History: earliest times to present day
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History: earliest times to present day
Hardback. Series: The Sheng Yen Series in Chinese Buddhist Studies. Num Pages: 384 pages, 11 black & white illustrations, 7 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3F; HBJF; HBLC; HRE; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 167 x 236 x 29. Weight in Grams: 666.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231169387
- ISBN
- 9780231169387
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.49
€ 46.99
€ 33.49
Paperback. Intended as a general guide to the obelisks that have found their way to the four corners of the earth, this book examines the interest shown in them by the Roman emperors; it discusses each obelisk in detail, and traces individual histories and anecdotes concerning their journeys from Egypt. Num Pages: 192 pages, 16 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAE; 1QDAR; HBJD; HBJH; HBLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 151 x 16. Weight in Grams: 284.
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781904675303
- ISBN
- 9781904675303
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.13
€ 32.13
Hardcover. Emperors and Ancestors analyses the different ways in which imperial lineage was represented, looking at the various 'media' through which images of emperors could be transmitted, such as coinage, inscriptions, sculpture, architecture, and literary text. Series: Oxford Studies in Ancient Culture Representation. Num Pages: 432 pages, 134 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 3D; HBJD; HBLA1; HDDK; JFCD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 252 x 195 x 30. Weight in Grams: 1004.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198736820
- ISBN
- 9780198736820
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 185.46
€ 185.46
Paperback. Wiedemann presents an original and comprehensive study of the changing significance of gladiatoral contests to Roman culture. Num Pages: 232 pages, 19 photographs and 21 line drawings, bibliography, glossary. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; HBJD; HBLA; JHM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 218 x 139 x 13. Weight in Grams: 302. Clean copy with minor shelf wear
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- KOC0010670
- ISBN
- 9780415121644
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 12.00
€ 12.00
Paperback. The Emperors of Rome charts the rise and fall of the Roman Empire through profiles of the greatest and most notorious of the emperors. Num Pages: 336 pages, Illustrations (chiefly col.). BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 3D; HBJD; HBLA1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 197 x 26. Weight in Grams: 226.
- Publisher
- Quercus Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780877501
- ISBN
- 9781780877501
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.47
€ 17.99
€ 13.47
Hardback. Brings together two subjects in American history: the story of the struggle to end slavery that reached a violent climax in the Civil War, and the story of the westward expansion of the US. This work embraces East and West, as well as North and South, as the US observes the 2015 sesquicentennial commemoration of the end of the Civil War. Editor(s): Scharff, Virginia. Num Pages: 264 pages, 17 color plates, 67 b/w photos, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 264 x 186 x 23. Weight in Grams: 716.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520281264
- ISBN
- 9780520281264
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.06
€ 40.99
€ 29.06
Hardcover. Num Pages: 174 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; BJ; HBJK; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 238 x 162 x 17. Weight in Grams: 482.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Liberty Fund Inc United States
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 174
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780865972025
- ISBN
- 9780865972025
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 16.06
€ 19.99
€ 16.06
Paperback. Num Pages: 190 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BJ; HBJK; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 153 x 14. Weight in Grams: 342.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Liberty Fund Inc United States
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 190
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780865972032
- ISBN
- 9780865972032
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.89
€ 11.99
€ 10.89
Hardback. Using oral histories and archival records from Barbados, Britain and the United States, and engaging with the role of gender in defining and building nationhood and citizenship, Mary Chamberlain challenges previous histories of Caribbean decolonisation which focus on one perspective alone. Series Editor(s): Thompson, Andrew; MacKenzie, John. Series: Studies in Imperialism. Num Pages: 232 pages, black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1KJ; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW; HBTQ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719078767
- ISBN
- 9780719078767
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 149.68
€ 149.68
Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJF; HBLW; HBWN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 111 x 177 x 17. Weight in Grams: 196.
- Publisher
- Bookmarks
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781909026629
- ISBN
- 9781909026629
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.97
€ 10.99
€ 9.97
Paperback. Num Pages: 1032 pages, 9 halftones. 1 table. 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JF; BGH; HBJD1; HBLL; JPHL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691175652
- ISBN
- 9780691175652
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.49
€ 46.99
€ 33.49
Made famous through Evans-Pritchard's ethnography, the Nuer are the second largest ethnic group in South Sudan. They were the object of Britain's last pacification campaign in Africa. The contemporary administrative reports and more recent interviews with Nuer and Dinka participants collected here cover significant events from 1898 to 1930. Editor(s): Johnson, Douglas H. Series: Fontes Historiae Africanae. Num Pages: 350 pages, 6 including 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1HBS; 3JJ; HBJH; HBLW; HBTQ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156. .
