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History: earliest times to present day

Paperback. Inserting China into the history of nineteenth-century colonialism, this title explores the ways that Euro-American imperial powers humiliated the Qing monarchy and disciplined the Qing polity in the wake of multi-power invasions of China in 1860 and 1900. Num Pages: 416 pages, 41 illustrations, 3 tables, 3 maps, 5 figures. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JH; HBJF; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 567.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822331889
ISBN
9780822331889
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 32.53

Paperback. An analysis of the career of Candido Rondon providing an avenue to deconstruct recent Brazilian historiography on nation building, indigenous people, and state action Num Pages: 248 pages, 23 illus., 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; HBAH; HBJK; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5665 x 3963 x 19. Weight in Grams: 340.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822332497
ISBN
9780822332497
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 28.18

Paperback. An illustrated analysis of the heavy artillery of the American Civil War, detailing the development and usage of the guns and including contemporary reports of the guns in action. It features eight pages of colour artwork showing guns such as the famed Parrott Rifle and Columbiad. Illustrator(s): Bryan, Tony. Series: Osprey New Vanguard S. Num Pages: 48 pages, 8 colour & 42 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ; JWM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 246 x 186 x 4. Weight in Grams: 180.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
Number of pages
48
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841762197
ISBN
9781841762197
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 17.06

Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KBBS; HBJK; HBLW; WBXD; WTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 135 x 182 x 21. Weight in Grams: 262.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780762797028
ISBN
9780762797028
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.57

Hardback. A Companion to Families in the Greek and Roman Worlds draws from both established and current scholarship to offer a broad overview of the field, engage in contemporary debates, and pose stimulating questions about future development in the study of families. Editor(s): Rawson, Beryl. Series: Blackwell Companions to the Ancient World. Num Pages: 664 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 1QDAR; HBJD; HBLA; HBTB; JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 252 x 179 x 38. Weight in Grams: 1330.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
664
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405187671
ISBN
9781405187671
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 197.44

Paperback. Communist parties came to power in a variety of ways, usually by force, often with the acquiescence of people who hoped for a better future. Then came the imposition of Stalinism. The book examines this, and subsequent crises in Hungary, Poland and Czechoslovakia. Num Pages: 278 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVU; HBJD; HBLW; JPFC; JPFF; JPL; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 135 x 16. Weight in Grams: 354.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
2nd ed. 1995
Number of pages
278
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333651063
ISBN
9780333651063
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.82

Paperback. Edward Daly is one of the legendary revolutionaries who participated in the 1916 Easter Rising. Less has been known about Daly until now; in this intimate and fascinating account, Helen Litton traces Edward 'Ned' Daly's life from childhood to commander within the Volunteers. Series Editor(s): Collins, Lorcan. Series: 16Lives. Num Pages: 240 pages, 32 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JJF; BGH; HBJD1; HBLW; HBTV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 132 x 18. Weight in Grams: 250. Good clean copy with some shelf wear. Signed and inscribed by the author
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
The O'Brien Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KTJ8038255
ISBN
9781847172723
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 10.00

Hardcover. Num Pages: 496 pages, 600+ black and white photographs. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JJF; HBJD1; HBLW; HBTV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 226 x 35. Weight in Grams: 1104. Good clean copy with some shelf wear. Signed by the author. Very scarce
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Irish Graves Publications
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KTJ8038315
ISBN
9780954227548
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 38.00

Hardcover. No solution demonstrates the naivety of claims that a solution to the Northern Ireland conflict could have been imposed by the British state two decades before the 1998 Good Friday Agreement. While there is a tremendous volume of material written on the Northern Ireland conflict, areas remain where there is a poverty of understanding. Num Pages: 288 pages, 2 graphs, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1DBKN; 3JJPL; HBJD1; HBLW3; JPQB; JPWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 164 x 242 x 28. Weight in Grams: 576.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Manchester University Press
Condition
New
SKU
9780719096402
ISBN
9780719096402
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 9.99
€ 6.75

Paperback. Presents the voices of young Americans - former soldiers who have opted out of the war - who draw their power from wrenching honesty about first hand experiences. This book provides a direct account from soldiers that turned their back on what they viewed as an immoral mission, and who refused to sacrifice themselves in the conflict in Iraq. Num Pages: 254 pages, b/w illustrations integrated. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; BGH; BTM; HBJK; HBLW3; JWD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 126. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
John Blake Publishing Ltd
Condition
Used, Like New
SKU
KMK0007987
ISBN
9781844543632
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 4.99

Hardback. A major new history of the experiences and activities of Irish nationalist women in the early twentieth century. Num Pages: 306 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JJC; 3JJF; HBJD1; HBLW; JFSJ1; JPFN. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 157 x 229 x 24. Weight in Grams: 578. Scarce. Fine in fine dust wrapper
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Condition
New
SKU
KSG0014045
ISBN
9781107047747
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 74.00

Paperback. White servitude was one of the major institutions in the economy and society of early colonial British America. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JD; HBJK; HBLH; HBTS. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 450.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1982
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780521273794
ISBN
9780521273794
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 31.36

Hardcover. Editor(s): Gaffield, Julia. Series: Jeffersonian America. Num Pages: 272 pages, 1 black and white illustration. BIC Classification: 1KJH; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 825.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813937878
ISBN
9780813937878
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 54.21

