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General & world history
Paperback. The decline of the West is something that has long been prophesied. Symptoms of decline are all around us today: slowing growth, crushing debts, aging populations. But what exactly is amiss with Western civilization? This book presents a indictment of an era of negligence and complacency. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLX; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 11. Weight in Grams: 150.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141975238
- ISBN
- 9780141975238
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.64
€ 14.99
€ 11.64
Paperback. "The best balanced one-volume history of the Second World War in its coverage of all the major themes and all the fronts. Willmott's fresh insights into the war on the Eastern Front are an outstanding feature." Num Pages: 520 pages, 35 black and white photographs, 29 maps. BIC Classification: 3JJH; HBG; HBLW; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 150 x 34. Weight in Grams: 700.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Potomac Books Inc United States
- Edition
- Revised edition
- Number of pages
- 520
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781597971911
- ISBN
- 9781597971911
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 35.95
€ 36.99
€ 35.95
Hardback. Gaiduk offers a comparative approach to the long and complex history of relations between Europe and Islam, from the early seventh century to the present day. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 1QFM; HBG; JPS; WZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 148 x 24. Weight in Grams: 449.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Ivan R Dee, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781566635356
- ISBN
- 9781566635356
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 24.05
€ 26.99
€ 24.05
Hardcover. From the origins of urbanization in Mesopotamia to the global metropolises of today, great cities have marked the development of human civilization. This book tells their stories, from Uruk and Memphis to Tokyo and Sao Paulo. Editor(s): Norwich, John Julius. Num Pages: 304 pages, 290 illustrations, 244 in colour. BIC Classification: HBG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 269 x 209 x 34. Weight in Grams: 1568.
- Publisher
- Thames & Hudson Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780500251546
- ISBN
- 9780500251546
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.21
€ 33.99
€ 24.21
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Thames & Hudson Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780500292518
- ISBN
- 9780500292518
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.15
€ 17.99
€ 14.15
Hardback. A compulsively readable and utterly original account of world history from anatrocitologist's point of view. Num Pages: 688 pages, 20 black-and-white illustrations and 4 maps. BIC Classification: HBG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 187 x 50. Weight in Grams: 1220.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Number of pages
- 688
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393081923
- ISBN
- 9780393081923
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 36.73
€ 36.73
Paperback. A popular history of the Arab invasions that carved out an empire from Spain to China Num Pages: 448 pages, 33, 9 maps. BIC Classification: 1QFM; HBG; HBLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 136 x 35. Weight in Grams: 414.
- Publisher
- Orion Publishing Co United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 448
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- Fourth Impression
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780753823897
- ISBN
- 9780753823897
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.86
€ 19.99
€ 14.86
Paperback. The pace of energy use, greenhouse gas emissions, and population growth has thrust the planet into a new age-the Anthropocene. Humans have altered the planet's biogeochemical systems without consciously managing them. The Great Acceleration explains the causes, consequences, and uncertainties of this massive uncontrolled experiment. Num Pages: 224 pages, maps. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLW; JPA; RN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 140. .
- Publisher
- Belknap Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674545038
- ISBN
- 9780674545038
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 24.43
€ 27.99
€ 24.43
Paperback. Featuring distinguished writers and reporters: John Simpson, James Fenton, Martha Gellhorn, Germaine Greer, Ryszard Kapuscinski, as well as talents Elana Lappin, Suketu Mehta and Wendell Steavenson, this book covers some of the signal events: the fall of Saigon, the end of apartheid in South Africa, the massacre in Tiananmen Square, and more. Editor(s): Jack, Ian. Series: Classics of Reportage S. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: DNJ; HBG; HBLW3; KNTJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 199 x 30. Weight in Grams: 320.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Granta Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781862078154
- ISBN
- 9781862078154
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 16.59
€ 24.99
€ 16.59
Hardback. Series: Columbia Studies in International and Global History. Num Pages: 288 pages, 8 tables. BIC Classification: HBG; KCBM; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 160 x 25. Weight in Grams: 524.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231152525
- ISBN
- 9780231152525
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 79.74€ 61.24
€ 79.74
€ 61.24
Paperback. Fetherling argues that the gold rushes in the US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa shared the same causes and results, the same characters and characteristics. Num Pages: 230 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLL; HBTB; RGR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 17. Weight in Grams: 355.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 230
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780802080462
- ISBN
- 9780802080462
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 41.44
€ 46.99
€ 41.44
Paperback. This volume reconsiders the process of globalization, drawing on a wealth of new perspectives to understand better this momentous historical development. Editor(s): Reus-Smit, Christian; Dunne, Tim. Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: HBG; JPA; JPS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 155 x 252 x 29. Weight in Grams: 768.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198793434
- ISBN
- 9780198793434
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 62.68
€ 62.68
