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History: earliest times to present day

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History: earliest times to present day

Hardcover. Landscapes across Europe were transformed, both physically and conceptually, during the early medieval period (c AD 400-1200), and these changes were bound up with the conversion to Christianity and the development of ecclesiastical power structures. This is the first book to adopt a comparative landscape approach to this crucial subject. Editor(s): O Carragain, Tomas; Turner, Sam. Num Pages: 640 pages, 50 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3F; 3H; HBJD; HBLC; HDDM; HRAX. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 209 x 259 x 50. Weight in Grams: 2106.
Publisher
Cork University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782052005
ISBN
9781782052005
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 39.00
€ 31.26

Hardcover. This work reasserts the importance of the French Revolution to an understanding of the nature of modern European politics and social life. It argues that the European model of democracy was created in the Revolution, a model with stark differences to Anglo-American liberal democracy. Series: Harvard Historical Studies. Num Pages: 336 pages, bibliographical references, index. BIC Classification: 3JF; HBJD; HBLL; HBTV; JPWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 34. Weight in Grams: 681.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674006249
ISBN
9780674006249
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 96.82
€ 87.73

Hardcover. Examines the way that ideas of difference were forged in four types of medieval Iberian discourse. This book makes an important contribution to the growing interest in medieval Iberia and offers a nuance understanding of medieval history and culture in general. It will appeal to a broad range of medievalists. Num Pages: 240 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1DSE; HBJD; HBLC; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 269 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University of Notre Dame Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780268025755
ISBN
9780268025755
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 107.73

Hardcover. "Performance is better than promise" has long been the motto of Ernest F "Fritz" Hollings, former governor of South Carolina and 6-term US Senator. This political autobiography offers accounts of how one makes government work in spite of itself. Num Pages: 256 pages, 17 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBFS; BGHA; HBJK; HBLW3; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 29. Weight in Grams: 649.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of South Carolina Press
Edition
Illustrated
Condition
New
SKU
V9781570037603
ISBN
9781570037603
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 31.52

Hardback. A narrative of the famous Massachusetts disputes of the late 1630s misleadingly labeled the "antinomian controversy" by later historians. It recasts these interlocked religious and political struggles as a complex interaction of personalities and personal agendas and as a succession of short-term events with cumulative results. Num Pages: 344 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBES; HBJK; HBLH; HRCC9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 628.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
Edition
First Edition
SKU
V9780691089430
ISBN
9780691089430
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 82.70
€ 64.29

Paperback. How did Puerto Ricans, Mexicans, and Cubans become known as "Hispanics" and "Latinos" in the United States? How did several distinct cultures and nationalities become portrayed as one? The author answers both these questions and details the scope of this phenomenon. Num Pages: 256 pages, 1 halftone, 5 line drawings, 3 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW; JFSL4; JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 229 x 22. Weight in Grams: 406.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780226033839
ISBN
9780226033839
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 27.85

Paperback. Presents an history of the activists, intellectuals, and movements that played a crucial role in shaping civil society and civic thought throughout Japan's postwar period. The author traces the development of a new vision of citizenship based on political participation, self-reliance, popular nationalism, and commitment to daily life. Num Pages: 376 pages, 3 line illustrations, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJP; HBJF; HBLW3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 151 x 23. Weight in Grams: 508.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
First Paperback Edition
Number of pages
376
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520262713
ISBN
9780520262713
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.35

Hardback. Num Pages: 336 pages, 3, 3 charts. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JB; HBJD; HBLH; HBTB; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 242 x 167 x 24. Weight in Grams: 606.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801451591
ISBN
9780801451591
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 75.31

Paperback. Explores key themes in the making of Renaissance painting, sculpture, architecture and prints: the use of specific techniques and materials, theory and practice, change and continuity in artistic procedures, and conventions and values. This book also reconsiders the importance of mathematical perspective. Editor(s): Woods, Kim W. Series: Open University: Renaissance Art Reconsidered. Num Pages: 352 pages, 200 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: ACND; HBJD1; HBLC. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 285 x 214 x 18. Weight in Grams: 1210.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Edition
1st ed
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300121896
ISBN
9780300121896
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.92

Paperback. Editor(s): Hansen, Jan; Helm, Christian; Reichherzer, Frank. Num Pages: 360 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPN; HBJK; HBLW3; JFF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 142 x 292 x 27. Weight in Grams: 486.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Campus Verlag
Condition
New
SKU
V9783593504803
ISBN
9783593504803
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.98
€ 44.93

Paperback. The best one-volume history of the Troubles, from the Irish Civil War through the IRA campaign of the 70s onwards to today's historic power-sharing government in Belfast Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKN; 1DBR; 3JJ; HBJD1; HBLW; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 153 x 31. Weight in Grams: 542.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Penguin
Condition
New
SKU
9780241962657
ISBN
9780241962657
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 15.29

