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History: specific events & topics
Paperback. To mark the centenary of its foundation, the British Security Service, MI5, has opened its archives to an independent historian. This book reveals the precise role of the Service in twentieth-century British history, since its foundation by Captain Kell of the British Army in October 1909 to root out 'the spies of the Kaiser'. Num Pages: 1072 pages, Illustrations, col. map, ports. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBT; JPSH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 52. Weight in Grams: 784.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780141023304
- ISBN
- 9780141023304
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 16.68
€ 25.99
€ 16.68
Hardcover. Third Reich day by day Series: Spellmount Military Handbooks. Num Pages: 192 pages, 400 b&w photos, 15 maps. BIC Classification: 1DFG; HBJD; HBTZ1; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 162 x 13. Weight in Grams: 374.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781862273054
- ISBN
- 9781862273054
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 13.51
€ 13.99
€ 13.51
Hardback. * A fascinating and unique history of the Britons from the late Iron Age to the late Middle Ages. * Describes the life, language and culture of the Britons before, during and after Roman rule. * Examines the figures of King Arthur and Merlin and the evolution of a powerful national mythology. Series: Peoples of Europe. Num Pages: 352 pages, 16 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3D; 3F; 3H; HBJD1; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 166 x 25. Weight in Grams: 662.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631222606
- ISBN
- 9780631222606
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.41
€ 46.41
Hardcover. Who exactly are the intellectuals ? This term is so widely used today that we forget that it is a recent invention, dating from the late nineteenth century. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: 3JH; HBTB; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 154 x 25. Weight in Grams: 530.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Polity
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745690353
- ISBN
- 9780745690353
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 73.05
€ 73.05
Paperback. Who exactly are the intellectuals ? This term is so widely used today that we forget that it is a recent invention, dating from the late nineteenth century. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: 3JH; HBTB; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 296 x 21. Weight in Grams: 420.
- Publisher
- Polity
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745690360
- ISBN
- 9780745690360
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.08
€ 26.08
Paperback. A comparative account of the organized violence in the Caucasus region, looking at four key areas: Chechnya, Karabakh (including Armenia and Azerbaijan), Georgia, and Dagestan Num Pages: 308 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DV; 1DVU; GTB; HBJD; HBTB; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 422.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- NYU Press
- Number of pages
- 308
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814797242
- ISBN
- 9780814797242
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 31.02
€ 33.99
€ 31.02
Hardback. Christoph Laucht offers the first investigation into the roles played by two German-born emigre atomic scientists, Klaus Fuchs and Rudolf Peierls, in the development of British nuclear culture, especially the practice of nuclear science and the political implications of the atomic scientists' work, from the start of the Second World War until 1959. Num Pages: 288 pages, 6 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DFG; 3JJH; 3JJPG; HBTW; HBWQ; JWMN; PDR; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 145 x 222 x 21. Weight in Grams: 466.
- Edition
- 2012 ed.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230354876
- ISBN
- 9780230354876
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.23
€ 67.23
Hardcover. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; HBTW; HBWS1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 155 x 28. Weight in Grams: 522. 8vo.Good clean copy with clean dustwrapper.Korea. Asian Studies
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Potomac Books Inc
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- SKU
- KEX0275733
- ISBN
- 9781574888874
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 15.00
€ 15.00
The Nuclear Crisis: The Arms Race, Cold War Anxiety, and the German Pe...
Christoph Becker-Schaum (Ed.)
Hardback. In 1983, more than one million Germans joined to protest NATO's deployment of nuclear missiles in Europe. This volume survey of the "Euromissiles" crisis as experienced by its various protagonists in Germany, including NATO's strategic maneuvering and the contours of the German protest movement. Editor(s): Gassert, Philipp; Mausbach, Wilfried; Klimke, Martin A.; Zepp, Marianne. Series: Protest, Culture and Society. Num Pages: 328 pages, 42 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFGW; 3JJPN; HBJD; HBLW3; HBTW; JPSF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 161 x 237 x 26. Weight in Grams: 686.
