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History: earliest times to present day

hardcover. A cultural and social history of Egypt from 1870 to 1930 that examines the way in which men and women began reading, writing, and perceiving the Arabic language in ever more public ways. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 1HBE; 3JH; HBJH; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 161 x 238 x 21. Weight in Grams: 530.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804797115
ISBN
9780804797115
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 81.49

hardcover. The first comprehensive history of a major Muslim rebellion and the rise and fall of an independent Islamic state within China during the second half of the nineteenth century-in Xinjiang, where potentially separatist Islamic movements still worry the Chinese state. Num Pages: 320 pages, 10 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JH; HBJF; HBLL; HRH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 23. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804748841
ISBN
9780804748841
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 116.75

Hardback. By studying the chemists at the Swedish Bureau of Mines and their networks, and integrating their practices into the wider European context, the author illustrates how they and their successors played a significant role in the development of our modern notion of matter and made a significant contribution to the modern European view of reality. Series: Synthesis. Num Pages: 248 pages, 10 halftones. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JD; 3JF; HBJD; HBLH; HBLL; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226194998
ISBN
9780226194998
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 35.92

Paperback. The life of Usamah ibn-Munqidh epitomized the height of Arab civilization as it flourished during the early Crusading period. His memoirs provide a valuable non-European perspective and insight into the military and cultural contact between medieval West and East, between Christian and Muslim. Translator(s): Hitti, Phillip K. Series: Records of Western Civilization Series. Num Pages: 265 pages, bibliography. BIC Classification: 1FBS; DN; HBJF1; HBLC; HBTB; JFSR2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 154 x 19. Weight in Grams: 420. Memoirs of Usamah Ibn-Munqidh. Series: Records of Western Civilization Series. 265 pages, bibliography. The life of Usamah ibn-Munqidh epitomized the height of Arab civilization as it flourished during the early Crusading period. His memoirs provide a valuable non-European perspective and insight into the military and cultural contact between medieval West and East, between Christian and Muslim. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1FBS; DN; HBJF1; HBLC; HBTB; JFSR2. Dimension: 226 x 154 x 19. Weight: 420. Translator(s): Hitti, Phillip K.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Edition
New Ed
Number of pages
265
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231121255
ISBN
9780231121255
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 27.29

Hardback. Late medieval Japan witnessed a growth in the power of the commoner, as seen in the spread of corporate villages (so) marked by collective ownership and administration and other self-governing features. This study of a community of so villages from the fourteenth through the seventeenth centuries reconstructs the life of these villages. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3H; HBG; HBJF; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 156. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
300
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804719414
ISBN
9780804719414
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 85.88

Paperback. Dubbed the 'Oscar' by the Allies, the Ki-43 Hayabusa Peregrine was the most prolific Japanese fighter of World War 2. Focusing on the exploits of the Ki-43, this book charts the experiences of the pilots and discusses the early stages of the war in South-East Asia, China, Burma and New Guinea. Illustrator(s): Laurier, Jim. Series: Aircraft of the Aces. Num Pages: 96 pages, Illustrations (some col.). BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ; JWG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 247 x 183 x 6. Weight in Grams: 316.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
96
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846034084
ISBN
9781846034084
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 20.31

hardcover. An innovative look at Japan's wartime discourse of science and nationalism and how it shaped postwar Japan. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; HBJF; HBLW; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 28. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804759618
ISBN
9780804759618
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 116.75

Paperback. Great Deeds in Ireland is the first full translation of the controversial Latin history of Ireland by the famous Dublin intellectual, Richard Stanihurst. Written after he fled Elizabethan London for the Netherlands, De Rebus in Hibernia Gestis was published in 1584 by Christopher Plantin,the greatest printer of the age. Editor(s): Morgan, Hiram; John, Barry. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 233 x 156 x 40. Weight in Grams: 858.
Publisher
Cork University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782050872
ISBN
9781782050872
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.00
€ 21.31

Paperback. First published in the 1950s, this is a classic account of the discovery in 1911 of the lost city of Machu Picchu. Editor(s): Thomson, Hugh. Num Pages: 320 pages, 25, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLSR; HBJK; HBLC; HDD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 23. Weight in Grams: 264.
Publisher
Phoenix London
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9781842125854
ISBN
9781842125854
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.31

Hardcover. Hiraku Shimoda places the origin of modern Japanese regionalism in the tense relationship between region and nation in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. This study shows that "region," often seen as a hard, natural place that impedes national unity, is in fact a supple spatial category that can be made to reinforce nationalist sensibilities. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 180 pages, map. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJ; HBJF; HBLL; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 163 x 16. Weight in Grams: 406.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Harvard University Asia Center
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674492011
ISBN
9780674492011
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 37.31

Paperback. Translator(s): Durand, John. Num Pages: 1600 pages, port. BIC Classification: 3JF; HBJD; HBLL; HBTV; JPWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 241 x 165 x 135. Weight in Grams: 2966.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Liberty Fund Inc United States
Edition
Slp
Number of pages
1600
Condition
New
SKU
V9780865971271
ISBN
9780865971271
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 32.01

