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History: earliest times to present day

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History: earliest times to present day

Paperback. An analysis of the nature and trajectory of Jamaica's foreign relations from 1972 to 1989. It argues that the relative autonomy of Jamaica declined due to the evolution of an international regime, which in effect disallowed the political, social and economic experimentation originally envisioned. Num Pages: 228 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KJWJ; 3JJPL; 3JJPN; HBJK; HBLW3; HBT; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 299.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
University of the West Indies Press Jamaica
Number of pages
228
Condition
New
SKU
V9789766400583
ISBN
9789766400583
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.91

Hardback. Num Pages: 272 pages, 12 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; 3JJH; HBJK; HBLW; HBWQ; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 165 x 242 x 24. Weight in Grams: 524.
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801453571
ISBN
9780801453571
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 60.31

Hardback. This book focuses on the identity and public personae of the dogaressa, wives of the elected doges of medieval and early modern Venice. The study traces the evolution of the public functions of the group of quasi-royal wives, rare for their visibility, during Venice's development into a regional economic and political power. Series: New Middle Ages. Num Pages: 312 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DST; HBJD; HBLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 548.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
St Martin's Press United States
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9780312294472
ISBN
9780312294472
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 145.14

Hardcover. Appointed to conquer the "crime capital of the world", the first Paris police chief faces an epidemic of murder. Num Pages: 336 pages, 8 pages of illustrations; 1 map. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JD; BG; BTC; HBJD; HBLL; JKV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 165 x 33. Weight in Grams: 630.
Publisher
W. W. Norton & Company
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393239782
ISBN
9780393239782
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 24.81

Paperback. This volume asserts that the three Kentucky Presidents - Lincoln, Taylor, and Davis - were shaped both personally and politically by their experiences in Kentucky, poised as it was on the border between North and South, the East and the Western frontier. Num Pages: 96 pages, 8 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBSK; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; JPF; JPHL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 8. Weight in Grams: 181.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
University Press of Kentucky
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813190532
ISBN
9780813190532
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 28.24

Paperback. The crisis facing the United States in 1850 was a dramatic prologue to the conflict that came a decade later. In this study, Holman Hamilton analyzes the complex events of the anxious months from December 1849, when the Senate debates began, until September 1850, when Congress passed the measures. Num Pages: 256 pages, 1ill.1M. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 336.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University Press of Kentucky
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813191362
ISBN
9780813191362
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.42

Paperback. Includes voices of women who traveled west in covered wagons during the 1840s including Tamsen Donner and young Virginia Reed, members of the ill-fated Donner party; Patty Sessions, the Mormon midwife who delivered five babies on the trail between Omaha and Salt Lake City; and, Rachel Fisher. Editor(s): Holmes, Kenneth L. Num Pages: 280 pages, Illus., map. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5182 x 3404 x 15. Weight in Grams: 308.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
Edition
Reprint
SKU
V9780803272774
ISBN
9780803272774
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 19.79

Paperback. Contains the diaries and letters of six Oregon-bound women, as well as the journal of an English Mormon woman who described her experience all the way from Liverpool to Salt Lake City. The words of these pioneer women convey their exhilaration, courage, exhaustion, and terror in traveling so far into the unknown. Editor(s): Holmes, Kenneth L. Num Pages: Illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 322.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803272873
ISBN
9780803272873
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 19.69

Paperback. A fresh interpretation of the disputed presidential election of 1876 between Rutherford Hayes and Samuel Tilden, which was characterized by allegations of election fraud and a narrow victory by a single electoral vote. Many historians consider this election the precursor to the bitterly divisive 2000 Bush-Gore election. Series: American Presidential Elections. Num Pages: 300 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; JPHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 146 x 17. Weight in Grams: 442.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Univ Pr of Kansas
Condition
New
SKU
V9780700617876
ISBN
9780700617876
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.82

Hardback. The Union Preserved: A Guide to the Civil War Records in the New York State Archives is a comprehensive reference work that, for the first time, makes available to a wide public one of the most important and extensive Civil War resources in the nation: the collections of the New York State Archives and Records Administration. Editor(s): Lorello, Daniel. Num Pages: 172 pages, Illustrations (some col.), maps, ports. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; GBC; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 4531 x 6466 x 25. Weight in Grams: 726.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
172
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823219001
ISBN
9780823219001
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 74.03

