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History: earliest times to present day

hardcover. Provides a challenge to the China-centred narrative of the Qing conquest through comparative frontier history and a pioneering use of indigenous sources. This title focuses on the Tai domains of China's Yunnan frontier, part of the politically fluid borderlands, where local, indigenous leaders were crucial actors in an arena of imperial rivalry. Num Pages: 328 pages, 1 halftone, 7 line illustrations, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 612.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674021716
ISBN
9780674021716
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 81.46
€ 74.32

paperback. Offers an account of the war in former Yugoslavia and contains material that discusses the end of the five-year conflict and looks ahead to an uneasy future in this region. Num Pages: 336 pages, index, maps. BIC Classification: 1DVWYC; 1DVWYV; HBJD; HBLW3; HBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 23. Weight in Grams: 238. Clean copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Penguin
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KMK0021927
ISBN
9780140261011
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 10.45

paperback. The international bestselling story of one British soldier's brave choice to exchange places with a Jewish prisoner in Auschwitz. Num Pages: 288 pages, 2 x 8pp Black & White. BIC Classification: 1DVP; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBTZ1; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 134 x 197 x 18. Weight in Grams: 230. Good clean copy showing some age and shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Condition
Used, Good
SKU
KMK0021955
ISBN
9781444714197
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

paperback. Drawing on a wide range of case studies, Richard English argues that we have as yet failed to understand terrorism properly, and that this is at the root of our disastrous failure to respond effectively to terrorism in the post-9/11 crisis. Num Pages: 208 pages, 15 black and white plates. BIC Classification: HBLX; HBWS; JP; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 11. Weight in Grams: 218.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Oxford University Press, USA
Condition
New
SKU
9780199590032
ISBN
9780199590032
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.16

Hardcover. An important new interpretation of Daniel Webster's life by an award-winning biographer. Num Pages: 800 pages, 1. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; HBJK; HBLL; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Scholarly; (UP) Postgraduate; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 244 x 165 x 56. Weight in Grams: 1260.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
W. W. Norton and Company, Inc.
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393045529
ISBN
9780393045529
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.98
€ 59.78

hardcover. Num Pages: 368 pages, 11. BIC Classification: 1FPKS; 3JJPL; HBJF; HBLW3; JPHF; JPHV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 685.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801445668
ISBN
9780801445668
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 62.86

paperback. The problems of modern Ireland - notably the political divisions within Ireland and between Ireland and Great Britain - have attracted the attention of British leaders from Gladstone to Major. This analysis places the "Irish question" in the wider context of the history of the British Isles. Series: British History in Perspective. Num Pages: 216 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJD1; HBLL; HBLW; JPH; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 13. Weight in Grams: 276.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Palgrave
Condition
New
SKU
9780333665305
ISBN
9780333665305
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 39.34

paperback. The Irish famine of 1845-51 was a pivotal event in the development of modern Ireland. This work explores aspects of it, including the rise in crime, the food export controversy, the role of religion, the growth of the Orange Order, and the impact of the uprising in 1848. Series: British History in Perspective. Num Pages: 288 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JF; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 368.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Palgrave
Condition
New
SKU
9780333677735
ISBN
9780333677735
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 39.34

paperback. This collection of essays brings together the main historians of the Irish Revolution, 1913-1923. Through detailed research and wide ranging analysis of key themes, they provide answers to, and debate on, the fundamental questions concerning this period Editor(s): Augusteijn, Joost. Num Pages: 272 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JJ; HBJD1; HBLW; HBTV; JPWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UA) A / AS level; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 142 x 16. Weight in Grams: 340.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Palgrave
Condition
New
SKU
9780333982266
ISBN
9780333982266
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 56.99
€ 43.61

Paperback. Andre Hue was a daredevil. By the age of twenty the Anglo-Frenchman had survived shipwreck and years undercover in France, sabotaging German supply lines. Returning to Britain, he was recruited by SOE to parachute behind enemy lines on 5 June 1944, to unite resistance forces in Brittany and paralyze local German troops during the Allied invasion. Series: Penguin World War II Collection. Num Pages: 368 pages, B&W. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JJH; BM; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 23. Weight in Grams: 290.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141042800
ISBN
9780141042800
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 16.81

paperback. Napoleon Bonaparte's rise to power was neither inevitable nor smooth; it was full of mistakes, wrong turns and pitfalls. This book examines the evolution of Napoleon's character and the means by which at the age of thirty he became head of the most powerful country in Europe and skilfully fashioned the image of himself. Num Pages: 672 pages, Illustrations, maps, ports. (some col.). BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JH; BGH; HBJD; HBLL; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 137 x 43. Weight in Grams: 534. Clean copy with light reading wear. Newspaper clippings pasted to inside front cover and half-title page by previous owner. Remains a very good copy
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Bloomsbury Paperbacks
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KMK0022766
ISBN
9780747566779
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.96

