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History: earliest times to present day

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History: earliest times to present day

Hardback. Adopting an alternative approach to the question of difference, this title examines what it meant to be mestizo in the early colonial era. It draws on lively vignettes culled from the 16th and 17th-century archives of the New Kingdom of Granada to show that individuals classified as "mixed" were not members of coherent sociological groups. Num Pages: 368 pages, 6 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KL; HBJK; HBLH; HBTQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 157 x 25. Weight in Grams: 857.
Publisher
Duke University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822356295
ISBN
9780822356295
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 116.40

Paperback. Looking at what it meant to be mestizo (of mixed parentage) in early colonial Spanish America, Joanne Rappaport finds fluid identification processes rooted in an epistemology entirely distinct from modern racial discourses. Num Pages: 368 pages, 6 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KL; HBG; HBLL; JFC; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 229 x 20. Weight in Grams: 492.
Publisher
Duke University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822356363
ISBN
9780822356363
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 37.67

Hardback. The Discourse of Legitimacy is a wide-ranging, synoptic study of England's conflicted political cultures in the period between the Protestant Reformation and the civil war. Num Pages: 832 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JB; 3JD; HBJD1; HBLH; JP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 52. Weight in Grams: 1310.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
832
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804755047
ISBN
9780804755047
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 97.32

Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1MK; 1QMP; HBJQ; HBLL; RGR; WT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 139 x 18. Weight in Grams: 374.
Publisher
TouchWood Editions
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
2nd ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781771510097
ISBN
9781771510097
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 19.77

Paperback. From the first recorded encounters with the native inhabitants of the Canary Islands in 1341 to Columbus' explorations in 1492 and Cabral's discovery of Brazil in 1500, western Europeans struggled to make sense of the existence of the people they met. This book explores the social lives of the inhabitants. Num Pages: 408 pages, 30 black-&-white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1K; HBJK; HBLC; RGR. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 157 x 29. Weight in Grams: 636.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
408
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300158212
ISBN
9780300158212
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.64

Paperback. Series: Egypt. Num Pages: 382 pages, illustrations, facsimiles, portraits. BIC Classification: 1HBE; HBJH; HBLA; HDD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 138 x 19. Weight in Grams: 412.
Publisher
Dover Publications Inc. United States
Number of pages
382
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1977
Edition
Unabridged Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780486235004
ISBN
9780486235004
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.49

hardcover. This history examines fundamental questions of ethnic identity by focusing on the Egyptian Jewish community since 1948. Central to the study is the question of how people handle multiple identities and loyalties that are dislocated and reformed by turbulent political and cultural processes. Series: Contraversions: Critical Studies in Jewish Literature, Culture & Society. Num Pages: 318 pages, 11 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HBE; 3JJP; HBJH; HBLW3; HRJ; JFC; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 503.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
University of California Press
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
318
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520211759
ISBN
9780520211759
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 63.04
€ 48.67

Paperback. Father Bradshaw examines the dissolution of the religious orders in Ireland as an episode of Irish ecclesiastical and political history, and of the English Reformation. Num Pages: 292 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JB; HBJD1; HBLH; HRAX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 145 x 19. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Condition
New
SKU
9780521076364
ISBN
9780521076364
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 41.02

Paperback. Editor(s): Jeay, Madeleine; Garay, Kathleen. Num Pages: 325 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3H; HBJD; HBLC; HR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 384. Weight in Grams: 448.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Broadview Press Ltd Canada
Number of pages
325
Condition
New
SKU
V9781551115603
ISBN
9781551115603
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.00
€ 30.98

Paperback. Translator(s): Strayer, Alison L. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 153 x 20. Weight in Grams: 427.
Publisher
Seven Stories Press,U.S.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781609805319
ISBN
9781609805319
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 21.87

Paperback. An exploration of the roles of conflict and forgetting in ancient Athens. Translator(s): Pache, Corinne; Fort, Jeff. Num Pages: 360 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 228 x 27. Weight in Grams: 560.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Zone Books
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9781890951092
ISBN
9781890951092
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 26.95

Hardback. An exploration of the roles of conflict and forgetting in ancient Athens. Translator(s): Pache, Corinne; Fort, Jeff. Num Pages: 360 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 160 x 230 x 38. Weight in Grams: 684.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Zone Books United States
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
SKU
V9781890951085
ISBN
9781890951085
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 22.40

