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General & world history
Paperback. Focusing on four major cultural areas, this book attempts to understand the role of cultural differences within nations and between nations in shaping the economic and social fates of peoples and of whole civilizations. Num Pages: 516 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBG; HBTB; JFC; JFSL3; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 128 x 203 x 31. Weight in Grams: 578.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Basic Books
- Number of pages
- 516
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780465014002
- ISBN
- 9780465014002
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 22.00
€ 25.99
€ 22.00
hardcover. Editor(s): Beyer, Jurgen. Num Pages: 386 pages, illus. BIC Classification: HBG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Weight in Grams: 213.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht Germany
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 386
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783525100639
- ISBN
- 9783525100639
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 56.55€ 45.20
€ 56.55
€ 45.20
Paperback. Provides a thorough history of the nineteenth century material and goes on to examine the theories on its architectural expression, focussing on determining role of the reinforced concrete frame. This title provides the rational and effective expression of classical principles in modern construction. Num Pages: 472 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLL; HBT; TNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 239 x 141 x 40. Weight in Grams: 838.
- Publisher
- McGill-Queen´s University Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 472
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780773525641
- ISBN
- 9780773525641
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 35.94
€ 40.99
€ 35.94
Paperback. Summary of the current debate about the nature of modern conflict, which analysts have been struggling to define since the end of the Cold War Editor(s): Haug, Karl Erik; Maao, Ole Jurgen. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJP; 3JM; HBG; HBLW3; HBWS; JWA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 213 x 138 x 22. Weight in Grams: 474.
- Publisher
- C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849042727
- ISBN
- 9781849042727
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 42.08
€ 46.99
€ 42.08
Hardback. Num Pages: 384 pages, over 70 b/w photographs, 30 maps. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJG; 3JJH; HBG; HBJD; HBWQ; JWG; JWTR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 159 x 236 x 39. Weight in Grams: 998.
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Edition
- First
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764305931
- ISBN
- 9780764305931
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 48.99€ 32.10
€ 48.99
€ 32.10
Hardcover. This Companion provides scholarly yet accessible new interpretations of Greek history of the Classical period, from the aftermath of the Persian Wars in 478 B.C. to the death of Alexander the Great in 323 B.C. Editor(s): Kinzl, Konrad H. Series: Blackwell Companions to the Ancient World. Num Pages: 632 pages, 51. BIC Classification: 1QDA; GBC; HBG; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 255 x 186 x 51. Weight in Grams: 1276.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 632
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631230144
- ISBN
- 9780631230144
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 261.96
€ 261.96
Hardcover. A Companion to Intellectual History provides an in-depth survey of the practice of intellectual history as a discipline. Forty newly-commissioned chapters showcase leading global research with broad coverage of every aspect of intellectual history as it is currently practiced. Series: Wiley Blackwell Companions to World History. Num Pages: 472 pages. BIC Classification: HBG; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 170. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 472
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781118294802
- ISBN
- 9781118294802
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 174.64
€ 174.64
To produce a companion to ancient history is obviously a monumental task, and comprehensiveness an almost impossible goal, but there are nonetheless an impressively wide range of approaches, key topics and concepts covered in this volume. Series: Blackwell Companions to the Ancient World. Num Pages: 693 pages, b/w illus. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 246 x 179 x 46. Weight in Grams: 1446.
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 693
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405131506
- ISBN
- 9781405131506
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 277.69
€ 277.69
Hardback. Late medieval Japan witnessed a growth in the power of the commoner, as seen in the spread of corporate villages (so) marked by collective ownership and administration and other self-governing features. This study of a community of so villages from the fourteenth through the seventeenth centuries reconstructs the life of these villages. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3H; HBG; HBJF; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 156. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 300
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804719414
- ISBN
- 9780804719414
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 81.20
€ 81.20
Paperback. Using data on every civil war fought between 1940 and 1992, the author details the conditions that lead combatants to partake in what she defines as a three-step process - the decision on whether to initiate negotiations, to compromise, and, finally, to implement any resulting terms. Num Pages: 216 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: GTJ; HBG; HBLW3; HBW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 161 x 236 x 14. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691089317
- ISBN
- 9780691089317
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 37.51
€ 52.99
€ 37.51
Paperback. This is the first volume of a three-volume historical and literary commentary on the eight books of Thucydides, the great fifth-century BC historian of the Peloponnesian War between Athens and Sparta. All Greek is translated, to that the work is accessible to those with little or no knowledge of the ancient language. Num Pages: 560 pages, bibliography. BIC Classification: 1DVG; 1QDAG; 2AHA; DSBB; HBG; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 131 x 29. Weight in Grams: 800.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 560
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198150992
- ISBN
- 9780198150992
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 234.22
€ 234.22
