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History: earliest times to present day

Paperback. Even as unemployment rates soared during the Great Depression, FDR's relief and social security programs faced attacks in Congress and the courts on the legitimacy of federal aid to the growing population of poor. This book recovers this crucial aspect of American history, tracing the roots of the modern American welfare state. Num Pages: 352 pages, 23 halftones, 1 line drawing, 13 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW; JPQB; LAZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 160 x 20. Weight in Grams: 506.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226923499
ISBN
9780226923499
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 28.58

Hardback. An assessment of how important the sea was in the middle ages. Num Pages: 1086 pages, 48 black & white illustrations, 33 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 3F; 3H; HBG; HBLC1; HBTM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 169 x 243 x 56. Weight in Grams: 1562.
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2018
Edition
Bilingual
Condition
New
SKU
V9781783271597
ISBN
9781783271597
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 180.33

Paperback. A gripping account of both an individual caught on the horns of an excruciating moral dilemma and a continent at a turning point. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFGK; BGH; HBJH; HBLW; JPZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 25. Weight in Grams: 258.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Number of pages
400
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
Reprint edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007241972
ISBN
9780007241972
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 12.91

Paperback. A story of grim comedy amid the apocalypse and a celebration of the sheer indestructibility of the human spirit in a nation run riot: Michela Wrong's vision of Congo/Zaire during the Mobutu years is incisive, ironic and revelatory. Num Pages: 336 pages, 16 b/w plates (8pp). BIC Classification: 1HFJC; 1HFJZ; HBJH; HBLW3; JPV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 128 x 22. Weight in Grams: 260.
Publisher
Fourth Estate
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841154220
ISBN
9781841154220
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 12.84

Matteo Ricci (1552-1610) is widely considered the most outstanding cultural mediator of all time between China and the West. This engrossing and fluid book offers a thorough, knowledgeable biography of this fascinating and influential man, telling a deeply human and captivating story that still resonates today. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JB; HBJF; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 165 x 241 x 28. Weight in Grams: 672.
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442205864
ISBN
9781442205864
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 132.10

Paperback. This work confronts the complex question of nationalism in France in its various permutations myths, obsessions, possibilities, and dangers. The author distinguishes between an open nationalism, based on the revolutionary values of liberty and equality for all, and closed nationalism. Translator(s): Todd, Jane. Num Pages: 352 pages, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 3JF; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLL; JPFN; JPFQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 500.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Stanford University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
366
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804732871
ISBN
9780804732871
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 33.91

Paperback. Offers a study of those at the centre of Western civilization's vision of the world - the Enlightenment: nobles, priests, functionaries, men of letters, artists, explorers, soldiers and women. This book examines the fundamental structures of society, and attitudes to birth, death and sexuality. Editor(s): Vovelle, Michel. Translator(s): Cochrane, Lydia G. Num Pages: 460 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BGH; HBG; HBJD; HBLH; HBLL; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 155 x 28. Weight in Grams: 634.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
460
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226865706
ISBN
9780226865706
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 59.42
€ 50.25

Paperback. The second volume of Michel Leiris's hugely influential four-volume autobiographical essay, available to English-language readers in a brilliant and sensitive translation by Lydia Davis Translator(s): Davis, Lydia. Series: The Margellos World Republic of Letters. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JJ; BGH; BGLA; HBJD; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Publisher
Yale University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300212389
ISBN
9780300212389
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 15.36

Paperback. A dazzling translation by Lydia Davis of the first volume of Michel Leiris's masterwork, perhaps the most important French autobiographical enterprise of the twentieth century Translator(s): Davis, Lydia. Series: The Margellos World Republic of Letters. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JJ; BGH; BGLA; HBJD; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 408.
Publisher
Yale University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300212372
ISBN
9780300212372
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.98

Paperback. Asks how a virulent anti-Americanism developed in a Nicaraguan society that also seemed to embrace Americanization fervently and explores the historical roots of this paradox Series: American Encounters/Global Interactions. Num Pages: 392 pages, 26 illus., 3 tables, 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLCN; HBJK; HBLL; HBLW; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 24. Weight in Grams: 572.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
392
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822336471
ISBN
9780822336471
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.60

Paperback. Interweaving substantial excerpts from primary historical documents with commentary, this text shows how the plague of sorceries and possessions in France that climaxed in the events at Loudun both revealed the deepest fears of a society in traumatic flux and accelerated its transformation. Translator(s): Smith, Michael B. Num Pages: 264 pages, 28 halftones, 5 maps, 1 table. BIC Classification: 3JD; HBJD; HBLH; HBTB; HRQX9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 15. Weight in Grams: 396.
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
264
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226100357
ISBN
9780226100357
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 29.70

