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History: earliest times to present day

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History: earliest times to present day

Paperback. Historical investigations into how Iberian settlers, African slaves, Native Americans, and their multiethnic progeny understood their identities in colonial Latin America. Editor(s): Fisher, Andrew; O'Hara, Matthew D. Series: Latin America Otherwise. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1KL; HBG; HBLL; JFSL; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 476.
Publisher
Duke University Press
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822344209
ISBN
9780822344209
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.64

Paperback. Develops an historical argument with contemporary relevance - Empire abroad inevitably undermines democracy at home. Focusing on France and to a lesser extent on the United Kingdom, this title shows how empire and the post-colony have pervaded - and corroded - Western cultural, intellectual, and social life from the mid-19th century onwards. Num Pages: 192 pages, 14 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLW; JFFX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 163 x 12. Weight in Grams: 286.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822336976
ISBN
9780822336976
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.37

Hardback. Their empire unmatched in military and cultural might, the Aztecs were poised on the brink of a golden age, when the arrival of the Spanish changed everything. Colin MacLachlan explains why Mexico is culturally Mestizo while ethnically Indian and why Mexicans remain orphaned from their indigenous heritage--the adopted children of European history. Num Pages: 340 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 3JB; 3JD; 3JF; HBJK; HBLH; HBLL; HBTQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 163 x 28. Weight in Grams: 635.
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674967632
ISBN
9780674967632
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 40.13

Hardback. Dr Nwauwa examines the long history of the demand for the establishment of universities in Colonial Africa, to which the authorities finally agreed after World War II. Num Pages: 266 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1H; 1QDB; 3JH; HBJH; HBLL; HBLW; HBTQ; JNM; JPFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 242 x 163 x 21. Weight in Grams: 548. "Includes bibliographical references (p. [221]-237) and index. Commissioning organisation: Apollos O. Nwauwa. xix, 245 p. 24 cm. Dust wrapper. A fine copy." Keywords: "History - Political History - Nationalism,History - Social & Economic History - Imperialism,Subjects - Education & Languages - Education"
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Number of pages
272
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
KEX0016290
ISBN
9780714646688
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 122.61

Paperback. Focuses instead on the concept of identity to reveal a Roman society made up of far-flung populations whose experience of empire varied enormously. This title examines the nature of power in Rome and the means by which the Roman state exploited the natural, mercantile, and human resources within its frontiers. Series: Miriam S. Balmuth Lectures in Ancient History and Archaeology. Num Pages: 376 pages, 14 line illus. 15 tables. 17 maps. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 3D; HBJD; HBLA1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 157 x 21. Weight in Grams: 530.
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
376
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
With a New preface by the author
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691160177
ISBN
9780691160177
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 27.52

Paperback. This important synthesis of recent findings and scholarship demonstrates how the Romans acquired, kept and controlled their Empire. A contemporary post-imperial approach to the Roman exercise of power. Num Pages: 280 pages, Illustrations, 1 facsim., ports. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; HBJD; HBLA; HBTQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 143 x 217 x 16. Weight in Grams: 368.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415093750
ISBN
9780415093750
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 57.26

Paperback. Centring her analysis around several major Puerto Rican anti-prostitution campaigns, the author exposes the race-related double standards of sexual norms and practices in Puerto Rico between 1870 and 1920, the period that witnessed Puerto Rico's shift from Spanish to US colonialism. Series: American Encounters/Global Interactions. Num Pages: 328 pages, 15 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KJP; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLL; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 150 x 25. Weight in Grams: 436.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822323969
ISBN
9780822323969
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.62

Hardback. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJG; HBJD; HBLW. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 161 x 21. Weight in Grams: 492.
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
Format
Hardback
SKU
V9780801448638
ISBN
9780801448638
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 48.72

Paperback. Traces the origins of the "illegal alien" in American law and society, explaining why and how illegal migration became the central problem in US immigration policy - a process that profoundly shaped ideas and practices about citizenship, race, and state authority in the twentieth century. Series: Politics and Society in Twentieth Century America. Num Pages: 416 pages, 14 halftones. 3 line illus. 6 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB; JFFN; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 26. Weight in Grams: 586.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Updated edition with a New Foreword
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691160825
ISBN
9780691160825
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 22.15

Paperback. A vast archive of documents, unread since the sixteenth century, revises the portrait of Spain's best-known king Num Pages: 456 pages, 45 col. illus. & 14 figs. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 3JB; BGH; BGR; HBJD; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 217 x 38. Weight in Grams: 644.
Publisher
Yale University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300216950
ISBN
9780300216950
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 19.67

Hardback. The Japanese invasion of Shanghai in 1937 led 30 million Chinese to flee their homes in terror, and live--in the words of artist and writer Feng Zikai--"in a sea of bitterness" as refugees. Keith Schoppa paints a comprehensive picture of the refugee experience in one province, Zhejiang, where the Japanese launched notorious campaigns. Num Pages: 360 pages, 12 maps, 6 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1FPJ; 3JJG; HBJF; HBLW; HBTD; JFFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 169 x 242 x 27. Weight in Grams: 670.
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
360
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Edition
1St Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674059887
ISBN
9780674059887
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 49.99
€ 42.02

