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History: earliest times to present day

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History: earliest times to present day

Hardback. For centuries, readers of Tao Qian have felt directly addressed by his poetic voice. This book revisits Tao's approach to his readers by attempting to situate it within the particular poetics of address that characterized the Six Dynasties classicist tradition. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 275 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 2GDC; DSB; HBJF; HBLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 160 x 28. Weight in Grams: 652.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Harvard University, Asia Center United States
Number of pages
275
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674053212
ISBN
9780674053212
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 37.81

Editor(s): Koehl, Robert B. Num Pages: 444 pages, 11 tables in text, 235 figs. in text. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; HBLA1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 288 x 230 x 30. Weight in Grams: 2030.
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Institute for Aegean Prehistory United States
Number of pages
444
Condition
New
SKU
V9781931534734
ISBN
9781931534734
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 161.66

hardcover. Craft Capitalism focuses on Hamilton, Ontario, and demonstrates how the preservation of traditional work arrangements, craft mobility networks, and other aspects of craft culture ensured that craftsworkers in that city enjoyed an essentially positive introduction to industrial capitalism. Series: Canadian Social History Series. Num Pages: 288 pages, 27. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 3JH; AFT; HBJK; HBLW; HBTK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 224 x 145 x 26. Weight in Grams: 520.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Edition
2nd ed.
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780802091277
ISBN
9780802091277
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 91.27

Paperback. This deeply informed and clearly written text provides a comprehensive history of China from prehistory to the present. Now updated to include recent political events and scientific research, the book focuses on the interaction of humans and their environment, tracing changes in the physical and cultural world that is home to a fifth of humankind. Series: World Social Change. Num Pages: 468 pages, 12 black & white illustrations, 13 black & white halftones, 37 maps, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; HBL; RN. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 257 x 176 x 25. Weight in Grams: 817.
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442277885
ISBN
9781442277885
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.14

Paperback. Drawing on extensive research among the records of the American Historical Association and a multitude of other sources, the author traces the slow fragmentation of the field from 1880 to the divisions of the 1940s manifest today in the diverse professions of academia, teaching, and public history. Num Pages: 256 pages, 15 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; HBAH; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226923932
ISBN
9780226923932
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.80

Paperback. Gerald of Wales, Giraldis Cambrensis, Gerald the Marcher - his many names reflect the multi-faceted career of one of the most fascinating figures of the Middle Ages. This study of Gerald's attitudes and intellectual outlook discusses the delicate political path Gerald had to tread and portrays him as an example of the medieval world. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKW; HBJD1; HBLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 125 x 10. Weight in Grams: 260.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9780752440316
ISBN
9780752440316
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.58

Paperback. Seven hundred years ago, executioners led a Welsh rebel named William Cragh to a wintry hill to be hanged. They placed a noose around his neck, dropped him from the gallows, and later pronounced him dead. But was he dead? This book tells the story of this putative miracle - why it happened, what it meant, and how we know about it. Num Pages: 192 pages, 10 halftones. 2 line illus. 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1DBKW; 3H; HBJD1; HBLC; HRAX; HRLK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 213 x 133 x 15. Weight in Grams: 238.
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691126043
ISBN
9780691126043
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 22.36

paperback. This book explores how medieval people categorized the world, concentrating on the division between the natural and the supernatural. Series: The Wiles Lectures. Num Pages: 182 pages, 13 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1D; HBJD; HBLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 153 x 9. Weight in Grams: 284.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Condition
New
SKU
9780521702553
ISBN
9780521702553
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 23.18

paperback. A wave of internal conquest, settlement and economic growth in Europe during High Middle Ages transformed it from a world of small separate communities into a network of powerful kingdoms. This book shows how Europe was itself a product of colonization, as much as it was later a colonizer, and what this did to shape the continent and the world. Num Pages: 448 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3F; 3H; HBJD; HBLC; HBTQ; HBTR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 322.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Penguin
Condition
New
SKU
9780140154092
ISBN
9780140154092
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 12.37

Paperback. .
Publisher
Disinformation Company
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781938875007
ISBN
9781938875007
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.28

paperback. Using computer simulations of the ancient skies to crack the millennial code that the monuments transcribe, the authors set out a new theory concerning the Pyramid Texts and other archaic Egyptian scriptures. Num Pages: 432 pages, 16 b&w halftones. BIC Classification: 1QDAE; HBJH; HBLA; HDA; HDDG; HDW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 112 x 26. Weight in Grams: 232.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Arrow
Condition
New
SKU
9780099416364
ISBN
9780099416364
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.84

