History: earliest times to present day
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History: earliest times to present day
paperback. Patrick Pearse founded an Irish language school for boys in 1908, to create Irish male citizens from the ancient models of masculinity. This book explores how the idea of a modern Irish boyhood was created through Christian iconography and mythology as well as a preoccupation with patriotism, Gaelic games, theatre and juvenile literature Num Pages: 240 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JJ; HBJD1; HBLW; HBTB; JFC; JNA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 138 x 20. Weight in Grams: 426.
- Publisher
- CORK UNIV PR
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781859183953
- ISBN
- 9781859183953
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.00€ 21.31
€ 25.00
€ 21.31
Multiple-component retail product. Num Pages: 554 pages, 15 b/w images. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 1QDB; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJF; HBLL; HBLW; HBTQ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 138. .
- Publisher
- OUP India India
- Number of pages
- 554
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Slp
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199457465
- ISBN
- 9780199457465
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 117.71
€ 117.71
Hardcover. This is a biographical study of Sir Glyn Smallwood Jones, last Governor of Nyasaland. He was posted to Northern Rhodesia as an administrative cadet in 1931. He moved to Nyasaland in 1960, during which time he became Governor-General. Num Pages: 320 pages, b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFJ; BG; HBJH; HBLW3. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 222 x 151 x 34. Weight in Grams: 603.
- Publisher
- I. B. Tauris
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781860644610
- ISBN
- 9781860644610
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 153.96€ 137.06
€ 153.96
€ 137.06
Paperback. More than four hundred years after his death, Sir Francis Drake remains one of the legendary figures of history. His attacks on Spanish cities and ships transformed his private war into a struggle for survival between Protestant England and Catholic Spain. His exploits marked the emergence of England as a major maritime nation. Num Pages: 400 pages, 8pp b/w plates. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JB; BGH; HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 23. Weight in Grams: 282.
- Publisher
- Vintage United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 400
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781844137626
- ISBN
- 9781844137626
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Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.44
€ 17.99
€ 13.44
Hardcover. This work is a reappraisal of Sir Anthony Eden's conduct of foreign relations during the Suez crisis of 1956. It details the confusion and failed attempts at negotiation that eventually culminated in the reluctant gamble. Num Pages: 264 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1QDB; 3JJPG; HBJD1; HBLW3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 154 x 217 x 20. Weight in Grams: 436.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 264
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333984512
- ISBN
- 9780333984512
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 123.46
€ 123.46
Hardback. his volume deals in depth with the life of the Sinti and Roma in Germany and their representation in German literature, giving the background to the maltreatment, underlining the fact that the persecution of Gypsies during the Nazi period, which until the 1980s has been totally marginalized by historians, did not cease in 1945. Series: Culture and Society in Germany. Num Pages: 160 pages, 2 tables, Bibliog., Index. BIC Classification: 1DFG; HBJD; HBLW; JFC; JFFJ; JFSL; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books, Incorporated United States
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781571819215
- ISBN
- 9781571819215
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 154.88
€ 154.88
Hardcover. The Sino-Japanese war was the longest struggle of the Second World War. It started in July 1937 and not getting much help from the outside world, the Chinese soon closed a treaty with the Soviet Union to receive armament including a large number of aircraft. Everything was to change with Pearl Harbor, but the struggle continued until August 1945. Num Pages: 224 pages, 29 black and white photographs. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1FPJ; 3JJH; HBJF; HBLW; HBWQ; JWG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 165 x 25. Weight in Grams: 516.
- Publisher
- Fonthill Media
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781781555361
- ISBN
- 9781781555361
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 23.73
€ 33.99
€ 23.73
Hardback. This volume explores the appropriation of the past in modern British culture. The twelve essays argue that to distinguish between "the new" and "the traditional" today often draws a false dichotomy. It argues that Britishness, in fact, has been the product of continuous creation throughout the 19th and 20th centuries. Editor(s): Behlmer, George K.; Leventhal, Professor Fred M. Num Pages: 296 pages, 1 plan. BIC Classification: 1DB; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJD1; HBLL; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 24. Weight in Grams: 545.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804734899
- ISBN
- 9780804734899
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 81.91
€ 81.91
Paperback. Tells the story of the women who were left alone after World War I - a remarkable generation of women who were changed by war; and in their turn helped change society. This title is about those women, and about how they were forced, to stop depending on men for their income. Num Pages: 432 pages, ill. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJG; HBJD1; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 27. Weight in Grams: 304.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 432
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141020624
- ISBN
- 9780141020624
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.88
€ 15.99
€ 11.88
Paperback. More than 800 men lost their lives and 2,700 were wounded. Confederate General Thomas J Jackson earned his legendary nickname Stonewall here. Series: The American Crisis Series: Books on the Civil War Era. Num Pages: 226 pages, photographs, maps, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBW; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 164 x 16. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Scholarly Resources Inc.,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 226
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780842028769
- ISBN
- 9780842028769
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 58.39
€ 58.39
Hardback. More than 800 men lost their lives and 2,700 were wounded. Confederate General Thomas J Jackson earned his legendary nickname Stonewall here. Series: The American Crisis Series: Books on the Civil War Era. Num Pages: 226 pages, photographs, maps, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBW; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 141 x 21. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Scholarly Resources Inc.,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 226
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780842028752
- ISBN
- 9780842028752
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 158.53
€ 158.53
Hardback. .