Hardcover. As railways, steamships, and telegraph communications brought distant places into unprecedented proximity, previously minor discrepancies in local time-telling became a global problem. Vanessa Ogle s chronicle of the struggle to standardize clock times and calendars from 1870 to 1950 highlights the many hurdles that proponents of uniformity faced." Num Pages: 260 pages. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJ; HBG; JFFS; PDX; PGZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 165 x 244 x 26. Weight in Grams: 554.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674286146
- ISBN
- 9780674286146
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.99€ 46.00
€ 53.99
€ 46.00
Paperback. Previously published as the first volume of The Encyclopedia of Global Human Migration, this work is devoted exclusively to prehistoric migration, covering all periods and places from the first hominin migrations out of Africa through the end of prehistory. Editor(s): Bellwood, Peter. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: 3B; HBG; HBLA; JFFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 247 x 172 x 20. Weight in Grams: 682.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781118970591
- ISBN
- 9781118970591
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 44.94
€ 44.99
€ 44.94
Paperback. The Global History of Childhood Reader provides an essential collection of chapters and articles on the global history of childhood. Editor(s): Morrison, Heidi. Series: Routledge Readers in History. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: HBG; JFSP1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 245 x 173 x 17. Weight in Grams: 896.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 496
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415782494
- ISBN
- 9780415782494
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 70.83
€ 70.83
Paperback. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: HBA; HBG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140. Weight in Grams: 228.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691174143
- ISBN
- 9780691174143
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 21.98
€ 29.99
€ 21.98
Paperback. Prize-winning study of the global conflict waged during the Cold War and its legacy today. Num Pages: 496 pages, 15 b/w illus. 10 maps. BIC Classification: 3JJP; HBG; HBLW; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 153 x 24. Weight in Grams: 808. Third World Interventions and the Making of Our Times. 495 pages, 15 b/w illus. 10 maps. Prize-winning study of the global conflict waged during the Cold War and its legacy today. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: 3JJP; HBG; HBLW; JPS. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 24. Weight: 810.
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Number of pages
- 496
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780521703147
- ISBN
- 9780521703147
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 32.53
€ 33.99
€ 32.53
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781138709485
- ISBN
- 9781138709485
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.58
€ 50.58
Hardback. "The 1920s is often recognised as a decade of fascism, flappers and film. Covering the political, economic and social developments of the 1920s throughout the world, [this book] takes an international and cross-cultural perspective on the critical changes and conditions that prevailed from roughly 1919 to 1930"--Page ii. Series: Decades in Global History. Num Pages: 260 pages, 12 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 3JJG; HBG; HBLW. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 556.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 260
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781138774780
- ISBN
- 9781138774780
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 158.30€ 140.64
€ 158.30
€ 140.64
Paperback. The Girondins of Chile deals with events that were inspired by the French Revolution of 1848 and offers a shrewd description of the emerging group of Chilean liberals. Vicuna MacKenna participated in the uprising of 1851, yet his book on the events was not published until 1902. Translator(s): Polt, John. Series: Library of Latin America. Num Pages: 96 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLSH; 3JH; BGH; HBG; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 142 x 217 x 6. Weight in Grams: 146. Previously read but remains in good to very good condition
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press England
- Number of pages
- 94
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- SKU
- KIN0006235
- ISBN
- 9780195151817
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. The Girondins of Chile deals with events that were inspired by the French Revolution of 1848 and offers a shrewd description of the emerging group of Chilean liberals. Vicuna MacKenna participated in the uprising of 1851, yet his book on the events was not published until 1902. Translator(s): Polt, John. Series: Library of Latin America. Num Pages: 96 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLSH; 3JH; BGH; HBG; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 142 x 217 x 6. Weight in Grams: 146. Clean copy in good to very good condition. Some light shelf wear.
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press England
- Number of pages
- 94
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- SKU
- KRF0006709
- ISBN
- 9780195151817
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardback. A study traces the tendentiousness of Greek representations by introducing comparative Egyptian material, thus interrogating the Greek texts and authors from a cross-cultural perspective. Series: Classics and Contemporary Thought. Num Pages: 360 pages, 8 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1QDAE; 1QDAG; 2AHA; DSBB; HBG; HBLA; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520228207
- ISBN
- 9780520228207
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.15€ 48.70
€ 62.15
€ 48.70
Paperback. Num Pages: 328 pages, 19 black and white halftones. BIC Classification: 1DVU; HBG; HBJD; HBL; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 156 x 16. Weight in Grams: 466.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 326
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195392395
- ISBN
- 9780195392395
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.21
€ 46.21
Hardback. A pioneering study of the social aspects of industrialisation in a developing country in tropical Africa. Series: African Studies. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFDH; HBG; HBJH; HBTK; JHBL. Weight in Grams: 553. Ex Libris with usual markings. Fine copy in dustwrapper, DW with some minor nicks and bumps but remains very good
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1972
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KKD0013801
- ISBN
- 9780521082969
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95