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History: earliest times to present day

Paperback. Revolutions are often seen in terms of a spontaneous burst of intense political activity; less attention usually is given to the structures, processes, and perceptions that make such activity possible. This book examines such long-term transformations as they relate to the revolution in the Central African nation of Rwanda. Num Pages: 322 pages, maps, tables, figures, glossary, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1HFGR; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJH; HBLL; HBLW; HBTQ; HBTR; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 164 x 21. Weight in Grams: 488.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
322
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231062572
ISBN
9780231062572
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.64

Paperback. Nazi Germany: Confronting the Myths provides a concise and compelling introduction to the Third Reich. At the same time, it challenges and demystifies the many stereotypes surrounding Hitler and Nazi Germany. Series: Wiley Short Histories. Num Pages: 256 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJG; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; JPFQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 144 x 13. Weight in Grams: 332.
Publisher
Wiley-Blackwell
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781118294789
ISBN
9781118294789
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.67

Hardback.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
206
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843843191
ISBN
9781843843191
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 98.09

Paperback. Catherine Allgor describes the various ways genteel elite women during the first decades of the 19th century used "social events" and the "private sphere" to establish the national capital and to build the extraofficial structures so sorely needed in the infant federal government. Series: Jeffersonian America. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; JFSJ1; JPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 517.
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813921181
ISBN
9780813921181
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.78

Paperback. A fascinating portrait of life in Shakespeare's London, seen from the theatrical perspective, by popular historian, Catharine Arnold. Num Pages: 320 pages, B&W illus. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JB; HBJD1; HBLH; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130. .
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781471125706
ISBN
9781471125706
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.00
€ 11.54

Paperback. Wentworth in Yorkshire was surrounded by 70 collieries employing tens of thousands of men. It is the finest and largest Georgian house in Britain and belonged to the Fitzwilliam family. This title tells the story of its demise: family feuds, forbidden love, class war, and a tragic and violent death played their part. Num Pages: 544 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 1DBKEYK; 3JJ; HBJD1; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 37. Weight in Grams: 410.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Penguin
Condition
New
SKU
9780141019239
ISBN
9780141019239
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 12.53

paperback. At 6 am on 21 April 1940 John the 9th Duke of Rutland, and one of Britain's wealthiest men, ended his days, virtually alone, lying on a makeshift bed in a dank cramped suite of rooms in the servants' quarters of his own home, Belvoir Castle, in Leicestershire. Num Pages: 480 pages, 24pp b/w photo inset. BIC Classification: 1DBKEML; 3JJH; HBJD1; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 133 x 38. Weight in Grams: 370.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Penguin
Condition
New
SKU
9780141035673
ISBN
9780141035673
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 11.01

Hardcover. Detroit's industrial health has long been crucial to the American economy. Today's troubles not withstanding, Detroit has experienced multiple periods of prosperity, particularly in the second half of the 18th century, when the city was the center of the thriving fur trade. This book details this seldom-discussed chapter of Detroit's history. Series: American Beginnings, 1500 - 1900. Num Pages: 288 pages, 19 halftones, 1 map, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; HBJK; HBLH; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 526.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226096704
ISBN
9780226096704
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 42.95

Paperback. Telling Tales both challenges founding myths of the region and inspires rethinking of how we tell the story of western Canadian colonization and settlement. Editor(s): Cavanaugh, Catherine A.; Warne, Randi R. Num Pages: 336 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLL; HBLW; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 26. Weight in Grams: 553.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press Canada
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780774807951
ISBN
9780774807951
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 36.36

Hardcover. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVWR; HBJD; HBLW3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 139 x 19. Weight in Grams: 402.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
East European Monographs United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780880336611
ISBN
9780880336611
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 39.70

Paperback. Provides a fresh insight into how ordinary Sierra Leoneans survived the war that devastated their country for a decade. This title illuminates a social world based on love, compassionate relationship based on material exchange and nurturing, that transcends romance and binds people together across space. Series: California Series in Public Anthropology. Num Pages: 296 pages, 3 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1HFDE; 3JJPR; 3JMC; HBJH; HBLW3; HBLX; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 151 x 18. Weight in Grams: 398. Love and Survival in Sierra Leone. Series: California Series in Public Anthropology. 296 pages, illustrations. Provides a fresh insight into how ordinary Sierra Leoneans survived the war that devastated their country for a decade. This title illuminates a social world based on love, compassionate relationship based on material exchange and nurturing, that transcends romance and binds people together across space. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1HFDE; 3JJPR; 3JMC; HBJH; HBLW3; HBLX; JHMC. Dimension: 229 x 151 x 18. Weight: 398.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of California Press
Edition
0th Edition
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520273795
ISBN
9780520273795
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.98

Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages, 7. BIC Classification: 1KBBE; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 405.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780801487866
ISBN
9780801487866
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 39.84

Paperback. 1531 - after years of brutal war and political intrigue, the bastard son of a Medici Duke and a "Half-negro" maidservant rides into Florence. Within a year, he rules the city as its Prince. Backed by the Pope and his future father-in-law the Holy Roman Emperor, the nineteen-year-old Alessandro faces down bloody family rivalry. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JB; BGH; HBJD; HBLH; HBTB; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 129. Weight in Grams: 368.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099586944
ISBN
9780099586944
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.43

Paperback. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Rutgers University Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
Edition
None ed.
SKU
V9780813565262
ISBN
9780813565262
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 43.16

Hardback. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Rutgers University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813565279
ISBN
9780813565279
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 160.10

Hardback. Thomas Babington Macaulay's "History of England" was a phenomenal Victorian best-seller. In this book, the author explores the emotional, intellectual, and political roots of Zachary Macaulay, the leading abolitionist, and his son Thomas' visions of race, nation, and empire. Num Pages: 420 pages, 16pp. section of black-&-white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 166 x 39. Weight in Grams: 864.
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
420
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300160239
ISBN
9780300160239
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 49.99
€ 35.64

Paperback. A fantastically readable biography of a 19th-century Parisian courtesan who harbours an incredible secret Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JH; BGH; HBJD; HBLL; JFCK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 27. Weight in Grams: 310.
Publisher
Icon Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781785780448
ISBN
9781785780448
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 9.82

Hardback. A fantastically readable biography of a 19th-century Parisian courtesan who harbours an incredible secret Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JH; BGH; HBJD; HBLL; JFMX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 171 x 35. Weight in Grams: 640.
Publisher
Icon Books
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848319264
ISBN
9781848319264
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 17.97

Hardcover. Catherine L. Phipps examines a largely unacknowledged system of "special trading ports" that operated under full Japanese jurisdiction in the shadow of the better-known treaty ports. Phipps demonstrates why the special trading ports were key to Japan's achieving autonomy and regional power during the pivotal second half of the nineteenth century. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JH; HBJF; HBLL; KCLT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 161 x 29. Weight in Grams: 564.
Publisher
Harvard University Asia Center
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674417168
ISBN
9780674417168
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 38.20

Hardback. Editor(s): Parisian, Catherine M. Series: Penn State Studies in the History of the Book. Num Pages: 336 pages, 15 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; GL; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 38. Weight in Grams: 1089.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Pennsylvania State University Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780271037134
ISBN
9780271037134
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.19
€ 56.46

Hardback. Melania the Elder and her granddaughter Melania the Younger were major figures in early Christian history, using their wealth, status, and forceful personalities to shape the development of nearly every aspect of the religion we now know as Christianity. This volume examines their influence on late antique Christianity. Editor(s): Chin, Catherine M.; Schroeder, Caroline T. Series: Christianity in Late Antiquity, the Official Series of the North American Patris. Num Pages: 344 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDA; 3D; HBG; HBLA; HRAX; HRC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 635.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780520292086
ISBN
9780520292086
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 94.64
€ 72.77

Hardback. Though blacks were not often seen on the streets of seventeenth-century London, they were already capturing the British imagination. In her exploration of this emerging black presence, Molineux assembles evidence ranging from shop signs, tea trays, trading cards, board games, and playing cards to song ballads and William Hogarth's graphic satires. Series: Harvard Historical Studies. Num Pages: 374 pages, 17 color illustrations, 69 halftones. BIC Classification: 1QDB; 3J; HBJD1; HBLH; HBLL; HBTS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 167 x 27. Weight in Grams: 722.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
374
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674050082
ISBN
9780674050082
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.19
€ 60.59

Hardback. An investigation into the connections between military and literary culture in the late medieval period, and how warfare shaped such texts as Malory's Morte. Num Pages: 198 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3H; DSBB; HBJD1; HBLC1; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 163 x 22. Weight in Grams: 500.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
198
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843843245
ISBN
9781843843245
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 97.65

Paperback. Eric Rudsdale's role as a curator and air-raid shelter superintendent at Colchester Castle during the Second World War gave him the perfect opportunity to record life on the home front in his diaries. Num Pages: 224 pages, 30 b&w. BIC Classification: 1DBKESK; 3JJH; BJ; HBJD1; HBLW; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 157 x 14. Weight in Grams: 398.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780752458212
ISBN
9780752458212
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.54

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