- Publisher
- Lexington Books
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781498516006
- ISBN
- 9781498516006
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 112.51€ 40.57
€ 112.51
€ 40.57
hardcover. .
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780190469504
- ISBN
- 9780190469504
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 29.00€ 23.99
€ 29.00
€ 23.99
Paperback. They melted like snow on the ground, one officer said-wave after wave of Federal soldiers charging uphill across an open, muddy plain. Confederates, fortified behind a stone wall along a sunken road, poured a solid hail of lead into them as they charged .. and faltered .. and died. Series: Emerging Civil War Series. Num Pages: 168 pages, 171 illustrations and 6 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBFV; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 152 x 229 x 13. Weight in Grams: 280. The Battle of Fredericksburg, December 13, 1862. 168 pages, 171 illustrations and 6 maps. Mackowski and White have worked for years along Fredericksburg's Sunken Road and Stone Wall. In Simply Murder: The Battle of Fredericksburg, December 13, 1862, they not only recount Fredericksburg's tragic story of slaughter, they also share information about the battlefield itself. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1KBBFV; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ; JWLF. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 10. Weight: 280.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Savas Beatie
- Number of pages
- 168
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611211467
- ISBN
- 9781611211467
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Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 17.41
€ 18.99
€ 17.41
Hardback. Twentieth-century French philosopher Simone Weil's complete writings on colonialism are collected and translated into English in this volume. Translator(s): Little, J. P. Series: After the Empire: The Francophone World & Postcolonial France. Num Pages: 256 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBLW; HBTQ; HBTR; HPQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 157 x 20. Weight in Grams: 449.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742522824
- ISBN
- 9780742522824
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 181.62
€ 181.62
Paperback. Twentieth-century French philosopher Simone Weil's complete writings on colonialism are collected and translated into English in this volume. Translator(s): Little, J. P. Series: After the Empire: The Francophone World & Postcolonial France. Num Pages: 256 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBLW; HBTQ; HBTR; HPQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 148 x 14. Weight in Grams: 335.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742522831
- ISBN
- 9780742522831
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Condition: New
€ 73.73
€ 73.73
Paperback. Simon de Montfort's combination of charisma, determination, and fearlessness made him one of the greatest men of his age. This new biography marks 750 years since Montfort established the earliest forerunner of our modern parliament. Num Pages: 336 pages, 37. BIC Classification: 3H; BGH; HBJD; HBLC; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 124. .
- Publisher
- Amberley Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2018
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781445660110
- ISBN
- 9781445660110
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.73
€ 13.99
€ 11.73
Paperback. Simon Bolivar was a revolutionary who freed six countries, an intellectual who argued the principles of national liberation, and a general who fought a cruel colonial war. This book illuminates the inner world of Bolivar, the dynamics of his leadership, his power to command, and his modes of ruling the diverse peoples of Spanish America. Num Pages: 368 pages, 16 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: BGH; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 154 x 28. Weight in Grams: 614.
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300126044
- ISBN
- 9780300126044
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 16.11
€ 19.99
€ 16.11
Hardback. Silver, Trade, and War is about men and markets, national rivalries, diplomacy and conflict, and the advancement or stagnation of states. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 1K; 1QD; 3J; HBJD; HBLH; HBTQ; HBTR; KCLT; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 238 x 162 x 28. Weight in Grams: 620.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801861352
- ISBN
- 9780801861352
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 83.30
€ 83.30
Paperback. This study traces the American tradition of the suspicion of immigrant populations spreading disease. From the cholera outbreak of the 1930s to the associations of Haitians and AIDS, the author shows how immigrant groups have been regularly slandered as carriers of particular diseases. Num Pages: 384 pages, 27 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLH; HBTB; JFFN; JPVH1; MBN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801850967
- ISBN
- 9780801850967
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 31.54
€ 36.99
€ 31.54