Regional & national history
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Regional & national history
Hardcover. Examining rents and taxes in 19th- and 20th-century China, this text shows how in real terms, tax burdens on landlords rose due to higher state levies. Simultaneously, rents earned by landlords fell due to state interference and peasant resistance, csusing a progressive weakening of landlord power. Num Pages: 344 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJF; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 159 x 25. Weight in Grams: 640.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804718806
- ISBN
- 9780804718806
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 104.58
€ 104.58
hardcover. Drawing on newly available archival case records, this book demonstrates that Chinese women's rights to property changed substantially from the Song through the Qing dynasties, and even more dramatically under the Republican Civil Code of 1929-30. Series: Law, Society & Culture in China. Num Pages: 256 pages, references, index. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3H; 3J; HBJF; HBTB; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 24. Weight in Grams: 535.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804735261
- ISBN
- 9780804735261
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 135.48
€ 135.48
Paperback. Shows that contrary to previous scholarly belief, the courts in Qing and Republican China dealt extensively with civil matters and, moreover, did so in a consistent and predictable way. Series: Law, Society & Culture in China. Num Pages: 356 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3J; HBJF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 16. Weight in Grams: 595.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 356
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804737791
- ISBN
- 9780804737791
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 42.10
€ 42.99
€ 42.10
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 270
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780932885289
- ISBN
- 9780932885289
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 20.19
€ 23.99
€ 20.19
Hardback. Kathryn Allamong Jacob's engaging account shows how the "kingearned his crown through cookery and conversation and how this son of wealth and privilege helped to create a questionable profession in a city that then, as now, rested on power and influence. Num Pages: 240 pages, 20, 20 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGH; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 468.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780801893971
- ISBN
- 9780801893971
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 49.99€ 41.01
€ 49.99
€ 41.01
Hardback. Garrett and the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad is a vivid account of Garrett's twenty-six-year reign. Num Pages: 416 pages, 29, 28 black & white halftones, 1 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBFM; 1KBBNH; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; KNGT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 31. .
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421422206
- ISBN
- 9781421422206
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 50.82€ 46.41
€ 50.82
€ 46.41
Paperback. The emergence of the northern French county of the Perche, and the rise of the Rotrou family from obscure origins to princely power, 11-13c. Series: Royal Historical Society Studies in History New Series. Num Pages: 238 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3H; HBJD; HBLC1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 238
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843838340
- ISBN
- 9781843838340
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 32.26
€ 33.99
€ 32.26
Hardcover. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 190 x 141 x 25. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Publisher
- Adams Media
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781440586484
- ISBN
- 9781440586484
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.18
€ 17.99
€ 16.18
Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages, 15. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBJD1; HBLW; JFFN; JFSL1; JHMP; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 364.
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801484407
- ISBN
- 9780801484407
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 33.47
€ 33.99
€ 33.47
Paperback. States that a nation's standards of private cleanliness reveal much about its ideals of civilization, fears of disease, and expectations for public life. Starting with the shake-up of European practices that coincided with Atlantic expansion, this title traces attitudes toward 'dirt' through the mid-nineteenth century. Series: Society and the Sexes in the Modern World. Num Pages: 464 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; MBNH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 157 x 28. Weight in Grams: 654.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 464
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300171556
- ISBN
- 9780300171556
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 59.96
€ 59.96
Paperback. The origins of racism and slavery in British North America from the perspective of gender are examined in this book. The author argues that gender was both a basic social relationship and a model for other social hierarchies, and assesses its role in the construction of racism in Virginia. Num Pages: 584 pages, 10 illustrations, 2 maps, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLH; HBTS; JFFJ; JFSJ; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 32. Weight in Grams: 771.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- The University of North Carolina Press
- Edition
- 1st New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780807846230
- ISBN
- 9780807846230
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 54.03
€ 54.03
Paperback. Translator(s): Freeman, Kathleen. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HBJD; HBLA; L. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 215 x 137 x 11. Weight in Grams: 280.
- Publisher
- Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780872203068
- ISBN
- 9780872203068
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 19.40
€ 25.99
€ 19.40
Paperback. Tinkering takes a fresh look at early automotive design from the bottom up, as a process that included manufacturers, engineers, designers, advice experts, and consumers, from savvy buyers to grass-roots inventors. Num Pages: 232 pages, 22 illus. BIC Classification: HBJK. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780812221589
- ISBN
- 9780812221589
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 31.45
€ 32.99
€ 31.45
Hardback. For two weeks in the fall of 1909, New York City threw itself the biggest party it had ever seen - attracting millions of people to a sprawling festival, from Brooklyn up the Hudson River to Albany. This event, the Hudson-Fulton Celebration, was meant to commemorate the 300th anniversary of Henry Hudson's discovery of the river bearing his name. Num Pages: 204 pages, 17 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JJC; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 221 x 23. Weight in Grams: 973.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 204
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823230211
- ISBN
- 9780823230211
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 68.64
€ 68.64
Paperback. Num Pages: 464 pages, 14 maps; 9 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL; HBTR; HBTV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 133 x 34. Weight in Grams: 366.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Random House Trade Paperbacks
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812981209
- ISBN
- 9780812981209
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 17.70
€ 19.99
€ 17.70
Paperback. "Moving beyond an 'Indians and Europeans' story, DuVal looks instead at competing and overlapping stories involving multiple Native groups who operate from different positions with different strategies and experiences, and incorporate an array of outsiders."-Colin G. Calloway, Dartmouth College Series: Early American Studies. Num Pages: 336 pages, 20 illus. BIC Classification: HBJK; JFSL9. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 155 x 229 x 27. Weight in Grams: 508.
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812219395
- ISBN
- 9780812219395
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.15
€ 37.99
€ 34.15
Paperback. Seasons of Misery offers a boldly original account of early English settlement in American by placing catastrophe and crisis at the center of the story. Donegan argues that the constant state of suffering and uncertainty decisively formed the colonial identity and produced the first distinctly colonial literature. Series: Early American Studies. Num Pages: 272 pages, 2 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBAH; HBJK; HBTB; HBTQ. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812223774
- ISBN
- 9780812223774
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 31.41
€ 32.99
€ 31.41
Paperback. A compelling and genuine first hand account of an activist during the most exciting and turbulent period of Irish history - the only first person account of 1916 ever published. Num Pages: 368 pages, 32 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBR; BGA; HBJD1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 22. Weight in Grams: 308.
- Publisher
- O'Brien Press Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- 3rd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847170590
- ISBN
- 9781847170590
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 13.21
€ 14.99
€ 13.21
Paperback. For most of the 20th century, considered opinion in the US regarding Palestine has favored the inherent right of Jews to exist in the Holy Land. That Palestinians, as a native population, could claim the same right has been largely ignored. This book shows how the endurance of such assumptions has impeded a resolution to the Arab-Israeli conflict. Num Pages: 399 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1FBP; 1KBB; 3JJ; HBJF1; HBLW; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 156 x 21. Weight in Grams: 552.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition, Updated Edition with a New Afterwor
- Number of pages
- 399
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520217188
- ISBN
- 9780520217188
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 26.13
€ 35.99
€ 26.13
Paperback. An enjoyable introduction to the Reformation: discover the history behind the facts Series: In 100 Facts. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JB; 3JD; HBJD; HBLH; HRCC2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 127 x 197 x 23. Weight in Grams: 142.
- Publisher
- Amberley Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781445651347
- ISBN
- 9781445651347
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.64
€ 15.64