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Paperback. John Jacob Astor's dream of empire took shape as the American Fur Company. At Astor's retirement in 1834, this corporate monopoly reached westward from a depot on Mackinac Island to subposts beyond the confluence of the Missouri and Yellowstone Rivers. This book focuses on eighteen men who represented the American Fur Company and its successors. Num Pages: 142 pages, Illus., map. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 11. Weight in Grams: 185.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
142
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803272699
ISBN
9780803272699
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 15.34

Paperback. Gritty, deeply touching, fascinating, informative; these letters show the joys and heartbreaking challenges of family life in the fur trade. Editor(s): Munro, K. Douglas. Num Pages: 320 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 3JH; BGH; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 154 x 23. Weight in Grams: 552.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Alberta Press Canada
Number of pages
339
Condition
New
SKU
V9780888644602
ISBN
9780888644602
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.15

Paperback. This study seeks to penetrate the roots of the Taliban movement on Afghanistan, the factors which contributed to its sudden rise to prominence, and the implications of Taliban mobilization for the stability of Afghanistan and the region. Editor(s): Maley, William. Num Pages: 264 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1FCA; HBJF; HBLW3; HBTB; HBTV; JFSR2; JPH; JPWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 142 x 17. Weight in Grams: 384.
Publisher
C Hurst & Co (Publishers)Ltd
Number of pages
264
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Condition
New
SKU
V9781850653608
ISBN
9781850653608
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.89

Paperback. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: HBT; WDKX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 89 x 23. Weight in Grams: 328.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
WS Publishing United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9781613510360
ISBN
9781613510360
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.71

hardcover. Fumo illuminates the rich socio-economic history of twentieth-century Italy by following the cigarettes diffusion across class and gender boundaries, navigation of imperialism, Wars, Fascism, and 1970s protest movements to its eventual decline in recent decades. Num Pages: 300 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 458.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
300
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804795463
ISBN
9780804795463
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 140.04

Paperback. Fumo illuminates the rich socio-economic history of twentieth-century Italy by following the cigarettes diffusion across class and gender boundaries, navigation of imperialism, Wars, Fascism, and 1970s protest movements to its eventual decline in recent decades. Num Pages: 300 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 276 x 23. Weight in Grams: 438.
Publisher
Stanford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804798396
ISBN
9780804798396
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.73

Hardcover. Illustrated 8vo.Good copy in slightly worn original cloth . Maritime History.The Sea.
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
New York: the MacMillan Company
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1930
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
KEX0254541
Hardback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Hardcover. This text explores why and how democracy broke down in Peru in 1992. The author's argument is that institutional factors - especially the absence of a legislative majority - were crucial to the collapse of democracy in Peru during and before this period and throughout Latin America since the 1960s. Series: Helen Kellogg Institute for International Studies. Num Pages: 408 pages, 25 tables, 11 graphs. BIC Classification: 1KLSR; 3JJPR; HBJK; HBLW3; HBTV; JPHV; JPWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 157 x 31. Weight in Grams: 662.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
University of Notre Dame Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780268031718
ISBN
9780268031718
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 131.73

Paperback. Fugitive Testimony examines African American slave narratives in light of contemporary artists' use of the genre within their visual art at the end of the twentieth century. It identifies a sustained representational strategy employed by black cultural producers across time to challenge the racial presumptions that manifest as artistic constraints. Num Pages: 232 pages, 14 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; ACBS; DS; HBTB; JFSL4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 150 x 15. Weight in Grams: 318.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823272907
ISBN
9780823272907
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.60

Hardback. Fugitive Testimony examines African American slave narratives in light of contemporary artists' use of the genre within their visual art at the end of the twentieth century. It identifies a sustained representational strategy employed by black cultural producers across time to challenge the racial presumptions that manifest as artistic constraints. Num Pages: 232 pages, 14 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; ACBS; DS; HBTB; JFSL4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 231 x 18. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780823272891
ISBN
9780823272891
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 103.06

Hardback. Tells the stories of three of the most dramatic fugitive slave trials of the 1850s, presenting the determination of the fugitives, the radical tactics of their rescuers, the brutal doggedness of the slavehunters, and the tortuous response of the federal courts. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; LND. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 163 x 241 x 32. Weight in Grams: 696.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674047044
ISBN
9780674047044
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 39.84

If the railroads won the Gilded Age, the coal industry lost it. Railroads epitomized modern management, high technology, and vast economies of scale. By comparison, the coal industry was embarrassingly primitive. This book shows how disorder in the coal industry disrupted the strategic plans of the railroads. Series: Culture, Labor, History. Num Pages: 287 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBEP; HBJK; HBTB; KNGT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 499.
Publication date
2014
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
287
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814764985
ISBN
9780814764985
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 62.30

