History: earliest times to present day
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History: earliest times to present day
Paperback. Because new nations need new pasts, they create new ways of commemorating and recasting select historic events. In this volume Yael Zerubavel illuminates this dynamic process by examining the construction of Israeli national tradition. Num Pages: 360 pages, 17 halftones, 6 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1FBH; 1FBP; HBJF1; HBLW; JFC; JFSR1; JMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 150 x 21. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226981581
- ISBN
- 9780226981581
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 28.64
€ 35.99
€ 28.64
Paperback. Joseph 'Tommy' Lapid (1931-2008) survived the horrors of the Holocaust to become Israel's notorious yet beloved 'big mouth': a journalist, playwright, TV star, and finally deputy prime minister and leader of the anti-Orthodox movement. His is a very personal story as well as the breathtaking saga of a nation that emerged from the ashes. Translator(s): Fallenberg, Evan. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBH; 3JJ; BGH; HBJF1; HBLW; HBTZ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 31. Weight in Grams: 384.
- Publisher
- Elliott & Thompson Limited
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781908739445
- ISBN
- 9781908739445
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.76
€ 13.99
€ 11.76
Hardback. Part history, part memoir, this book takes readers into the trenches of the Cold War and demonstrates what Public Diplomacy can do. It also provides examples of what could be done in countries where anti-Americanism runs high. Series: Explorations in Culture and International History. Num Pages: 204 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBG; HBLW3; JPSD. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 444.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 204
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845454753
- ISBN
- 9781845454753
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 163.64
€ 163.64
Paperback. More people died in Mao's Great Famine than in the entire First World War, yet this story has remained largely untold, until now. Still banned in China, this title draws on the author's privileged access to official and unofficial sources to uncover the full human cost of the tragedy, and create an unprecedented work of historical reckoning. Editor(s): Friedman, Edward. Translator(s): Mosher, Stacy; Jian, Guo. Num Pages: 656 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJPG; HBJF; HBLW3; HBTB; JFFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 135 x 199 x 29. Weight in Grams: 448.
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Number of pages
- 656
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780241956984
- ISBN
- 9780241956984
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.95
€ 19.99
€ 14.95
Hardcover. Num Pages: 357 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPK; HBJF; HBLW3; KJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 273 x 195 x 27. Weight in Grams: 1006.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 357
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781560727316
- ISBN
- 9781560727316
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 108.94€ 84.62
€ 108.94
€ 84.62
Hardcover. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 297 x 210 x 0. .
- Publisher
- Heimdal
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9782840483847
- ISBN
- 9782840483847
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 61.78€ 58.10
€ 61.78
€ 58.10
Hardback. The Encyclopedia of the Roman Army is a comprehensive three-volume reference to the armed forces deployed by ancient Rome during its Early Period, Republic, Principate, and Late Antique times. Editor(s): Le Bohec, Yann. Num Pages: 1176 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; GB; HBLA1; HBW; JWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 285 x 143. Weight in Grams: 3362.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 1176
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405176194
- ISBN
- 9781405176194
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 438.73€ 433.72
€ 438.73
€ 433.72
Hardback. In this monograph on the Russian cooperative movement before 1914, economic and social change is considered alongside Russian political culture. It suggests how cooperatives reflected a pan-European dilemma over whether and to what extent populations could participate in their own transformation. Num Pages: 255 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLL; HBTB; JFSC; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 475.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 255
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333725870
- ISBN
- 9780333725870
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.90
€ 127.90
Paperback. Num Pages: 245 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJ; HBJD; HBL; HBTB; KCZ; TVB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 330.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 245
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349405831
- ISBN
- 9781349405831
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 126.94
€ 126.94
Paperback. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: 1FMS; 3JJH; HBJF; HBLW; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 151 x 9. Weight in Grams: 232.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Marshall Cavendish International (Asia) Pte Ltd Singapore
- Number of pages
- 128
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789814351195
- ISBN
- 9789814351195
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 10.03
€ 10.99
€ 10.03
Hardback. Num Pages: 166 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; HBJF; HBLW; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 158 x 17. Weight in Grams: 374.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801443763
- ISBN
- 9780801443763
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.26
€ 63.26
Paperback. 20 November, 1979: as morning prayers began, hundreds of hardline Islamist gunmen, armed with rifles smuggled in coffins, stormed the Grand Mosque in Mecca. This work takes us through one of the momentous events in history, interviewing many participants in the siege and reveals the truth about the first operation of modern global jihad. Num Pages: 320 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1FBX; HBJF1; HBLW; HRH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 20. Weight in Grams: 240.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141034065
- ISBN
- 9780141034065
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.80
€ 14.99
€ 11.80
Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages, 25 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 3JJ; HBJF; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156. .
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300230321
- ISBN
- 9780300230321
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 15.40
€ 18.99
€ 15.40
Paperback. The Second World War was not fought by Britain alone. India produced the largest volunteer army in world history: over 2 million men. In this book, we hear the myriad voices of ordinary Indian people, from the first Indian to win the Victoria Cross, the nurses in Indian General Hospitals to labourers and their families in remote villages. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 3JJH; HBJF; HBLW; HBWQ; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 197 x 31. Weight in Grams: 360.
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099542278
- ISBN
- 9780099542278
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.95
€ 19.99
€ 14.95
Paperback. Although seen as a replacement for the A6M Zero-sen carrier-based fighter, the Mitsubishi J2M Raiden was actually designed as a land-based naval interceptor optimised for speed rather than manoeuvrability. Despite suffering heavy losses, the units equipped with new fighter proved that the N1K could more than hold its own against P-38s and F6Fs. Illustrator(s): Laurier, Jim; Postlethwaite, Mark. Series: Aircraft of the Aces. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJH; HBLW; HBWQ; JWG; JWMV3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 248 x 184 x 7. Weight in Grams: 314.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781472812612
- ISBN
- 9781472812612
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 20.75
€ 21.99
€ 20.75
Hardcover. Series: Palgrave Studies in Oral History. Num Pages: 201 pages, 10 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; HBLW3; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 484.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403969958
- ISBN
- 9781403969958
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.96
€ 127.96
Paperback. This fascinating study examines wartime Chinese-Soviet relations from a Moscow-based, Chinese perspective at the ambassadorial level. The book includes descriptions of everyday life in Moscow, of embassy business, of contemporary events and diplomacy, of intelligence operations, of meetings with Stalin, and of communications to and from Chongqing. Num Pages: 272 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJ; HBJF; HBL; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349369232
- ISBN
- 9781349369232
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.29
€ 66.29
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Sussex Academic Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 191
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845194451
- ISBN
- 9781845194451
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.18
€ 53.18
Paperback. Between the end of the 19th century and the outbreak of World War II, Africans displaced by colonial rule created an African-American myth which aggrandized the life and attainments of African Americans. This text looks at the religious, educational, political and social areas of this myth. Num Pages: 255 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1H; 1KBB; HBG; HBLL; HBLW; HBTB; JFSL3; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 153 x 20. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333669808
- ISBN
- 9780333669808
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.17
€ 66.17
Hardback. Focusing on relationships concerning trade in manufactures, industrial restructuring and economic development against a background of data, this book offers an examination of the evolution and characteristics of Hong Kong's postwar economy in a historical and comparative perspective. Series: Studies in the Economics of East & South-East Asia. Num Pages: 314 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPCH; HBJF; HBLW3; KCLT; KCM; KN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 24. Weight in Grams: 551.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 314
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333498828
- ISBN
- 9780333498828
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 129.45
€ 129.45