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History: earliest times to present day

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History: earliest times to present day

Hardcover. Thomas More remains one of the most enigmatic thinkers in history, due in large part to the enduring mysteries surrounding his best-known work, Utopia. He has been variously thought of as a reformer and a conservative, a civic humanist and a devout Christian, a proto-communist and a monarchical absolutist. Series: Classic Thinkers. Num Pages: 180 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JB; HBJD1; HBLH; HPCB; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 154 x 20. Weight in Grams: 416.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Polity
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745692166
ISBN
9780745692166
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 71.21

Paperback. Thomas More remains one of the most enigmatic thinkers in history, due in large part to the enduring mysteries surrounding his best-known work, Utopia. He has been variously thought of as a reformer and a conservative, a civic humanist and a devout Christian, a proto-communist and a monarchical absolutist. Series: Classic Thinkers. Num Pages: 180 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JB; HBJD1; HBLH; HPCB; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 176 x 287 x 19. Weight in Grams: 288.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Polity
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745692173
ISBN
9780745692173
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 22.38

Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages, 9. BIC Classification: 1KBBE; 3JF; 3JH; HBJK; HBLH; HBLL; HBTS; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 485.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801484377
ISBN
9780801484377
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 33.43

Hardback. Adopting an alternative approach to the question of difference, this title examines what it meant to be mestizo in the early colonial era. It draws on lively vignettes culled from the 16th and 17th-century archives of the New Kingdom of Granada to show that individuals classified as "mixed" were not members of coherent sociological groups. Num Pages: 368 pages, 6 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KL; HBJK; HBLH; HBTQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 157 x 25. Weight in Grams: 857.
Publisher
Duke University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822356295
ISBN
9780822356295
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 123.23

Paperback. Looking at what it meant to be mestizo (of mixed parentage) in early colonial Spanish America, Joanne Rappaport finds fluid identification processes rooted in an epistemology entirely distinct from modern racial discourses. Num Pages: 368 pages, 6 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KL; HBG; HBLL; JFC; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 229 x 20. Weight in Grams: 492.
Publisher
Duke University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822356363
ISBN
9780822356363
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 31.26

Paperback. Num Pages: 312 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBL; HBTB; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 384.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349350032
ISBN
9781349350032
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 61.90

Hardcover. Translator(s): Wall, Richard. Series: European Expansion & Global Interaction. Num Pages: 306 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DSP; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; HBTB; HBTS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 241 x 167 x 22. Weight in Grams: 596.
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781571814470
ISBN
9781571814470
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 152.90

Paperback. Hailed as a classic in the Portuguese language, this remarkable intellectual biography of the campaigner who fought to abolish slavery in Brazil is published for the first time in English. Editor(s): Bethell, Leslie. Num Pages: 256 pages, ill. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 146 x 215 x 22. Weight in Grams: 390.
Publisher
Signal Books Ltd
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781908493668
ISBN
9781908493668
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 19.45

Hardback. Fifty years after the triumph of the Cuban Revolution and the establishment of a Marxist-Leninist regime in Cuba, the two fundamental dimensions of this historical phenomenon are the survival of the system created by Fidel Castro and the policy of the United States to terminate it. Num Pages: 220 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KJC; 3JJP; HBJK; HBLW; HBTV; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 148 x 18. Weight in Grams: 370.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
220
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230619265
ISBN
9780230619265
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 44.11

Paperback. Traces how the strain of militant Islam behind ISIS first arose in a remote Jordanian prison and spread to become the world's greatest threat. This title shows how the zeal of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi and the strategic mistakes of Western governments led to the banner of ISIS being raised over huge swathes of Syria and Iraq. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: 1FB; 3JMG; HBJF1; HBLX; HBTV; JPSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 32. Weight in Grams: 342.
Publisher
Corgi
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780552172882
ISBN
9780552172882
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.17

Paperback. Four areas in Southern Egypt, around Lake Nasser, now contain ancient monuments that were reconstructed and moved from their original positions during the building of the Aswan High Dam in the 1960s. This guide describes each monument in detail, highlighting its history, religion and art. Num Pages: 154 pages, 10 b&w photographs, bibliography. BIC Classification: 1HBE; AMGD; HBJH; HBLA; HDDG; HRKP1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 139. Weight in Grams: 250.
Publisher
American University in Cairo Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Condition
New
SKU
V9789774244629
ISBN
9789774244629
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.01

