History: earliest times to present day
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History: earliest times to present day
Offers a look at Asia from 700 to 1500 AD, a time when Asia was the world, by describing the personal journeys of Asia's many travellers - the merchants who traded spices along the Silk Road, the apothecaries who exchanged medicine and knowledge from China to the Middle East, and the philosophers and holy men who crossed continents to explore. Num Pages: 288 pages, 35 pages of b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1F; 3F; 3H; HBJF; HBLC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156. Weight in Grams: 622.
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300126365
- ISBN
- 9780300126365
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 25.06
€ 33.99
€ 25.06
Hardback. Tells the story of Jackie Robinson valiantly breaking baseball's color barrier in 1947. Focusing on Philadelphia, Washington DC, and Richmond - three cities with large African American populations and thriving baseball clubs, this book uncovers the origins of baseball's segregation and the mechanics of its implementation. Num Pages: 272 pages, 4 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; WSJT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 553.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803235212
- ISBN
- 9780803235212
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 38.21
€ 38.21
SeemanKing Philip's War: Colonial Expansion, Native Resistance, and the End of Indian Sovereignty by Daniel R. MandellThe Caning of Charles Sumner: Honor, Idealism, and the Origins of the Civil War by Williamjames Hull HofferBloodshed at Little Bighorn: Sitting Bull, Custer, and the Destinies of Nations by Tim Lehman Series: Witness to History. Num Pages: 168 pages, 10, 10 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; JFCX; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 168
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421403113
- ISBN
- 9781421403113
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 73.61
€ 73.61
Paperback. SeemanKing Philip's War: Colonial Expansion, Native Resistance, and the End of Indian Sovereignty by Daniel R. MandellThe Caning of Charles Sumner: Honor, Idealism, and the Origins of the Civil War by Williamjames Hull HofferBloodshed at Little Bighorn: Sitting Bull, Custer, and the Destinies of Nations by Tim Lehman Series: Witness to History. Num Pages: 168 pages, 10, 10 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; JFCX; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 229 x 11. Weight in Grams: 238.
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 168
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421403120
- ISBN
- 9781421403120
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 24.53
€ 27.99
€ 24.53
Paperback. The 1814 invasion of Washington. Num Pages: 320 pages, 2x8pp b&w. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 21. Weight in Grams: 244.
- Publisher
- John Murray Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848546134
- ISBN
- 9781848546134
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.51
€ 17.99
€ 13.51
Paperback. Num Pages: 360 pages, 30 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJ; HBJD1; HBLW; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 127. .
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300226430
- ISBN
- 9780300226430
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 15.23
€ 18.99
€ 15.23
Paperback. Drawing on eye-witness accounts, official Ming histories, and African, Arab and Indian sources, this work shows readers the inside of China's most illustrious scientific and technological era. It sheds light on the historical and cultural context in which this great civilization thrived. Num Pages: 256 pages, 8 pp halftones, line illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3H; HBJF; HBLC; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 342.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 252
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195112078
- ISBN
- 9780195112078
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 23.30
€ 25.99
€ 23.30
Hardback. The first scholarly history of the Ladysmith miners, the Great Strike of 1912-1914, and the coalmining industry on Vancouver Island. Num Pages: 288 pages, 29 b&w illustrations, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBCB; 3JJC; HBG; HBJK; HBLW; KNAT; KNXB1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 4217. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780774809351
- ISBN
- 9780774809351
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 35.70
€ 35.70
Paperback. Thirty-four light-hearted tales (circa 1910--1950) are told by this popular historian, broadcaster, and long-time Edmontonian. Num Pages: 172 pages, 12 b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBCL; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 153 x 11. Weight in Grams: 264.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of Alberta Press Canada
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 172
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780888645111
- ISBN
- 9780888645111
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 17.78
€ 21.99
€ 17.78
Hardback.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Harvard University, Asia Center United States
- Number of pages
- 275
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674033429
- ISBN
- 9780674033429
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 37.89
€ 44.99
€ 37.89
Paperback. Following the end of WWII in Asia, the Allied powers repatriated over six million Japanese nationals from colonies and battlefields throughout Asia. This title analyzes how the human remnants of empire served as sites of negotiation in the process of the jettisoning of the colonial project and in the creation of the national identities in Japan. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 264 pages, 1 halftones, 3 maps, 4 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJPG; HBJF; HBLW3. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 237 x 157 x 17. Weight in Grams: 460.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Harvard University, Asia Center United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674055988
- ISBN
- 9780674055988
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 24.81
€ 27.99
€ 24.81
When God Made Hell: The British Invasion of Mesopotamia and the Creati...
Professor Charles Townshend
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 624
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571237210
- ISBN
- 9780571237210
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.60
€ 19.99
€ 14.60
Paperback. Num Pages: 285 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJG; 3JJH; BG; HBJD; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 141 x 16. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 285
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803261518
- ISBN
- 9780803261518
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 24.27
€ 25.99
€ 24.27
Paperback. Benjamin Franklin secretly loved London more than Philadelphia: it was simply the most exciting place to be in the British Empire. Offering a portrait of eighteenth-century London as the capital of America, this title recreates the famous city's heyday as the centre of an empire that encompassed North America and the West Indies. Num Pages: 320 pages, 36 black-&-white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBJD1; HBJK; HBLL; HBTQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 149 x 18. Weight in Grams: 502.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300178135
- ISBN
- 9780300178135
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 17.82
€ 21.99
€ 17.82
Hardback. Drawing on over 25 years of experience, the author makes the case for a less intrusive international presence with a long-term timeframe for reconstruction in Afghanistan. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1FCA; 3JM; HBJF; HBLX; HBWS4; JPWS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 147 x 23. Weight in Grams: 498.
- Publisher
- C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849041645
- ISBN
- 9781849041645
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 36.53
€ 40.99
€ 36.53
Hardback. This short book by one of France's leading historians deals with a big question: how was it that Christianity, that masterpiece of religious invention, managed, between 300 and 400 AD, to impose itself upon the whole of the Western world? In his erudite and inimitable way, Paul Veyne suggests three possible explanations. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLA; HRAX; HRC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 212 x 146 x 23. Weight in Grams: 416.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745644981
- ISBN
- 9780745644981
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 72.38
€ 72.38
Hardback. .
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442253322
- ISBN
- 9781442253322
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 35.83
€ 40.99
€ 35.83
Paperback. The Occupation of Paris told in a new light; the effects on its citizens as well as on the city itself. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 129 x 30. Weight in Grams: 328.
- Publisher
- John Murray Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848547391
- ISBN
- 9781848547391
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.37
€ 17.99
€ 13.37
Paperback. Women defending the home front. Num Pages: 192 pages, 1 map, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 236.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- The University of North Carolina Press
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780807856598
- ISBN
- 9780807856598
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 23.98
€ 27.99
€ 23.98
Paperback. 'When Slavery Was Called Freedom' dissects the evangelical defence of slavery at the heart of the 19th century's sectional crisis. John Patrick Daly uncovers the cultural and ideological bonds linking the combatants in the Civil War era and boldly reinterprets the intellectual foundations of secession. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 372.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- The University Press of Kentucky United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813190938
- ISBN
- 9780813190938
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.44
€ 48.44