Paperback. Their dispatches, which reported the war with the immediacy of real time, make up the core of this book. Num Pages: 256 pages, 24, 24 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJH; DNJ; HBG; HBLW; HBWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 158 x 231 x 21. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Maryland Historical Society United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780938420149
- ISBN
- 9780938420149
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 33.84
€ 40.99
€ 33.84
Hardback. Explores a rare system of colonialism in Middle Belt Nigeria, where the British outsourced the business of the empire to Hausa-Fulani subcolonials because they considered the area too uncivilized for Indirect Rule. Num Pages: 294 pages, 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1H; 1HFD; GTB; HBG; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 562.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253011602
- ISBN
- 9780253011602
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 90.81
€ 90.81
Paperback. This work examines the artistic production of imperial nations and their colonies and aims to show how it was affected by colonial contact. It also presents case studies of objects from India, China and Africa which were collected by or exhibited in the institutions of the British Empire. Editor(s): Barringer, Tim; Flynn, Tom. Series: Museum Meanings. Num Pages: 236 pages, 10 line figures, 50 b&w photographs, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: AC; GM; HBG; HBLL; HBTQ; HBTR; JFC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 245 x 172 x 15. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 236
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415157766
- ISBN
- 9780415157766
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 57.47
€ 57.47
Hardback. Offers a study of the connections between French colonial migrants and white women in Paris between the world wars. Series: France Overseas: Studies in Empire and Decolonization Series. Num Pages: 354 pages, 6 illustrations, 4 tables. BIC Classification: 1DDF; GTB; HBG; HBLW; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 30. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803225459
- ISBN
- 9780803225459
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 47.89
€ 47.89
paperback. *A comprehensive and accessible account of a crucial period in recent world history *Originally published as a tie-in to the critically acclaimed CNN and BBC series Num Pages: 560 pages, Integrated: 80, b/w int photos. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLW3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 63. Weight in Grams: 384.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Abacus
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780349120805
- ISBN
- 9780349120805
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.68
€ 19.99
€ 15.68
Hardback. Covers nine of the earliest wars involving jet aircraft (from 1950-1982). Num Pages: 240 pages, 200 illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJP; HBG; HBLW3; HBWS; JWG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
- Publisher
- Pen & Sword Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781473837737
- ISBN
- 9781473837737
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.45
€ 26.99
€ 25.45
Paperback. Editor(s): Wohlforth, William C. Num Pages: 336 pages, 2 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 1KBB; 3JJP; HBG; HBJD; HBJK; HBLW; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 503.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Pennsylvania State University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780271022383
- ISBN
- 9780271022383
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 49.99€ 38.98
€ 49.99
€ 38.98
Paperback. Dissatisfied with traditional diplomatic and military interpretations, historians have been investigating the role that political culture played in shaping global conflicts. This text illuminates the political and cultural assumptions underlying US policies from World War II to the mid-1960s. Editor(s): Appy, Christian G. Series: Culture, Politics & the Cold War. Num Pages: 328 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPG; 3JJPK; HBG; HBLW3; JPQB; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 157 x 24. Weight in Grams: 594.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University of Massachusetts Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781558492189
- ISBN
- 9781558492189
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 31.78
€ 31.99
€ 31.78
Paperback. An entertaining and multidimensional portrait of currency through the ages. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: HBG; KCBM; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton General Division United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848549043
- ISBN
- 9781848549043
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.31
€ 17.99
€ 13.31
Hardback. It will be of interest to scholars and students of classical antiquity and the Middle Ages, as well as to professional and amateur numismatists. Series: Ancient Society and History. Num Pages: 472 pages, 285, 285 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; HBG; HBLA; KCZ; WCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 150 x 221 x 40. Weight in Grams: 742.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 472
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780801852916
- ISBN
- 9780801852916
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 77.19€ 70.19
€ 77.19
€ 70.19
Hardcover. One of the greatest accomplishments in the history of cryptography occurred in 1940 when Arne Beurling broke the German code used for strategic military communications. This work describes Beurling's attack on the G-Schreiber system as well as attacks on other wartime crypto systems, noting high points from the history of Swedish cryptology. Editor(s): Beckman, Bengt. Num Pages: 289 pages, map, index. BIC Classification: 1DNS; 3JJH; GPJ; HBG; HBJD; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 258 x 183 x 19. Weight in Grams: 716.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- American Mathematical Society
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780821828892
- ISBN
- 9780821828892
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 69.27
€ 69.27
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
€ 9.38
€ 9.38
Paperback. Series: Classica et Mediaevalia - Revue Danoise de Philologie et D'Histoire. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 3D; HBG; HBLA; HBLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 157 x 24. Weight in Grams: 614.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Museum Tusculanum Press Denmark
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788772898537
- ISBN
- 9788772898537
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 67.16€ 52.22
€ 67.16
€ 52.22