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History: earliest times to present day
Hardback. With the fall of the Berlin Wall and the shifting of American foreign policy away from "old" Europe, long-established patterns of interaction between Germany and the US have come under review. This text seeks to acknowledge the importance of those patterns for the study of German culture and history on both sides of the Atlantic. Editor(s): McCarthy, John A.; Grunzweig, Walter; Koebner, Thomas. Num Pages: 304 pages, 1 port. BIC Classification: 1DFG; HBJD; HBLW3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 159 x 32. Weight in Grams: 703.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books, Incorporated United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781571810342
- ISBN
- 9781571810342
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Condition: New
€ 165.34
€ 165.34
Sunningdale, the Ulster Workers' Council Strike and the Struggle for D...
. Ed(S): McCann, David; McGrattan, Cillian
Hardback. A sustained and systematic attempt to draw together political and historical scholarship on the Sunningdale experiment and the Ulster Workers' Council strike (1973-4) in Northern Ireland, revisiting the period to explore its lessons and echoes today. Editor(s): McCann, David; McGrattan, Cillian. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKN; 3JJPL; HBJD1; HBLW3; JPQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 510.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719099519
- ISBN
- 9780719099519
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Condition: New
€ 169.89
€ 169.89
paperback. Editor(s): McCaffray, Susan P.; Melancon, Michael. Num Pages: 248 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJ; HBJD; HBL; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 373.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2005
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349530731
- ISBN
- 9781349530731
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Condition: New
€ 67.51
€ 67.51
Paperback. Starting with the first man-made satellite 'Sputnik' in 1957 and culminating four years later with the first human in space, Yuri Gagarin, space became a new utopian horizon. This book explores the profound repercussions of the Soviet space exploration program on culture and everyday life in Eastern Europe, especially in the Soviet Union itself. Editor(s): Maurer, E.; Ruthers, Monica; Scheide, Carmen. Num Pages: 323 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJ; HBJD; HBL; HBTB; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 499.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 323
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349324378
- ISBN
- 9781349324378
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Condition: New
€ 161.28
€ 161.28
Hardback. Japan as the Occupier and the Occupied examines transwar political, military and social transitions in Japan and various territories that it controlled, including Korea, Borneo, Singapore, Manchuria and China, before and after August 1945. This approach allows a more nuanced understanding of Japan's role as occupier and occupied to emerge. Editor(s): Matos, Christine de; Caprio, Mark. Num Pages: 308 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJH; 3JJP; HBJF; HBLW; HBWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 520.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 308
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137408105
- ISBN
- 9781137408105
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Condition: New
€ 118.27
€ 118.27
Hardback. This text examines variation in systems of economic production and exchange and how these systems supported the power networks that integrated Maya society. Editor(s): Masson, Marilyn A.; Freidel, David A. Num Pages: 288 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KLCG; 1QDA; HBJK; HBLC; JP; KC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 154 x 33. Weight in Grams: 839.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- AltaMira Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780759100800
- ISBN
- 9780759100800
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 186.78
€ 186.78
Paperback. Despite the claims of Steven Pinker and others, violence has remained a historical constant since the Enlightenment, even though its forms and visibility have been radically transformed. Accordingly, the studies gathered here recast debate over violence in modern societies by undermining teleological and reassuring narratives of progress. Editor(s): Martschukat, Jurgen; Niedermeier, Silvan. Num Pages: 318 pages, 21 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HBG; HBL; HBTB; HBW; JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 406.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2013
- Number of pages
- 318
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349478439
- ISBN
- 9781349478439
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Condition: New
€ 66.41
€ 66.41
paperback. This volume presents texts written in English of visitors to Cyprus. This volume focuses solely on the British period in Cyprus from 1878 to 1900. Editor(s): Martin, David W.; Orphanides, Andreas G.; Wallace, Paul W. Series: Sources for the History of Cyprus. Num Pages: 345 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVC; HBLL. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 274 x 213 x 25. Weight in Grams: 1066.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Greece & Cyprus Research Center, Incorporated United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 345
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780965170468
- ISBN
- 9780965170468
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Condition: New
€ 21.96
€ 21.96
The Uses of the Middle Ages in Modern European States. History, Nation...
