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History: earliest times to present day

Paperback. A discussion of the probability (shown by DNA tests) that Thomas Jefferson was the father of his slave Sally Hemings's children. The essays reflect the deeper questions the relationship between Jefferson and Hemings has raised about American history and national culture. Editor(s): Lewis, Jan; Onuf, Peter S. Series: Jeffersonian America. Num Pages: 325 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL; HBTS; JFSL1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 458.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
University of Virginia Press United States
Number of pages
325
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813919195
ISBN
9780813919195
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.16

Hardback. Most books on Nazi Germany focus on the war years. Much less is known about the preceding years although these give important clues with regard to the events after November 1938, which culminated in the Holocaust. Editor(s): Limberg, Margarete; Rubsaat, Hubert. Translator(s): Nothnagle, Alan L. Num Pages: 198 pages, Bibliog. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJG; HBJD; HBLW; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Berghahn Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
198
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845450847
ISBN
9781845450847
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 154.48

Hardback. One of the first evaluations of China's leadership transition with Jiang Zemin's 2002 retirement as Communist Party chief, this book probes the country's related institutional transitions--both those under way and those still needed if China is to remain stable and prosperous in the 21st century. Editor(s): Lin, Gang; Hu, Xiaobo. Num Pages: 172 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JM; GTB; HBJF; HBLW3; JPH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 16. Weight in Grams: 395.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
172
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804749183
ISBN
9780804749183
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 126.94

Hardback. This four-volume collective project by a team of leading scholars offers a vivid portrait of Jewish history in German-speaking countries over nearly four centuries. This series is sponsored by the Leo Baeck Institute, established in 1955 in Jerusalem, London, and New York for the purpose of advancing scholarship on the Jews in German-speaking lands. Editor(s): Lowenstein, Steven M.; Brenner, Michael; Meyer, Michael Andrew; Mendes-Flohr, Paul; Pulzer, Peter G.J.; Richarz, Monika. Series: German-Jewish history in modern times. Num Pages: 480 pages, 55 photographs. BIC Classification: 1DFA; 1DFG; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLL; HBTB; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 158 x 34. Weight in Grams: 817.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
480
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231074766
ISBN
9780231074766
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 118.91

Hardback. Examines key elements of science in societies across Spanish America, Europe, West Africa, India, and Asia as they increasingly overlapped each other. Chapters focus on the range of participants in eighteenth- and nineteenth-century science, their concentrated effort in description and taxonomy, and advances in techniques for sharing knowledge. Editor(s): Manning, Patrick; Rood, Daniel. Num Pages: 392 pages, 24 Illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JF; 3JH; HBLL; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 36. Weight in Grams: 794.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Pittsburgh Press United States
Number of pages
392
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822944546
ISBN
9780822944546
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 68.79

Paperback. An assessment of the role of the Middle Ages in national historiography and in modern conceptions of national identity, looking at relatively young nations, and regions which claim national traditions but were slow to achieve, or regain, separate statehood. Examples range from Ireland and Iceland through Austria and Italy to Finland and Greece. Editor(s): Marchal, G.; Evans, R. Series: Writing the Nation. Num Pages: 304 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBAH; HBJD; HBL; HBTB; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
1st ed. 2011
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349366026
ISBN
9781349366026
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 64.13

This series, supported by the Leventis Foundation, is a forum for original research in all aspects of ancient Greek history and culture. Each volume is co-edited by the biannually appointed Leventis Professor of Ancient Greece. Editor(s): Marincola, John; Llewellyn-Jones, Lloyd; Maciver, Calum. Series: Edinburgh Leventis Studies. Num Pages: 352 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HBJD; HBLA1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 162 x 234 x 28. Weight in Grams: 752. History without Historians. Series: Edinburgh Leventis Studies. 352 pages, Illustrations. Editor(s): Marincola, John; Llewellyn-Jones, Lloyd; Maciver, Calum. This series, supported by the Leventis Foundation, is a forum for original research in all aspects of ancient Greek history and culture. Each volume is co-edited by the biannually appointed Leventis Professor of Ancient Greece. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HBJD; HBLA1. Dimension: 162 x 234 x 28. Weight: 752.
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748643967
ISBN
9780748643967
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 153.05

