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History: earliest times to present day

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

Hardback. An examination of the community of a major late medieval town: its economy, its customs, and its relationship with the Crown. Num Pages: 336 pages, 18 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1DBKEAL; 3H; HBJD1; HBLC1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 166 x 283 x 23. Weight in Grams: 632.
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781783271634
ISBN
9781783271634
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 115.88

Paperback. A city is more than a massing of citizens, a layout of buildings and streets, or an arrangement of political, economic, and social institutions. By examining the place of water in the nineteenth-century consciousness, the author illuminates how city dwellers perceived themselves during the great age of American urbanization. Num Pages: 344 pages, 31 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; JFSG; KNBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 60 x 90 x 19. Weight in Grams: 458.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226151595
ISBN
9780226151595
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 23.10

Paperback. Henkin explores the influential but little-noticed role reading played in New York City's public life between 1825 and 1865. The "ubiquitous urban texts"--from newspapers to paper money, from street signs to handbills--became both indispensable urban guides and apt symbols for a new kind of public life that emerged first in New York. Series: Popular Cultures, Everyday Lives. Num Pages: 224 pages, 28 photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; JFC; JFSG; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 14. Weight in Grams: 681.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
260
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231107457
ISBN
9780231107457
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 27.52

Paperback. How an ancient rubbish dump has given us a unique view of life 2,000 years ago Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAE; HBJH; HBLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 136 x 18. Weight in Grams: 312.
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780753822333
ISBN
9780753822333
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.09

Paperback. Explores the main features of Athenian life in the latter half of the fifth century BC, including aspects such as schooling, literacy, taxation, culture, the arts and philosphy. The contents of this edition, including the bibliography, has been extensively updated. Num Pages: 288 pages, 3 black & white halftones, 5 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HBJD; HBLA; JFSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 157 x 16. Weight in Grams: 416. Clean copy with minor shelf wear
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
KOC0011934
ISBN
9780415167789
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 12.00

Hardcover. Appointed to conquer the "crime capital of the world", the first Paris police chief faces an epidemic of murder. Num Pages: 336 pages, 8 pages of illustrations; 1 map. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JD; BG; BTC; HBJD; HBLL; JKV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 165 x 33. Weight in Grams: 630.
Publisher
W. W. Norton & Company
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393239782
ISBN
9780393239782
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 24.81

Paperback. Winner of the DEBUT POLITICAL BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD 2015 A searing, energetic portrait of life in modern Tehran - 'deeply researched yet as exciting as a novel' Simon Sebag Montefiore Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBN; 3JMG; HBJF1; HBLX; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 27. Weight in Grams: 242.
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780225128
ISBN
9781780225128
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Paperback. Tells the story of the Venetian ascent from lagoon dwellers to the greatest power in the Mediterranean - an epic five hundred year voyage that encompassed crusade and trade, plague, sea battles and colonial adventure. Num Pages: 432 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3F; 3H; HBJD; HBLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 137 x 28. Weight in Grams: 350.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
9780571245956
ISBN
9780571245956
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 12.73

paperback. Series: Women in Culture and Society Series. Num Pages: 368 pages, 15 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Scholarly; (UP) Postgraduate; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 155 x 229 x 37. Weight in Grams: 538.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
University of Chicago Press
Condition
New
SKU
9780226871462
ISBN
9780226871462
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 39.99
€ 30.68

Paperback. Editor(s): Hanawalt, Barbara A.; Reyerson, Professor Kathryn L. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; ASZP; HBJD; HBLC; JFCX; JPH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 480.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
Edition
First Edition
SKU
V9780816623600
ISBN
9780816623600
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.40

Paperback. A lively and wide-ranging study of the men and ideas of late antique education, this book explores the intellectual and doctrinal milieux in the two great cities Athens and Alexandria from the second to the sixth century to shed new light on the interaction between the pagan cultural legacy and Christianity. Series: Transformation of the Classical Heritage. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 428.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
300
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520258167
ISBN
9780520258167
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 28.39

hardcover. This book provides a new understanding of German twentieth-century history by using the lens of citizenship to explore issues of nationality, belonging, and constructions of German nationhood. Editor(s): Eley, Geoff; Palmowski, Jan. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLW; JPFN; JPVH1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804752046
ISBN
9780804752046
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 118.43