Paperback. How did Spain become the greatest power in sixteenth century Europe? This book examines whether the sixteenth century was a golden age for Spain culturally as well as in terms of society and economy. Series: Questions and Analysis in History. Num Pages: 160 pages, illustrations geneal table., maps. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 3H; 3J; HBJD; HBLC; HBLH; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 220.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415222662
ISBN
9780415222662
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 49.52

Paperback. Presents the story of the life and premature death of Tom Hurndall. Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations, map. BIC Classification: 1FBP; 3JMC; BG; HBJF1; HBLX; JPW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 242. The Life and Tragic Death of Tom Hurndal. 320 pages, Illustrations, map. Presents the story of the life and premature death of Tom Hurndall. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1FBP; 3JMC; BG; HBJF1; HBLX; JPW. Dimension: 197 x 130 x 21. Weight: 242.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780747592884
ISBN
9780747592884
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.91

Hardback. A rich narrative of the 1975 International Women's Year Conference in Mexico City, where the idiom "sisterhood is powerful" was fractured by global feminism. Num Pages: 344 pages, 35 halftones. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBLW3; HBTB; JFSJ1. Dimension: 235 x 156. .
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195327687
ISBN
9780195327687
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.91

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; HBLA; HDDK; HRAX; HRKP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 280 x 216 x 13. Weight in Grams: 771.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691642277
ISBN
9780691642277
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 109.55

Hardback. In 1907, Grace Oakeshott faked her own death by drowning. Aged 35, she left a marriage and a successful professional life in England and fled with her lover, Walter Reeve, to New Zealand. What prompted her to do so? Jocelyn Robson traces her life story through social, political and religious reform movements of the fin de siecle period. Num Pages: 256 pages, 35 black & white halftones, 3 maps, 3 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; JFSJ1; JPW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 159. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
1st ed. 2016
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137311832
ISBN
9781137311832
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 41.32

Hardback. On the eight-hundredth anniversary of the Magna Carta, Women and the Magna Carta investigates what the charter meant for women's rights and freedoms from an historical and legal perspective. Num Pages: 162 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBLC1; JFSJ1; LAQG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 141 x 13. Weight in Grams: 359.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st ed. 2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137562340
ISBN
9781137562340
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.68

Hardcover. This book not only examines Nazi imperial architecture, armament and plans to regain colonies but also reveals what Hitler said in moments of truth. The author presents many new sources and information, including Hitler's little known intention to attack New York City with long-range bombers in the days of Pearl Harbor. Num Pages: 220 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJG; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 176 x 235 x 16. Weight in Grams: 480. Nazi Architecture and Ultimate War Aims. 200 pages. This book not only examines Nazi imperial architecture, armament and plans to regain colonies but also reveals what Hitler said in moments of truth. The author presents many new sources and information, including Hitler's little known intention to attack New York City with long-range bombers in the days of Pearl Harbor. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJG; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ. Dimension: 176 x 235 x 16. Weight: 414.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Number of pages
220
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857454621
ISBN
9780857454621
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 152.03

Hardcover. The end of empire shaped the way the British public saw their place in the world, society and the ethnic and racial boundaries of their nation. Focussing on some of the most controversial organisations of the 1960s, this book illuminates their central importance in constructing post-imperial Britain. Num Pages: 258 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD1; HBLW; HBTB; HBTQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 138 x 24. Weight in Grams: 436.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137008909
ISBN
9781137008909
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 62.92

Paperback. Re-evaluates the events and personalities of the War of Independence in Tipperary. This book looks back on Ireland's struggle for freedom. It is a journey into a turbulent period in Ireland's past - the past of charismatic guerrilla leader Sean Treacy, Tipperary's Flying Columns and the horrors of Croke Park's 'Bloody Sunday'. Num Pages: 224 pages, Illustrations, map, photos. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JJF; 3JJG; HBJD1; HBLW; JPWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 192 x 130 x 18. Weight in Grams: 226.
Publisher
Mercier Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
9781856355544
ISBN
9781856355544
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 11.29

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