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General & world history
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
€ 37.07
€ 37.07
Paperback. A challenge to the whole basis of thinking on the subject of classical civilization. The author argues that it has its roots in Afroasiatic cultures, and that these influences have been systematically ignored, suppressed or denied since the 18th century. Num Pages: 608 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLA; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 37. Weight in Grams: 436.
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Number of pages
- 608
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099887805
- ISBN
- 9780099887805
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.83
€ 19.99
€ 14.83
Paperback. New angle on the popular 'animal interest' line, profusely illustrated with rarely seen original archival material. Num Pages: 140 pages, 150 illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJF; HBG; HBLW; HBWN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 246 x 189. .
- Publisher
- Pen & Sword Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781473862111
- ISBN
- 9781473862111
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.63
€ 19.99
€ 15.63
Illustrating Empire: A Visual History of British Imperialism (The Bodl...
Ashley Jackson & David Tomkins
paperback. Illustrating Empire tells the history of the British Empire through the ephemeral images used to promote, record, and celebrate its development. The narrative is told through more than 200 striking and original images accompanied by illuminating story captions which unlock the history and meaning behind the illustrations. Series: Visual History from the John Johnson Collection of Printed Ephemera. Num Pages: 224 pages, 228 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDB; HBG; HBTQ; WCS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 213 x 21. Weight in Grams: 886. A Visual History of British Imperialism. Series: Visual History from the John Johnson Collection of Printed Ephemera. 224 pages, 228 colour illustrations. Illustrating Empire tells the history of the British Empire through the ephemeral images used to promote, record, and celebrate its development. The narrative is told through more than 200 striking and original images accompanied by illuminating story captions which unlock the history and meaning behind the illustrations. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1QDB; HBG; HBTQ; WCS. Dimension: 229 x 213 x 21. Weight: 894.
- Publisher
- Bodleian Library
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781851243341
- ISBN
- 9781851243341
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.95
€ 33.95
Paperback. How should we understand genocide in the modern world? As an aberration from the norms of a dominant liberal international society? Or rather as a guide to the very dysfunctional nature of the international system itself? This book sets out the conceptual issues in the study of genocide, addressing the fundamental problems of defining genocide. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLL; HBTZ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 148 x 17. Weight in Grams: 446.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 384
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845117528
- ISBN
- 9781845117528
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 29.23
€ 29.99
€ 29.23
Paperback. Surveys the past not just of humanity, or even of planet Earth, but of the entire universe. In this book, instructors and students will retrace a voyage that began 13.7 billion years ago with the Big Bang and the appearance of the universe. It incorporates findings from cosmology, earth and life sciences, and human history. Num Pages: 352 pages, colour illustrations, colour tables, maps, figures. BIC Classification: HBG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 277 x 217 x 16. Weight in Grams: 702.
- Publisher
- McGraw-Hill Education - Europe United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780073385617
- ISBN
- 9780073385617
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 135.99
€ 135.99
Paperback. For six hundred years, the nations of Europe and North America have periodically attempted to coerce, invade, or conquer other societies. They have relied on their superior technology to do so, yet these technologies have not always guaranteed success. This title examines Western imperialism's complex relationship with technology. Series: The Princeton Economic History of the Western World. Num Pages: 416 pages, 20 halftones. 4 maps. BIC Classification: HBG; KCZ; PDR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 153 x 235 x 14. Weight in Grams: 622.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 416
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691154329
- ISBN
- 9780691154329
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.88
€ 41.88
Paperback. An exciting and marvellously readable biography of Captain James Cook, the last of the great navigators. Num Pages: 528 pages, 16pp b/w. BIC Classification: 3JF; BGH; HBG; HBLL; RGR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 34. Weight in Grams: 434.
