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History: earliest times to present day

Hardback. This reinterpretation of the history of modern Spain from the Enlightenment to the threshold of the 21st century explains the surprising changes that took Spain from a backward and impoverished nation to one of the most developed economies in the world. Translator(s): Herr, Valerie J. Series: Harvard Historical Studies. Num Pages: 544 pages, 50 line illustrations, 3 maps, 69 tables. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLL; HBLW; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 40. Weight in Grams: 844.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
544
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674000940
ISBN
9780674000940
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 88.67
€ 80.51

Paperback. Argues that understanding the relation between death and conversion in the Andes involves not only considering the obvious attempts to destroy the cult of the dead, but also investigating a range of policies and strategies whose application demanded continuous negotiation between Spaniards and Andeans. Series: History, Languages and Cultures of the Spanish and Portuguese Worlds. Num Pages: 384 pages, 28 tables, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLSX; HBJD; HBLH; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 160 x 298 x 27. Weight in Grams: 560.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of Notre Dame Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780268040284
ISBN
9780268040284
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 37.22

Paperback. Illustrator(s): Rava, Giuseppe. Series: Men-at-Arms. Num Pages: 48 pages, 45 b/w; 15 col. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; HBW; JWD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 248 x 184 x 5. .
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781472819499
ISBN
9781472819499
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.51

Hardback. This work examines stories about Jewish assimilation by four authors: Grigory Bogrov, a Russian Jew; Eliza Orzeszkowa, a Polish Catholic; and Nikolai Leskov and Anton Chekhov, both Eastern Orthodox Russians. Series: Contraversions: Jews & Other Differences. Num Pages: 296 pages, 3 half-tones. BIC Classification: 1DV; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; HRJ; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 552.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804738309
ISBN
9780804738309
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 76.63

Hardcover. Num Pages: 300 pages, 75 color illustrations, 65 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 3H; HBJK; HBLC; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 261 x 188 x 31. Weight in Grams: 1124.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Dumbarton Oaks Research Library & Collection United States
Number of pages
300
Condition
New
SKU
V9780884023463
ISBN
9780884023463
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 46.30

Paperback. Gail Bederman investigates the connection between powerful manhood and racial dominance as it was debated, promoted and resisted during the decades around the turn of this century. Series: Women in Culture and Society Series. Num Pages: 308 pages, 12 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; JFF; JFSJ; JFSL1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 450.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
308
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226041391
ISBN
9780226041391
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 27.84

Hardback. What can we learn about the Chinese revolution by placing a doubly marginalized group - rural women - at the center of the inquiry? This title explores changes in the lives of seventy-two elderly women in rural Shaanxi province during the revolutionary decades of the 1950s and 1960s. Series: Asia Pacific Modern. Num Pages: 472 pages, 8 b/w photographs, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJPG; 3JJPK; HBJF; HBLW3; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 163 x 36. Weight in Grams: 780. Rural Women and China's Collective Past. Series: Asia Pacific Modern. 472 pages, Illustrations, maps. What can we learn about the Chinese revolution by placing a doubly marginalized group - rural women - at the center of the inquiry? This title explores changes in the lives of seventy-two elderly women in rural Shaanxi province during the revolutionary decades of the 1950s and 1960s. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJPG; 3JJPK; HBJF; HBLW3; HBTB; JFSJ1. Dimension: 225 x 163 x 36. Weight: 780.
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
472
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520267701
ISBN
9780520267701
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 83.99
€ 64.45

Paperback. Drawn from the daughters and wives of the working poor and declasse elites, prostitutes in Shanghai were near the bottom of class and gender hierarchies. This title examines prostitution in Shanghai from the late nineteenth century. Num Pages: 603 pages, 26 b/w photographs, 5 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; HBLW; HBTB; JFMX; JFSG; JFSJ1; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 44. Weight in Grams: 917.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
603
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520204393
ISBN
9780520204393
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.72

Paperback. BOOK THAT INSPIRED DOWNTON ABBEY Here is the American Heiress's story. Filled with tales of wealth and marriage, sex and snobbery - and 100-year-old gossip that's still scorching - To Marry an English Lord is heavily illustrated and an energetic presentation of popular history Num Pages: 416 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1KBB; HBJD1; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 149 x 14. Weight in Grams: 670.
Publisher
Workman Publishing Company
Number of pages
416
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780761171959
ISBN
9780761171959
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 16.58

Paperback. In this interdisciplinary study of drama, arts, and spirituality, Gail Gibson provides a reappraisal of 15th-century England through a detailed portrait of the flourishing cultures of Suffolk and Norfolk. Num Pages: 268 pages, 52 halftones. BIC Classification: DSBB; HBJD1; HBLC; HRC; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 156 x 16. Weight in Grams: 376.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
New edition
Number of pages
268
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226291024
ISBN
9780226291024
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 27.84

Hardcover. Num Pages: 250 pages. BIC Classification: BG; HBJD; HBLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 161 x 21. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
250
Condition
New
SKU
V9781590335031
ISBN
9781590335031
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 89.90
€ 69.28

