History: earliest times to present day
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History: earliest times to present day
Hardback. Drawing on the original documents from local agricultural collectives, newly accessible government archives, and the author's fieldwork in Qin village of the Jiangsu province, this book examines the experiences of Chinese villagers during the collective and reform periods. Num Pages: 424 pages, 9 tables, 3 figures, 10 illustrations, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; HBLW3; HBLX; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 28. Weight in Grams: 680.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 424
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804759748
- ISBN
- 9780804759748
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 158.15
€ 158.15
Paperback. Describes the reception of medical ideas and practices by three generations of Russian and Tatar village women in the 20th century. This book shows how the women mediated the inherited beliefs of their families and communities, the claims of the state to control reproduction, and their personal desires for a better life. Series: Indiana-Michigan Series in Russian & East European Studies. Num Pages: 328 pages, 30 b&w photos, 1 maps, 1 bibliog., 1 index. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; GTB; HBJD; HBLW; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 169 x 22. Weight in Grams: 504.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253218209
- ISBN
- 9780253218209
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.08
€ 27.99
€ 26.08
Paperback. During the Nazi occupation, the inhabitants of the Plateau Vivarais Lignon saved several thousand people from the concentration camps. This book tells a story of courage and determination, of a small number of heroic individuals who risked their lives to save others, and of what can be done when people come together to oppose tyranny. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 129 x 26. Weight in Grams: 312.
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099554646
- ISBN
- 9780099554646
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.69
€ 15.99
€ 11.69
Hardback. Employing archaeological theory and analysis as well as mortuary theory to build a model of an Early Bronze Age society in the eastern Carpathian Basin, the author focuses on the Maros communities and utilizes the densely encoded social information from their cemeteries to draw a picture of the Maros' social systems. Series: Interdisciplinary Contributions to Archaeology. Num Pages: 400 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; GTC; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 24. Weight in Grams: 2220.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Springer Science+Business Media United States
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780306453229
- ISBN
- 9780306453229
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 199.08
€ 199.08
Hardcover. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 297 x 210 x 0. .
- Publisher
- Heimdal
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9782840483847
- ISBN
- 9782840483847
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 56.59€ 54.57
€ 56.59
€ 54.57
Paperback. Num Pages: 366 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVUF; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLL; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
- Publisher
- Northern Illinois University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780875807300
- ISBN
- 9780875807300
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 40.17
€ 40.99
€ 40.17
Paperback. This volume presents the fully annotated text of James Mackintosh's "Vindiciae Gallicae" (1791), with an extensive editor's introduction, and an appendix that includes the significant substantive revisions that Mackintosh made to "Vindiciae Gallicae" in the late summer of 1791." Editor(s): Garratt, Edmund. Series: Studies in Modern History. Num Pages: 234 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBD; HBJD; HBJD1; HBL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- A Critical ed
- Number of pages
- 234
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349357598
- ISBN
- 9781349357598
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 61.61
€ 61.61
Paperback. A fascinating insight into everyday life on Hadrian's Wall. The translations of the Vindolanda Scrolls ('send fresh socks' etc) are also a treat! Num Pages: 208 pages, 130, 100 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKEYN; 3D; HBJD1; HBLA; HBTB; HDDK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 246 x 173 x 15. Weight in Grams: 686.
- Publisher
- Amberley Publishing United Kingdom
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848682108
- ISBN
- 9781848682108
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.07
€ 26.99
€ 20.07
Paperback. As war, pestilence and famine spread through Europe in the Middle Ages, so did reports of victims wondrously saved from disaster. These "rescue miracles", recorded by over 100 14th-century cults, are the basis of this account of the miraculous in everyday medieval life. Num Pages: 232 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; HBG; HBJD; HBLC; HRCS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 143 x 216 x 15. Weight in Grams: 292.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226302959
- ISBN
- 9780226302959
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 25.44
€ 32.99
€ 25.44
Paperback. Despite the claims of Steven Pinker and others, violence has remained a historical constant since the Enlightenment, even though its forms and visibility have been radically transformed. Accordingly, the studies gathered here recast debate over violence in modern societies by undermining teleological and reassuring narratives of progress. Editor(s): Martschukat, Jurgen; Niedermeier, Silvan. Num Pages: 318 pages, 21 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HBG; HBL; HBTB; HBW; JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 406.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2013
- Number of pages
- 318
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349478439
- ISBN
- 9781349478439
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 62.03
€ 62.03
Hardback. Num Pages: 464 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVWYB; 1DVWYC; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 167 x 241 x 2. Weight in Grams: 820.
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781501704925
- ISBN
- 9781501704925
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 50.19
€ 50.19
Violence, Politics, and Gender in Early Modern England
. Ed(S): Ward, J (University College, Galway ...
paperback. Editor(s): Ward, J (University College, Galway Rothamsted Research, UK University College, Galway Rothamsted Research, UK Rothamsted Research, UK University College, Galway University College, Galway University College, Galway University College, Galway). Series: Early Modern Cultural Studies. Num Pages: 276 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CB; DSBB; HBJD; HBL; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 276
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2008
- SKU
- V9781349376230
- ISBN
- 9781349376230
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 119.13
€ 119.13
Paperback. The askari, African soldiers recruited in the 1890s to fill the ranks of the German East African colonial army, occupy a unique space at the intersection of East African history, German colonial history, and military history. This book recovers and reconsiders the origin and role of these men, and of colonial soldiers more generally. Series: New African Histories. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1HFG; HBJH; HBLL; HBLW; HBTQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 152 x 231 x 26. Weight in Grams: 530.
