and council chamber rather than the battlefield. Tyerman seeks to demonstrate the impact of the Crusades on the political and economic functions of English society. Num Pages: 508 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3H; 3JB; HBG; HBJD1; HBLC; HBTB; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 156 x 28. Weight in Grams: 708.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226820132
- ISBN
- 9780226820132
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 37.06
€ 47.99
€ 37.06
This group biography investigates the personal and professional histories of what is often referred to as the World War II Generation of Historians, a group that includes Daniel Boorstin, Hugh Trevor Roper and Barbara Tuckman. It is based on personal interviews and readings of their work. Num Pages: 368 pages, 23 photographs. BIC Classification: 3JJ; BG; HBAH; HBG; HBWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 744.
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- The University Press of Kentucky United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813122069
- ISBN
- 9780813122069
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 54.49
€ 54.49
Hardback. Argues that the West's attempts to remake foreign societies in its own image - even with the best of intentions - invariably fail. This title focuses on various operations in Haiti, Bosnia, Kosovo, East Timor, Afghanistan, and Iraq, comparing these cases to the colonial activities of Great Britain, France, and the United States. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLW; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 162 x 19. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Printing
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231129138
- ISBN
- 9780231129138
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 104.43€ 79.32
€ 104.43
€ 79.32
Paperback. Argues that the West's attempts to remake foreign societies in its own image - even with the best of intentions - invariably fail. This title focuses on various operations in Haiti, Bosnia, Kosovo, East Timor, Afghanistan, and Iraq, comparing these cases to the colonial activities of Great Britain, France, and the United States. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLW; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 181 x 13. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231129121
- ISBN
- 9780231129121
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Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 27.32
€ 37.99
€ 27.32
Hardback. Muller takes us behind the scenes of the Wehrmacht High Command, providing a fascinating insight into an unknown story of World War II. Num Pages: 320 pages, 30 bw integrated, 9 maps. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 1DVU; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 163 x 28. Weight in Grams: 624.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780768298
- ISBN
- 9781780768298
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.40€ 49.39
€ 53.40
€ 49.39
paperback. Before Alexander Solzhenitsyn's "One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich" shocked the Western world, some readers already knew of prison life in the Soviet Union, the Eastern bloc and other Communist countries. This is a selection of excerpts from nine widely read books from this gulag literature. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVU; HBG; HBJD; HBLW; JPS; JPVR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 211 x 168 x 20. Weight in Grams: 331.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Ivan R. Dee United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reprint
- SKU
- V9781566635219
- ISBN
- 9781566635219
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 16.43
€ 16.99
€ 16.43
Hardback. In this book, Donald Critchlow has selected excerpts from nine of the most widely read books from the powerful genre of Gulag literature. Editor(s): Critchlow, Donald T.; Critchlow, Agnieszka. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVU; HBG; HBJD; HBLW; JPS; JPVR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 220 x 149 x 26. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Ivan R Dee, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781566634564
- ISBN
- 9781566634564
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Condition: New
€ 34.39
€ 34.39
Hardback. Provides a comprehensive overview of human history from two million years ago to the historic period. This volume focuses on Middle America. Editor(s): Peregrine, Peter N.; Ember, Melvin. Num Pages: 462 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KLC; 3B; HBG; HBLA; HD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 279 x 210 x 32. Weight in Grams: 1460.
- Publisher
- Springer Science+Business Media
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- 2001st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780306462597
- ISBN
- 9780306462597
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 191.82
€ 191.82
Paperback. Empires - vast states of territories and peoples united by force and ambition - have dominated the political landscape for more than two millennia. This title departs from conventional European and nation-centered perspectives to take a look at how empires relied on diversity to shape the global order. Num Pages: 528 pages, 44 halftones. 34 line illus. BIC Classification: 1QD; HBG; HBJQ; HBL; HBTQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 179 x 41. Weight in Grams: 1128.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Edition
- unknown
- Number of pages
- 528
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691152363
- ISBN
- 9780691152363
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.98
€ 44.98
Paperback. Empire was not fabricated in European capitals and implemented "out there." Imperial systems affected the metropole as well as the farthest outpost. Empires and the Reach of the Global shows how imperialism has been a shaping force not just in international politics but in the economies and cultures of today's world. Num Pages: 220 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJ; HBG; HBLL; HBLW; JFFN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 145 x 17. Weight in Grams: 308.
