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Paperback. Asks questions such as: what is civilization? Did it mean the same to the Chinese, the Indians and the Greeks? What can the values of the ancient cultures teach us today? And, do the ideals of the West - a latecomer to civilization - really have universal validity? This title explores these ancient cultures, looking for their essential character. Num Pages: 224 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLA; HDD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 162.
- Publisher
- Ebury Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- Mass Market Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780563522669
- ISBN
- 9780563522669
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 16.91
€ 21.99
€ 16.91
Paperback. A major new account of the role and performance of the American army in the First World War. Series: Armies of the Great War. Num Pages: 481 pages, 27 b/w illus. 13 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJF; HBG; HBLW; HBWN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 153 x 228 x 22. Weight in Grams: 784.
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781107648869
- ISBN
- 9781107648869
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 40.17
€ 41.99
€ 40.17
Hardback.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780750953566
- ISBN
- 9780750953566
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 22.82
€ 25.99
€ 22.82
Paperback. Recounts the great traveler Ibn Battuta's remarkable career, interpreting it within the cultural and social context of Islamic society and giving the reader both a biography of an extraordinary personality and a study of the hemispheric dimensions of human interchange in medieval times. Num Pages: 384 pages, 15 b/w photographs, 12 maps. BIC Classification: 3H; HBG; HBLC1; RGR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 147 x 24. Weight in Grams: 460. A Muslim Traveler of the Fourteenth Century. 384 pages, illustrations. Recounts the great traveler Ibn Battuta's remarkable career, interpreting it within the cultural and social context of Islamic society and giving the reader both a biography of an extraordinary personality and a study of the hemispheric dimensions of human interchange in medieval times. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 3H; HBG; HBLC1; RGR. Dimension: 209 x 147 x 24. Weight: 460.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Number of pages
- 384
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Revised
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520272927
- ISBN
- 9780520272927
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 35.66
€ 40.99
€ 35.66
Paperback. Series: A New History of the Peloponnesian War. Num Pages: 400 pages, 13. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HBG; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 26. Weight in Grams: 620. Series: Cornell paperbacks. 400 pages, maps. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HBG; HBJD; HBLA. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 26. Weight: 652.
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Number of pages
- 400
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801499401
- ISBN
- 9780801499401
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.59
€ 36.59
Paperback. Offers a both controversial and comprehensive historical analysis of how the British Empire worked. This book shows how diverse, contradictory and in many ways chaotic the British Empire really was, controlled by interests that were often at loggerheads, and as much driven on by others' weaknesses as by its own strength. Num Pages: 496 pages, 16 bw interleaved. BIC Classification: 1QDB; HBG; HBJD1; HBTQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 23. Weight in Grams: 338.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 496
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846140891
- ISBN
- 9781846140891
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.33
€ 17.99
€ 14.33
Hardcover. The ultimate work of historical reference Num Pages: 432 pages, (colour illus throughout), With index. BIC Classification: HBG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 284 x 384 x 45. Weight in Grams: 3410.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Ninth edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780008150266
- ISBN
- 9780008150266
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 95.12€ 66.45
€ 95.12
€ 66.45
Paperback. This book provides a comprehensive and reliable reference source for all students of history and culture. It lists by name the rulers of all the principal Islamic dynasties with Hijri and Common Era dates. Each dynastic list is followed by a brief assessment of its historical significance, and by a short bibliography. Series: The New Edinburgh Islamic Surveys. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1FMN; 1H; 1Q; GBC; HBG; HBTG; JFSR2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 243 x 173 x 20. Weight in Grams: 686.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 416
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- 2nd New edition of Revised edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748621378
- ISBN
- 9780748621378
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 35.39
€ 38.99
€ 35.39
Paperback. This volume tells the true story of a historian's lifetime struggle to reveal the truth about crucial aspects of World War II and other international confrontations of the 20th century. Num Pages: 264 pages, 16 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: BGHA; HBAH; HBG; HBWQ; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 460.
