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History: earliest times to present day

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History: earliest times to present day

Paperback. Ranging from the first human settlement in the Nile Valley (c. 120,000 BC) to the appearance of Alexander the Great (c. 331 BC), this history blends archaeological and textual evidence into an informed narrative. Numerous quotes from the original documentary sources are included. Num Pages: 528 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1HBE; 1QDA; HBG; HBJH; HBLA; HDD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 31. Weight in Grams: 768.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
528
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631193968
ISBN
9780631193968
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 55.34

Hardcover. Anthony Wood is one of the most colourful and informative chroniclers of seventeenth-century Britain. He describes the skirmishes between parliamentarian and royalist forces in the 1640s and the return of King Charles II in 1660. His account of his own life is peppered with famous people, including Christopher Wren and John Locke Editor(s): Kiessling, Nicolas K. Num Pages: 256 pages, 10 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JD; BGHA; HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 162 x 26. Weight in Grams: 594.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
The Bodleian Library United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781851243082
ISBN
9781851243082
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.81

Hardcover. An analysis of the German Question's influence on the origins of the Cold War, arguing that the legal and diplomatic intercourse between the Allies regarding the treatment of the German Question brought forward the elements of intervention and coexistence which formed the basis for a relatively peaceful postwar international order. Series: Global Conflict and Security Since 1945. Num Pages: 264 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJH; 3JJPG; HBJD; HBLW; HBTW; JPS. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 226 x 147 x 21. Weight in Grams: 448.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230248120
ISBN
9780230248120
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.04

Paperback. An analysis of the German Question's influence on the origins of the Cold War, arguing that the legal and diplomatic intercourse between the Allies regarding the treatment of the German Question brought forward the elements of intervention and coexistence which formed the basis for a relatively peaceful postwar international order. Series: Global Conflict and Security Since 1945. Num Pages: 264 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBL; JPA; JPS; JPSD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 343.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349320356
ISBN
9781349320356
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.95

Paperback. Historians have long been perplexed by the complete disappearance of the medieval Chinese aristocracy by the tenth century the great clans that had dominated China for centuries. Nicolas Tackett resolves the enigma of their disappearance using new, digital methodologies to analyze a dazzling array of sources." Series: Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph Series. Num Pages: 298 pages, 25 line illustrations, 16 maps, 17 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; HBLC1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 231 x 23. Weight in Grams: 434.
Publisher
Harvard University, Asia Center
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674970656
ISBN
9780674970656
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 24.81

Hardcover. Using the new tools of GIS and social network analysis, Nicolas Tackett shows that the great Tang aristocratic families were more successful than previously believed in adapting to social and economic changes in the seventh and eighth centuries. Tang political influence waned only after many of them were killed during the three decades after 880. Series: Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph Series. Num Pages: 310 pages, illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white). BIC Classification: HBJF; HBLC1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 163 x 24. Weight in Grams: 600.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Harvard University Asia Center
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674492059
ISBN
9780674492059
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 46.60

Hardback. During the spring of 1933, Stalin's police rounded up nearly one hundred thousand people as part of the Soviet regime's "cleansing" of Moscow and Leningrad and deported them to Siberia. This work weaves this episode into a broader story about the Soviet frenzy in the 1930s to purge society of all those deemed to be unfit. Translator(s): Rendall, Steven. Series: Human Rights and Crimes Against Humanity. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVU; HBJD; HBLW; JPFC; JPVR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 223 x 148 x 21. Weight in Grams: 416.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
256
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691130835
ISBN
9780691130835
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 26.99

Paperback. Num Pages: 188 pages. BIC Classification: HBLC1; JFCK. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 276 x 214. Weight in Grams: 889.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
FreeLance Academy Press United States
Number of pages
188
Condition
New
SKU
V9781937439156
ISBN
9781937439156
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.96

Hardback. After World War II, France embarked on a project of modernization, which included the development of the modern mass home. At Home in Postwar France examines key groups of actors - state officials, architects, sociologists and tastemakers - arguing that modernizers looked to the home as a site for social engineering and nation-building. Series: Berghahn Monographs in French Studies. Num Pages: 280 pages, 20 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JJPG; AMX; HBJD; HBLW3; HBTB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 238 x 157 x 22. Weight in Grams: 572.
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782385875
ISBN
9781782385875
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 162.88

Paperback. Translator(s): Legnani, Nicole Delia. Series: David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies. Num Pages: 150 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLSR; HBJK; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 174 x 14. Weight in Grams: 392.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Harvard University, The David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies United States
Number of pages
150
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674019737
ISBN
9780674019737
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 24.85

