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History: earliest times to present day

hardcover. Xiaoyuan Liu shows how the history of the Chinese Communist Party was, from the Yan'an period onward, intertwined with the ethnopolitics of the Chinese "periphery." As a Han-dominated party, the CCP had to adapt to an inhospitable political environment, particularly among the Hui (Muslims) of northwest China and the Mongols of Inner Mongolia. Num Pages: 256 pages, 7 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJG; 3JJH; HBJF; HBLW; HBT; JPFC; JPL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 549.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804749602
ISBN
9780804749602
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 76.84

Hardback. This book is a study of the development of Brazil's far western frontier during the years of the Empire (1822-1889). Num Pages: 312 pages, 22 tables, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 558.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804751797
ISBN
9780804751797
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 105.93

Paperback. Written by lawyer turned bestselling author Garrett Wilson, "Frontier Farewell" unravels the gruesome toll wrought by the overhunting and extinction of the buffalo and exposes the false mythology of the Old West. Num Pages: 525 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 157 x 36. Weight in Grams: 824.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of Regina Press
Edition
New Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780889773615
ISBN
9780889773615
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 28.75

Hardcover. Synthesizing the tensions between high and low politics and eastern and western regions in Pennsylvania before the Revolution, Patrick Spero recasts the importance of frontiers, as eighteenth-century Pennsylvanians would have understood them, to the development of colonial America and the origins of American Independence. Series: Early American Studies. Num Pages: 352 pages, 22 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBBEP; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 680.
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812248616
ISBN
9780812248616
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 47.25

Hardback. A study of the cultural transformations arrived at by Spanish colonists, native-born creoles, mestizos (Chinese and Spanish), and indigenous colonial subjects in the Philippines during the crisis of colonial hegemony in the nineteenth century and the social anomie that resulted from this crisis in law and politics. Series: Asia Pacific Modern. Num Pages: 390 pages, 8 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1FMP; HBJF; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 31. Weight in Grams: 678.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
390
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520255197
ISBN
9780520255197
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 84.39
€ 64.99

Hardcover. An irreplaceable portrait of George W. Bush Series: Focus on American History Series. Num Pages: 226 pages, 149 color photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JMC; AJCP; HBJK; HBLX; JPHL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 314 x 286 x 28. Weight in Grams: 2216.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of Texas Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780292745476
ISBN
9780292745476
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 56.12

Paperback. This account explores this battle which for many epitomises the futility of the Great War. In those few hours many heroic deeds were done but the battle caused a souring of Anglo-Australian relationships and truly was a baptism of fire for these British and Australian troops. This is their history. Num Pages: 240 pages, Illustrations, maps, ports. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JJF; HBJD; HBLW; HBWN; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 116 x 19. Weight in Grams: 258.
Edition
UK ed.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780752456010
ISBN
9780752456010
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.54

Paperback. Comprehensive overview of Frome during the Great War. Num Pages: 160 pages, 100 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKEWS; 3JJF; HBJD1; HBLW; HBWN; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 234 x 13. Weight in Grams: 408.
Publisher
Pen & Sword Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781473835931
ISBN
9781473835931
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.21

Hardback. This volume offers some answers through the case study of the relationship between two quite different states during the Cold War era - Austria, a small neutral country, and the United States, the reigning superpower. The authors challenge naive notions of cultural diffusion.. Editor(s): Good, David F.; Wodok, Ruth; Wodak, Ruth. Series: Austrian History, Culture & Society S. BIC Classification: 1DFA; 1KBB; HBJD; HBJK; HBLW3; JFC; JHM; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 142 x 20. Weight in Grams: 431.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Berghahn Books, Incorporated United States
Condition
New
SKU
V9781571811035
ISBN
9781571811035
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 154.88

Paperback. Editor(s): Pabisch, Peter. Num Pages: 364 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1DFA; HBJD; HBLW. Dimension: 218 x 136 x 30. Weight in Grams: 508.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1989
Publisher
Ariadne Press United States
Number of pages
364
Condition
New
SKU
V9780929497099
ISBN
9780929497099
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 25.77

Paperback. In From Washington to Moscow veteran US Foreign Service officer Louis Sell draws archival sources and memoirs-many in Russian-as well as his own experiences to trace the history of US-Soviet relations between 1972 and 1991 and to explain what caused the Soviet Union's collapse. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 1KBB; 3JJP; HBLW3; JPSD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 567.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822361954
ISBN
9780822361954
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.60

Hardback. In From Washington to Moscow veteran US Foreign Service officer Louis Sell draws archival sources and memoirs-many in Russian-as well as his own experiences to trace the history of US-Soviet relations between 1972 and 1991 and to explain what caused the Soviet Union's collapse. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 1KBB; 3JJP; HBLW3; JPSD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5830 x 3895 x 28. Weight in Grams: 704.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822361794
ISBN
9780822361794
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 122.90

