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Paperback. Challenging the views of human rights activists, Stoll argues that the Ixils who supported Guatemalan rebels in the early 1980's did so because they were caught in the crossfire between the guerillas and the army, not because revolutionary violence expressed community aspirations. Num Pages: 383 pages, 25 photos. BIC Classification: 1KLCG; 3JJPN; HBJK; HBLW3; HBTV; JFSL; JPWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 635.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 383
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231081832
- ISBN
- 9780231081832
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Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 31.10
€ 42.99
€ 31.10
Paperback. Between Thucydides and Polybius focuses on the contribution of fourth-century authors such as Ephorus, Theopompus, and Xenophon to the development of Greek historiography. Essays examine the interface between historiography and rhetoric, while undermining the claim that historians after Thucydides allowed rhetoric to prevail over research. Series: Hellenic Studies Series. Num Pages: 300 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HBAH; HBLA1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 231 x 166 x 19. Weight in Grams: 558.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Center for Hellenic Studies
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674428348
- ISBN
- 9780674428348
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Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 24.70
€ 27.99
€ 24.70
Hardcover. An examination of 1920s and 1930s Alsace, to reveal the many faces of fascism. The study of the region, with its interplay of French, German and Alsatian nationalities, proves a framework for understanding how this ideology has matured over time to fit changing contexts. Num Pages: 258 pages, map. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBLW; JPFQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 162 x 23. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Northern Illinois University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 258
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780875802381
- ISBN
- 9780875802381
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Condition: New
€ 47.61
€ 47.61
Hardcover. Focusing on the marginal region of Toyama, this book explores the interplay of central and regional authorities, local and national perceptions of rights, and the emerging political practices in Toyama and Tokyo that became part of the new political culture in Japan following the Meiji Restoration. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 376 pages, 36 illustrations, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJF; HBLL; HBLW; JPH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 660.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674002425
- ISBN
- 9780674002425
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Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 44.25
€ 52.99
€ 44.25
Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBF; 1KBBS; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTS; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 231 x 153 x 21. Weight in Grams: 466.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691173597
- ISBN
- 9780691173597
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Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 27.47
€ 37.99
€ 27.47
Paperback. Presents a history of Colombia's "long twentieth century," from the civil wars of the late nineteenth century to the drug wars of the late twentieth. This book explains Colombia's political history, discussing key leaders, laws, parties, and ideologies; corruption and inefficiency; and the paradoxical nature of government institutions. Translator(s): Stoller, Richard. Series: Latin America in Translation. Num Pages: 320 pages, 7 tables. BIC Classification: 1KLSC; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 159 x 234 x 22. Weight in Grams: 502.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822337676
- ISBN
- 9780822337676
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Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.56
€ 31.99
€ 28.56
Paperback. A study of the cultural policies and activities of the Italian Communist Party, following the collapse of fascism and the struggle with popular consumer culture that led to its demise in 1991. This book is intended to those with an interest in modern Italy, the European left, political science, and media studies. Series: American Encounters/Global Interactions. Num Pages: 280 pages, 14 b&w photographs, 2 figures. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JJP; HBJD; HBLW3; JPA; JPFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 472.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Duke University Press Durham
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822325635
- ISBN
- 9780822325635
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Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.59
€ 30.99
€ 27.59
Paperback. From an expert on the Eastern Front of World War II, this book chronicles the cataclysmic experience of the region that includes modern-day Lithuania, Estonia and Latvia. Series: General Military. Num Pages: 416 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 233 x 31. Weight in Grams: 566.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781472807496
- ISBN
- 9781472807496
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Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 16.33
€ 23.99
€ 16.33
Paperback. Discusses the fluctuations of black suffrage in the ante-bellum North, using the 4 states of New York, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts and Rhode Island as examples. This book offers a framework for understanding and explaining how the issue of voting rights for blacks unfolded between the drafting of the Constitution, and the end of the Civil War. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; JFSL3; JPVH1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 385.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415956970
- ISBN
- 9780415956970
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Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 28.07
€ 46.99
€ 28.07
Hardback.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804754583
- ISBN
- 9780804754583
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 81.63
€ 81.63
Paperback. An examination of the complex inter-relationships between the Roman and Sasanid Empires, and some of their Arab allies and neighbours, during the last century before the emergence of Islam. Greg Fisher stresses the importance of a Near East dominated by Rome and Iran for the formation of early concepts of Arab identity. Series: Oxford Classical Monographs. Num Pages: 274 pages, 7 maps. BIC Classification: HBLA; HBLA1; HBLC; HRAX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 141 x 15. Weight in Grams: 332.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 274
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199679317
- ISBN
- 9780199679317
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Condition: New
€ 70.78
€ 70.78
Hardcover. In doing so, the book highlights the conjoined history of broad transnational processes and local political change. Series: Johns Hopkins University Studies in Historical and Political Science. Num Pages: 272 pages, 13, 13 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1DDF; HBJD; HBLL; KCZ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 159 x 226 x 24. Weight in Grams: 512.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- The Johns Hopkins University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801899829
- ISBN
- 9780801899829
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Condition: New
€ 68.61€ 62.80
€ 68.61
€ 62.80
Paperback. Clavius was influential throughout Europe in the late 16th and early 17th centuries. This book uses his own publications, as well as archival materials, to trace the central role he played in integrating traditional Ptolemaic astronomy and Aristotelian natural philosophy into an orthodox cosmology. Num Pages: 314 pages, 17 half-tones, 7 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1D; HBJD; HBLH; PGK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 222 x 160 x 21. Weight in Grams: 444.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 314
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226469294
- ISBN
- 9780226469294
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 37.34
€ 47.99
€ 37.34
Hardcover. Libanius was a major figure in the fourth century East as an intellectual, a professor of rhetoric, and the friend of the emperor Julian. This book intends to remedy to that, and focuses on some unfamiliar aspects of Libanius' personality and the way he saw the world of the fourth century. Translator(s): Cribiore, Raffaella. Series: Translated Texts for Historians. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 147. .
