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History: earliest times to present day
Hardback. The Smoot-Hawley tariff of 1930, which raised US duties on hundreds of imported goods to record levels, is America's most infamous trade law. This title presents an account of the politics behind Smoot-Hawley, its economic consequences, the foreign reaction it provoked, and its aftermath and legacy. Num Pages: 256 pages, 22 halftones. 10 line illus. 9 tables. 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBLW; KCP; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 220 x 149 x 23. Weight in Grams: 420.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691150321
- ISBN
- 9780691150321
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 49.99€ 35.99
€ 49.99
€ 35.99
Paperback. Daring SAS raid of the Falklands War. Num Pages: Illustrated. BIC Classification: 1MTASF; 3JJPN; HBJQ; HBLW3; HBWS; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 246 x 172. .
- Publisher
- Pen & Sword Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Anniversary, Revised
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781473892958
- ISBN
- 9781473892958
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.79
€ 19.99
€ 15.79
Paperback. Mark R. Baker focuses on Ukrainian-speaking peasants during the 1914-1921 revolutionary period. Arguing that the peasants of Kharkiv province thought of themselves primarily as members of their particular village communities, and not as members of any nation or class, he advances the historiography beyond the ideologized categories of the Cold War. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVUK; 3JJF; 3JJG; HBJD; HBLW; HBTB; HBTV4. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 456.
- Publisher
- Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781932650150
- ISBN
- 9781932650150
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 37.62
€ 45.99
€ 37.62
paperback. This book combines social and institutional histories of Russia, focusing on the secret police and their evolving relationship with the peasantry. Based on an analysis of Cheka/OGPU reports, it argues that the police did not initially respond to peasant resistance to Bolshevik demands simply with the gun rather, they listened to peasant voices." Num Pages: 177 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBG; HBJ; HBJD; HBL; HBW; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 177
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2012
- SKU
- V9781349341979
- ISBN
- 9781349341979
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 61.28
€ 61.28
Hardcover. This book combines social and institutional histories of Russia, focusing on the secret police and their evolving relationship with the peasantry. Based on an analysis of Cheka/OGPU reports, it argues that the police did not initially respond to peasant resistance to Bolshevik demands simply with the gun-rather, they listened to peasant voices. Num Pages: 177 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JJG; HBJD; HBLW; HBTV4; JKSW1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 144 x 16. Weight in Grams: 346.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230338869
- ISBN
- 9780230338869
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.03
€ 62.03
Hardcover. Num Pages: 269 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 3JH; HBJD1; HBJF; HBLL; JFSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403949028
- ISBN
- 9781403949028
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.76
€ 62.76
Paperback. Num Pages: 269 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD1; HBJF; HBL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 269
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349525386
- ISBN
- 9781349525386
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 62.03
€ 62.03
Paperback. France achieved national unity much later than is commonly supposed. This book traces how France underwent a veritable crisis of civilization in the early years of the French Republic as traditional attitudes and practices crumbled under the forces of modernization. Num Pages: 632 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1D; HBJD; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 141 x 37. Weight in Grams: 748.
