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History: earliest times to present day

Hardcover. A city of immense literary mystique, Prague has inspired writers across the centuries with its beauty, cosmopolitanism, and tragic history. This interdisciplinary study helps to explain why Prague - more than any other major European city - has haunted the cultural and political imagination of the West. Num Pages: 200 pages, 6 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DVKC; DSB; HBJD; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 157 x 19. Weight in Grams: 460.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226795409
ISBN
9780226795409
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 40.25

paperback. An insight into the life and world of Civil War-time Washington from the woman's perspective, this collection of letters is a perspective on life in the nation's capital during an important period in American history. Editor(s): Laas, Virginia Jeans. Num Pages: 592 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGHA; BJ; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 32. Weight in Grams: 787.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
592
Condition
New
Edition
First Edition
SKU
V9780252068591
ISBN
9780252068591
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 33.73

paperback. How the Cold War affected local-level union politics Editor(s): Stromquist, Shelton. Series: The Working Class in American History. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; HBJK; HBLW3; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 19. Weight in Grams: 426.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252074691
ISBN
9780252074691
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 29.23

paperback. An exploration of the administration of law and its role in the lives of ordinary people in the northern provinces of the Roman Empire. It draws upon a rich but little-known legal collection from the late 3rd century known as the "Codex Hermogenianus". Num Pages: 296 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 3D; HBJD; HBLA1; HPCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 139 x 23. Weight in Grams: 450.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253221476
ISBN
9780253221476
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.08

Paperback. Studies admission records to Soviet Communist party cells in the 1920s for what they reveal about the politics of self-representation in Bolshevik political culture Series: Donald W. Treadgold Studies on Russia, East Europe, and Central Asia. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DV; 1DVUA; GTB; HBG; HBLW; HBTV4; JPFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 153 x 230 x 13. Weight in Grams: 330.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295991122
ISBN
9780295991122
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 31.27

Hardcover. Winner of the 2014 Pulitzer Prize for History This searing story of slavery and freedom in the Chesapeake by a Pulitzer Prize-winning historian reveals the pivot in the nation's path between the founding and civil war. Num Pages: 624 pages, 35 illustrations; 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBFV; 3JF; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 164 x 242 x 46. Weight in Grams: 1072.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
624
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393073713
ISBN
9780393073713
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 34.03

Paperback. A finalist for the Lincoln Prize, The Sea Captain's Wife "comes surprisingly, and movingly, alive" (Tina Jordan, Entertainment Weekly). Num Pages: 384 pages, 47 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 211 x 139 x 24. Weight in Grams: 310.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393330298
ISBN
9780393330298
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 18.24

Paperback. "An important, revealing story, exceptionally well told."-Jonathan Yardley, Washington Post Num Pages: 416 pages, 8 pages of black-and-white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVP; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBTZ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 338.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393338874
ISBN
9780393338874
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 21.05

paperback. This panoramic account of 1776 chronicles the other revolutions unfolding that year across North America, far beyond the British colonies. Num Pages: 288 pages, 22 illustrations; 15 maps. BIC Classification: 1KB; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 211 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 230.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Edition
Reprint
SKU
V9780393351156
ISBN
9780393351156
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.55

Hardcover. This title aims to show a new side to Lyndon Johnson and demonstrates that Johnson's diplomacy toward Europe deserves recognition as one of the most important achievements of his presidency. Num Pages: 352 pages, 15 halftones. BIC Classification: 1D; 1KBB; BGH; HBJD; HBJK; HBLW3; HBWS2; JPHL; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 147 x 29. Weight in Grams: 562.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674010741
ISBN
9780674010741
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 39.26

paperback. An alternative perspective on the Cold War that broadens our understanding of the nature of political conflict. "Indispensable." Marilyn Young, New York University Series: Critical Introductions to World Politics. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 1KBB; HBG; HBLW3; JPF; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 150 x 15. Weight in Grams: 404.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Pluto Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745320946
ISBN
9780745320946
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 35.92

