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History: earliest times to present day

Hardback.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Hyperion
Edition
Box Har/Co
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9781401324254
ISBN
9781401324254
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 59.15
€ 49.54

Paperback. With the expanding presence of China in the global economy, Americans more and more look east for goods and trade. Focusing on the trade and consumption of porcelain, tea, and chinoiserie, this title shows that colonial Americans saw themselves as part of a world much larger than just Britain and Europe. Num Pages: 280 pages, 49 halftones, 1 line drawing, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1KBB; HBJK; HBLL; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 363.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226260280
ISBN
9780226260280
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 29.74

Paperback. The enthralling story of a dynamic empire whose impact is felt to this day Num Pages: 720 pages, 2 x 8pp b&w illustrations and six maps. BIC Classification: 1FB; 3H; BGH; HBJF1; HBLC; JFSR2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 41. Weight in Grams: 470.
Publisher
John Murray
Number of pages
720
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719561122
ISBN
9780719561122
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.66

paperback. Only a few years after Britain defeated fascism came the Mau Mau uprising in Kenya - a mass armed rebellion by the Kikuyu people, demanding the return of their land and freedom. Unearthing reams of documents, the author reveals the full savagery of the Mau Mau war and the ruthless determination with which Britain sought to control its empire. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFGK; 1QDB; 3JJ; HBJH; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 152 x 37. Weight in Grams: 652.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Bodley Head
Condition
New
SKU
9781847922946
ISBN
9781847922946
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.10

Hardcover. Provides a critical analysis of benevolence as it was inflected by regional ideals of race and gender, showing how a southern Jewish benevolent empire emerged in response to the combined pressures of post-Civil War devastation and the simultaneous influx of eastern European immigration. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBF; 1KBBS; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 161 x 236 x 25. Weight in Grams: 554.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
NYU Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781479854530
ISBN
9781479854530
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 47.61

Paperback. Evocative rural history of World War I. Num Pages: 240 pages, 8pp bw plates. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JJF; HBJD1; HBLW; HBWN; JFSF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 138. .
Publisher
I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd. United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
New
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784534844
ISBN
9781784534844
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 23.74

Paperback. The first study to focus on how popular representations of the forced relocation and internment of nearly 120,000 Japanese Americans during World War II affected the formation of Cold War culture Series: New Americanists. Num Pages: 248 pages, 4 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPG; HBJK; HBLW3; JFC; JFSL1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5995 x 3734 x 19. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822327462
ISBN
9780822327462
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.40

Hardback. Friars transformed the relationship of the church to laymen by taking religion outside to public and domestic spaces. This book aims book to analyze the friars' influence on the growth and transformation of medieval buildings and urban spaces. Num Pages: 224 pages, 40 colour images + 40 black-&-white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3H; ACK; HBLC1; HRCC2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 265 x 192 x 25. Weight in Grams: 1118.
Publisher
Yale University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300203844
ISBN
9780300203844
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 56.19
€ 44.50

Paperback. The gripping account of World War Two's legendary heroine, who risked her life to save her country and her lover. Num Pages: 432 pages, 1 x 8pp b&w. BIC Classification: 3JJH; BGH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ; JWH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 28. Weight in Grams: 302.
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Number of pages
432
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781444724622
ISBN
9781444724622
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.41

Hardback. The idea of English medieval towns and cities as filthy, muddy and insanitary is here overturned in a pioneering new study. Num Pages: 445 pages, 32, 28 black & white illustrations, 4 black & white line drawings, 28 black and white, 4. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3H; HBJD1; HBLC1; HBTB; MBNH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 165 x 36. Weight in Grams: 1134.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
445
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843838364
ISBN
9781843838364
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 132.63

Paperback. Set in the medical, religious and cultural milieu of the European Middle Ages, this book offers a study of leprosy. Num Pages: 436 pages, 35 black and white, 6 line drawing. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; HBJD1; HBLC1; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 157 x 28. Weight in Grams: 964. 436 pages, 35 black and white, 6 line drawing. Set in the medical, religious and cultural milieu of the European Middle Ages, this book offers a study of leprosy. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; HBJD1; HBLC1; MBX. Dimension: 235 x 157 x 28. Weight: 966.
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Number of pages
436
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843834540
ISBN
9781843834540
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 38.58

Paperback. Argues that some histories, including Tibetans armed resistance against the Chinese, are arrested, deliberately left untold until some future moment when changed circumstances favor their telling. Num Pages: 328 pages, 36 photographs, 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPCT; 3JJPG; 3JJPK; HBJF; HBLW3; HBTV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5983 x 3971 x 20. Weight in Grams: 458.
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
328
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822347712
ISBN
9780822347712
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.62