paperback. A survey of the medieval tradition of exploration, its roots in the classical ideas of the world and its role in fostering the voyages of the Renaissance. Series: OPUS. Num Pages: 320 pages, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1D; HBJD; HBLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 196 x 129 x 22. Weight in Grams: 239. Signed by the author with an inscription to the previous owner. Lightly scored copy showing some age and shelf wear. Remains a good copy
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1988
Publisher
Oxford University Press, USA
Condition
Used, Good
SKU
KMK0022856
ISBN
9780192891235
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 5.70

paperback. In addition to Cartier's Voyages, a slightly amended version of H.P. Biggar's 1924 text, the volume includes a series of letters relating to Cartier and the Sieur de Roberval, who was in command of cartier on the last voyage. Many of these letters appear for the first time in English. Editor(s): Cook, Ramsay. Num Pages: 177 pages, Illustrations, 1 facsim., maps, 1 port. BIC Classification: 1KBC; HBJK; HBLH; RGR. Category: (P) Professional & Scholarly; (UP) Postgraduate; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 203 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 310.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Edition
Nachdruck
Number of pages
177
Condition
New
SKU
V9780802060006
ISBN
9780802060006
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 36.36

paperback. The Shaping of Western Civilization: From Antiquity to the Mid-Eighteenth Century begins with the ancient Near East and ends with the mid-eighteenth century. Unlike other textbooks that pile on dates and facts, Shaping is a more coherent and interpretive presentation. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: HBLC1; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 192 x 19. Weight in Grams: 620.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442607569
ISBN
9781442607569
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 48.99
€ 44.14

Paperback. Dimension: 231 x 154 x 34. Weight in Grams: 724.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
448
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442614215
ISBN
9781442614215
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 41.92

Paperback. This book tells the story of the Hakka Chinese in Sarawak, Malaysia, who were targeted as communists or communist sympathizers because of their Chinese ethnicity the 1960s and 1970s. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1FMM; 3JJP; HBJF; HBLW3; HBTW; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 147 x 15. Weight in Grams: 400.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442615465
ISBN
9781442615465
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.15

Paperback. This volume of RIM focuses on the inscriptions of the Third Dynasty of Ur, a city made famous by archaeological excavations of its spectacular burial sites. Num Pages: 524 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: CJB; DB; DSB; HBLA1; HD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 203 x 127 x 25. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2020
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
524
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442623767
ISBN
9781442623767
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 90.97
€ 88.28

Hardback. This Handbook brings together the latest scholarship on the beliefs, practices, and institutions of the Christian Church between 400 and 1500 AD. Editor(s): Arnold, John H. Series: Oxford Handbooks in History. Num Pages: 608 pages, 3 black and white figures/illustrations. BIC Classification: 3F; 3H; HBLC1; HRAX; HRCC2. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 179 x 248 x 39. Weight in Grams: 1198.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
608
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199582136
ISBN
9780199582136
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 217.32

Num Pages: 554 pages, 112 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HBJD; HBLA; HBTB; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 137 x 27. Weight in Grams: 589.
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Dover Publications Inc. United States
Number of pages
554
Condition
New
SKU
V9780486277400
ISBN
9780486277400
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.57

Paperback. Explores the wide-ranging impact of 1968 and its aftermath in politics, theory, the arts, and international relations Editor(s): Sherman, Daniel J.; Dijk, Ruud van; Alinder, Jasmine; Aneesh, A. Series: 21st Century Studies. Num Pages: 392 pages, 31 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPK; HBJK; HBLW3; JPW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 24. Weight in Grams: 558.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
392
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253009104
ISBN
9780253009104
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.71

paperback. Culture does not become 'culture' until it is consumed. This is a radical new interpretation of early modern social history by leading specialists from North America and Europe, who explore a wide variety of topics. Editor(s): Bermingham, Ann; Brewer, John. Num Pages: 664 pages, 61 black & white halftones, 54 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 3JD; 3JF; HBG; HBLH; HBTB; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 246 x 174 x 45. Weight in Grams: 1428.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Routledge United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
664
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415159975
ISBN
9780415159975
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 141.25

paperback. Understanding the history of Athens in the second half of the fifth century BC is largely dependent on the legacy of the historian Thucydides. Previous scholarship has tended to view Thucydides' account as infallible. This book challenges that received wisdom, advancing several controversial views. Num Pages: 176 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 141 x 12. Weight in Grams: 246.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Routledge United Kingdom
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780415165525
ISBN
9780415165525
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 57.25

hardcover. Soon after the disparate states of the Italian peninsula unified in the 1860s to create a single nation, the nationalist Massimo D'Azeglio is said to have remarked, "We have made Italy, now we have to make Italians." This work draws on a broad array of sources to trace this making of a modern national identity in Italy. Num Pages: 400 pages, 74 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DST; DSB; HBJD; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 162 x 30. Weight in Grams: 936.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of Chicago Press
Condition
New
SKU
9780226774480
ISBN
9780226774480
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 36.87

paperback. Ireland in the twentieth century has had a very different history from that of most other western European countries. This book covers the whole of Ireland, north and south, from the origins of Sinn Fein at the beginning of the century to the Stormont agreement at the end. Num Pages: 304 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JJ; HBJD1; HBLW. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 474.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Bloomsbury Academic
Condition
New
SKU
9780340663356
ISBN
9780340663356
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 36.87

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