History: earliest times to present day
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History: earliest times to present day
Hardback. Renaissance debates about politics and gender led to pioneering forms of poor relief, devised to help women get a start in life. These included orphanages for illegitimate children and forced labor in workhouses, but also women's shelters and early forms of maternity benefits, unemployment insurance, food stamps, and credit union savings plans. Series: I Tatti Studies in Italian Renaissance History. Num Pages: 400 pages, 3 halftones, 13 line illustrations, 4 tables. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JB; 3JD; HBJD; HBLH; JFFA; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 242 x 166 x 31. Weight in Grams: 736.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Number of pages
- 400
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674067097
- ISBN
- 9780674067097
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.94€ 57.82
€ 62.94
€ 57.82
Paperback. Terpstra's meticulous investigation not only uncovers the sad fate of the lost girls of the Casa della Pieta but explores broader themes, including gender relations, public health, church politics, and the challenges girls and adolescent women faced in Renaissance Florence. Num Pages: 266 pages, 10, 10 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1DST; HBJD; HBLC1; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 20. Weight in Grams: 376.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421407722
- ISBN
- 9781421407722
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.26
€ 44.26
Paperback. Explores the lived experience of empire in the Pacific, the last region to be contacted and colonized by Europeans following the great voyages of Captain Cook. This title reveals that there was gain as well as loss, survival as well as suffering, and invention as well as exploitation. Num Pages: 356 pages, 50 black-&-white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1MK; 3JH; HBJM; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 163 x 231 x 26. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 356
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300180565
- ISBN
- 9780300180565
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Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 17.90
€ 23.99
€ 17.90
Hardcover. Num Pages: 129 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; HBJD; HBLW; JPFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 159 x 15. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 129
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781560724070
- ISBN
- 9781560724070
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 90.32€ 69.63
€ 90.32
€ 69.63
Paperback. Magna Carta has long been considered the foundation stone of the British Constitution, yet few people today understand either its contents or its context. With a full English translation of the 1215 charter, Nicholas Vincent introduces the document to a modern audience; explaining its origins and tracing the significance of its role in our history. Series: Very Short Introductions. Num Pages: 152 pages, Approx 10 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3H; HBJD1; HBLC; JPHC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 114 x 173 x 8. Weight in Grams: 142.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Number of pages
- 152
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199582877
- ISBN
- 9780199582877
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.68
€ 13.99
€ 11.68
Paperback. Drawing on recent extensive archival research, this book looks at the publication and survival of Magna Carta. It also tells the story of how a peace treaty between a group of barons and a medieval English king became one of the chief cornerstones of civil liberties, informing universal ideas of liberty and justice across the centuries. Num Pages: 288 pages, 165 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3H; HBJD1; HBLC1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 250 x 210. .
- Publisher
- The Bodleian Library United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781851243631
- ISBN
- 9781851243631
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.86
€ 33.99
€ 24.86
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Pearson Education Limited United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781408245637
- ISBN
- 9781408245637
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.99€ 47.20
€ 48.99
€ 47.20
Hardcover. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations, map. BIC Classification: 1FCA; 1KBB; HBJF; HBLW3; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 146 x 23. Weight in Grams: 422.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780470134009
- ISBN
- 9780470134009
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.07
€ 30.99
€ 27.07
Paperback. Tells the history of how the United States government, along with private philanthropies like the Ford and Rockefeller foundations, aimed to win the hearts and bodies of rural Asia in the post World War II decades by crafting strategies to develop and modernize agriculture and the peasant's way of life. Num Pages: 368 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1F; 1KBB; 3JJP; HBJF; HBJK; HBLW3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 159 x 22. Weight in Grams: 542.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Number of pages
- 368
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674725812
- ISBN
- 9780674725812
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 29.95
€ 34.99
€ 29.95
Hardcover. Berlin Then and Now features the dramatic changes wrought by the Nazi building programme, Allied bombing, Cold War division and the post-reunification building boom. Series: Then and Now. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: 1DFG; AJ; HBJD; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 252 x 288 x 17. Weight in Grams: 954.
- Publisher
- Pavilion
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Bilingual
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781910904787
- ISBN
- 9781910904787
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 18.16
€ 26.99
€ 18.16
Hardback. This book is an accessible, original and thought--provoking examination of contemporary French politics. The author clearly explains the most important party political, ideological and electoral developments since the Second World War, focusing on the 1980s and 1990s in particular. Num Pages: 264 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 3JJP; HBJD; HBLW3; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 160 x 24. Weight in Grams: 560.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745611198
- ISBN
- 9780745611198
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 79.50
€ 79.50
Paperback. This book is an accessible, original and thought--provoking examination of contemporary French politics. The author clearly explains the most important party political, ideological and electoral developments since the Second World War, focusing on the 1980s and 1990s in particular. Num Pages: 268 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJP; HBJD; HBLW3; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 268
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745611204
- ISBN
- 9780745611204
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.32
€ 27.32
Paperback. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3F; BGH; HBJD1; HBLC; JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 133 x 198 x 7. Weight in Grams: 146.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780750959216
- ISBN
- 9780750959216
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.38
€ 10.38
Hardcover. Num Pages: 192 pages, 60 Colour photographs 30 Black & White photographs 10 Maps. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; HBLA1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 246 x 189 x 19. Weight in Grams: 722.
