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History: earliest times to present day

Paperback. This Very Short Introduction explores the key themes from more than 1,000 years of Scotland's fascinating history. Covering everything from the Jacobites to devolution to the modern economy, this concise account presents a fully-integrated picture of what Scottish society, culture, politics and religion look like, and why. Series: Very Short Introductions. Num Pages: 192 pages, 15 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; HBJD1; HBL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 176 x 112 x 11. Weight in Grams: 148.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199230792
ISBN
9780199230792
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.65

Hardback. In the Shadow of Peron constitutes an innovative contribution to the historiography of populism in Latin America and of the Peronist movement in Argentina. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLSA; HBJK; HBLW; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 22. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804757928
ISBN
9780804757928
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 111.87

Paperback. This widely respected study of social conflicts between the patrician elite and the plebeians in the first centuries of the Roman republic has now been enhanced by a new chapter on material culture, updates to individual chapters, an updated bibliography, and a new introduction. Editor(s): Raaflaub, Kurt A. Num Pages: 448 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 172 x 28. Weight in Grams: 910.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
2nd, Expanded and Updated Edition
Number of pages
448
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405100618
ISBN
9781405100618
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 72.33

Hardback. This widely respected study of social conflicts between the patrician elite and the plebeians in the first centuries of the Roman republic has now been enhanced by a new chapter on material culture, updates to individual chapters, an updated bibliography, and a new introduction. Editor(s): Raaflaub, Kurt A. Num Pages: 448 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 252 x 177 x 34. Weight in Grams: 1058.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
2nd, Expanded and Updated Edition
Number of pages
448
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405100601
ISBN
9781405100601
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 150.51

Hardcover. Rewriting German History offers striking new insights into key debates about the recent German past. Bringing together cutting-edge research and current discussions, this volume examines developments in the writing of the German past since the Second World War and suggests new directions for scholarship in the twenty-first century. Editor(s): Ruger, Jan; Wachsmann, Nikolaus. Num Pages: 368 pages, 3 black & white halftones, 3 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJP; 3JM; HBJD; HBLW3; HBLX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 164 x 241 x 25. Weight in Grams: 708.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137347787
ISBN
9781137347787
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 140.90

Paperback.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
SKU
V9781860772733
ISBN
9781860772733
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.74

Paperback. Details how Britain stealthily stole the war from under the Germans' noses by outsmarting their intelligence at every turn. This book talks about the 'battle of the beams'; detecting and defeating flying bombs; using chaff to confuse radar; and, many other ingenious ideas and devices. Series: Penguin World War II Collection. Num Pages: 608 pages, Illustrations maps. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJH; BM; HBJD1; HBLW; HBWQ; JWKF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 199 x 30. Weight in Grams: 412.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
9780141042824
ISBN
9780141042824
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 13.91

By the 1920s, a variety of "corporate stateshad proliferated across the nation, each shaped by a particular mix of taxation and public services, each offering a case study in how the business of America, as President Calvin Coolidge put it, became business. Series: Reconfiguring American Political History. Num Pages: 184 pages, 45, 45 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLL; HBLW; JPQB; KCP; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 385.
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
184
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801870545
ISBN
9780801870545
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 61.95

Paperback. Aims to guide A-level students and undergraduates through the area of religious separatism in the century before the English Civil War. It also attempts to show where the religious tensions that came to the fore during the Civil War and Interregnum had their roots. Series: Seminar Studies. Num Pages: 120 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JB; 3JD; 4KL; HBJD1; HBLH; HRCC9. Category: (UA) A / AS level; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 141 x 8. Weight in Grams: 164.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
120
Condition
New
SKU
V9780582355156
ISBN
9780582355156
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 48.99
€ 46.44

Paperback. Reveals how the Vikings saw themselves: portrayed in their own writings or in the reports of people who knew them closely. Using a series of translations from primary sources including runic inscriptions, literary works, rare historical accounts and eye-witness reports, this book brings the Viking world to life. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1DN; 3F; HBJD; HBLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 176 x 19. Weight in Grams: 384.
Publisher
British Museum Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780714123417
ISBN
9780714123417
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.20

Paperback. Editor(s): Killick, R.G. Series: Ancient Near East: Iraq Archaeological Reports S. Num Pages: 210 pages, 11 plates, 52 figures. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLA; HDD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 297 x 210. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1988
Publisher
Aris & Phillips Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
210
Condition
New
SKU
V9780856684319
ISBN
9780856684319
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 80.46

paperback. Surveys the lives and beliefs of the people who made the Irish Revolution: linked together by youth, radicalism, subversive activities, enthusiasm and love. This title deals with argumentative, exciting, subversive and original lives of people who made a revolution, as well as the disillusionment in which it ended. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JJC; 3JJF; HBJD1; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 24. Weight in Grams: 368.
Publisher
Penguin
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
9780241954249
ISBN
9780241954249
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.53

