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History: earliest times to present day

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History: earliest times to present day

Paperback. Written by women from all stations of life and from drastically different backgrounds, these stories reconstruct not only the world of the Gulag but also its meaning for society at large. It covers the entire span of the Gulag's existence, from the 1920s to the 1980s. Num Pages: 364 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; HBJD; HBLW3; HBWQ; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 146 x 23. Weight in Grams: 603.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
364
Condition
New
SKU
V9780742511460
ISBN
9780742511460
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 87.00

Hardback. Taking us from World War I Berlin to the Third Reich and beyond to 1940s Palestine and 1950s New York - and to the influential work of the Frankfurt School - this book traces the network of artists and psychoanalysts that began in Germany and continued in exile. Series: Weimar & Now: German Cultural Criticism. Num Pages: 256 pages, 10 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLW; JMAF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 166 x 236 x 21. Weight in Grams: 490.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
0th Edition
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520258372
ISBN
9780520258372
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 84.42
€ 65.36

paperback. This book examines dwarfs in myth and everyday life in ancient Egypt and Greece. The spectacular forms of dwarfism were always a focus of interest, and it is the most depicted disorder in antiquity. Dasen brings together a whole range of mostly unpublished or little-known iconographic, epigraphic, literary, and anthropological evidence. Series: Oxford Monographs on Classical Archaeology. Num Pages: 440 pages, 50 in-text illustrations and 80 pages of black and white plates. BIC Classification: 1QDAE; 1QDAG; HBLA; HBLA1; HDDG; HDDK. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 246 x 189 x 25. Weight in Grams: 840.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
440
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780199680863
ISBN
9780199680863
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 103.82

Hardcover. This is the first book-length study of the French Caribbean presence in Africa, and serves as a unique contribution to the field of African Diaspora and Colonial studies. By using administrative records, newspapers, and interviews, it explores the French Caribbean presence in the colonial administration in Africa before World War II. Num Pages: 212 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1H; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJH; HBLL; HBLW; HBTQ; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 145 x 18. Weight in Grams: 394.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
214
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230105447
ISBN
9780230105447
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.58

Hardcover. This work offers a major new interpretation of the Stalin's role in the gestation of the Cold War. Based on important new evidence, Dimitrov reveals Stalin's genuine efforts to preserve his World War II alliance with the US and Britain and to encourage a degree of cooperation between communists and democratic parties in Eastern Europe. Series: Global Conflict and Security Since 1945. Num Pages: 263 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 1DVWB; HBJD; HBLW; JPS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 147 x 218 x 21. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
1st
Number of pages
266
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230521384
ISBN
9780230521384
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.03

paperback. This book presents an original and in-depth study of Stalin's policy at the birth of the Cold War, based on new archival documents. Series: Global Conflict and Security Since 1945. Num Pages: 252 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJ; HBJD; HBL; JPA; JPHV; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 344.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
1st ed. 2008
Number of pages
252
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349356263
ISBN
9781349356263
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.95

Hardback. Engaging with the major aspects of Sasanian culture, this work addresses subjects including: early Sasanian art and iconography; early Sasanian coinage; religion and identity in the Sasanian empire; later Sasanian orality and literacy; and state and society in late antique Iran. Editor(s): Curtis, Vesta Sarkhosh; Stewart, Sarah. Series: Idea of Iran. Num Pages: 200 pages, Illustrations, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1FBN; HBJF1; HBLA; HBLC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 239 x 166 x 22. Weight in Grams: 478.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
200
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845116903
ISBN
9781845116903
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 84.39

Hardback. Num Pages: 330 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJH; HBLW; HBWQ; JWTR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 198 x 23. Weight in Grams: 1250.
Publisher
Stackpole Books
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780811711715
ISBN
9780811711715
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 28.30

Paperback. Series: Studies in 20th and 21st European History. Num Pages: 360 pages, tables. BIC Classification: 1DND; 3JJPG; HBJD; HBLW3; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 238 x 176 x 23. Weight in Grams: 772.
Publisher
Museum Tusculanum Press Denmark
Number of pages
360
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Condition
New
SKU
V9788772896618
ISBN
9788772896618
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.12
€ 40.81

Hardback. In Motherless Tongues Vicente L. Rafael examines the vexed relationship between language and history as seen through the work of translation in the context of empire, revolution, and academic scholarship in the Philippines, the United States, and beyond. Num Pages: 272 pages, 13 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FM; 3JJ; CFP; HBJF; HBL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822360582
ISBN
9780822360582
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 111.46

Paperback. In Motherless Tongues Vicente L. Rafael examines the vexed relationship between language and history as seen through the work of translation in the context of empire, revolution, and academic scholarship in the Philippines, the United States, and beyond. Num Pages: 272 pages, 13 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FM; 3JJ; CFP; HBJF; HBL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 15. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822360742
ISBN
9780822360742
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.67

