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History: earliest times to present day

Hardback. This is the third of four volumes detailing the history of Soviet foreign policy from the Great Depression to the Great Patriotic War. Its subject is the threat from the East posed by militaristic Japan after the latter's conquest of Manchuria in 1931-32. Series: Studies in Soviet History and Society. Num Pages: 215 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVU; HBJD; HBLW; JPQB; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 430.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
215
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333300510
ISBN
9780333300510
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 185.31

Paperback. .
Publisher
Y Lolfa
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784613747
ISBN
9781784613747
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 19.69

Paperback. This volume offers an overview of Britain's development since the end of World War II. The book draws together the themes that have dominated discussion amongst scholars and media commentators, and provides a useful introduction for students of contemporary British history, politics and society. Editor(s): Hollowell, Jonathan. Series: Making Contemporary Britain. Num Pages: 480 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJP; HBJD1; HBLW3; HBTB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 245 x 172 x 37. Weight in Grams: 870.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
480
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631209683
ISBN
9780631209683
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 55.83

paperback. This is the first general account of Dutch hegemony in trade, shipping, and finance between 1585 and 1740. Professor Israel, the leading historian in this field, uses a wide range of sources to explain why, despite its small size and population, the Dutch Republic functioned as the hub of world trade for nearly two centuries. Series: Clarendon Paperbacks. Num Pages: 484 pages, 4 figures, 12 maps. BIC Classification: 1DDN; 3JB; 3JD; 3JF; HBJD; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 141 x 27. Weight in Grams: 654.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
Oxford University Press, USA United Kingdom
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
484
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198211396
ISBN
9780198211396
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 88.23

Paperback. Jonathan Israel's radical new account of the late Enlightenment highlights forgotten currents and figures. Running counter to mainstream thinking, he demonstrates how a group of philosophe-revolutionnaires provided the intellectual powerhouse of the French Revolution, and how their ideas connect with modern Western democracy. Num Pages: 1088 pages, 16 page plate section. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JF; HBJD; HBLL; HPCD1; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 155 x 59. Weight in Grams: 1588.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Number of pages
1088
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199668090
ISBN
9780199668090
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 60.10

Paperback. Num Pages: 888 pages, 15 halftones. 7 line illus. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JF; HBJD; HBLL; HBTV2; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 158 x 234 x 47. Weight in Grams: 1218.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691169712
ISBN
9780691169712
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 27.60

hardcover. This book is a richly detailed exploration of the complex and cosmopolitan urban culture inhabited by the Presbyterian elite of late-Georgian Belfast, which will prove to be of interest to a wide range of scholars working on the political, cultural and intellectual histories of both Ireland and Britain during the age of reform. Series: Reappraisals in Irish History. Num Pages: 284 pages, 2 black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1DBKN; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 181 x 241 x 21. Weight in Grams: 580.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Liverpool University Press
Condition
New
SKU
9781846318481
ISBN
9781846318481
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 99.99
€ 6.49

Hardback. Using archival sources and interviews with key participants, new insight is gained to how the Lib-Lab Pact of 1977-78 - an agreement, short of a full coalition - came about, was structured and implemented, and how Liberal leader, David Steel, might have achieved significant policy concessions on electoral reform. Num Pages: 256 pages, 4 black & white tables, 1 graphs. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJPL; HBJD1; HBLW; JPL; JPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 141. Weight in Grams: 454.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st ed. 2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137527684
ISBN
9781137527684
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.66

Series: Cornell Studies in Money. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JM; HBJK; HBLX; JFFS; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 163 x 18. Weight in Grams: 454.
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801450990
ISBN
9780801450990
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 26.81

Paperback. The Greater War is an international history of the First World War. Comprising of thirteen chapters this collection of essays covers new aspects of the French, German, Italian and American efforts in the First World War, as well as aspects of Britain's colonial campaigns. Editor(s): Krause, Jonathan. Series: Studies in Military and Strategic History. Num Pages: 280 pages, 5 black & white tables. BIC Classification: 3JJF; HBJD; HBJQ; HBLW; HBWN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 150 x 16. Weight in Grams: 356.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
2014th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137360649
ISBN
9781137360649
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.44

Paperback. Num Pages: 232 pages, 25 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFMB; 3JJH; HBJH; HBLW; HBWQ; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 20. Weight in Grams: 262.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780750956659
ISBN
9780750956659
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.54

Hardback. This volume contains five biographical sources, translated into English for the first time , about noblemen and noblewomen living in twelfth-century Germany. Series: Manchester Medieval Sources. Num Pages: 304 pages, 5 maps, 2 charts, 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3H; HBJD; HBLC1; HRAM2; HRAX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 138. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Manchester University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719091025
ISBN
9780719091025
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 138.51