Paperback. In the late nineteenth century, public officials throughout the United States began to experiment with new methods of managing their local economies and meeting the infrastructure needs of a newly urban, industrial nation. This title recounts the history of these inscrutable government corporations. Num Pages: 232 pages, 5 halftones, 3 line drawings, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW; JPP; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 229 x 2. Weight in Grams: 318.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226037721
ISBN
9780226037721
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 27.84

Paperback. The basic shape of American federal policy in housing as in many other areas, was determined during the New Deal - but not without conflict among movements and intellectuals advocating alternatives. One of these was "modern housing" - proposals for a radical rethinking of homes and neighbourhoods. Series: Historical Studies of Urban America. Num Pages: 284 pages, 24 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW; JKSB; JPQB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 460.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
284
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226702230
ISBN
9780226702230
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 33.64

Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 650 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3H; HBLA; LNDA1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 297 x 39. Weight in Grams: 978.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
650
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691625102
ISBN
9780691625102
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 97.01
€ 74.52

Hardback. A "g'adl" or hagiography, originally written by G'alawdewos thirty years after the subject's death, in 1672-1673. Translated from multiple manuscripts and versions. Num Pages: 544 pages, 64 color illus. 18 halftones. 4 tables. 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1HFGA; 3JD; HBJH; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 192 x 262 x 35. Weight in Grams: 1512.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691164212
ISBN
9780691164212
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.48

Hardback. On March 12, 1127, Charles the Good, Count of Flanders, was slain in the church of Saint Donatian in Bruges in a plot devised by an embittered noble family. This title presents a riveting portrait of the day-to-day political and social unrest that followed in the wake of Charles' murder and the military battles to control Flanders. Translator(s): Ross, James Bruce. Series: Records of Western Civilization Series. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDB; 3H; HBJD; HBLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 167. Weight in Grams: 681.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231136709
ISBN
9780231136709
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 118.30
€ 90.18

Paperback. On March 12, 1127, Charles the Good, Count of Flanders, was slain in the church of Saint Donatian in Bruges in a plot devised by an embittered noble family. This title presents a portrait of the day-to-day political and social unrest that followed in the wake of Charles' murder and the military battles to control Flanders. Translator(s): Ross, James Bruce. Series: Records of Western Civilization Series. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDB; 3H; HBJD; HBLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 161 x 18. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231136716
ISBN
9780231136716
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 30.87

Hardback. Editor(s): Owen-Crocker, Gale R.; Schneider, Brian W. Series: Pubns Manchester Centre for Anglo-Saxon Studies. Num Pages: 318 pages. BIC Classification: HBLC. Dimension: 237 x 164 x 27. Weight in Grams: 736.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Number of pages
318
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843838777
ISBN
9781843838777
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 115.88

Paperback. Bringing together advice and information from a group of eminent scholars, this title aims to develop in the reader an informed and realistic approach to the mechanisms for accessing and handling manuscripts in what may be limited time. It is suitable for students and fledgling researchers in Anglo-Saxon history and literature. Editor(s): Owen-Crocker, Gale R. Series: Exeter Medieval Texts and Studies. Num Pages: 336 pages, c. 50 b&w, c. 70 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ABA; ACK; CFL; DSBB; HBLC; HDDM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 247 x 169 x 25. Weight in Grams: 846.
Publisher
Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780859898416
ISBN
9780859898416
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 37.11

Paperback. The first illustrated edition of these remarkable first hand diaries from Italy's foreign minister during the 2nd World War Num Pages: 496 pages, 64 b & w photographs. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JJH; BJ; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 159 x 234 x 36. Weight in Grams: 742.
Publisher
Fonthill Media Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1St Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781781554487
ISBN
9781781554487
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 19.68

Paperback. An historical study of the Soviet labour camp movement based on recently declassified archives. The book examines the operations of the camp system both from within - who staffed it and how it worked - and as an integral part of Soviet totalitarianism. Num Pages: 234 pages, photographs, tables, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLW; JPHX; JPVH1; JPVR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 14. Weight in Grams: 354.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Inc United States
Number of pages
234
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780765604279
ISBN
9780765604279
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 58.72

Paperback. The two reporters, A.J.L. Fremantle and Whitelaw Reid, one traveling with the Union army and the other with the Confederates, are the authors of these two magnificent firsthand accounts of the battle of Gettysburg in 1863, the pivotal action of the Civil War. Editor(s): Gallagher, Gary W. Num Pages: 192 pages, Illustrations, 1 map. BIC Classification: BM; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 144 x 10. Weight in Grams: 208.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
2nd Edition
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405181129
ISBN
9781405181129
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 28.50

hardcover. Tells the history of a tiny country caught up in four major world crises from 1938 to 1989 and how the American print media presented these events to its readers. This book also discusses how American journalists and political cartoons portrayed, and in some cases stereotyped, Czechoslovakia during this period. Editor(s): Ference, Gregory C. Num Pages: 160 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVK; 1KBB; HBJD; HBLW; KNTJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 144 x 16. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
East European Monographs United States
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9780880335904
ISBN
9780880335904
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.92

Paperback. 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 11. Weight in Grams: 272.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
172
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804749190
ISBN
9780804749190
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.59

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