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 350
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780197265888
- ISBN
- 9780197265888
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 102.66
€ 102.66
Hardback. Astronomy was a popular part of Victorian science, and British atronomers travelled to remote areas to watch the sun eclipsed by the moon. This book shows how the organization of science, advances in photography, and new printing technology remade the character of scientific observation. Series: Writing Science. Num Pages: 224 pages, 20 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; PDX; PGG; PGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804739252
- ISBN
- 9780804739252
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 138.43
€ 138.43
Hardback. The French Revolution invented the notion of the citizen, but it also invented the noncitizen--the person whose rights were nonexistent. The South American outpost of Guiana became a depository for these outcasts of the new French citizenry, and an experimental space for the exercise of new kinds of power and violence against marginal groups. Series: Harvard Historical Studies. Num Pages: 296 pages, 2 maps, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1KLSF; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 167 x 242 x 24. Weight in Grams: 562.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674057548
- ISBN
- 9780674057548
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 60.55€ 55.34
€ 60.55
€ 55.34
Hardback. The first truly transnational history of cinema's role in decolonization, this powerful book weaves a unified historical narrative out of the experiences of three colonial powers in diverse geographic settings. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJPG; APFA; HBLW3; HBTR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 160 x 32. Weight in Grams: 726.
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421416410
- ISBN
- 9781421416410
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.07
€ 67.07
Paperback. Essays written by Antoinette Burton since the mid-1990s trace her thinking about modern British history and engage debates about how to think about British imperialism in light of contemporary events. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 153 x 26. Weight in Grams: 578.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Number of pages
- 416
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822349020
- ISBN
- 9780822349020
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.73
€ 32.99
€ 29.73
Hardback. A large number of hill stations were developed by the British in the Indian colony and these were chosen as the summer capitals and seats of administrative authority of the Raj. This work looks at the way the Empire was built in the hills through the sites of the church, schools, and sport activities to imitate the lifestyle of the British. Num Pages: 456 pages, 27. BIC Classification: HBJF; HBLL; HBTQ. Dimension: 224 x 147 x 38. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 456
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199463558
- ISBN
- 9780199463558
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 76.72
€ 76.72
Hardcover. Starting from the analysis of the Irish characters in Kipling's Indian stories, this book shows that the representation of the British Empire was greatly indebted to analogies and comparisons made between colonies. It contrasts two different ways of making colonial analogies: 'imperialist' and 'nationalist'. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: HBJD1; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 163 x 240 x 22. Weight in Grams: 467. Good clean copy in dustwrapper with minor shelf wear
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Cork University Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KAC0004385
- ISBN
- 9781859184080
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Empire of Law shows how seventeenth-century Indian claimants, by litigating and petitioning before Mexico City tribunals, became full participants in an early modern cosmopolitan legality that gave rise to a colonial politics of justice that struggled, with some success, against the utter degradation of subject peoples. Num Pages: 392 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; HBJK; HBLH; HBLL; HBTQ; LAZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804776622
- ISBN
- 9780804776622
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 36.10
€ 40.99
€ 36.10
Paperback. A magnificent new volume in the acclaimed Oxford History of the United States, written by the bestselling, Pulitzer Prize-winning author, Gordon S. Wood. Series: Oxford History of the United States. Num Pages: 800 pages, 40 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 159 x 234 x 53. Weight in Grams: 1102.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 800
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199832460
- ISBN
- 9780199832460
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.42
€ 31.42
Hardcover. Integrating all aspects of life, from politics and law to the economy and culture, "Empire of Liberty" offers a marvelous account of this pivotal era when America took its first unsteady steps as a new and rapidly expanding nation. Series: Oxford History of the United States. Num Pages: 800 pages, Illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 172 x 244 x 61. Weight in Grams: 1218.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press, USA
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195039146
- ISBN
- 9780195039146
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 44.79
€ 47.99
€ 44.79
Paperback. Series: Culture and Society After Socialism. Num Pages: 392 pages, 27. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JJF; HBJD; HBLW; HBTV; JPWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 155 x 24. Weight in Grams: 540.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801489082
- ISBN
- 9780801489082
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.93
€ 33.99
€ 30.93
Hardback. Series: Culture and Society After Socialism. Num Pages: 392 pages, 27. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JJF; HBJD; HBLW; HBTV; JPWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 29. Weight in Grams: 742.
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801442735
- ISBN
- 9780801442735
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 138.75
€ 138.75
Paperback. A sensational history of love, politics and corruption in the Jazz Age Num Pages: 416 pages, 6. BIC Classification: 1KBBSL; 3JJG; AVGJ; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 124. .
- Publisher
- Amberley Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 416
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781445651231
- ISBN
- 9781445651231
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.02
€ 19.02