Paperback. Translator(s): Pache, Corinne. Series: Myth and Poetics. Num Pages: 136 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HBJD; HBLA; JFC; JFSJ1; JHBT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 155 x 229 x 14. Weight in Grams: 238.
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801482427
ISBN
9780801482427
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 36.59

Paperback. According to one myth, the first Athenian citizen was born from the earth after the sperm of a rejected lover, the god Hephaistos, dripped off the virgin goddess Athena's leg and onto fertile soil. This title explores how Athenians in the fifth century forged and maintained a collective identity. Translator(s): Levine, Caroline. Num Pages: 296 pages, 10 line drawings, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HBJD; HBLA; HBTB; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 428.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691037622
ISBN
9780691037622
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 64.65
€ 51.34

Paperback. An exploration of the roles of conflict and forgetting in ancient Athens. Translator(s): Pache, Corinne; Fort, Jeff. Num Pages: 360 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 228 x 27. Weight in Grams: 560.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Zone Books
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9781890951092
ISBN
9781890951092
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 22.43

Paperback. A revised edition of a groundbreaking work tracing the rhetoric, politics, and ideology of funeral orations in ancient Greece, arguing that they served to celebrate the city of Athens and the Athenian citizen. Translator(s): Sheridan, Alan. Num Pages: 539 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 153 x 34. Weight in Grams: 744.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Zone Books United States
Number of pages
539
Condition
New
SKU
V9781890951597
ISBN
9781890951597
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 27.68

Hardback. An exploration of the roles of conflict and forgetting in ancient Athens. Translator(s): Pache, Corinne; Fort, Jeff. Num Pages: 360 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 160 x 230 x 38. Weight in Grams: 684.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Zone Books United States
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
SKU
V9781890951085
ISBN
9781890951085
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 22.43

Hardback. A masterful portrait of Nez Perce efforts to control their own future Num Pages: 440 pages, 63 illustrations, 10 maps, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLL; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 36. Weight in Grams: 798.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
440
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803271371
ISBN
9780803271371
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 76.87

Paperback. The story of a Victorian philanthropist who reformed shipping laws, saved thousands of sailors' lives and became a national hero. Num Pages: 416 pages, Section: 8, b/w. BIC Classification: HBJD1; HBLL; HBTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 27. Weight in Grams: 310.
Publisher
Abacus
Number of pages
416
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
Revised ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780349117201
ISBN
9780349117201
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.51

Paperback. With the development in the 13th century of co-operative tactics using crossbowmen and heavy spearmen, circumstance began to arise in which the charge by Muslim horse-archers, and then by European armoured knights, could be defied. This book traces these and other examples of this 'jerky' and uneven process through its regional differences. Illustrator(s): Hook, Adam. Series: Elite. Num Pages: 64 pages, Illustrations (some col.). BIC Classification: 1D; 3H; HBLC1; HBW; JWD; JWKT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 247 x 178 x 5. Weight in Grams: 216.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
Number of pages
64
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849087391
ISBN
9781849087391
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 19.04

Hardcover. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPG; 3JJPK; HBJK; HBLW3; JPFM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 250 x 173 x 27. Weight in Grams: 842.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Museum Tusculanum Press Denmark
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9788772897202
ISBN
9788772897202
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.80
€ 53.08

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJC; HBJK; HBLW; JPHL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 571.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691633190
ISBN
9780691633190
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 145.74

paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLL; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 399.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691603988
ISBN
9780691603988
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 39.95

paperback. Famine moves a Greenlandic family into a new settlement in the 1850's where the joys and tragedies of pre-Christian times are depicted Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: 1MTNG; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 188 x 104 x 15. Weight in Grams: 136.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University Press of New England United States
Number of pages
128
Condition
New
SKU
V9780996193832
ISBN
9780996193832
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.70

Paperback. Spain Transformed addresses the sweeping social and cultural changes that characterized the late Franco regime. This wide-ranging collection reassesses the dictatorship's latter years by drawing on a wealth of new material and ideas, using an interdisciplinary approach. Editor(s): Townson, Nigel. Num Pages: 276 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DSE; HBJD; HBLW3. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 215 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 352.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
276
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230248885
ISBN
9780230248885
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.32

paperback. This is an original and sweeping analysis of the hitherto neglected, yet pivotal. late Franco dictatorship in Spain that draws on extensive new research. Editor(s): Townson, Nigel. Num Pages: 276 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBL; HBTB; HBW; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
276
Condition
New
Edition
1st ed. 2010
SKU
V9781349281275
ISBN
9781349281275
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.32

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