Hardback. Challenges the tired orthodoxy that the Church of England had a bad First World War. Num Pages: 288 pages, 30 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKEAX; 3JJF; HBJD1; HBLW; HBWN; HRCC91. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 166 x 241 x 23. Weight in Grams: 756.
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781783270514
ISBN
9781783270514
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 44.51

Paperback. Editor(s): Weber, Loren J.; Constable, Giles; Rouse, Richard H. Num Pages: 512 pages, black & white illustrations, frontispiece. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBAH; HBLC1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 635.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of Notre Dame Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780268022341
ISBN
9780268022341
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.53
€ 64.51

Paperback. In the early nineteenth century China remained almost untouched by British and European powers - but as new technology started to change this balance, foreigners gathered like wolves around the weakening Qing Empire. This book explains the roots of China's complex relationship with the West. Num Pages: 512 pages, 16pp colour. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JH; 3JJC; HBJF; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 171 x 200 x 15. Weight in Grams: 378.
Publisher
Penguin Press/Classics
Number of pages
512
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141015859
ISBN
9780141015859
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 16.51

Paperback. "The Medici: Citizens and Masters" offers a novel, comparative approach to examining Medici power and influence in Florence. Contributors from diverse perspectives set Medici rule against princely states such as Milan and Ferrara, and they ask how much the Medici changed Florence, contrasting their supremacy with earlier Florentine regimes. Series: Villa I Tatti Series. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JB; 3JD; HBJD; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 25. Weight in Grams: 1066.
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
448
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674088443
ISBN
9780674088443
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 38.26

Paperback. Editor(s): St.George, Robert Blair. Num Pages: 432 pages, 40. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3J; GTB; HBJK; HBLH; HBLL; HBTQ; HBTR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 599.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
432
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780801483929
ISBN
9780801483929
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 39.91

Paperback. Winston Churchill is probably the best-known Prime Minster of Great Britain. Born at Blenheim Palace, he joined the army after Harrow, but in 1899 resigned his commission to report on the Boer War. Elected to Parliament in 1900, he served in both Conservative and Liberal governments, and became Chancellor of the Exechequer under Baldwin. Num Pages: 128 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJ; BGH; HBJD1; HBLW; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 127 x 10. Weight in Grams: 150.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
128
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780752453866
ISBN
9780752453866
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.33

Hardcover. An exploration of time and space, rumors and silence, colors, tastes, and ideas that recreates the richness of Jewish life in Renaissance Italy. It points out that Jews were frequently uprooted and persecuted, and where stable communities did grow up, it was because the hostility of the Christian population had somehow been overcome. Translator(s): Oldcorn, Anthony. Num Pages: 336 pages, 20 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DST; HBJD; HBLH; HBTB; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520073500
ISBN
9780520073500
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 68.91
€ 53.93

Paperback. Num Pages: 488 pages. BIC Classification: AB; AMX; HBLC1; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 276 x 219. Weight in Grams: 900.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
488
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9781138247673
ISBN
9781138247673
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 72.61

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University College Dublin Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781900621687
ISBN
9781900621687
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 20.60

Hardcover.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Pallas Athene
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
580
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843680765
ISBN
9781843680765
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 29.32

Paperback. Describes automatic weapons of the World War II German Wehrmacht. Series: Live Firing Classic Military Weapons in Colour Photographs. Num Pages: 128 pages, 200 colour photographs, 36 black & white photographs and diagrams. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ; JWM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 290 x 211 x 8. Weight in Grams: 500.
Publisher
The Crowood Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847972149
ISBN
9781847972149
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 20.59

Paperback. Employing a wide range of sources, the author examines the organizations that staffed and managed black schools in the South, with particular attention paid to the activities of the Freedman's Bureau. He looks as well at those who came to teach, a diverse group - white, black, Northern, Southern - and at the curricula and textbooks they used. Series: African American Studies. Num Pages: 368 pages, 10 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; JFSL3; JN. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 431.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226539294
ISBN
9780226539294
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 41.33

Paperback. The Industrial Revolution was one of the great, transforming events of world history. Robert C. Allen explains what happened during this period, and why. He asks why the revolution occured in Britain rather than other countries, and looks at the impact of changing technology and business organizations on contemporary social structures. Series: Very Short Introductions. Num Pages: 168 pages, 10 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBJD1; HBLL; HBT; HBTK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 114 x 174 x 11. Weight in Grams: 134.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198706786
ISBN
9780198706786
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.73

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