- Publisher
- Ohio University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780821420898
- ISBN
- 9780821420898
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 33.75
€ 37.99
€ 33.75
Hardcover. Violent politics in Northern Ireland has lasted 30 years and cost 4000 lives and billions of pounds. Many such conflicts afflict the world. This book describes the search for causes and solutions. Series: St Antony's Series. Num Pages: 260 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBKN; 3JJP; HBJD1; HBLW3; JPWL; JWLP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 519.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333730850
- ISBN
- 9780333730850
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 119.33
€ 119.33
Hardback. First book to bring together the wide range of violent entertainments that characterised popular culture in nineteenth-century London and seriously assesses their origins, functions and impact. Draws upon the methodologies of social and cultural history to better understand the texture of Victorian society, and the mental world of the lower orders. Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations, black & white. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB; JHBS. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 222 x 139 x 22. Weight in Grams: 496.
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719086847
- ISBN
- 9780719086847
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 136.04
€ 136.04
Hardcover. This study of various female deities of Graeco-Roman antiquity is the first to provide evidence that primary goddesses were conceived of as virgin mothers in the earliest layers of their cults. By taking feminist analysis of divinities further, this book provides a fresh angle on our understanding of these deities. Num Pages: 278 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 1QDAR; 3D; HBJD; HBLA1; HBTB; HRKP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 149 x 20. Weight in Grams: 422. 280 pages. This study of various female deities of Graeco-Roman antiquity is the first to provide evidence that primary goddesses were conceived of as virgin mothers in the earliest layers of their cults. By taking feminist analysis of divinities further, this book provides a fresh angle on our understanding of these deities. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 1QDAR; 3D; HBJD; HBLA1; HBTB; HRKP. Dimension: 217 x 149 x 20. Weight: 422.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230618862
- ISBN
- 9780230618862
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 119.43
€ 119.43
Paperback. This study of various female deities of Graeco-Roman antiquity is the first to provide evidence that primary goddesses were conceived of as virgin mothers in the earliest layers of their cults. By taking feminist analysis of divinities further, this book provides a fresh angle on our understanding of these deities. Num Pages: 278 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 1QDAR; HBLA1; HRKP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 342.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137293428
- ISBN
- 9781137293428
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.22
€ 36.22
hardcover. Many modern scholars believe that the Virgin Queen was a cult figure who replaced the Virgin Mary, yet this seems incongruous with a Protestant state officially opposed to idolatry. This book examines the issue through readings of a wide variety of Elizabethan texts. Num Pages: 315 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; DSBD; HBJD1; HBLC; HBTG; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 551.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 315
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1994th Edition
- SKU
- V9780333566640
- ISBN
- 9780333566640
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 181.45
€ 181.45
Focuses on vital home front matters in Virginia during 1864. This title explores various aspects of the civilian experience in Virginia including transportation and communication, wartime literature, politics and the press, higher education, patriotic celebrations, and early efforts at reconstruction in Union-occupied Virginia. Editor(s): Robertson, James I.; Davis, William C. Series: Virginia at War. Num Pages: 258 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBFV; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 536.
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- The University Press of Kentucky United States
- Number of pages
- 258
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813125626
- ISBN
- 9780813125626
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 42.40
€ 42.40
Paperback. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 153 x 22. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Publisher
- Dementi Milestone Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780996915731
- ISBN
- 9780996915731
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 19.48
€ 27.99
€ 19.48
Paperback. Collects twenty essays that explore the Virginia story in the Civil War era. This title examines Robert E Lee and the issues confronting his men, such as soldier morale and religious conversion. It emphasizes the wartime home front - in some cases reexamining its connection with the battlefront - or explore questions of gender, race, or religion. Editor(s): Wallenstein, Peter; Wyatt-Brown, Bertram. Num Pages: 320 pages, 1 b&w illustration. BIC Classification: 1KBBFV; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; HBWJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813928289
- ISBN
- 9780813928289
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.08
€ 36.08
Hardcover. Num Pages: 352 pages, 20 b/w photos & 26 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBFV; HBJK; HBLH; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 162 x 26. Weight in Grams: 570.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Stackpole Books United States
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 278
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780811713894
- ISBN
- 9780811713894
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 24.27
€ 30.99
€ 24.27
Paperback. Tells the tale of seven Virginians who strongly supported the Confederacy from beginning to end. Series: The American Crisis Series: Books on the Civil War Era. Num Pages: 264 pages, photographs, maps, bibliographic essay, index. BIC Classification: 1KBBFV; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 161 x 19. Weight in Grams: 444.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Scholarly Resources Inc.,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780842050555
- ISBN
- 9780842050555
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 57.81
€ 57.81
Hardcover. Tells the tale of seven Virginians who strongly supported the Confederacy from beginning to end. Series: The American Crisis Series: Books on the Civil War Era. Num Pages: 264 pages, photographs, maps, bibliographic essay, index. BIC Classification: 1KBBFV; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 164 x 25. Weight in Grams: 553.
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780842050548
- ISBN
- 9780842050548
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 145.51
€ 145.51