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Paperback. Investigates how women's roles differed, how their roles changed over time, and how their histories can illuminate the structures of power and societies in which they lived. It also helps understand how royal courts, created to project the authority of male rulers, maintained themselves through the reproductive and productive powers of women. Editor(s): Walthall, Anne. Series: California World History Library. Num Pages: 400 pages, 26 b/w photographs, 11 line illustrations, 8 maps, 5 tables. BIC Classification: HBG; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 646.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Number of pages
- 400
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520254442
- ISBN
- 9780520254442
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.44
€ 40.99
€ 29.44
Hardback. A vivid exploration of the history of a very powerful and long lasting idea: building European worlds outside of Europe. Veracini outlines how the founding of new societies was envisaged and practiced and explores the specific ways in which settler colonial projects tried to establish ideal and regenerated political bodies. Series: Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies Series. Num Pages: 189 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBG; HBTQ. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 222 x 142 x 15. Weight in Grams: 332. A Theoretical Overview. 192 pages, 6 figures. A vivid exploration of the history of a very powerful and long lasting idea: building European worlds outside of Europe. Veracini outlines how the founding of new societies was envisaged and practiced and explores the specific ways in which settler colonial projects tried to establish ideal and regenerated political bodies. Cateogry: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: HBG; HBTQ. Dimension: 222 x 142 x 15. Weight: 332.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230220973
- ISBN
- 9780230220973
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 160.42
€ 160.42
Paperback. Papers presented at an international conference entitled "Perspectives on cross-cultural history," held at Saint Louis University, Saint. Louis, Mo., in March 2010. Editor(s): Rozbicki, Michal Jan; Ndege, George O. Num Pages: 240 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBG; HBL; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 314.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349342501
- ISBN
- 9781349342501
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Hardback. This book aims to explore the designed landscapes associated with factories and corporations in the UK and US created since the industrial revolution. It is largely historical, focusing on the period between 1890 and 1930 but it comes right up to date with initiatives such as secret gardens and vegetable allotments at the London Google offices. Series Editor(s): Breward, Christopher. Series: Studies in Design and Material Culture. Num Pages: 280 pages, 8 colour illustrations, 60 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: AMG; HBG; HBTK; KJW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 177 x 248 x 29. Weight in Grams: 662.
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784993009
- ISBN
- 9781784993009
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 159.03
€ 159.03
Hardback. When Germany was defeated in 1945, both the Russians and the Americans undertook mass internments in the territories they occupied. The Americans called their approach 'automatic arrest'. Num Pages: 120 pages. BIC Classification: HBG; JP; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 135. .
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781509511631
- ISBN
- 9781509511631
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 60.49
€ 60.49
Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: HBG; JPFC; JPFQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 228 x 21. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Publisher
- Encounter Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781594038990
- ISBN
- 9781594038990
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 18.65
€ 18.99
€ 18.65
Hardback. Between 1935 and 1938 the celebrated photographer Roman Vishniac explored the cities and villages of Eastern Europe, capturing life in the Jewish shtetlekh of Poland, Romania, Russia, and Hungary. This book is devoted to a subject Vishniac especially loved, and one whose mystery and spontaneity he captured with particular poignancy: children. Num Pages: 156 pages, 69 duotones. BIC Classification: 1DV; 3JJ; AJB; AJCP; HBG; HBLW; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 241 x 20. Weight in Grams: 950.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Number of pages
- 156
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520221871
- ISBN
- 9780520221871
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 38.20
€ 52.99
€ 38.20
Paperback. The Emergence of Monasticism offers a new approach to the subject, placing its development against the dynamic of both social and religious change. * First study in any language to cover the formative period of medieval monasticism. * Gives particular attention to the contribution of women to ascetic and monastic life. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLA; HBLC; HRCC2; HRCX8. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 225 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 418.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405106412
- ISBN
- 9781405106412
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.41
€ 46.41
Hardcover. Shaper Nations provides perspectives on the national strategies of eight countries that are shaping global politics in the twenty-first century. The volume's authors offer a unique viewpoint: they live and work primarily in the country about which they write, bringing an insider's feel for national debates and politics. Editor(s): Hitchcock, William I.; Leffler, Melvyn P.; Legro, Jeffrey W. Num Pages: 206 pages. BIC Classification: HBG; JPA; JPSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 156. .
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674660212
- ISBN
- 9780674660212
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 40.39
€ 47.99
€ 40.39
Hardback. Examines the "home front" war effort from an overall imperial perspective, assessing the contribution of individual imperial territories. Num Pages: 240 pages, 5 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1QDB; 3JJH; HBG; HBJD1; HBLW; HBWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 23 x 15. Weight in Grams: 666.
