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History: earliest times to present day

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History: earliest times to present day

Paperback. Empire of Law shows how seventeenth-century Indian claimants, by litigating and petitioning before Mexico City tribunals, became full participants in an early modern cosmopolitan legality that gave rise to a colonial politics of justice that struggled, with some success, against the utter degradation of subject peoples. Num Pages: 392 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; HBJK; HBLH; HBLL; HBTQ; LAZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Stanford University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804776622
ISBN
9780804776622
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 36.59

Hardcover. Starting from the analysis of the Irish characters in Kipling's Indian stories, this book shows that the representation of the British Empire was greatly indebted to analogies and comparisons made between colonies. It contrasts two different ways of making colonial analogies: 'imperialist' and 'nationalist'. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: HBJD1; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 163 x 240 x 22. Weight in Grams: 467. Good clean copy in dustwrapper with minor shelf wear
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Cork University Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KAC0004385
ISBN
9781859184080
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Hardback. A large number of hill stations were developed by the British in the Indian colony and these were chosen as the summer capitals and seats of administrative authority of the Raj. This work looks at the way the Empire was built in the hills through the sites of the church, schools, and sport activities to imitate the lifestyle of the British. Num Pages: 456 pages, 27. BIC Classification: HBJF; HBLL; HBTQ. Dimension: 224 x 147 x 38. Weight in Grams: 612.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
456
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199463558
ISBN
9780199463558
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 80.29

Paperback. Essays written by Antoinette Burton since the mid-1990s trace her thinking about modern British history and engage debates about how to think about British imperialism in light of contemporary events. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 153 x 26. Weight in Grams: 578.
Publisher
Duke University Press
Number of pages
416
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822349020
ISBN
9780822349020
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 29.90

Multiple copy pack. A two-volume set exploring the history of Empire in Asia from the 13th to the long 19th centuries. Editor(s): Farrell, Brian P. BIC Classification: 1F; 3H; 3J; HBJF; HBLC; HBLH; HBTQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2018
Condition
New
SKU
V9781472596666
ISBN
9781472596666
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 321.70

Hardback. The first truly transnational history of cinema's role in decolonization, this powerful book weaves a unified historical narrative out of the experiences of three colonial powers in diverse geographic settings. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJPG; APFA; HBLW3; HBTR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 160 x 32. Weight in Grams: 726.
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421416410
ISBN
9781421416410
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 70.99

Hardback. The French Revolution invented the notion of the citizen, but it also invented the noncitizen--the person whose rights were nonexistent. The South American outpost of Guiana became a depository for these outcasts of the new French citizenry, and an experimental space for the exercise of new kinds of power and violence against marginal groups. Series: Harvard Historical Studies. Num Pages: 296 pages, 2 maps, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1KLSF; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 167 x 242 x 24. Weight in Grams: 562.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674057548
ISBN
9780674057548
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 60.61
€ 55.91

Made famous through Evans-Pritchard's ethnography, the Nuer are the second largest ethnic group in South Sudan. They were the object of Britain's last pacification campaign in Africa. The contemporary administrative reports and more recent interviews with Nuer and Dinka participants collected here cover significant events from 1898 to 1930. Editor(s): Johnson, Douglas H. Series: Fontes Historiae Africanae. Num Pages: 350 pages, 6 including 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1HBS; 3JJ; HBJH; HBLW; HBTQ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
350
Condition
New
SKU
V9780197265888
ISBN
9780197265888
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 103.50

Hardcover. Drawing on extensive new research, and bringing much new scholarship before English readers for the first time, this wide-ranging volume examines how knowledge was created and circulated throughout the Dutch Empire, and how these processes compared with those of the Imperial Britain, Spain, and Russia. Editor(s): Boomgaard, Peter. Series: Palgrave Studies in the History of Science and Technology. Num Pages: 328 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DDN; HBJD; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 170 x 23. Weight in Grams: 502.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137334015
ISBN
9781137334015
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.90

Paperback. Editor(s): Boomgaard, P. Series: Palgrave Studies in the History of Science and Technology. Num Pages: 328 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBL; HBTB; HBTQ; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349462513
ISBN
9781349462513
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 127.21

Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJF; HBLW; HBWN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 111 x 177 x 17. Weight in Grams: 196.
Publisher
Bookmarks
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781909026629
ISBN
9781909026629
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 10.03

Hardback. Series: Studies in Modern History. Num Pages: 217 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBG; HBJD; HBL; HBLA; HBTQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 430.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Palgrave USA United States
Number of pages
217
Condition
New
SKU
V9780312222260
ISBN
9780312222260
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.60