Hardback. Consists of 23 original essays by expert historians on the key issues and topics in American colonial history. Each essay surveys the scholarship and prevailing interpretations in these key areas, discussing the differing arguments and assessing their merits. Editor(s): Vickers, Daniel. Series: Blackwell Companions to American History. Num Pages: 576 pages, 11. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3J; HBJK; HBLH; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 259 x 187 x 40. Weight in Grams: 1238.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
576
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631210115
ISBN
9780631210115
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 222.25

paperback. Demonstrates that in the early English colonies in North America, constitutional thought and practice were more diverse than historians and political theorists have thought. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLH; HBTQ; JPHC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 13. Weight in Grams: 295.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822346326
ISBN
9780822346326
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.52

hardcover. The nature of the currently emerging European society, which includes the economic and social transformation of Eastern and Central European countries, has been hotly debated. At its center is the relationship between markets and civil society within political and social contexts. Editor(s): Perez-Diaz, Victor. Series: European Civil Society. Num Pages: 280 pages, 12 tables. BIC Classification: 1DF; 1DV; HBJD; HBLX; HBTB; KCP. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Berghahn Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9781845456078
ISBN
9781845456078
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 163.24

Paperback. What made some 700 men and women in the Yorkshire town of Kingston-upon-Hull, in the years 1837 to 1900, decide to suffer no longer the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune and take their own lives? In this study, the author seeks to uncover the experiences that drove people to suicide. Num Pages: 372 pages, 20 tables 13 figures. BIC Classification: 1DB; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; JHBZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 153 x 20. Weight in Grams: 506.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Stanford University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
369
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804731249
ISBN
9780804731249
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 31.02

Hardback. What made some 700 men and women in the Yorkshire town of Kingston-upon-Hull, in the years 1837 to 1900, decide to suffer no longer the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune and take their own lives? In this study, the author seeks to uncover the experiences that drove people to suicide. Num Pages: 372 pages, 20 tables 13 figures. BIC Classification: 1DB; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; JHBZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 30. Weight in Grams: 630.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
372
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804731232
ISBN
9780804731232
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 157.79

paperback. Adopting a material culture perspective, this study examines the social and cultural history of the Soviet period, looking particularly at social relations and the way individuals variously appropriated architectural space and material culture in order to cope with daily life. Series: Materializing Culture. Num Pages: 256 pages, 26 b/w figs. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 3JJ; AM; HBJD; HBLW; JFC; JHM; JPFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 160 x 14. Weight in Grams: 364.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Routledge United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781859734261
ISBN
9781859734261
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 49.02

Paperback. Stressing the unity of Greek history and the centrality of Athens, the author covers a rich and diverse range of political, economic, military and cultural issues in the Greek world, from the early history of the Greeks, including early Sparta and the wars with Persia, to the ascendancy of Athens and the Peloponnesian War. Series: Routledge Classics. Num Pages: 432 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 3D; HBJD; HBLA1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 140 x 32. Weight in Grams: 538.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
432
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415584876
ISBN
9780415584876
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 23.51

Hardback. Editor(s): Katz, Victor J.; Hughes, Barnabas; Folkerts, Menso; Wagner, Roi; Berggren, J. Lennart. Num Pages: 592 pages, 250 line illus. BIC Classification: 1D; 1KB; 3F; 3H; HBLC1; PBB; PBX; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 192 x 265 x 44. Weight in Grams: 1416.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691156859
ISBN
9780691156859
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 109.39
€ 83.75

Paperback. A historical account of the international legal methods that were used to create Israel. Num Pages: 456 pages, 8 colour maps. BIC Classification: 1FBH; HBJF1; HBLW; LB. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 151 x 24. Weight in Grams: 638.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Pluto Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
456
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745325781
ISBN
9780745325781
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 36.61

Hardback. Munich 1919 is a vivid portrayal of the chaos that followed World War I and the collapse of the Munich Council Republic by one of the most perceptive chroniclers of German history. Translator(s): Spengler, Jessica. Num Pages: 220 pages. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJG; BJ; HBJD; HBLW; HBTV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Publisher
Polity Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781509510580
ISBN
9781509510580
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.86

Hardback. Examines the orthodox split of Latin American history into colonial and modern. Editor(s): Uribe-Uran, Victor M. Series: Latin American Silhouettes. Num Pages: 261 pages, tabs. BIC Classification: 1KLS; 3JF; 3JH; HBJK; HBLH; HBLL; HBTQ; HBTR; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 653.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Scholarly Resources Inc.,U.S. United States
Number of pages
261
Condition
New
SKU
V9780842028738
ISBN
9780842028738
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 172.97

Paperback. Examines the orthodox split of Latin American history into colonial and modern. Editor(s): Uribe-Uran, Victor M. Series: Latin American Silhouettes. Num Pages: 261 pages, tabs. BIC Classification: 1KLS; 3JF; 3JH; HBJK; HBLH; HBLL; HBTQ; HBTR; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 164 x 18. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Scholarly Resources Inc.,U.S. United States
Number of pages
261
Condition
New
SKU
V9780842028745
ISBN
9780842028745
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 67.68

Paperback. A History of Greece: 1300-30 BC, offers a comprehensive introduction to the foundational political history of Greece, from the late Mycenaean Age through to the death of Cleopatra VII, the last Hellenistic monarch of Egypt. Series: Blackwell History of the Ancient World. Num Pages: 504 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 3B; 3D; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 173 x 23. Weight in Grams: 972.
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
496
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405190336
ISBN
9781405190336
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 41.12

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