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History: earliest times to present day

Paperback. The ancient story of King Goujian, a psychologically complex fifth-century BCE monarch, spoke powerfully to the Chinese during China's turbulent twentieth century. This title connects the story to the major traumas of the last century, exploring why such stories often remain sealed up within a culture, unknown to outsiders. Series: Asia: Local Studies/ Global Themes. Num Pages: 384 pages, 30 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1F; HBJF; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520265837
ISBN
9780520265837
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 25.78

Hardback. In 1910 Mexicans rebelled against an imperfect dictatorship; after 1940 they ended up with what some called the perfect dictatorship. This book brings together historians, anthropologists, sociologists, and political scientists to offer a radical new understanding of the emergence and persistence of the modern Mexican state. Editor(s): Gillingham, Paul; Smith, Benjamin T. Series: American Encounters/Global Interactions. Num Pages: 464 pages, 6 tables, 4 figures. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; HBJK; HBLW; JFC; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 157 x 25. Weight in Grams: 744.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Duke University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822356318
ISBN
9780822356318
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 128.47

Hardback. At a time when photographic album-making is being re-vitalised by digital technologies, this book rewrites the history of photographic albums, placing the female collector at its centre and offering an alternative history of photography focused on its uses rather than on its aesthetic or artistic considerations. Num Pages: 200 pages, Includes 20 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JH; AJ; HBJD1; HBLL; HBT; JFSJ1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 164 x 20. Weight in Grams: 448.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
illustrated ed
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9780754658559
ISBN
9780754658559
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 186.66

Paperback. Traces the history of the spread of the myth of Egypt and the birth of Egyptology and describe the greatest archaeological discoveries between the first decades of the nineteenth century and those of the early twentieth century, to the gold of Tutankhamen and the silver of the Pharaohs of Tanis. Editor(s): Piacentini, Patrizia. Num Pages: 424 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAE; 3D; HBLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 309 x 245 x 41. Weight in Grams: 3022.
Publisher
Skira Italy
Number of pages
424
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Slp
Condition
New
SKU
V9788857208343
ISBN
9788857208343
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 83.00
€ 79.47

Paperback. A study of Italian colonial history and culture, this text gathers articles which highlight the ways in which colonial discourse has pervaded Italian culture from the post-unification period to the present. It delves into the controversy surrounding immigration from Africa to the Italian peninsula. Editor(s): Palumbo, Patrizia. Num Pages: 332 pages, 9 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1DST; 1H; HBJD; HBJH; HBLL; HBTQ; HBTR; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 550.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
332
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520232341
ISBN
9780520232341
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.27

Paperback. BIC Classification: 1FBN; 1FBQ; HBJF1; HBLC1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781474426374
ISBN
9781474426374
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.75

Hardcover. Synthesizing the tensions between high and low politics and eastern and western regions in Pennsylvania before the Revolution, Patrick Spero recasts the importance of frontiers, as eighteenth-century Pennsylvanians would have understood them, to the development of colonial America and the origins of American Independence. Series: Early American Studies. Num Pages: 352 pages, 22 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBBEP; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 680.
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812248616
ISBN
9780812248616
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 47.25

Paperback. Explains the kaleidoscopic nature of Middle Eastern diplomacy. Num Pages: 576 pages, Illustrations, maps, ports. BIC Classification: 1FBS; BGH; HBJF1; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 159 x 236 x 33. Weight in Grams: 816.
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
576
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520069763
ISBN
9780520069763
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 30.01

Hardback. Num Pages: 352 pages, 80 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; 3JJ; BGH; HBJD1; HBLL; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 166 x 242 x 27. Weight in Grams: 896.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780750965996
ISBN
9780750965996
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 28.75

Hardcover. A gripping tale of racial cleansing in the American South and a harrowing testament to the deep roots of racial violence in America. Num Pages: 320 pages, 36 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBFG; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 245 x 167 x 31. Weight in Grams: 626.
Publisher
W. W. Norton & Company
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393293012
ISBN
9780393293012
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 24.74

