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History: earliest times to present day

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History: earliest times to present day

Paperback. By 146, Rome had established itself as the leading Mediterranean power. Over the next century, it consolidated its power into an immense territorial empire. This title traces the processes of change which transformed Rome from a republic to a monarchy. It is suitable for academics working on the history of Rome and the Roman Republic. Num Pages: 284 pages, black & white illustrations, maps, figures. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; HBJD; HBLA1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 158 x 16. Weight in Grams: 466.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
284
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748619450
ISBN
9780748619450
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 36.18

Paperback. A comprehensive and authoritative account of one of the greatest and most prolific writers of classical antiquity. Editor(s): Steel, Catherine. Series: Cambridge Companions to Literature. Num Pages: 441 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 2ADL; DSBB; HBLA1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 154 x 20. Weight in Grams: 700.
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
441
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780521729802
ISBN
9780521729802
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.20

Paperback. In the spring of 1900, British archaeologist Arthur Evans began to excavate the palace of Knossos on Crete, bringing ancient Greek legends to life just as a new century dawned amid far-reaching questions about human history, art, and culture. This title relates the story of Evans' excavation and its long-term effects on Western culture. Num Pages: 288 pages, 23 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DVGSC; HBJD; HBLA; HDD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 228 x 15. Weight in Grams: 396.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226289540
ISBN
9780226289540
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 20.27

Paperback. The story of the brave and visionary men and women who fought to raise the age of consent. Num Pages: 288 pages, 8pp colour and b/w plate section. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB; JFFE1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 23. Weight in Grams: 306.
Publisher
Lion Hudson
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745956992
ISBN
9780745956992
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.00
€ 12.53

Paperback. Num Pages: 488 pages, 110 b/w + 12 pp. col. illus. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JJ; 3JM; HBJD; HBLW; HBLX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 156. .
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
488
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300219401
ISBN
9780300219401
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.98

Hardback. Fragile, gritty, and vital to an extraordinary degree, St Petersburg is one of the world's most alluring cities - a place in which the past is at once ubiquitous and inescapably controversial. This book shows how creative engagement with the past has always been fundamental to St Petersburg's residents. Num Pages: 416 pages, 80 black-&-white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JJ; 3JM; HBJD; HBLW; HBLX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 166 x 236 x 43. Weight in Grams: 974.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300169188
ISBN
9780300169188
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.07
€ 50.63

Paperback. Num Pages: 544 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white halftones, maps. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLW; HBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 31. Weight in Grams: 703.
Publisher
Pennsylvania State University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780271058719
ISBN
9780271058719
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 25.89

paperback. The Irish potato famine of the 1840s, perhaps the most appalling event of the Victorian era, killed over a million people and drove as many more to emigrate to America. The impact on Anglo-Irish relations was incalculable, the immediate human cost almost inconceivable. This book provides a definitive account. Num Pages: 528 pages, 1 map; portraits. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 23. Weight in Grams: 370.
Format
Paperback
Edition
Revised ed.
Publisher
Penguin
Publication date
1991
Condition
New
SKU
9780140145151
ISBN
9780140145151
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 12.53

paperback. The Irish potato famine of the 1840s, perhaps the most appalling event of the Victorian era, killed over a million people and drove as many more to emigrate to America. The impact on Anglo-Irish relations was incalculable, the immediate human cost almost inconceivable. This book provides a definitive account. Num Pages: 528 pages, 1 map; portraits. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 23. Weight in Grams: 370. From the library of Ivor Browne and June Levine. Good clean copy. Covers sunned to spine and showing light shelf wear. Lightly toned, text is crisp and clear remains a very good copy
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
Penguin
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0031433
ISBN
9780140145151
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 16.99
€ 14.00

Paperback. Traces the origins, development, and consolidation of patriotic cultures in the United States from the latter half of the nineteenth century up to World War I, a period in which the country emerged as a modern nation-state. Num Pages: 366 pages, 20 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLL; JFC; JPFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 571.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Edition
a
Number of pages
366
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691070520
ISBN
9780691070520
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.24
€ 42.14

Paperback. Cecelia Ferrazzi's inquisitorial autobiography and the transcripts of her preceding testimony are here transcribed and translated into English, allowing the reader an insight into an unfamiliar sector of the past. Editor(s): Schutte, Anne Jacobson (Professor of History, University of Virginia, USA). Translator(s): Schutte, Anne Jacobson (Professor of History, University of Virginia, USA). Series: Other Voice in Early Modern Europe. Num Pages: 134 pages, 1 halftone, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1DST; BGHA; HBJD; HBLH; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 168 x 10. Weight in Grams: 218.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Number of pages
134
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226244471
ISBN
9780226244471
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 15.54