Hardback. In this collection, a dozen scholars of international affairs consider the 20th century's recurring failure to construct a peaceful and stable international order in the wake of war. They reflect on the difficulties faced by governments as they sought to secure a world order. Editor(s): Kennedy, Paul; Hitchcock, William I. Translator(s): Spade, Paul Vincent. Num Pages: 336 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJ; GTJ; HBG; HBLW; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 575.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300080100
ISBN
9780300080100
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 53.48
€ 42.46

Paperback. "Barbara Newman has written an erudite and wonderful book.. From Virile Woman to WomanChrist should be required reading in every university-level women's studies course."-Caroline Walker Bynum, The Catholic Historical Review Series: The Middle Ages Series. Num Pages: 424 pages, 8 illus. BIC Classification: DSBB; HBG; HBLC; HRC; JFSJ1. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 231 x 151 x 22. Weight in Grams: 568.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
424
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780812215458
ISBN
9780812215458
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.21

Hardback. By the summer of 1944, the western Allies and the Soviets possessed the initiative and forces capable of mounting strategic offensives against the German enemy. Writing a study of operations on first the Western then Eastern Front, military analyst C.J. Dick offers rare insight into the strengths and weaknesses of generalship on both fronts. Series: Modern War Studies. Num Pages: 456 pages, 14 maps. BIC Classification: 3JJH; HBLW; HBWQ; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 170 x 39. Weight in Grams: 842.
Publisher
University Press of Kansas
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780700622931
ISBN
9780700622931
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 75.64

hardcover. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 262 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; HBJD; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 16. Weight in Grams: 657.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
262
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691638997
ISBN
9780691638997
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 134.09

Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 262 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; HBJD; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 14. Weight in Grams: 457.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
262
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691610948
ISBN
9780691610948
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 37.78

Hardback. Many of the pieces collected here have not been published since their first appearance, making From Traveling Show to Vaudeville an indispensable resource for historians of popular culture, theater, and nineteenth-century American society. Editor(s): Lewis, Robert M. Num Pages: 400 pages, 19, 19 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; AN; HBJK; HBLL; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 32. Weight in Grams: 749.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801870873
ISBN
9780801870873
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.07

Hardcover. Series: Wolverhampton Military Studies. Num Pages: 216 pages, 12 b/w photos, 24 colour maps. BIC Classification: 1HB; 3JJH; HBLW; HBWQ; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Helion and Company
Condition
New
SKU
V9781910294000
ISBN
9781910294000
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 32.93

Paperback. Num Pages: 210 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBG; HBL; JPA; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 286.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
210
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349142446
ISBN
9781349142446
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 63.00

paperback. Few gave tiny Singapore much chance of survival when it was granted independence in 1965. How is it, then, that today the former British colonial trading post is a thriving Asian metropolis with not only the world's number one airline, but also the world's fourth-highest per capita real income? This title is the story of that transformation. Num Pages: 768 pages, black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1FMS; HBJF; HBLW3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 151 x 38. Weight in Grams: 828.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Harper Business New York
Condition
New
SKU
9780060957513
ISBN
9780060957513
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 12.45

Hardcover. World War I sounded the death knell of empires. The last Sultan Mehmet VI Vahdettin thought he could salvage the Ottoman state in something like its old form. But Vahdettin and his ministers could not succeed because the victorious Allies had decided on the final partition of the Ottoman state. This book deals with this topic. Series Editor(s): Sharp, Alan. Series: Makers of the Modern World. Num Pages: 240 pages, 1 tables, 3 maps, 3 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1DVT; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 209 x 138 x 23. Weight in Grams: 448.
Publisher
Haus Publishing Limited United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9781905791651
ISBN
9781905791651
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.44

Hardcover. This text provides a detailed historical study of Islam under post-war Soviet Communism. Yaacov Ro'i describes and analyzes all aspects of Islam which relate to the Soviet domestic scene, with the purpose of demonstrating how and why it survived in the face of Soviet repression and secularization. Num Pages: 775 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1DVU; HBJD; HBLW3; HRH; JFSR2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230. Weight in Grams: 1155.
Publisher
C Hurst & Co (Publishers)Ltd
Number of pages
775
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Edition
1St Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781850654032
ISBN
9781850654032
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 77.26
€ 75.25

paperback. Tells the history of the past two centuries, showing how a disparate group of thinkers, journalists, radicals and charismatics emerged from the ruins of empire to create an unstoppable Asian renaissance, one whose ideas lie behind everything from the Chinese Communist Party to the Muslim Brotherhood, and have made our world what it is today. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 1F; 3JJP; HBJF; HBLW3; HBTQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 268.
Publisher
Penguin
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241954669
ISBN
9780241954669
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.84

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