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History: earliest times to present day

Paperback. .
Publisher
Pen & Sword Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781783463015
ISBN
9781783463015
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.61

Paperback. Num Pages: 275 pages, 24 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 142 x 37. Weight in Grams: 624.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Strategic Media Books United States
Number of pages
275
Condition
New
SKU
V9781939521231
ISBN
9781939521231
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 21.09

Paperback. Examines how popular culture has shaped the ways Americans define their 'interests' in the Middle East. Including the 9/11 and the Iraq war, this book argues that US foreign policy, while grounded in material and military realities, is also developed in a cultural context. Series: American Crossroads. Num Pages: 426 pages, 30 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1KBB; HBJF1; HBJK; HBLW3; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 152 x 228 x 26. Weight in Grams: 570.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
2 Rev ed
Number of pages
426
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520244993
ISBN
9780520244993
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 28.92

Hardcover. Drawing on the words of many of the spies themselves, 'Secrets in a Dead Fish' is a fascinating compendium of clever and original ruses that casts new light into the murky world of espionage during the First World War. Num Pages: 128 pages, 20 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJF; HBLW; HBWN; JWKF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 180 x 124 x 18. Weight in Grams: 210.
Publisher
Bodleian Library, University of Oxford
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781851242603
ISBN
9781851242603
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 7.44

Hardback. How wild and managed or artificially arranged environments coexist has long been a matter of intense debate among foresters and landscape professionals. In this study, Simo considers the developments of half a century, 1897-1949, when the contours of the debate were formed. Num Pages: 296 pages, 17 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AMV; HBJK; HBLW; RNA; RPG; WN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 30. Weight in Grams: 771.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
University of Virginia Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813921594
ISBN
9780813921594
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 60.48

Hardback. This new study explores how British youth was made, and how it made itself, over the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Adopting a chronological approach to a number of key themes and debates, Melanie Tebbutt compares and contrasts representations and lived experiences while emphasising diversity and the need to recognise regional differences. Series: Social History in Perspective. Num Pages: 288 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJD1; HBLW; HBTB; JFSP2. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 138 x 18. Weight in Grams: 482.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Edition
1st ed. 2014
SKU
V9780230243101
ISBN
9780230243101
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 111.73
€ 99.65

Paperback. Target success in AQA AS/A-level History with this proven formula for effective, structured revision; key content coverage is combined with exam preparation activities and exam-style questions to create a revision guide that students can rely on to review, strengthen and test their knowledge. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: 4KL; HBLW3; HBTW. Category: (E) Primary & Secondary Education. Dimension: 214 x 298 x 10. Weight in Grams: 314.
Publisher
Hodder Education
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781471876318
ISBN
9781471876318
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 16.67

Hardcover. Melek Ortabasi reassesses the influence of Yanagita Kunio (1875-1962), a folk scholar and elite bureaucrat, in shaping modern Japan's cultural identity. Only the second book-length English-language study of Yanagita, this book moves beyond his pioneering work in folk studies to reveal the full range of his contributions as a public intellectual. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 400 pages, illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white). BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 2GJ; BGL; DSB; HBJF; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 160 x 26. Weight in Grams: 640.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Harvard University Asia Center
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674492004
ISBN
9780674492004
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 45.13

Hardcover. Meletij Smotryc'kyj was at the centre of the debates that agitated Ruthenia in the period following the Union of Brest (1596). This collection of works, written by Smotryc'kyj over a period of 20 years, offers insight into the elite of early modern Rus' and their place in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. Translator(s): Frick, David A. Series: Harvard Library of Early Ukrainian Literature. Num Pages: 880 pages, 9 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVUK; 3JD; HBJD; HBLH; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 180 x 62. Weight in Grams: 1304.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Harvard University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
880
Condition
New
SKU
V9780916458645
ISBN
9780916458645
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 31.26

Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLSR; 3JJG; HBJK; HBLW; JPW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 161 x 23. Weight in Grams: 531.
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Bucknell University Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611484625
ISBN
9781611484625
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 150.24

Paperback. Explores the camera work of five women who directed their visions toward influencing social policy and cultural theory. Doris Ulmann, Dorothea Lange, Marion Post Wolcott, Margaret Bourke-White, and Berenice Abbott. Melissa McEuen considers the prisms though which they saw American culture in the 1920s and 1930s. Num Pages: 376 pages, 54 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; AJB; HBJK; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
University Press of Kentucky
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813190945
ISBN
9780813190945
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.18

Paperback. "Simultaneously published in the UK"--T.p. verso. Series: Critical Moments in American History. Num Pages: 216 pages, 5 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBBF; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL; HBWF. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 165 x 11. Weight in Grams: 306.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415895613
ISBN
9780415895613
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.78

Hardcover. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB; HBLA1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226312958
ISBN
9780226312958
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 56.45
€ 47.67

Hardback. The material lives of rural upcountry women improved dramatically by midcentury-yet in becoming middle class, Walker concludes, the women found their experiences both broadened and circumscribed. Series: Revisiting Rural America. Num Pages: 344 pages, 13, 13 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBF; 3JJG; HBJK; HBLW; JFSJ1; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 612.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801863189
ISBN
9780801863189
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 69.35