Paperback. Yet the very permeability of the frontiers, Whittaker contends, permitted a transformation of Roman society, breathing new life into the empire rather than causing its complete extinction. Series: Ancient Society and History. Num Pages: 341 pages, 55, 55 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; HBJD; HBLA; HBTB; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 143 x 23. Weight in Grams: 474.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Number of pages
341
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801857850
ISBN
9780801857850
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 33.84

Hardback. This bold inter-disciplinary study analyses the history, retention and development of frontier processes in the Eastern Caribbean multi-island state of St. Vincent and the Grenadines. Series Editor(s): Bhambra, Gurminder K. Series: Theory for a Global Age. Num Pages: 168 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KJWWV; HBJK; HBTB; JFFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 138 x 11. Weight in Grams: 345.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Manchester University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
168
Condition
New
SKU
V9781526113740
ISBN
9781526113740
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 148.68

Hardcover. A collection of essays that explores the self-expression of travel writers like Isabella Bird by giving geographic context to their work. It examines relationships among nineteenth-century American expansionism, discourses about gender, and writings of women who traveled and lived in the American West in the late nineteenth century. Series: Space, Place, and Society. Num Pages: 272 pages, 18 black-&-white illustrations, notes, references, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTP; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815631675
ISBN
9780815631675
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 43.29

Paperback. Num Pages: 96 pages, 127 photos & 25 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 280 x 215 x 5. Weight in Grams: 364.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Hancock House Publishers Ltd ,Canada Canada
Edition
UK ed.
Number of pages
96
Condition
New
SKU
V9780888395986
ISBN
9780888395986
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 17.41

Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; HBT; WBN; WBV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 205 x 202 x 12. Weight in Grams: 24.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780762797547
ISBN
9780762797547
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 16.62

Hardcover. The first issue of the Pittsburgh Gazette was published on Saturday, August 12, 1786. Nearly 220 years later, it lives on as the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. By focusing on what stories were reported -and how - this book adds a to the history of Pittsburgh and its people. Num Pages: 352 pages, 50 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBEP; HBTB; KNTJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 279 x 178 x 31. Weight in Grams: 934.
Publisher
University of Pittsburgh Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822942481
ISBN
9780822942481
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 51.99
€ 45.86

Hardback. Explores the political mobilisation of the two largest French veterans' associations during the interwar years, the Union federale (UF) and the Union nationale des combattants (UNC). Series Editor(s): Taithe, Bertrand; Summerfield, Penny; Gatrell, Peter; Jones, Max; Carden-Coyne, Ana. Series: Cultural History of Modern War. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBTB; HBW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 221 x 137 x 25. Weight in Grams: 446.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Manchester University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719085505
ISBN
9780719085505
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 149.51

Hardcover. By 1989 it was obvious that the majority of Hungary's population wanted fundamental political, economic and social changes. These essays examine the components of the peaceful transition that over a ten-year period led to democracy in Hungary. Editor(s): Schmidt, Maria; Toth, Laszlo. Series: EEM Atlantic Studies on Society in Change. Num Pages: 640 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVP; 3JJPR; HBJD; HBTB; JPHV; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 220 x 147 x 39. Weight in Grams: 817.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
East European Monographs United States
Edition
EEM #574
Number of pages
640
Condition
New
SKU
V9780880334723
ISBN
9780880334723
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 77.26
€ 59.90

paperback. Num Pages: 352 pages, 4 illustrations/3 maps. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JH; HBTB; JFSC; JFSJ1; JNLC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 513.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Pennsylvania State University Press United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780271024912
ISBN
9780271024912
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 30.53

paperback. Tells the history of the past two centuries, showing how a disparate group of thinkers, journalists, radicals and charismatics emerged from the ruins of empire to create an unstoppable Asian renaissance, one whose ideas lie behind everything from the Chinese Communist Party to the Muslim Brotherhood, and have made our world what it is today. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 1F; 3JJP; HBJF; HBLW3; HBTQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 268.
Publisher
Penguin
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241954669
ISBN
9780241954669
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.84

Paperback. Presents the comprehensive history of the meteoric rise and precipitous decline of the United Farm Workers, the most successful farm labor union in United States history. Based on little-known sources and one-of-a-kind oral histories with many veterans of the farm worker movement, this book revises much of what we know about the UFW. Num Pages: 368 pages, 18 b/w photographs, 1 map, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; HBTK; JPWQ; KNXB2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 220 x 144 x 22. Weight in Grams: 460.
Publisher
University of California Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520283855
ISBN
9780520283855
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.74

Hardcover. The memories of David Shachar are a journey through the tunnel of time: from wanderings in Poland to the life of a refugee in World War II, and on to a soldier's life fighting the Nazis. After the war, while studying radio electronics in Paris, David cut his studies short and came to Israel to fight in the War of Independence. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white halftones, colour illustrations, figures. BIC Classification: BGHA; HBJD; HBLW; HBTZ1; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 170 x 246 x 24. Weight in Grams: 580.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Gefen Publishing House Israel
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9789652295460
ISBN
9789652295460
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 23.70

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