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History: specific events & topics
Paperback. The ancient trade routes that made up the Silk Road were some of the great conduits of cultural and material exchange in world history. In this intriguing book, Xinru Liu reveals both why and how this long-distance trade in luxury goods emerged in the late third century BCE, following its story through to the Mongol conquest. Series: New Oxford World History. Num Pages: 168 pages, 20 black and white halftones, 4 line illustrations. BIC Classification: 1F; HBJF; HBTB; KCLT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 11. Weight in Grams: 256.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 168
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195338102
- ISBN
- 9780195338102
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.93
€ 47.93
paperback. Includes grandparents and great-grandparents who sum up in their own words the vast changes that have overtaken China's people over a century. This book is also at once a journey by the author through time and place, and a memorial to those who have lived through war and civil war, persecution, invasion, revolution, famine, and, Westernization. Num Pages: 464 pages, Illustrations (some col.), map, ports. (some col.). BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; HBLW; HBTD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 33. Weight in Grams: 326.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780099501480
- ISBN
- 9780099501480
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.29
€ 19.99
€ 15.29
Hardcover. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJC; HBJF; HBLW; HBTV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2018
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804796675
- ISBN
- 9780804796675
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 138.38
€ 138.38
Hardback. For more than five centuries the shamanistic fox cult has attracted large portions of Chinese population and appealed to a range of social classes. This book explores the manifold meanings of the fox spirit in Chinese society. It describes various cult practices, activities of worship, and the exorcising of fox spirits. Num Pages: 288 pages, Illustrations, map. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJF; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 163 x 21. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231133388
- ISBN
- 9780231133388
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 98.05
€ 98.05
Paperback. * A brilliant, colourful narrative history of a pivotal year in European history Num Pages: 480 pages, Section: 16, b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; HBTV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 32. Weight in Grams: 348.
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 480
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780349118642
- ISBN
- 9780349118642
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.08
€ 19.99
€ 15.08
Paperback. Num Pages: 158 pages. BIC Classification: 1FM; HBJF; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 251 x 175 x 10. Weight in Grams: 371.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 158
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780877277156
- ISBN
- 9780877277156
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.25
€ 26.99
€ 25.25
Paperback. Num Pages: 312 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HBJH; HBLH; HBLL; HBTS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 256 x 177 x 17. Weight in Grams: 514.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Edition
- 2 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195373486
- ISBN
- 9780195373486
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 61.90
€ 61.90
Paperback. Chronicles the dreams, ambitions and idiosyncrasies of the author's family, beginning with the death of her grandmother in pre-Independence Malaya. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: 1FMM; 3JJ; BGA; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 141 x 12. Weight in Grams: 274.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- NUS Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789971694005
- ISBN
- 9789971694005
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.24
€ 27.24
Paperback. A reinterpretation of the American Revolution. Woody Holton shows that when Thomas Jefferson, George Washington and other elite Virginians joined their peers from other colonies in declaring independence from Britain, they acted partly in response to grassroots rebellion against their own rule. Series: Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture. Num Pages: 256 pages, 13 illustrations, 3 maps, notes, index. BIC Classification: 1KBBFV; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; HBTQ; HBTR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- The University of North Carolina Press
- Edition
- 1st New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780807847848
- ISBN
- 9780807847848
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 43.51
€ 43.99
€ 43.51
Hardcover. This text examines the struggle of bondpeople to secure and retain for themselves recognised rights as producers and consumers in the context of the brutal, formal slave economy sanctified by the law. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; 3JH; HBTS; JPVH; KCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 621.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820316673
- ISBN
- 9780820316673
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.10
€ 64.10
Hardback. In the aftermath of the French Revolution, "freedom" came to have a host of meanings. This volume examines these contested visions of freedom both inside and outside of revolutionary situations in the nineteenth century, as each author explores and interprets the development of nineteenth-century political culture in a particular national context. Editor(s): Woloch, Isser. Series: The Making of Modern Freedom Series. Num Pages: 464 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 3JH; HBG; HBTV; JPWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 33. Weight in Grams: 812.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 464
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- V9780804727488
- ISBN
- 9780804727488
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 85.78€ 54.00
€ 85.78
€ 54.00
Hardcover. Editor(s): Wolhuter, C. C. Num Pages: 253 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; 3JJPR; HBJH; HBLW3; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 261 x 188 x 18. Weight in Grams: 634.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 253
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781626185821
- ISBN
- 9781626185821
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 253.74€ 171.27
€ 253.74
€ 171.27
Paperback. Incorporating exciting new material that has come to light since the last German edition of 1980, Herwig Wolfram places Gothic history within its proper context of late Roman society and institutions. He demonstrates that the barbarian world of the Goths was both a creation of and an essential element of the late Roman Empire. Translator(s): Dunlap, Thomas J. Num Pages: 580 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJD; HBLA; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 31. Weight in Grams: 948. 580 pages, Ill. Incorporating exciting new material that has come to light since the last German edition of 1980, Herwig Wolfram places Gothic history within its proper context of late Roman society and institutions. He demonstrates that the barbarian world of the Goths was both a creation of and an essential element of the late Roman Empire. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJD; HBLA; HBTB. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 31. Weight: 920. Translator(s): Dunlap, Thomas J.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520069831
- ISBN
- 9780520069831
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 31.50
€ 44.99
€ 31.50
