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History: earliest times to present day

Hardback. Aims to use the Mongolian question to illuminate much larger issues of twentieth-century Asian history: how war, revolution, and great-power rivalries induced or restrained the formation of nationhood and territoriality. This book focuses on the Mongolian question, which ran through Chinese politics in the first half of the twentieth century. Num Pages: 506 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1FPM; HBJF; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 36. Weight in Grams: 957.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
506
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804754262
ISBN
9780804754262
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 92.11

Paperback. Explores the emergence of Greek tragedy on the American stage from the nineteenth century to the present. This book shows how plays like Oedipus Rex and Medea have resonated deeply with contemporary concerns and controversies - over war, slavery, race, the status of women, religion, identity, and immigration. Series: Sather Classical Lectures. Num Pages: 396 pages, 26 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AN; HBJK; HBLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 229 x 26. Weight in Grams: 560.
Publisher
University of California Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520283879
ISBN
9780520283879
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.07

Hardback. An overriding assumption has directed scholarship in both European and Slavic history: that Kievan Rus' was part of a Byzantine commonwealth separate from Europe. Raffensperger refutes this, and offers a new frame for two hundred years of history, in which Rus' is understood as part of medieval Europe, and East is not so neatly divided from West. Series: Harvard Historical Studies. Num Pages: 340 pages, 1 map, 5 genealogy charts. BIC Classification: 1DV; 3H; HBJD; HBLC1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 164 x 236 x 26. Weight in Grams: 650.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
340
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674063846
ISBN
9780674063846
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 70.60
€ 65.09

Paperback. German railroading revolutionized warfare during 1825-1918 by getting more men, horses, guns, and supplies to the various battlefronts quicker and more efficiently than any other Great Power until the Allies discovered how to do it also, and sometimes better. In order to gain the advantages over their enemies, strict timetables had to be followed! Num Pages: 208 pages, 80 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJF; HBJD; HBLW; HBWN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 630.
Publisher
Fonthill Media
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781781554241
ISBN
9781781554241
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 18.88

Paperback. A reevaluation of an infamous Supreme Court decision that provides a compelling survey of the history and background of Lochner v New York. It argues not only that the court acted reasonably in Lochner, but that Lochner and like-minded cases have been widely misunderstood and unfairly maligned ever since. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW; LND. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 230 x 18. Weight in Grams: 296.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226004044
ISBN
9780226004044
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 22.27

Paperback. This collection explores the treatment of incest in the criminal courts, racial-ethnic dimensions of alcohol regulation, public health initiatives around venereal disease, and the seizure and indoctrination of Doukhobor children, among other issues. Editor(s): McLaren, Mr. John; Chunn, Dorothy E. Series: Law and Society. Num Pages: 320 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBC; HBJK; HBLL; HBLW; HBTB; LAF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 22. Weight in Grams: 481.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press Canada
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
Edition
Revised ed.
SKU
V9780774808873
ISBN
9780774808873
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 36.59

Paperback. Editor(s): Knodell, Alex R; Leppard, Thomas P. Series: Monographs in Mediterranean Archaeology. BIC Classification: HBLA; HD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Weight in Grams: 308.
Publisher
Equinox Publishing Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781781795279
ISBN
9781781795279
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.18

Hardcover. In reaction to the centralizing nation-building efforts of states in nineteenth-century Europe, many regions began to define their own identity. In thirteen stimulating essays, specialists analyze why regional identities became widely celebrated towards the end of that century and why some considered themselves part of the new national self-image. Editor(s): Augusteijn, Joost; Storm, H. Num Pages: 313 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 224 x 24. Weight in Grams: 518.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230313941
ISBN
9780230313941
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.31

Paperback. In reaction to the centralizing nation-building efforts of states in nineteenth-century Europe, many regions began to define their own identity. In thirteen stimulating essays, specialists analyze why regional identities became widely celebrated towards the end of that century and why some considered themselves part of the new national self-image. Editor(s): Storm, H. Num Pages: 313 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBL; HBTB; JHM; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 389.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
313
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349339402
ISBN
9781349339402
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.95

Hardback. Regimes of Twentieth-Century Germany is a concise theory of and empirical study on action consciousness as an integral dimension of historical consciousness with specific emphasis on National Socialist Germany and the German Democratic Republic. Num Pages: 270 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLW; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 490.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
270
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137598035
ISBN
9781137598035
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 128.05

Hardcover. Num Pages: 299 pages, 2 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1HFGU; HBJH; HBLW3; JPH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 611.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9781403976055
ISBN
9781403976055
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 68.00

Paperback. Walzer defends the trial and execution of Louis XVI as necessary, since it not only tried to destroy mystique and divine right, but also required the deputies to fully explain their guiding philosophies and applied the rules of judicial process to establish equality before the law. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBLL; HBTV; JPWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231082594
ISBN
9780231082594
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 31.19

Hardback. Kirsty Carpenter puts a human face on the victims of revolutionary legislation. London had the largest community of emigres. It had the most evolved social structure and was the most politically-active community. It was in London that two cultures came face-to-face with their prejudices and were forced to confront them. Num Pages: 287 pages, 12 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JF; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTV; HBW; JFFD; JFFN; JPVH1; JPWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 516.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
287
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333718339
ISBN
9780333718339
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 194.50

Hardback. .
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415738668
ISBN
9780415738668
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 153.10
€ 96.34

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Canada
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9781550028010
ISBN
9781550028010
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 28.51

Hardcover. This book examines changing responses towards refugees in modern France through French legal, intellectual, political and social history. Critical questions framed debates and policy: whether individuals had a natural human right to receive asylum and whether refugee policy was a matter for national government, or international agreement. Num Pages: 296 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JF; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLL; HBLW. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 223 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 482.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
298
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230507753
ISBN
9780230507753
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.43

Paperback. This book examines changing responses towards refugees in modern France through French legal, intellectual, political and social history. Critical questions framed debates and policy: whether individuals had a natural human right to receive asylum and whether refugee policy was a matter for national government, or international agreement. Num Pages: 296 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBL; JHB; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349353668
ISBN
9781349353668
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.50

Hardcover. The plight of John T Scopes dominated headlines for weeks, but behind the scenes of the famous "Monkey Trial" were other dramas hidden from public view. Covering the trial, this work enables modern readers to comprehend more completely the tensions that gripped a Tennessee community - and the nation - in 1925. Num Pages: 196 pages, 51 photographs. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 178 x 20. Weight in Grams: 617.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University Press of Kansas
Condition
New
SKU
V9780700615681
ISBN
9780700615681
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 72.33

Paperback. Num Pages: 312 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBL; HBTB; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 384.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349350032
ISBN
9781349350032
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.26

Hardback. Offers an account of how and why, in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, American missionaries and moral reformers undertook work abroad at an unprecedented rate and scale. This title presents how transnational organizing played a vital role in America's political and economic expansion. Series: America in the World. Num Pages: 336 pages, 15 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLL; HBLW; HBTQ; HRCX7. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 241 x 165 x 25. Weight in Grams: 612.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691145211
ISBN
9780691145211
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.77
€ 51.34

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