Paperback. The reign of Elizabeth I was marked by political, religious and social change. Carole Levin evaluates Elizabeth and the significance of her reign both in the context of her age and our own, examining the increasing cultural diversity of Elizabethan England. Num Pages: 160 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JD; HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 139 x 216 x 14. Weight in Grams: 214.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
2001st Edition
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333658666
ISBN
9780333658666
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 48.99
€ 41.25

Paperback. With a new introduction that situates the original edition within the emerging genre of cultural biography, the second edition of The Heart and Stomach of a King explores the myriad ways Queen Elizabeth I represented herself as a public figure and how her subjects represented and responded to her. Num Pages: 264 pages, 12 illus. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JB; HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 454.
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Second
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812222401
ISBN
9780812222401
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 33.99

Paperback. This book aims to make a contribution to historical scholarship on Turkey by focusing on its key foundational myth, the battle of Manzikert in 1071. Num Pages: 304 pages, 20 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVT; HBJF; HBLC; JPHC; JWLF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 233 x 159 x 17. Weight in Grams: 582. The Battle of Manzikert. 304 pages, 20 colour illustrations. This book aims to make a contribution to historical scholarship on Turkey by focusing on its key foundational myth, the battle of Manzikert in 1071. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. BIC Classification: 1DVT; HBJF; HBLC; JPHC; JWLF. Dimension: 233 x 159 x 17. Weight: 582.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748625734
ISBN
9780748625734
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 37.61

Paperback. This book discusses a group of themes designed to highlight how Muslims reacted to the alien presence of the Crusaders in the heart of traditional Muslim territory. Num Pages: 704 pages, 17 colour illustrations, 135 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3H; HBG; HBLC; HBTB; JFC; JFSR2; JW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 243 x 191 x 37. Weight in Grams: 1702. Islamic Perspectives. 704 pages, 17 colour illustrations, 135 black & white illustrations. This book discusses a group of themes designed to highlight how Muslims reacted to the alien presence of the Crusaders in the heart of traditional Muslim territory. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: 3H; HBG; HBLC; HBTB; JFC; JFSR2; JW. Dimension: 243 x 191 x 37. Weight: 1712.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
704
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748606306
ISBN
9780748606306
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.24
€ 51.71

Paperback. Explores how the violence of a protracted civil war shaped the meaning of freedom and citizenship in the new South. This book traces the meanings that redemption held for Americans as they tried to come to terms with the war and the changing social landscape. Series: American Beginnings, 1500 - 1900. Num Pages: 293 pages, 17 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; JFSL; JPVH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 229 x 18. Weight in Grams: 418.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
293
Condition
New
Edition
Reprint
SKU
V9780226269993
ISBN
9780226269993
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 25.96

Hardcover. In the months after the end of the Civil War, there was one word on everyone's lips: redemption. This title explores how the violence of a protracted civil war shaped the meaning of freedom and citizenship in the new South. Series: American Beginnings, 1500 - 1900. Num Pages: 288 pages, 17 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBBF; 1KBBS; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; JFSL; JPVH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 163 x 23. Weight in Grams: 558.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226024271
ISBN
9780226024271
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 94.64
€ 79.17

hardcover. This is a perfect resource for students interested in the Revolutionary War, the birth of the new nation, and the actual opinions and words of those involved. Series: Debating Historical Issues in the Media of the Time. Num Pages: 384 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLH; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 803.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
ABC-CLIO United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780313320835
ISBN
9780313320835
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 95.71

Hardback. The Honganji branch of Jodo Shinshu Buddhism was a powerhouse that exercised its military will by fanning violent uprisings of ikko ikki, loosely structured "leagues of one mind". This title looks at the complex and often contradictory relationship between these ikko leagues and the Honganji institution. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 275 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3H; HBJF; HBLC; HRE; JPWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 161 x 29. Weight in Grams: 622.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Harvard University, Asia Center United States
Number of pages
275
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674025097
ISBN
9780674025097
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 38.07

Paperback. Drawing on the expertise of 26 distinguished scholars, this important volume covers the major issues in the study of medieval Europe, highlighting the significant impact the time period had on cultural forms and institutions central to European identity. Editor(s): Lansing, Carol; English, Edward D. Series: Blackwell Companions to European History. Num Pages: 596 pages. BIC Classification: HBLC1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 246 x 172 x 27. Weight in Grams: 908.
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
Number of pages
596
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781118425121
ISBN
9781118425121
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.45

Paperback. Num Pages: 336 pages, 49 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: HBLA1. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415827287
ISBN
9780415827287
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 49.92

Paperback. Num Pages: 36 pages, 60 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJPL; HBLW3; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 178 x 4. Weight in Grams: 164.
Publisher
The History Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841655413
ISBN
9781841655413
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 8.99
€ 8.06

Paperback. Series: Studies of the East Asian Institute. Num Pages: 424 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; HBJF; HBLL; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 158 x 236 x 32. Weight in Grams: 626.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1987
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
424
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691008127
ISBN
9780691008127
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.24
€ 42.23

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