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History: earliest times to present day

Paperback. Examines the meaning of liberalism for a slave society, the tension between systems of patriarchy and patronage, and the link between language and power in a largely illiterate society. Series: Engendering Latin America. Num Pages: 270 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; JFSJ2; JFSP; JMJ; JNC; LN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
270
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803278042
ISBN
9780803278042
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.25

Paperback. This work looks at the city of Lynn, Massachusetts, during the rise of industrialism in the early-19th century. It studies labour and class issues, poverty and progress, as well as women and black members of the community in this portrait of an eastern city on the verge of modernity. Series: Harvard Studies in Urban History. Num Pages: 332 pages, 2 halftones, 2 line drawings, 9 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBBES; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; KCZ; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 444.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Edition
2nd Edition
Number of pages
332
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674004313
ISBN
9780674004313
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 39.10

Paperback. On 21 July, 1942, the Nazis took control of the small Polish town of Zolkiew, life for Jewish 15-year-old Clara Kramer was never to be the same again. While those around her were either slaughtered or transported, Clara and her family hid perilously in a hand-dug bunker. Living in the house above and protecting them were the Becks. Num Pages: 368 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVP; 3JJH; BM; HBJD; HBLW; HBTZ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 24. Weight in Grams: 302.
Publisher
Ebury Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780091924416
ISBN
9780091924416
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.43

hardcover. Clann na Poblachta was a small, theoretically radical republican political party which challenged Fianna Fail for power shortly after World War II. This book offers a history of the rise and eventual collapse of the party. Num Pages: 240 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JJPG; HBJD1; HBLW3; JPF; JPL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 134 x 0. Weight in Grams: 567.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Cork University Press
Condition
New
SKU
9781859181867
ISBN
9781859181867
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 19.04

Paperback. Explores the turbulent history of the Highlands during the seventeenth century. Num Pages: 256 pages, map. BIC Classification: 1DBKSH; HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 404.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748613939
ISBN
9780748613939
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 37.25

Paperback. The battle of "Red" Harlaw, fought in July 1411, is one of the most famous fought on Scottish soil, yet it still remains something of an enigma. Casualties on both sides were heavy, and when the Lord of the Isles withdrew, he left the blood-soaked field to Mar's hard-won victory and almost 1,000 of his Highland soldiers dead. Num Pages: 128 pages, 30ill. BIC Classification: 1DBKSH; 3H; HBJD1; HBLC; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 157 x 15. Weight in Grams: 306.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
Revised ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780752433301
ISBN
9780752433301
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 21.68

Paperback. Clan Cleansing in Somalia deals with the transformative violence that helped cause the collapse of the Somali state in 1991. Kapteijns argues that public acknowledgment of the clan cleansing of this period is indispensable to social and moral repair and to the critical memory work required from Somalis on all sides of this conflict. Series: Pennsylvania Studies in Human Rights. Num Pages: 320 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1HFGS; 3JJPR; GTJ; HBJH; HBLW3; HBTZ. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 172 x 21. Weight in Grams: 496.
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812223194
ISBN
9780812223194
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.25

Paperback. Tells the story of ancient Mesopotamia from the earliest settlements ten thousand years ago to the Arab conquest in the seventh century. With illustrations of important works of art and architecture in every chapter, this title traces the rise and fall of successive civilizations and people in Iraq over the course of millennia. Num Pages: 312 pages, 21 halftones. 1 line illus. 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; 1QDAM; HBJF1; HBLA; HDD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 155 x 216 x 21. Weight in Grams: 298.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
312
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691149974
ISBN
9780691149974
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 22.28

Paperback. After World War I, newly blurred boundaries between male and female created fears among the French that theirs was becoming a civilization without sexes. This book examines how, through public debates concerning female identity, French society came to grips with the horrors of the Great War. Series: Women in Culture and Society Series. Num Pages: 352 pages, 25 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JJF; 3JJG; HBJD; HBLW; HBTB; JFFK; JMU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 510.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Edition
2nd
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226721224
ISBN
9780226721224
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.64

Hardback.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
New York University Press
Edition
0th Edition
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814767153
ISBN
9780814767153
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 34.90

Paperback. The third volume of Peter Ackroyd's magisterial six-part History of England, taking readers from the accession of the first Stuart king, James I, to the overthrow of his grandson, James II. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JD; HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 197 x 36. Weight in Grams: 392.
Publisher
Pan Macmillan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781447271697
ISBN
9781447271697
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 16.51

