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History: earliest times to present day

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History: earliest times to present day

hardcover. In 1946, the people of the French Antilles-the Caribbean islands of Martinique and Guadeloupe-chose the path of assimilation rather than independence from France. Their histories offer an important contrast to the wars of decolonization following World War II. Num Pages: 288 pages, 11 illus. BIC Classification: 1KJ; HBJK; HBLW3; HBTQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 164 x 25. Weight in Grams: 532.
Format
Hardback
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Publication date
2016
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780195382839
ISBN
9780195382839
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 134.14

Paperback. Follow Richard III through the resplendent castles, towering cathedrals, manor houses and chapels associated with his controversial life. Num Pages: 320 pages, 98. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3H; HBJD1; HBLC; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 126 x 31. Weight in Grams: 244.
Publisher
Amberley Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781445659978
ISBN
9781445659978
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.94

Paperback. Series: Urban Life, Landscape and Policy. Num Pages: 294 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW; JFSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Temple University Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
294
Condition
New
SKU
V9781439912065
ISBN
9781439912065
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.73

hardcover. The Power of Song analyzes the music of Franciscan and Jesuit mission communities in the Spanish-American borderlands. Num Pages: 336 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 3J; HBJD; HBLH; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 30. Weight in Grams: 635.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804770866
ISBN
9780804770866
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 81.63

Paperback. After decades of civil war and instability, the African country of Angola is experiencing an economic boom thanks to its most valuable natural resource: oil. Focusing on the everyday realities of people living in the extraction zones, this work explores the exclusion, degradation and violence that are the fruits of petrocapitalism in Angola. Series: Global, Area, and International Archive. Num Pages: 338 pages, 12 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1HFMA; HBJH; HBLX; KNBP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 472.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
338
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520258228
ISBN
9780520258228
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 30.14

Paperback. Num Pages: 238 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBLW; JPWF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 151 x 18. Weight in Grams: 384.
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226727998
ISBN
9780226727998
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 28.88

Paperback. .
Publisher
Verso Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784780548
ISBN
9781784780548
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 14.44

Paperback. Num Pages: 328 pages, 26, 25 black & white halftones, 1 tables. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLW; JFD; JPQB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 478.
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801479755
ISBN
9780801479755
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.25

Paperback. Did you know that blue eyes, baldness, bad breath and boils were all considered bodily 'blights' by Medieval Arabs, as were cross eyes, lameness and deafness? What assumptions about bodies influenced this particular vision of physical difference? How did blighted people view their own bodies? This book deals with these questions. Num Pages: 168 pages, 4 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: HBJF1; HBLH; HRH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 233 x 9. Weight in Grams: 268.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748695881
ISBN
9780748695881
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 33.08

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Edition
0th Edition
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822346760
ISBN
9780822346760
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.82

Hardback. A leading proponent of knowledge exchanges within East Asia and of an international cultural studies insists that those on both sides of the imperial divide must assess the conduct, motives, and consequences of imperialism. Num Pages: 344 pages, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1F; HBJF; HBLW3; HBTR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 236 x 160 x 28. Weight in Grams: 612.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822346647
ISBN
9780822346647
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 115.33

Paperback. In 31 chapters, this Companion systematically covers the literary and archaeological evidence for all regions of the Greek world and all aspects of archaic Greek society and culture, including their Mediterranean context and the impact of non-Greek cultures on their development. Editor(s): Wees, Hans van. Series: Blackwell Companions to the Ancient World. Num Pages: 750 pages, maps, figs. BIC Classification: HBLA; HDD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 246 x 172 x 35. Weight in Grams: 1194.
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Inc
Number of pages
750
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781118451380
ISBN
9781118451380
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.50

Paperback. Presents a debate about the origins of Athenian democracy. This book addresses such questions as: Why was democracy first realized in ancient Greece? Was democracy 'invented' or did it evolve over a long period of time? And what were the conditions for democracy, the social and political foundations that made this development possible? Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBLA; JPHV. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 227 x 157 x 21. Weight in Grams: 366.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of California Press
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520258099
ISBN
9780520258099
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 26.65

Hardcover. Recent years have seen powerful developments in the study of archaic Greece, with the emergence of new areas of interest, new ways of thinking about old problems, radical new approaches to the sources and new evidence. Editor(s): Wees, Hans van. Series: Blackwell Companions to the Ancient World. Num Pages: 750 pages, maps, figs. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 251 x 183 x 50. Weight in Grams: 1524.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
750
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631230458
ISBN
9780631230458
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 219.79

