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Regional & national history

Hardback. Focuses on the interaction between two "places," China and Guanzhong, the capital area of several dynasties. This book addresses such questions as What do we mean by "local"? Did the inhabitants of a locality believe that being "local" required them to assume a certain identity? And, If so, how did they talk and write about it? Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 325 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; HBTB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 159 x 25. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Harvard University, Asia Center United States
Number of pages
325
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674031708
ISBN
9780674031708
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 38.07

Hardback. Li Mengyang (1473 1530) was a scholar-official who initiated the literary archaist movement that sought to restore ancient styles of prose and poetry in sixteenth-century China. Chang Woei Ong situates Li's quest to redefine literati learning as a way to build a perfect social order in the context of intellectual transitions since the Song dynasty. Series: Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph Series. Num Pages: 350 pages, 1 line illustration, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 2GDC; 3JB; BGH; DSBD; HBJF; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 163 x 236 x 29. Weight in Grams: 648.
Publisher
Harvard University, Asia Center
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674970595
ISBN
9780674970595
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 46.30

Hardback. The squares of London are amongst its most famous and best loved features. And the great houses of the capital are intimately bound with the story not just of London but of the great families of the land. This title offers an informative account of the history of two of London's defining features - the squares and the great houses. Num Pages: 864 pages, 36pp, 44pp bw plates. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; AMX; HBJD1; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 251 x 81. Weight in Grams: 2328.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Edition
2 volumes set
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848854956
ISBN
9781848854956
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 384.48
€ 348.93

Paperback. A collection of personal testimonies by three generations of Hmong refugees. Reflecting on the homes left behind, their narratives chronicle the difficulties of forging a new identity. Editor(s): Chan, Sucheng. Series: Asian American History and Culture Series. Num Pages: 296 pages, illustrations, maps, portraits. BIC Classification: HBJF; JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Temple University Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9781566391634
ISBN
9781566391634
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.70

Paperback. Examines diverse aspects of Roman imperialism, from the Romans' motivations in acquiring an empire and their ideological justifications for imperial domination, to the complex political, economic, and cultural interactions between the Romans, their allies, and the subjected peoples. This title includes notes with suggestions for further reading. Editor(s): Champion, Craige B. Series: Interpreting Ancient History. Num Pages: 336 pages, 12. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; HBJD; HBLA; HBTQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 245 x 171 x 21. Weight in Grams: 686.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631231196
ISBN
9780631231196
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.46

Hardcover. Examines diverse aspects of Roman imperialism, from the Romans' motivations in acquiring an empire and their ideological justifications for imperial domination, to the complex political, economic, and cultural interactions between the Romans, their allies, and the subjected peoples. This title includes notes with suggestions for further reading. Editor(s): Champion, Craige B. Series: Interpreting Ancient History. Num Pages: 336 pages, 12. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 3D; HBG; HBJD; HBLA; JPF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 263 x 187 x 24. Weight in Grams: 782.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631231189
ISBN
9780631231189
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 150.43

Paperback. From its appearance as a 'fashionable dissipation' centered on the immigrant and working-class districts of 1880s New York through its spread to Chicago and into the 1930s nightspots frequented by lesbians and gay men, this book charts the development of slumming. Series: Historical Studies of Urban America. Num Pages: 432 pages, 19 halftones, 7 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
432
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780226322445
ISBN
9780226322445
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 29.83

hardcover. Series: African Expressive Cultures. Num Pages: 270 pages, 21 b&w illus., 2 maps, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1HFJ; HBJH; JFSJ2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 518.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
270
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253020666
ISBN
9780253020666
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 86.97

paperback. Series: African Expressive Cultures. Num Pages: 270 pages, 21 b&w illus., 2 maps, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1HFJ; HBJH; JFSJ2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 228 x 18. Weight in Grams: 394.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
270
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253020772
ISBN
9780253020772
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.82

Paperback. The first critical, scholarly translation of Cesare Lombroso's Criminal Man (first published in 1876), one of the most famous criminological treatises ever written and the basis for subsequent biological theories of crime Num Pages: 448 pages, 47 illustrations. BIC Classification: HBJD; JKV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 28. Weight in Grams: 646. 288 pages, 47 illustrations. Cesare Lombroso is widely considered the founder of criminology. His theory of the 'born' criminal dominated European and American thinking about the causes of criminal behaviour during the late nineteenth century and early twentieth. This book offers translation of Lombroso's "Criminal Man", one of the most famous criminological treatises. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: HBJD; JKV. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 28. Weight: 642.
Publisher
Duke University Press
Number of pages
448
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822337232
ISBN
9780822337232
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.81

Paperback. The Holocaust in Hungary 1944. 230 pages, black & white illustrations. Editor(s): Cesarani, David. Examines the deportation and murder of 435,000 Hungarian Jews during the last months of World War II, when German military and diplomatic power was on the wane. Drawing on new sources, leading scholars attempt to shed light on a shameful period in history. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DVH; 3JJH; HBJD; HBTZ1; HBWQ. Dimension: 218 x 141 x 13. Weight: 282.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Berg Publishers
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
230
Condition
New
SKU
V9781859731260
ISBN
9781859731260
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.17

