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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
€ 46.26

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

€ 63.02

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

€ 44.99
€ 41.44

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

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
€ 24.62

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
€ 15.91

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

€ 36.99
€ 36.73

Paperback. .
Publisher
Thames & Hudson Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780500292518
ISBN
9780500292518
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.15

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
€ 24.38

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

€ 27.99
€ 24.22

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

€ 37.99
€ 34.03

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

€ 15.99
€ 11.80

Paperback. How the division of the Americas from the rest of the world affected human history. Num Pages: 640 pages. BIC Classification: HBG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 154 x 39. Weight in Grams: 844.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Phoenix (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd )
Number of pages
640
Condition
New
SKU
V9780753828458
ISBN
9780753828458
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 16.54

Paperback. Challenging the standard narrative, this account, updated for the paperback edition, establishes the causal relationship between the global political and economic crises of the interwar period, and offers a new look at the role of ideology, racism and the leading liberal powers in the events between the First and Second World Wars. Num Pages: 622 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJG; HBG; HBJD; HBLW; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 158 x 35. Weight in Grams: 938.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
622
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230302433
ISBN
9780230302433
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.85

Hardback. Challenging the standard narrative of Interwar International History, this account establishes the causal relationship between the global political and economic crises of the period, and offers a radically new look at the role of ideology, racism and the leading liberal powers in the events between the First and Second World Wars. Num Pages: 622 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DDF; 1KBB; 3JJG; HBG; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 161 x 41. Weight in Grams: 1094.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
624
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230574786
ISBN
9780230574786
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.75

Paperback. Over the years, the Mediterranean Sea has been one of the great centres of civilization. This book presents the history of the Mediterranean, from the erection of temples on Malta around 3500 BC to modern tourism. Num Pages: 816 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QSM; HBG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 146 x 197 x 39. Weight in Grams: 610.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
9780141977164
ISBN
9780141977164
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 16.46

Paperback. The centuries between 800 and 300 BC saw an explosion of new religious concepts. Their emergence is second only to man's harnessing of fire in fundamentally transforming our understanding of what it is to be human. This work examines this phenomenal period and the connections between a disparate group of philosophers, mystics and theologians. Num Pages: 464 pages, 24pp b/w plates, maps. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLA; HRAX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 42. Weight in Grams: 460. The World in the Time of Buddha, Socrates, Confucius and Jeremiah. 464 pages, 24pp b/w plates, maps. The centuries between 800 and 300 BC saw an explosion of new religious concepts. Their emergence is second only to man's harnessing of fire in fundamentally transforming our understanding of what it is to be human. This work examines this phenomenal period and the connections between a disparate group of philosophers, mystics and theologians. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: HBG; HBLA; HRAX. Dimension: 197 x 130 x 42. Weight: 460.
Publisher
Atlantic Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843540564
ISBN
9781843540564
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.46

Hardback. New naval history of the First World War which reveals the contribution of the war at sea to Allied victory. Num Pages: 417 pages, 34 b/w illus. 10 maps. BIC Classification: 3JJF; HBG; HBLW; HBTM; HBWN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 162 x 24. Weight in Grams: 818.
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781107036901
ISBN
9781107036901
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 43.70

Hardback. The Great War is a collection of seven original essays and three critical comments by senior scholars dealing with the greatest conflict in modern history to its time - the 1914-18 World War. The Great War is edited by the distinguished historian of the First World War, R.J.Q.Adams. Editor(s): Adams, R. J. Q. Series: Studies in Military and Strategic History. Num Pages: 207 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JJF; HBG; HBWN. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 150. Weight in Grams: 415.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
207
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333522325
ISBN
9780333522325
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 121.29

Paperback. The Great War was the first truly global conflict, and it changed the course of world history. In this magnum opus, the author examines the conflict in every arena around the world, in a history that combines scholarship with vivid and unfamiliar eyewitness accounts, from kings and generals, and ordinary soldiers. Num Pages: 608 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJF; HBG; HBLW; HBWN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 36. Weight in Grams: 488.
Publisher
Profile Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846682476
ISBN
9781846682476
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.15

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