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Paperback. At midnight on 14 August 1947, Great Britain's 350-year-old Indian Empire was broken into three pieces. The greatest mass migration in history began, as Muslims fled north and Hindus fled south, and Britain's role as an imperial power came to an end. Num Pages: 496 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 3JJ; HBJF; HBLW; HBTR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 22. Weight in Grams: 370.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 496
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780241950401
- ISBN
- 9780241950401
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.94
€ 19.99
€ 15.94
Hardback. Victorian Britain is often considered as the high point of 'laissez-faire', the place and the time when people were most 'free' to make their own lives without the aid or interference of the State. This book, by historians of state and society, asks to what extent that was true and, to the extent that it was, how it worked. Editor(s): Mandler, Peter. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DB; 3JH; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 223 x 147 x 20. Weight in Grams: 445.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 268
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199271337
- ISBN
- 9780199271337
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 266.16
€ 266.16
Paperback. This analysis of the failure of efforts to achieve liberal reform in Egypt following its independence from Great Britain in 1922 has implications for modern-day nation-building efforts in the Mideast. Series: Politics, History, & Culture. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: 1HBE; 3JJG; HBJH; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 156 x 235 x 11. Weight in Grams: 316.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822338383
- ISBN
- 9780822338383
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.29
€ 26.99
€ 25.29
Paperback. Shedding light on a fundamental tension in liberal theory, this book reaches beyond post-colonial studies to revise the reader's conception of Britain's 19th-century grand liberal tradition and the conception of experience with which it is associated. Num Pages: 232 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTQ; JPA; JPFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 153 x 232 x 21. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226518824
- ISBN
- 9780226518824
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.64
€ 40.99
€ 31.64
Hardcover. In this state-of-the-field anthology, leading scholars in the fields of European imperial history and intellectual history explore the nature of European imperialism during the 'long nineteenth century', scrutinizing the exact relationship between the various forms of liberalism in Europe and the various imperial projects of Europe. Editor(s): Fitzpatrick, Matthew P. Num Pages: 290 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; HBTB; JPFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 144 x 217 x 21. Weight in Grams: 464.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 290
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137019967
- ISBN
- 9781137019967
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 130.12€ 46.67
€ 130.12
€ 46.67
Paperback. Jennifer Worth's bestselling books not only inspired the BBC's CALL THE MIDWIFE, but also a deluge of letters as readers shared their own stories. Also includes previously unpublished photos and journal entries by Jennifer, along with a foreword by Miranda Hart and an introduction by the Worth family. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JJPG; BJ; BM; HBTB; MQD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 133 x 20. Weight in Grams: 258.
- Publisher
- Orion Publishing Co
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780224640
- ISBN
- 9781780224640
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.00€ 11.85
€ 13.00
€ 11.85
Paperback. Editor(s): Carretta, Vincent. Series: Broadview Editions. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: BJ; HBTS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Broadview Press Ltd Canada
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781554811960
- ISBN
- 9781554811960
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 23.81
€ 32.99
€ 23.81
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 384 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3H; 3J; HBJD; HBLA; HBTB; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 714.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2019
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691645759
- ISBN
- 9780691645759
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 167.99€ 127.18
€ 167.99
€ 127.18
Paperback. Elinore Pruitt Stewart, a widow and mother who washed clothes for a living in Denver, planned to work as a housekeeper for some rancher while learning all she would need to know about homesteading a place for herself. This title presents letters written from time of her arrival until 1913. Num Pages: black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5182 x 3429 x 15. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- SKU
- V9780803251939
- ISBN
- 9780803251939
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 20.92
€ 20.99
€ 20.92
Paperback. In this account of the earliest days of settlement in the West, William Wallace conveys a sense of unspoken courage--the courage that was needed to make a fresh start in a strange new land. Editor(s): Wallace, William; Coates, Ken; Morrison, Bill. Num Pages: 350 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 3JH; BJ; HBJK; HBTB; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of Regina Press Canada
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 350
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780889774087
- ISBN
- 9780889774087
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 26.37
€ 30.99
€ 26.37
Hardcover. Makes the social practice and the existing textual specimens of personal Chinese letter-writing fully visible for the first time Num Pages: 268 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JB; HBJF; HBLH; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 531.
