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History: earliest times to present day
Paperback. When the Second World War was declared in 1939, the British Army was very much the 'Cinderella' of the three armed services, with a total strength of around 865,000 men. This title presents a comprehensive overview of the British Army during this important time. It is suitable for those who are interested in this period of British history. Num Pages: 384 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJH; HBLW; HBWQ; JWD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 248 x 171 x 24. Weight in Grams: 910.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd
- Number of pages
- 384
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752452401
- ISBN
- 9780752452401
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 23.74
€ 26.99
€ 23.74
Cleverly bisecting the over-extension and highly focused specialism of other texts on the ancient novel, this edited collection features the most up-to-date international scholarship and offers an invaluable survey of the classical world s prototypical achievements in narrative fiction. Series: Blackwell Companions to the Ancient World. Num Pages: 632 pages. BIC Classification: HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 249 x 186 x 34. Weight in Grams: 1130.
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 632
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781444336023
- ISBN
- 9781444336023
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 223.51
€ 223.51
From Vietnam to the Great Society to the Civil Rights reforms, the Johnson presidency saw a barrage of controversial but important measures that generate almost as much dispute today as they did when they were enacted. This collection offers an overview of Lyndon B. Editor(s): Lerner, Mitchell B. Series: Wiley Blackwell Companions to American History. Num Pages: 616 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPK; HBJK; HBLW3; JPHL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 251 x 177 x 33. Weight in Grams: 1086.
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 616
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781444333893
- ISBN
- 9781444333893
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 246.78
€ 246.78
Hardcover. Recent years have seen powerful developments in the study of archaic Greece, with the emergence of new areas of interest, new ways of thinking about old problems, radical new approaches to the sources and new evidence. Editor(s): Wees, Hans van. Series: Blackwell Companions to the Ancient World. Num Pages: 750 pages, maps, figs. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 251 x 183 x 50. Weight in Grams: 1524.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 750
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631230458
- ISBN
- 9780631230458
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 219.79
€ 219.79
Paperback. BIC Classification: 1DBKW; 3F; HBJD1; HBLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 150 x 155. .
- Publisher
- Llygad Gwalch Cyf
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2018
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845242107
- ISBN
- 9781845242107
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.82
€ 10.82
Paperback. A study that concerns the history of Gibraltar following its military conquest in 1704, after which sovereignty of the territory was transferred from Spain to Britain and it became a British fortress and colony. It focuses on the civilian population. Num Pages: 496 pages, black & white tables, maps. BIC Classification: 1DSG; 3JF; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLL; HBLW. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 232 x 156 x 33. Weight in Grams: 710.
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719080548
- ISBN
- 9780719080548
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 26.69
€ 26.99
€ 26.69
Hardback. Shows how a multi-ethnic Roman Catholic and Jewish population derived mainly from the littorals and islands of the Mediterranean became settled in British Gibraltar. This book explains how the demographic, economic, administrative and political history of Gibraltar accounts for the construction of a distinctive 'Gibraltarian' identity. Num Pages: 464 pages, black & white tables, maps. BIC Classification: 1DSG; 3JF; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLL; HBLW. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 38. Weight in Grams: 816.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 464
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719076350
- ISBN
- 9780719076350
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 140.69
€ 140.69
Hardback. Late medieval Japan witnessed a growth in the power of the commoner, as seen in the spread of corporate villages (so) marked by collective ownership and administration and other self-governing features. This study of a community of so villages from the fourteenth through the seventeenth centuries reconstructs the life of these villages. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3H; HBG; HBJF; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 156. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 300
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804719414
- ISBN
- 9780804719414
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 81.00
€ 81.00
Paperback. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 3H; HBJD; HBLC1; JFFE. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 158 x 235 x 19. Weight in Grams: 462.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Updated edition with a New preface by the author
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691165769
- ISBN
- 9780691165769
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.82
€ 33.99
€ 24.82
hardcover. This volume examines the diversity of networks and communities in the classical and early Hellenistic Greek world, with particular emphasis on those which took shape within and around Athens, highlighting the processes that created, modified and dissolved these communities. Editor(s): Taylor, Claire; Vlassopoulos, Kostas. Num Pages: 320 pages, 7 black and white illustrations and 15 tables. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 3D; HBJD; HBLA1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 148 x 26. Weight in Grams: 514.
