Regional & national history
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Regional & national history
Hardback. Drawing on legal records and other archival documents, Jonathan Swainger considers the growth and development of the ostensibly apolitical Department of Justice in the eleven years after the union of 1867. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; JPH; JPQB; LN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5969 x 4039. Weight in Grams: 381.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780774807920
- ISBN
- 9780774807920
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 119.94
€ 119.94
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Pen & Sword Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 112
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848843356
- ISBN
- 9781848843356
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.15
€ 17.99
€ 14.15
Paperback. When Edward III died, in 1377, he was succeeded by a vulnerable child, who was destined to grow into an unstable adult presiding over a divided nation. Meanwhile France entered upon one of the most glittering periods of her medieval history. This book presents a tale of contrasting fortunes. Num Pages: 1024 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 1DDF; 3H; HBJD; HBLC1; HBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 155 x 46. Weight in Grams: 988.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Number of pages
- 1024
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571240128
- ISBN
- 9780571240128
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 25.52
€ 40.99
€ 25.52
Paperback. Details the long and violent endeavour of the English to dismember Europe's strongest state, a succession of wars that is one of the seminal chapters in European history. Beginning with the funeral of Charles IV of France in 1328, this book follows the Hundred Years War up to the surrender of Calais in 1347. Num Pages: 672 pages, 38 b&w maps. BIC Classification: 3H; HBJD; HBLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 49. Weight in Grams: 878.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Number of pages
- 672
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571200955
- ISBN
- 9780571200955
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 25.28
€ 40.99
€ 25.28
Paperback. In the early fifteenth century, France had gone from being the strongest and most populous nation state of medieval Europe to suffering a complete internal collapse and a partial conquest by a foreign power. This book tells the story of the destruction of France by the madness of its king and the greed and violence of his family. Num Pages: 928 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3H; HBJD; HBLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 235 x 43. Weight in Grams: 904.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571274567
- ISBN
- 9780571274567
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 25.65
€ 40.99
€ 25.65
Paperback. In twelfth century Languedoc a subversive heresy of Eastern origin flourished to an extraordinary degree. The Albingenses believed that the world was created by an evil spirit, and that all worldly things - including the Church - were by nature sinful. This title examines the roots of the heresy. Num Pages: 288 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 3H; HBJD; HBLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 137 x 21. Weight in Grams: 356.
- Publisher
- Faber and Faber United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571200023
- ISBN
- 9780571200023
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.40
€ 19.99
€ 14.40
Paperback. This second volume on the Hundred Years War traces Edward III's increasing domination of France, from the fall of Calais in 1347 up to 1369. The period is dominated by a succession of crises in French affairs of state; crises that brought it to the verge of ruin. Num Pages: 704 pages, 50pp integrated b&w maps. BIC Classification: 3H; HBJD; HBLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 154 x 47. Weight in Grams: 906.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Number of pages
- 691
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571207374
- ISBN
- 9780571207374
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 25.65
€ 40.99
€ 25.65
Paperback. A comprehensive new biography exploring the greatness and limits of the 'Iron Chancellor', Otto von Bismarck: a political genius who remade Europe and united Germany between 1862 and 1890 by the sheer power of his great personality. Num Pages: 600 pages, 16pp black & white plates, 3 maps. BIC Classification: BGH; HBJD; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 151 x 231 x 45. Weight in Grams: 916.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Number of pages
- 600
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199642427
- ISBN
- 9780199642427
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 27.68
€ 38.99
€ 27.68
Paperback. The definitive study of the wars in Afghanistan by the veteran reporter who has had exclusive access to all the key players over the last 30 years there from Gorbachev to WikiLeaks. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: 1FCA; 3JM; HBJF; HBLX; HBWS4; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 28. Weight in Grams: 308.
