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History: earliest times to present day

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History: earliest times to present day

Hardback. Quintessentially English, Betjeman was an 'outsider' in England - and doubly so in Cornwall where he was a 'foreigner'. And yet, as this book describes, Betjeman also strove to acquire a veneer of 'Cornishness', cultivating an alternative Celtic identity, and finding inspiration in Cornwall's Anglo-Catholic tradition. Num Pages: 278 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKEWC; BGL; DSC; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of Exeter Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
278
Condition
New
SKU
V9780859898478
ISBN
9780859898478
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 134.12

paperback. This book explores an industry that was of profound importance both in terms of the local economy and the history of mining nationally, but is long forgotten: the late medieval royal silver mines at Bere Ferrers in the Tamar Valley. Num Pages: 222 pages, highly illustrated. BIC Classification: HBJD1; HBLC1; HBTK; HDDM; HDL; HDT; KCZ; TDM; TTU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 247 x 172 x 16. Weight in Grams: 444.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Exeter Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
222
Condition
New
Edition
2nd ed.
SKU
V9780859898287
ISBN
9780859898287
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.46

Hardback. This book explores an industry that was of profound importance both in terms of the local economy and the history of mining nationally, but is long forgotten: the late medieval royal silver mines at Bere Ferrers in the Tamar Valley. Num Pages: 222 pages, highly illustrated. BIC Classification: HBJD1; HBLC1; HBTK; HDDM; HDL; HDT; KCZ; TDM; TTU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 246 x 172 x 20. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Exeter Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
222
Condition
New
SKU
V9780859898270
ISBN
9780859898270
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 133.96

Paperback. This gripping biographical study, published here for the first time in paperback, explores the immensely complicated relationship that existed between A.L. Rowse and his native Cornwall. Num Pages: 336 pages, illustrated. BIC Classification: 1DBKEWC; BG; GTB; HBJD1; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 517.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of Exeter Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780859897983
ISBN
9780859897983
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.34

Paperback. An investigation of the popular tradition of 'Australia's Little Cornwall': how one town in South Australia gained and perpetuated this identity into the twenty-first century. This book is about Moonta and its special place in the Cornish transnational identity. Num Pages: 284 pages, illustrated. BIC Classification: 1MBFS; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJM; HBLL; HBLW; HBTK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 157 x 21. Weight in Grams: 490.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of Exeter Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
284
Condition
New
SKU
V9780859897969
ISBN
9780859897969
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 39.89

Hardback. An investigation of the popular tradition of 'Australia's Little Cornwall': how one town in South Australia gained and perpetuated this identity into the twenty-first century. This book is about Moonta and its special place in the Cornish transnational identity. Num Pages: 284 pages, illustrated. BIC Classification: 1MBFS; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJM; HBLL; HBLW; HBTK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 25. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of Exeter Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
284
Condition
New
SKU
V9780859897952
ISBN
9780859897952
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 134.49

Hardback. This gripping biographical study, published here for the first time in paperback, explores the immensely complicated relationship that existed between A.L. Rowse and his native Cornwall. Num Pages: 336 pages, 24 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBKEWC; BG; GTB; HBJD1; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 703.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University of Exeter Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780859897440
ISBN
9780859897440
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 134.83

Hardback. This is the first new book-length study of British cinema of the 1910s to be published for over fifty years, and it focuses on the close relationship between the British film industry and the Edwardian theatre. Series: Exeter Studies in Film History. Num Pages: 288 pages, 30 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJ; APB; APF; HBJD1; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 631.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
University of Exeter Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780859897259
ISBN
9780859897259
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 134.32

Paperback. In 1659, Luis de Haro met with Cardinal Jules Mazarin to conclude a peace treaty that would end over twenty years of war. The hitherto unpublished letters sent by Haro to Philip IV offer an account of the negotiations that diverges from Mazarin's reports. This edition offers a mix of the original letters and summaries, as well as explanatory notes. Editor(s): Williams, Lyn. Series: Exeter Hispanic Texts. Num Pages: 147 pages. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 3JD; BGH; HBJD; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210. Weight in Grams: 250.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
University of Exeter Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
147
Condition
New
SKU
V9780859896924
ISBN
9780859896924
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.49

Hardback. The decline of the Liberal party is one of the most controversial subjects in twentieth-century British politics, and this book makes a distinctive contribution to the debate by focusing on the South West, where Liberalism remained a powerful force after 1918. Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: 1DBKEW; 3JJ; HBJD1; HBLW; JPFK; JPL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 610.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
University of Exeter Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780859896795
ISBN
9780859896795
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 134.49

Paperback. The Vita Secundi is a Greek text of the second century AD. The substantial introduction to the edition deals with the motives for the work's translation into Spanish, tracks the extent of its diffusion in Spain, and analyses in detail the textual history of the Spanish version. Editor(s): Bizzarri, Hugo O. Series: Exeter Hispanic Texts. Num Pages: 46 pages. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 2ADS; DSBB; HBJD; HBLH; HPQ; HRAB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 203 x 8. Weight in Grams: 190.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
University of Exeter Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
46
Condition
New
SKU
V9780859896757
ISBN
9780859896757
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.32

