History: earliest times to present day
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History: earliest times to present day
Paperback. What changes occurred and what remained the same in Chinese civil justice from the Qing to the Republic? Drawing on archival records of actual cases, this study provides a new understanding of late imperial and Republican Chinese law. It also casts a new light on Chinese law by emphasizing rural areas and by comparing the old and the new. Series: Law, Society & Culture in China. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJF; HBLW; L. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 14. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804741118
- ISBN
- 9780804741118
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.12
€ 37.99
€ 34.12
Paperback. Num Pages: 280 pages, 33 black & white illustrations, 6 colour illustrations, 10 black & white tables, 2 colour. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJF; HBG; HBLW; HBWN; JPSH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 240 x 19. Weight in Grams: 474.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Copernicus
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319294148
- ISBN
- 9783319294148
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 29.55
€ 35.99
€ 29.55
Paperback. Today, cohabiting relationships account for most births outside marriage. But what was the situation in earlier centuries? Bringing together leading historians, demographers and lawyers, this interdisciplinary collection draws on a wide range of sources to examine the changing context of non-marital child-bearing in England and Wales since 1600. Editor(s): Probert, Rebecca. Num Pages: 266 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD1; HBL; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 266
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349484553
- ISBN
- 9781349484553
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Condition: New
€ 65.69
€ 65.69
Hardback. It will be of interest to scholars and students of classical antiquity and the Middle Ages, as well as to professional and amateur numismatists. Series: Ancient Society and History. Num Pages: 472 pages, 285, 285 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; HBG; HBLA; KCZ; WCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 150 x 221 x 40. Weight in Grams: 742.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 472
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780801852916
- ISBN
- 9780801852916
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 90.12
€ 90.12
Hardback.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Harvard University, Asia Center United States
- Number of pages
- 276
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674060685
- ISBN
- 9780674060685
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 37.91
€ 45.99
€ 37.91
Editor(s): Gallagher, Gary W.; Janney, Caroline E. Series: Military Campaigns of the Civil War. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 29. Weight in Grams: 825.
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- The University of North Carolina Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781469625331
- ISBN
- 9781469625331
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 37.22
€ 42.99
€ 37.22
Paperback. This book looks at the physical manifestations - buildings and structures - of the Cold War in England. Illustrated with contemporary and archive photographs, site and building plans it looks at the buildings within their military and political context. Num Pages: 282 pages, 200 black & white illustrations, 75 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JJP; AMG; HBJD1; HBLW3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 276 x 218 x 26. Weight in Grams: 1248.
- Publisher
- English Heritage United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 200
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781873592816
- ISBN
- 9781873592816
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Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 38.45
€ 43.99
€ 38.45
Paperback. Recreates a time when World War III seemed imminent. This book explores a central dimension of American culture and politics - the postwar preoccupation with captivity. It reveals how 'menticide', the calculated destruction of individual autonomy, struck many Americans as a more immediate danger than nuclear annihilation. Num Pages: 352 pages, 29 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; HBJK; HBLW3; HBTW; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520257313
- ISBN
- 9780520257313
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.24
€ 40.99
€ 29.24
Paperback. Interprets postwar civil rights as a Cold War feature. This book argues that the Cold War helped facilitate key social reforms, including desegregation. It discusses the way the Cold War figures into civil rights history. Series: Politics and Society in Twentieth Century America. Num Pages: 352 pages, 16 halftones. 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBLW3; JPS; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 157 x 22. Weight in Grams: 528.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 360
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- With a New preface by the author
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691152431
- ISBN
- 9780691152431
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 27.41
€ 37.99
€ 27.41
Includes bibliographical references and index. Editor(s): Babiracki, Patryk; Zimmer, Kenyon. Series: Walter Prescott Webb Memorial Lectures. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: HBLW3; JPFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 165 x 22. Weight in Grams: 486.
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Texas A & M University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781623490300
- ISBN
- 9781623490300
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.98
€ 37.98
Hardcover. The Cold War was not only about the imperial ambitions of the super powers, their military strategies, and antagonistic ideologies. It was also about conflicting worldviews and their correlates in the daily life of the societies involved. The term "Cold War Culture" is often used in a broad sense to describe media influences & social practices.. Editor(s): Vowinckel, Annette; Payk, Marcus M.; Lindenberger, Thomas. Num Pages: 384 pages, 20 ills. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJP; HBJD; HBLW3; HBTW. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 230 x 157 x 15. Weight in Grams: 664. Perspectives on Eastern and Western European Societies. 384 pages, 20 ills. Editor(s): Vowinckel, Annette; Payk, Marcus M.; Lindenberger, Thomas. The Cold War was not only about the imperial ambitions of the super powers, their military strategies, and antagonistic ideologies. It was also about conflicting worldviews and their correlates in the daily life of the societies involved. The term "Cold War Culture" is often used in a broad sense to describe media influences & social practices. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJP; HBJD; HBLW3; HBTW. Dimension: 230 x 157 x 15. Weight: 664.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857452436
- ISBN
- 9780857452436
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 167.22
€ 167.22
Paperback. This compelling history explores the conflict that defined world politics for decades. Focusing on European actors and events, Gilbert emphasizes the Cold War's central role in the postwar development of the continent. Fast-paced and readable, this political, intellectual, and social history illuminates a conflict that continues to resonate. Num Pages: 338 pages, 2 black & white illustrations, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJP; HBJD; HBLW3; HBTW. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 155 x 226 x 16. Weight in Grams: 484.
