History: specific events & topics
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History: specific events & topics
Hardcover. Why do military commanders, most of them usually quite capable, fail at crucial moments of their careers? Adopting a psycho-historical approach to understanding decision making in war, this book presents seven cases of military command failures, from Frederick the Great at Kunersdorf to Hitler's invasion of Russia. Num Pages: 304 pages, 1 bibliog., 1 index. BIC Classification: HBT; JM; JWA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 169 x 25. Weight in Grams: 584.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- V9780253343789
- ISBN
- 9780253343789
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.72
€ 33.72
Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages, 16. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JF; HBJK; HBLH; HBTB. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Edition
- Annotated
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801473449
- ISBN
- 9780801473449
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.05
€ 26.99
€ 25.05
Hardback. Ever since coinage was developed in ancient Lydia, an element of society has sought to debase the coin of the realm for personal gain not only by counterfeiting, but also by shaving away precious metal. Num Pages: 304 pages, full color illustrations throughout. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; JKV; KCBM; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 279 x 216. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- American Numismatic Society,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780897223270
- ISBN
- 9780897223270
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 182.21
€ 182.21
Paperback. Environmental historian Philip L. Fradkin offers a history of earthquakes and a guide to the San Andreas Fault, the seismic scar that bisects the Golden State's spectacular scenery. He examines the mythology, culture, social implications, politics and science of earthquakes. Num Pages: 348 pages, 1 map, 1 b/w photograph. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; HBTP; JHMC; WNW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 458. Clean copy.
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- University of California Press California
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- SKU
- KEX0216333
- ISBN
- 9780520221192
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. The Company-State offers a political and intellectual history of the English East India Company in the century before its acquisition of territorial power. It argues the Company was no mere merchant, but a form of early modern, colonial state and sovereign that laid the foundations for the British Empire in India. Num Pages: 316 pages, 13 illus. BIC Classification: HBLL; HBTQ; KCZ; LAZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 160 x 16. Weight in Grams: 482.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 316
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199930364
- ISBN
- 9780199930364
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 70.58
€ 70.58
Provides an understanding of how horticulture shaped the vegetation around us, and how it influenced our experiences of the native, the naturalized, and the alien - and how to manage the landscapes around us. Num Pages: 352 pages, 37 halftones, 6 line illustrations, 11 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; 3JH; 3JJ; HBT; TVS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 27. Weight in Grams: 684.
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674026636
- ISBN
- 9780674026636
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 63.37€ 58.84
€ 63.37
€ 58.84
Paperback. This selection of articles focuses on Washington's changing attitudes towards the institution of slavery and his everyday relationships with the slaves who shared his Mount Vernon estate. Editor(s): Schwarz, Philip J. Series: George Washington Bookshelf. Num Pages: 182 pages, 52 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLH; HBTB; HBTS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 422.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press United States
- Number of pages
- 182
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780931917387
- ISBN
- 9780931917387
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.93
€ 16.93
Hardcover. Massacres and mass killings have always marked if not shaped the history of the world and as such are subjects of increasing interest among historians, resulting in a growing body of scholarship in recent years. The premise underlying this collection is that massacres were an integral, if not accepted part (until quite recently) of warfare.. Editor(s): Dwyer, Philip G.; Ryan, Lyndall. Series: War and Genocide. Num Pages: 350 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBG; HBTZ; HBW. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 160 x 232 x 28. Weight in Grams: 706. Massacre, Mass Killing and Atrocity Throughout History. Series: War and Genocide. 350 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. Editor(s): Dwyer, Philip G.; Ryan, Lyndall. Massacres and mass killings have always marked if not shaped the history of the world and as such are subjects of increasing interest among historians, resulting in a growing body of scholarship in recent years. The premise underlying this collection is that massacres were an integral, if not accepted part (until quite recently) of warfare. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. BIC Classification: HBG; HBTZ; HBW. Dimension: 160 x 232 x 28. Weight: 706.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Number of pages
- 350
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857452993
- ISBN
- 9780857452993
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 175.14
€ 175.14
Paperback. Details one of the most important rescues in Irish American history Editor(s): Fennell, Philip; King, Marie. Num Pages: 225 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1MBF; 3JH; HBTM; WTLP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 229 x 13. Weight in Grams: 336.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 225
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814727744
- ISBN
- 9780814727744
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.63
€ 27.99
€ 26.63
Hardcover. This book examines the complex interplay between industrial heritage and tourism. It serves to stimulate meaningful dialogue about the socioeconomic values of industrial sites and the use of tourism for the growth of the creative economy. Series: Tourism and Cultural Change. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: GM; HBTK; KNSG. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 219 x 154 x 20. Weight in Grams: 460.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Channel View Publications
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845415136
- ISBN
- 9781845415136
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 168.10
€ 168.10
Hardback. An assessment of how important the sea was in the development of the ancient world. Num Pages: 744 pages, 48 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QS; 3D; HBLA; HBTM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 165 x 40. Weight in Grams: 1112.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781783271573
- ISBN
- 9781783271573
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 182.35
€ 182.35
Paperback. This book studies the interaction between the empire-building West and the rest of the world. Num Pages: 310 pages, 13 b/w illus. 2 tables. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLL; HBLW; HBTQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 153 x 229 x 17. Weight in Grams: 438. The European Challenge and the Overseas Response in the Age of Empire. 310 pages, 13 b/w illus. 2 tables. This book studies the interaction between the empire-building West and the rest of the world. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: HBG; HBLL; HBLW; HBTQ. Dimension: 153 x 229 x 17. Weight: 512.