Paperback. This volume provides an analysis of Christian mysticism during the 16th and 17th centuries, along with an application of the author's transdisciplinary historiography. It aims to reveal the "mystical" aspect of postmodernism's movement of perpetual departure. Translator(s): Smith, Michael B. Series: Religion and Postmodernism. Num Pages: 384 pages, 2 halftones, 7 line drawings, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1D; HBAH; HBJD; HBLH; HBTB; HRCS1; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 156 x 229 x 28. Weight in Grams: 624.
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226100371
ISBN
9780226100371
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 48.99
€ 37.99

Paperback. Translator(s): Lorton, David. Num Pages: 128 pages, 12. BIC Classification: 1QDAE; HBJH; HBLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 9. Weight in Grams: 171.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801489532
ISBN
9780801489532
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 31.70

Paperback. Translator(s): Lorton, David. Num Pages: 240 pages, 52. BIC Classification: 1QDAE; HBJH; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 154 x 14. Weight in Grams: 326.
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801485763
ISBN
9780801485763
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.60

Paperback. The first major academic study of the Ulster Plantation in over 25 years. This collection of essays by leading scholars in the field on a broad range of historical and literary topics redresses the previous coverage of the plantations, moving away from an exclusive colonial perspective, to include the native Catholic experience. Editor(s): O Siochru, Dr. Micheal; Ciardha, Eamonn. Series Editor(s): Edwards, David. Series: Studies in Early Modern Irish History. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKN; 3JD; HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 157 x 18. Weight in Grams: 472.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Manchester University Press
Condition
New
SKU
9780719095504
ISBN
9780719095504
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 23.26

Paperback. This volume explores one of the key episodes in Irish history from a variety of historical perspectives and situates the 1641 massacres in their early modern Irish, European and Atlantic contexts. Editor(s): O Siochru, Dr. Micheal; Ohlmeyer, Jane. Series: Studies in Early Modern Irish History. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JD; HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 157 x 25. Weight in Grams: 488.
Publisher
Manchester University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719097263
ISBN
9780719097263
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 48.56

Paperback. Series: Jeffersonian America. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL; HBWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813934136
ISBN
9780813934136
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.74

Paperback. .
Publisher
Northwestern University Press United States
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810119598
ISBN
9780810119598
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.86

Hardcover. In this novel perspective on a much-maligned figure, Michal Biran explains the monumental impact Chinggis Khan has had upon the Islamic World, both positive and negative. Series: Makers of the Muslim World. Num Pages: 160 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1QDM; HBJF; HBLC; HRH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 135 x 19. Weight in Grams: 386.
Publisher
Oneworld Publications United Kingdom
Number of pages
160
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9781851685028
ISBN
9781851685028
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 34.86

Hardcover. German-American women played many roles in the US women's rights movement from 1848 to 1890. This book focuses on three figures, Mathilde Wendt, Mathilde Franziska Anneke, and Clara Neymann, who were simultaneously included and excluded from the nativist women's rights movement. Series: Transatlantic Perspectives. Num Pages: 216 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 1KBB; 3JH; HBLL; HBTB; JFSJ1; JPVH1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 163 x 16. Weight in Grams: 404. German-American Women, Women's Rights and Nativisim, 1848-1890. Series: Transatlantic Perspectives. 216 pages, illustrations. German-American women played many roles in the US women's rights movement from 1848 to 1890. This book focuses on three figures, Mathilde Wendt, Mathilde Franziska Anneke, and Clara Neymann, who were simultaneously included and excluded from the nativist women's rights movement. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 1KBB; 3JH; HBLL; HBTB; JFSJ1; JPVH1. Dimension: 234 x 163 x 16. Weight: 404.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857455123
ISBN
9780857455123
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 154.54

Paperback. Presents a history of family farming, general incorporation laws, mortgage payments, inheritance practices, office systems, and risk management - an inventory of the means by which capitalism became America's revolutionary tradition. This title includes a collection of essays. Editor(s): Zakim, Michael; Kornblith, Gary J. Num Pages: 384 pages, 10 halftones, 4 line drawings, 3 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226451107
ISBN
9780226451107
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 33.64

Hardcover. James VI & I had a series of notorious male favourites. These affairs were almost certainly sexual. They diminished the majesty of the monarchy and raised the spectre of a sodomitical court and effeminized nation. It is a story of political intrigue coloured by sodomy, pederasty, and gender instability as backdrop to the English Civil War. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JD; BGH; BGR; HBJD1; HBLH; HBTB; JFSK2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 167 x 242 x 29. Weight in Grams: 610.
Publisher
Fonthill Media
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781781555439
ISBN
9781781555439
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 23.75

Paperback. .
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
424
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780521699464
ISBN
9780521699464
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.22

Hardcover. In the 1960s Brooklyn's Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood was labeled America's largest ghetto. But its brownstones housed a coterie of black professionals intent on bringing order and hope to the community. In telling their story Michael Woodsworth reinterprets the War on Poverty by revealing its roots in local activism and policy experiments. Num Pages: 390 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KBBEY; HBLW; KCR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 156. .
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674545069
ISBN
9780674545069
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 39.96

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