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Regional & national history
Paperback. A full index includes not only authors, play titles, and persons mentioned, but themes from the whole Greek comic sphere (including politics, literature and philosophy, celebrities and social scandals, cookery and wine, sex, and wealth). Editor(s): Rusten, Jeffrey S. Translator(s): Henderson, Jeffrey; Konstan, David; Rosen, Ralph M.; Rusten, Jeffrey S.; Slater, Niall W. Num Pages: 816 pages, 43, 42 black & white halftones, 1 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 2AHA; 3D; DSBB; DSG; HBJD; HBLA1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 180 x 254 x 39. Weight in Grams: 1274.
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421421186
- ISBN
- 9781421421186
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.62€ 46.84
€ 50.62
€ 46.84
Paperback. British soldiers who served on the Western front. Using a variety of literary, artistic, and architectural evidence, Dr Reznick shows that Britain's 'generation of 1914' was a group bound as much by comradeship of healing as by comradeship of the trenches. Series Editor(s): Taithe, Bertrand; Summerfield, Penny; Gatrell, Peter; Jones, Max; Carden-Coyne, Ana. Series: Cultural History of Modern War. Num Pages: 192 pages, Illustrations, black & white. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJF; HBJD1; HBLW; HBWN. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 215 x 141 x 10. Weight in Grams: 242.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- New in paperback
- SKU
- V9780719069758
- ISBN
- 9780719069758
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.95
€ 21.95
Hardback. An analysis of the often contradictory reasons why President George W Bush went to war in Iraq and of the war's impact on future US armed intervention abroad. Drawing on various assessments of Bush's presidency, it contends that Bush's invasion of Iraq was more about the arrogance of post - Cold War American power than it was about Saddam Hussein. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; 1KBB; 3JMC; HBJF1; HBLX; HBWS5; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 163 x 24. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Publisher
- Potomac Books Inc
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781597974370
- ISBN
- 9781597974370
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 35.44
€ 35.44
Paperback. A study of the Vietnamese conflict, examined through the lens of the revolutionary and counter-revolutionary movements in the rural province of Long An up until American intervention in the area. Num Pages: 368 pages, 21 b/w photographs, 4 maps, 9 tables. BIC Classification: 1FMV; 3JJPK; HBJD; HBLW3; HBWS2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 139 x 24. Weight in Grams: 464.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- Second Edition,Revised
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520260177
- ISBN
- 9780520260177
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 28.70
€ 40.99
€ 28.70
Hardback. A study of English deists that offers an analysis of less known figures such as Anthony Collins, Matthew Tindal, Thomas Chubb, and Thomas Morgan. It offers illustrates how a specific deist conception of God provided the link between deists' political and natural philosophy even in people who have been mistakenly labelled as godless. Series Editor(s): Lake, Peter; Milton, Anthony; Peacey, Jason; Gajda, Alexandra. Series: Politics, Culture and Society in Early Modern Britain. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JF; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; HRAB1; HRAX. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 237 x 163 x 25. Weight in Grams: 558.
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719078729
- ISBN
- 9780719078729
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 147.08
€ 147.08
Hardcover. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; HBJD1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 179 x 243 x 21. Weight in Grams: 578.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748646104
- ISBN
- 9780748646104
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 105.94€ 101.60
€ 105.94
€ 101.60
Hardback. Editor(s): Watt, Jeffrey R. Num Pages: 256 pages, 19. BIC Classification: HBJD; JHBZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 599.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801442780
- ISBN
- 9780801442780
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 79.36
€ 79.36
Hardcover. Editor(s): Quilter, Jeffrey; Castillo B., Luis Jaime. Series: Dumbarton Oaks Pre-Columbian Symposia and Colloquia. Num Pages: 416 pages, 192 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KLSR; 3D; 3F; HBJK; HBLA; HDD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 260 x 182 x 28. Weight in Grams: 1048.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Dumbarton Oaks Research Library & Collection United States
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780884023623
- ISBN
- 9780884023623
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 49.99€ 41.47
€ 49.99
€ 41.47
Paperback. In 1664, Moliere's Tartuffe was banned from public performance. This book provides a detailed, in-depth account of five-year struggle (1664-69) to have the ban lifted and, so doing, sheds important new light on 1660s France and the ancien regime more broadly." Num Pages: 258 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AB; AN; AS; HBJD; HBL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 335.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 258
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349465941
- ISBN
- 9781349465941
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 43.19
€ 54.99
€ 43.19
Hardback. Koreans and Burakumin, two of the largest minority groups in modern Japan, share a history of discrimination that spans the decades of Japan's modernization and imperial expansion. Bayliss explores the historical processes that cast them as "others" on the margins of the Japanese empire and that also influenced their views of themselves. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 350 pages, 7 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJ; HBJF; HBLW; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 162 x 34. Weight in Grams: 798.