- Publisher
- Crowood Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719818158
- ISBN
- 9780719818158
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 29.00
€ 33.99
€ 29.00
Paperback. Explores the brutal, heroic and extraordinary final days of the First World War. In this study, the author examines the last days of the war and asks the question: how did it end? Beginning at the heralded turning-point on the Marne in July 1918, it traces the story of the next four months, which included some of the bloodiest battles of the war. Num Pages: 400 pages, 16pp b/w. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJF; HBJD; HBLW; HBWN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 25. Weight in Grams: 300.
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780241953815
- ISBN
- 9780241953815
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.45
€ 17.99
€ 13.45
Paperback. The story of Loos 1915 Num Pages: 336 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JJF; HBJD; HBLW; HBWN; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 126 x 23. Weight in Grams: 352.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 315
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752446769
- ISBN
- 9780752446769
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 19.52
€ 21.99
€ 19.52
Paperback. Combining research, political philosophy, and intellectual history, this book explores the invention of universal emancipation - both in the context of the Age of Enlightenment and in relation to certain key figures and trends in contemporary political philosophy. Series: New World Studies. Num Pages: 288 pages, 3 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KJH; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL; HBTV; HP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813928036
- ISBN
- 9780813928036
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.19
€ 37.19
hardcover. Combining research, political philosophy, and intellectual history, this book explores the invention of universal emancipation - both in the context of the Age of Enlightenment and in relation to certain key figures and trends in contemporary political philosophy. Series: New World Studies. Num Pages: 288 pages, 3 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KJH; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL; HBTV; HP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813928029
- ISBN
- 9780813928029
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 103.43
€ 103.43
Paperback. Expanded and revised edition of the highly praised history of the English East India Company. Num Pages: 280 pages, 5 photos, 2 figures, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1FKA; 3JF; 3JH; HBJF; HBLL; KCZ; KJVG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 145 x 216 x 17. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Publisher
- Pluto Press
- Number of pages
- 280
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745331959
- ISBN
- 9780745331959
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 16.67
€ 23.99
€ 16.67
Paperback. The antagonism between the Persian and the Greek colonies on the Ionian coast of Asia Minor began with Cyrus I and continued for some 200 years until the Empire was destroyed by Alexander's Macedonians. This book looks at the arms, equipment and organization of these forces. Illustrator(s): Chew, Simon. Series: Elite. Num Pages: 64 pages, 12 colour and 50 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HBG; HBJD; HBJF1; HBLA; JWD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 184 x 246 x 5. Weight in Grams: 214.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Osprey Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 64
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781855322509
- ISBN
- 9781855322509
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 19.05
€ 23.99
€ 19.05
Paperback. Describes what going to war with 42 Commando was like and includes authentic details of danger, frustration, fatigue, courage and endurance that are just some of the emotions experienced during those fateful weeks and months of 1982. Num Pages: 256 pages, 16pp B&W Photos. BIC Classification: 1MTASF; 3JJPN; HBJD1; HBLW3; HBW; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 157 x 22. Weight in Grams: 480.
- Publisher
- Pen & Sword Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781844156276
- ISBN
- 9781844156276
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 24.77
€ 26.99
€ 24.77
Paperback. American urban ruins have become increasingly prominent, whether in debates about home foreclosures, images of 9/11, or postapocalyptic movies. Recovering numerous scenes of urban desolation, this title argues that this association between American cities and ruins dates back to a much earlier period in the nation's history. Num Pages: 416 pages, 76 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJC; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; JFSG. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 153 x 229 x 24. Weight in Grams: 568.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226946641
- ISBN
- 9780226946641
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 29.90
€ 37.99
€ 29.90
Paperback.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd
- Number of pages
- 158
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752447056
- ISBN
- 9780752447056
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.58
€ 19.99
€ 18.58
Paperback. A unique study of medieval architecture, which treats the subject thematically. It looks at construction methods, patronage, and function, as well as the symbolic meanings represented in the architecture. It also offers completely new information on architecture in Spain and central Europe. Series: Oxford History of Art. Num Pages: 240 pages, numerous colour anfd halftones. BIC Classification: 1D; 3H; ACK; AM; HBJD; HBLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 169 x 16. Weight in Grams: 606.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780192842763
- ISBN
- 9780192842763
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 23.13
€ 31.99
€ 23.13