×


 x 

Shopping cart

Regional & national history

Results 12145 - 12168 of 24258

Regional & national history

Paperback. An illustrated brief history of Portugal written for non-specialist foreign readers. Also included in the book is a historical gazetteer, short biographies, chronological tables and maps. Translator(s): Fonss, Ursula. Series: Aspects of Portugal S. Num Pages: 180 pages, tables, 16 maps, 32pp illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DSP; HBJD; WTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 19. Weight in Grams: 348.
Publisher
Carcanet Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
180
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Condition
New
SKU
V9781857542110
ISBN
9781857542110
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.31

Paperback. A comprehensive investigation of the New World. It describes the region's natural resources, flora, animals, and terrain, as well as the Amerindians and their religious and political practices. It offers a significant contribution to Renaissance Europe's thinking about the New World. Editor(s): Mangan, Jane E.; Lopez-Morillas, Frances M. Series: Chronicles of a New World Encounter - Latin America in Translation S. Num Pages: 568 pages, 10 figures, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 1KLSR; HBJK; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 152 x 35. Weight in Grams: 806. Series: Chronicles of a New World Encounter - Latin America in Translation S. 568 pages, 10 figures,. 3 maps. Editor(s): Mangan, Jane E.; Lopez-Morillas, Frances M. A comprehensive investigation of the New World. It describes the region's natural resources, flora, animals, and terrain, as well as the Amerindians and their religious and political practices. It offers a significant contribution to Renaissance Europe's thinking about the New World. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 1KLSR; HBJK; HBLH. Dimension: 233 x 152 x 35. Weight: 806.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Duke University Press
Edition
annotated edition
Number of pages
568
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822328452
ISBN
9780822328452
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 33.91

paperback. Saldivar is one of the founders of border studies and one of the most respected senior scholars in American Studies. In this work he introduces the term trans-Americanity as a frame for thinking more hemispherically within a global, world-systems frame. Series: New Americanists. Num Pages: 304 pages, 9 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JFSL4. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822350835
ISBN
9780822350835
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.20

Paperback. This Oxford Handbook comprehensively examines the field of Latin American history. Editor(s): Moya, Jose C. Series: Oxford Handbooks in History. Num Pages: 560 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KL; HBJK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 247 x 172 x 37. Weight in Grams: 978.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
560
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195166217
ISBN
9780195166217
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 77.30

Hardback. The Mandaeans were a gnostic sect that arose in the Middle East around the same time as Christianity. This text examines the lives and religion of contemporary Mandaeans and provides an introduction to the religion, showing how its ancient texts inform the living religion, and vice versa. Series: An American Academy of Religion Book. Num Pages: 216 pages, 9pp halftones numerous figures and 1 map. BIC Classification: 1FB; HBJF1; HRAX; HRK; HRQC1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 164 x 20. Weight in Grams: 481.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195153859
ISBN
9780195153859
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 100.38

Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1FMV; HBJF; HBJK; HBW; HBWS2; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 177 x 107 x 18. Weight in Grams: 129.
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Random House USA Inc United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804115988
ISBN
9780804115988
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 10.62

Paperback. Cuba has long been a social policy pioneer, with ambitious policies to address health care, education, employment, the environment, and social inequalities. Yet facing severe economic challenges, the government may look to learn from its Latin American neighbors. Social Policies and Decentralization in Cuba analyzes these issues in depth. Editor(s): Dominguez, Jorge I.; Arguelle, Maria del Carmen Zabala; Prieto, Mayra Espina. Series: Series on Latin American Studies. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 1KJ; 1KL; GTB; HBJK; JKS; JPQB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 22 x 15. .
Publisher
David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674975309
ISBN
9780674975309
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 24.62

Paperback. In the mid-18th century, the French naturalist Buffon contended that the New World was in fact geologically new and that it had recently emerged from the water. This text looks at the debate surrounding the geological history of the New World, and the effect on historiographical concepts. Series: Cultural Sitings. Num Pages: 488 pages, 54 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1K; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 27. Weight in Grams: 658.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
488
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804746939
ISBN
9780804746939
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 38.54

Paperback. The book demonstrates that a wider Pan-American perspective can upset the most cherished national narratives of the United States, for it maintains that the Puritan colonization of New England was as much a chivalric, crusading act of Reconquista (against the Devil) as was the Spanish conquest. Num Pages: 344 pages, 55 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBE; HBJK; HBLH; HRCC9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 458.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Stanford University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804742801
ISBN
9780804742801
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.86

Paperback. Series: Pitt Latin American Series. Num Pages: 340 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLS; HBJK; JPFM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of Pittsburgh Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822962038
ISBN
9780822962038
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 61.09

Paperback. This major book-length analysis of developments in Northern Ireland after the beginning of actual IRA decommissioning in October 2001 examines the impact of the 1998 Good Friday Agreement on politics, economy and society in Northern Ireland. Editor(s): Neuheiser, Jorg; Wolff, Stefan. Series: Studies in ethnopolitics. BIC Classification: 1DBKN; GTJ; HBJD1; HBLW3; JFFE; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 227 x 153 x 15. Weight in Grams: 350.
Publisher
Berghahn Books, Incorporated
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
9781571816580
ISBN
9781571816580
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 4.99

