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History: earliest times to present day

paperback. An examination of how the automobile has ravaged America's cities and landscape in the 20th century together with a strategy for reversing America's automobile dependency. Num Pages: 440 pages, 23 black-and-white photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AMVD; HBJK; HBLW; KCN; KNGR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 513.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
440
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520216204
ISBN
9780520216204
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 39.61

Paperback. .
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
480
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415611213
ISBN
9780415611213
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.56

Paperback. One of the Ancient Near East's most important inscriptions is the Bisotun inscription of the Achaemenid king Darius I (6th century BCE), which reports on a suspicious fratricide and coup. Shayegan shows how the Bisotun's narrative influenced the Iranian epic, epigraphic, and historiographical traditions into the Sasanian and early Islamic periods. Series: Hellenic Studies Series. Num Pages: 244 pages, 5 line illustrations; 8 black and white photos, 9 tables. BIC Classification: 1FBN; HBJF1; HBLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 154 x 13. Weight in Grams: 342.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Harvard University, Center for Hellenic Studies United States
Number of pages
244
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674065888
ISBN
9780674065888
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 24.61

Paperback. Offers an introduction to the central period of Greek History for students of classics. This title constructs the relevant historical periods from the age of colonization to Alexander the Great. Num Pages: 552 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 3D; HBJD; HBLA1. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 232 x 155 x 29. Weight in Grams: 842.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
560
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415549776
ISBN
9780415549776
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 49.88

Paperback. Editor(s): Green, Michael J.; Gill, Bates. Num Pages: 400 pages, 9 illus; 5 tables. BIC Classification: 1F; HBJF; HBLW3; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 552.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231144438
ISBN
9780231144438
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 30.78

Paperback. Asian Travel in the Renaissance looks at travel in Asia for the purposes of trade, colonialism and religious conversion by a diverse array of Portuguese, Dutch, Spanish, Italian and English protagonists in the Renaissance era. * Examines European travel in Asia from a variety of perspectives. Editor(s): Carey, Dr. Daniel. Series: Renaissance Studies Special Issues. Num Pages: 256 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1F; 3H; 3JB; HBG; HBLC; HBLH; KCLT; RGR; WTM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 156 x 13. Weight in Grams: 368.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405111607
ISBN
9781405111607
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.72

hardcover. Provides a challenge to the China-centred narrative of the Qing conquest through comparative frontier history and a pioneering use of indigenous sources. This title focuses on the Tai domains of China's Yunnan frontier, part of the politically fluid borderlands, where local, indigenous leaders were crucial actors in an arena of imperial rivalry. Num Pages: 328 pages, 1 halftone, 7 line illustrations, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 612.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674021716
ISBN
9780674021716
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 81.06
€ 74.07

Paperback. An essential collection that brings together the core primary texts of the Asian American experience in one volume Editor(s): Schlund-Vials, Cathy J.; Wong, K. Scott; Chang, Jason Oliver. Num Pages: 336 pages, 40 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; 3JM; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB; JFSL3. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 157 x 238 x 23. Weight in Grams: 482.
Publisher
Yale University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300195446
ISBN
9780300195446
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.63

Paperback. Num Pages: 498 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1F; 3JJPN; 3JJPR; HBJF; HBLW3; HBTV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 230 x 36. Weight in Grams: 628.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
PM Press United States
Edition
2nd
Number of pages
498
Condition
New
SKU
V9781604864885
ISBN
9781604864885
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.68

Paperback. Part of a series which studies the impact of Asia's high civilizations on the development of modern Western society. Volume III, Book One examines Christian missions, trade and conquest in the East and the histories, reports, letterbooks and travelogues of 17th-century Europe. Num Pages: 736 pages, 90 halftones, 17 line drawings, 2 maps, 4 tables. BIC Classification: 1D; 1F; HBJD; HBJF; HBLH; HBLL; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 168 x 50. Weight in Grams: 1002.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
736
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226467658
ISBN
9780226467658
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 64.66
€ 54.95

Paperback. Part of Volume III of a series which traces European encounters with Asia, and the ways in which those encounters altered the development of Western society, art, literature, science and religion since the Renaissance. The books of the third volume of this work cover the 17th century. Num Pages: 578 pages, 69 halftones, 9 line drawings, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1D; 1F; HBJD; HBJF; HBLH; HBLL; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 33. Weight in Grams: 720.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
578
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226467689
ISBN
9780226467689
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.90
€ 45.53

hardcover. Explores the resonance American conservatives felt with the defeat of Chiang Kai-Shek and his exile to Taiwan, which they lamented as the loss of China to communism and the corrosion of traditional values. Num Pages: 232 pages, 7 halftones. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1KBB; 3JJP; HBJK; HBLW; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University of Chicago Press
Condition
New
SKU
9780226252711
ISBN
9780226252711
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 28.09

Hardback. A leading proponent of knowledge exchanges within East Asia and of an international cultural studies insists that those on both sides of the imperial divide must assess the conduct, motives, and consequences of imperialism. Num Pages: 344 pages, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1F; HBJF; HBLW3; HBTR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 236 x 160 x 28. Weight in Grams: 612.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822346647
ISBN
9780822346647
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 115.33

