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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
€ 33.39
€ 33.39
Hardback. Hardback, in very good condition. With dustjacket.
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Format
- Hardback
- Publisher
- St. Martin's New York 1976
- Publication date
- 1976
- SKU
- KRF0040037
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardback. In this work, Marshall Foletta contends that by calling for a new American literature in their journal, "The North American Review", the second-generation Federalists helped American readers break free from imported neo-classical standards, thus paving the way for the American Renaissance. Num Pages: 288 pages, 9 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBBE; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; JPHC; JPHV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 29. Weight in Grams: 617.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813920597
- ISBN
- 9780813920597
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 74.36
€ 74.36
Hardback. Explores a watershed moment in American anthropology, when an unprecedented number of historians and anthropologists of all subfields gathered on the 1893 Chicago Columbian Exposition fairgrounds, drawn together by the fair's focus on indigenous peoples. At the fair they set the foundation for anthropological inquiry and redefined the field. Editor(s): Hinsley, Curtis M.; Wilcox, David R. Num Pages: 616 pages, 54 b&w illustrations, 18 color illustrations, 3 tables, 2 appendixes. BIC Classification: 1KBBNC; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 169 x 237 x 49. Weight in Grams: 1058.
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803268388
- ISBN
- 9780803268388
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 71.45
€ 71.45
Paperback. Num Pages: 480 pages, 14 photographs, 4 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; HBTB; HRKT; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 32. Weight in Grams: 689.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 480
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803295247
- ISBN
- 9780803295247
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 38.73
€ 43.99
€ 38.73
Paperback. Comic Book Nation is at once a serious study of popular culture and an entertaining look at an enduring American art form. Num Pages: 360 pages, 53, 53 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AKLC; HBTB; JFCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 248 x 177 x 26. Weight in Grams: 670.
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Number of pages
- 360
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801874505
- ISBN
- 9780801874505
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 28.75
€ 33.99
€ 28.75
Paperback. A book that perfectly balances memoir and history, interweaving a cross-cultural love story with the larger history of the colonial encounter Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1MBN; BT; HBJM; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 19. Weight in Grams: 194. 288 pages. A book that perfectly balances memoir and history, interweaving a cross-cultural love story with the larger history of the colonial encounter. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1MBN; BT; HBJM; HBTB. Dimension: 196 x 129 x 19. Weight: 192.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780747596707
- ISBN
- 9780747596707
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.19
€ 17.99
€ 13.19
paperback. An account of the most powerful of the American Indian tribes. It traces the Comanches' rise to power, from their prehistoric origins to their domination of the high plains for more than a century until their demise in the face of Anglo-American expansion. Num Pages: 592 pages, 15. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; HBJK; HBTB; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 132 x 32. Weight in Grams: 414.
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Number of pages
- 592
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099520559
- ISBN
- 9780099520559
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.96
€ 19.99
€ 14.96
paperback. Columbus undertook three voyages between 1494 and 1504, each designed to demonstrate that he could sail to China within a matter of weeks and convert those he found there to Christianity. This book shows how the subsequent voyages illustrate the costs - political, moral, and economic. Num Pages: 448 pages, black & white illustrations, colour illustrations, black & white halftones, colour illust. BIC Classification: 1K; 3H; 3JB; HBJK; HBLH; HBTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 142 x 30. Weight in Grams: 480.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780143122104
- ISBN
- 9780143122104
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 6.49
€ 19.99
€ 6.49
Paperback. 32pp
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- ticktock Media Ltd London
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- SKU
- KON0819308
- ISBN
- 9781860070648
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.49
€ 5.49
Paperback. Num Pages: 75 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; HBTB; JNMN; KNTP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Weight in Grams: 227.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1983
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 75
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231057547
- ISBN
- 9780231057547
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.98
€ 15.98
Paperback. Columbia Rising: Civil Life on the Upper Hudson from the Revolution to the Age of Jackson Series: Published for the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture, Williamsburg, Virginia. Num Pages: 648 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: HBT; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 41. Weight in Grams: 930.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- The University of North Carolina Press United States
- Edition
- 1 New ed
- Number of pages
- 648
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781469609737
- ISBN
- 9781469609737
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.42
€ 50.42
Hardback. Illuminates a pivotal period of change, resistance, progress, and backlash for American women. The author chronicles an exciting and tumultuous history, beginning with World War II and its profound impact on women's short- and long-term employment prospects. Editor(s): Sigerman, Harriet. Num Pages: 640 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW3; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 167 x 52. Weight in Grams: 1271.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 640
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231116985
- ISBN
- 9780231116985
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 167.45
€ 167.45
paperback. A richly textured narrative that seeks to capture the role played by the law in the definition of race and shoring up of racial repression in Canada. Series: Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History. Num Pages: 432 pages, illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 1KBC; HBTB; JFFJ; JFSL; LN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 31. Weight in Grams: 802.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780802082862
- ISBN
- 9780802082862
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.99€ 44.19
€ 48.99
€ 44.19
paperback. Exploring the tremendous influence of women and African American televangelists, Colored Television: American Religion Gone Global offers a unique examination of the phenomenal growth of American religious broadcasting beyond the U.S., particularly in the Caribbean. Series: Racereligion. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: HBTB; HR; JFD; JFSL4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 15. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804796989
- ISBN
- 9780804796989
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.40
€ 30.99
€ 27.40
Hardback. Series: Women in American History. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; HBJK; HBTB; JFSJ1; JFSL4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780252041020
- ISBN
- 9780252041020
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 117.40
€ 117.40
Paperback. Series: Women in American History. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; HBJK; HBTB; JFSJ1; JFSL4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887. .
