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History: earliest times to present day

Hardcover. Num Pages: 264 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DNC; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; HBTS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 680.
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Translation
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226313283
ISBN
9780226313283
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 23.81

Hardcover. The Man who thought he was Napoleon is built around a bizarre historical event and an off-hand challenge. The event? In December 1840, nearly twenty years after his death, the remains of Napoleon were returned to Paris for burial - and the next day, the director of a Paris hospital for the insane admitted fourteen men who claimed to be Napoleon. Num Pages: 304 pages, 35 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; HBTB; MBX; MMH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 236 x 20. Weight in Grams: 544.
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226025735
ISBN
9780226025735
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 50.99
€ 39.77

Hardcover. Profiles the life of the abolitionist Jonathan Walker. Num Pages: 384 pages, 30 b/w illus., maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 163 x 25. Weight in Grams: 566. The Life of Jonathan Walker, Abolitionist. 384 pages, 30 b/w illus., maps. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTS. Dimension: 240 x 163 x 25. Weight: 566.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Westholme Publishing
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9781594161360
ISBN
9781594161360
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.11

Paperback. * A history from the origins of the Manchus to the murder of the former last Manchu emperor by the guards of the people who ruled China from 1685 to 1912 * Explains how the Manchus achieved their empire and what the consequences were for themselves and their subjects. Series: Peoples of Asia. Num Pages: 256 pages, 6 maps, 30halftones, glossary, index. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3J; HBJF; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 378.
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631235910
ISBN
9780631235910
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 56.31

Paperback. Intends to unravels the complex ways men were defined as men in Renaissance Italy through readings of sixteenth- and seventeenth-century evidence - medical and travel literature; theology; law; myth; conduct books; and, plays, chivalric romances, and novellas by authors including Machiavelli, Tasso and Ariosto. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: 1DST; HBJD; HBLH; JFSJ2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3887 x 22. Weight in Grams: 508.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
Edition
Bilingual
SKU
V9780822330653
ISBN
9780822330653
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.25

Paperback. D-Day as it has never been told before. Num Pages: 384 pages, Illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white). BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJH; HBJD1; HBLW; HBWQ; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 25. Weight in Grams: 284.
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848546790
ISBN
9781848546790
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.21

hardcover. This book analyzes the relationship between the many and the few in the formation of a republican polity. It studies the case of Buenos Aires in the 1860s and 1870s, when the inauguration of a new national order in Argentina entailed a radical change, by exploring the different forms of participation of the people in the public life of the city. Num Pages: 224 pages, Illustrations, map. BIC Classification: 1KLSA; HBG; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 442.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804739436
ISBN
9780804739436
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 158.81

Paperback. This book analyzes the relationship between the many and the few in the formation of a republican polity. It studies the case of Buenos Aires in the 1860s and 1870s, when the inauguration of a new national order in Argentina entailed a radical change, by exploring the different forms of participation of the people in the public life of the city. Num Pages: 224 pages, Illustrations, map. BIC Classification: 1KLSA; HBG; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 17. Weight in Grams: 340.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804739443
ISBN
9780804739443
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 35.83

Paperback. Alexander Hamilton has been the focus of debate from his day to ours. On the one hand, Hamilton was the quintessential Founding Father, playing a central role in every key debate and event in the Revolutionary and Early Republic eras. Who was he really and what is his legacy? Was Hamilton a closet monarchist or a sincere republican? Editor(s): Ambrose, Douglas; Martin, Robert W. T. Num Pages: 300 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLH; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 19. Weight in Grams: 435.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
300
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814707241
ISBN
9780814707241
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 31.49

Hardback. With the fall of the Berlin Wall and the shifting of American foreign policy away from "old" Europe, long-established patterns of interaction between Germany and the US have come under review. This text seeks to acknowledge the importance of those patterns for the study of German culture and history on both sides of the Atlantic. Editor(s): McCarthy, John A.; Grunzweig, Walter; Koebner, Thomas. Num Pages: 304 pages, 1 port. BIC Classification: 1DFG; HBJD; HBLW3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 159 x 32. Weight in Grams: 703.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Berghahn Books, Incorporated United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9781571810342
ISBN
9781571810342
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 158.65

Hardcover.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780312293994
ISBN
9780312293994
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.01

Hardcover. Num Pages: 256 pages, Black and White Photographs. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJ; BGH; HBJD; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 145 x 215 x 26. Weight in Grams: 480.
Publisher
Rizzoli Ex Libris
Number of pages
256
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780847841295
ISBN
9780847841295
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 23.94

