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History: earliest times to present day

Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3H; ACND; HBJD; HBLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 229 x 19. Weight in Grams: 446.
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226421667
ISBN
9780226421667
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 22.98

Hardback. Explores a critical period of space history when humans dared an expansive leap into the inner solar system. With an irreverent and engaging style, Jay Gallentine conveys the trials and triumphs of the people on the ground who conceived and engineered the missions that put robotic spacecraft on the heavenly bodies nearest our own. Series: Outward Odyssey: A People's History of Spaceflight. Num Pages: 496 pages, 52 photographs. BIC Classification: 3JJ; HBL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 39. Weight in Grams: 825.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
496
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780803234468
ISBN
9780803234468
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 40.09

Paperback. The astonishing and bestselling life story of the renowned campaigner for religious tolerance and women's rights, Ayaan Hirsi Ali. Num Pages: 384 pages, 8pp b-w plates. BIC Classification: 1DDN; BGHA; HBJD; HBLW3; HRH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 26. Weight in Grams: 278.
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781416526247
ISBN
9781416526247
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 12.61

paperback. In the last days of July 1943, British and American planes dropped 9,000 tons of bombs with the intention of erasing the German city from the map. The resultant firestorm burned for a month and left 40,000 civilians dead. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 31. Weight in Grams: 326.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
480
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241964248
ISBN
9780241964248
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.74

Hardback. Based on Stearns's analysis of Muslim and Christian legal, theological, historical, and medical texts in Arabic, Medieval Castilian, and Latin, Infectious Ideas is the first book to offer a comparative discussion of concepts of contagion in the premodern Mediterranean world. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBLC1; HRA; MBX; MMF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 159 x 31. Weight in Grams: 558.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801898730
ISBN
9780801898730
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 78.05

Hardcover. Using case studies of cholera, plague, malaria, and yellow fever, this book analyzes how factors such as public health diplomacy, trade, imperial governance, medical technologies, and cultural norms operated within global and colonial conceptions of political and epidemiological risk to shape infectious disease policies in colonial India. Series: Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies Series. Num Pages: 239 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 3JJ; HBJF; HBLW; HBTQ; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 219 x 18. Weight in Grams: 374.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230354609
ISBN
9780230354609
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.80

Paperback. Offers a reassessment of the way in which infantry and dismounted cavalry achieved such striking successes. Series: Warfare in History. Num Pages: 228 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 1DD; 3H; HBJD1; HBLC; JWD; JWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 160 x 12. Weight in Grams: 348.
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
228
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Condition
New
SKU
V9780851155715
ISBN
9780851155715
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 28.91

Hardcover. Medics learned quickly to ignore standing operating procedures in order to save lives but tensions within infantry units created a paradoxical culture of isolation and acceptance. This groundbreaking work examines training and combat experiences of soldiers working in Battalion Aid Stations and those who went as aid men to the line companies. Num Pages: 148 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBLW; HBWQ; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 336.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Pivot
Number of pages
148
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137347688
ISBN
9781137347688
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.05

Hardcover. Infant Mortality and Working-Class Child Care, 1850-1899 unlocks the hidden history of northern working-class child care in the nineteenth century, investigating the child care models of working-class women in industrial and domestic arenas who have traditionally been cast by historians as the villains of infant life. Num Pages: 251 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB; JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 149 x 224 x 22. Weight in Grams: 458.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
1st ed. 2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137369031
ISBN
9781137369031
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.92

hardcover. Series Editor(s): Cameron, Professor Euan; Gordon, Professor Bruce; Heal, Dr. Bridget; Mason, Professor Roger A.; Nelson Burnett, Professor Amy; Pettegree, Dr. Andrew; Von Greyerz, Professor Kaspar; Ryrie, Professor Alec; Heal, Dr. Felicity. Series: St Andrews Studies in Reformation History. Num Pages: 272 pages, Includes 4 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFH; 3JB; HBJD; HBLH; HRCC93; HRCM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156. Weight in Grams: 549.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Routledge United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780754634904
ISBN
9780754634904
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 234.25

Hardcover. Historians have long speculated on the role played by the Enlightenment in the rise of nationalism in Eastern Europe and the Balkans. This book offers a fresh perspective on this subject through an examination of the Greek Enlightenment, its aspirations, and its relationship to the larger European Republic of Letters. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVG; 3JD; 3JF; HBJD; HBLH; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 219 x 146 x 19. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
East European Monographs United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780880335812
ISBN
9780880335812
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.81

Paperback. Num Pages: 312 pages, 11. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JJG; HBJD; HBLW; HBTB; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 400.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Cornell University Press Ithaca
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801483851
ISBN
9780801483851
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 48.99
€ 44.41

Hardback. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; HBJD1; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2020
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press United Kingdom
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748615124
ISBN
9780748615124
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 105.99
€ 98.22