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252082511
- ISBN
- 9780252082511
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.28
€ 27.99
€ 26.28
Hardback. Presenting the fierce and vital writing of organizers, lawyers, scholars, poets, and policy makers, Color of Violence radically repositions the antiviolence movement by putting women of color at its center, covers violence against women of color in its myriad manifestations, and maps strategies of movement building and resistance. Editor(s): INCITE!. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFFE; JFSJ1; JFSL4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 613.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822363057
- ISBN
- 9780822363057
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 116.19
€ 116.19
Paperback. Presenting the fierce and vital writing of organizers, lawyers, scholars, poets, and policy makers, Color of Violence radically repositions the antiviolence movement by putting women of color at its center, covers violence against women of color in its myriad manifestations, and maps strategies of movement building and resistance. Editor(s): INCITE!. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFFE; JFSJ1; JFSL4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 230 x 20. Weight in Grams: 504.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822362951
- ISBN
- 9780822362951
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.28
€ 27.99
€ 26.28
Paperback. Num Pages: 368 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBNR; 3JJG; HBTB; JFSL3; WSBT; WSJT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 140 x 26. Weight in Grams: 342.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780802121370
- ISBN
- 9780802121370
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.38
€ 17.38
Hardback. The richly illustrated bookk carefully situates architecture, design, and urban planning within Kolkata's political economy and social milieu. Series: Asian Cities. Num Pages: 252 pages, 0 black and white; 99 full color. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 3JJ; 3JM; ACX; AMVD; HBTB; RPC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156. Weight in Grams: 109.
- Publisher
- Amsterdam University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789462981119
- ISBN
- 9789462981119
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 150.62
€ 150.62
Paperback. Offers an analysis of medicine and disease in colonial India that explores the vital role of the state in medical and public health activities, arguing that Western medicine became a critical battleground between the colonized and the colonizers. Num Pages: 368 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 3JH; HBTB; JHM; MBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 152 x 226 x 13. Weight in Grams: 516. State Medicine and Epidemic Disease in Nineteenth-Century India. 368 pages, Ill. Offers an analysis of medicine and disease in colonial India that explores the vital role of the state in medical and public health activities, arguing that Western medicine became a critical battleground between the colonized and the colonizers. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 3JH; HBTB; JHM; MBP. Dimension: 152 x 226 x 13. Weight: 528.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Number of pages
- 368
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Edition
- 2nd Printing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520082953
- ISBN
- 9780520082953
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 28.19
€ 38.99
€ 28.19
Paperback. How does law transform family, sexuality, and community in the fractured social world characteristic of the colonizing process? This title reveals how, in Hawai'i, indigenous Hawaiian law was displaced by a transplanted Anglo-American law as global movements of capitalism, Christianity, and imperialism swept across the islands. Series: Princeton Studies in Culture, Power, History. Num Pages: 432 pages, 23 halftones 1 map 4 tables. BIC Classification: 1MKPH; 3JJ; HBTQ; HBTR; JFC; JFS; LN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 159 x 27. Weight in Grams: 564.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 390
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691009322
- ISBN
- 9780691009322
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 39.56
€ 54.99
€ 39.56
Paperback. This detailed but highly readable ethnohistory shows how a pluralistic medical system evolved among Canada's most populous Aboriginal population. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 3JJ; HBTQ; HBTR; JFSL9; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780774806787
- ISBN
- 9780774806787
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 36.10
€ 40.99
€ 36.10