paperback. This volume presents texts written in English of visitors to Cyprus. This volume focuses solely on the British period in Cyprus from 1878 to 1900. Editor(s): Martin, David W.; Orphanides, Andreas G.; Wallace, Paul W. Series: Sources for the History of Cyprus. Num Pages: 345 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVC; HBLL. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 274 x 213 x 25. Weight in Grams: 1066.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Greece & Cyprus Research Center, Incorporated United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
345
Condition
New
SKU
V9780965170468
ISBN
9780965170468
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.22

Hardback. This text examines variation in systems of economic production and exchange and how these systems supported the power networks that integrated Maya society. Editor(s): Masson, Marilyn A.; Freidel, David A. Num Pages: 288 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KLCG; 1QDA; HBJK; HBLC; JP; KC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 154 x 33. Weight in Grams: 839.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
AltaMira Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780759100800
ISBN
9780759100800
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 178.43

Hardback. A sustained and systematic attempt to draw together political and historical scholarship on the Sunningdale experiment and the Ulster Workers' Council strike (1973-4) in Northern Ireland, revisiting the period to explore its lessons and echoes today. Editor(s): McCann, David; McGrattan, Cillian. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKN; 3JJPL; HBJD1; HBLW3; JPQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 510.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Manchester University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719099519
ISBN
9780719099519
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 160.74

Hardback. With the fall of the Berlin Wall and the shifting of American foreign policy away from "old" Europe, long-established patterns of interaction between Germany and the US have come under review. This text seeks to acknowledge the importance of those patterns for the study of German culture and history on both sides of the Atlantic. Editor(s): McCarthy, John A.; Grunzweig, Walter; Koebner, Thomas. Num Pages: 304 pages, 1 port. BIC Classification: 1DFG; HBJD; HBLW3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 159 x 32. Weight in Grams: 703.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Berghahn Books, Incorporated United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9781571810342
ISBN
9781571810342
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 156.43

This four-volume collective project by a team of leading scholars offers a vivid portrait of Jewish history in German-speaking countries over nearly four centuries. This series is sponsored by the Leo Baeck Institute, established in 1955 in Jerusalem, London, and New York for the purpose of advancing scholarship on the Jews in German-speaking lands. Editor(s): Meyer, Michael Andrew; Brenner, Michael. Num Pages: 422 pages, Illustrations, maps, ports. BIC Classification: 1DFA; 1DFG; 3JF; 3JH; HBJD; HBLC; HBLH; HBTB; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 30. Weight in Grams: 726.
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
422
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231074742
ISBN
9780231074742
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 119.98

Paperback. Jewish Polity and American Civil Society is a study of the civic and political engagements of American Jews as mediated by their communal and denominational institutions. The book explores how the various branches of the organized Jewish community seek to influence public affairs. Editor(s): Mittleman, Alan; Sarna, Jonathan D.; Licht, Robert A. Num Pages: 432 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB; HRAX; HRJ; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 149 x 23. Weight in Grams: 562.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
432
Condition
New
SKU
V9780742521223
ISBN
9780742521223
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 78.62

hardcover. Editor(s): Momani, Bessma; Mohamed, Eid. Num Pages: 196 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HBE; 3JM; HBJF1; HBLX; HBTV; JPB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 14. Weight in Grams: 422.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
196
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253022837
ISBN
9780253022837
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 86.25

Paperback. In the wake of the fiftieth anniversary of the historic sit-in at Woolworth's lunch counter by four North Carolina A&T college students, From Sit-Ins to SNCC brings together the work of leading civil rights scholars to offer a new and groundbreaking perspective on student-oriented activism in the 1960s. Editor(s): Morgan, Iwan; Davies, Philip. Num Pages: 212 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJPK; HBJK; HBLW; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 180 x 13. Weight in Grams: 330.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University Press of Florida United States
Number of pages
212
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813049595
ISBN
9780813049595
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.45