Paperback. KILDARE
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Merrion Press
Condition
New
SKU
9781908928856
ISBN
9781908928856
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 16.42

Paperback. What went on behind closed doors in the Tudor Court? Comprehensive coverage of all the major Tudors: Henry VII, Elizabeth of York, Prince Arthur, Henry VIII, Catherine of Aragon, Anne Boleyn, Jane Seymour, Anne of Cleves, Catherine Howard, Catherine Parr, Henry VIII's various mistresses, Edward VI, Mary Tudor and Elizabeth I. Num Pages: 256 pages, 31 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JB; HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 124 x 198 x 20. Weight in Grams: 404.
Publisher
Amberley Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781445614755
ISBN
9781445614755
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 13.39

Paperback. Explores the changing meanings of honour in early-20th-century Brazil, a period that saw an extraordinary proliferation of public debates that linked morality, modernity, honour, and national progress. This title reveals how everyday interpretations of honour influenced official attitudes and even the law itself as Brazil attempted to modernise. Num Pages: 328 pages, 1 b&w photograph. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; HBJK; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 148 x 22. Weight in Grams: 490.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822323983
ISBN
9780822323983
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.62

Paperback. The author spent the year 1999 criss-crossing the continent. This book offers an account of that journey, full of diaries, newspaper reports and memoirs, and the voices of prominent figures and unknown players; from the grandson of Kaiser Wilhelm II to Adriana Warno in Poland, with her holiday job at the gates of the camp at Birkenau. Translator(s): Garrett, Sam. Num Pages: 896 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1D; HBJD; HBLW; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 143 x 39. Weight in Grams: 608.
Edition
01st Edition
Publisher
Vintage
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099516736
ISBN
9780099516736
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.00

Hardback. A groundbreaking work that delivers a fresh account of the Arab conquests, incorporating the latest research in Late Antique history. Series: Ancient Warfare and Civilization. Num Pages: 320 pages, 30 illus., including maps. BIC Classification: 3F; HBG; HBLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 164 x 237 x 23. Weight in Grams: 602.
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199916368
ISBN
9780199916368
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 23.23

Hardback. Presents a historical and sociological account of how, by the late 1960s, three small Italian towns had come to lead the world in the production of gold jewelry - even though they had virtually no jewelry industry less than a century before, and even though Italy had western Europe's most restrictive gold laws. Num Pages: 352 pages, 8 tables. BIC Classification: 1DST; HBJD; HBLW3; JH; KCC; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 657.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691126975
ISBN
9780691126975
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 82.70
€ 64.01

Paperback. Manuel Cortes was a Socialist Party member, an activist in the peasant reform movement and an organizer in the farm workers' unionization struggles. He also became mayor of Malaga, where he was caught up in the ferment of revolutionary Spain in the late 1930s. This title supplements Cortes' ordeal. Num Pages: 256 pages, map. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 3JJ; BGH; HBJD; HBLW; JPFF; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 310.
Publisher
Verso Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
New Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844675968
ISBN
9781844675968
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.19

Paperback. Num Pages: 302 pages, Illustrations, map. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 431.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Cornell Univ East Asia Program
Condition
New
SKU
V9781885445131
ISBN
9781885445131
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.56

Paperback. A fascinating exploration of the tavern as a significant and fluid social space in colonial Canada. Num Pages: 240 pages, figures. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 15. Weight in Grams: 363.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press Canada
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780774815765
ISBN
9780774815765
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 36.36

Paperback. Num Pages: 440 pages, 42 color illus. + maps. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; HBW; JWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 127. .
Publisher
Yale University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300228830
ISBN
9780300228830
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 16.18

Hardback. Presents a detailed description of the operations to relieve Malta in 1942 and assesses the actual impact Malta had on the fight to deny supplies to Rommel's army in North Africa Illustrator(s): Zuber, Ted. Series: Twentieth-Century Battles. Num Pages: 288 pages, 24 b&w illus., 8 maps. BIC Classification: 1DSM; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 162 x 236 x 23. Weight in Grams: 526.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253006035
ISBN
9780253006035
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 38.70

Hardback. This book explores how the Canadian Army prepared for the possibility of a Third World War and how its innovations and adaptations laid the groundwork for the evolution of our national army. Series: Studies in Canadian Military History. Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 3JJP; HBJK; HBLW; HBTW; HBW; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780774827027
ISBN
9780774827027
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 106.48

Paperback. This work covers politics in Britain during the period of industrialization, focusing on how political meanings were sustained. It covers the goal of defining a middle ground between E.P. Thompson's concept of cultural materialism and the postmodern view of culture as a system of signs and codes. Num Pages: 224 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JF; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJD1; HBLL; HBLW; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 13. Weight in Grams: 327.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780804747882
ISBN
9780804747882
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.83

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