History: earliest times to present day
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History: earliest times to present day
Paperback. Critically examines the history of democracy, from ancient history to the directions it might take in the future. Over the course of 42 chapters, this book explores the full breadth of the origins of democracy and expands the canon of democratic history by exploring new - and sometimes surprising - examples from around the world. Editor(s): Isakhan, Benjamin; Stockwell, Stephen. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: HBL; JPHV. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 175 x 245 x 34. Weight in Grams: 996.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781474400145
- ISBN
- 9781474400145
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 38.73
€ 43.99
€ 38.73
Paperback. Series: Historical Studies of Urban America. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; HBJK; HBLW3; JFSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 432
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226290317
- ISBN
- 9780226290317
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 26.08
€ 32.99
€ 26.08
Hardback. Bringing together contributions by historians and literary scholars, Culture Front explores how Jews and their Slavic neighbors produced and consumed imaginative representations of Jewish life in chronicles, plays, novels, poetry, memoirs, museums, and elsewhere. Editor(s): Nathans, Benjamin; Safran, Gabriella. Series: Jewish Culture & Contexts. Num Pages: 336 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DV; HBJD; HBLH; HBLL; HBLW; HBTB; JFSR1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 31. Weight in Grams: 644.
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812240559
- ISBN
- 9780812240559
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 82.09
€ 82.09
Hardback. Based on extensive research in government archives and private papers, this book analyzes the secret debate within the Eisenhower administration over the pursuit of a nuclear test-ban agreement. Series: Stanford Nuclear Age Series. Num Pages: 376 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPG; HBJK; HBLW3; JPSF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 11. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804754453
- ISBN
- 9780804754453
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 115.29
€ 115.29
Hardcover. Interdisciplinary study of one of the most important texts of the Anglo-Norman period. Series: Writing History in the Middle Ages. Num Pages: 325 pages, 22 black & white illustrations, 4 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 1DDF; 3F; 3H; HBJD; HBLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 163 x 25. Weight in Grams: 838.
- Publisher
- York Medieval Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781903153543
- ISBN
- 9781903153543
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 156.13
€ 156.13
Paperback. Num Pages: 404 pages, 4ill. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 137 x 23. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- INGRAM PUBLISHER SERVICES US
- Edition
- paperback / softback
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780306803505
- ISBN
- 9780306803505
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 18.90
€ 26.99
€ 18.90
Paperback. Originally published by UNC Press in 1961, this work is a comprehensive history of the roles played by African Americans during the American Revolution. It also addresses the diplomatic repercussions created by the British evacuation of African Americans at the close of the war. Series: Published for the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture, Williamsburg, Virginia. Num Pages: 266 pages, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLL; HBTV; JFSL3; JPWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 372.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- The University of North Carolina Press United States
- Edition
- 1 New ed
- Number of pages
- 266
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780807846032
- ISBN
- 9780807846032
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.56
€ 48.56
Paperback. Tells the story of ancient Mesopotamia from the earliest settlements ten thousand years ago to the Arab conquest in the seventh century. With illustrations of important works of art and architecture in every chapter, this title traces the rise and fall of successive civilizations and people in Iraq over the course of millennia. Num Pages: 312 pages, 21 halftones. 1 line illus. 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; 1QDAM; HBJF1; HBLA; HDD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 155 x 216 x 21. Weight in Grams: 298.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 312
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691149974
- ISBN
- 9780691149974
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 22.06
€ 30.99
€ 22.06
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 464
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781138909755
- ISBN
- 9781138909755
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 59.14
€ 59.14
Paperback.
- Publisher
- Thomas Nelson Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 274
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781595552525
- ISBN
- 9781595552525
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 19.84
€ 21.99
€ 19.84
Hardback. This book uses a study of Syria under the French mandate to show what historical developments led people to start describing themselves and others as 'minorities'. Num Pages: 256 pages, 2 maps, 2 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBS; 3JJG; HBJF1; HBLW; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 548.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748641871
- ISBN
- 9780748641871
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 113.10€ 108.92
€ 113.10
€ 108.92
Paperback. The Girondins of Chile deals with events that were inspired by the French Revolution of 1848 and offers a shrewd description of the emerging group of Chilean liberals. Vicuna MacKenna participated in the uprising of 1851, yet his book on the events was not published until 1902. Translator(s): Polt, John. Series: Library of Latin America. Num Pages: 96 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLSH; 3JH; BGH; HBG; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 142 x 217 x 6. Weight in Grams: 146. Clean copy in good to very good condition. Some light shelf wear.