Paperback. With an executive order from President Franklin Roosevelt in 1941, the United States Marine Corps - the last all-white branch of the US military - was forced to begin recruiting and enlisting African Americans. This book tells the story of these pioneering African American Marines. Num Pages: 216 pages, 36 illustrations, 4 maps, bibl., index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; HBJK; HBLW3; HBW; JFSL3; JWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 340.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
The University of North Carolina Press United States
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780807861769
ISBN
9780807861769
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 21.95

This companion offers an overview of Richard M. Nixon s life, presidency, and legacy, as well as a detailed look at the evolution and current state, of Nixon scholarship. Editor(s): Small, Melvin. Series: Wiley Blackwell Companions to American History. Num Pages: 648 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW; JPHL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 251 x 178 x 41. Weight in Grams: 1318.
Publication date
2011
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
648
Condition
New
SKU
V9781444330175
ISBN
9781444330175
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 245.94

Paperback. Focusing on "Amos 'n' Andy", a nightly American radio comedy in the 1930s, this text unveils a tale of America's shifting colour line, in which two professional directors of blackface minstrel shows produced a series so complex that it won admirers ranging from ultra-racists to racial egalitarians. Num Pages: 360 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; APW; HBJK; HBLW; JFD; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 248 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 567.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Edition
10th ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813920924
ISBN
9780813920924
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.90

Paperback. In this first historical overview of the subject, Melvin Small examines the central role of domestic politics in the shaping and conduct of American foreign policy from the early republic to the end of the Cold War. Series: The American Moment. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLL; HBLW; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 156 x 230 x 14. Weight in Grams: 370.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801851780
ISBN
9780801851780
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 26.41

Paperback. Presents a detailed, non-partisan account of the demise of the Lamaist state. This book examines what happened and why. It balances the traditional focus on international relations with an emphasis on the intricate web of internal affairs and events that produced the fall of Tibet. It is suitable for students of Asian history. Num Pages: 936 pages, Ill.M. BIC Classification: 1FPCT; 3JJ; HBJF; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 155 x 46. Weight in Grams: 1276.
Publisher
University of California Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520075900
ISBN
9780520075900
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 57.63
€ 45.25

Paperback. It is not possible to fully understand contemporary politics between China and the Dalai Lama without understanding what happened - and why - during the 1950s. This work offers an understanding of that key period in midcentury. Num Pages: 676 pages, 26 b/w photographs, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPCT; 3JJPG; HBJF; HBLW3; JPS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 43. Weight in Grams: 964. The Calm Before the Storm: 1951-1955. 676 pages, Illustrations, maps. It is not possible to fully understand contemporary politics between China and the Dalai Lama without understanding what happened - and why - during the 1950s. This work offers an understanding of that key period in midcentury. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: 1FPCT; 3JJPG; HBJF; HBLW3; JPS. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 43. Weight: 928.
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
676
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520259959
ISBN
9780520259959
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 33.80

Paperback. Tensions over the 'Tibet Question' - the political status of Tibet - are escalating everyday. The Dalai Lama has gained broad international sympathy in his appeals for autonomy from China, yet the Chinese government maintains a hard-line position against it. This title presents a view of the conflict and a proposal for the future. Num Pages: 165 pages, 16 black-and-white photos. BIC Classification: 1FPCT; HBJF; HBLW; JFC; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 141 x 11. Weight in Grams: 232. China, Tibet and the Dalai Lama. 165 pages, 25 b&w illustrations. Tensions over the 'Tibet Question' - the political status of Tibet - are escalating everyday. The Dalai Lama has gained broad international sympathy in his appeals for autonomy from China, yet the Chinese government maintains a hard-line position against it. This title presents a view of the conflict and a proposal for the future. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1FPCT; HBJF; HBLW; JFC; JPS. Dimension: 209 x 141 x 11. Weight: 216.
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
165
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520219519
ISBN
9780520219519
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 22.70

Paperback. An as-told-to political autobiography of Phuntso Wangye (Phunwang), one of the most important Tibetan revolutionary figures of the twentieth century. It illuminates one of the world's most tragic and dangerous ethnic conflicts at the same time that it relates the details of a stormy life spent in the quest for a new Tibet. Num Pages: 400 pages, 25 b/w photographs, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPCT; BGH; HBJF; HBLW; JPW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 264 x 27. Weight in Grams: 572.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520249929
ISBN
9780520249929
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 23.58

Hardback. It is not possible to fully understand contemporary politics between China and the Dalai Lama without understanding what happened in the 1950's. This title examines the critical years of 1955 through 1957. Num Pages: 592 pages, 20 halftones and 6 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPCT; 3JJPG; HBJF; HBLW3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 163 x 44. Weight in Grams: 948.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
684
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520276512
ISBN
9780520276512
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 83.50
€ 63.58

Paperback. The first historical reexamination of the early years of the Cold War, tracing the evolution of the conflict. Editor(s): Leffler, Melvyn P.; Westad, Odd Arne. Series: The Cambridge History of the Cold War. Num Pages: 662 pages, 43 b/w illus. 6 maps. BIC Classification: 3JJP; HBG; HBLW3; HBTW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 1040.
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Number of pages
662
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781107602298
ISBN
9781107602298
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.64

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