Paperback. This account of the Yorktown campaign of the American Revolution presents six full-colour battle scenes detailing the critical points in the battle. Yorktown would be a model example to the British Crown of the impossible odds she now faced in holding onto her colonies. Illustrator(s): Hook, Adam. Series: Osprey Military Campaign S. Num Pages: 96 pages, illustrations, colour plates, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLH; JWKT; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 247 x 183 x 8. Weight in Grams: 310.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Osprey Publishing United Kingdom
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
96
Condition
New
SKU
V9781855326880
ISBN
9781855326880
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 16.02

Paperback. Black Bartholomew's Day is the first comprehensive study of the politicised preaching and polemical literature surrounding the mass ejection of Puritan ministers from the Church of England in 1662 - a pivotal event in the history of religion in Britain Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JD; HBJD1; HBLH; HRAX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 159 x 15. Weight in Grams: 284.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Manchester University Press United Kingdom
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719087806
ISBN
9780719087806
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 23.51

Paperback. The almost continuous fighting on land and sea for the two-&-a-half centuries between Bosworth and Culloden decimated lives but created the British state and forged the nation as the world's predominant power. In this book, the author explores the glorious and terrible impact of war at the national and individual levels. Num Pages: 360 pages, 24 black-&-white illustrations + 10 maps. BIC Classification: 1DB; 3JB; 3JD; 3JF; HBJD1; HBLH; HBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 149 x 26. Weight in Grams: 550.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Yale University Press
Condition
New
SKU
9780300197143
ISBN
9780300197143
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 6.76

Paperback. Presents the life of the wife of the sixth president, covering her early life abroad, her diplomatic mission in Russia, her role as a famous Washington hostess, and her participation in the political and social events of her time. Editor(s): Michelmore, David L. Num Pages: 432 pages, 15 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGH; HBJK; HBLL; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 150 x 25. Weight in Grams: 562.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Yale University Press
Condition
New
SKU
9780300212563
ISBN
9780300212563
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 6.23

Hardback. This book offers a new account of the British Empire's greatest failure and its most disturbing legacy. Using a wide range of published and archival sources, this study of racial discourse from 1870 to 1914 argues that race, then as now, was a contested territory within the metropolitan culture. Series Editor(s): Thompson, Andrew; Mackenzie, John. Series: Studies in Imperialism. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLL; HBTB; HBTQ; JFFJ; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Scholarly; (UP) Postgraduate; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 239 x 162 x 33. Weight in Grams: 698.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Manchester University Press
Condition
New
SKU
9780719033575
ISBN
9780719033575
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 6.76

Paperback. Designed to accompany the OU course "From Enlightenment to Romanticism", this anthology provides primary and secondary sources on changing landscapes, new forms of knowledge, conceptions of art and the artist and the exotic and Oriential. Introductory sections explain the context of the sources. Editor(s): Donnachie, Ian; Lavin, Carmen (Open Unviersity). Num Pages: 400 pages, Illustrations, black & white. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBLL; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 232 x 157 x 23. Weight in Grams: 618.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Manchester University Press
Condition
New
SKU
9780719066733
ISBN
9780719066733
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 7.28

Hardback. Calculating compassion examines the origins of British relief work in late-nineteenth-century wars on the continent and the fringes of Empire. The author draws on new archival research to reveal the preoccupations of nineteenth-century relief workers, and the legacies for relief work today. Series Editor(s): Taithe, Bertrand. Series: Humanitarianism: Key Debates and New Approaches. Num Pages: 256 pages, Halftones, black & white. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; JKSR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 160 x 24. Weight in Grams: 546.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Manchester University Press
Condition
New
SKU
9780719078101
ISBN
9780719078101
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 6.75

Hardback. This investigation of women's part in civic life provides a fresh approach to the 'public sphere', illuminates women as agents of a middle-class identity and develops the notion of a 'feminine public sphere', or the web of associations, institutions and discourses used by disenfranchised middle-class women to express their citizenship. Series Editor(s): Sharpe, Pamela; Summerfield, Penny; Abrams, Lynn; Beattie, Cordelia. Series: Gender in History. Num Pages: 192 pages, Illustrations, black & white|Tables. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 3JH; 3JJC; HBJD1; HBLL; HBLW; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 222 x 145 x 21. Weight in Grams: 364.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Manchester University Press
Condition
New
SKU
9780719079665
ISBN
9780719079665
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 6.76

Hardback. Why did Tony Blair take Britain to war with Iraq? This book argues that he was following the core political beliefs and style - the Blair identity - manifest and consistent throughout his decade in power. It reconstructs Blair's wars, tracing his personal influence on British foreign policy and international politics during his tumultuous tenure. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJPR; 3JMC; HBJD1; HBLW3; HBLX; JPHL; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 170 x 21. Weight in Grams: 422.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Manchester University Press
Condition
New
SKU
9780719079993
ISBN
9780719079993
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 6.75

Hardback. Unearths new evidence to provide a richer understanding of the life of the Labour minister Ellen Wilkinson Num Pages: 424 pages, Illustrations, black & white. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJPG; BGH; HBJD1; HBLW; JPFF; JPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 162 x 37. Weight in Grams: 806.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Manchester University Press
Condition
New
SKU
9780719087202
ISBN
9780719087202
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 6.75

Hardback. Combines research on a wide variety of leisure activities in the early modern and modern periods, providing an unprecedented transnational perspective to the study of European leisure history. Editor(s): Borsay, Peter; Furnee, Jan Hein. Series: Studies in Popular Culture. Num Pages: 256 pages, 24 black & white illustrations, 1 black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JF; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; HBTB; JHBS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 193 x 29. Weight in Grams: 666.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Manchester University Press
Condition
New
SKU
9780719089695
ISBN
9780719089695
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 7.28

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