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Number of pages
- 310
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780521890540
- ISBN
- 9780521890540
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.55
€ 30.55
Hardback. Series: Italian and Italian American Studies. Num Pages: 275 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JJ; HBTB; HBWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 160 x 28. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 275
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230114104
- ISBN
- 9780230114104
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.55
€ 67.55
Paperback. Series: Italian and Italian American Studies. Num Pages: 275 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBL; HBTB; HBW; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 275
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349295661
- ISBN
- 9781349295661
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Paperback. This book adds to this growing body of scholarship on the Italian Resistance by analysing, for the first time, how the 'three wars' are represented over the broad spectrum of Resistance culture from 1945 to the present day. Furthermore, it makes this contribution to scholarship by bridging the gap between historical and cultural analysis. Series: Italian and Italian American Studies. Num Pages: 275 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBTB; HBWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 158 x 15. Weight in Grams: 416.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 276
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137331250
- ISBN
- 9781137331250
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 67.32
€ 67.32
Paperback. Traces our preoccupation with nudity in three distinct areas of human endeavour: religion, politics and popular culture. This book explores new territory - revealing the ways in which religious teachers, politicians, protestors and cultural icons have used nudity to enlighten or empower themselves, or simply to entertain us. Num Pages: 288 pages, 153 black & white illustrations, 99 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 158 x 21. Weight in Grams: 748.
- Publisher
- Reaktion Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780230221
- ISBN
- 9781780230221
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.39
€ 33.99
€ 24.39
Paperback. Series: Shofar Supplements in Jewish Studies. Num Pages: 260 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADT; APF; DSK; HBTZ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Purdue University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781557536877
- ISBN
- 9781557536877
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 57.70
€ 57.70
paperback. The twelfth volume in the acclaimed paperback series .. the only county series that can legitimately claim to represent the past and present of a nation. Editor(s): Payton, Philip. Series: Cornish Studies. Num Pages: 320 pages, 12 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBKEWC; GTB; HBJD1; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 150 x 19. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of Exeter Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780859897563
- ISBN
- 9780859897563
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.84
€ 46.84
Paperback. The French Revolutionary and Napoleonic period was the defining moment for modern European history. Using primary texts, this volume explains the upheavals, terror, and drama that restructured politics and society on such a large scale. Editor(s): Dwyer, Philip; McPhee, Peter. Num Pages: 240 pages, facsimiles. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JF; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; HBTV; JPWQ. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 13. Weight in Grams: 366.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415199087
- ISBN
- 9780415199087
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.38
€ 52.38
Paperback. Those promoting Empire as an expression of white supremacy found Arthur Wharton, the world's first black professional footballer, a supreme irritation, and he eventually died in poverty. Series: Sport in the Global Society. Num Pages: 272 pages, illustrations, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJ; BGS; HBTB; JFSL3; WSJA; WSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 412.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780714644592
- ISBN
- 9780714644592
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 73.95
€ 73.95
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. The bestselling account of the Battle of Trafalgar, by the authors of FINEST HOUR - 'A landmark book' - Observer Num Pages: 480 pages, 2 x 8pp colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 133 x 33. Weight in Grams: 326.
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 480
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- New
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780340830284
- ISBN
- 9780340830284
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.95
€ 19.99
€ 14.95
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 444 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBSL; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; JPQB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 25. Weight in Grams: 971.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691634289
- ISBN
- 9780691634289
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 227.05
€ 227.05
Power And Resistance: US Imperialism In Latin America: Studies in Crit...
Petras, James, Veltmeyer, Henry
Paperback. Series: Studies in Critical Social Sciences. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KL; HBJK; HBTQ; JPF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 279 x 229. .
- Publisher
- Haymarket Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781608467129
- ISBN
- 9781608467129
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 39.91
€ 39.91