. Ed(S): Marchal, G.; Evans, R.
Paperback. An assessment of the role of the Middle Ages in national historiography and in modern conceptions of national identity, looking at relatively young nations, and regions which claim national traditions but were slow to achieve, or regain, separate statehood. Examples range from Ireland and Iceland through Austria and Italy to Finland and Greece. Editor(s): Marchal, G.; Evans, R. Series: Writing the Nation. Num Pages: 304 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBAH; HBJD; HBL; HBTB; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2011
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349366026
- ISBN
- 9781349366026
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Condition: New
€ 67.01
€ 67.01
paperback. Using detailed studies of fifteen exiled royal figures, the role of Exile in European Society and in the evolution of national cultures is examined. From the Jacobite court to the exiled Kings' of Hanover, the book provides an alternative history of monarchical power from the 16th to 20th century. Editor(s): Mansel, Philip; Riotte, Torsten. Num Pages: 373 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBL; HBTB; HBW; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2011
- Number of pages
- 373
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349320660
- ISBN
- 9781349320660
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Condition: New
€ 128.39
€ 128.39
Global Scientific Practice in an Age of Revolutions, 1750-1850
. Ed(S): Manning, Patrick; Rood, Daniel
Hardback. Examines key elements of science in societies across Spanish America, Europe, West Africa, India, and Asia as they increasingly overlapped each other. Chapters focus on the range of participants in eighteenth- and nineteenth-century science, their concentrated effort in description and taxonomy, and advances in techniques for sharing knowledge. Editor(s): Manning, Patrick; Rood, Daniel. Num Pages: 392 pages, 24 Illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JF; 3JH; HBLL; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 36. Weight in Grams: 794.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Pittsburgh Press United States
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822944546
- ISBN
- 9780822944546
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Condition: New
€ 78.75
€ 78.75
Paperback. Editor(s): Magill, Kevin; Pritchard, Diana; Rhodes, Chris; Smith, Hazel. Num Pages: 239 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJF; HBL; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 311.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 239
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349249831
- ISBN
- 9781349249831
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Condition: New
€ 126.82
€ 126.82
Paperback. "The first book-length study to critically examine the recent wave of Hitler biopics in German cinema and television. A group of international experts discuss films like Downfall in the context of earlier portrayals of Hitler and draw out their implications for the changing place of the Third Reich in the national historical imagination"-- Editor(s): Machtans, Karolin; Ruehl, Dr. Martin A. Series: The Holocaust and its Contexts. Num Pages: 316 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AP; HBJD; HBJK; HBL; HBTB; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 384.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 316
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349311101
- ISBN
- 9781349311101
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Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Hardback. This four-volume collective project by a team of leading scholars offers a vivid portrait of Jewish history in German-speaking countries over nearly four centuries. This series is sponsored by the Leo Baeck Institute, established in 1955 in Jerusalem, London, and New York for the purpose of advancing scholarship on the Jews in German-speaking lands. Editor(s): Lowenstein, Steven M.; Brenner, Michael; Meyer, Michael Andrew; Mendes-Flohr, Paul; Pulzer, Peter G.J.; Richarz, Monika. Series: German-Jewish history in modern times. Num Pages: 480 pages, 55 photographs. BIC Classification: 1DFA; 1DFG; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLL; HBTB; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 158 x 34. Weight in Grams: 817.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 480
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231074766
- ISBN
- 9780231074766
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Condition: New
€ 124.61
€ 124.61
Paperback. A defining work in the "Inner Emigration" literary movement, Friedrich Reck-Malleczewen's History of the Munster Anabaptists was written in 1937 as a criticism of the Nazi regime.This English translation includes documents, scholarly essays, and a detailed introduction." Editor(s): Lippe, George von der; Reck-Malleczewen, Viktoria. Num Pages: 256 pages, 8 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH; HBJD; HBL; HRCC9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 334.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2008
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349373000
- ISBN
- 9781349373000
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Condition: New
€ 149.87
€ 149.87
