History: earliest times to present day
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History: earliest times to present day
Hardback. This book explores the role of the Cold War in shifting the center of gravity in American politics sharply to the right in the years immediately following World War II. Series: Columbia Studies in Contemporary American History. Num Pages: 408 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW3; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 165 x 26. Weight in Grams: 817.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 408
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231133562
- ISBN
- 9780231133562
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 106.38
€ 106.38
Hardback. Written by Ouyang Xiu, an intellectual giant of the eleventh century, this is a history of the preceding century (907 - 979), a period known as the Five Dynasties. This book emphasises on the art of historical writing in the eleventh century. It includes sections that are helpful to understand the politics and personalities of the time. Translator(s): Davis, Richard L. Num Pages: 736 pages, 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3F; HBAH; HBJF; HBLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 168 x 44. Weight in Grams: 1271.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 736
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231128261
- ISBN
- 9780231128261
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 161.80
€ 161.80
Paperback. The introduction to this work recounts how the collection was assembled, how the lessons of the Cold War remain vital to the debate of current events, and how the influence of communism was able to reshape the direction of intellectual life. Editor(s): Crossman, Richard. Num Pages: 272 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLW3; JPFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 203 x 133 x 17. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231123952
- ISBN
- 9780231123952
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.20
€ 41.20
Hardback. This work presents the accomplishments of Roger Nash Baldwin, who - in his 30-year tenure as director of the ACLU - marked the period when the modern understanding of the Bill of Rights came into being. Spearheaded by Baldwin, volunteer attorneys transformed the constitutional landscape. Series: Columbia Studies in Contemporary American History. Num Pages: 608 pages, 37 photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; HBJK; HBLL; HBLW; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 160 x 34. Weight in Grams: 862.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 608
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231119726
- ISBN
- 9780231119726
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 83.99
€ 83.99
Hardback. This definitive history of modern Tibet -- based entirely on unpublished primary sources and written by a Western-educated Tibetan author -- shatters the popular perception of Tibet as an isolated Shangri-la unaffected by broader international developments and rises above the simplistic dualism so often encountered in accounts of Tibet's contested recent history. Num Pages: 606 pages, 17 photos; 9 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPCT; 3JJP; GTB; HBJF; HBLW3; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 162 x 41. Weight in Grams: 998.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 606
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231118149
- ISBN
- 9780231118149
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 78.96
€ 78.96
Paperback. What kinds of stories win cases, and why? Drawing on trial transcripts and appellate court opinions in civil adultery cases, and on literary examples from Mark Twain, E.D.E.N Southworth, Harriet Beecher Stowe and others, Laura Korobkin sheds new light on the intersections of gender, genre, law and story. Series: The Social Foundations of Aesthetic Forms S. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBF; DSK; HBJK; HBLL; JFSJ1; LNAA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 13. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- Casebook ed
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231105095
- ISBN
- 9780231105095
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.05
€ 45.05
Paperback. This comprehensive overview of German politics, using the United States as a counterpoint, explains the salient aspects of the Federal Republic's political system and sheds light on the problems posed by the reunification of two very different nations. Num Pages: 336 pages, Illustrations, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1DFG; HBJD; HBLW; JPA; JPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 150 x 17. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231084130
- ISBN
- 9780231084130
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.84
€ 47.84
Hardback. Challenging the views of human rights activists, Stoll argues that the Ixils who supported Guatemalan rebels in the early 1980's did so because they were caught in the crossfire between the guerillas and the army, not because revolutionary violence expressed community aspirations. Num Pages: 383 pages, 25 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KLCG; 3JJPN; HBJK; HBLW3; HBTV; JFSL; JPWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 165. Weight in Grams: 726.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 383
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231081825
- ISBN
- 9780231081825
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 146.96
€ 146.96
Hardback. This four-volume collective project by a team of leading scholars offers a vivid portrait of Jewish history in German-speaking countries over nearly four centuries. This series is sponsored by the Leo Baeck Institute, established in 1955 in Jerusalem, London, and New York for the purpose of advancing scholarship on the Jews in German-speaking lands. Editor(s): Lowenstein, Steven M.; Brenner, Michael; Meyer, Michael Andrew; Mendes-Flohr, Paul; Pulzer, Peter G.J.; Richarz, Monika. Series: German-Jewish history in modern times. Num Pages: 480 pages, 55 photographs. BIC Classification: 1DFA; 1DFG; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLL; HBTB; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 158 x 34. Weight in Grams: 817.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 480
