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Paperback. First published in French in 1956, this classic work integrates the study of Buddhist doctrine with that of Chinese society from the fifth to the tenth centuries. Translator(s): Verellen, Franciscus. Num Pages: 441 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3D; 3F; HBJF; HBLC; HBTB; HRE; JHM; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 158 x 24. Weight in Grams: 626.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 441
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231114110
- ISBN
- 9780231114110
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.35
€ 40.99
€ 29.35
Paperback. Reveals that the globalization of American mass culture that seems unstoppable today began as early as the mid-nineteenth century. This book narrates how the circuses, amusement parks, vaudeville, mail-order catalogs, dime novels, and movies that developed after the Civil War actually doubled as agents of American cultural diplomacy abroad. Num Pages: 232 pages, 37 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJC; 3JJF; HBTB; JFCA; JFFS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 153 x 14. Weight in Grams: 326.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226007120
- ISBN
- 9780226007120
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 25.01
€ 31.99
€ 25.01
Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVWR; 2AB; FA; HBTV; JPWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200. Weight in Grams: 179. Clean copy with some shelf wear and yellowing
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Publisher
- Attic Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- SKU
- KOC0021148
- ISBN
- 9781855941267
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardback. In 2004, Spain's Banco Santander purchased Britain's Abbey National Bank in a deal valued at fifteen billion dollars - an acquisition that made Santander one of the ten largest financial institutions in the world. This work reveals how strategic decisions made by the family drove Santander's unprecedented rise to global prominence. Num Pages: 280 pages, 3 line illus. 19 tables. BIC Classification: 1DSE; HBT; KFFK; KNST. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 163 x 22. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 278
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691131252
- ISBN
- 9780691131252
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 79.16
€ 79.16
Hardback. Coenen Snyder considers what the architecture and construction of nineteenth-century European synagogues reveal about the social progress of modern European Jews. The process of claiming a Jewish space was a marker of acculturation but not full acceptance, she argues. The new edifices, even if spectacular, revealed the limits of Jewish integration. Num Pages: 360 pages, 20 halftones. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; HBTB; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 167 x 29. Weight in Grams: 688.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Number of pages
- 360
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674059894
- ISBN
- 9780674059894
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 61.46€ 56.34
€ 61.46
€ 56.34
Hardback. Focusing on experts in technology and science, Building Europe on Expertise delivers a new reading of European history. The authors show that modern Europe was built by experts using their unique knowledge to shape societies, set political agendas, and establish collaborations which proved decisive in integrating the continent. Series: Making Europe. Num Pages: 416 pages, 72 black & white halftones, 2 black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJ; HBJD; HBTB; HBTK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 253 x 198 x 32. Weight in Grams: 1318.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 2014th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230308053
- ISBN
- 9780230308053
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 73.35€ 47.29
€ 73.35
€ 47.29
Hardback. It is one part corporate and industrial history, using the evolution of mortgage finance as a way to understand larger dynamics in the nation's political economy. This biography weaves together three engrossing stories. Num Pages: 368 pages, 25 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPG; HBJK; HBLW3; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 485.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520273757
- ISBN
- 9780520273757
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.27
€ 40.99
€ 29.27
Hardback. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; HBT; JPVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 28. Weight in Grams: 670.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780774825245
- ISBN
- 9780774825245
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 106.94
€ 106.94
Paperback. Presents the history of New Orleans' early years, tracing the town's development from its origins in 1718 to its revolt against Spanish rule in 1768. This book presents an account of New Orleans' wild youth. It features a cast of strong-willed captives, thin-skinned nobles, sharp-tongued women, and carousing travelers. Num Pages: 336 pages, 7 colour plates, 8 halftones, 5 maps, 1 figure, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBBSL; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL; HBTQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226138428
- ISBN
- 9780226138428
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 25.94
€ 32.99
€ 25.94
Paperback. Examines literary and historical texts to show how writers have manipulated images and ideas associated with the cattle killing - harvest, sacrifice, rebirth, devastation - to speak to their contemporary predicaments. Num Pages: 304 pages, 6 halftones, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; 3JH; HBJH; HBLL; HBTB; JHMC. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780226893488
- ISBN
- 9780226893488
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 29.83
€ 37.99
€ 29.83
Hardback. Overturns the common assumption that apartheid in South Africa was enforced only through terror and coercion. Without understating the role of violent intervention, this book shows that apartheid was sustained by a great and ever-swelling bureaucracy. Series: Perspectives on Southern Africa S. Num Pages: 401 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; HBTB; JFFJ; JFSL; JPQB; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 38. Weight in Grams: 508.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 401
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520206519
- ISBN
- 9780520206519
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.70€ 49.44
€ 62.70
€ 49.44
Paperback. Tells the story of brave Arctic explorers who died in their attempts to seek the North-West Passage and North Pole during the years 1845-1877. Among them was Jim Hand from Bray, Co Wicklow. Num Pages: 296 pages, Illustrations, maps, ports. BIC Classification: 1MTN; 3JH; BTH; HBTM; RGR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 160 x 20. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd Dublin
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845889456
- ISBN
- 9781845889456
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 20.63
€ 23.99
€ 20.63
Paperback. Buried Lives: The Protestants of Southern Ireland Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; HBJD; HBTB; HRAX; HRCC9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 159 x 234 x 21. Weight in Grams: 410.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845888800
- ISBN
- 9781845888800
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 22.99€ 18.38
€ 22.99
€ 18.38
Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKESU; 3JJC; HBJD1; HBTB; JFSJ1; JPVH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 157 x 26. Weight in Grams: 484.
- Publisher
- The University of Buckingham Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781908684097
- ISBN
- 9781908684097
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 19.71
€ 25.99
€ 19.71
Paperback. A history of Burnley Football Club 1882-1968 Series: Archive Photographs: Images of England. Num Pages: 128 pages, 200ill. BIC Classification: HBT; WSJA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 172 x 10. Weight in Grams: 300.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752415208
- ISBN
- 9780752415208
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.54
€ 17.99
€ 16.54
Paperback. Describes how the American Indians lost their land and lives to a dynamically expanding white society. This book described the opening of the West from the Indians' viewpoint. It focuses on a national disgrace. Num Pages: 512 pages, b/w, inset. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 33. Weight in Grams: 402.
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1987
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780099526407
- ISBN
- 9780099526407
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.01
€ 14.99
€ 11.01
Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages, 10. BIC Classification: 1HFDE; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 163 x 19. Weight in Grams: 420.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801475122
- ISBN
- 9780801475122
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.73
€ 32.99
€ 29.73
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 420 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JF; HBJD; HBTB; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 485.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 420
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691643359
- ISBN
- 9780691643359
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 177.45€ 133.69
€ 177.45
€ 133.69
Paperback. Despite the immense body of literature about the American Civil War and its causes, the nation's western involvement in the approaching conflict often gets short shrift. Busy in the Cause explores the role of the Midwest in shaping US politics concerning slavery in the years leading up to the Civil War. Num Pages: 306 pages, 22 illustrations, 1 map, 1 appendix. BIC Classification: 1KBBNF; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 167 x 20. Weight in Grams: 442.
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803271890
- ISBN
- 9780803271890
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.73
€ 32.99
€ 29.73
Paperback. Editor(s): Hull, Gloria T.; Scott, Patricia Bell. Num Pages: 414 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; JFFK; JFSJ1; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 153 x 32. Weight in Grams: 604.
- Publisher
- The Feminist Press at CUNY
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Second Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781558618985
- ISBN
- 9781558618985
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.25
€ 33.25