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History: earliest times to present day

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History: earliest times to present day

Hardback. Shenoute of Atripe: stern abbot, loquacious preacher, patron of the poor and scourge of pagans in fifth-century Egypt. This book studies his numerous Coptic writings and finds them to be the important literary source for the study of society, economy and religion in late antique Egypt. Series: Transformation of the Classical Heritage. Num Pages: 254 pages, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1HBE; HBLA; HRLP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 180 x 233 x 19. Weight in Grams: 466. Rural Patronage, Religious Conflict, and Monasticism in Late Antique Egypt. Series: Transformation of the Classical Heritage. 254 pages, illustrations. Shenoute of Atripe: stern abbot, loquacious preacher, patron of the poor and scourge of pagans in fifth-century Egypt. This book studies his numerous Coptic writings and finds them to be the important literary source for the study of society, economy and religion in late antique Egypt. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1HBE; HBLA; HRLP. Dimension: 180 x 233 x 19. Weight: 466.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
254
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520274839
ISBN
9780520274839
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 84.37
€ 65.14

Hardcover. The Anglican chaplains who served in the Great War were changed by their experience of total war. They returned determined to revitalise the Anglican Church in Britain and to create a society which would be a living memorial to the men who had died. Series: Wolverhampton Military Studies. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJF; 3JJG; HBJD1; HBLW; HBWN; HRCC91. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 165 x 21. Weight in Grams: 536.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Helion and Company
Condition
New
SKU
V9781909982253
ISBN
9781909982253
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 32.92

Paperback. Born on an Australian sheep station, Sheila Chisholm (1895-1969) wedded earls and barons, befriended literary figures and movie stars, and died a Russian princess. Num Pages: 272 pages, illustrations (colour). BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJ; BGH; HBJD1; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 128 x 32. Weight in Grams: 432.
Publisher
Allen & Unwin
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781743319444
ISBN
9781743319444
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 15.06

Paperback. In medieval England, man was the ruler of woman, and the King was the ruler of all. How, then, could royal power lie in female hands? This title offers the stories of four exceptional women who, while never reigning queens, held great power: Matilda, Eleanor of Aquitaine, Isabella of France and Margaret of Anjou. Num Pages: 496 pages, Illustrations (chiefly col.), map. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3H; 3JB; HBJD1; HBLC1; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 34. Weight in Grams: 406.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Number of pages
496
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571237067
ISBN
9780571237067
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 12.99

Paperback. The gripping account of World War Two's legendary heroine, who risked her life to save her country and her lover. Num Pages: 432 pages, 1 x 8pp b&w. BIC Classification: 3JJH; BGH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ; JWH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 28. Weight in Grams: 302.
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Number of pages
432
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781444724622
ISBN
9781444724622
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.41

Paperback. Provides a picture of Shays' Rebellion, capturing the spirit of the insurgency, the reasons for the revolt, and its long-term impact on the participants, the state of Massachusetts, and the nation as a whole. Num Pages: 216 pages, 38 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBBES; 3JF; 3JH; HBJK; HBLH; HBLL; JWLF. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 155 x 229 x 15. Weight in Grams: 334.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812218701
ISBN
9780812218701
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.20

Paperback. Explores the staggering gap between the country's role in the terrors of war and its subsequent success as a democracy. Comprising original essays, this book begins by reexamining the nationalist, socialist, and liberal master narratives that have dominated the presentation of German history but are losing their hold. Num Pages: 400 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; HBAH; HBJD; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 154 x 24. Weight in Grams: 592.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
398
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691059365
ISBN
9780691059365
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.48
€ 42.28

Paperback. Offers an account of a revolution that saw the first true agrarian reform in Central America. This book analyses the tragic destruction of that revolution. It states that in no other Central American country was US intervention so decisive and so ruinous, and shows that the intervention can be blamed on no single 'convenient villain'. Num Pages: 464 pages, 1 line drawing, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLCG; 3JJH; 3JJP; HBJK; HBLW3; HBTV; JPWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 157 x 235 x 33. Weight in Grams: 684.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
464
Condition
New
Edition
Reprint
SKU
V9780691025568
ISBN
9780691025568
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 71.30
€ 54.95

Hardcover. Num Pages: 416 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JM; HBJK; HBLX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 41. Weight in Grams: 757.
Publisher
Encounter Books,USA United States
Number of pages
416
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781594036712
ISBN
9781594036712
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 11.04

Paperback. Describes the author's experience of living on the West Bank since the early eighties. The author tells about the life and gossip of her neighbourhood in Ramallah, her moving family history, and the struggle to live a normal life in an insane situation, based on her diary, which she kept during the Israeli invasion of Ramallah in March 2002. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: BGA; HBJF; HBLW3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 15. Weight in Grams: 150.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Granta Books London
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
New edition
SKU
KNW0008648
ISBN
9781862078116
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 10.99
€ 10.32

