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History: earliest times to present day

Hardcover. Reveals Edmund J Davis, the heroic man who stood in strong opposition to his peers and better reflected the ideals of the nation than those of so many of his contemporaries. This title presents an account of this man who determined to make progressive changes and stand in stark opposition to the state's political elite. Num Pages: 288 pages, 13 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGH; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 612.
Publisher
Texas Christian University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780875654058
ISBN
9780875654058
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.61

Hardback. Unlike the 1930s, when the United States tragically failed to open its doors to Europeans fleeing Nazism, the country admitted over three million refugees during the Cold War. This book explores the reasons behind the remarkable changes to American refugee policy, laws, and programs. Series: Politics and Society in Modern America. Num Pages: 288 pages, 10 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBLW3; JFFD; JFFN; LNDA1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 542.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691123325
ISBN
9780691123325
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.36
€ 51.06

Paperback. The Swing Riots were the most dramatic and widespread rising of the English rural poor. Protestors destroyed machines, demanding higher wages and better poor relief. Swing represented a genuine challenge to the existing ruling order, provoking a bitter and bloody repression. This is a vivid account of a defining moment in British history. Num Pages: 344 pages, 9 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTV; KNAC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 237 x 157 x 28. Weight in Grams: 598.
Publisher
Manchester University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719097270
ISBN
9780719097270
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.57

Paperback / so. "A guide to the equipment of the trappers and fur traders who opened the old West"--Cover. Num Pages: black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; TBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 33. Weight in Grams: 567.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Skyhorse Publishing United States
Condition
New
SKU
V9781602399693
ISBN
9781602399693
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 16.58

Paperback. A city is more than a massing of citizens, a layout of buildings and streets, or an arrangement of political, economic, and social institutions. By examining the place of water in the nineteenth-century consciousness, the author illuminates how city dwellers perceived themselves during the great age of American urbanization. Num Pages: 344 pages, 31 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; JFSG; KNBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 60 x 90 x 19. Weight in Grams: 458.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226151595
ISBN
9780226151595
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 22.94

Paperback. The first book to explore the historical development of Belgian politics, this groundbreaking study of the rivalry between Catholicism, Socialism, and nationalism is essential reading for anyone interested in Europe before World War I. Num Pages: 420 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1DDB; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 146 x 26. Weight in Grams: 635.
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780847685271
ISBN
9780847685271
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 73.62

Hardback. This book explores the rise of Barack Obama and his vision of One America in the context of profound social and political changes in the US, and the potential transformation of American foreign policy in the post-Bush era. Num Pages: 224 pages, 30 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JMC; HBJK; HBLX; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 224 x 148 x 18. Weight in Grams: 398.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
224
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748638949
ISBN
9780748638949
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.87

Paperback. Editor(s): Kellner, Bruce. Num Pages: 384 pages, 61 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; BGA; HBJK; HBLW; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 549.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780252074622
ISBN
9780252074622
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.81

Paperback. This abridged edition of On War by Beatrice Heuser, using the acclaimed translation by Michael Howard and Peter Paret, selects the central books in which Clausewitz's views on the nature and theory of war are developed. Translator(s): Howard, Michael; Paret, Peter. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBLL; JWA; JWKT; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 196 x 130 x 22. Weight in Grams: 238.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
Abridged Ed. /
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199540020
ISBN
9780199540020
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.66

Hardback. This book addresses the deconstruction of a founding myth and the last "great narrative" (for the time being) of the Occident the narrative that Europe grew out of liberal humanistic traditions and, by way of several intermediate stages since classical antiquity, has gradually come to have its present form, one based on democratic values." Num Pages: 132 pages, 14 illus. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 250 x 210 x 15. Weight in Grams: 728.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Edition Axel Menges Germany
Number of pages
132
Condition
New
SKU
V9783936681963
ISBN
9783936681963
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.22

Paperback. Khalifa ibn Khayyat is the author of the earliest extant Arabic chronicle. The work principally deals with fighting between Arab groups, external conquests, and administrative matters. After the death of each caliph it lists those who held office during his reign; also notes leaders of the pilgrimage in each year and deaths of prominent persons. Editor(s): Hoyland, Robert G. Series: Translated Texts for Historians. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1QFM; 3F; HBLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 210 x 147. .
Publisher
Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781781381755
ISBN
9781781381755
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 36.10