hardcover. Placing women at the center of the High Qing era shows how gender relations shaped the economic, political, social, and cultural changes of the age, and gives us a sense of what women felt and believed, and what they actually did, during this period. Num Pages: 340 pages, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JD; 3JF; 3JH; HBJF; HBLL; JFC; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 244 x 163 x 20. Weight in Grams: 690.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
340
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804727433
ISBN
9780804727433
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 137.98

hardcover. This work argues that the formation of the Campesino as both a political category and a cultural identity in Mexico was one of the most enduring legacies of the great revolutionary upheavals that began in 1910. It provides information through oral histories, archival documents, and newspapers. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; HBJK; HBLW; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 567.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804743525
ISBN
9780804743525
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 147.96

hardcover. When famine struck Bolshevik Russia in 1921, the US responded with a two-year relief mission that battled starvation and disease, and saved millions of lives. The tale told here is largely derived from the diaries, memoirs and letters of the American participants. Num Pages: 832 pages, 94 illustrations, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 1KBB; 3JJG; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 6452 x 4522 x 43. Weight in Grams: 1429.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
832
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804744676
ISBN
9780804744676
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 167.93

hardcover. The first comprehensive history of a major Muslim rebellion and the rise and fall of an independent Islamic state within China during the second half of the nineteenth century-in Xinjiang, where potentially separatist Islamic movements still worry the Chinese state. Num Pages: 320 pages, 10 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JH; HBJF; HBLL; HRH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 23. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804748841
ISBN
9780804748841
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 116.75

Hardcover. This book is a study of everyday life in rural north China in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century told through the story of one man's life. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 3JH; BGH; HBJF; HBLL; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 413.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804750684
ISBN
9780804750684
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 101.77

hardcover. This book is an anthology of essays by Yuji Ichioka, the foremost authority on Japanese American history, which studies Japanese American life and politics in the interwar years. Editor(s): Chang, Gordon G.; Azuma, Eiichiro; Dirlik, Arif. Series: Asian America. Num Pages: 392 pages, 10 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 28. Weight in Grams: 653.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
392
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804751476
ISBN
9780804751476
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 75.56

hardcover. This book argues that the Enlightenment created the intellectual foundations of modern anthropology, and cultivated the anthropological pursuit of cultural perspective. Editor(s): Wolff, Larry; Cipolloni, Marco. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLH; HBLL; JHM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 28. Weight in Grams: 703.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
432
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804752022
ISBN
9780804752022
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 157.95

hardcover. This book provides a new understanding of German twentieth-century history by using the lens of citizenship to explore issues of nationality, belonging, and constructions of German nationhood. Editor(s): Eley, Geoff; Palmowski, Jan. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLW; JPFN; JPVH1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804752046
ISBN
9780804752046
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 116.75

hardcover. Genealogical Fictions examines how the state, church, Inquisition, and other institutions in colonial Mexico used the Spanish notion of limpieza de sangre (purity of blood) over time and how the concept's enduring religious, genealogical, and gendered meanings came to shape the region's patriotic and racial ideologies. Num Pages: 424 pages, 13 illustrations, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; HBJK; HBLH; HBLL; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 28. Weight in Grams: 703.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
424
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804756488
ISBN
9780804756488
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 147.96

hardcover. This volume provides an in-depth history of Navy high-level decision making during the challenging initial decade of the Cold War. Num Pages: 728 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPG; HBJK; HBLW; HBW; JWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 48. Weight in Grams: 1089.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
728
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804756662
ISBN
9780804756662
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 90.54

hardcover. Apocalypse Management explains Dwight Eisenhower's eight years of self-defeating cold war policies by analyzing the pattern of Eisenhower's private and public discourse, a pattern that still dominates U.S. foreign policy, keeping us in the same state of national insecurity that marked the Eisenhower era. Series: Stanford Nuclear Age Series. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBLW3; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 585. Weight in Grams: 572.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804758079
ISBN
9780804758079
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 85.54

hardcover. An innovative look at Japan's wartime discourse of science and nationalism and how it shaped postwar Japan. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; HBJF; HBLW; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 28. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804759618
ISBN
9780804759618
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 116.75

hardcover. Men and the Making of Modern British Feminism calls fresh attention to the forgotten but foundational contributions of men to the creation of modern British feminism. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JF; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 534. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804763110
ISBN
9780804763110
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 80.56

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