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History: earliest times to present day

Paperback. A collection of essays that analyzes China's foremost social cleavage: the rural-urban gap. It examines the historical background of rural-urban relations; the size and trend in the income gap between rural and urban residents; aspects of inequality apart from income; and, experiences of discrimination, particularly among urban migrants. Editor(s): Whyte, Martin King. Series: Harvard Contemporary China Series. Num Pages: 460 pages, 1 map, 12 charts, 60 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJ; HBJF; HBLW; JFSF; JFSG; KCM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 155 x 27. Weight in Grams: 648.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
460
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674036321
ISBN
9780674036321
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 36.14

Paperback. Using newly collected data from American and Korean newspapers, this book examines relations between the United States and South Korea from 1992 to 2003, a particularly contentious period in the history of the two allies. Series: Studies of the Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center. Num Pages: 296 pages, 23 tables, 48 figures. BIC Classification: 1FPK; 1KBB; HBLW3; JPS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 431.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804763691
ISBN
9780804763691
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.48

Hardback. .
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
296
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804763684
ISBN
9780804763684
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 111.45
€ 100.16

Paperback. The Apache wars were the final episode in the subjugation of the American Indian peoples. Featuring larger-than-life characters such as Geronimo, Cochise and General Cook, this is an account of the battles between the Apache and the US Army for land and freedom. Num Pages: 384 pages, 8. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLL; JPVH; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 28. Weight in Grams: 508.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Edition
1st Edition Thus
Condition
New
SKU
V9780712666282
ISBN
9780712666282
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.16

Paperback. Once a Grand Duchess Num Pages: 270 pages, 16 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; BGH; HBJD; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 10. Weight in Grams: 260.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
New Ed
Number of pages
270
Condition
New
SKU
V9780750935210
ISBN
9780750935210
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 14.40

Paperback. This abridged edition of On War by Beatrice Heuser, using the acclaimed translation by Michael Howard and Peter Paret, selects the central books in which Clausewitz's views on the nature and theory of war are developed. Translator(s): Howard, Michael; Paret, Peter. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBLL; JWA; JWKT; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 196 x 130 x 22. Weight in Grams: 238.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
Abridged Ed. /
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199540020
ISBN
9780199540020
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.69

Paperback. History does not repeat, but it does instruct. In the twentieth century, European democracies collapsed into fascism, Nazism and communism. Today, we are no wiser than the Europeans who saw democracy yield to totalitarianism in the twentieth century. This book deals with this topic. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: HBLW; JPHV; JPHX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 13. Weight in Grams: 142.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Condition
New
SKU
9781847924889
ISBN
9781847924889
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.45

Paperback. This book explores Brahe's wide range of activities which encompass much more than his reputed role of astronomer. Num Pages: 374 pages, 72 b/w illus. 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JB; HBJD; HBLH; JFCX; PDX; PGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 500.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Edition
Abridged
Number of pages
374
Condition
New
SKU
V9780521008846
ISBN
9780521008846
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.43

Paperback. Presents a history of transportation and communication in the modern Middle East. This title argues that contrary to accepted wisdom technological modernity in Egypt did not drive a sense of time focused on standardization only. Num Pages: 360 pages, 16 b/w photographs, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1HBE; 3JJ; HBJF1; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 151 x 228 x 21. Weight in Grams: 498.
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
364
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520276147
ISBN
9780520276147
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.86

Paperback. Looking at the sixteenth- and seventeenth-century people who wrote about the Andean region that became Peru, this work shows how the lens of Rome had a profound influence on Spanish understanding of the Incan empire. It focuses on issues such as the role of language in conquest, the interpretation of civil war, and the founding of cities. Num Pages: 352 pages, 50 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KL; 1KLSR; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 157 x 24. Weight in Grams: 512.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691140957
ISBN
9780691140957
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.55

Hardcover. Rabbi Fishman has resurrected painful memories to soberly evaluate for history the barbaric acts that resulted in the near annihilation of the Jewish population of Europe. The story of his extraordinary tenacity and faith in the face of stark suffering while still a teen will inspire the reader to keep faith no matter how difficult the situation. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVP; 3JJH; BGHA; HBJD; HBLW; HBTZ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 170. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Gefen Publishing House
Condition
New
SKU
V9789652296467
ISBN
9789652296467
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 27.61

Hardcover. Num Pages: 192 pages, 31 b/w photos & maps. BIC Classification: 1D; 1MBF; 3JJF; HBJD; HBLW; HBWN; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 726.
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
Number of pages
192
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780764348280
ISBN
9780764348280
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 25.30