Paperback. Editor(s): Morris, Ian; Scheidel, Walter. Series: Oxford Studies in Early Empires. Num Pages: 400 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1QD; HBLA1; JHM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 158 x 22. Weight in Grams: 574.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199758340
ISBN
9780199758340
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 74.12

Hardback. The essays in this volume are arranged so as to allow a clear understanding of how and why white political supremecy came to be in the early United States. Editor(s): Morrison, Michael A.; Stewart, James Brewer. Num Pages: 216 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; 3JH; HBJK; HBLH; HBLL; JFSL; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 142 x 17. Weight in Grams: 399.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9780742521308
ISBN
9780742521308
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 158.27

hardcover. The intimate guide to life as a Shaker in 19th century America Editor(s): Morse, Flo; Newton, Vincent. Num Pages: 96 pages, 25 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HRCC99; WJX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 173 x 145 x 12. Weight in Grams: 200.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Edition
Reissue
Number of pages
96
Condition
New
SKU
V9781581574999
ISBN
9781581574999
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 15.14

Paperback. With contributions from distinguished scholars from a dozen different countries, The Jesuits, II continues in the illustrious tradition of its predecessor to make an important contribution to religious memory. Editor(s): O'Malley, John W.; Bailey, Gauvin Alexander; Harris, Steven J.; Kennedy, T. Frank, S.J. Num Pages: 924 pages. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLA; HRCC7. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 63. Weight in Grams: 1500.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
924
Condition
New
SKU
V9781487520687
ISBN
9781487520687
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 55.85
€ 55.39

Paperback. This volume provides original source material concerning the history of Cyprus in English translation. Editor(s): Orphanides, Andreas G.; Pohlsander, Hans A.; Wallace, Paul W. Series: Sources for the History of Cyprus. Num Pages: 195 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVC; HBLC1. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 274 x 213. Weight in Grams: 322.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Greece & Cyprus Research Center, Incorporated United States
Number of pages
195
Condition
New
SKU
V9780965170475
ISBN
9780965170475
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.45

Paperback. This volume provides original source material on the history of Cyprus in English translation from the German texts. This therefore enables those with a serious interest in the history of Cyprus to access the German texts through the translations. Editor(s): Orphanides, Andreas G.; Pohlsander, Hans A.; Wallace, Paul W. Series: Sources for the History of Cyprus. Num Pages: 268 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLL. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 274 x 213. Weight in Grams: 349.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Greece & Cyprus Research Center, Incorporated United States
Number of pages
268
Condition
New
SKU
V9781931226127
ISBN
9781931226127
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 22.42

paperback. This study offers a broad range of approaches to medieval society's understanding of mothering and the uses to which the practice and imagery of mothering could be assumed by females and males alike. Editor(s): Parsons, John Carni; Wheeler, Bonnie. Series: The New Middle Ages. Num Pages: 402 pages. BIC Classification: DSBB; HBG; HBLC; JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 486.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Routledge United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
402
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815336655
ISBN
9780815336655
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 60.05

Hardback. In Europe, love has been given a prominent place in European self-representations from the Enlightenment onwards. The category of love, stemming from private and personal spheres, was given a public function and used to distinguish European civilization from others. Editor(s): Passerini, Luisa; Ellena, Liliana; Geppert, Alexander C. T. Series: Making Sense of History. Num Pages: 334 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLW; JFC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 166 x 26. Weight in Grams: 622.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Berghahn Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
334
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845457365
ISBN
9781845457365
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 167.12

hardcover. Editor(s): Pestritto, Ronald J.; Atto, William. Num Pages: 340 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW; JP. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 239 x 163 x 25. Weight in Grams: 649.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
RLPG/Galleys United States
Number of pages
340
Condition
New
SKU
V9780739123034
ISBN
9780739123034
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 155.02

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