Hardback. The Many Meanings of Poverty is about poverty in a colonial context--it argues that the cultural meanings of poverty defined social compacts that served to bolster and undermine the sources of colonialism. Num Pages: 384 pages, 14 tables, 4 figures, 10 illustrations, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLSE; HBJK; HBLH; HBTQ; HBTR; JFFA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 712. Weight in Grams: 653.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804751780
ISBN
9780804751780
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 92.88

Paperback. In 1906, the authorities in the Colony of Natal put down, with great loss of life, an uprising that has become known as the Zulu or Bhambatha rebellion. This book shifts the focus to the Maphumulo area where two famous chiefs led their people in violent resistance to the colonial militia. Num Pages: 300 pages, Illustrations (some col.), maps. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; 3JJC; HBJH; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 150 x 20. Weight in Grams: 425.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University Of KwaZulu-Natal Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781869140489
ISBN
9781869140489
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 36.54

hardcover. The Maps of Antietam breaks down the entire operation into 21 map sets or "action-sections" enriched with 124 full-colour original full-page maps. Series: Savas Beatie Military Atlas Series. Num Pages: 320 pages, 124 full colour maps throughout. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTP1; HBWJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 264 x 26. Weight in Grams: 1230.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Savas Beatie United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611210866
ISBN
9781611210866
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 28.58

Hardcover.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Savas Beatie United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9781932714722
ISBN
9781932714722
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 39.57

Hardback.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
278
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843834786
ISBN
9781843834786
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 101.77

Hardcover. A brilliant history that goes beyond the dazzling "I Have a Dream" speech to explore the real significance of the massive march and the movement it inspired. Num Pages: 320 pages, 8 pages of photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPK; HBJK; HBLW3; JFSL3; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 163 x 26. Weight in Grams: 608.
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Number of pages
296
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393082852
ISBN
9780393082852
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 24.26

Paperback. With an executive order from President Franklin Roosevelt in 1941, the United States Marine Corps - the last all-white branch of the US military - was forced to begin recruiting and enlisting African Americans. This book tells the story of these pioneering African American Marines. Num Pages: 216 pages, 36 illustrations, 4 maps, bibl., index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; HBJK; HBLW3; HBW; JFSL3; JWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 340.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
The University of North Carolina Press United States
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780807861769
ISBN
9780807861769
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 26.41

Hardcover. With contributions from scholars from around the world, this volume builds upon the American Academy in Rome's first volume on Rome's maritime life, ""The Seaborne Commerce of Ancient Rome: Studies in Archaeology and History"". Editor(s): Hohlfelder, Robert L. Series: Supplements to the Memoirs of the American Academy in Rome. Num Pages: 352 pages, 146 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; HBJD; HBLA; HBTM; HDDK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 279 x 216 x 27. Weight in Grams: 1361.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of Michigan Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780472115815
ISBN
9780472115815
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 109.14
€ 98.66

Hardcover. The decline and fall of the British aristocracy looked headlong and irreversible in the twentieth century yet many grandees tried to preserve their power, wealth and influence by every means - and with some success. This title places the Londonderrys in the context of the history and the political theory of aristocracy. Series: International Library of Twentieth Century History. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1DB; HBJD1; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 138 x 26. Weight in Grams: 445.
Publisher
Tauris Academic Studies
Number of pages
256
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
SKU
V9781850437260
ISBN
9781850437260
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 150.93
€ 133.93

Paperback. Medieval Douai left an enormous archive of documents. This text reveals how these documents were produced in an effort to regulate property and gender relations. At the centre was a shift to a property regime based on contract. The book explores why the law changed and assesses its effects. Series: Women in Culture and Society Series. Num Pages: 292 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1DDB; 3H; 3JB; HBJD; HBLC; JFFK; JHBK; LNCJ; LNS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 151 x 16. Weight in Grams: 400.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
292
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226355160
ISBN
9780226355160
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 33.05

paperback. "For German townsmen, life during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries was characterized by a culture of arms, with urban citizenry representing the armed power of the state. This book investigates how men were socialized to the martial ethic from all sides, and how masculine identity was confirmed with blades and guns"-- Series: Early Modern History: Society and Culture. Num Pages: 401 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBL; HBTB; HBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 593.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
401
Condition
New
Edition
1st ed. 2011
SKU
V9781349366477
ISBN
9781349366477
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 218.90

Hardcover. For German townsmen, life during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries was characterized by a culture of arms, with urban citizenry representing the armed power of the state. This book investigates how men were socialized to the martial ethic from all sides, and how masculine identity was confirmed with blades and guns. Series: Early Modern History: Society and Culture. Num Pages: 401 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DFG; GTJ; HBJD; HBLH; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 144 x 28. Weight in Grams: 578.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
392
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230576568
ISBN
9780230576568
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 219.62

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