Paperback. Num Pages: 432 pages, 28 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; KNGT; TRF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 179 x 115 x 33. Weight in Grams: 340.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Stackpole Books United States
Number of pages
432
Condition
New
SKU
V9780811731898
ISBN
9780811731898
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 18.22

Paperback. An interdisciplinary study of the supernatural and the occult in fin-de-siecle France (1870-1914), the present volume examines the explosion of interest in devil-worship, magic and mysticism both from an historical perspective and through analysis of key literary works of the period." Series: Palgrave Historical Studies in Witchcraft and Magic. Num Pages: 235 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DS; HBJD; HBL; HPC; HRAX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
235
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349332731
ISBN
9781349332731
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 159.93

Hardcover. By approaching the Conservative Revolution as an intellectual movement, this study sheds light on the evolution of its ideas on the meaning of World War I, its appropriation of the work of Friedrich Nietzsche, and its enthusiasm for political activism and a strong leader. Num Pages: 182 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DFG; HBJD; HBLW; JPH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 385.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Edition
1996th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333650141
ISBN
9780333650141
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 128.43

Paperback. * The second volume of a compelling, original work which will redefine our perceptions of medieval civilization, the renaissance and the evolution of modern Europe. * Written by a man who was widely regarded as the greatest medieval historian. . Num Pages: 240 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1D; 3H; HBJD; HBLC; HPCB; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 153 x 14. Weight in Grams: 354.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
Volume II
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631220794
ISBN
9780631220794
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.44

Hardback. This second of three volumes focuses on the period from c.1090-1212. The volume explores the lives, scholarly resources and contributions of a wide sample of people who either took part in the creation of the scholastic system of thought or gave practical effect to it in public life. Num Pages: 240 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1D; 3H; HBJD; HBLC; HPCB; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 167 x 241 x 19. Weight in Grams: 502.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631191124
ISBN
9780631191124
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 142.81

Hardback. The first of three volumes which look at the history of scholastic humanism. This volume is concerned with the years between 1100 and 1160, when the main lines of scholastic thought were laid down and its agenda established. Num Pages: 352 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1D; 3H; HBJD; HBLC; HPCB; HRQA; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 166 x 27. Weight in Grams: 678.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
Volume I
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631191117
ISBN
9780631191117
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 110.08

Hardcover.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Bloomsbury Academic
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
380
Condition
New
SKU
V9780907628811
ISBN
9780907628811
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 116.64

Paperback. In 1536, Henry VIII faced risings throughout northern England; these posed the greatest threat to any Tudor monarch. The Pilgrimage of Grace has traditionally been assumed to have been a spontaneous protest against the Dissolution of the Monasteries, but this study aims to reveal the full story. Num Pages: 504 pages, 4 maps and 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JB; HBJD1; HBLH; HBTB; HRAX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 157 x 28. Weight in Grams: 722.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
504
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199259069
ISBN
9780199259069
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 90.60

Hardcover. With Soviet citizens debating the vast outpourings of information about their past, even the Politburo is divided about how far the debate should go and what conclusions should be drawn from it. This book reviews the discussion about history and considers its impact on the Gorbachev revolution. Series: Studies in Russian and East European History and Society. Num Pages: 240 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVU; HBJD; HBLW3. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 218 x 147 x 19. Weight in Grams: 422.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1989
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333497418
ISBN
9780333497418
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.78

Hardback. In 1929-30, the 'spinal year' of the first five-year plan, a vast investment programme began the transformation of the Soviet Union from a peasant country into a great industrial power. This book re-examines the breakdown of the mixed economy and the establishment of crucial Soviet economic and political institutions. Originally published in 1989. Num Pages: 621 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVU; HBJD; HBLW; KCB; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 222 x 138 x 39. Weight in Grams: 888.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1989
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
621
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333311028
ISBN
9780333311028
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 321.62

Hardback. This is a series of case studies illuminating the role and character of the House of Lords over two centuries, from 1714 to 1914. The figures treated in the essays include: Edmund Gibson (Bishop of Lincoln and later London), the first Earl Cowper, the Sixth Earl of Denbigh, and Lord Thurlow. Editor(s): Davis, R. W. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JF; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJD1; HBLL; JPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 158 x 23. Weight in Grams: 530.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804724760
ISBN
9780804724760
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 94.28

Paperback. Renaissance map-makers produced ever more accurate descriptions of geography, which were also beautiful works of art. They filled the oceans Europeans were exploring with ships and to describe the real ships which were the newest and best products of technology. Above all the ships were there to show the European conquest of the seas of the world. Series: Early Modern History: Society and Culture. Num Pages: 256 pages, 44 black & white illustrations, 8 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBL; HBTB; HBTQ; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 413.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349312078
ISBN
9781349312078
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 128.44

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