- Publisher
- Belknap Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674281295
- ISBN
- 9780674281295
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 30.77
€ 35.99
€ 30.77
Hardback. Between 1350 and 1750 the world reached a tipping point of global connectedness. In this volume of the acclaimed History of the World series, noted international scholars examine five critical geographical areas where exploration and empire building led to expanding interaction--early signals on every continent of a shrinking globe. Num Pages: 1159 pages. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLC1; HBLH; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 174 x 62. Weight in Grams: 1790.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674047198
- ISBN
- 9780674047198
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.99€ 44.93
€ 53.99
€ 44.93
Hardback. This collaborative study explores moments in the history of globalization and autonomy to provide insights into changes overtaking the contemporary world. Editor(s): Streeter, Stephen M.; Weaver, John C.; Coleman, William D. Series: Globalization and Autonomy. Num Pages: 352 pages, 11 tables. BIC Classification: HBG; JFFS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 5817 x 4217. Weight in Grams: 703.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780774815994
- ISBN
- 9780774815994
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 112.81
€ 112.81
Paperback. This book makes a unique contribution to the renewed debate about empire and imperialism and will be of great interest to all those concerned with understanding the historical antecedents and wider implications of today's emergent liberal interventionism, and the various logics of international development. Editor(s): Duffield, Mark R.; Hewitt, Vernon. Num Pages: 226 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBG; HBTQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 364.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- James Currey
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 226
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847010773
- ISBN
- 9781847010773
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 26.68
€ 26.99
€ 26.68
Hardback. In 1944, Raphael Lemkin coined the term genocideA" to describe a foreign occupation that destroyed or permanently crippled a subject population. In this tradition, Empire, Colony, Genocide embeds genocide in the epochal geopolitical transformations of the past 500 years: the European colonization of the globe.. Editor(s): Moses, A. Dirk. Series: War and Genocide. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLL; HBTQ; HBTR; HBTZ. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845454524
- ISBN
- 9781845454524
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 205.52
€ 205.52
Paperback. Discusses the empire-to-nation transition in comparative perspective, with chapters on Latin America, the Middle East, Eastern Europe, Russia, and China. This work illustrates the common features and the diversity of the transition, concentrating on the empire-to-nation transition. Editor(s): Esherick, Joseph W.; Kayali, Hasan; Van Young, Eric. Series: World Social Change. Num Pages: 440 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBG. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 150 x 228 x 23. Weight in Grams: 572.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 440
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742540316
- ISBN
- 9780742540316
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 90.62
€ 90.62
Hardback. Num Pages: 304 pages, 3, 3 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 242 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 594.
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801451485
- ISBN
- 9780801451485
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 60.91
€ 60.91
paperback. A controversial account of the Churchill years by a bestselling historian. Num Pages: 368 pages, 8. BIC Classification: BGH; HBG; HBLW3; HBWQ; JPL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 25. Weight in Grams: 278. Good clean copy showing some age and shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Phoenix London
- Condition
- Used, Good
- SKU
- KMK0023898
- ISBN
- 9781857992137
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 6.49
€ 6.49
Paperback. " .. the best account we have of the World War II campaigns from Normandy to the Elbe." -American Historical Review" Num Pages: 822 pages, 10ill.23M. BIC Classification: HBG; HBJD; HBWQ; JW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 172 x 50. Weight in Grams: 1308.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1981
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 822
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253206084
- ISBN
- 9780253206084
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 41.86
€ 46.99
€ 41.86
Paperback. Eldest daughter of eight children, the author grew up in Surakarta, Java, in what is now Indonesia. In the months following the bombing of Pearl Harbor, however, Dutch nationals were rounded up by Japanese soldiers and put in internment camps. This book tells her story. Series: Ohio RIS Southeast Asia Series. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations, 1map, ports. BIC Classification: 3JJH; BGH; HBG; HBJF; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 14. Weight in Grams: 249.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Ohio University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780896801912
- ISBN
- 9780896801912
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.51
€ 32.99
€ 29.51
paperback. Adopting a different approach to ancient Egypt, this book aims to illuminate the complex world of Egyptian myth. It explores the cultural and historical background behind a variety of sources and objects, from Cleopatra's Needle and Tutankhamun's golden statue, to a story on papyrus of the gods misbehaving. Series: Very Short Introductions. Num Pages: 160 pages, numerous halftones, line drawings and text boxes. BIC Classification: HBG; HBJH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 175 x 111 x 9. Weight in Grams: 130.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- OUP Oxford Oxford
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- SKU
- KMK0025308
- ISBN
- 9780192803467
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 5.12
€ 5.12
Paperback. Regarded as one of the best general histories of the ancient world, it is written for the general reader and the student coming to the subject for the first time and provides a reliable and highly accessible point of entry to the period. The 3rd edition has been extensively revised with several chapters rewritten and a wealth of new material added. Num Pages: 784 pages, Contains numerous halftones, colour plates, maps, and line drawings. BIC Classification: 1QDA; 3D; HBG; HBLA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 158 x 43. Weight in Grams: 1262.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 3rd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199651924
- ISBN
- 9780199651924
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 56.08
€ 56.08
Paperback. A biography of Edward Hay Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: BGH; HBG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 120 x 10. Weight in Grams: 250. 19th Century Ireland. 165pp
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781845889920
- ISBN
- 9781845889920
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.76
€ 17.76