Paperback. Looks at the concentration camp from the inside as a laboratory of cruelty and a system of absolute power built on extreme violence, starvation, "terror labor," and the business-like extermination of human beings. Based on historical documents and the reports of survivors, this book details how the resistance of prisoners was broken down. Translator(s): Templer, William. Num Pages: 368 pages, 3 line illus. 4 tables. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJG; 3JJH; HBJD; HBTZ1; HBWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 554. The Concentration Camp. 370 pages, black & white illustrations. Looks at the concentration camp from the inside as a laboratory of cruelty and a system of absolute power built on extreme violence, starvation, "terror labor," and the business-like extermination of human beings. Based on historical documents and the reports of survivors, this book details how the resistance of prisoners was broken down. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJG; 3JJH; HBJD; HBTZ1; HBWQ. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 23. Weight: 530. Translator(s): Templer, William.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 370
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691006857
- ISBN
- 9780691006857
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.29
€ 46.99
€ 33.29
paperback. This text tells the story of the development of artificial light in the 19th century. The book reveals the ways that the technology of artificial light helped forge modern consciousness. It discusses such topics as the political symbolism of street lighting and the rise of nightlife. Translator(s): Davies, Angela. Num Pages: 227 pages, 74 illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JH; HBTB; JH; KNBL; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 214 x 136 x 14. Weight in Grams: 288. The Industrialization of Light in the Nineteenth Century. 227 pages, 74 illustrations. This text tells the story of the development of artificial light in the 19th century. The book reveals the ways that the technology of artificial light helped forge modern consciousness. It discusses such topics as the political symbolism of street lighting and the rise of nightlife. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: 3JH; HBTB; JH; KNBL; PDX. Dimension: 214 x 136 x 14. Weight: 270. Translator(s): Davies, Angela.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Number of pages
- 227
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520203549
- ISBN
- 9780520203549
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 25.82
€ 34.99
€ 25.82
Hardcover. Editor(s): Braham, Randolph L. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJH; HBJD1; HBLW; HBTZ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 159 x 26. Weight in Grams: 608.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- East European Monographs
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780880336574
- ISBN
- 9780880336574
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 59.57€ 46.91
€ 59.57
€ 46.91
Hardback. Germany's leading Holocaust scholar has crafted a concise, well-written, and powerful introduction to the subject, concluding with a discussion of what the Germans knew about the genocide. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 1DFG; HBJD; HBTZ1; HBWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 127 x 18. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231112147
- ISBN
- 9780231112147
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 109.60€ 83.70
€ 109.60
€ 83.70
Hardcover. Num Pages: 925 pages, dust jacket. BIC Classification: 1DVH; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBTZ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 161 x 235 x 55. Weight in Grams: 1378.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- East European Monographs United States
- Edition
- 1st
- Number of pages
- 925
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780880336871
- ISBN
- 9780880336871
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 95.31€ 72.38
€ 95.31
€ 72.38
Paperback. The work focuses on the life of a horse wrangler named Chonrad Stoeckhlin (1549-1587), whose extraordinary visions of the afterlife and enthusiastic practice of the occult eventually led to his death - and to the death of a number of village women - for crimes of witchcraft. Translator(s): Midelfort, H. C. Erik. Series: Studies in Early Modern German History. Num Pages: 224 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1DFG; BGH; HBJD; HBLH; HBTB; HRQX5; HRQX9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 336.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813918532
- ISBN
- 9780813918532
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.19
€ 37.19
Paperback. Global warming and the future of the climate is one of the greatest challenges of our time, but what do we know about climate variations 500 years ago, or 5000 years ago? This book introduces us to the historical research on the development of the earth's climate. Num Pages: 280 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white line drawings, maps, figures, charts, graphs. BIC Classification: HBTB; WNWM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 482.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Number of pages
- 280
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745645292
- ISBN
- 9780745645292
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 24.74
€ 24.99
€ 24.74
Hardback. Translator(s): Eric, Trump. BIC Classification: 1HFD; HBJH; HBTZ; JPWL; JWXK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
- Publisher
- The New Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781620972571
- ISBN
- 9781620972571
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 24.33
€ 26.99
€ 24.33
Hardcover. Between 1935 and 1940, the Nazis incorporated large portions of Europe into the German Reich. The contributors to this volume analyze the evolving anti-Jewish policies in the annexed territories and their impact on the Jewish population, as well as the attitudes and actions of non-Jews, Germans, and indigenous populations. Editor(s): Gruner, Wolf; Osterloh, Jorg. Series: War and Genocide. Num Pages: 416 pages, 21 illus., 3 tables. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJG; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBTZ1; JFSR1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 237 x 159 x 33. Weight in Grams: 774.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782384434
- ISBN
- 9781782384434
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 183.29
€ 183.29
Hardcover. This book traces the transformation of the Baltic Rim in this period through a focus on the self-image of a number of communities: urban and regional, cultic, missionary, legal, and political. Editor(s): Jezierski, Wojtek; Hermanson, Lars. Series: Crossing Boundaries: Turku Medieval and Early Modern Studies. Num Pages: 394 pages, 0 black and white; 3 full color. BIC Classification: 1D; 3H; HBJD; HBLA1; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 748.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Amsterdam University Press Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 394
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- SKU
- V9789089649836
- ISBN
- 9789089649836
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 203.27
€ 203.27
Hardback. A collection of primary readings on the social, intellectual, and religious traditions of China, this text provides a resource for scholars and students and an introduction for general readers. Editor(s): De Bary, William Theodore; Cohen, Irene. Series: Introduction to Asian Civilizations. Num Pages: 944 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; HBTB; HRKN; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 152 x 62. Weight in Grams: 1589.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- Second Edition
- Number of pages
- 944
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231109383
- ISBN
- 9780231109383
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 191.24
€ 191.24