Paperback. This edition of Francoise Pascal's collection epistolary highlights a rare, innovative and entertaining work by a woman writer unknown today, but in her time a distinguished playwright, poet and painter. Now in its first modern edition, this text provides new insights into seventeenth-century life and the discourses of galanterie and preciosite. Editor(s): Steinberger, Deborah. Series: Exeter French Texts. Num Pages: 78 pages, 1ill. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DN; HBJD; HBLH; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 145 x 18. Weight in Grams: 115.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
University of Exeter Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
78
Condition
New
SKU
V9780859896672
ISBN
9780859896672
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 48.59

Paperback. Originally published in 1551, Hernan Chacon's Tractado de la Caualleria de la Gineta reflects an era of radical changes in the chivalresque-military world of renaissance Spain. This new paperback volume in the Exeter Hispanic Texts series provides a text in the original Spanish, edited and introduced in Spanish by Noel Fallows. Series: Exeter Hispanic Texts. Num Pages: 60 pages, 5 b&w halftones. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 2ADS; DNF; HBJD; HBLH; HBTB; JW; WSNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 148 x 8. Weight in Grams: 155.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
University of Exeter Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
60
Condition
New
SKU
V9780859895422
ISBN
9780859895422
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.13

Hardback. In a scholarly but accessible account founded on contemporary sources, illustrated with testimonies of eye-witnesses and participants, this book sets out to decide the controversial question of whether the Qawasim were in fact pirates after acquiring an enduring reputation as such during the years 1797-1820. Num Pages: 500 pages, 16 halftones, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1FB; 3JF; 3JH; HBJF1; HBLL; HBTM; JKV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 240 x 165 x 41. Weight in Grams: 940.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
University of Exeter Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
500
Condition
New
SKU
V9780859895095
ISBN
9780859895095
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 142.57

Hardback. Central to the Enlightenment is the ideal of the Secular City, in militant reply to the Civitas Dei of St Augustine. The essays in this volume illustrate the elaboration of that vision, both in the planning and depiction of actual cities and in the speculation on social justice to which Voltaire in particular devoted himself. Editor(s): Hemming, T. D.; Freeman, Ted; Meakin, David. Num Pages: 259 pages, 6 half-tones. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBLL; HRAB; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 22. Weight in Grams: 572.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
University of Exeter Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
259
Condition
New
SKU
V9780859894166
ISBN
9780859894166
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 133.62

Hardback. A collection of essays on the theme of Tudor and Stuart Devon. Editor(s): Erskine, Audrey M.; Gray, Todd; Rowe, Margery M. Num Pages: 208 pages, 2 colour illustrations, 18 half-tones, maps. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; HBJD1; HBLC; HBLH; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 153 x 20. Weight in Grams: 620.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
University of Exeter Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780859893848
ISBN
9780859893848
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 116.91

Paperback. Editor(s): Killick, R.G. Series: Ancient Near East: Iraq Archaeological Reports S. Num Pages: 210 pages, 11 plates, 52 figures. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLA; HDD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 297 x 210. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1988
Publisher
Aris & Phillips Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
210
Condition
New
SKU
V9780856684319
ISBN
9780856684319
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 75.64

Paperback. Num Pages: 286 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; HBJD; HBLW3; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 208 x 137 x 20. Weight in Grams: 340.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Monthly Review Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
286
Condition
New
SKU
V9780853458784
ISBN
9780853458784
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.25

Paperback. Published by Monthly Review Press, 122 West 27th Street, New York, NY 10001. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLW; HBTV; JPWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210. Weight in Grams: 249.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Monthly Review Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780853458616
ISBN
9780853458616
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.24

Paperback. The Communist Labor University introduced uneducated farmers and peasants to basic agricultural science and farming techniques until 1980. The author explores the inner workings of this Chinese institution and the direct personal involvment in its affairs by the nation's key communist leaders. Num Pages: 296 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; HBLW3; JNMN; JPFC; JPV; KCS; TV. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 148 x 15. Weight in Grams: 395.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780847699377
ISBN
9780847699377
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.57

Hardback. The Communist Labor University introduced uneducated farmers and peasants to basic agricultural science and farming techniques until 1980. The author explores the inner workings of this Chinese institution and the direct personal involvment in its affairs by the nation's key communist leaders. Num Pages: 256 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; HBLW3; JNMN; JPFC; JPV; KCS; TV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 21. Weight in Grams: 505.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780847699360
ISBN
9780847699360
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 178.20

Paperback. This examination of American labour policy demonstrates that although most industrializing nations began to limit employer freedom and regulate labour conditions in the 1900's, the US continued to allow total employer discretion in decisions concerning hiring, firing, and workplace conditions. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLL; HBLW; HBWJ; LNH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 481.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780847697298
ISBN
9780847697298
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 64.13

Paperback. Although the unification of Italy in 1870 initially defined the nation's geographical boundaries, Italians faced challenges of determining their nation's social, political and cultural identity. This volume examines the struggle to recast the nation according to their visions. Series: Critical Issues in World and International History. Num Pages: 200 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 148 x 14. Weight in Grams: 296.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9780847696376
ISBN
9780847696376
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 49.15

Hardback. In this text, the authors argue that Chairman Mao can best be compared to a specific imperial predecessor, Ming Taizu, the 14th century peasant rebel who founded the Ming dynasty. They examine imperial predecessors and the elements linking Mao and Taizu. Editor(s): Andrew, Anita M.; Rapp, John A. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; HBLC; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 160 x 25. Weight in Grams: 617.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780847695799
ISBN
9780847695799
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 166.69

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