Paperback. Combining research with illustrations, this book presents an account of the saturation bombing, rendering in detail the annihilation of cities such as Dresden, the jewel of Germany's rich art and architectural heritage. Translator(s): Brown, Allison. Num Pages: 552 pages, 14 photographs. BIC Classification: 1DFG; HBJD; HBWQ; JW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 151 x 26. Weight in Grams: 732.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231133814
ISBN
9780231133814
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 22.22

Hardback. Combining research with illustrations, this book presents an account of the saturation bombing, rendering in detail the annihilation of cities such as Dresden, the jewel of Germany's rich art and architectural heritage. It incorporates the personal stories and testimony of German civilians. Translator(s): Brown, Allison. Num Pages: 552 pages, 14 photographs. BIC Classification: 1DFG; HBJD; HBWQ; JWG; JWLF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 41. Weight in Grams: 1271.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
552
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231133807
ISBN
9780231133807
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 125.27

Paperback. Using a wealth of recently declassified files from the National Archives, oral histories, court cases, press reports, social science writings, and photographs, this book focuses on the relationship between the postwar and the postimperial. Series: Berkeley Series in British Studies. Num Pages: 380 pages, 26 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1D; 1DBK; HBJD; HBJD1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 558.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
380
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520289475
ISBN
9780520289475
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.35

Hardcover. Over the last 70 years, memories and narratives of the Holocaust have played a significant role in constructing Jewish communities. This book explores one field where these narratives are disseminated: Holocaust pedagogy in Jewish schools in Melbourne and New York. Num Pages: 292 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBTZ1; JFSR1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 238 x 160 x 23. Weight in Grams: 520.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782386520
ISBN
9781782386520
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 155.25

Paperback. Over the decades, structural unemployment, concentrated urban poverty, and mass homelessness have also become permanent features of the political economy. This title traces the roots of this carceral crisis through a series of turning points in US history including the Watts insurrection in 1965, the Detroit rebellion in 1967, and more. Series: American Crossroads. Num Pages: 268 pages, 15 b/w images. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of California Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520281820
ISBN
9780520281820
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.81

Paperback. Moving from the politics of the public square to the invention of neighborhood community, to oddities found and appropriated in the streets, to the consecration of everyday scenes and artifacts as heritage in museums, this title traces the rediscovery of the past - sometimes in unlikely forms - in a city with few traditional landmarks. Num Pages: 224 pages, baseline scatter. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; HBJF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 318.
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
222
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520280373
ISBN
9780520280373
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.06

Paperback. Editor(s): Cote, Joost. Translator(s): Cote, Joost. Num Pages: 910 pages. BIC Classification: D; HBJF; JFSJ1; JHBT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 162 x 234 x 50. Weight in Grams: 1362.
Publisher
Monash University Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Annotated edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781922235107
ISBN
9781922235107
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 118.82
€ 90.47

paperback. This collection of essays brings together the main historians of the Irish Revolution, 1913-1923. Through detailed research and wide ranging analysis of key themes, they provide answers to, and debate on, the fundamental questions concerning this period Editor(s): Augusteijn, Joost. Num Pages: 272 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JJ; HBJD1; HBLW; HBTV; JPWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UA) A / AS level; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 142 x 16. Weight in Grams: 340.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Palgrave
Condition
New
SKU
9780333982266
ISBN
9780333982266
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 56.99
€ 43.61

Hardcover. Num Pages: 256 pages, tables. BIC Classification: 1FPK; HBJF; HBLW3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 260 x 183 x 23. Weight in Grams: 764.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781560729907
ISBN
9781560729907
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 110.51
€ 83.74

hardcover. Num Pages: 343 pages, black & white illustrations, frontispiece. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJH; HBG; HBJD; HBLW; HBW; HBWQ; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 33. Weight in Grams: 608.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Santa Monica Press United States
Number of pages
343
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9781595800428
ISBN
9781595800428
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 24.73

Paperback. A distinguished group of international scholars debates the state of change or continuity in North Korea's post-Kim II Sung regime shedding light on one of the world's most closed societies, its potential to adapt to post-cold war realities, and the prospects for a peaceful and stable Korean peninsula. Num Pages: 180 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPKN; HBJF; HBLW3; JPHL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 340.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Hoover Institution Press,U.S. United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
180
Condition
New
SKU
V9780817994624
ISBN
9780817994624
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.36

Hardback. Combining 50 rare, beautiful, and diverse maps of California from the collections of the Library of Congress, informative captions about the origins and contents of those maps, and essays on Golden State history, this book is a collectible for cartography buffs and a celebration of state history for residents, former residents, and visitors. Series: Mapping the States Through History. Num Pages: 128 pages, black & white illustrations, colour illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: HBJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 256 x 224 x 19. Weight in Grams: 50.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
128
Condition
New
SKU
V9780762745302
ISBN
9780762745302
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 21.00

The largest diary in confederate history. Editor(s): Robertson, James I. Series: Modern War Studies. Num Pages: 608 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 43. Weight in Grams: 825.
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University Press of Kansas United States
Number of pages
608
Condition
New
SKU
V9780700621248
ISBN
9780700621248
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 107.08

Subscribe to our newsletter

News on special offers, signed editions & more!