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press, USA
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198726494
- ISBN
- 9780198726494
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 168.17
€ 168.17
Hardcover. This book depicts, from the uniquely personal perspective of Ion Iliescu, former president of Romania, the historical drama of the global clash of political systems in the 20th century. Num Pages: 528 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVWR; 3JJ; HBJF; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 181 x 32. Weight in Grams: 817.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- East European Monographs United States
- Number of pages
- 528
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780880335508
- ISBN
- 9780880335508
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.06
€ 40.99
€ 29.06
Hardback. Communism on Tomorrow Street demonstrates the relationship of Soviet mass housing and urban planning to international efforts at resolving the "housing question" that had been studied since the nineteenth century and led to housing developments in Western Europe, the United States, and Latin America as well as the USSR. Num Pages: 416 pages, 15, 15 figures. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 3JJP; HBJD; HBLW3; JFFT; RPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 160 x 31. Weight in Grams: 726.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421405667
- ISBN
- 9781421405667
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 72.25
€ 72.25
Paperback. Presenting a communicational perspective on the British empire in India during the 20th century, the book seeks to examine how, and explain why, British proconsuls, civil servants and even the monarch George V, as well as Indian nationalists, interacted with the media, primarily British and American, and with what consequences. Num Pages: 278 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AV; HBG; HBJD1; HBL; HBTB; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 379.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349364343
- ISBN
- 9781349364343
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 64.45
€ 64.45
Hardcover. The first overall study of diplomacy in Early Renaissance Italy for 60 years, explaining how Italian diplomacy came to play such a central role in the development of international relations in Europe, in the spread and application of humanism, and in new modes of political and cultural thought. Series: Oxford Studies in Medieval European History. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3H; HBJD; HBLC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 243 x 165 x 26. Weight in Grams: 664.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198727415
- ISBN
- 9780198727415
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 171.54
€ 171.54
Hardcover. Series: Anthem Modern South Asian History. Num Pages: 310 pages, 30+ plates and tables. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 3JF; 3JH; HBJF; HBLL; HBTQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 158 x 25. Weight in Grams: 628.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Anthem Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857284488
- ISBN
- 9780857284488
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 134.26
€ 134.26
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Verso Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784780548
- ISBN
- 9781784780548
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 14.44
€ 15.99
€ 14.44
Paperback. A "Common Woman" in medieval England was a prostitute, distinguished as such less for taking money for sex than for belonging to all men in common. Karras's book tells the story of these women, their experiences, relations, and treatment under the law, and concludes that prostitution was central to the medieval understanding of feminity. Series: Studies in the History of Sexuality. Num Pages: 232 pages, 3 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; HBJD1; HBLC; HBTB; JFC; JFMX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 364.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Edition
- New Ed
- Number of pages
- 230
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195124989
- ISBN
- 9780195124989
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.00
€ 46.00
Paperback. Published anonymously in 1776, six months before the Declaration of Independence, this book offered was a radical and impassioned call for America to free itself and set up an independent republican government. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL; HBTR; HBTV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 11. Weight in Grams: 108.
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780143107590
- ISBN
- 9780143107590
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 12.54
€ 14.99
€ 12.54
Paperback. This edition of the pamphlet includes selections from Paine's other writings from 1775 and 1776 - additional essays that contextualize "Common Sense" provide unusual insight on both the writer and the cause for which he wrote. Editor(s): Slaughter, Thomas P.; Davis, Natalie Zemon; May, Ernest R. Series: The Bedford Series in History and Culture. Num Pages: 176 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1KBB; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL; JFC; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 10. Weight in Grams: 205.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Bedford/St. Martin's
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780312201487
- ISBN
- 9780312201487
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.65
€ 34.65
Paperback. The close links between the Scots and English law in the Middle Ages have long been recognised. Based on extensive research, this book examines the brieves of novel dissasine, mortancestry and right, and legal remedies for the recovery of land, as well as aspects of the early history of the Scottish legal profession and the Court of Session. Series: Edinburgh Classic Editions. Num Pages: 324 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 3F; 3H; HBJD1; HBLC1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 138. .
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781474407465
- ISBN
- 9781474407465
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 27.91
€ 32.99
€ 27.91
Paperback. Using data on every civil war fought between 1940 and 1992, the author details the conditions that lead combatants to partake in what she defines as a three-step process - the decision on whether to initiate negotiations, to compromise, and, finally, to implement any resulting terms. Num Pages: 216 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: GTJ; HBG; HBLW3; HBW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 161 x 236 x 14. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691089317
- ISBN
- 9780691089317
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 38.09
€ 52.99
€ 38.09
Series: Topics in Kentucky History. Num Pages: 384 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBSK; 3JJH; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 33. Weight in Grams: 825.
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- The University Press of Kentucky United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813165639
- ISBN
- 9780813165639
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.22
€ 65.22
Hardback. Re-envisages what we know about African political economies through its examination of one of the key questions in colonial and African history, that of commercial agriculture and its relationship to slavery. Editor(s): Law, Robin; Schwarz, Suzanne; Strickrodt, Silke. Series: Western Africa Series. Num Pages: 290 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFD; 3JF; 3JH; HBJH; HBLL; HBTQ; HBTS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 163 x 25. Weight in Grams: 656.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- James Currey
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847010759
- ISBN
- 9781847010759
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 97.32
€ 97.32
Hardback. Numerous aspects of the medieval economy are covered in this new collection of essays, from business fraud and changes in wages to the production of luxury goods. Editor(s): Dodds, Ben; Liddy, Christian D. Num Pages: 274 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3F; 3H; HBLC1; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 161 x 236 x 25. Weight in Grams: 550. Essays in Honour of Richard Britnell. 274 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. Editor(s): Dodds, Ben; Liddy, Christian D. Numerous aspects of the medieval economy are covered in this new collection of essays, from business fraud and changes in wages to the production of luxury goods. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 3F; 3H; HBLC1; KCZ. Dimension: 161 x 236 x 25. Weight: 622.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd
- Number of pages
- 274
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843836841
- ISBN
- 9781843836841
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 97.32
€ 97.32