Paperback. This book provides a new understanding of German twentieth-century history by using the lens of citizenship to explore issues of nationality, belonging, and constructions of German nationhood. Editor(s): Eley, Geoff; Palmowski, Jan. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLW; JPFN; JPVH1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 18. Weight in Grams: 450.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Stanford University Press
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804752053
ISBN
9780804752053
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.51

Paperback. Offers a social, cultural and narrative history of the French Revolution. This title provides an impression of the currents and contradictions which made up this terrible sequence of events. Num Pages: 848 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JF; HBJD; HBLL; HBTV; JPWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 132 x 36. Weight in Grams: 600.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Penguin
Condition
New
Edition
Reprint
SKU
9780141017273
ISBN
9780141017273
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 17.36

Hardback. Explores how Asian Americans figured in the effort to shape the credibility of American democracy during the Cold War, even while their perceived "foreignness" cast them as likely alien subversives Series: Nation of Nations. Num Pages: 285 pages, 12 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1F; 1K; GTB; HBG; HBLW3; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 157 x 23. Weight in Grams: 567.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
New York University Press
Number of pages
285
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814759356
ISBN
9780814759356
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 71.74

Paperback. Derek Chang chronicles the American Baptist Home Mission Society's efforts to evangelize among African Americans in the South and Chinese migrants on the Pacific Coast during the late nineteenth century. He brings together for the first time African American and Chinese American religious histories in an innovative comparative approach. Series: Politics & Culture in Modern America. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HRCX7; JFSL1. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 376.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812222067
ISBN
9780812222067
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.83

Hardback. Series: Max Kade German-American Research Institute Series. Num Pages: 440 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; 3JH; HBJK; HBLH; JFFN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 30. Weight in Grams: 975.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Pennsylvania State University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780271059372
ISBN
9780271059372
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 105.23
€ 87.21

Hardcover. When "citizen-soldier" Alvin Coe Voris first wrote to his wife in 1861, he embarked on a correspondence that spanned the duration of the Civil War. The 428 letters collected in this volume form a Civil War chronicle and an insight into the ideals of a man called by conscience to the battlefield. Num Pages: 330 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGH; BJ; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ; JWD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 161 x 29. Weight in Grams: 653.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Northern Illinois University Press United States
Edition
Annotated
Number of pages
330
Condition
New
SKU
V9780875802985
ISBN
9780875802985
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 47.49

Paperback. At the end of World War II, working mothers in the USA protested vigorously at the termination of child care subsidies. This text traces grassroots activism and national and local policy debates concerning public funding of children's day care in the two decades after the end of the war. Series: Gender and American Culture. Num Pages: 368 pages, 8 illustrations, 5 tables, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPG; 3JJPK; HBJK; HBLW3; HBTB; JFSJ1; JFSP1; JPQB; KCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 476. Good copy
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
The University of North Carolina Press North Carolina
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
KEX0241225
ISBN
9780807854853
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. During the Second World War the Royal Navy was the most powerful of Britain's armed forces. Its sailors fought across globe in battleships and claustrophobic corvettes and silent submarines. They endured nerve-wracking convoys, fought epic gun battles, carried out secret missions, rescued armies and landed the largest invasion force in history. Num Pages: 592 pages, Illustrations, maps, ports. BIC Classification: 1DB; 3JJH; HBJD1; HBLW; HBWQ; JWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 35. Weight in Grams: 440.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
9780141046327
ISBN
9780141046327
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 13.64

paperback. The sequel to "Aristocrats", this tells the story of the Irish revolutionary, Lord Edward Fitzgerald. Son of a duke, heir to estates and influence, Lord Edward died in a Dublin gaol, a rebel and a traitor. The book looks at how this happened, and explores the hidden relationships in his life. Num Pages: 352 pages, 8pp b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JF; BGH; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 131 x 198 x 32. Weight in Grams: 266.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Vintage
Condition
New
SKU
9780099732112
ISBN
9780099732112
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.60

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