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History: earliest times to present day

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History: earliest times to present day

Hardback. The fiery debate over funding Jay Treaty sets political stage, and austic exchanges between Federalists and Democratic-Republicans row as rumors surface of George Washington's impending retirement. This title spans the period from July 1795 to the eve of John Adams' inauguration, with growing partisan divide to election playing a central role. Editor(s): Hogan, Margaret A.; Taylor, C. James; Martin, Sara; Woodward, Hobson; Millikan, Neal E.; Sikes, Sara B.; Lint, Gregg L. Series: Adams Papers. Num Pages: 654 pages, 10 line illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; BJ; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 255 x 173 x 54. Weight in Grams: 1748.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
654
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674072442
ISBN
9780674072442
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 106.47
€ 95.40

Hardback. The Adams family comments on national and international events, from America's growing tensions with Britain and France to virulent domestic political factionalism and the Whiskey Rebellion. The most significant event for the Adamses was John Quincy's appointment as U.S. minister resident at The Hague, the beginning of a long diplomatic career. Editor(s): Hogan, Margaret A.; Taylor, C. James; Martin, Sara; Woodward, Hobson; Sikes, Sara B.; Lint, Gregg L.; Georgini, Sara. Series: Adams Papers. Num Pages: 608 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; BJ; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 248 x 165 x 46. Weight in Grams: 1520.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
608
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674057845
ISBN
9780674057845
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 124.03
€ 109.56

Hardcover. Volume 12 opens with John Adams's inauguration as president and closes just after details of the XYZ affair become public in America. Through private correspondence, and with the candor and perception expected from the Adamses, family members reveal their concerns for the well-being of the nation and the sustaining force of domestic life. Editor(s): Martin, Editor in Chief Adams Papers Sara (Massachusetts Historical Society); Taylor, Former Editor in Chief Adams Papers C James (Massachusetts Historical Society); Millikan, Assistant Editor Neal E (Massachusetts Historical Society); Norton, Assistant Editor Adams Papers Amanda Mathews (Massachusetts Historical Society); Woodward, Associate Editor Adams Papers Hobson (Massachusetts Historical Society); Sikes, Assistant Editor for Digital Projects Adams Papers Sara B (Massachusetts Historical Society); Lint, Series Editor of the Papers of John Adams Gregg L; Georgini, Assistant Editor Adams Papers Sara (Massachusetts Historical Society). Num Pages: 677 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; BJ; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 257 x 178 x 56. Weight in Grams: 1630.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Belknap Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674504660
ISBN
9780674504660
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 101.79
€ 90.93

Hardback. As in the previous volumes in this series of the Adams Papers, the correspondence presented here offers a unique perspective on the eighteenth century from a preeminent American family. Editor(s): Taylor, C. James; Hogan, Margaret A.; Cecere, Anne Decker; Walker, Celeste; Lint, Gregg L.; Woodward, Hobson; Claffey, Mary T. Series: Adams Papers. Num Pages: 600 pages, 10 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; BJ; HBJK; HBLL; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 248 x 165. Weight in Grams: 1442.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
600
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674015746
ISBN
9780674015746
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 129.89
€ 115.31

Paperback. Series: Galaxy Books. Num Pages: 160 pages, 2 halftone illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 204 x 126 x 10. Weight in Grams: 194.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1977
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195023558
ISBN
9780195023558
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 128.37

Paperback. This book assesses the Roman invasion of Britain in AD 43. Num Pages: 208 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBJD1; HBLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 175 x 249 x 14. Weight in Grams: 406.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780752419596
ISBN
9780752419596
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 21.43

Paperback. The Goths' sack of Rome in AD 410 was an event which shook the Roman world to its core. This book uncovers the key factors that contributed to Alaric the Goth's capture of Rome: mass migrations, military incompetence, civil war, court intrigue, economic decline and religious bigotry. Num Pages: 176 pages, 60 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 3D; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 148 x 17. Weight in Grams: 414. The Year That Shook Rome. 176 pages, 60 colour illustrations. The Goths' sack of Rome in AD 410 was an event which shook the Roman world to its core. This book uncovers the key factors that contributed to Alaric the Goth's capture of Rome: mass migrations, military incompetence, civil war, court intrigue, economic decline and religious bigotry. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 3D; HBJD; HBLA. Dimension: 213 x 148 x 17. Weight: 414.
Publisher
British Museum Press
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780714122694
ISBN
9780714122694
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 7.04

Hardback. This work explores the political relationship between Scotland and England as it was negotiated in the literary realm in the century after the 1707 Act of Union. It examines Britain, one of the precursors to the modern nation and as a dynamic process and a dialogue between heterogeneous elements. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 1DBKS; HBJD1; HBLL; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 515. Fine in fine dust wrapper. Showing some shelfwear to DW and boards, remains a fine copy
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Stanford University Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0024873
ISBN
9780804732697
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Hardcover. Editor(s): Ryholt, Kim. Series: Carsten Niebuhr Institute Publications. Num Pages: 420 pages, 16 b/w plates. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; CFF; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 303 x 216 x 33. Weight in Grams: 1606.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Museum Tusculanum Press Denmark
Number of pages
420
Condition
New
SKU
V9788772896489
ISBN
9788772896489
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 117.07
€ 88.69

Paperback. Brings together Lee Patterson's essays published in various venues over the years. Num Pages: 400 pages, 2 illustrated halftones. BIC Classification: 3F; 3H; DSBB; HBLC1; HBTB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Notre Dame Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780268038373
ISBN
9780268038373
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 39.99

