.png){kind=logo}
History: earliest times to present day
Results 9049 - 9072 of 11608
History: earliest times to present day
Hardcover. An investigation into the politics of consumerism in East Germany during the years between the Berlin Blockade of 1948-49 and the building of the Berlin Wall in 1961, Dictatorship and Demand shows how the issue of consumption constituted a crucial battleground in the larger Cold War struggle. Series: Harvard Historical Studies. Num Pages: 310 pages. BIC Classification: 1DFGE; 3JJPG; HBJD; HBLW3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 584.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 310
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674016989
- ISBN
- 9780674016989
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 72.10€ 65.85
€ 72.10
€ 65.85
Hardback. In 1910 Mexicans rebelled against an imperfect dictatorship; after 1940 they ended up with what some called the perfect dictatorship. This book brings together historians, anthropologists, sociologists, and political scientists to offer a radical new understanding of the emergence and persistence of the modern Mexican state. Editor(s): Gillingham, Paul; Smith, Benjamin T. Series: American Encounters/Global Interactions. Num Pages: 464 pages, 6 tables, 4 figures. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; HBJK; HBLW; JFC; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 157 x 25. Weight in Grams: 744.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822356318
- ISBN
- 9780822356318
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.47
€ 128.47
Hardcover. Num Pages: 260 pages, 7. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW3; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 195 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 371. Clean copy of an ex lbrary book with neat label on spine and uaual stamps
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- The New Press
- Number of pages
- 260
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- SKU
- KEX0226553
- ISBN
- 9781565848405
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBLA; HBTB; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 156 x 27. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674016064
- ISBN
- 9780674016064
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 59.09€ 54.41
€ 59.09
€ 54.41
Hardback. Num Pages: 896 pages, volume 7: 6 halftonesvolume 8: 5 halftones. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLL; JPHC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 254 x 165 x 75. Weight in Grams: 2360.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1986
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Edition
- 1St Edition
- Number of pages
- 896
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674204034
- ISBN
- 9780674204034
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 190.41€ 175.44
€ 190.41
€ 175.44
Paperback. Aims to tell what really happened that tragic night when Princess Diana died. This work discloses why the Mercedes was taking the wrong route to Dodi's flat. It uncovers incriminating information about the owner of the infamous white Fiat Uno from French security sources. It reveals evidence surrounding the events of that fateful night. Num Pages: 400 pages, map. BIC Classification: BGR; HBJD1; HBLW3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 176 x 110 x 26. Weight in Grams: 224.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Cornerstone
- Publication date
- 2005
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099471349
- ISBN
- 9780099471349
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 16.79
€ 20.99
€ 16.79
Paperback. An epic, sweeping history of the making of South Africa by the bestselling and acclaimed author of The State of Africa. Num Pages: 592 pages, 16pp b-w. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; 3JH; 3JJC; HBJH; HBLL; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 40. Weight in Grams: 426.
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster
- Number of pages
- 592
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781416526377
- ISBN
- 9781416526377
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.00€ 12.54
€ 13.00
€ 12.54
Hardcover. A spirited biography of the financier and bon vivant whose lavish lifestyle embodied the Gilded Age One of the most colorful figures of the most glamorous era in U.S. history, James Buchanan "Diamond Jim" Brady was the high lord of the New York glitterati during the Gilded Age. Brady's was a classic rags-to-riches story. Num Pages: 368 pages, facsimiles, portraits. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; BGH; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 163 x 28. Weight in Grams: 712.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780471391029
- ISBN
- 9780471391029
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 29.73
€ 37.99
€ 29.73
Paperback. Averil Cameron refutes an argument by some scholars that Christians did not dialogue after a wall of silence came down in the fifth century AD. Cameron shows that in late antiquity and throughout Byzantium Christians debated and wrote philosophical, literary, and theological dialogues, and she makes a case for their centrality in Greek literature. Series: Hellenic Studies Series. Num Pages: 140 pages, black & white illustrations, frontispiece. BIC Classification: AGR; DSBB; HBLA; HRC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 157 x 231 x 6. Weight in Grams: 174.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Center for Hellenic Studies
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674428355
- ISBN
- 9780674428355
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 20.60
€ 23.99
€ 20.60
Hardback. Giovanni Pontano (1426--1503), whose academic name was Gioviano, was the most important Latin poet of the fifteenth century as well as a leading statesman who served as prime minister to the Aragonese kings of Naples. His Dialogues are our best source for the humanist academy of Naples which Pontano led for several decades. Series: The I Tatti Renaissance Library. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3H; HBJD; HBLH; HPCB; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 133 x 28. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Number of pages
- 432
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674054912
- ISBN
- 9780674054912
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 33.83
€ 40.99
€ 33.83
Paperback. First published in Venice in 1547, this work casts a woman rather than a man as the main disputant on the ethics of love. Tullia d'Aragona argued that the only moral form of love between a woman and a man is one that recognizes both the sensual and the spiritual needs of humankind. Editor(s): Russell, Rinaldina (Professor of European Languages, Queens College, New York, USA); Merry, Bruce (Professor of Modern Languages, John Cook University, North Queensland, Australia). Translator(s): Russell, Rinaldina (Professor of European Languages, Queens College, New York, USA); Merry, Bruce (Professor of Modern Languages, John Cook University, North Queensland, Australia). Series: Other Voice in Early Modern Europe. Num Pages: 120 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 2ADT; HBJD; HBLH; JFSJ1; VFVC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 154 x 228 x 11. Weight in Grams: 250.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 120
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226136394
- ISBN
- 9780226136394
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 23.17
€ 27.99
€ 23.17
paperback. Looking at the history of communist China as a history of consciousness, this book makes an innovative departure from previous studies. It charts a journey that led from utopianism to nihilism and then to the hedonism and consumerism that pervade China today. Num Pages: 292 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJP; HBJF; HBLW3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5193 x 3233 x 16. Weight in Grams: 302.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 292
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804723732
- ISBN
- 9780804723732
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.51
€ 30.99
€ 27.51
hardcover. Looking at the history of communist China as a history of consciousness, this book makes an innovative departure from previous studies. It charts a journey that led from utopianism to nihilism and then to the hedonism and consumerism that pervade China today. Num Pages: 292 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJP; HBJF; HBLW3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 211 x 134 x 23. Weight in Grams: 434.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 292
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804723541
- ISBN
- 9780804723541
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 118.34
€ 118.34
Paperback. This book focus on the various constitutional problems surrounding the need to provide both enough union and public authority to guarantee defense and order, and a sufficient degree of individual liberty to satisfy the demands and expectations of private citizens who were wary of the arbitrary powers of government. Editor(s): Konig, David Thomas. Series: The Making of Modern Freedom Series. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLH; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 658.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- New edition
- SKU
- V9780804741934
- ISBN
- 9780804741934
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.15
€ 37.99
€ 34.15
Paperback. Initially shunned and even despised in the years following Germany's surrender, Jochen Peiper is now revered and generally accepted as a brilliant solider. This meticulously researched book explores Peiper's youth, his career with the SS, and his murder in France 30 years after the war. Num Pages: 352 pages, 16pp black and white. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJH; BGH; HBJD; HBLL; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 142 x 26. Weight in Grams: 560.
