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History: earliest times to present day

hardcover. Drawing on a range of sources from the papers of landed families this book provides fresh insight into the place of women in the Irish wealthy landed class. Num Pages: 256 pages, Tables. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JF; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 233 x 165 x 24. Weight in Grams: 554.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Manchester University Press Manchester
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719077982
ISBN
9780719077982
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 158.55

paperback. Editor(s): Cook, Raymond. Num Pages: 400 pages, photographs. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJG; HBJF; HBLW; HBTB; HRCX7. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 236.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Marion Boyars Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9780714531120
ISBN
9780714531120
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.41

Paperback. Felipe Guaman Poma de Ayala, an indigenous Peruvian serving in the colonial Spanish government, wrote his "First New Chronicle and Book of Good Government" between the years 1600 and 1616. This translation captures the Biblical-to-legal flavours of Guaman Poma's manuscript. Num Pages: 384 pages, b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1KLSR; HBJK; HBLH. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 142 x 22. Weight in Grams: 486.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
Edition
Abridged
Number of pages
376
Condition
New
SKU
V9780872208414
ISBN
9780872208414
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.37

Hardcover. Examines depictions of and by Catholics in American popular culture during the period between the Great Depression and the height of the Cold War. The author surveys the popular films, television, and photojournalism of the era that reimagined Catholicism Series: CultureAmerica. Num Pages: 280 pages, 14 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW; HRCC7. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 26. Weight in Grams: 630.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Univ Pr of Kansas
Edition
1st edition,
Condition
New
SKU
V9780700617166
ISBN
9780700617166
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 50.50

Hardcover. The story of Hoover's numerous wartime battles against Axis, American, and British adversaries, and how they transformed the FBI's culture and intelligence gathering capabilities, helps us understand why the Bureau occupies its powerful position in the national security apparatus today. Num Pages: 349 pages, black & white illustrations, frontispiece. BIC Classification: HBLW; HBWQ; JPSH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 163 x 33. Weight in Grams: 658.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University Press of Kansas
Condition
New
SKU
V9780700619528
ISBN
9780700619528
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 78.07

Hardcover. The story of how Soviet children experienced the horrors of the Great Patriotic War, both as victims and as heroes who helped make victory possible. Series: Modern War Studies. Num Pages: 264 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 3JJH; HBLW; HBWQ; JFSP1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 159 x 25. Weight in Grams: 552.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University Press of Kansas
Condition
New
SKU
V9780700620029
ISBN
9780700620029
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 70.91

Paperback. A biography of William Tecumseh Sherman, the Civil War commander known for his "destructive war" policy against Confederates and as a consummate soldier. It traces Sherman's involvement in the Mexican War in late 1840s, his years battling prospectors and deserting soldiers in gold-rush California, and his 1850 marriage to his foster sister, Ellen. Num Pages: 680 pages, 46 illustrations. BIC Classification: BGH; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 42. Weight in Grams: 894.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Southern Illinois University Press
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780809327850
ISBN
9780809327850
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.28

Hardcover. Series: Jeffersonian America. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL; JPH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 158 x 26. Weight in Grams: 520.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813938042
ISBN
9780813938042
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.82

Hardcover. A major study of the Holland Park Circle, this is both a narrative of the lives, works and influence of the artists, architects and their patrons and a perceptive analysis of the subtle relationships between high Victorian taste and mercantile values. This was the period of art as great fashion. Num Pages: 312 pages, 35 colour plates, 100 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JH; ACV; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 265 x 201 x 31. Weight in Grams: 1252.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Yale University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300081640
ISBN
9780300081640
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 55.96
€ 43.95

Paperback. Follows the soldiers of the Fifty-seventh as they push far into Unionist Kentucky, starve at the siege of Vicksburg, guard Union prisoners at the Andersonville stockade, defend Atlanta from Sherman, and more. Num Pages: 336 pages, 17 b&w photos, 1 table, 16 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBFG; 3JH; BTM; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 21. Weight in Grams: 485.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of Georgia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780820329338
ISBN
9780820329338
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 27.12

Hardcover. The story of the Civil War as told through the Wray Collection's many one-of-a-kind objects housed at the Atlanta History Center. More than six hundred of the rarest Confederate artifacts, including firearms, weapons, flags, uniforms, and accoutrements, reveal historical truths in their detail and help to contextualize the battles. Num Pages: 448 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ; WCK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 286 x 261 x 38. Weight in Grams: 2466.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of Georgia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780820346854
ISBN
9780820346854
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 69.55

Paperback. Series: Mediaeval Philosophical Texts in Translation. Num Pages: 281 pages. BIC Classification: CFP; DSBB; HBLC1; HPCB; HRAB; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Marquette Univ Pr
Edition
Tra
Condition
New
SKU
V9780874622614
ISBN
9780874622614
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.02