Hardback. Challenges the notion that anti-Westernism in the Muslim world is a political and Offers a perspective on how religious tradition and the experience of European colonialism interacted with Muslim and non-Muslim discontent with globalization, the international order, and modernization. Series: Columbia Studies in International and Global History. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1F; 1QFM; 3JH; 3JJ; GTB; HBJF; HBLL; HBLW; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 163 x 20. Weight in Grams: 620. Visions of World Order in Pan-Islamic and Pan-Asian Thought. Series: Columbia Studies in International and Global History. 320 pages. Challenges the notion that anti-Westernism in the Muslim world is a political and Offers a perspective on how religious tradition and the experience of European colonialism interacted with Muslim and non-Muslim discontent with globalization, the international order, and modernization. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1F; 1QFM; 3JH; 3JJ; GTB; HBJF; HBLL; HBLW; JPS. Dimension: 236 x 163 x 20. Weight: 622.
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Number of pages
320
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231137782
ISBN
9780231137782
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.07
€ 51.02

Paperback. This volume looks at the rise of the Ottoman Empire - the longest-lived political entity in human history - showing the transformation of a tiny frontier enterprise into a centralized imperial state that saw itself as both leader of the world's Muslims and heir to the the Eastern Empire. Num Pages: 205 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDA; 3H; 3JB; HBG; HBJF; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 163 x 16. Weight in Grams: 340.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
205
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520206007
ISBN
9780520206007
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 26.60

Paperback. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVT; 1QDT; 3JH; 3JJC; HBJF1; HBLL. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 25. Weight in Grams: 454.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784531614
ISBN
9781784531614
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 28.90

Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages, 40 b/w and colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKEAN; 1DBKESK; 3JH; BGH; HBJD1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 278 x 19. Weight in Grams: 366.
Publisher
Lasse Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780993306907
ISBN
9780993306907
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 22.68

Hardback. Series: Modernist Latitudes. Num Pages: 264 pages, 24 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; 3JJ; DSBH; DSK; HBJD1; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 160 x 21. Weight in Grams: 492.
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231175043
ISBN
9780231175043
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.07
€ 51.02

Hardback. Examines the joint efforts of Aboriginal people and individuals of European ancestry to counter injustice in Canada when colonization was at its height, from the mid-nineteenth to the early twentieth century. Editor(s): Haig-Brown, Celia; Nock, David A. Num Pages: 400 pages, 20 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 3JH; 3JJC; 3JJF; HBJK; HBLL; HBLW; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 4217. Weight in Grams: 848.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press Canada
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780774811378
ISBN
9780774811378
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 113.28

Paperback. Over the past three centuries, supporters of German music ranging from music scholars to politicians have nurtured the notion that the German speaking world possesses a peculiar strength in the cultivation of music. This volume explores this notion and the role of music in identity Editor(s): Applegate, Celia; Potter, Pamela M. Num Pages: 296 pages, 7 line drawings, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1DFG; AV; HBJD; HBT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 458.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226021317
ISBN
9780226021317
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.74

Paperback. Series: New Practices of Inquiry S. Num Pages: 378 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; GTC; HBJK; JFSL3; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 509.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1St Edition
Number of pages
378
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226114651
ISBN
9780226114651
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 34.48

Paperback. The fall of the Wall to the present day - Berlin's turbulent history and path to reunification as witnessed by one of Europe's most distinguished authors. Translator(s): Watkinson, Laura. Num Pages: 352 pages, 80 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJPR; 3JM; HBJD; HBLW3; HBLX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 26. Weight in Grams: 328.
Publisher
MacLehose Press
Number of pages
400
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848662919
ISBN
9781848662919
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.00
€ 11.89

Paperback. This concise text explores the spread of settler colonies within the British Empire over the course of the nineteenth century, specifically those in New Zealand, Canada, South Africa, and Australia. Series: International Themes & Issues. Num Pages: 232 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JF; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB; HBTQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 300.
Publisher
University of Toronto Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442607521
ISBN
9781442607521
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.58

Paperback. Examines the politics of a 19th c. peasant revolt in Peru, looking at the organization and practice of government by the rebels to examine what a largely illiterate population understood by terms such as "nation" and showing the rebellion's significance in constructing the Peruvian State. Num Pages: 360 pages, 24 b&w photos, 7 illus. BIC Classification: 1KLS; HBG; HBJK; HBLL; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 158 x 22. Weight in Grams: 516.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822334415
ISBN
9780822334415
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.60

Paperback. Cecelia Ferrazzi's inquisitorial autobiography and the transcripts of her preceding testimony are here transcribed and translated into English, allowing the reader an insight into an unfamiliar sector of the past. Editor(s): Schutte, Anne Jacobson (Professor of History, University of Virginia, USA). Translator(s): Schutte, Anne Jacobson (Professor of History, University of Virginia, USA). Series: Other Voice in Early Modern Europe. Num Pages: 134 pages, 1 halftone, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1DST; BGHA; HBJD; HBLH; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 168 x 10. Weight in Grams: 218.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Number of pages
134
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226244471
ISBN
9780226244471
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 15.54

Paperback. Traces the origins, development, and consolidation of patriotic cultures in the United States from the latter half of the nineteenth century up to World War I, a period in which the country emerged as a modern nation-state. Num Pages: 366 pages, 20 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLL; JFC; JPFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 571.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Edition
a
Number of pages
366
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691070520
ISBN
9780691070520
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.24
€ 42.14

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