hardcover. Editor(s): Lincoln, Toby; Tao, Xu. Series: Politics and Development of Contemporary China. Num Pages: 231 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJ; HBJF; HBLW; JFSG; RPC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148. Weight in Grams: 447.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2017
- Number of pages
- 231
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137554703
- ISBN
- 9781137554703
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 182.79
€ 182.79
Hardback. One of the first evaluations of China's leadership transition with Jiang Zemin's 2002 retirement as Communist Party chief, this book probes the country's related institutional transitions--both those under way and those still needed if China is to remain stable and prosperous in the 21st century. Editor(s): Lin, Gang; Hu, Xiaobo. Num Pages: 172 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JM; GTB; HBJF; HBLW3; JPH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 16. Weight in Grams: 395.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 172
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804749183
- ISBN
- 9780804749183
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Condition: New
€ 134.14
€ 134.14
Hardback. Most books on Nazi Germany focus on the war years. Much less is known about the preceding years although these give important clues with regard to the events after November 1938, which culminated in the Holocaust. Editor(s): Limberg, Margarete; Rubsaat, Hubert. Translator(s): Nothnagle, Alan L. Num Pages: 198 pages, Bibliog. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJG; HBJD; HBLW; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 198
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845450847
- ISBN
- 9781845450847
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Condition: New
€ 163.29
€ 163.29
Paperback. A discussion of the probability (shown by DNA tests) that Thomas Jefferson was the father of his slave Sally Hemings's children. The essays reflect the deeper questions the relationship between Jefferson and Hemings has raised about American history and national culture. Editor(s): Lewis, Jan; Onuf, Peter S. Series: Jeffersonian America. Num Pages: 325 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL; HBTS; JFSL1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press United States
- Number of pages
- 325
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813919195
- ISBN
- 9780813919195
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Condition: New
€ 44.62
€ 44.62
The Louisiana Purchase and American Expansion, 1803–1898
. Ed(S): Levinson, Sanford; Sparrow, Bartholo...
paperback. Brings together noted scholars in American history, constitutional law, and political science to examine the role that the Louisiana Purchase played in shaping both the expansionist policies of the 19th century and critical interpretations of the Constitution. Editor(s): Levinson, Sanford; Sparrow, Bartholomew. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 171 x 15. Weight in Grams: 349.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742549845
- ISBN
- 9780742549845
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Condition: New
€ 66.81
€ 66.81
Hardback. Brings together noted scholars in American history, constitutional law, and political science to examine the role that the Louisiana Purchase played in shaping both the expansionist policies of the 19th century and critical interpretations of the Constitution. Editor(s): Levinson, Sanford; Sparrow, Bartholomew. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 158 x 20. Weight in Grams: 472.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742549838
- ISBN
- 9780742549838
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Condition: New
€ 171.76
€ 171.76
Hardback. Editor(s): Levin, Carole; Barrett-Graves, Debra; Carney, Ms Jo Eldridge. Series: Queenship and Power. Num Pages: 283 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3J; DSBB; HBJD1; HBLH; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 485.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Palgrave USA United States
- Number of pages
- 283
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403960887
- ISBN
- 9781403960887
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.16
€ 67.16
Paperback / so. Editor(s): Lehnert, Detlef; Megerle, Klaus. Num Pages: 270 pages, black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: HBLL; JHMC; JNU. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 372.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Vs Verlag Fur Sozialwissenschaften Germany
- Number of pages
- 270
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783531124278
- ISBN
- 9783531124278
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Condition: New
€ 83.91
€ 83.91
Paperback. Designed to accompany the OU course "From Enlightenment to Romanticism", this anthology provides primary and secondary sources on the death of the Old Regime, the Napoleonic phenomenon, slavery, religion and reform. Introductory sections explain the context and importance of the sources. Editor(s): Lavin, Carmen (Open Unviersity); Donnachie, Ian. Num Pages: 328 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBLL; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 159 x 18. Weight in Grams: 496.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719066719
- ISBN
- 9780719066719
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.80
€ 40.80