History: earliest times to present day
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History: earliest times to present day
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€ 20.67
€ 26.99
€ 20.67
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
€ 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
€ 70.91
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
€ 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
€ 55.94€ 44.90
€ 55.94
€ 44.90
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
€ 69.55
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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 27.99€ 24.81
€ 27.99
€ 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
€ 31.82
€ 31.82
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
€ 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
€ 5.70
Paperback. A collection of papers presented at Boston University by leading Sovietologists evaluating the meaning of developments in the USSR and their impact since Gorbachev became head of government. The consensus is that the USSR is facing a systemic crisis, affecting ideology, leadership and economics. Num Pages: 175 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBL; JPA; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 237.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 175
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st ed. 1990
- SKU
- V9781349117079
- ISBN
- 9781349117079
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 71.03
€ 71.03
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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 79.61
€ 79.61
Hardback.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230574557
- ISBN
- 9780230574557
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.26
€ 52.26
Hardcover. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPK; HBJK; HBLW3; JPFF; JPWF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 241 x 164 x 20. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- 2005th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403966940
- ISBN
- 9781403966940
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.49
€ 67.49
Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBL; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 387.
- Publisher
- Palgrave USA United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403966957
- ISBN
- 9781403966957
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 72.06
€ 72.06
Paperback. Num Pages: 249 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBL; HBWQ; JFSJ; MMJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2003
- Number of pages
- 249
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349510757
- ISBN
- 9781349510757
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 126.92
€ 126.92
Paperback. The first account of the emergence and demise of preventive health care for workers. It explores how trade unions, employers, doctors and the government reconfigured the relationship between health, productivity and the factory over the course of the twentieth century within a broader political, industrial and social context. Num Pages: 300 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD1; HBL; HBTB; JPA; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 300
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349329045
- ISBN
- 9781349329045
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.53
€ 66.53
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
€ 12.34
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 332
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781904356189
- ISBN
- 9781904356189
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 134.56
€ 134.56