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History: earliest times to present day
Hardcover. Catherine L. Phipps examines a largely unacknowledged system of "special trading ports" that operated under full Japanese jurisdiction in the shadow of the better-known treaty ports. Phipps demonstrates why the special trading ports were key to Japan's achieving autonomy and regional power during the pivotal second half of the nineteenth century. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JH; HBJF; HBLL; KCLT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 161 x 29. Weight in Grams: 564.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Asia Center
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674417168
- ISBN
- 9780674417168
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 38.20
€ 45.99
€ 38.20
Hardback. A fantastically readable biography of a 19th-century Parisian courtesan who harbours an incredible secret Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JH; BGH; HBJD; HBLL; JFMX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 171 x 35. Weight in Grams: 640.
- Publisher
- Icon Books
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848319264
- ISBN
- 9781848319264
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 17.97
€ 26.99
€ 17.97
Paperback. A fantastically readable biography of a 19th-century Parisian courtesan who harbours an incredible secret Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JH; BGH; HBJD; HBLL; JFCK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 27. Weight in Grams: 310.
- Publisher
- Icon Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781785780448
- ISBN
- 9781785780448
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 9.82
€ 11.99
€ 9.82
Hardback. Thomas Babington Macaulay's "History of England" was a phenomenal Victorian best-seller. In this book, the author explores the emotional, intellectual, and political roots of Zachary Macaulay, the leading abolitionist, and his son Thomas' visions of race, nation, and empire. Num Pages: 420 pages, 16pp. section of black-&-white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 166 x 39. Weight in Grams: 864.
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 420
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300160239
- ISBN
- 9780300160239
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 49.99€ 35.64
€ 49.99
€ 35.64
Hardback. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Rutgers University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813565279
- ISBN
- 9780813565279
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 160.10
€ 160.10
Paperback. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Rutgers University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- None ed.
- SKU
- V9780813565262
- ISBN
- 9780813565262
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 43.16
€ 47.99
€ 43.16
Paperback. 1531 - after years of brutal war and political intrigue, the bastard son of a Medici Duke and a "Half-negro" maidservant rides into Florence. Within a year, he rules the city as its Prince. Backed by the Pope and his future father-in-law the Holy Roman Emperor, the nineteen-year-old Alessandro faces down bloody family rivalry. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JB; BGH; HBJD; HBLH; HBTB; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 129. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099586944
- ISBN
- 9780099586944
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.43
€ 17.99
€ 13.43
Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages, 7. BIC Classification: 1KBBE; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 405.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780801487866
- ISBN
- 9780801487866
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Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 39.84
€ 44.99
€ 39.84
Paperback. Provides a fresh insight into how ordinary Sierra Leoneans survived the war that devastated their country for a decade. This title illuminates a social world based on love, compassionate relationship based on material exchange and nurturing, that transcends romance and binds people together across space. Series: California Series in Public Anthropology. Num Pages: 296 pages, 3 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1HFDE; 3JJPR; 3JMC; HBJH; HBLW3; HBLX; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 151 x 18. Weight in Grams: 398. Love and Survival in Sierra Leone. Series: California Series in Public Anthropology. 296 pages, illustrations. Provides a fresh insight into how ordinary Sierra Leoneans survived the war that devastated their country for a decade. This title illuminates a social world based on love, compassionate relationship based on material exchange and nurturing, that transcends romance and binds people together across space. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1HFDE; 3JJPR; 3JMC; HBJH; HBLW3; HBLX; JHMC. Dimension: 229 x 151 x 18. Weight: 398.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520273795
- ISBN
- 9780520273795
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.98
€ 33.99
€ 24.98
Hardcover. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVWR; HBJD; HBLW3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 139 x 19. Weight in Grams: 402.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- East European Monographs United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780880336611
- ISBN
- 9780880336611
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 39.70
€ 54.99
€ 39.70
Paperback. Telling Tales both challenges founding myths of the region and inspires rethinking of how we tell the story of western Canadian colonization and settlement. Editor(s): Cavanaugh, Catherine A.; Warne, Randi R. Num Pages: 336 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLL; HBLW; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 26. Weight in Grams: 553.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780774807951
- ISBN
- 9780774807951
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 36.36
€ 40.99
€ 36.36
Hardcover. Detroit's industrial health has long been crucial to the American economy. Today's troubles not withstanding, Detroit has experienced multiple periods of prosperity, particularly in the second half of the 18th century, when the city was the center of the thriving fur trade. This book details this seldom-discussed chapter of Detroit's history. Series: American Beginnings, 1500 - 1900. Num Pages: 288 pages, 19 halftones, 1 map, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; HBJK; HBLH; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 526.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226096704
- ISBN
- 9780226096704
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 42.95
€ 54.99
€ 42.95
paperback. At 6 am on 21 April 1940 John the 9th Duke of Rutland, and one of Britain's wealthiest men, ended his days, virtually alone, lying on a makeshift bed in a dank cramped suite of rooms in the servants' quarters of his own home, Belvoir Castle, in Leicestershire. Num Pages: 480 pages, 24pp b/w photo inset. BIC Classification: 1DBKEML; 3JJH; HBJD1; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 133 x 38. Weight in Grams: 370.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780141035673
- ISBN
- 9780141035673
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 11.01
€ 19.99
€ 11.01
Paperback. Wentworth in Yorkshire was surrounded by 70 collieries employing tens of thousands of men. It is the finest and largest Georgian house in Britain and belonged to the Fitzwilliam family. This title tells the story of its demise: family feuds, forbidden love, class war, and a tragic and violent death played their part. Num Pages: 544 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 1DBKEYK; 3JJ; HBJD1; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 37. Weight in Grams: 410.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780141019239
- ISBN
- 9780141019239
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 12.53
€ 16.99
€ 12.53
Paperback. A fascinating portrait of life in Shakespeare's London, seen from the theatrical perspective, by popular historian, Catharine Arnold. Num Pages: 320 pages, B&W illus. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JB; HBJD1; HBLH; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130. .