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781781382523
- ISBN
- 9781781382523
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 142.21
€ 142.21
Paperback. This book provides an English translation of 12 orations (mostly unknown) of the sophist Libanius who had an important school of rhetoric in Antioch (Syria) and was one of the most influential figures in the fourth century. Translator(s): Cribiore, Raffaella. Series: Translated Texts for Historians. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 147. .
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781781382530
- ISBN
- 9781781382530
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.09
€ 37.99
€ 34.09
Hardback. Taiwan's relationship with China is one of the most fraught in East Asia, a key issue in the island's domestic politics and a major obstacle in Sino-American relations. This book explores the roots of the conflict in the post-war period and examines how the Nationalists consolidated their rule. Num Pages: 272 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1FPCT; 1FPCW; 3JJP; HBJF; HBLW3; HBTQ; HBTR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 243 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804744577
- ISBN
- 9780804744577
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 81.89
€ 81.89
Paperback. Series: Century of the Soldier. Num Pages: 136 pages, c 30 b/w ills, 8pp colour plates & maps. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JD; HBJD1; HBLH; HBW; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 251 x 182 x 8. Weight in Grams: 378.
- Publisher
- Helion and Company
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781910777725
- ISBN
- 9781910777725
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.51
€ 33.99
€ 24.51
Paperback. * A biography of one of the most remarkable women of the Tudor era - next to Queen Elizabeth the most powerful woman in England. Num Pages: 576 pages, Section: 16, colour. BIC Classification: BGH; HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 37. Weight in Grams: 456.
- Publisher
- Abacus
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780349115894
- ISBN
- 9780349115894
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Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.06
€ 19.99
€ 15.06
Paperback. Tells the story of the siege - of the toll that thirst, hunger and sleeplessness took on the hostages, of the bravery of those who dealt with the terrorists, such as the elderly headmistress of the school and the doctor who tried to relieve the suffering of the young children. Num Pages: 224 pages, Illustrations, map. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; BTP; HBJD; HBLW3; JPWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 226.
- Publisher
- Granta Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781862079939
- ISBN
- 9781862079939
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Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.75
€ 13.99
€ 10.75
Paperback. Twenty years after the siege of Sarajevo, BBC Samuel Johnson Prize winner Barbara Demick. revisits her compelling account of living in a city under fire. Num Pages: 240 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVWYB; 3JJP; DNF; HBJD; HBLW3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 199 x 18. Weight in Grams: 220.
- Publisher
- Granta Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847084118
- ISBN
- 9781847084118
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 12.99
€ 17.99
€ 12.99
Hardcover. A notalgic illustrated history of the British seasidde, in the vein of Aurum's own Britain's Lost Cricket Grounds and Britain's Lost Railways. Num Pages: 192 pages, Colour and b/w images throughout. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJD1; HBLL; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 296 x 29. Weight in Grams: 1156.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Aurum Press Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781781313053
- ISBN
- 9781781313053
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 15.80
€ 15.80
Paperback. Edward VII, who gave his name to the Edwardian era but was always known as Bertie, was fifty-nine when he finally came to power and ushered out the Victorian age. The eldest son of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert, Bertie was bullied by both his parents. Num Pages: 624 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJC; BGR; HBJD1; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 142 x 46. Weight in Grams: 690.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Number of pages
- 624
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099575443
- ISBN
- 9780099575443
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 18.22
€ 25.99
€ 18.22
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€ 18.18
€ 26.99
€ 18.18
Hardback. Taking us from World War I Berlin to the Third Reich and beyond to 1940s Palestine and 1950s New York - and to the influential work of the Frankfurt School - this book traces the network of artists and psychoanalysts that began in Germany and continued in exile. Series: Weimar & Now: German Cultural Criticism. Num Pages: 256 pages, 10 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLW; JMAF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 166 x 236 x 21. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520258372
- ISBN
- 9780520258372
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 83.99€ 64.94
€ 83.99
€ 64.94