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History: earliest times to present day

hardcover. This is the story of a man and an institution. A world-renowned psychiatrist and first director-general of the World Health Organization, Brock Chisholm was one of the most influential Canadians of the twentieth century, yet is little-known today. Num Pages: 288 pages, 19 b/w photos, 14 tables. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLW3; JPSN; MBP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press Canada
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780774814768
ISBN
9780774814768
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 47.36

Paperback. The Roman Empire rules the civilised world with an iron fist, seemingly all-powerful. And yet, the power of Rome is secured not by its mighty legions, but by small bands of warriors fighting a secret war. They seek out artefacts hidden by the gods themselves, hunt creatures of myth and face enemies that would use dark magic against the empire. Illustrator(s): Lathwell, Alan. Series: Osprey Wargames. Num Pages: 64 pages, 40 col. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 3D; HBJD; HBLA; HBW; WDHW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 187 x 248 x 6. Weight in Grams: 216.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781472815132
ISBN
9781472815132
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.28

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Hancock House Publishers Ltd ,Canada Canada
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780888395245
ISBN
9780888395245
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 23.83

Hardback. Num Pages: 352 pages, 19 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1DVH; 3JJG; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBW; JWG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 161 x 238 x 28. Weight in Grams: 658.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Indiana University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253022943
ISBN
9780253022943
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 38.77

Num Pages: 350 pages, 11, maps. BIC Classification: 1QDT; HBJF1; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 28. Weight in Grams: 657.
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
350
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801449079
ISBN
9780801449079
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 61.53

Paperback. Brokers of Culture analyzes how Italian Jesuit missionary emigres attempted to integrate a heterogeneous western population (Native Americans, Hispanics, European immigrants, and native-born Americans) into a global religious community while simultaneously facilitating those groups' entry into American society. Num Pages: 448 pages, 9 figures, 22 illustrations, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJC; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 30. Weight in Grams: 635.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
448
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804772006
ISBN
9780804772006
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 36.54

Paperback. Jun Uchida draws on previously unused materials in multi-language archives to uncover the obscured history of the Japanese civilians who settled in Korea between 1876 and 1945, with particular focus on the first generation of "pioneers" between the 1910s and 1930s who actively mediated Japan's colonial presence on the Korean peninsula. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 500 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 1FPK; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJF; HBLL; HBLW; HBTQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 152 x 227 x 33. Weight in Grams: 700.
Publisher
Harvard University Asia Center
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674492028
ISBN
9780674492028
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 28.96

Paperback. More than a century has passed past since German archeologist Heinrich Schliemann discovered the treasures of Bronze Age Mycenae. Through a combined study of the mythical tradition, archeological findings, and written sources, this title explores the evolution of warfare in the Bronze Age Greek world. Illustrator(s): Rava, Giuseppe. Series: Warrior. Num Pages: 64 pages, Illustrations (chiefly col.). BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 3D; HBLA; HBW; HDDK; JWT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 248 x 184 x 6. Weight in Grams: 216.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
Number of pages
64
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849081955
ISBN
9781849081955
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.75

Paperback. The Bronze Age, so named because of the technological advances in metalworking and countless innovations in the manufacture and design of tools and weapons, is among the most fascinating periods in human history. Num Pages: 176 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HBLA; HBW; HDD; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 247 x 173 x 13. Weight in Grams: 458.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780752456973
ISBN
9780752456973
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 21.62

Paperback. An indictment of the architect of New Labour, Gordon Brown. It shows how Brown came to preside over a bankrupt country on the brink of economic and political breakdown. Taking us on a tour of Britain, it explores the ever-widening disparity between rich and poor, and how manufacturing was replaced by 'retail, entertainment and recreation'. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JMC; HBJD1; HBLX; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 19. Weight in Grams: 272.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Verso Books United Kingdom
Edition
0th Edition
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844674398
ISBN
9781844674398
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.45

Paperback. Num Pages: 432 pages, 15 halftones & maps. BIC Classification: 1QDA; HBJF1; HBLA; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 233 x 28. Weight in Grams: 568.
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
432
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199858682
ISBN
9780199858682
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 67.51

hardcover. This study examines the emergence and evolution in China of a tradition of popular organization generally known under the rubric of secret society. It suggests that the society is properly understood as one variety of the brotherhood association that flourished in the early and mid-Qing period. Num Pages: 256 pages, 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1FM; HBJF; HBLL; JFSJ; JFSV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 156 x 21. Weight in Grams: 561.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804726511
ISBN
9780804726511
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 81.36