Paperback. Examines the politics of a 19th c. peasant revolt in Peru, looking at the organization and practice of government by the rebels to examine what a largely illiterate population understood by terms such as "nation" and showing the rebellion's significance in constructing the Peruvian State. Num Pages: 360 pages, 24 b&w photos, 7 illus. BIC Classification: 1KLS; HBG; HBJK; HBLL; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 158 x 22. Weight in Grams: 516.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822334415
ISBN
9780822334415
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.60

Paperback. This concise text explores the spread of settler colonies within the British Empire over the course of the nineteenth century, specifically those in New Zealand, Canada, South Africa, and Australia. Series: International Themes & Issues. Num Pages: 232 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JF; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB; HBTQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 300.
Publisher
University of Toronto Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442607521
ISBN
9781442607521
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.58

Paperback. The fall of the Wall to the present day - Berlin's turbulent history and path to reunification as witnessed by one of Europe's most distinguished authors. Translator(s): Watkinson, Laura. Num Pages: 352 pages, 80 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJPR; 3JM; HBJD; HBLW3; HBLX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 26. Weight in Grams: 328.
Publisher
MacLehose Press
Number of pages
400
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848662919
ISBN
9781848662919
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.00
€ 11.89

Paperback. This volume looks at the rise of the Ottoman Empire - the longest-lived political entity in human history - showing the transformation of a tiny frontier enterprise into a centralized imperial state that saw itself as both leader of the world's Muslims and heir to the the Eastern Empire. Num Pages: 205 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDA; 3H; 3JB; HBG; HBJF; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 163 x 16. Weight in Grams: 340.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
205
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520206007
ISBN
9780520206007
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 26.60

Paperback. From its appearance as a 'fashionable dissipation' centered on the immigrant and working-class districts of 1880s New York through its spread to Chicago and into the 1930s nightspots frequented by lesbians and gay men, this book charts the development of slumming. Series: Historical Studies of Urban America. Num Pages: 432 pages, 19 halftones, 7 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
432
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780226322445
ISBN
9780226322445
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 29.83

Hardcover. Examines diverse aspects of Roman imperialism, from the Romans' motivations in acquiring an empire and their ideological justifications for imperial domination, to the complex political, economic, and cultural interactions between the Romans, their allies, and the subjected peoples. This title includes notes with suggestions for further reading. Editor(s): Champion, Craige B. Series: Interpreting Ancient History. Num Pages: 336 pages, 12. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 3D; HBG; HBJD; HBLA; JPF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 263 x 187 x 24. Weight in Grams: 782.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631231189
ISBN
9780631231189
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 150.43

Paperback. Examines diverse aspects of Roman imperialism, from the Romans' motivations in acquiring an empire and their ideological justifications for imperial domination, to the complex political, economic, and cultural interactions between the Romans, their allies, and the subjected peoples. This title includes notes with suggestions for further reading. Editor(s): Champion, Craige B. Series: Interpreting Ancient History. Num Pages: 336 pages, 12. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; HBJD; HBLA; HBTQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 245 x 171 x 21. Weight in Grams: 686.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631231196
ISBN
9780631231196
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.46

Hardback. Num Pages: 328 pages, 66. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJPG; HBJF; HBLW3; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 167 x 28. Weight in Grams: 696.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801449345
ISBN
9780801449345
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 140.33

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Protea Boekhuis South Africa
Number of pages
472
Condition
New
SKU
V9781869197742
ISBN
9781869197742
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 24.78

Paperback. Chantal Thomas presents the history of the mythification of one of the most infamous queens in all history, whose execution still fascinates us today. Translator(s): Rose, Julie. Num Pages: 256 pages, 15 illustrations. BIC Classification: BGH; HBJD; HBLL; HBTG; HBTV; JFSJ; JPWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 396.
Publisher
Zone Books United States
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Condition
New
SKU
V9780942299403
ISBN
9780942299403
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.56

Hardback. Chantal Thomas presents the history of the mythification of one of the most infamous queens in all history, whose execution still fascinates us today. Translator(s): Rose, Julie. Num Pages: 256 pages, 15. BIC Classification: BGH; HBJD; HBLL; HBTG; HBTV; JFSJ; JPWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Zone Books United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780942299397
ISBN
9780942299397
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.56

Hardback. Num Pages: 272 pages, maps (black and white). BIC Classification: HBLC1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 165 x 22. Weight in Grams: 526.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801451317
ISBN
9780801451317
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 87.96

Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 16. Weight in Grams: 514.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691604220
ISBN
9780691604220
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.24
€ 42.28

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