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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

€ 151.69

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

€ 59.65

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

€ 17.99
€ 17.92

Paperback. Memory can foster any number of things - social solidarity, nostalgia, civil war - but it always depends on both the nature of the past and the cultures doing the remembering. This book is a collection of essays on a range of memory related issues. Num Pages: 238 pages, 3 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBG; JHMC; JMH; JMRM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 150 x 8. Weight in Grams: 352.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415956833
ISBN
9780415956833
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 61.12

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
€ 37.82

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

€ 46.09

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
€ 39.84

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

€ 97.69

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
€ 33.72

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

€ 134.45

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

€ 39.52

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

€ 54.95

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

€ 56.07

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

€ 168.51
€ 126.61

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

€ 97.32

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

€ 168.51
€ 125.73

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

€ 25.69

Paperback. Reveals what life was really like in the ancient world. The emergence of Christianity in the West and Christian morality with its emphasis on abstinence, celibacy and austerity is contrasted with the undisciplined private life of the Byzantine Empire. Editor(s): Aries, Philippe; Duby, Georges. Translator(s): Goldhammer, Arthur. Series: History of private life. Num Pages: 704 pages, 16 color illustrations, 417 halftones, 33 line illustrations, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 1QDAZ; HBG; HBJD; HBJF; HBLA; HBLC; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 177 x 32. Weight in Grams: 1118.
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
704
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Edition
Reprint Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674399747
ISBN
9780674399747
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.53
€ 50.03

Hardback. Charts world history from the dawn of civilisation to the modern culture we live in today. From the origins of homo-sapiens to the release of Nelson Mandela, from the French Revolution to the Space Race, this book presents an exploration of the human timeline up to and including modern Islam, the world wide web, and the global financial crisis. Series: Big Ideas. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: HBG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 240 x 26. Weight in Grams: 1162.
Publisher
Dorling Kindersley Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241225929
ISBN
9780241225929
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 19.02

Paperback. Num Pages: 136 pages, b/w illus. BIC Classification: 3H; HBG; HBLC; HBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 208 x 137 x 12. Weight in Grams: 200.
Publisher
ibooks United States
Number of pages
136
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9781596871083
ISBN
9781596871083
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.46

Hardback. The book explores how human societies have used, constructed, and interpreted their pasts. It ranges chronologically from the Middle Ages to the 21st century, and in worldwide geographical scope. The book probes the concept of the 'invention of tradition' and moves beyond historical writing to embrace a much wider range of media and genres. Editor(s): Lambert, Peter; Weiler, Bjorn. Series: Proceedings of the British Academy. Num Pages: 450 pages, 11 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: HBAH; HBG; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780197266120
ISBN
9780197266120
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 165.27

Hardback. .
Publisher
Notting Hill Editions
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781910749517
ISBN
9781910749517
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.58

Hardcover. Editor(s): MacDonald, William L.; McAllister, Marian Holland. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 1068 pages. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 280 x 216. .
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691654201
ISBN
9780691654201
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 415.33
€ 306.43

Hardback. Num Pages: 280 pages, 15 graphs. BIC Classification: HBG; HBJD; JPFN; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Publisher
Manchester University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719082733
ISBN
9780719082733
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 150.11

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