Paperback. Examines human rights issues in the Occupied Territories and lays out plans for a lasting peace. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBH; 1FBP; HBJF1; HBLW3; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 215 x 135 x 14. Weight in Grams: 304.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Pluto Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745322483
ISBN
9780745322483
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 24.34

Paperback. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: DSC; HBG; HBLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5334 x 3887 x 22. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822314196
ISBN
9780822314196
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.64

Hardback. In the second half of the nineteenth century a new kind of social and cultural actor came to the fore: the expert. During this period complex processes of modernization, industrialization, urbanization, and nation-building gained pace, particularly in Western Europe and North America. Editor(s): Rodogno, Davide; Struck, Bernhard; Vogel, Jakob. Series: Contemporary European History. Num Pages: 316 pages, 2 illus, 4 tables. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLL; HBLW. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 158 x 231 x 21. Weight in Grams: 626.
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782383581
ISBN
9781782383581
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 155.80

Hardcover. Num Pages: 320 pages, 12 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTM; JWF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 139 x 28. Weight in Grams: 506.
Publisher
Manchester University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719090288
ISBN
9780719090288
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 149.75

Paperback. Shaping the New World introduces students to the origins, growth, and consolidation of African slavery in the Americas and race-based slavery's impact on the economic, social, and cultural development of the New World. Series: International Themes & Issues. Num Pages: 192 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, maps. BIC Classification: 1K; 3J; HBJK; HBLH; HBLL; HBTS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 212 x 135 x 13. Weight in Grams: 262.
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442605558
ISBN
9781442605558
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.42

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 520 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JB; HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 29. Weight in Grams: 885.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
520
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691649030
ISBN
9780691649030
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 250.20

Paperback. Reprint. Originally published: Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1968. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 520 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JB; HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 27. Weight in Grams: 714.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
520
Condition
New
Edition
Reprint
SKU
V9780691622231
ISBN
9780691622231
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 77.24
€ 59.92

Paperback. Shows how ordinary people broke down the institutional and cultural barriers that separated elite from popular politics in 16th- and 17th-century Europe and entered fully into the historical process of European state formation. This book offers an alternative to traditionally elite-centered accounts of territorial state formation in Europe. Num Pages: 237 pages, 12 line illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JB; 3JD; HBJD; HBLH; HBTB; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 152 x 226 x 9. Weight in Grams: 372. Ordinary People in European Politics, 1500-1700. 237 pages, 12 line illustrations. Shows how ordinary people broke down the institutional and cultural barriers that separated elite from popular politics in 16th- and 17th-century Europe and entered fully into the historical process of European state formation. This book offers an alternative to traditionally elite-centered accounts of territorial state formation in Europe. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JB; 3JD; HBJD; HBLH; HBTB; JPA. Dimension: 152 x 226 x 9. Weight: 370.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
University of California Press
Edition
0th Edition
Number of pages
237
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520213180
ISBN
9780520213180
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 26.47

Hardback.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843843351
ISBN
9781843843351
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 114.97

Paperback. Editor(s): Wolff, Ernst; Kozlarek, Oliver; Rusen, Jorn. Num Pages: 292 pages. BIC Classification: HBLA1; HPCB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 136 x 226 x 21. Weight in Grams: 422.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Transcript Verlag Germany
Number of pages
292
Condition
New
SKU
V9783837619416
ISBN
9783837619416
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.99
€ 36.07

Paperback. America's expansion west was the driving force for issues of democracy, politics, race, freedom, and property. This book re-writes the history of the United States through a western lens. It reflects the important role of the West in national narratives of American history, from 1850 to the late twentieth century. Num Pages: 348 pages, 30 b/w images. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLL; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Publisher
University of California Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2018
Edition
First
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520291416
ISBN
9780520291416
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.06

Hardcover. Num Pages: 120 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JH; 3JJ; 3JM; HBJF; HBLL; HBLW; HBLX. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 152 x 234 x 13. Weight in Grams: 332.
Publisher
Sussex Academic Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845196318
ISBN
9781845196318
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 72.21

Hardback. Series: Global Chinese Culture. Num Pages: 280 pages, 49 figures. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJ; HBJF; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 454.
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231167161
ISBN
9780231167161
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 104.58
€ 79.38

Paperback. Series: Global Chinese Culture. Num Pages: 280 pages, 49 figures. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJ; HBJF; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 153 x 228 x 11. Weight in Grams: 376.
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231167178
ISBN
9780231167178
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 27.43

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