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442219854
- ISBN
- 9781442219854
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 71.43
€ 71.43
Hardback. Covers nine of the earliest wars involving jet aircraft (from 1950-1982). Num Pages: 240 pages, 200 illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJP; HBG; HBLW3; HBWS; JWG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
- Publisher
- Pen & Sword Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781473837737
- ISBN
- 9781473837737
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 33.08
€ 36.99
€ 33.08
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- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781474409483
- ISBN
- 9781474409483
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 163.45
€ 163.45
Paperback. For almost a decade, the tyrannical Ngo Dinh Diem governed South Vietnam as a one-party police state while the US financed his tyranny. This book traces the tragic history of the so-called Diem experiment from his first appearance in Washington as a penniless expatriate in 1950 to his murder by South Vietnamese soldiers in 1963. Series: Vietnam: America in the War Years. Num Pages: 220 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FMV; 3JJPG; HBJF; HBLW3. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 320.
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 220
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742544482
- ISBN
- 9780742544482
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 54.87
€ 54.87
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781472529589
- ISBN
- 9781472529589
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 39.69
€ 39.69
paperback. *A comprehensive and accessible account of a crucial period in recent world history *Originally published as a tie-in to the critically acclaimed CNN and BBC series Num Pages: 560 pages, Integrated: 80, b/w int photos. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLW3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 63. Weight in Grams: 384.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Abacus
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780349120805
- ISBN
- 9780349120805
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.68
€ 19.99
€ 15.68
Hardback. In France's Third Republic, secularism was, for its adherents, a new faith, a civic religion founded on a rabid belief in progress and the Enlightenment conviction that men (and women) could remake their world. Num Pages: 264 pages, 6 ills. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JH; 3JJC; HBJD; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845455712
- ISBN
- 9781845455712
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 155.00
€ 155.00
Hardcover. These essays, first published in 1860, were developed from a series of lectures and show Emerson's interest in many practical aspects of human life and reflect his increasing involvement in politics - chiefly the anti-slavery movement - during the decade before the Civil War. Editor(s): Packer, Barbara L.; Wilson, Douglas Emory; Slater, Joseph. Num Pages: 560 pages, 3 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DNF; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 858.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Belknap Press of Harvard University Press
- Number of pages
- 560
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674011908
- ISBN
- 9780674011908
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 129.47€ 115.11
€ 129.47
€ 115.11
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Pennsylvania State University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780271062174
- ISBN
- 9780271062174
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 35.50
€ 45.99
€ 35.50
Hardback. A probing analysis and critique of the historical dysfunction of the post-colonial African state and the tragic collapse of Liberia. Series: Law and Society. Num Pages: 200 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1HFDL; 3JJP; GTB; HBJH; HBLW3; HBTQ; HBTR; HBW; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 5969 x 4039. Weight in Grams: 381.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780774810364
- ISBN
- 9780774810364
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 112.77
€ 112.77
Paperback. A probing analysis and critique of the historical dysfunction of the post-colonial African state and the tragic collapse of Liberia. Series: Law and Society. Num Pages: 200 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1HFDL; GTB; HBJH; HBLW3; HBW; JP; LB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5969 x 4039 x 15. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780774810371
- ISBN
- 9780774810371
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 36.23
€ 40.99
€ 36.23
Paperback. Num Pages: 504 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPN; HBJK; HBLW3; KNXB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 150 x 33. Weight in Grams: 598.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 504
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199325207
- ISBN
- 9780199325207
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 23.91
€ 24.99
€ 23.91
Paperback. One of the primary triggers of the outbreak of World War I was undoubtedly the myriad alliances and suspicions that existed between the Russian, German, and Austro-Hungarian empires in the early 20th century. This book examines the events of the first year of the war and reveals the chaos and destruction that reigned when three empires collided. Series: General Military. Num Pages: 488 pages. BIC Classification: 1DV; 3JJF; HBJD; HBLW; HBWN; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 152. .
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 488
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781472813183
- ISBN
- 9781472813183
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 16.25
€ 23.99
€ 16.25