Paperback. A revised and updated edition of Acts of God. With 32 pages of new material, including a new preface and new chapter on Hurricane Katrina, this is a natural answer to reader demands for thought-provoking and insightful disussion on who and what factors were responsible for the disaster in New Orleans. Num Pages: 336 pages, 20 halftones & line drawings. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBLW; JFFC; RNR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 153 x 229 x 23. Weight in Grams: 504.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Edition
2 Rev ed
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195309683
ISBN
9780195309683
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.80

Hardback. Provocatively capturing the controversy and sentiments surrounding this period of political imbalance, Actors on Red Alert explores the repercussions of the 1940s blacklist through career interviews with five prominent actors and actresses. Series: The Scarecrow Filmmakers Series. Num Pages: 198 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJC; APB; HBJK; HBLW; JPVN; JPVR; KNTC; KNTD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 145 x 16. Weight in Grams: 363.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Number of pages
198
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810836495
ISBN
9780810836495
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 90.77

Paperback. Tells the story of the battle of Actium. Illustrator(s): Hook, Christa. Series: Campaign. Num Pages: 96 pages, Illustrations (chiefly col.). BIC Classification: 1QDAR; HBJD; HBLA; HBW; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 247 x 184 x 7. Weight in Grams: 318.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
Edition
2nd Printing
Number of pages
96
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846034053
ISBN
9781846034053
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 20.44

Contends Lincoln was no reluctant emancipator; he wrote a truly radical document that treated Confederate slaves as an oppressed people rather than merely as enemy property. In this respect, Lincoln's proclamation anticipated the intellectual warfare tactics of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBLL; HBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 161 x 22. Weight in Grams: 472.
Publication date
2007
Publisher
The University Press of Kentucky United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813124636
ISBN
9780813124636
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 57.33

Hardback. Across the Revolutionary Divide: Russia, 1861-1945 presents an ambitious interpretive account of Russian history from the abolition of serfdom by Alexander II to the end of World War II. Series: Blackwell History of Russia. Num Pages: 296 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLL; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 160 x 20. Weight in Grams: 550.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405169615
ISBN
9781405169615
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 108.32

Paperback. Across the Revolutionary Divide: Russia, 1861-1945 presents an ambitious interpretive account of Russian history from the abolition of serfdom by Alexander II to the end of World War II. Series: Blackwell History of Russia. Num Pages: 296 pages, black & white halftones, maps. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLL; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 228 x 16. Weight in Grams: 430.
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
296
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405169608
ISBN
9781405169608
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 37.47

Hardcover. Illustrates how the divided spheres of Civil War experience created social and political conflict far removed from the better-known battlefields of the war. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 499.
Publisher
NYU Press
Number of pages
256
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814729199
ISBN
9780814729199
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 59.62

paperback. An obscure undertaking in its time, the Lewis and Clark expedition grew in the American imagination, acquiring an almost mythic stature. This book presents an examination of the explorers' world and the complicated ways in which it relates to ours. It contains essays that look at the global geopolitics that provided the context for the expedition. Editor(s): Seefeldt, Douglas; Hantman, Jeffrey L.; Onuf, Peter S. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 363.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Virginia Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813925950
ISBN
9780813925950
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.38

Num Pages: 480 pages, over 500 color/bw images. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ; JWG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 288 x 230 x 47. Weight in Grams: 2670.
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
Number of pages
480
Condition
New
SKU
V9780764333477
ISBN
9780764333477
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 74.91
€ 56.69

Paperback. 14 August 1940, which Hitler code-named 'Adlertag', or 'Eagle Day', was fated to become one of the most significant days in the Battle of Britain. Num Pages: 224 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JJH; HBLW; HBWQ; JWG; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 157 x 14. Weight in Grams: 490.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
First British Edition
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780752457208
ISBN
9780752457208
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.38

Hardcover. Num Pages: 240 pages, 25 colour photos. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; 3JMC; HBJF; HBLX; HBWS5. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 158 x 24. Weight in Grams: 526. Countering an Insurgery. 215 pages, colour photos. Offers a view of the war in Iraq and outlines a strategy for achieving victory. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1FBQ; 3JMC; HBJF; HBLX; HBWS5. Dimension: 236 x 158 x 24. Weight: 526.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Stackpole Books
Edition
1st
Number of pages
215
Condition
New
SKU
V9780811703888
ISBN
9780811703888
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 20.76

Paperback. The author argues that the Left wing in America sees the sins of America's past poisoning hope for the future, and challenges the "lost" generation of the Left to understand the role it might play in the tradition of democratic intellectual labour that started with writers like Whitman and Dewey. Series: The William E. Massey Sr. Lectures in the History of American Civilization. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW; JPFF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 211 x 141 x 12. Weight in Grams: 178.
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674003125
ISBN
9780674003125
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 22.30

Paperback. Examines the tactics, achievements and personalities of one of the deadliest of Germany's aerial units. Illustrator(s): Dempsey, Harry; Postlethwaite, Mark. Series: Aircraft of the Aces. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJF; HBJD; HBLW; HBWN; JWG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 248 x 184 x 7. Weight in Grams: 314.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
Number of pages
96
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781472808431
ISBN
9781472808431
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 20.43

Paperback. How the age of the great WWI aces came to an end in the skies over the Western Front Num Pages: 400 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJF; HBJD; HBLW; HBWN; JWG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 134 x 26. Weight in Grams: 338.
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Number of pages
400
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780753824078
ISBN
9780753824078
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.74

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