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press England
- Number of pages
- 94
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- SKU
- KRF0006709
- ISBN
- 9780195151817
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. The Girondins of Chile deals with events that were inspired by the French Revolution of 1848 and offers a shrewd description of the emerging group of Chilean liberals. Vicuna MacKenna participated in the uprising of 1851, yet his book on the events was not published until 1902. Translator(s): Polt, John. Series: Library of Latin America. Num Pages: 96 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLSH; 3JH; BGH; HBG; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 142 x 217 x 6. Weight in Grams: 146. Previously read but remains in good to very good condition
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press England
- Number of pages
- 94
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- SKU
- KIN0006235
- ISBN
- 9780195151817
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardcover. A fresh interpretation of London's early Victorian political culture, devoting particular attention to the relationship which existed between Whigs and vestry-based radicals. Series: Royal Historical Society Studies in History New Series. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; JPFK; JPR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 164 x 22. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 216
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780861933129
- ISBN
- 9780861933129
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 98.58
€ 98.58
Paperback. For almost a decade, Col. Ryszard Kuklinski betrayed the Communist leadership of Poland, cooperating with the CIA in one of the most extraordinary human intelligence operations of the Cold War. Now that Poland is free, a riddle remains: Was Kuklinski a patriot or a traitor? Num Pages: 400 pages, 8 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1DVP; BGH; HBJD; HBLW3; JPSH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 464.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- The Perseus Books Group United States
- Edition
- New Ed
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781586483050
- ISBN
- 9781586483050
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 20.77
€ 24.99
€ 20.77
Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 262 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 1FB; HBJD; HBJF1; HBLC; HRCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 371.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 262
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Limited
- SKU
- V9780691607306
- ISBN
- 9780691607306
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 37.51
€ 52.99
€ 37.51
Paperback. This title aims to answer such questions as how did Jawaharlal Nehru come to lead the Indian nationalist movement, and how did he sustain his leadership as the first Prime Minister of independent India? Series: Routledge Historical Biographies. Num Pages: 336 pages, 9 black & white illustrations, 1 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 3JJP; BGH; GTB; HBJF; HBLW3; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 24. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415250177
- ISBN
- 9780415250177
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.95
€ 46.95
Hardback. During the three decades from 1945 to 1975, the Catholic Church in West Germany employed a broad range of methods from empirical social research. Statistics, opinion polling, and organizational sociology, as well as psychoanalysis and other approaches from the "psy sciences," were debated and introduced in pastoral care. Translator(s): Evans, Andrew. Series: Studies in German History. Num Pages: 352 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFGW; 3JJP; HBJD; HBLW3; HRCC2; HRCC7. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 238 x 220 x 26. Weight in Grams: 676.
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782383444
- ISBN
- 9781782383444
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 164.90
€ 164.90
Paperback. Upending the conventional wisdom that Bretton Woods was the product of an amiable Anglo-American collaboration, this book shows that it was in reality part of a much more ambitious geopolitical agenda hatched within President Franklin D Roosevelt's Treasury and aimed at eliminating Britain as an economic and political rival. Num Pages: 464 pages, 32 halftones. BIC Classification: HBLW; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 30. Weight in Grams: 462.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- New in Paper
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691162379
- ISBN
- 9780691162379
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 18.89
€ 24.99
€ 18.89
Paperback. Focuses on the legacy of the events of 1948 and the options for the future of Palestine and Israel. This book scrutinizes the history of the goals of the Palestinian national movement and the Zionist movement, then considers the various proposals made by different streams within the two movements. Num Pages: 256 pages, 7 black-&-white maps. BIC Classification: HBJF1; HBLW3; HBLX; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 133 x 18. Weight in Grams: 284.
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300164442
- ISBN
- 9780300164442
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 18.02
€ 23.99
€ 18.02
paperback. Presents the history of the foundational war in the Arab-Israeli conflict. This book presents an account of the military engagements and focuses on the war's political dimensions. It probes the motives and aims of the protagonists on the basis of the Israeli and Western documentation. Num Pages: 544 pages, 25 black-&-white illustrations + 30 maps. BIC Classification: 1FBH; 1FBP; HBJF1; HBLW3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 155 x 39. Weight in Grams: 716.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780300151121
- ISBN
- 9780300151121
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 19.69
€ 25.99
€ 19.69
Hardcover. Though an undoubtedly brilliant military leader-whose achievements, considering the forces at his disposal, cast those of Patton, Rommel, MacArthur, and Montgomery in the pale-surprisingly little is known about Manstein himself, save for his own memoir and the accolades of his contemporaries. In this book we finally have a full portrait of the man. Num Pages: 320 pages, 16 pages of b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJH; BM; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 162 x 34. Weight in Grams: 874.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Casemate Publishers
- Edition
- 1st American Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781935149262
- ISBN
- 9781935149262
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.56€ 49.90
€ 52.56
€ 49.90
Paperback. A history of the origin, design and construction of the lunar launch facilities at the Kennedy Space Center. It includes archival illustrations and diagrams of locations, personnel and equipment, from aerial views of sandy Cape Canaveral to some of the photographs of the first mobile launchers. Num Pages: 352 pages, 104 illustrations, notes, bibliog. BIC Classification: 1KBBFL; 3JJP; HBJK; HBLW3; HBT; PGG; TTDS; WNX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 154 x 30. Weight in Grams: 626.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University Press of Florida United States
- Edition
- 1st
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813020914
- ISBN
- 9780813020914
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.02
€ 33.02
hardcover. This work is a history of the Rock Island Barracks, one of the Union's largest camps for Confederate prisoners. The testimony of its most famous (albeit fictional) inmate Ashley Wilkes of "Gone with the Wind" fame, has helped to seal its harsh reputation. Num Pages: 250 pages, illustrations, photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; HBWJ; JKVP1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 162 x 24. Weight in Grams: 603.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Northern Illinois University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 250
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780875802671
- ISBN
- 9780875802671
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.09
€ 46.09