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 528
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780340825563
- ISBN
- 9780340825563
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.71
€ 19.99
€ 14.71
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Pan
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Unabridged
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780330529488
- ISBN
- 9780330529488
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 23.71
€ 26.99
€ 23.71
Hardcover. A comprehensive and authoritative new account of the military history of the First World War. Editor(s): Winter, Dr Jay. Series: The Cambridge History of the First World War. Num Pages: 771 pages, 1 b/w illus. 64 colour illus. 30 maps. BIC Classification: 3JJF; HBG; HBLW; HBWN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 164 x 42. Weight in Grams: 1426.
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 752
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780521763851
- ISBN
- 9780521763851
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 151.22
€ 151.22
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781138785618
- ISBN
- 9781138785618
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 55.48
€ 55.48
Paperback. * Uniquely complete account of the British Empire - Jan Morris' great Penguin trilogy PAX BRITANNICA only starts from 1837, rather than the 16th Century. * A modern classic of narrative history, updated to include the 1997 handover of Hong Kong. Num Pages: 736 pages, Section: 24, B&W. BIC Classification: 1QDB; HBG; HBTQ; HBTR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 48. Weight in Grams: 518.
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Number of pages
- 736
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- New Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780349106670
- ISBN
- 9780349106670
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 16.39
€ 21.99
€ 16.39
Paperback. Series: A New History of the Peloponnesian War. Num Pages: 400 pages, 8. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HBG; HBJD; HBLA; JW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 24. Weight in Grams: 566.
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801497148
- ISBN
- 9780801497148
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.67
€ 42.67
Hardback. The Greatest Shows on Earth takes us from eighteenth-century hippodromes in Britain to intimate one-ring circuses in nineteenth-century Paris, where Toulouse-Lautrec and Picasso became enchanted by aerialists and clowns. Num Pages: 288 pages, 70 colour, 80 black & white. BIC Classification: ASZW; HBG; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 178 x 25. Weight in Grams: 904.
- Publisher
- Reaktion Books
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780233581
- ISBN
- 9781780233581
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 47.25
€ 47.25
Hardcover. Num Pages: 352 pages, 20 bw integrated. BIC Classification: 3JJF; HBG; HBLW; HBWN; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 155. .
- Publisher
- I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2018
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784532703
- ISBN
- 9781784532703
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 51.93€ 40.67
€ 51.93
€ 40.67
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Whittles Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 144
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781904445098
- ISBN
- 9781904445098
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 19.09
€ 20.99
€ 19.09
Paperback. From WWI to Operation Desert Storm, American policymakers have repeatedly invoked the 'lessons of history' as they contemplated taking their nation to war. This work argues that leaders use analogies not merely to justify policies but also to perform specific cognitive and information-processing tasks essential to political decision-making. Num Pages: 304 pages, 11 line drawings, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPK; HBG; HBJF; HBLW; JPQB; JPS; JWK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 156 x 235 x 17. Weight in Grams: 492.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691025353
- ISBN
- 9780691025353
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 71.58
€ 71.58
Paperback. In a narrative beginning almost 1.5 million years ago with the emergence of Homo erectus, Frank Welsh takes the reader from the Middle Ages to the Enlightenment, from the Industrial Revolution to the age of terrorism. Num Pages: 240 pages, 8pp plates. BIC Classification: HBG; HBL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 133 x 36. Weight in Grams: 336.
- Publisher
- Quercus
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782061090
- ISBN
- 9781782061090
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 13.12
€ 14.99
€ 13.12
Paperback. Slavery in Small Things: Slavery and Modern Cultural Habits isthe first book to explore the long-range cultural legacy of slavery through commonplace daily objects. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: HBG; HBJM; JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 150 x 13. Weight in Grams: 374.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781119166221
- ISBN
- 9781119166221
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.11
€ 44.11
Paperback. A veteran New York Times war correspondent's complex, moving, and thought-provoking reflection on how life is lived most intensely in times of war Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: HBG; HBTB; HPS; JPFN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 143 x 210 x 21. Weight in Grams: 246.
- Publisher
- PublicAffairs,U.S.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781610393591
- ISBN
- 9781610393591
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 16.47
€ 20.99
€ 16.47