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History: earliest times to present day
Hardback. An analysis of the often contradictory reasons why President George W Bush went to war in Iraq and of the war's impact on future US armed intervention abroad. Drawing on various assessments of Bush's presidency, it contends that Bush's invasion of Iraq was more about the arrogance of post - Cold War American power than it was about Saddam Hussein. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; 1KBB; 3JMC; HBJF1; HBLX; HBWS5; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 163 x 24. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Publisher
- Potomac Books Inc
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781597974370
- ISBN
- 9781597974370
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.72
€ 33.72
Paperback. A study of the Vietnamese conflict, examined through the lens of the revolutionary and counter-revolutionary movements in the rural province of Long An up until American intervention in the area. Num Pages: 368 pages, 21 b/w photographs, 4 maps, 9 tables. BIC Classification: 1FMV; 3JJPK; HBJD; HBLW3; HBWS2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 139 x 24. Weight in Grams: 464.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- Second Edition,Revised
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520260177
- ISBN
- 9780520260177
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.44
€ 40.99
€ 29.44
Hardback. A study of English deists that offers an analysis of less known figures such as Anthony Collins, Matthew Tindal, Thomas Chubb, and Thomas Morgan. It offers illustrates how a specific deist conception of God provided the link between deists' political and natural philosophy even in people who have been mistakenly labelled as godless. Series Editor(s): Lake, Peter; Milton, Anthony; Peacey, Jason; Gajda, Alexandra. Series: Politics, Culture and Society in Early Modern Britain. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JF; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; HRAB1; HRAX. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 237 x 163 x 25. Weight in Grams: 558.
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719078729
- ISBN
- 9780719078729
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 157.14
€ 157.14
Hardcover. Editor(s): Quilter, Jeffrey; Castillo B., Luis Jaime. Series: Dumbarton Oaks Pre-Columbian Symposia and Colloquia. Num Pages: 416 pages, 192 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KLSR; 3D; 3F; HBJK; HBLA; HDD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 260 x 182 x 28. Weight in Grams: 1048.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Dumbarton Oaks Research Library & Collection United States
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780884023623
- ISBN
- 9780884023623
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 49.99€ 42.46
€ 49.99
€ 42.46
Paperback. In 1664, Moliere's Tartuffe was banned from public performance. This book provides a detailed, in-depth account of five-year struggle (1664-69) to have the ban lifted and, so doing, sheds important new light on 1660s France and the ancien regime more broadly." Num Pages: 258 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AB; AN; AS; HBJD; HBL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 335.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 258
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349465941
- ISBN
- 9781349465941
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.37€ 46.16
€ 53.37
€ 46.16
Hardcover. Looks at the lives and careers of four prominent historians, and discusses the political implications for progress. Num Pages: 233 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBAH; HBG; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 248 x 165 x 24. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1985
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Edition
- 1St Edition
- Number of pages
- 233
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674713758
- ISBN
- 9780674713758
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 46.50
€ 54.99
€ 46.50
Hardback. Koreans and Burakumin, two of the largest minority groups in modern Japan, share a history of discrimination that spans the decades of Japan's modernization and imperial expansion. Bayliss explores the historical processes that cast them as "others" on the margins of the Japanese empire and that also influenced their views of themselves. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 350 pages, 7 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJ; HBJF; HBLW; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 162 x 34. Weight in Grams: 798.
- Publisher
- Harvard University, Asia Center
- Number of pages
- 350
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674066687
- ISBN
- 9780674066687
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 49.99€ 42.46
€ 49.99
€ 42.46
Paperback. This pioneering collection of 15 essays argues that Japan's medieval age began in the 14th century rather than the 12th, and marks the beginning of a fundamentally new debate about how Japan's lengthy classical period finally ended. Editor(s): Mass, Jeffrey P. Num Pages: 524 pages, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3H; 3JB; HBJF; HBLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 28. Weight in Grams: 696.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 524
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804743792
- ISBN
- 9780804743792
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 36.12
€ 40.99
€ 36.12
Hardback. This pioneering collection of 15 essays argues that Japan's medieval age began in the 14th century rather than the 12th, and marks the beginning of a fundamentally new debate about how Japan's lengthy classical period finally ended. Editor(s): Mass, Jeffrey P. Num Pages: 524 pages, map. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3H; 3JB; HBJF; HBLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 35. Weight in Grams: 832.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 524
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804728942
- ISBN
- 9780804728942
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 161.16
€ 161.16
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
€ 36.99€ 34.45
€ 36.99
€ 34.45
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
€ 99.32
€ 99.32
Hardback. 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; HBJF; HBLC; JPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Weight in Grams: 772.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804725323
- ISBN
- 9780804725323
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 170.23
€ 170.23
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
€ 36.99€ 34.36
€ 36.99
€ 34.36
This book studies "armchair" travel writers who journeyed to Europe during the interwar period of 1919-1939. It focuses on travel conversations writers experienced as they sought the real Europe stripped of press reports and government propaganda. They encountered a continent where a cherished past was colliding with an ominous future. Num Pages: 274 pages, 1 maps. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJG; HBJD; HBLW; WTLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 160 x 26. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 274
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761860242
- ISBN
- 9780761860242
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 130.74
€ 130.74
Hardcover. A critical examination of the turbulent early political career and the controversial military service of Stephen Augustus Hurlbut, an Illinois Whig, Republican politician, and Northern political general who rose to distinction as a member of the Union high command during the Civil War. Num Pages: 416 pages, 18 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 640.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Kent State University Press
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780873387668
- ISBN
- 9780873387668
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 55.23
€ 55.23
Paperback. Planet Taco examines the historical struggles between globalization and national sovereignty in the creation of "authentic" Mexican food. By telling the stories of the "Chili Queens" of San Antonio and the inventors of the taco shell, it shows how Mexican Americans helped to make Mexican food global. Num Pages: 320 pages, 46 halftones. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBLW; HBTB; JFCV; WBN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 23. .
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780190655778
- ISBN
- 9780190655778
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 24.31
€ 26.99
€ 24.31
Paperback. Num Pages: 181 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBL; JPA; YQS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 242.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 181
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349262922
- ISBN
- 9781349262922
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.54
€ 65.54
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€ 40.39
€ 47.99
€ 40.39
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
€ 54.12€ 50.74
€ 54.12
€ 50.74
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€ 28.00
€ 34.99
€ 28.00
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€ 25.77
€ 32.99
€ 25.77
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
€ 51.82€ 45.21
€ 51.82
€ 45.21
Hardcover. .
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764352164
- ISBN
- 9780764352164
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 75.36€ 73.66
€ 75.36
€ 73.66
Hardback. Through close readings of both familiar and obscure medieval texts, contributors read England as a single and powerful entity within a vast geopolitical network. Series: New Middle Ages. Num Pages: 240 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1DB; 3H; HBJD1; HBLC1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 472.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230603264
- ISBN
- 9780230603264
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.88
€ 127.88