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History: earliest times to present day

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History: earliest times to present day

Paperback. The Kamakura period, 1180-1333, is known as the era of Japan's first warrior government. As the essays in this book show, however, the period was notable for the coexistence of two centers of authority, the Bakufu military government at Kamakura and the civilian court in Kyoto. Editor(s): Mass, Jeffrey P. Num Pages: 344 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3H; HBJF; HBLC; JPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 21. Weight in Grams: 478.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
Edition
Reissue
SKU
V9780804724739
ISBN
9780804724739
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.15

Hardback. This book is a much expanded and wholly rewritten treatment of the subject of the author's first book, Warrior Government in Early Medieval Japan, published in 1974. In this new version, the "warrior" and "medieval" character of Japan's first shogunate is significantly de-emphasized, thus requiring not only a new title, but also a new book. Num Pages: 296 pages, Illustrationsmap. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; HBG; HBJF; HBLC; JFC; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 160 x 230 x 20. Weight in Grams: 552.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804735919
ISBN
9780804735919
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 86.69

Paperback. This is a history of student protests in Shanghai from the turn of the century to 1949, showing how these students experienced and help shape the course of the Chinese Revolution. Num Pages: 444 pages, 19 half-tones 1 map. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJ; HBJF; HBLW; HBTB; JPWF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 26. Weight in Grams: 612.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
444
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804731669
ISBN
9780804731669
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.15

Paperback. The sweeping story of one of the most notorious crusader knights, Reynald de Chatillon - a great Christian hero of the Second Crusade and one of the most hated figures in Islamic history. Num Pages: 320 pages, 1 x 8pp colour plates. BIC Classification: 1FBH; 3H; BGH; HBJF1; HBLC1; HBWC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Atlantic Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782399285
ISBN
9781782399285
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.69

Hardback. In 1834 Harvard dropout Richard Henry Dana Jr. became a common seaman, and soon his Two Years Before the Mast became a classic. Literary acclaim did not erase the young lawyer s memory of floggings he witnessed aboard ship or undermine his vow to combat injustice. Jeffrey Amestoy tells the story of Dana s determination to keep that vow." Num Pages: 350 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BG; HBLL; LAZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 160 x 30. Weight in Grams: 726.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
350
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780674088191
ISBN
9780674088191
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 40.13

Hardback. Reagan's Legacy in a World Transformed offers a timely retrospective on the fortieth president's policies and impact on today's world, from the influence of free market ideas on economic globalization, to the role of an assertive military in U.S. foreign policy, to reduction of nuclear arsenals in the interest of stability. Num Pages: 310 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPN; HBJK; HBLW3; JPQB; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 165 x 31. Weight in Grams: 608.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674967694
ISBN
9780674967694
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 54.48
€ 50.42

Paperback. Num Pages: 278 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; HBJD1; HBLC; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 159 x 17. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
New
Number of pages
278
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226445700
ISBN
9780226445700
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 27.84

Paperback. The central question for both the victors and the vanquished of World War II was just how widely the stain of guilt would spread over Germany. This title chronicles explores the processes of accommodation and rejection that Allied plans for a new German state inspired among the German intelligentsia. Num Pages: 392 pages, 17 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJH; 3JJPG; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 153 x 25. Weight in Grams: 622.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
392
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226103341
ISBN
9780226103341
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 25.76

Hardcover. Series: Chicago Studies in Practices of Meaning. Num Pages: 496 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJP; 3JM; HBJD; HBLW3; HBLX; JPF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 209 x 316 x 2. Weight in Grams: 870.
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226386492
ISBN
9780226386492
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.17
€ 45.08

Hardcover. .
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780764352164
ISBN
9780764352164
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 75.87
€ 57.83

Paperback. Num Pages: 368 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; ACG; HBJD; HBLA; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 19. Weight in Grams: 914.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1987
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Edition
Revised ed.
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801494017
ISBN
9780801494017
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.09

paperback. Essays from a range of disciplines examine different, but linked aspects of the social organization of Europe from the 13th to 16th centuries. Editor(s): Denton, Jeffrey H. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: HBLC1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 138 x 11. Weight in Grams: 286.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780802082640
ISBN
9780802082640
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.25

hardcover. This volume provides an in-depth history of Navy high-level decision making during the challenging initial decade of the Cold War. Num Pages: 728 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPG; HBJK; HBLW; HBW; JWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 48. Weight in Grams: 1089.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
728
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804756662
ISBN
9780804756662
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 91.83