Hardcover. Thinking, Recording, and Writing History in the Ancient World presents a cross-cultural comparison of the ways in which ancient civilizations thought about the past and recorded their own histories, featuring contributions by an international group of scholars working in many disciplines. . Series: Ancient World: Comparative Histories. Num Pages: 440 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HBAH; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 252 x 180 x 26. Weight in Grams: 830.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
440
Condition
New
SKU
V9781118412503
ISBN
9781118412503
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 163.84

Hardback. * The first book to focus on war and peace in the ancient world. * Takes a global perspective, covering a large number of early civilizations, from China, India and West Asia, through the Mediterranean to the Americas. Series: Ancient World: Comparative Histories. Num Pages: 400 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLA; JW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 179 x 27. Weight in Grams: 836.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405145251
ISBN
9781405145251
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 125.02

Paperback. * The first book to focus on war and peace in the ancient world. * Takes a global perspective, covering a large number of early civilizations, from China, India and West Asia, through the Mediterranean to the Americas. Series: Ancient World: Comparative Histories. Num Pages: 400 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLA; JWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 174 x 247 x 26. Weight in Grams: 694.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405145268
ISBN
9781405145268
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 55.18

Hardback. This fascinating volume brings together leading specialists who have analyzed the thoughts and records documenting the worldviews of a wide range of pre-modern societies. The book presents evidence from across the ages; from antiquity through to the Age of Discovery. Editor(s): Raaflaub, Kurt A.; Talbert, Richard J. A. Series: Ancient World: Comparative Histories. Num Pages: 376 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 251 x 170 x 26. Weight in Grams: 790.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
376
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405191463
ISBN
9781405191463
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 153.84

Paperback. More than a history of a train station, this book is the story of a city and an age as reflected in a building aptly described as a secular cathedral. Num Pages: 264 pages, 176, 82 black & white illustrations, 6 black & white illustrations, 82 black & white half. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JJ; AMG; HBJK; HBLW; TBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 16. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9781421411927
ISBN
9781421411927
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 31.96

paperback. Leading scholar K. C. Chang challenges long-standing conceptions of the rise of political authority in ancient China. This strikingly illustrated book is a persuasive demonstration of the importance of an interdisciplinary approach to the study of early civilizations. Num Pages: 160 pages, Illustrated. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; HBLA; HBTB; JPV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 8. Weight in Grams: 227.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1988
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
Edition
Revised ed.
SKU
V9780674048089
ISBN
9780674048089
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 30.87

Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages, 1 x 8pp colour plate. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJPN; HBJD1; HBLW3; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 21. Weight in Grams: 204.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781408859186
ISBN
9781408859186
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.72

Paperback. This fascinating book shows how the later years of the British Empire were characterised by accidental oversights, irresponsible opportunism and uncertain pragmatism Num Pages: 480 pages, Illustrations (some col.), map. BIC Classification: 1QDB; 3JJ; 3JM; HBJD1; HBLW; HBLX; HBTQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 145 x 197 x 31. Weight in Grams: 416. Britain's Legacies in the Modern World. 480 pages, Illustrations (some col.), map. This fascinating book shows how the later years of the British Empire were characterised by accidental oversights, irresponsible opportunism and uncertain pragmatism. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1QDB; 3JJ; 3JM; HBJD1; HBLW; HBLX; HBTQ. Dimension: 145 x 197 x 31. Weight: 350.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
480
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781408829004
ISBN
9781408829004
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 16.31

Paperback. Britain is at a cross-roads; from the economy, to the education system, to social mobility, Britain must learn the rules of the 21st century, or face a slide into mediocrity. Brittania Unchained travels around the world, exploring the nations that are triumphing in this new age, seeking lessons Britain must implement to carve out a bright future. Num Pages: 152 pages, 5 figures, 1 colour line drawings, 1 colour tables. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JM; HBJD1; HBLX; JF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 12. Weight in Grams: 176.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
152
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137032232
ISBN
9781137032232
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.16

Paperback. Challenges traditional interpretations of who was called to serve during during King Philip's War Series: Warfare and Culture Series. Num Pages: 340 pages, 17. BIC Classification: 1KBBE; 3JD; HBJK; HBLH; HBW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 466.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
340
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814797341
ISBN
9780814797341
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.83

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