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History: earliest times to present day

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History: earliest times to present day

paperback. An accessible, analytical survey of the rise and fall of Imperial Japan in the context of its grand strategy to transform itself into a great power. Num Pages: 216 pages, 5 b/w illus. 12 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJF; HBLL; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 152. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Condition
New
SKU
9781107676169
ISBN
9781107676169
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 29.52

Hardback. Editor(s): Duus, Peter; Myers, Ramon H.; Peattie, Mark R. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 494 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJF; HBLL; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 857.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2019
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
494
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691632629
ISBN
9780691632629
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 208.18
€ 156.45

Hardback. '..a tightly argued and excellent book.' - William D. Wray, Journal of Japanese Studies How did Japan, despite her lack of natural resources, become the world's leading iron and steel producing country? This book examines how the collaboration between government and industry created this economic miracle. Series: Studies in the Modern Japanese Economy. Num Pages: 346 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJF; HBLL; HBLW; KCC; KCZ; KNJH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 591.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
346
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333611319
ISBN
9780333611319
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 194.98

Paperback. Puts to rest the unfounded allegations surrounding Jefferson and Sally Hemings. Num Pages: 176 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; HBJK; HBLL; JFM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 132 x 10. Weight in Grams: 204.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
University Press of America United States
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9780819178213
ISBN
9780819178213
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 17.18

Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 128 x 13. Weight in Grams: 254.
Publisher
The New York Review of Books, Inc United States
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781590172155
ISBN
9781590172155
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 15.19

Reveals how the US's leaders understood and asserted power during those crucial years between Thomas Jefferson's inauguration as the third president and the firing of the last shots at the Battle of New Orleans. Num Pages: 294 pages, 8 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 586.
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Potomac Books Inc United States
Number of pages
294
Condition
New
SKU
V9781597976763
ISBN
9781597976763
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 33.72

hardcover. This bibliography encompasses all extant books of emblems, and books dealing with the theory and practice of emblematics written by members of The Society of Jesus. Translations and adaptations of Jesuit works in all languages are also included. Editor(s): Daly, Peter M.; Dimler, S. J.; Dimler S.J., G.Richard. Num Pages: 400 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DNF; GBCR; HBJD; HBLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 286 x 223 x 31. Weight in Grams: 1214.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Edition
2nd ed.
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9780802038531
ISBN
9780802038531
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 179.81

Paperback. With contributions from distinguished scholars from a dozen different countries, The Jesuits, II continues in the illustrious tradition of its predecessor to make an important contribution to religious memory. Editor(s): O'Malley, John W.; Bailey, Gauvin Alexander; Harris, Steven J.; Kennedy, T. Frank, S.J. Num Pages: 924 pages. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLA; HRCC7. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 63. Weight in Grams: 1500.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
924
Condition
New
SKU
V9781487520687
ISBN
9781487520687
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 55.91
€ 55.56

The Jews of the Pale of Settlement created a distinctive way of life little known beyond its borders. Just before World War I, a socialist revolutionary named An-sky and his team collected jokes, recorded songs, took thousands of photographs, and created a revealing questionnaire in Yiddish, translated here in its entirety for the first time. Num Pages: 384 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLW; HBTB; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 162 x 242 x 30. Weight in Grams: 746.
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674047280
ISBN
9780674047280
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.99
€ 42.36

Paperback. Num Pages: 287 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD1; HBL; HBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
287
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349519668
ISBN
9781349519668
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 127.36

Paperback. In AD 66 a local disturbance in Caesarea caused by Greeks sacrificing birds in front of a local synagogue exploded into a pan-Jewish revolt against their Roman overlords. Gaining momentum, the rebels successfully occupied Jerusalem and drove off an attack by the Roman legate of Syria, Cestus Gallius, who was defeated at the battle of Beth Horon. Illustrator(s): Dennis, Peter. Series: Campaign. Num Pages: 96 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAL; 3D; HBJF1; HBLA; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 247 x 185 x 6. Weight in Grams: 312.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
Number of pages
96
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780961835
ISBN
9781780961835
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 16.41