Hardcover. Tells the story of a long-forgotten criminal case: the poisoning of the communion wine in Zurich's main cathedral in 1776. This work shows how this affair became a cause celebre, the object of a lively public debate that focused on an issue much on the minds of intellectuals in the age of Enlightenment: the problem of evil. Num Pages: 256 pages, 17 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DFH; 3JF; GTB; HBJD; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 514.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691002330
ISBN
9780691002330
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 71.14
€ 55.14

Hardback. First full translation of an important treatise on chivalric horsemanship. Translator(s): Forgeng, Mr. Jeffrey L. Num Pages: 184 pages, 3 black & white illustrations, 7 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DSP; 3H; HBJD; HBLC1; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 146 x 22. Weight in Grams: 358.
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2018
Condition
New
SKU
V9781783271030
ISBN
9781783271030
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 39.16

Hardback. A collection of stories which show how the cold war affected various facets of life - East and West, urban and rural, in developed and developing nations, in the superpowers and on the periphery of the international system. Editor(s): Engel, Jeffrey. Series: Cold War International History Project. Num Pages: 384 pages, 6 tables, 2 figures, 3 illustrations, 4 maps. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLW3; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 28. Weight in Grams: 712.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804759472
ISBN
9780804759472
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 86.32

paperback. Tells the story of JFK, the Cold War, and the power of oratory to change the course of history. This title recalls the days from October 1962 to September 1963, when JFK marshaled the power of oratory and his astonishing political skills towards that end. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPK; HBJK; HBLW3; HBTW; JPHL; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 232 x 154 x 21. Weight in Grams: 404.
Publisher
Bodley Head
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847922755
ISBN
9781847922755
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 16.87

Hardcover. Helps in understanding the French Enlightenment by analyzing a diverse constellation of Theological Enlightenment discourses, which were compromised between about 1730 and 1762 by high-stakes cultural and political controversies involving the royal court, the government, and the Catholic Church. Num Pages: 616 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JF; HBJD; HBLL; HRAX; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 159 x 34. Weight in Grams: 834.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of Notre Dame Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780268022204
ISBN
9780268022204
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 60.32

Paperback. Few events have ever shaken a country in the way that the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor affected the United States. The Japanese forces then continued to overwhelm the Allies, attacking Malaya with its fortress of Singapore. This book tells about the campaign carried by the Japanese forces in the Pacific region. Series: General Military. Num Pages: 504 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ; JWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 234 x 40. Weight in Grams: 686.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781472810601
ISBN
9781472810601
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.76

Paperback. Num Pages: 408 pages. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLC; HBTB; HRQX5; HRQX9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 221 x 150 x 27. Weight in Grams: 572.
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1984
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801492891
ISBN
9780801492891
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.83

Hardcover. This text analyzes questions of nationality and religious identity in 19th-century Russian history as reflected in the life of Jesuit priest Ivan Gagarin. It reveals that the Roman Catholic Church presented its own share of barriers to attempts at church union. Num Pages: 360 pages, 1 port. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; HBJD; HBLL; HRCC7; HRCC8. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 159 x 27. Weight in Grams: 680.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University of Notre Dame Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780268031664
ISBN
9780268031664
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 133.64

Paperback. Shows how, beginning with Lenin, the Communists established a state monopoly of the media that absorbed literature, art, and science into a stylized and ritualistic public culture. This work explores the close relationship between language and the implementation of the Stalinist-Leninist program. Num Pages: 344 pages, 41 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DST; 1DVU; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLW; JFC; JPFC; JPVN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 514.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691088679
ISBN
9780691088679
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.36
€ 42.35

Paperback. A cornucopia of the familiar and the forgotten, the historic and the ephemeral, the heroic and the banal. This handy reference work takes us from Verrazano's arrival in 1524 into the November 2001 election of a new mayor for the new millennium. Num Pages: 367 pages, b&w illustrations and photos. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; HBJK; HBLH; HBLL; HBLW; WTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 6452 x 4522 x 21. Weight in Grams: 776.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
367
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814747513
ISBN
9780814747513
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.73

Hardback. Series: Conjunctions of Religion and Power in the Medieval Past. Num Pages: 304 pages, 4. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 1DSP; 3H; HBJD; HBLC; LNS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 635.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780801439902
ISBN
9780801439902
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 85.43

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