- Publisher
- Portobello Books
- Number of pages
- 448
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846274312
- ISBN
- 9781846274312
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.58
€ 13.99
€ 10.58
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781138643482
- ISBN
- 9781138643482
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.28
€ 53.28
Paperback. A biography that penetrates Mao's rhetoric and infamous self-will to distil an intimate portrait of a man as withdrawn and mysterious as the emperors he disdained. Num Pages: 224 pages, map. BIC Classification: 1FPC; BGH; HBJF; HBLW; JPFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 17. Weight in Grams: 210.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Orion Publishing Co United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780753810712
- ISBN
- 9780753810712
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.95
€ 13.99
€ 10.95
Paperback. Series: The Columbia History of Urban Life. Num Pages: 528 pages, 19 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JJPL; 3JJPN; HBJK; HBLW3; JFSG; JPR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 150 x 32. Weight in Grams: 706.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 528
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231150330
- ISBN
- 9780231150330
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.24
€ 26.99
€ 20.24
Hardback. Series: The Columbia History of Urban Life. Num Pages: 528 pages, 19 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JJPL; 3JJPN; HBJK; HBLW3; JPR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 41. Weight in Grams: 880.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Number of pages
- 528
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231150323
- ISBN
- 9780231150323
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 28.70
€ 40.99
€ 28.70
Hardback. This is a study of German historical novels about Jewish history from the 1800s through the Holocaust. Series: Stanford Studies in Jewish History and Culture. Num Pages: 280 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HBJD; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 153 x 20. Weight in Grams: 510.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804786072
- ISBN
- 9780804786072
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 92.15
€ 92.15
Hardback. Why is the world orderly, and how does order occur? Humans inhabit many systems - natural, social, political, economic, cognitive, and others - with seemingly obscure origins. In this book, the authors trace the versatile language of self-organization in the eighteenth-century West. Num Pages: 384 pages, 5 halftones. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JF; HBJD; HBLL; JFCX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 165 x 237 x 30. Weight in Grams: 686.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226752051
- ISBN
- 9780226752051
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 51.99€ 39.32
€ 51.99
€ 39.32
Paperback. How do we balance the desire for tales of exceptional accomplishment with the need for painful doses of reality? How hard do we work to remember our past or to forget it? These are some of the questions that Jonathan Scott Holloway addresses in this exploration of race memory from the dawn of the modern civil rights era to the present. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; 3JM; HBJK; HBTB; JFFJ; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 525.
- Publisher
- The University of North Carolina Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781469626413
- ISBN
- 9781469626413
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.85
€ 53.85
Paperback. Drawing on new research, The Balfour Declaration gets to the heart of the present crisis in the Middle East by going back to the roots of the conflict in a British government communication of autumn of 1917. Num Pages: 464 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1FB; 3JJ; HBJD1; HBJF1; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 32. Weight in Grams: 384. The Origins of the Arab-Israeli Conflict. 464 pages, Illustrations, ports. Drawing on new research, The Balfour Declaration gets to the heart of the present crisis in the Middle East by going back to the roots of the conflict in a British government communication of autumn of 1917. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1FB; 3JJ; HBJD1; HBJF1; HBLW. Dimension: 196 x 129 x 32. Weight: 330.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 464
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781408809709
- ISBN
- 9781408809709
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 16.14
€ 23.99
€ 16.14
Paperback. Collects the foremost aticles written about Jews and the Civil War in a single accessible volume Editor(s): Sarna, Jonathan D.; Mendelsohn, Adam D. Num Pages: 445 pages, 26 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 151 x 21. Weight in Grams: 594.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 445
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814771136
- ISBN
- 9780814771136
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.54
€ 32.99
€ 29.54
God and Churchill: How the Great Leader's Sense of Divine Destiny Chan...
Jonathan Sandys And Wallace Henley
Paperback. The first biography of Churchill to focus on the Christian motivation behind his style of leadership, his inspiring speeches and his eventual success in preventing the collapse of Christian civilization in Europe. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJH; BGH; HBJD1; HRCV; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 197 x 28. Weight in Grams: 348.
- Publisher
- SPCK Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780281075393
- ISBN
- 9780281075393
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 13.15
€ 16.99
€ 13.15
Hardcover. In this original study British rule in Burma is examined through quotidian acts of corruption. Saha outlines a novel way to study the colonial state as it was experienced in everyday life, revealing a complex world of state practices where legality and illegality were inseparable: the informal world upon which formal colonial power rested. Series: Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies Series. Num Pages: 176 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FMB; HBJF; HBTQ; JPZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 138 x 15. Weight in Grams: 336.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230358270
- ISBN
- 9780230358270
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 61.98
€ 61.98