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Edition
0th Edition
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822346760
ISBN
9780822346760
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.82

Hardcover. Examines the wartime destruction and post-war rebuilding of three prominent sites in Madrid, Bilbao and Barcelona in the Spanish Civil War and its aftermath. This title reveals aspects of the Spanish Civil War and the evolution of the Franco regime from an original and fruitful angle. Num Pages: 272 pages, illus. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLW; HBWP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 252 x 171 x 21. Weight in Grams: 628.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Sussex Academic Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845194369
ISBN
9781845194369
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 129.15

Paperback. Explains the kaleidoscopic nature of Middle Eastern diplomacy. Num Pages: 576 pages, Illustrations, maps, ports. BIC Classification: 1FBS; BGH; HBJF1; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 159 x 236 x 33. Weight in Grams: 816.
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
576
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520069763
ISBN
9780520069763
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 30.01

Hardback. Editor(s): Stevens, Michael E. Num Pages: 264 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBLH; HBW; JFSL3; JWD; JWX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 160 x 23. Weight in Grams: 608.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780945612551
ISBN
9780945612551
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 75.63

Paperback. "A lively and sympathetic history of pre-Revolutionary Boston under British occupation." -The New Yorker A thrilling and original work of history, As If an Enemy's Country tells the riveting story of what made the Boston townspeople, and with them other colonists, turn toward revolution. Series: Pivotal Moments in American History. Num Pages: 304 pages, 27 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DB; 1KBBES; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL; HBWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 157 x 21. Weight in Grams: 440.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199895779
ISBN
9780199895779
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 20.77

Paperback. A autobiography in which the anonymous writer intersperses personal reflections, anecdotes and lyrical poems with accounts of her travels and descriptions of the Japanese countryside. She illuminates her pilgrimages to temples and mystical dreams in exquisite prose, describing a journey that can be read as a metaphor for life itself. Translator(s): Morris, Ivan. Num Pages: 176 pages, illustrations, maps, index. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 2AFS; BG; HBJF; HBLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 12. Weight in Grams: 136.
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1989
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140442823
ISBN
9780140442823
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.81

Num Pages: 1 pages, 1. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 1KBB; 3JJH; HBJF; HBLW; HBWQ; JWXR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 165 x 238 x 34. Weight in Grams: 596.
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Penguin Putnam Inc United States
Number of pages
1
Condition
New
SKU
V9780399583551
ISBN
9780399583551
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 24.53

hardcover. Marilyn Aronberg Lavin has taught the history of art at Washington University, the University of Maryland, Yale, Princeton, and Universita di Roma, La Sapienza. Specializing in Italian 13th16th century painting, she is internationally known for her books and articles on Piero della Francesca. Num Pages: 230 pages, 86 col & b/w illus. BIC Classification: HBLH. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 246 x 175 x 28. Weight in Grams: 1066.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Pindar Press United Kingdom
Edition
Illustriert.
Number of pages
230
Condition
New
SKU
V9781904597438
ISBN
9781904597438
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 120.22

Hardback. This study of barbers-surgeons and other artisans involved in the care and appearance of the body - jewellers, tailors, wigmakers, upholsterers - sheds light on the strong sociocultural affinities that existed in the Early Modern period between these apparently unrelated trades, challenging the divide between medical and non-medical occupations. Series Editor(s): Sharpe, Pamela; Summerfield, Penny; Abrams, Lynn; Beattie, Cordelia. Series: Gender in History. Num Pages: 296 pages, Illustrations, black & white. BIC Classification: 1DST; HBJD; HBLH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 222 x 143 x 17. Weight in Grams: 490.
Publisher
Manchester University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719076626
ISBN
9780719076626
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 149.85

Paperback. Is it possible to trace the footprints of the historical Sokrates in Athens? Is the tomb beneath the high altar of St Peter's Basilica home to the apostle Peter? This book examines the relationship between ancient history and archaeology and reveals the possibilities and limitations of using archaeological evidence in writing about the past. Num Pages: 256 pages, 26 halftones, 29 line drawings, 10 tables. BIC Classification: 1D; 1QDA; HBJD; HBLA1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 279 x 15. Weight in Grams: 656.
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226096988
ISBN
9780226096988
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 42.71

Paperback. A completely new, revised and enlarged edition of this classic survey of monuments in South-West England associated with the stories of King Arthur and Knights of the Round Table: the castle of Tintagel, the great hill-fort of Cadbury in south Somerset, the ruined abbey at Glastonbury and Castle Dore in south Cornwall. Num Pages: 96 pages, maps, plans, photographs, further reading. BIC Classification: 1DBKEW; HBJD1; HBLA; HDDA; JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 205 x 138 x 6. Weight in Grams: 150.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University of Exeter Press United Kingdom
Edition
Revised
Number of pages
96
Condition
New
SKU
V9780859896764
ISBN
9780859896764
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.16

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