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781783272259
- ISBN
- 9781783272259
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 98.73
€ 98.73
Hardback. Pius II (1405-1464) began life as Aeneas Silvius Piccolomini in a small town near Siena and became a Latin poet and diplomat. This book gives us a glimpse of his life and thoughts. Editor(s): Meserve, Margaret; Simonetta, Marcello. Series: The I Tatti Renaissance Library. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: BGX; HBG; HBLC; HRCC7. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 209 x 133 x 26. Weight in Grams: 514.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674024892
- ISBN
- 9780674024892
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 35.12
€ 40.99
€ 35.12
Hardcover. This volume offers eleven essays on colonial British North America and the American Revolution. Part I of the collection includes essays on aspects of the Revolution that reflect Gipson's interests, while the essays in Part II deal with social history. Editor(s): Shade, William G. Num Pages: 301 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDB; HBG; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 159. Weight in Grams: 600.
- Publisher
- Lehigh University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780934223577
- ISBN
- 9780934223577
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 142.52
€ 142.52
Paperback. The most detailed study of Soviet military-industrial espionage during the 1930s, 1940s, and 1950s spying aimed specifically at acquiring restricted information and materials relating to American industry, technology, and science." Num Pages: 384 pages, 19 photographs. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 1KBB; HBG; HBLW; JPSH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 517.
- Publisher
- University Press of Kansas
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700615551
- ISBN
- 9780700615551
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.95
€ 34.95
Paperback. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 1FPC; 3H; HBG; HBJD; HBJF; HBLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 250 x 150 x 15. Weight in Grams: 666.
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781118880074
- ISBN
- 9781118880074
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.59
€ 41.59
Paperback. Natural Disasters in a Global Environment is a transnational, global and environmental history of natural and man-made disasters. Detailed case studies of past and present events are presented in a historical narrative, making use of the most recent scholarship. Num Pages: 360 pages, black & white illustrations, maps, figures. BIC Classification: HBG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 154 x 18. Weight in Grams: 462.
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 360
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781118252338
- ISBN
- 9781118252338
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 55.34
€ 55.34
Paperback. Challenges those scholars and popular writers who advance the thesis that societies - past and present - collapse because of behavior that destroyed their environments or because of overpopulation. Editor(s): McAnany, Patricia A.; Yoffee, Norman. Num Pages: 392 pages, 91 b/w illus. 22 maps. BIC Classification: HBG. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 227 x 153 x 18. Weight in Grams: 532. Human Resilience, Ecological Vulnerability, and the Aftermath of Empire. 390 pages, 91 b/w illus. 22 maps. Editor(s): McAnany, Patricia A.; Yoffee, Norman. Challenges those scholars and popular writers who advance the thesis that societies - past and present - collapse because of behavior that destroyed their environments or because of overpopulation. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. BIC Classification: HBG. Dimension: 227 x 153 x 18. Weight: 532.
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Number of pages
- 390
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780521733663
- ISBN
- 9780521733663
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 58.56
€ 58.56
Hardback. Editor(s): Cullen, Charles T. Series: Papers of Thomas Jefferson. Num Pages: 560 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGHA; HBG; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 248 x 165 x 36. Weight in Grams: 1057.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 560
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691047287
- ISBN
- 9780691047287
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 168.73€ 127.54
€ 168.73
€ 127.54
Hardback. A detailed examination of the role of two critical non-state groups in the Liberian Civil War peace process - the diaspora and the religious - that provides key insights for policymakers and NGOs into the roles that civil society actors can play in conflict resolution and peacemaking. Series: Western Africa Series. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: HBG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 666.
- Publisher
- James Currey
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847011589
- ISBN
- 9781847011589
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 98.73
€ 98.73
Hardback. Documents Edmond Charles Genet's dramatic challenges to American neutrality and Jefferson's diplomatic and political responses. Editor(s): Boyd, Julian P. Series: Papers of Thomas Jefferson. Num Pages: 800 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGHA; HBG; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 278 x 153 x 49. Weight in Grams: 1285.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 792
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Edition
- First edition.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691046860
- ISBN
- 9780691046860
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 168.73€ 127.54
€ 168.73
€ 127.54
Paperback. The Experience of History is a lively and passionate introduction to the field that encourages students to seek and appreciate history inside the classroom and beyond. Num Pages: 168 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HBA; HBG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 228 x 10. Weight in Grams: 224.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781118912003
- ISBN
- 9781118912003
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.02
€ 26.02