Paperback. From a bestselling author, the greatest untold story of World War II Num Pages: 320 pages, 16 pages b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; HBJK; HBLW; HBWQ; JWH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 229 x 28. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
INGRAM PUBLISHER SERVICES US
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780306824142
ISBN
9780306824142
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 18.21

paperback. The author's title is the true account of the traumatised memory of the people of at least five townships in the Vaal. They made it happen; they suffered the consequences; they are remembered. Num Pages: 285 pages, map. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; HBJH; HBLW3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 210 x 19. Weight in Grams: 406. Signed by the author. Clean copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Jacana Media
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KMK0024727
ISBN
9781919931463
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.12

Paperback. This volume presents a detailed account of the political outlook and activities of the Roman Catholic clergy, nationally and in the localities, during the 15 years after the Treaty. Topics include the involvement of bishops and priests in pro-Treaty and anti-Treaty politics. Num Pages: 464 pages, 3 maps, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JJG; HBJD1; HBLW; HRLM; JPFN; JPQB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 160 x 31. Weight in Grams: 858.
Publisher
University College Dublin Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Condition
New
SKU
V9781900621281
ISBN
9781900621281
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 27.72

Hardback. Series: Contemporary Asia in the World. Num Pages: 320 pages, 6 halftones, 3 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPKN; HBJF; HBLW3; JPHC; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 161 x 25. Weight in Grams: 562.
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231153225
ISBN
9780231153225
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 53.36
€ 42.46

Paperback. A daring behind-enemy-lines mission from the author of A Time of Gifts and The Broken Road, who was once described by the BBC as 'a cross between Indiana Jones, James Bond and Graham Greene'. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVGSC; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ; JWH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 128 x 17. Weight in Grams: 180.
Publisher
John Murray Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781444796605
ISBN
9781444796605
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.89

Paperback. This Happened in My Presence reveals life in the small Spanish town of Deza during a period that was complex and tumultuous. Editor(s): O'Banion, Patrick J. Num Pages: 264 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 3JB; 3JD; HBJD; HBLH; HRCC2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 400.
Publisher
University of Toronto Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442635135
ISBN
9781442635135
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.83

Hardcover. The man who transformed the German navy before the outbreak of the First World War Num Pages: 608 pages, 26 b&w illus., 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1DFG; HBLW; HBWN; JWF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 163 x 42. Weight in Grams: 954.
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
592
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253355935
ISBN
9780253355935
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 49.99

Paperback. Makes important inroads into the widely discussed topic of historical memory, evoking the everyday lives of eleventh-century people and both their written and nonwritten ways of preserving the past. This title unearths a range of approaches to preserving the past as it was or formulating the past that an individual or group prefers to imagine. Num Pages: 264 pages, 3 maps. 14 halftones. 4 figs. 3 tables. BIC Classification: HBA; HBG; HBLC; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 154 x 236 x 14. Weight in Grams: 398.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691026039
ISBN
9780691026039
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.36
€ 42.32

Hardback.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
128
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691124094
ISBN
9780691124094
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 39.70

Paperback. Offers an analysis, which contrasts the myths with the actual history of Europe's transformation between the fourth and ninth centuries - the period of grand migrations that nationalists hold dear. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; HBJD; HBLC; JPFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 154 x 16. Weight in Grams: 312.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
216
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
Second Printing
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691114811
ISBN
9780691114811
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 27.47

Paperback. Num Pages: 264 pages, 8. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLC; HBTB; JHBZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 225 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 404.
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Edition
F First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801480980
ISBN
9780801480980
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 31.89

Hardback. Num Pages: 388 pages, 20, tables. BIC Classification: 1DVWY; 3JH; HBJD; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 164 x 29. Weight in Grams: 720.
Edition
Illustrated
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
388
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801450044
ISBN
9780801450044
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 58.90

Hardback. Num Pages: 352 pages, 16 black & white illustrations, 8 black & white plates, 8 colour plates. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJF; HBJD; HBLW; HBWN; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 168 x 244 x 36. Weight in Grams: 722.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780750960526
ISBN
9780750960526
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 23.74

paperback. India is the biggest democracy on earth, a country of dynamic change, huge divisions and countless identities. Is there any way to discover the 'real' India? This book tells the story of how India emerged from a turbulent struggle for independence to become a vibrant democracy with one of the fastest-growing economies in the world. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 3JJP; 3JM; HBJF; HBLW3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 152 x 197 x 27. Weight in Grams: 330.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Penguin
Condition
New
SKU
9780141041575
ISBN
9780141041575
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 12.37

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