Hardback. Each November, Lincoln and Civil War enthusiasts mark the anniversary of the Gettysburg Address by gathering together for the annual Lincoln forum. This is a selection of the Lincoln Forum lectures which offer re-examinations of Lincoln as military leader, communicator, family man and icon. Editor(s): Simon, John Y. Series: North's Civil War S. Num Pages: 262 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; HBJK; HBLL; JPHL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 161 x 27. Weight in Grams: 619.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
262
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823222148
ISBN
9780823222148
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 100.78

Hardback. This volume engages critically with the Islamic perspective and promises offered by the revolution in Iran. It looks at the rise of the religious institution as a revolutionary force, observing that the government has failed to deliver on most of its pledges. Num Pages: 273 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FBN; HBJF1; HBLW3; JFSR2; JPH; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 500.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
273
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333484463
ISBN
9780333484463
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 122.40

Paperback. Presents a collection of court documents, testimonials, and letters, portraying the Spanish Inquisition in detail, offering fresh perspectives on such topics as the Inquisition's persecution of Jews and Muslims, the role of women in Spanish religious culture, and the Inquisition's construction and persecution of witchcraft. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 3JB; HBJD; HBLH; HRAM9; HRCC2. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 139 x 17. Weight in Grams: 378.
Publisher
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9780872207943
ISBN
9780872207943
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 19.69

Hardback. A collection of court documents, testimonials, and letters that portrays the Inquisition. This work offers fresh perspectives on topics: the Inquisition's persecution of Jews and Muslims, the role of women in Spanish religious culture, the Inquisition's construction and persecution of witchcraft, daily life inside an inquisition prison, and more. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1DSE; HBJD; HBLH; HRC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 146 x 24. Weight in Grams: 502.
Publisher
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
Number of pages
272
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Edition
1St Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780872207950
ISBN
9780872207950
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 54.46
€ 43.00

Paperback. Highlights the complex inter-action between indigenous activity and colonial governance, emphasizing how Japanese rule adapted to Korean and missionary initiatives Editor(s): Lee, Hong Yung; Ha, Yong-Chool; Sorensen, Clark W. Series: Center for Korean Studies Publication. Num Pages: 350 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPK; 3JJ; GTB; HBJF; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 31. Weight in Grams: 532.
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
350
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295992167
ISBN
9780295992167
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 41.76

Paperback. Joseph Mary Plunkett (1887-1916) from Dublin was one of the leaders of the 1916 Rising, the designer of the military plan and the youngest signatory of the Proclamation. A recognised poet, he was already dying of TB when, aged 28, he married Grace Gifford in Kilmainham Gaol, just hours before he was exectuted on May 4th, 1916. Series: 16Lives. Num Pages: 448 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JJF; BGH; HBJD1; HBLW; HBTV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 139 x 204 x 33. Weight in Grams: 444.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
The O'Brien Press
Condition
New
SKU
9781847172693
ISBN
9781847172693
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 7.99
€ 7.81

Hardcover. Series: The Lamar Series in Western History. Num Pages: 216 pages, 4 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1KBBSK; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 166 x 243 x 24. Weight in Grams: 478.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Yale University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300154139
ISBN
9780300154139
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.30

paperback. Introduces readers to an Iran that few people see, meeting opium-smoking clerics, women cab drivers and sartorially challenged presidential officials, among others. This work reveals a country where both t-shirt wearing teenagers and religious martyrs express pride in their Persian origins, that is deeply religious yet highly cosmopolitan. Num Pages: 288 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBN; HBJF1; HBLW; HBLX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 199 x 128 x 19. Weight in Grams: 216.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Penguin
Condition
New
SKU
9780141047416
ISBN
9780141047416
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.60

paperback. Firsthand accounts from the Civil Rights Movement's frontlines Editor(s): Huntley, Horace; McKerley, John W. Num Pages: 264 pages, 7 photographs; 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBBSB; 3JJPK; HBJK; HBLW3; HBTD; JFSL3; JPVH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 153 x 19. Weight in Grams: 404.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
Edition
First Edition
SKU
V9780252076688
ISBN
9780252076688
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.48

Hardcover. A four-volume edition of Horace Walpole's "Memoirs of the Reign of King George III". It provides Walpole's text in its entirety, unabridged and unexpurgated, with an introduction and annotation designed to help reassess the value of the memoirs as historical evidence. Series: The Yale Edition of Horace Walpole's Correspondence. Num Pages: 1088 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JF; 3JH; BM; HBJD1; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 137. Weight in Grams: 3178.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
1040
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300070149
ISBN
9780300070149
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 219.09
€ 170.78

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