Hardcover. A reconstruction of the lost chronicle of Theophilus of Edessa (d.785). Covering 590-760, it describes such world-changing events as the last great war of antiquity between Byzantium and Iran, the Arab conquests, the establishment of a Muslim empire, and the revolution that saw the capital of this empire shift from Damascus to Baghdad. Series: Translated Texts for Historians. Num Pages: 368 pages, 4 maps. BIC Classification: HBLA1. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 215 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 596.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846316975
ISBN
9781846316975
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 141.12

Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages, b/w & colour illus. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 3JJG; HBJD; HBLW; HBWP. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 158 x 261 x 17. Weight in Grams: 430.
Publisher
Sussex Academic Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845198077
ISBN
9781845198077
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 38.86

Paperback. Argues for a reading practice that accounts for the queerness of temporality, for the way past, present, and future time appear out of sequence and in dialogue in our thinking about history and texts. This book urges us to see how the indeterminacies of subjectivity found in literary texts challenge identitarian constructions. Series: Series Q. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 3JB; HBG; HBLH; JFSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3887 x 14. Weight in Grams: 286.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822336907
ISBN
9780822336907
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.12

paperback. Between 1640 and 1660, England, Scotland, and Ireland faced civil war, invasion, religious radicalism, parliamentary rule, and the restoration of the monarchy. This work offers the history that connects these cataclysmic events and the development of the infant plantations from Newfoundland to Surinam. Num Pages: 356 pages, 1 map, 1 table. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLH; HBTQ; HBTR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 510.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Edition
New Ed
Number of pages
356
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674024120
ISBN
9780674024120
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.23
€ 48.27

Hardcover. Land has been a dominant theme in modern Irish history, extending to political and cultural issues as well as permeating social and economic ones. Editor(s): King, Carla. Num Pages: 272 pages, index. BIC Classification: 1DBR; HBJD1; HBLL; HBLW; JFC; JFFC1; JPVH3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
University College Dublin Press Dublin
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9781900621472
ISBN
9781900621472
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 50.51
€ 47.01

Paperback. Original, comprehensive, and compelling, The Treasure of the San Jose separates popular myth from history and sheds light on the human lives associated with a "treasureship. Num Pages: 290 pages, 19, 15 black & white illustrations, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JF; HBJD; HBLL; HBTM; JWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 154 x 19. Weight in Grams: 472.
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
290
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421404165
ISBN
9781421404165
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 28.75

Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages, 90 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; AMC; AMG; HBJK; HBLL; JKSM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 273 x 217 x 11. Weight in Grams: 682.
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
First edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816649402
ISBN
9780816649402
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 29.14

Paperback. Num Pages: 312 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBG; HBLL; HBTB; HBTS; JFSC; JFSL3; JHBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 22. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814755259
ISBN
9780814755259
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.75

Paperback. An inquiry into the collective psychology of the ancient Romans that speaks not about military conquest, sober law, and practical politics, but about extremes of despair, desire, and envy. This title makes us uncomfortably familiar with a society struggling at or beyond the limits of human endurance. Num Pages: 224 pages, 2 halftones. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; HBJD; HBLA; HBTB; JMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 346.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691010915
ISBN
9780691010915
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.48
€ 42.35

Hardback. An exploration of the emotional and spiritual life of the ancient Romans, focusing on the sentiments of honour that shaped the Romans' sense of themselves and their society. The book draws on contemporary theories of the self and social theory to deepen the reader's understanding of ancient Rome. Num Pages: 339 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; HBG; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 490.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
339
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520225251
ISBN
9780520225251
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 56.89

Paperback. Menocchio's 500-year-old challenge to authority remains evocative and vital today. Translator(s): Tedeschi, John; Tedeschi, Anne C. Num Pages: 224 pages, 12, 12 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JB; HBJD; HBLH; HBTB; HRAM7; LAZ. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 154 x 15. Weight in Grams: 332.
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421409887
ISBN
9781421409887
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 26.68

Hardback. Editor(s): Hutchinson, D. S. Num Pages: 240 pages, 5 line illus. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; BGH; HBJD; HBLA1; HPCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 137 x 223 x 22. Weight in Grams: 428.
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
240
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691096537
ISBN
9780691096537
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.48

Hardcover. Drawing on a wealth of archival research, Carlos A. Forment demonstrates how citizens of Latin America established strong democratic traditions in their countries through the practice of democracy in their everyday lives. Series: Morality and Society Series. Num Pages: 456 pages, 9 maps, 19 figures, 11 tables. BIC Classification: 1KL; 3JF; 3JH; HBJK; HBLH; HBLL; JPHV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 167 x 33. Weight in Grams: 774.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
456
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226257150
ISBN
9780226257150
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 59.42
€ 50.37

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