Paperback. Offers the history of the Jews under Roman rule, with portraits of such key figures as the Emperor Vespasian and Herod the Great. This book is one of the most immediate accounts of war, its heroism and its horrors. Translator(s): Williamson, G.A. Num Pages: 512 pages, maps, plans, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1FBH; HBJF1; HBLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 23. Weight in Grams: 350.
Edition
Reissue
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1981
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140444209
ISBN
9780140444209
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.33

Hardback. Examines the Jewish acquisition of civic equality from the perspective of the 'paradigm of liberal inclusiveness' as formulated by Alexis de Tocqueville and Louis Hartz. This book argues that the liberal paradigm worked for American Jews but that France's illiberal impulses hindered its Jewish population in acquiring full civic rights. Num Pages: 312 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; 3JH; HBJD; HBJK; HBLH; HBLL; HBTB; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 599.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691096490
ISBN
9780691096490
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 104.69
€ 80.25

Paperback. Num Pages: 680 pages. BIC Classification: HBLC1; HRJP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 46. Weight in Grams: 525.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Hebrew Union College Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822963936
ISBN
9780822963936
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.47

Hardback. This major work follows the reshaping of Franco-Jewish identity from legal emancipation after the French revolution through the creation in 1860 of the Alliance Israelite Universelle, the first international Jewish organization devoted to the struggle for Jewish rights throughout the world. Translator(s): Todd, Jane. Series: Stanford Studies in Jewish History and Culture. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 160 x 27. Weight in Grams: 705.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804725712
ISBN
9780804725712
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 87.25

Hardback. The constraints of the ghetto and the concomitant interaction of various Jewish traditions produced a remarkable cultural flowering. Editor(s): Davis, Robert C.; Ravid, Professor Benjamin. Num Pages: 336 pages, 4, 4 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JB; 3JD; 3JF; HBJD; HBLH; HBTB; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 157 x 24. Weight in Grams: 570.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801865121
ISBN
9780801865121
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 89.11

Paperback. An illuminating study of the demographic, cultural, and socioeconomic condition of East Central European Jewry. Series: A Midland Book. Num Pages: 320 pages, 3 figures. BIC Classification: 1D; HBJD; HBLW; HBTB; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 159 x 235 x 18. Weight in Grams: 484.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1987
Publisher
Indiana University Press
Number of pages
318
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253204189
ISBN
9780253204189
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.63

Paperback. Presents the story of the adventures and misadventures of the people of Israel in the land of Egypt the years shrouded in the mists of biblical history under the Pharaohs; the strange intermezzo of the Jewish mercenary detachment on the island of Elephantine on the upper Nile. This title probes a turning point in Western civilization. Translator(s): Cornman, Robert. Num Pages: 301 pages, 28 halftones 7 line illus. 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1HBE; HBG; HBJH; HBLA; HBTB; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 251 x 181 x 17. Weight in Grams: 638.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
279
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691015750
ISBN
9780691015750
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 59.48
€ 46.84

Paperback. 'The excellence of his book lies .. in the high quality of scholarship, the sensitivity to nuance, the desire to map the entire Jewish response to the crisis of the empire in all its complexity.' New York Review of Books Num Pages: 712 pages, 8 pages plates, 3 text figures, 1 map. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBLL; JFSR1. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 217 x 142 x 45. Weight in Grams: 952.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
Edition
New edition
Number of pages
712
Condition
New
SKU
V9781904113492
ISBN
9781904113492
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 39.91

Paperback. Kurtz, a distinguished historian who has plumbed every crevice of the controversial Kennedy assassination case for more than 30 years, now sums up and critiques four decades of debate, while also offering provocative new perspectives. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW3; JPHL; JPWL1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 230 x 153 x 16. Weight in Grams: 402.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Univ Pr of Kansas
Edition
59389th
Condition
New
SKU
V9780700616251
ISBN
9780700616251
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.79

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