Paperback. Henry, desperate to marry Anne Boleyn and ensure the Tudor line asks Pope Clement VII to grant him a divorce. Enter Gregorio Casali, an Italian diplomat hired to represent Henry's interests in the Vatican. This book combines a gripping family saga with a charged political battle between the Tudors and the Vatican. Num Pages: 288 pages, Illustrations, ports., geneal. tables. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JB; HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 133 x 196 x 19. Weight in Grams: 222.
Publisher
Vintage Books
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099554899
ISBN
9780099554899
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 16.86

Hardback. Translator(s): Guest, Tanis M. Series: Conjunctions of Religion and Power in the Medieval Past. Num Pages: 240 pages, 7. BIC Classification: HBLC1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 542.
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801439292
ISBN
9780801439292
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 69.36

Paperback. Describes the dramatic four-month campaign that saw the Red Army not only succeed in crossing the Dnepr at multiple points, but also liberate Kiev, capital of the Ukraine. Illustrator(s): Noon, Steve. Series: Campaign. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 248 x 184 x 8. Weight in Grams: 357.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
Number of pages
96
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781472812377
ISBN
9781472812377
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 16.41

Paperback. A critical edition of The Doctrine of the Hert, the fifteenth-century English translation of De doctrina cordis, a thirteenth-century Latin devotional treatise addressed to nuns. Editor(s): Whitehead, Christiania; Renevey, Denis; Mouron, Anne. Series: Exeter Medieval Texts and Studies. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: DS; HBLC; HRCS; HRCV. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 227 x 154 x 23. Weight in Grams: 518.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780859897785
ISBN
9780859897785
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.39

Hardback. This volume of the acclaimed series deals with suits the Supreme Court decided in 1796 and 1797, years in which the Court laid the foundation for its authority to exercise judicial review and for the first time the justices overturned the decision of a state's highest court. Editor(s): Marcus, Maeva. Num Pages: 1040 pages, 37 figures. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL; LNAA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 167 x 62. Weight in Grams: 1679.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
1040
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231126465
ISBN
9780231126465
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 195.42

Hardback. This volume addresses the cases that the American Supreme Court heard between 1790 to 1795, with the exception of suits against states. It contains a selection of documents and discussions of the legal practice of the period. Each case is treated as a narrative history. Editor(s): Marcus, Maeva; Perry, James R. Num Pages: 512 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; LNAA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 162 x 51. Weight in Grams: 953.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Edition
0th Edition
Number of pages
512
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231088732
ISBN
9780231088732
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 193.82

Paperback. In 1806, Domesday Book, perhaps the most remarkable historical document in existence, was compiled. This tremendous story of England and its people was made at the behest of the Norman king William the Conqueror. It was called Domesday, the day of judgement, because 'like the day of judgement, its decisions are unalterable'. Num Pages: 224 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3H; HBJD1; HBLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 126 x 62. Weight in Grams: 162.
Publisher
Ebury Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780563522744
ISBN
9780563522744
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 16.42

Hardback. In the Election of 1872 the conflict between President US Grant and Horace Greeley has been typically understood as a battle for the soul of the ruling Republican Party. This book argues that the campaign was more than a narrow struggle between Party elites and a class-based radical reform movement. Series: Reconstructing America. Num Pages: 306 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ; JPL; JPQB. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 148 x 226 x 32. Weight in Grams: 582.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
306
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823227099
ISBN
9780823227099
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 104.67

Paperback.
Publisher
Amber Books
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781908696533
ISBN
9781908696533
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 16.18

Hardback. This definitive history of modern Tibet -- based entirely on unpublished primary sources and written by a Western-educated Tibetan author -- shatters the popular perception of Tibet as an isolated Shangri-la unaffected by broader international developments and rises above the simplistic dualism so often encountered in accounts of Tibet's contested recent history. Num Pages: 606 pages, 17 photos; 9 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPCT; 3JJP; GTB; HBJF; HBLW3; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 162 x 41. Weight in Grams: 998.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
606
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231118149
ISBN
9780231118149
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 83.40

Paperback. This is a comprehensive account of the eight religious wars between the Christian West and the Muslim East that dominated the Middle Ages. Num Pages: 456 pages, 34 illustrations, 11 maps. BIC Classification: 1D; 3H; HBG; HBLC; HRAM9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 226 x 160 x 24. Weight in Grams: 608.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Cooper Square Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815410867
ISBN
9780815410867
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 22.00

Paperback. Num Pages: 480 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPK; APFA; HBJK; HBLW3; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 201 x 150 x 21. Weight in Grams: 620.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
The New Press
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
480
Condition
New
SKU
V9781565849785
ISBN
9781565849785
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.63

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