Hardback. Num Pages: 280 pages, 9, 4 black & white halftones, 1 black & white line drawings, 4 tables. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JF; HBJD; HBLL; JFSV1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 158 x 23. Weight in Grams: 556.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801452437
ISBN
9780801452437
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 76.40

Paperback. The most balanced and comprehensive account of the Korean War. The Economist" Num Pages: 608 pages, 95 illustrations; 16 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPK; 3JJP; 3JM; HBJF; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 139 x 30. Weight in Grams: 470.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Number of pages
608
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393348859
ISBN
9780393348859
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 21.48

Hardcover. The arrival of English settlers in the American Southeast in 1670 brought the British and the Native Americans into contact both with foreign peoples and with unfamiliar gender systems. Michelle LeMaster addresses the question of how differing cultural attitudes toward gender influenced Anglo-Indian relations in the colonial Southeast. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLH; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 456.
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813932415
ISBN
9780813932415
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 71.89

Hardback. This volume is a study of the most important organization of Polish political exiles in Western Europe during the revolutions of 1848-1849. It recounts the group's political and military activities in France, Germany, Hungary, and their own partitioned Polish homeland. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVP; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; HBTV; JPWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 167 x 21. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
East European Monographs United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780880335638
ISBN
9780880335638
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 54.48

Hardback. Oliver Goldsmith arrived in England a penniless Irishman and toiled for years in the anonymity of Grub Street. Norma Clarke tells how this destitute scribbler became one of literary London's most celebrated authors, transmuting dark truths about the empire into fable and nostalgia whose undertow of Irish indignation remains just barely perceptible. Num Pages: 360 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; HBJD1; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140. .
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674736573
ISBN
9780674736573
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 40.33

Hardback. In Brothers and Enemies, Johannes Remy reveals that the roots of Ukrainian independence were planted fifty years earlier. Remy contextualizes the Ukrainian national movement against the backdrop of the Russian Empire and its policy of oppression in the mid-nineteenth-century. Num Pages: 344 pages, 2. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 1DVUK; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; HBTV; JPFN; JPWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 166 x 460 x 33. Weight in Grams: 680.
Publisher
University of Toronto Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781487500467
ISBN
9781487500467
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.56

Paperback. This classic work reveals how childbirth has changed from colonial times to the present, including a new preface that discusses writings on the subject over the past three decades. Num Pages: 312 pages, 25 illus. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBLL; HBLW; JKSB1; MBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 141 x 18. Weight in Grams: 374.
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Edition
30 Anniversary ed
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9780190264123
ISBN
9780190264123
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 58.22

Paperback. Examines the migration and settlement of Mexicans and Puerto Ricans in postwar Chicago. The author reveals how the two populations arrived in Chicago in the midst of social and economic change and, in spite of declining industrial employment and massive urban renewal projects, managed to carve out a geographic and racial place in Chicago. Series: Historical Studies of Urban America. Num Pages: 392 pages, 18 halftones, 9 maps, 13 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBBNC; 3JJP; HBJK; HBLW3; JFFN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
392
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226212845
ISBN
9780226212845
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 27.79

Paperback. Num Pages: 296 pages, 11 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KB; HBJK; HBLW; JPVH1; LND. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 154 x 21. Weight in Grams: 456.
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
296
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
abridged edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195307634
ISBN
9780195307634
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 48.88

paperback. Examines the role rhetorical theory played in the development of educational segregation. This book considers the NAACPs development of a series of graduate school cases to challenge Plessy, analyzes the Brown decision itself, assesses the state response to Brown, and critiques the two Supreme Court decisions implementing the Brown decision. Editor(s): Rountree, Clarke. Num Pages: 220 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW; JNK; LNT. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 167 x 18. Weight in Grams: 322.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Lexington Books United States
Number of pages
220
Condition
New
SKU
V9780739114599
ISBN
9780739114599
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.09

Paperback. The first narrative history in 25 years of the landmark Supreme Court case that outlawed school segregation in America and its aftermath. Series: Pivotal Moments in American History. Num Pages: 320 pages, numerous halftones, 2 maps, 4 line drawings, 7 tables and 2 figures. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; HBJK; HBLW3; JFFJ; JFSL; JN; JPVH1; LN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 486.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
318
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195156324
ISBN
9780195156324
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.82

Paperback. Tracing the litigations, highlighting the pivotal role of the NAACP, and including incisive portraits of key players, this book simply but powerfully shows that "Brown" not only changed the national equation of race and caste, it also changed our view of the Court's role in American life. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBLW; JPVH1; LNDA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 390.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
University Press of Kansas
Condition
New
SKU
V9780700612895
ISBN
9780700612895
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.06

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