Hardback. Presents an integrated view of the Civil War and Reconstruction and the history of the western United States. This book includes essays on lives, choices, and legacies in the American West, discussing the consequences for American Indian nations, the link between reconstruction and suffrage movements, and cross-border interactions with Canada. Editor(s): Arenson, Adam; Graybill, Andrew R. Num Pages: 336 pages, 9 maps, 10 b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 159 x 27. Weight in Grams: 582.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520283787
ISBN
9780520283787
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 94.64
€ 73.01

Paperback. Presents an integrated view of the Civil War and Reconstruction and the history of the western United States. This book includes, essays on lives, choices, and legacies in the American West, discussing the consequences for American Indian nations, the link between Reconstruction and suffrage movements, and cross-border interactions with Canada. Editor(s): Arenson, Adam; Graybill, Andrew R. Num Pages: 336 pages, 9 maps, 10 b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 151 x 22. Weight in Grams: 470.
Publisher
University of California Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520283794
ISBN
9780520283794
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.92

Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages, 93 color & 5 b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBBSX; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ; WSZC; WTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 154 x 13. Weight in Grams: 448.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780764325373
ISBN
9780764325373
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 18.18

Paperback. Series: Dover Thrift Editions. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DNF; FYB; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 131 x 7. Weight in Grams: 100. Good copy with some shelf wear, yellowing of pages but otherwise a good copy
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Dover Publications Inc.
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KKD0008782
ISBN
9780486280387
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

Paperback. When Missouri was admitted to the Union as a slave state, what state was admitted as a free state? President James Buchanan and one member of his cabinet were considered "doughfaces." What does this term mean? The Battle of Honey Springs was unusual in that it did not take place in either a state or an organized territory. Num Pages: 400 pages, 10 B&W photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 449.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Potomac Books Inc United States
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9781612345802
ISBN
9781612345802
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 24.53

Paperback. Editor(s): Johnston, Roy. Series: Classics of Irish History S. Num Pages: 224 pages, 1 b&w plate. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JH; 3JJC; HBJD1; HBLL; HBLW; HBW; JPQB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 188 x 116 x 14. Weight in Grams: 202.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Univ College Dublin Pr
Edition
2nd Revised edition
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9781900621304
ISBN
9781900621304
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 20.71

Hardback. A military, political, religious, and family history, told against the backdrop of disunion, war, violence, and grief Num Pages: 395 pages, 30 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 30. Weight in Grams: 662.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
395
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814773017
ISBN
9780814773017
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 39.85

Paperback. The first effort to gather together into one book the wartime experiences of the populations who lived outside the dominant white, Anglo-Saxon Protestant citizenry of nineteenth-century America Editor(s): Ural, Susannah. Num Pages: 252 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 346.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
252
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814785706
ISBN
9780814785706
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.82

Paperback. .
Publisher
For Beginners United States
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781934389898
ISBN
9781934389898
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.91

Paperback. The second volume of Double Exposure, a major new series of books based on the remarkable NMAAHC photography archive. Num Pages: 80 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AGC; AJCR; HBJK; HBLW; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 181 x 183 x 11. Weight in Grams: 244.
Publisher
GILES
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781907804472
ISBN
9781907804472
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 12.17

hardcover. Based on newly available records of 628 civil dispute cases from the 1760's to the 1900's, this book challenges many conventional assumptions about the Qing legal system. Series: Law, Society & Culture in China. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; HBLL; LN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 605.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804727402
ISBN
9780804727402
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 149.99

Hardback. Chinese civil examinations, a piece of social engineering worked out over centuries, prefigured the regime of meritocratic exams that undergirds higher education around the globe today. This book describes how education, examinations, and civil service fostered the world's first professional class based on demonstrated knowledge. Num Pages: 344 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3J; HBJF; HBLH; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 163 x 31. Weight in Grams: 764.
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
344
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674724952
ISBN
9780674724952
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 56.73
€ 52.25

Hardcover. Demonstrates that the creation of a civil defense program produced dilemmas about the degree to which civilian society should be militarized to defend itself against threats. This book uncovers responses to the militarization of daily life and reveals how government planners and ordinary people negotiated their way at the dawn of the atomic age. Series: Politics and Society in Modern America. Num Pages: 240 pages, 9 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPG; HBJK; HBLW3; JWKW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 457.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691001388
ISBN
9780691001388
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 88.73
€ 68.27

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