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 632
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1976
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804710138
- ISBN
- 9780804710138
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.18
€ 50.18
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719053788
- ISBN
- 9780719053788
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 32.49
€ 33.99
€ 32.49
Paperback. Combining translations of five peasant narratives with critical commentary on their provenance and implications for historical study, this book illuminates the life of the peasantry in Tokugawa Japan. Editor(s): Walthall, Anne. Num Pages: 276 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; HBJF; HBLL; JFS; JPWF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 278 x 154 x 15. Weight in Grams: 339.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226872346
- ISBN
- 9780226872346
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 29.24
€ 37.99
€ 29.24
Paperback. This text documents the active history of the vast peasant rebellion against collectivization between 1928-1932. It reveals the manifestation in Stalin's Russia of universal strategies of peasant resistance in what amounted to virtual civil war between state and peasantry. Num Pages: 328 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JJG; HBJD; HBLW; HBTV; JFSF; JPWQ; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 21. Weight in Grams: 494.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc
- Number of pages
- 324
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195131048
- ISBN
- 9780195131048
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 112.61
€ 112.61
Paperback. This book examines the structures and texture of rural social relationships, using one type of document found in abundance over all the four component parts of Britain and Ireland: petitions from tenants to their landlords. The book offers unexpected angles on many aspects of society and economy on estates in the 17th and 18th centuries. Num Pages: 331 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD1; HBL; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 413.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 331
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349483792
- ISBN
- 9781349483792
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 62.06
€ 62.06
Paperback. Provides an intervention in the social and cultural history of India by examining the nature of peasant discourses and practices during the 19th and 20th centuries. This book shows that peasants in Gujarat were active in production and circulation of political ideas. It argues that nationalists in Gujarat established power through use of coercion. Num Pages: 329 pages, 9 b/w photographs, 1 line illustration, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJF; HBLL; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 153 x 275 x 56. Weight in Grams: 480.
- Publisher
- University of California Press California
- Number of pages
- 329
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520250789
- ISBN
- 9780520250789
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 28.92
€ 40.99
€ 28.92
Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 3JJG; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; JFFM; JHBL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 19. Weight in Grams: 422.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801486609
- ISBN
- 9780801486609
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.10
€ 42.10
Paperback. Work on the medieval English peasant has tended to stress the degree of interaction between the village and the world beyond its bounds. This book not only provides an overview of research, but also develops this approach. Series: Medieval Culture & Society. Num Pages: 286 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3H; HBJD1; HBLC; JFSF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UA) A / AS level; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 362.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 286
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333647110
- ISBN
- 9780333647110
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 128.85
€ 128.85
Hardcover. Work on the medieval English peasant has tended to stress the degree of interaction between the village and the world beyond its bounds. This book not only provides an overview of research, but also develops this approach. Series: Medieval Culture & Society. Num Pages: 286 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3H; HBJD1; HBLC; JFSF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UA) A / AS level; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 472.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 279
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333647103
- ISBN
- 9780333647103
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 119.52
€ 119.52
Hardback. On October 23, 1983, nearly simultaneous suicide truck bombings killed 241 U.S. peacekeepers in their barracks at the Beirut International Airport (BIA) and 58 French paratroopers at their headquarters two miles north of BIA. In this long-awaited book, the Marine Corps commander of the U.S. Num Pages: 272 pages, 10 b&w photos, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1FBL; 3JJPN; HBLW3; HBW; JPWL; JWH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 562.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Potomac Books Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781597974257
- ISBN
- 9781597974257
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 43.22
€ 43.22
Paperback. This is a study of the reasons for two long periods of peace between the European great powers, 1815-54 and 1871-1914, and the reasons for their breakdown. Special attention is paid to the limitations of the Concert of Europe and Balance of Power in making for peace. Series: European History in Perspective. Num Pages: 216 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLL; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 139 x 12. Weight in Grams: 280.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333620014
- ISBN
- 9780333620014
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.99€ 40.72
€ 48.99
€ 40.72
Paperback. An innovative history that sees the agreements and ideas of the American Founders especially the Constitution as an effort to create a "peace pact" both among member states and with other nations." Series: American Political Thought. Num Pages: 416 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL; HBTQ; HBTR; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University Press of Kansas
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700614936
- ISBN
- 9780700614936
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.91
€ 42.91
Paperback. This major book-length analysis of developments in Northern Ireland after the beginning of actual IRA decommissioning in October 2001 examines the impact of the 1998 Good Friday Agreement on politics, economy and society in Northern Ireland. Editor(s): Neuheiser, Jorg; Wolff, Stefan. Series: Studies in ethnopolitics. BIC Classification: 1DBKN; GTJ; HBJD1; HBLW3; JFFE; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 227 x 153 x 15. Weight in Grams: 350.
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books, Incorporated
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781571816580
- ISBN
- 9781571816580
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99