- Publisher
- Giles de la Mare Publishers Dublin, Ireland
- Number of pages
- 264
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Edition
- 1st Ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781900357104
- ISBN
- 9781900357104
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 19.97
€ 30.99
€ 19.97
Hardback. Num Pages: 168 pages, 140 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDB; HBG; TNCJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 257 x 20. Weight in Grams: 996.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780750962131
- ISBN
- 9780750962131
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 23.86
€ 26.99
€ 23.86
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
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. Series: The Princeton Economic History of the Western World. Num Pages: 288 pages, 3 halftones. 6 line illus. 15 tables. 6 maps. BIC Classification: 1D; 3J; HBG; HBJD; HBTQ; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 156 x 236 x 20. Weight in Grams: 414.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691175843
- ISBN
- 9780691175843
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 18.92
€ 24.99
€ 18.92
Hardback. "Bad Girls Throughout History features some of the fiercest women of all time - the famous, the infamous, and the ones you haven't even heard of yet. Explore the notable works, impressive feats, and striking portraits of these wild women from around the globe who challenged the status quo"-- Num Pages: 216 pages, Hardcover, spot gloss, deboss; 100 full colour watercolour portraits. BIC Classification: HBG; HBTB; JFCA; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 249 x 198 x 21. Weight in Grams: 770.
- Publisher
- Chronicle Books
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781452153933
- ISBN
- 9781452153933
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 22.95
€ 22.95
Paperback. The book brings together many recent trends in writing history under a common framework: thinking history globally. By thinking history globally, the book explains, applies, and exemplifies the four basic strategies of analysis, the big C's: comparing, connecting, conceptualizing, and contextualizing, using twelve different branches of history. Num Pages: 239 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBA; HBG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 156 x 234 x 13. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137473387
- ISBN
- 9781137473387
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 149.28
€ 149.28
Paperback. During the First World War, a rich crop of legends sprouted from the battlefields and grew with such ferocity that many still excite controversy today. Num Pages: 216 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HBG; HBWN; JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 202.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 216
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780750939928
- ISBN
- 9780750939928
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.46
€ 12.46
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782005933
- ISBN
- 9781782005933
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.68
€ 19.99
€ 18.68
Paperback. At the height of the debate about the slave trade and its abolition in the 1780s and '90s, each side issued pamphlets in support of its position. This valuable source-book reproduces a selection of representative pamphlets encompassing the arguments for and against. Issues discussed include humanitarianism and the Rights of Man. Num Pages: 400 pages, 21 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBG; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 195 x 132 x 23. Weight in Grams: 416.
- Publisher
- Bodleian Library, University of Oxford
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781851243167
- ISBN
- 9781851243167
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.54
€ 17.99
€ 14.54
Hardback.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc
- Number of pages
- 752
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199325153
- ISBN
- 9780199325153
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 37.15
€ 41.99
€ 37.15
Paperback. Now in a new edition, this clearly written and engrossing book presents a global and environmental narrative of the origins of the modern world since 1400. Robert Marks constructs a story in which Asia, Africa, and the New World play major roles and points to the resurgence of Asia and the vastly changed relationship of humans to the environment. Series: World Social Change. Num Pages: 280 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, 6 maps, 5 graphs. BIC Classification: 3J; HBG. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 227 x 151 x 16. Weight in Grams: 358.
- Number of pages
- 280
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 3 Rev ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442212404
- ISBN
- 9781442212404
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.90
€ 34.90
Paperback. A nostalgic look at what it was like to grow up in the 1950s This is a paperback, not a hardback book. Num Pages: 224 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJPG; HBG; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 175 x 113 x 16. Weight in Grams: 192.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752450117
- ISBN
- 9780752450117
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 13.51
€ 13.99
€ 13.51
Paperback. In this worldwide survey of the 1930s, Brendon examines the great powers and their leaders and investigates how, and how far, contemporary minds knew what they knew, and the extent to which our own view of the time is fogged by their uncertainty. He illuminates a period when the world was struggling with one crisis and hurtling towards another. Num Pages: 752 pages, 24pp b&w plates. BIC Classification: 3JJG; HBG; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Scholarly. Dimension: 233 x 156 x 52. Weight in Grams: 856.
- Publisher
- Pimlico
- Number of pages
- 752
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- New e.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780712667142
- ISBN
- 9780712667142
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.66
€ 33.99
€ 24.66
Hardback. "I have seen yesterday. I know tomorrow." This inscription in Tutankhamun's tomb summarizes The Fifth Beginning. In this book, the author explains how the study of our cultural past can predict the future of humanity. Num Pages: 168 pages, 2 maps, 2 charts. BIC Classification: HBG; HD; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 238 x 161 x 19. Weight in Grams: 370.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520293120
- ISBN
- 9780520293120
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 21.55
€ 27.99
€ 21.55
Hardback. Series: Schiffer Military History Book. Num Pages: 176 pages, over 150 black and white and color photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJH; HBG; HBJD; HBWQ; JWG; JWMV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 286 x 225 x 18. Weight in Grams: 1100.
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764317699
- ISBN
- 9780764317699
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.68€ 39.78
€ 54.68
€ 39.78