- Publisher
- Pen & Sword Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848840102
- ISBN
- 9781848840102
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.21
€ 26.99
€ 20.21
hardcover. "The Book of Sports" was the royal declaration which sanctioned popular participation in traditional pastimes after church attendance on Sunday. This book takes a fresh look at the events surrounding the re-publication of the "Book of Sports" in 1633 and reassesses the role of Charles I himself in the controversy. Num Pages: 248 pages, 8 black & white plates. BIC Classification: HBJD1; HBLH; HBTB; HBWE; JFH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 164 x 21. Weight in Grams: 594.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780859898560
- ISBN
- 9780859898560
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 141.46
€ 141.46
paperback. From World War II until the 1980s, the United States reigned supreme as both the economic and the military leader of the world. This book offers a devastating analysis of American Imperialism, drawing alarming connections between its repression of information inside the US and its aggressive empire-building abroad. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; HBJK; HBLW3; HBTQ; JPHV; JPQB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 29. Weight in Grams: 324.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780099135012
- ISBN
- 9780099135012
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 13.52
€ 19.99
€ 13.52
hardcover. Matzke reveals how Britain followed a strategy of deterrence through strengh in three historical case studies. Series: Studies in War, Society, and the Military. Num Pages: 320 pages, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTM; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 166 x 28. Weight in Grams: 538.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803235144
- ISBN
- 9780803235144
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 60.32
€ 60.32
Paperback. Num Pages: 196 pages, c 150 colour and b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBJD1; HBLW3; JKSW1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 158 x 12. Weight in Grams: 528.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Helion and Company
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781910294024
- ISBN
- 9781910294024
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.20
€ 26.99
€ 20.20
Hardback. The Mediterranean sea has been a key geopolitical territory in the global international relations of the twentieth century; of crucial importance to the US, the Middle East and in the history of the EU. This title draws together detailed analyses of the major moments of post-WWII history through the prism of the Mediterranean. Editor(s): Calandri, Elena; Caviglia, Daniele; Varsori, Antonio. Series: International Library of Twentieth Century History. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1QRM; 3JJP; HBLW3; JPS; JW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 134 x 28. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Publisher
- I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd. United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780761084
- ISBN
- 9781780761084
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 153.79€ 136.24
€ 153.79
€ 136.24
Hardcover. "Modernist scholar Jed Rasula presents the first narrative history of the emergence, decline, and legacy of Dada, showing how this strange artistic phenomenon spread across Europe and then the world in the wake of the Great War, fundamentally reshaping modern culture in ways we're still struggling to understand today"-- Num Pages: 352 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJ; ACX; ACXJ; AGB; BGF; HBLW; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 168 x 243 x 38. Weight in Grams: 618.
- Publisher
- Basic Books
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780465089963
- ISBN
- 9780465089963
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 23.01
€ 33.99
€ 23.01
paperback. Reveals how thousands of California natives died from 1847 to 1865 from starvation, disease, drunkenness, enslavement, rape, murder, and warfare. This book editor lets the documents tell the story and provides an organization and balance which make it possible to trace themes while letting the reader draw the conclusions. Editor(s): Heizer, Robert F. Num Pages: 321 pages, Illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 486.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Bison Books United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 321
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803272620
- ISBN
- 9780803272620
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.73
€ 32.99
€ 29.73
Paperback. The text provides an in-depth analysis of the role of sectarian, regional and tribal loyalties in contemporary Syrian history, focusing on developments within the military and civilian power elite Num Pages: 336 pages, 9 tables and 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FBS; 3JJP; 3JMC; HBJF1; HBLW3; HBLX; JPL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 135. .
- Publisher
- I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784537975
- ISBN
- 9781784537975
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.95
€ 19.99
€ 15.95
Paperback. Destroyer actions Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations, maps, ports. BIC Classification: 3JJH; HBG; HBLW; HBWQ; JWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 484.
- Publisher
- Spellmount Publishers Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781862274839
- ISBN
- 9781862274839
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.27
€ 17.99
€ 16.27