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295992778
- ISBN
- 9780295992778
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 117.71
€ 117.71
Paperback. Makes the social practice and the existing textual specimens of personal Chinese letter-writing fully visible for the first time Series: Modern Language Initiative Books. Num Pages: 10 illus. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JB; HBJF; HBLH; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 153 x 17. Weight in Grams: 344.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 268
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295992785
- ISBN
- 9780295992785
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.25
€ 37.99
€ 34.25
Hardcover. On Platform One of Paddington Station in London, there is a statue of an unknown soldier; he's reading a letter. On the hundredth anniversary of the declaration of war everyone in the country was invited to take a moment and write that letter. A selection of those letters are published here, in a new kind of war memorial - one made only of words. Editor(s): Pullinger, Kate; Bartlett, Neil. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1QFC; 3JJF; 3JMG; HBTD; HBWN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 147 x 23. Weight in Grams: 344. Good clean copy in dustwrapper. DW with some minor shelf wear.
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- SKU
- KTG0009802
- ISBN
- 9780008116842
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
paperback. Incontrovertible evidence of collusion between loyalist paramilitaries and the state in dozens of murders in Northern Ireland. Num Pages: 418 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBR; HBJD1; HBTR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 144 x 216 x 32. Weight in Grams: 444. Good copy showing some signs of wear and aging. Light spotting to page edges. Text remains unaffected and is clean and crisp throughout
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Mercier Press Cork
- Condition
- Used, Good
- SKU
- KMK0024921
- ISBN
- 9781781171882
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 19.99€ 16.44
€ 19.99
€ 16.44
paperback. Incontrovertible evidence of collusion between loyalist paramilitaries and the state in dozens of murders in Northern Ireland. Num Pages: 418 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBR; HBJD1; HBTR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 144 x 216 x 32. Weight in Grams: 444.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Mercier Press Cork
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781781171882
- ISBN
- 9781781171882
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 16.44
€ 19.99
€ 16.44
Paperback. In the summer of 1936, Agee and Evans set out on assignment for "Fortune" magazine to explore the daily lives of sharecroppers in the South. This book provides a record of the place, of the people who shaped the land, and of the rhythm of their lives. Num Pages: 512 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBSB; 3JJG; AJCR; HBTB; JFSF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 31. Weight in Grams: 378.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780141188492
- ISBN
- 9780141188492
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.88
€ 19.99
€ 14.88
Hardback. .
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781785334986
- ISBN
- 9781785334986
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 136.76
€ 136.76
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442630062
- ISBN
- 9781442630062
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.73
€ 32.99
€ 29.73
Hardcover. Num Pages: 320 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HBT; PSVW7; WB; WNCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 151 x 34. Weight in Grams: 448.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Basic Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780465052745
- ISBN
- 9780465052745
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 22.99€ 17.75
€ 22.99
€ 17.75
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253215307
- ISBN
- 9780253215307
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 22.03
€ 23.99
€ 22.03
Hardback. Less Rightly Said is a detailed study of polemical literature in sixteenth-century France that explores the role of offense ("scandal") in a religious and a rhetorical sense and traces the emergence of a new political genre through both canonical polemical works and popular satires and invectives. Num Pages: 304 pages, 35 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JB; DSBD; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 534. Weight in Grams: 540.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780804762922
- ISBN
- 9780804762922
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 86.69
€ 86.69
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- ABC-CLIO United States
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846450075
- ISBN
- 9781846450075
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.48
€ 62.48
Hardcover. A study of the French industrialist who from 1870 to 1914 advanced social Catholic and Christian democratic movements by improving factory conditions and empowering workers. Joan Coffey's book represents the first study of Leon Harmel in English. Series: Catholic Social Tradition. Num Pages: 360 pages, 7 halftones, 4 line drawings. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJC; BG; HBTB; HRCX6; JHBL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 155 x 31. Weight in Grams: 671.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of Notre Dame Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780268033606
- ISBN
- 9780268033606
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 133.98
€ 133.98
Hardback. This book recounts one of the greatest tragedies of the twentieth century: the siege of Leningrad. It is based on the searing testimony of eyewitnesses, some of whom managed to survive, while others were to die in streets devastated by bombing, in icy houses, or the endless bread queues. Num Pages: 460 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBTB; HBWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781509507986
- ISBN
- 9781509507986
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 20.19
€ 24.99
€ 20.19