Hardcover. Offers information about the practice of medicine in antiquity and about Greek theories concerning the human body. Series: Loeb Classical Library. Num Pages: 416 pages, 1 line illustration. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 2AHA; DN; DSBB; HBLA1; MBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 119 x 168 x 24. Weight in Grams: 306.
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
416
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674996403
ISBN
9780674996403
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.45

Paperback. An anthology of historical studies focusing on themes and issues central to the construction of Black masculinities and Black men's history. This book covers themes in the lives of black men that touch on leadership, work and the professions, family and community, sports and the military, and the image of black men in the larger society. Editor(s): Hine, Darlene Clark; Jenkins, Earnestine L. Series: Blacks in the Diaspora. Num Pages: 503 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; GTB; HBJK; HBLL; HBLW; JFSJ2; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 28. Weight in Grams: 767.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
503
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253214607
ISBN
9780253214607
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 35.55

Paperback. An intimate menoir of Jewish adolescence and life, from a young woman's perspective in an Eastern European shtetl at the end of the nineteenth century. Translator(s): Cammy, Justin Daniel. Num Pages: 126 pages, 10 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVP; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; HBTB; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 159 x 12. Weight in Grams: 224.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Harvard Center for Jewish Studies United States
Number of pages
126
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780674019706
ISBN
9780674019706
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.28

The story of the conflict between Albert Einstein and chief Nazi physicist Philipp Lenard, who spent a lifetime trying to discredit him. Num Pages: 228 pages. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJG; BGH; HBJD; HBLW; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 162 x 237 x 24. Weight in Grams: 408.
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
228
Condition
New
SKU
V9781493010011
ISBN
9781493010011
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 22.11

Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages, 17. BIC Classification: 1FPK; HBJF; HBLW; HBTQ; HBTR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 15. Weight in Grams: 268.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801472701
ISBN
9780801472701
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.01

Hardcover. Sudan could soon witness one of the first partitions of an African state since the colonial era. The 2005 Comprehensive Peace Agreement guarantees a referendum on self determination for Southern Sudan, which is scheduled for January 2011 that ended a 20-year old civil war. This book shows how that war was finally brought to an end. Num Pages: 256 pages, illus. BIC Classification: 1HBS; HBJH; HBLX; HBW; JPSD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 161 x 21. Weight in Grams: 556.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Sussex Academic Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845194536
ISBN
9781845194536
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 128.16

Paperback. Sudan could soon witness one of the first partitions of an African state since the colonial era. The 2005 Comprehensive Peace Agreement guarantees a referendum on self determination for Southern Sudan, which is scheduled for January 2011 that ended a 20-year old civil war. This book shows how that war was finally brought to an end. Num Pages: 256 pages, illus. BIC Classification: 1HBS; HBJH; HBLX; HBW; JPSD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 153 x 16. Weight in Grams: 416.
Publisher
Sussex Academic Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845194581
ISBN
9781845194581
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 35.92

Hardback. By the late eleventh century the Song court no longer dominated production of information about itself. Hilde De Weert demonstrates how the growing involvement of the literati in publishing such information altered the relationship between court and literati in political communication for the remainder of the Chinese imperial period. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 475 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3F; 3H; HBJF; HBLC1; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Harvard University, Asia Center
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674088429
ISBN
9780674088429
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 58.74
€ 53.89

hardcover. This book analyzes the relationship between the many and the few in the formation of a republican polity. It studies the case of Buenos Aires in the 1860s and 1870s, when the inauguration of a new national order in Argentina entailed a radical change, by exploring the different forms of participation of the people in the public life of the city. Num Pages: 224 pages, Illustrations, map. BIC Classification: 1KLSA; HBG; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 442.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804739436
ISBN
9780804739436
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 157.00

Paperback. This book analyzes the relationship between the many and the few in the formation of a republican polity. It studies the case of Buenos Aires in the 1860s and 1870s, when the inauguration of a new national order in Argentina entailed a radical change, by exploring the different forms of participation of the people in the public life of the city. Num Pages: 224 pages, Illustrations, map. BIC Classification: 1KLSA; HBG; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 17. Weight in Grams: 340.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804739443
ISBN
9780804739443
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 33.73

Hardcover. Series: Animal Lives. Num Pages: 248 pages, 30 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJH; HBJD1; HBLW; HBWQ; WNG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 152. .
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226318325
ISBN
9780226318325
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 94.08
€ 77.39

Hardback. The story of the modern research university in Europe and its expansion to other continents, first published in 2004. Editor(s): Ruegg, Walter. Series: A History of the University in Europe. Num Pages: 776 pages, 20 tables. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLL; HBTB; JFCX; JNM; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 168 x 236 x 55. Weight in Grams: 1340.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
776
Condition
New
SKU
V9780521361071
ISBN
9780521361071
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 244.88

Paperback. A comprehensive and amply illustrated study of Roman shields, their changing styles, their construction and their use in combat Num Pages: 208 pages, 117. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; HBJD; HBLA1; HBW; JWM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 174 x 248 x 15. Weight in Grams: 540.
Publisher
Amberley Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781445655239
ISBN
9781445655239
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.08

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