Hardcover. This volume discusses the earliest papal decretals, covering the period from the end of the 4th century to the end of the 9th century. It begins with the first papal letters and describes their transmission and reception into the canonical tradition up to Gratian's "Decretum" (1140). Series: History of Mediaeval Canon Law S. Num Pages: 225 pages. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLC; HRCL; HRCX1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 163 x 21. Weight in Grams: 462.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
The Catholic University of America Press
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813209197
ISBN
9780813209197
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.46

Hardcover. This volume presents nineteenth-century diplomacy as both a real world experience and a structural element in international relations. All sixteen essays share an interest in diplomatic culture and its relevance to official and sometimes not so official interstate relations from the Congress of Vienna to the outbreak of the First World War. Editor(s): Mosslang, Markus; Riotte, Torsten. Series: Studies of the German Historical Institute, London. Num Pages: 486 pages. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJC; HBJD; HBJD1; HBLL; JPSD. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 224 x 146 x 32. Weight in Grams: 719.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
486
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199548675
ISBN
9780199548675
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 190.52

Paperback. The death penalty arouses more passion than almost any other issue. This comprehensive account of the death penalty in the United States tells the story of dramatic changes, over four centuries, in the ways capital punishment has been administered and experienced. Num Pages: 408 pages, 12 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLH; HBLL; HBLW; JKVP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 157 x 24. Weight in Grams: 592.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
408
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674010833
ISBN
9780674010833
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 32.02

Paperback. Describes the events leading to the August, 1863 attack on Lawrence, Kansas by William Quantrill and his Confederate irregulars. Num Pages: 207 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLH; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 165 x 14. Weight in Grams: 336.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Kent State University Press
Edition
3rd Print
Condition
New
SKU
V9780873384766
ISBN
9780873384766
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 24.81

Paperback. The History of Ashanti Kings and the Whole Country Itself is a key text for understanding the history of the great West African kingdom of Asante. It is perhaps the earliest example of history writing in English by an African ruler and is of compelling interest to all concerned with the production of indigenous historical knowledge in Africa. Editor(s): Akyeampong, Professor Emmanuel Kwaku; Prempeh, Agyeman; Boahen, A. Adu; Lawler, Nancy; McCaskie, T. C.; Wilks, Ivor. Series: Fontes Historiae Africanae, New Series: Sources of African History. Num Pages: 236 pages, 18 plates; 3 figures. BIC Classification: 1HFDH; HBJH; HBLL. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 157 x 13. Weight in Grams: 380.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
234
Condition
New
SKU
V9780197264157
ISBN
9780197264157
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.26

Funeral monuments are fascinating and diverse cultural relics that continue to captivate visitors to English churches, yet we know relatively little about the messages they attempt to convey across the centuries. This book is a study of the material culture of memory in sixteenth and seventeenth-century England. Num Pages: 296 pages, Includes 38 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: AMGD; HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156. Weight in Grams: 678.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780754660934
ISBN
9780754660934
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 187.52

Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1FBH; BGH; HBJF1; HBLW3; JPHL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 225 x 146 x 21. Weight in Grams: 438. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
St Martin´s Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
Reprint
SKU
KLJ0014529
ISBN
9781403984975
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.70

Paperback. A translation of a key medieval Arabic text that bears directly on the Crusades and Crusader society and the Muslim experience of them. Editor(s): Cobb, Paul M. Translator(s): Cobb, Paul M. Num Pages: 400 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 3H; HBG; HBLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 24. Weight in Grams: 296.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
400
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140455137
ISBN
9780140455137
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.37

Paperback. In the two decades after World War II, Germans on both sides of the iron curtain fought vehemently over American cultural imports. This title traces how westerns, jeans, jazz, rock 'n' roll, and stars like Marlon Brando or Elvis Presley reached adolescents in both Germanies, who eagerly adopted the different styles. Series: Studies on the History of Society & Culture. Num Pages: 346 pages, 26 figures. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJPG; 3JJPK; HBJD; HBLW3; HBTB; JFC; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 164 x 20. Weight in Grams: 490.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
University of California Press
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
346
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520211391
ISBN
9780520211391
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 26.52

Paperback. This study attempts to survey the historiography, history and central interpretative problems surrounding the issue of investiture and the clashes between church and monarchy during the Middle Ages. Series: The Middle Ages Series. Num Pages: 216 pages, 4 illustrations, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1D; 3F; 3H; HBAH; HBJD; HBLC; HBTB; HRCC1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 352.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812213867
ISBN
9780812213867
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.85

Hardback. * A wide--ranging and engagingly written social history of the duel* Presents a new argument: that the duel didna t die out in the 19th century as was previously thought, but continued until the 1st World War and beyond* A topic of potential media interest; it should be widely reviewed. . Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3J; HBJD; HBLH; HBLL; JFC; JFSJ; JHBT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 640.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745611976
ISBN
9780745611976
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 78.69

Paperback. Num Pages: 160 pages, 20 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3H; HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 128 x 13. Weight in Grams: 168.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Revised
Condition
New
SKU
V9780750962995
ISBN
9780750962995
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.34

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