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781471125706
- ISBN
- 9781471125706
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.00€ 11.54
€ 13.00
€ 11.54
Paperback. Catherine Allgor describes the various ways genteel elite women during the first decades of the 19th century used "social events" and the "private sphere" to establish the national capital and to build the extraofficial structures so sorely needed in the infant federal government. Series: Jeffersonian America. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; JFSJ1; JPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 517.
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813921181
- ISBN
- 9780813921181
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.78
€ 34.78
Hardback.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 206
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843843191
- ISBN
- 9781843843191
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 98.09
€ 98.09
Paperback. Nazi Germany: Confronting the Myths provides a concise and compelling introduction to the Third Reich. At the same time, it challenges and demystifies the many stereotypes surrounding Hitler and Nazi Germany. Series: Wiley Short Histories. Num Pages: 256 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJG; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; JPFQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 144 x 13. Weight in Grams: 332.
- Publisher
- Wiley-Blackwell
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781118294789
- ISBN
- 9781118294789
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.67
€ 29.67
Paperback. Revolutions are often seen in terms of a spontaneous burst of intense political activity; less attention usually is given to the structures, processes, and perceptions that make such activity possible. This book examines such long-term transformations as they relate to the revolution in the Central African nation of Rwanda. Num Pages: 322 pages, maps, tables, figures, glossary, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1HFGR; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJH; HBLL; HBLW; HBTQ; HBTR; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 164 x 21. Weight in Grams: 488.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 322
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231062572
- ISBN
- 9780231062572
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.64
€ 46.99
€ 33.64
Hardback. This work of social and cultural history paints a comprehensive picture of indigenous society from the point of view of households throughout a large region of central Mexico, from the middle of the seventeenth century up through the end of the eighteenth century. Num Pages: 344 pages, black & white line drawings, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 3JD; 3JF; HBJK; HBLH; HBLL; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 585. Weight in Grams: 540.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804781374
- ISBN
- 9780804781374
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 81.63
€ 81.63
Paperback. Augustus Caesar, the first emperor of Rome (27 BC AD 14), brought peace and prosperity to his city after decades of savage civil war. Translator(s): Scott-Kilvert, Ian. Num Pages: 368 pages, maps, index. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 22. Weight in Grams: 274.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1987
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780140444483
- ISBN
- 9780140444483
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 12.53
€ 17.99
€ 12.53
Paperback. As a minister of the Ostrogothic regime in the time of Theoderic, Cassiodorus had as brilliant a political career as any Roman of the late empire. This title includes the translation of his "Institutions of Divine and Secular Learning", a work which would be excerpted and copied in monasteries throughout the Latin Middle Ages. Series: Translated Texts for Historians. Num Pages: 352 pages, Illustrations, 1 map. BIC Classification: 3F; HBG; HBLA; HRCC1; HRCM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 210 x 148 x 20. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780853239987
- ISBN
- 9780853239987
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 39.97
€ 39.97
Paperback. By the end of the 15th century Cassandra Fedele was arguably the most famous woman writer and scholar in Europe. This collection of letters reveals the central, mediating role Cassandra Fedele occupied in a community of scholars otherwise inaccessible to women. Translator(s): Robin, Diana. Series: Other Voice in Early Modern Europe. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 2ADT; BJ; DNF; HBJD; HBLC; HBLH; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 145 x 12. Weight in Grams: 292.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 2nd ed.
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226239323
- ISBN
- 9780226239323
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 27.84
€ 34.99
€ 27.84
Hardcover. "Quite impressive. I doubt if there has been or will be a more deeply researched and convincing account. " --Evan Connell, author Son of the Morning Star: Custer and the Little Bighorn "The book to end all Earp books--the most complete, and most meticulously researched. Num Pages: 416 pages, photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; BGH; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 167 x 40. Weight in Grams: 808.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780471189671
- ISBN
- 9780471189671
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 36.36
€ 46.99
€ 36.36