Paperback. Num Pages: 190 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BJ; HBJK; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 153 x 14. Weight in Grams: 342.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Liberty Fund Inc United States
Edition
2nd Edition
Number of pages
190
Condition
New
SKU
V9780865972032
ISBN
9780865972032
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 11.00

Hardcover. Num Pages: 174 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; BJ; HBJK; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 238 x 162 x 17. Weight in Grams: 482.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Liberty Fund Inc United States
Edition
2nd Edition
Number of pages
174
Condition
New
SKU
V9780865972025
ISBN
9780865972025
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 16.26

Hardback. Brings together two subjects in American history: the story of the struggle to end slavery that reached a violent climax in the Civil War, and the story of the westward expansion of the US. This work embraces East and West, as well as North and South, as the US observes the 2015 sesquicentennial commemoration of the end of the Civil War. Editor(s): Scharff, Virginia. Num Pages: 264 pages, 17 color plates, 67 b/w photos, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 264 x 186 x 23. Weight in Grams: 716.
Publisher
University of California Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520281264
ISBN
9780520281264
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.44

Hardcover. A new interpretation of imperialism and environmental change, and the anxieties imperialism generated through environmental transformation and interaction with unknown landscapes. Tying together South Asia and Australasia, this book demonstrates how environmental anxieties led to increasing state resource management, conservation, and urban reform. Series: Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies Series. Num Pages: 320 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJM; HBLL; HBTB; HBTQ; RNF; RNP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 133 x 32. Weight in Grams: 518. Health, Science, Art and Conservation in South Asia and Australasia, 1800-1920. Series: Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies Series. 336 pages, 9 maps, 15 black & white illustrations, 1 black & white tables. A new interpretation of imperialism and environmental change, and the anxieties imperialism generated through environmental transformation and interaction with unknown landscapes. Tying together South Asia and Australasia, this book demonstrates how environmental anxieties led to increasing state resource management, conservation, and urban reform. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: HBJM; HBLL; HBTB; HBTQ; RNF; RNP. Dimension: 223 x 133 x 32. Weight: 518.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230553200
ISBN
9780230553200
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 128.99

paperback. Num Pages: 223 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBL; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
1st ed. 2004
Number of pages
223
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349419029
ISBN
9781349419029
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 126.70

Paperback. The Emperors of Rome charts the rise and fall of the Roman Empire through profiles of the greatest and most notorious of the emperors. Num Pages: 336 pages, Illustrations (chiefly col.). BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 3D; HBJD; HBLA1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 197 x 26. Weight in Grams: 226.
Publisher
Quercus Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780877501
ISBN
9781780877501
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.51

Paperback. Wiedemann presents an original and comprehensive study of the changing significance of gladiatoral contests to Roman culture. Num Pages: 232 pages, 19 photographs and 21 line drawings, bibliography, glossary. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; HBJD; HBLA; JHM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 218 x 139 x 13. Weight in Grams: 302. Clean copy with minor shelf wear
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
KOC0010670
ISBN
9780415121644
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 12.00

Paperback. Intended as a general guide to the obelisks that have found their way to the four corners of the earth, this book examines the interest shown in them by the Roman emperors; it discusses each obelisk in detail, and traces individual histories and anecdotes concerning their journeys from Egypt. Num Pages: 192 pages, 16 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAE; 1QDAR; HBJD; HBJH; HBLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 151 x 16. Weight in Grams: 284.
Publisher
Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781904675303
ISBN
9781904675303
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.45

Hardback. Series: The Sheng Yen Series in Chinese Buddhist Studies. Num Pages: 384 pages, 11 black & white illustrations, 7 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3F; HBJF; HBLC; HRE; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 167 x 236 x 29. Weight in Grams: 666.
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231169387
ISBN
9780231169387
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.81

Hardback. Num Pages: 304 pages, 3, 3 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 242 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 594.
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801451485
ISBN
9780801451485
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 61.77

Hardback. This is the extraordinary story of how Japan was dramatically transformed during the long reign of Emperor Meiji, from an isolated island nation to one of the five great powers of the world, poised as a rival in Asia to Russia and the European colonial powers. Num Pages: 928 pages, 20 photos. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JH; 3JJC; BGH; HBJF; HBLL; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 57. Weight in Grams: 1452.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
928
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231123402
ISBN
9780231123402
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 104.69
€ 80.25

Paperback. This is the extraordinary story of how Japan was dramatically transformed during the long reign of Emperor Meiji, from an isolated island nation to one of the five great powers of the world, poised as a rival in Asia to Russia and the European colonial powers. Num Pages: 928 pages, 20 photos. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; HBJF; HBLL; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 157 x 48. Weight in Grams: 1336.
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
928
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231123419
ISBN
9780231123419
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 25.13

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