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781785332678
- ISBN
- 9781785332678
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 175.12
€ 175.12
Hardback. This volume of readings examines the revolutions, civil wars, guerrilla struggles, insurgencies, counter-insurgencies, and interventions of this period. Offering a solid perspective on the Independence period, The Wars of Independence is an excellent text for Latin American survey courses and courses focusing on the colonial era. Editor(s): Archer, Christon. Series: Jaguar Books on Latin America. Num Pages: 325 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLS; HBJK; HBLL; HBTQ; HBTR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 163 x 24. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Scholarly Resources Inc.,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 325
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780842024686
- ISBN
- 9780842024686
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 156.82
€ 156.82
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783034308632
- ISBN
- 9783034308632
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 72.26
€ 72.26
Hardcover. An exploration of the little-known yet historically important emigration of British army officers to the Australian colonies in the aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars. The book looks at the significant impact they made at a time of great colonial expansion, particularly in new south Wales with its transition from a convict colony to a free society. Series: War, Culture and Society, 1750-1850. Num Pages: 250 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJM; HBLL; HBTB; HBTQ; HBWH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 148 x 20. Weight in Grams: 430.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230252301
- ISBN
- 9780230252301
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.15
€ 128.15
Hardcover. Founded in 1920, the International Federation of University brought together women committed to promoting higher education across divisions hardened by global conflict. Here, Christine von Oertzen traces the IFUW's international rise and Cold War decline, making a valuable contribution to the cultural, diplomatic, and intellectual history. Series: Palgrave Macmillan Transnational History Series. Num Pages: 337 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JJG; 3JJH; 3JJPG; HBTB; JFSJ1; JNMN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 162 x 25. Weight in Grams: 664.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137438881
- ISBN
- 9781137438881
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 184.44
€ 184.44
Paperback. This is a lively and erudite collection, unusual in an especially appealing way: not only are there essays about a range of queens and how they were represented in the Middle Ages and Renaissance, but the book contains modern poetry and short plays about these same queens, allowing a multi-faceted way of understanding and appreciating them. Editor(s): Levin, Carole. Series: Queenship and Power. Num Pages: 299 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DCQ; HBTB; JPHL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 413.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137601322
- ISBN
- 9781137601322
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 116.19
€ 116.19
Paperback. In the early twentieth century, a brand of men and women moved to New York City. For them, the city's immigrant neighborhoods provided a place where the fancies and forms of a new America could be tested. This book tells the story of most famous of these neighborhoods, Greenwich Village, which became a symbol of social and intellectual freedom. Num Pages: 432 pages, 25 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JJC; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 632.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 440
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691142838
- ISBN
- 9780691142838
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.81
€ 46.99
€ 33.81
Paperback. Hitchcock and Contemporary Art introduces readers to the fascinating and diverse range of artistic practices devoted to Alfred Hitchcock's films. His works have the capacity to activate sophisticated engagements with Hitchcock's films and cinema more generally, tackling issues of time and space, memory and history, and sound and image. Num Pages: 214 pages, 13 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: AB; APF; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 280.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 214
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349351855
- ISBN
- 9781349351855
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.64
€ 65.64
Paperback. Containing chapters that deal with travel narratives, cosmography, commerce, and medical botany, this book examines how ideas and methods are deployed to make German commentators experts in the overseas world, and how this incorporation established the discoveries as important intellectual, commercial, and scientific developments. Series: Studies in Early Modern German History. Num Pages: 320 pages, 5 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: HBG; HBTB; RGR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 426.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Edition
- F First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813927343
- ISBN
- 9780813927343
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.58
€ 38.58
Hardcover. Asks how 'reading for the law' as literary history contributes to the progressive educational purposes of the Law and Literature movement. This title demonstrates the relevance of literary history to feminist jurisprudence and suggests how literary history might contribute to other forms of 'outsider jurisprudence'. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3J; DSB; HBJD; HBL; HBTB; LAZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 28. Weight in Grams: 635.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813928937
- ISBN
- 9780813928937
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.20
€ 63.20
Paperback. Christine Kinealy provides a chronology of the Famine and examines the causes and consequences of this tragedy, and asks how could a famine of this magnitude occur at the centre of the British Empire? Why did Ireland starve? Num Pages: 40 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; HBJD1; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 281 x 229 x 7. Weight in Grams: 224.
- Publisher
- Quinnipiac University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780990468615
- ISBN
- 9780990468615
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 12.00
€ 13.99
€ 12.00
Paperback. Analyzing ninety professional women's autobiographies from 1900-1920, the first part of this book concentrates on the endeavours of groups such as headmistresses, doctors, nurses, artists and writers to record their own lives, while the second part examines frontispiece photos, prefatory marginalia and the role of silences in autobiography." Num Pages: 250 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH; HBTB; JFSJ; MMJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 250
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349305414
- ISBN
- 9781349305414
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.12
€ 66.12
Hardcover. This study illuminates the commonalities and the peculiarities of different slaveries and contributes to a growing body of literature that showcases the flexibility of slavery as an institution. Num Pages: 240 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1HBA; 3J; HBJH; HBLL; HBTS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 137 x 19. Weight in Grams: 420.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 250
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137268662
- ISBN
- 9781137268662
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.92
€ 66.92
Paperback. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTB; JFC; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 145 x 275 x 15. Weight in Grams: 238.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295995571
- ISBN
- 9780295995571
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.90
€ 32.99
€ 29.90
Paperback. Examining how the shared interests of state elites and the middle classes rationalize mistreatment of domestic workers, the author argues that the "premodern" exploitation of migrant domestic workers is at odds with the global expansion of open markets and free trade. Num Pages: 336 pages, Illustrations, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1FMM; HBTS; JFSJ1; JFSL; JHBL; JPA; KCLT; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231109871
- ISBN
- 9780231109871
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 31.13
€ 42.99
€ 31.13
Paperback. In Tropical Renditions Christine Bacareza Balance examines how the performance and reception of post-World War II Filipino and Filipino American popular music provide crucial tools for composing Filipino identity, publics, and politics as well as challenge dominant racial stereotypes. Series: Refiguring American Music. Num Pages: 256 pages, 20 illustrations. BIC Classification: AVA; HBTB; JFFN; JFSL4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 15. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822360018
- ISBN
- 9780822360018
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 26.56
€ 36.99
€ 26.56