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231074766
- ISBN
- 9780231074766
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 118.91
€ 118.91
Hardback. The first series of essays focuses on the evolution of American policy. American historians examine the workings of the the Department of State and the Pentagon, and an American and a Chinese analyze the foreign economic policy of the Eisenhower administration in East Asia. The second series of essays is Japan-centered. Series: U.S. and Pacific Asia: Studies in Social, Economic and Political Interaction. Num Pages: 331 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1FP; 3JJPG; HBJF; HBLW3; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 203 x 30. Weight in Grams: 635.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 331
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231071741
- ISBN
- 9780231071741
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 129.32
€ 129.32
Paperback. A selection of essays on how an understanding of the economics of 1st Century Galilee sheds light on the historical Jesus and the development of the early Church. Num Pages: 246 pages, 3 figures, 13 tables. BIC Classification: 1FBH; 3D; HBJF1; HBLA; HRCA; KCZ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 173 x 14. Weight in Grams: 376.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- James Clarke & Co Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 246
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780227174760
- ISBN
- 9780227174760
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.07
€ 50.07
Paperback. Num Pages: 576 pages. BIC Classification: BGH; HBLW; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 557.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers Inc United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 576
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780062385796
- ISBN
- 9780062385796
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 19.45
€ 19.99
€ 19.45
hardcover. The aim of this book is to bring together aspects of the private and public life of members of the Society of the Sacred Heart in 19th century France by using the extensive community and personal archives of the Society, as well as the collection of 14,000 letters of Madeleine Sophie Barat. Num Pages: 326 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; HBTB; HRCC7; JFSR. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 240 x 164 x 30. Weight in Grams: 660.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Cork University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781859184998
- ISBN
- 9781859184998
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 39.99€ 30.68
€ 39.99
€ 30.68
paperback. This book makes ancient Latin-learning materials usable by modern students for the first time. Num Pages: 197 pages, 4 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 2ADL; 3D; CFF; HBJD; HBLA; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 248 x 174 x 17. Weight in Grams: 420.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781107474574
- ISBN
- 9781107474574
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 39.99€ 24.73
€ 39.99
€ 24.73
hardcover. This volume seeks to fill the gap in the historiography of premodern Islam and is conceived as a new standard scholarly resource for those interested in the Seljuk period. Num Pages: 328 pages, 29 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FB; 3H; HBJF1; HBLC; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 718.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- PAPERBACKSHOP UK IMPORT
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780748639946
- ISBN
- 9780748639946
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 139.99€ 90.15
€ 139.99
€ 90.15
paperback. Celebrated author Ghada Karmi argues that the only practical solution to the conflict is for Palestinians and Israelis to live together in a secular democratic state Num Pages: 320 pages, 6 maps. BIC Classification: 1FBH; 1FBP; HBJF1; HBLW3; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 151 x 18. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Pluto Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780745320656
- ISBN
- 9780745320656
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 19.04
€ 32.99
€ 19.04
paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 260 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DSE; HBJD; HBLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 14. Weight in Grams: 457.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780691611327
- ISBN
- 9780691611327
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 39.99€ 35.72
€ 39.99
€ 35.72
paperback. Nearly a century after it was first published in 1925, Medieval Cities remains one of the most provocative works of medieval history ever written. This book argues that it was not the invasion of the Germanic tribes that destroyed the civilization of antiquity, but rather the closing of Mediterranean trade by Arab conquest in the seventh century. Series: Princeton Classics. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 3F; 3H; HBJD; HBLC1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 215 x 139 x 14. Weight in Grams: 198.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Princeton Univers. Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780691162393
- ISBN
- 9780691162393
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.55
€ 19.99
€ 15.55
paperback. Explores the wider cultural framework in which we should study the housing in the Greek and Roman worlds. Series: Key Themes in Ancient History. Num Pages: 196 pages, 38 b/w illus. 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1QDA; AMK; HBLA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 153 x 10. Weight in Grams: 328.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780521789455
- ISBN
- 9780521789455
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 39.99€ 34.82
€ 39.99
€ 34.82
paperback. This book explores how medieval people categorized the world, concentrating on the division between the natural and the supernatural. Series: The Wiles Lectures. Num Pages: 182 pages, 13 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1D; HBJD; HBLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 153 x 9. Weight in Grams: 284.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780521702553
- ISBN
- 9780521702553
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 23.18
€ 35.99
€ 23.18