Paperback. Series: The Wilder House Series in Politics, History & Culture. Num Pages: 296 pages, 25. BIC Classification: 1DST; HBJD; HBLW; JPFQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 399.
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801484209
ISBN
9780801484209
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 37.61

Paperback. French Canadian workers who paddled canoes, transported goods, and staffed the interior posts of the northern North American fur trade became popularly known as voyageurs. This title reveals the contours of voyageurs' lives, world views, and values. Series: France Overseas: Studies in Empire and Decolonization Series. Num Pages: 416 pages, Illus., maps. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; KNA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 22. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803287907
ISBN
9780803287907
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.73

hardcover. Though James II is often depicted as a Catholic despot who imposed his faith, Scott Sowerby reveals a king ahead of his time who pressed for religious toleration at the expense of his throne. The Glorious Revolution was in fact a conservative counter-revolution against the movement for enlightened reform that James himself encouraged and sustained. Series: Harvard Historical Studies. Num Pages: 416 pages, 3 maps, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JD; HBJD1; HBLL; HRAM2; JPH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 166 x 33. Weight in Grams: 760.
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Number of pages
416
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674073098
ISBN
9780674073098
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 61.38
€ 56.59

Hardback. Num Pages: 440 pages, 12, 8 black & white halftones, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1FCU; 3JJG; HBJF; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 33. Weight in Grams: 799.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
440
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801454097
ISBN
9780801454097
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 139.71

Paperback. Gives play to the personalities involved, from Felix Houphouet-Boigny, 'The Ram', who managed Ivorian politics for the country's first 33 years of independence, to the contemporary First Lady Simone Gbagbo. This book's analysis is of the dynamics in place that give certain predictability to the actions of each of the key figures in the drama. Num Pages: 238 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFDY; HBJH; HBLW3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 214 x 24. Weight in Grams: 364.
Publisher
Hurst & Co.
Number of pages
238
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781850658160
ISBN
9781850658160
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.85

Hardcover. Offering a fundamental reinterpretation of the emergence of the Soviet state, this text situates the Bolshevik Revolution within the continuum of mobilization and violence that began with World War I and extended through Russia's civil war. Num Pages: 384 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JJF; 3JJG; HBJD; HBLW; HBTV; JPF; JPWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 30. Weight in Grams: 700.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674009073
ISBN
9780674009073
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 94.46
€ 85.38

Paperback. The second in a series of books exploring the phenomenon of the pronunciamiento, this volume examines case studies of individual and collective pronunciados in regions across Mexico. Top scholars examine the motivations of individual pronunciados and the reasons they succeeded or failed. Editor(s): Fowler, Will. Series: The Mexican Experience. Num Pages: 352 pages, 3 maps, 3 tables, 1 chronology. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; JPWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 23. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803225428
ISBN
9780803225428
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 38.60

Paperback. Num Pages: 298 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1M; BG; HBG; HBLW; JFSL9; JHMP; JPVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 230 x 155 x 24. Weight in Grams: 562.
Publisher
Aboriginal Studies Press Australia
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780855755010
ISBN
9780855755010
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.85

Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVP; 3JJH; BGH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 234 x 17. Weight in Grams: 384.
Publisher
Helion and Company
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781910777381
ISBN
9781910777381
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.51

Hardcover. Banks failed, inequality grew, people were out of work, and slavery threatened to rend the nation in two. The Panic of 1837 drew forth reformers who, animated by self-reliance, became prophets of a new moral order that would make America great again. Philip Gura captures a Romantic moment that was soon overtaken by civil war and postwar pragmatism. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 20 x 13. .
Publisher
Belknap Press: An Imprint of Harvard University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674659544
ISBN
9780674659544
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 40.27

Hardback. This book is an account of murder and politics in Africa, and an historical ethnography of southern Annang communities during the colonial period. Series: International African Library. Num Pages: 448 pages, 45 b&w. BIC Classification: 1HFDN; 3JJ; HBJH; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 923.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
448
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748625536
ISBN
9780748625536
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 106.33
€ 102.99

Hardback. Presents a social history of poor Egyptians - beggars, foundlings, the sick and maimed. This book tells their stories alongside those of reformers, tourists, politicians, and philanthropists, and explores the economic, political, and colonial context that shaped poverty policy for a century and a half. Num Pages: 240 pages, 6 halftones. 10 line illus. BIC Classification: 1HBE; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJH; HBLL; HBLW; HBTB; JFFA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 485.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691113784
ISBN
9780691113784
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 68.53
€ 53.63

Paperback. First in-depth account of the role played by the Crown Agents in the growth of the colonies. Series: Royal Historical Society Studies in History New Series. Num Pages: 370 pages, 1, 1 black & white illustrations, 1 black and white. BIC Classification: 1QDB; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 158 x 20. Weight in Grams: 536.
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
370
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843838418
ISBN
9781843838418
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 34.00

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