Paperback. Editor(s): Romm, James S. Translator(s): Shirley, Samuel. Num Pages: 232 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 196.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
Edition
1st Paperback Edition
Number of pages
201
Condition
New
SKU
V9780872206670
ISBN
9780872206670
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.44

Paperback. Follow Richard III through the resplendent castles, towering cathedrals, manor houses and chapels associated with his controversial life. Num Pages: 320 pages, 98. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3H; HBJD1; HBLC; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 126 x 31. Weight in Grams: 244.
Publisher
Amberley Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781445659978
ISBN
9781445659978
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.94

Paperback. Translator(s): Fott, David. Series: Agora Editions. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; HBLA1; HPS; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 253 x 15. Weight in Grams: 336.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801478918
ISBN
9780801478918
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.40

Paperback. Modern Russia's turbulent relations with its Muslim frontiers date back centuries. Indeed the nineteenth century, when the Muslim Caucasus first came under Russian rule, witnessed many of the historical antecedents to today's violent confrontations. Series: International Library of Historical Studies. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 1DVUZ; HBLL; HBTQ; JFSR2; JPR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Publisher
I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784539184
ISBN
9781784539184
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 36.10

Hardcover. Series: The Carlsberg Papyri. Num Pages: 576 pages, illus. BIC Classification: 1HBE; 1QDAE; HBJH; HBLA; HDDG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 302 x 216 x 30. Weight in Grams: 1384.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Museum Tusculanum Press Denmark
Number of pages
260
Condition
New
SKU
V9788772896465
ISBN
9788772896465
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 85.36
€ 65.74

Paperback. Series: Princeton Classics. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 3H; HBJD; HBLC; JPHC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691169330
ISBN
9780691169330
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.94

Hardback. Koreans and Burakumin, two of the largest minority groups in modern Japan, share a history of discrimination that spans the decades of Japan's modernization and imperial expansion. Bayliss explores the historical processes that cast them as "others" on the margins of the Japanese empire and that also influenced their views of themselves. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 350 pages, 7 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJ; HBJF; HBLW; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 162 x 34. Weight in Grams: 798.
Publisher
Harvard University, Asia Center
Number of pages
350
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674066687
ISBN
9780674066687
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 49.99
€ 42.19

Paperback. Argues that an understanding of clerks and clerking makes sense of the culture of capitalism in 19th Century America Series: American History and Culture Series. Num Pages: 287 pages, 20 b&w illustrations, 9 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; JHBL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 149 x 18. Weight in Grams: 382.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
New York University Press
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814753101
ISBN
9780814753101
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.83

Num Pages: 360 pages, 600+ b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJH; HBJK; HBLW; HBWQ; JWG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 287 x 221 x 42. Weight in Grams: 1944. The 8th Air Force in World War II. 360 pages, illustrations. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJH; HBJK; HBLW; HBWQ; JWG. Dimension: 287 x 221 x 42. Weight: 1930.
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
SKU
V9780764330902
ISBN
9780764330902
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 75.60
€ 57.65

Paperback. Examines the realities of Jewish life across Europe up to the very eve of World War Two. In this book, the author presents a disturbing interpretation of the collapse of European Jewish civilization even before the Nazi onslaught. Num Pages: 576 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJG; HBJD; HBLW; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 45. Weight in Grams: 488.
Publisher
Profile Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
576
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846681905
ISBN
9781846681905
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.80

hardcover. J.C. Van Leur attacked the views on the character and significance of the 18th century in Asian history. His denial of European pre-eminence in Asian waters represents an attack on colonial historiography. These essays provide studies of what this period meant in the history of South and East Asia. Num Pages: 328 pages, Includes 21 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1F; HBJF; HBLL; HBTB; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156. Weight in Grams: 608.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Routledge United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9781840146103
ISBN
9781840146103
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 173.73

Hardcover. This is the riveting true story of Paul Martelli, a fifteen-year-old German-Italian, who fought in Pomerania, on the Eastern Front, in 1945 as a member of the 33. Waffen-Grenadier-Division der SS "Charlemagne" and, later, as a soldier with French forces during three years (1951-1954) in the Tonkin area, Vietnam. Editor(s): Dal Cengio, Vittorino. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVH; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 165 x 27. Weight in Grams: 648.
Publisher
Helion and Company
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781909982093
ISBN
9781909982093
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.51

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