Paperback. For centuries following the fall of Rome, Western Europe was backward and benighted, locked into the Dark Ages. Arab culture, however, was thriving, and had become a powerhouse of intellectual exploration and discussion that dazzled the likes of British adventurer Adelard of Bath. This title restores credit to the Arab thinkers of the past. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLC1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 17. Weight in Grams: 240. How the Arabs Transformed Western Civilization. 272 pages. For centuries following the fall of Rome, Western Europe was backward and benighted, locked into the Dark Ages. Arab culture, however, was thriving, and had become a powerhouse of intellectual exploration and discussion that dazzled the likes of British adventurer Adelard of Bath. This title restores credit to the Arab thinkers of the past. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: HBG; HBLC1. Dimension: 213 x 129 x 21. Weight: 206.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9781408801215
ISBN
9781408801215
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.17

Hardback. Los Angeles Times Book Prize Finalist in History A dramatic work of historical detection illuminating one of the most significant-and long forgotten-Supreme Court cases in American history. Num Pages: 400 pages, 8 pages of illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1QSA; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTM; HBTS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 168 x 38. Weight in Grams: 720.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9780871406750
ISBN
9780871406750
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 27.98

Paperback. The newly updated and expanded A History of the Archaic Greek World provides theme-based coverage of the years 1200-479 BCE. By revisiting the evidence from the period with a critical and analytical eye, Jonathan M. Series: Blackwell History of the Ancient World. Num Pages: 392 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HBJD; HBLA; HDDK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 172 x 18. Weight in Grams: 592.
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
Number of pages
392
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781118301272
ISBN
9781118301272
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 56.16

Paperback. Is it possible to trace the footprints of the historical Sokrates in Athens? Is the tomb beneath the high altar of St Peter's Basilica home to the apostle Peter? This book examines the relationship between ancient history and archaeology and reveals the possibilities and limitations of using archaeological evidence in writing about the past. Num Pages: 256 pages, 26 halftones, 29 line drawings, 10 tables. BIC Classification: 1D; 1QDA; HBJD; HBLA1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 279 x 15. Weight in Grams: 656.
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226096988
ISBN
9780226096988
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 42.71

Hardcover. This work explores the question of national identity in the context of Ancient Greece, drawing on a wide range of evidence to determine when, how, why and to what extent the Greeks conceived themselves as a single people. Num Pages: 336 pages, 5 maps, 6 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HBJD; HBLA; HPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 160 x 25. Weight in Grams: 632.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226313290
ISBN
9780226313290
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 95.07
€ 78.49

Paperback. Jonathan M. Hall explores questions of ethnic and national identity in the context of ancient Greece in Hellenicity, drawing on an exceptionally wide range of evidence to determine when, how, why, and to what extent the Greeks conceived themselves as a single people. Num Pages: 312 pages, 6 b/w figs, 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HBJD; HBLA; JMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 486.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226313306
ISBN
9780226313306
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 37.15

Paperback. .
Publisher
Short Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780722429
ISBN
9781780722429
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.39

Paperback. In the late 19th century, the port of Massawa on the Red Sea was a thriving, vibrant, multiethnic commercial hub. This title tells the story of how Massawa rose to prominence as one of Northeast Africa's important shipping centres. It constructs the social, material, religious, and cultural history of this mercantile community. Num Pages: 400 pages, 35 b&w photos, 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1HFGE; 3JH; HBJH; HBLL; HBTB; JFSL3; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 28. Weight in Grams: 666.
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
360
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253220790
ISBN
9780253220790
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.70

Hardcover. A guide to the uniforms of Britain, France, Russia, America, Germany and Austro-Hungary that features over 450 colour illustrations. It charts the developments in military uniform in relation to a shifting world with analysis and commentary. Num Pages: 256 pages, 450 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: GB; HBLW; HBWN; JWTU. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 304 x 237 x 26. Weight in Grams: 1350.
Publisher
Anness Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780754823407
ISBN
9780754823407
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.16

Hardcover. This work is a reappraisal of Sir Anthony Eden's conduct of foreign relations during the Suez crisis of 1956. It details the confusion and failed attempts at negotiation that eventually culminated in the reluctant gamble. Num Pages: 264 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1QDB; 3JJPG; HBJD1; HBLW3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 154 x 217 x 20. Weight in Grams: 436.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
264
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333984512
ISBN
9780333984512
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 123.46

Paperback. .
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405872935
ISBN
9781405872935
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 51.09

Paperback. Explores the conflict of ideas, beliefs and cultures and shows both the contradictions and diversity of holy war. This book draws on contemporary writings - on chronicles, songs, sermons, travel diaries and peace treaties - to focus on people and events we thought we knew well. Num Pages: 448 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 3H; HBLC1; HBWC; HRAX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 26. Weight in Grams: 330.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Number of pages
448
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845950781
ISBN
9781845950781
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.61

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