Paperback. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; HBJD1; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). .
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press United Kingdom
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2020
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748615131
ISBN
9780748615131
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 33.17

Hardcover. Offers a comparative study of child labor in eighteenth-century America. Focusing on Philadelphia, Boston, and Charleston, this title examines the work experiences of children and analyzes regional differences in child labor according to gender, race, and class. Num Pages: 320 pages, 7 figures, 16 tables. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBLH; JHBL; JKSB1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813927138
ISBN
9780813927138
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 70.28

Paperback. Series: Literature of American Labor. Num Pages: 408 pages, illustrations, map. BIC Classification: 1KBB; FHP; HBJK; HBLW; JPQB; KNXB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 485.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
ILR Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780875461830
ISBN
9780875461830
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 31.02

Hardcover. Bringing together renowned scholars in the field with younger researchers, this interdisciplinary study of the history of post-war industrial policy in Europe investigates transfers across borders and locates industrial policy in the context of the Cold War from a global perspective. Editor(s): Grabas, Christian; Nutzenadel, Alexander. Num Pages: 401 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJP; HBJD; HBLW3; HBTK; HBTW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 165 x 27. Weight in Grams: 604.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137329899
ISBN
9781137329899
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 68.31

Paperback. Bringing together renowned scholars in the field with younger researchers, this interdisciplinary study of the history of post-war industrial policy in Europe investigates transfers across borders and locates industrial policy in the context of the Cold War from a global perspective. Editor(s): Grabas, Christian; Nutzenadel, Alexander. Num Pages: 388 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBG; HBJD; HBL; HBTB; JPA; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 512.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
388
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349460748
ISBN
9781349460748
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 67.04

Paperback. This is a social and cultural history of Scotland's industrial rise and relative decline, concerned above all with the leaders and workers who produced the first and suffered in the second Num Pages: 368 pages, maps, illustrations, further reading, index. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJD1; HBLL; HBLW; HBTB; KCZ; KN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 614.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press United Kingdom
Edition
0th Edition
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748610853
ISBN
9780748610853
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 35.88

Hardcover. Editor(s): Jorgensen, Caspar; Pedersen, Morten. Num Pages: 285 pages. BIC Classification: HBLL; HBTB; JF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 246 x 179 x 27. Weight in Grams: 968.
Publisher
Aarhus University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9788771241082
ISBN
9788771241082
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 48.80

Hardback. This study of the evolution of Chinese capitalism chronicles the Song family of North China under five successive authoritarian governments. Brett Sheehan shows both foreign and Chinese influences on private business, which, although closely linked to the state, was neither a handmaiden to authoritarianism nor a natural ally of democracy. Num Pages: 327 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJ; HBJF; HBLW; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 167 x 242 x 31. Weight in Grams: 658.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674967601
ISBN
9780674967601
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 55.29
€ 51.77

Paperback. Series: A People's History of India. Num Pages: 120 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HBJF; HBLA1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 159 x 15. Weight in Grams: 666.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Tulika Books
Edition
Ninth Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9789382381532
ISBN
9789382381532
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.54

Paperback. Based on a deep knowledge of Indonesia, its language, and its leaders, Friendtraces the history of this nation over the last 50 years, from its liberationfrom Dutch rule in 1949 to the present. Over 100 illustrations. Num Pages: 640 pages, 60 color illustrations, 50 halftones, 13 tables. BIC Classification: 1FMN; 3JJP; HBJF; HBLW3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 149 x 31. Weight in Grams: 1026.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
640
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674018341
ISBN
9780674018341
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 32.10

Paperback. Combining fresh approaches with a historical synthesis, this work presents general history of French Indochina. Focusing on economic, social, intellectual, and cultural dimensions, it treats Indochina's history from its inception in Cochinchina in 1858 to its crumbling at Dien Bien Ph in 1954 and on to decolonization. Editor(s): Goscha, Christopher E. Translator(s): Dill-Klein, Ly Lan. Series: From Indochina to Vietnam: Revolution and War in a Global Perspective. Num Pages: 508 pages, 14 line illustrations, 10 maps, 37 tables. BIC Classification: 1FMV; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJF; HBLL; HBLW; HBTQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 153 x 30. Weight in Grams: 720. An Ambiguous Colonization, 1858-1954. Series: From Indochina to Vietnam: Revolution and War in a Global Perspective. 508 pages, Illustrations, maps. Combining fresh approaches with a historical synthesis, this work presents general history of French Indochina. Focusing on economic, social, intellectual, and cultural dimensions, it treats Indochina's history from its inception in Cochinchina in 1858 to its crumbling at Dien Bien Ph in 1954 and on to decolonization. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1FMV; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJF; HBLL; HBLW; HBTQ. Dimension: 227 x 153 x 30. Weight: 706. Translator(s): Dill-Klein, Ly Lan.
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
508
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520269743
ISBN
9780520269743
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.52

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