- Publisher
- Harvard University, Asia Center
- Number of pages
- 350
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674066687
- ISBN
- 9780674066687
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 49.99€ 41.33
€ 49.99
€ 41.33
Paperback. This pioneering collection of 15 essays argues that Japan's medieval age began in the 14th century rather than the 12th, and marks the beginning of a fundamentally new debate about how Japan's lengthy classical period finally ended. Editor(s): Mass, Jeffrey P. Num Pages: 524 pages, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3H; 3JB; HBJF; HBLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 28. Weight in Grams: 696.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 524
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804743792
- ISBN
- 9780804743792
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 40.17
€ 40.99
€ 40.17
Hardback. This pioneering collection of 15 essays argues that Japan's medieval age began in the 14th century rather than the 12th, and marks the beginning of a fundamentally new debate about how Japan's lengthy classical period finally ended. Editor(s): Mass, Jeffrey P. Num Pages: 524 pages, map. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3H; 3JB; HBJF; HBLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 35. Weight in Grams: 832.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 524
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804728942
- ISBN
- 9780804728942
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 169.87
€ 169.87
Paperback. The Kamakura period, 1180-1333, is known as the era of Japan's first warrior government. As the essays in this book show, however, the period was notable for the coexistence of two centers of authority, the Bakufu military government at Kamakura and the civilian court in Kyoto. Editor(s): Mass, Jeffrey P. Num Pages: 344 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3H; HBJF; HBLC; JPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 21. Weight in Grams: 478.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reissue
- SKU
- V9780804724739
- ISBN
- 9780804724739
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 35.80
€ 36.99
€ 35.80
Hardback. This collection of essays is built around a major but previously unstudied theme in Japanese history - the extent to which the exaggeration of antiquity has distorted historical understanding. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3H; 3JB; HBJF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 224 x 146 x 18. Weight in Grams: 437.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804719742
- ISBN
- 9780804719742
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 146.41
€ 146.41
Hardback. This book is a much expanded and wholly rewritten treatment of the subject of the author's first book, Warrior Government in Early Medieval Japan, published in 1974. In this new version, the "warrior" and "medieval" character of Japan's first shogunate is significantly de-emphasized, thus requiring not only a new title, but also a new book. Num Pages: 296 pages, Illustrationsmap. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; HBG; HBJF; HBLC; JFC; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 160 x 230 x 20. Weight in Grams: 552.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804735919
- ISBN
- 9780804735919
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 92.69
€ 92.69
Paperback. This collection of essays is built around a major but previously unstudied theme in Japanese history - the extent to which the exaggeration of antiquity has distorted historical understanding. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3H; 3JB; HBJF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 142 x 15. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804725927
- ISBN
- 9780804725927
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 33.47
€ 33.99
€ 33.47
Hardback. The Kamakura period, 1180-1333, is known as the era of Japan's first warrior government. As the essays in this book show, however, the period was notable for the coexistence of two centers of authority, the Bakufu military government at Kamakura and the civilian court in Kyoto. Editor(s): Mass, Jeffrey P. Num Pages: 344 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; HBJF; HBLC; JPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Weight in Grams: 772.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804725323
- ISBN
- 9780804725323
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 159.33
€ 159.33
Paperback. This is a history of student protests in Shanghai from the turn of the century to 1949, showing how these students experienced and help shape the course of the Chinese Revolution. Num Pages: 444 pages, 19 half-tones 1 map. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJ; HBJF; HBLW; HBTB; JPWF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 26. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 444
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804731669
- ISBN
- 9780804731669
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 35.64
€ 36.99
€ 35.64
This book studies "armchair" travel writers who journeyed to Europe during the interwar period of 1919-1939. It focuses on travel conversations writers experienced as they sought the real Europe stripped of press reports and government propaganda. They encountered a continent where a cherished past was colliding with an ominous future. Num Pages: 274 pages, 1 maps. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJG; HBJD; HBLW; WTLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 160 x 26. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 274
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761860242
- ISBN
- 9780761860242
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 122.35
€ 122.35
Hardcover. This book examines the experiences of gay and bisexual men who lived in Scotland during an era when all homosexual acts were illegal, tracing the historical relationship between Scottish society, the state and its male homosexual population using a combination of oral history and extensive archival research. Series: Genders and Sexualities in History. Num Pages: 232 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJD1; HBTB; JFSK2; LAQG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 223 x 18. Weight in Grams: 402.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137444097
- ISBN
- 9781137444097
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 108.84
€ 108.84
Paperback. Probes into the life and times of Mario Moreno, Latin America's famous film star from the 1940s to the 1970s. This book illuminates the social and cultural history of twentieth-century Mexico. It is suitable for courses on Mexican history and Latin American film. Series: Latin American Silhouettes. Num Pages: 238 pages, photographs, chronology, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 3JJP; APB; APF; HBJK; HBLW3; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 158 x 16. Weight in Grams: 449.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Scholarly Resources Inc.,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 238
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780842027717
- ISBN
- 9780842027717
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 62.16
€ 62.16
Hardback. Probes into the life and times of Mario Moreno, Latin America's famous film star from the 1940s to the 1970s. This book illuminates the social and cultural history of twentieth-century Mexico. It is suitable for courses on Mexican history and Latin American film. Series: Latin American Silhouettes. Num Pages: 238 pages, photographs, chronology, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 3JJP; APB; APF; HBJK; HBLW3; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 164 x 22. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Scholarly Resources Inc.,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 238
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780842027694
- ISBN
- 9780842027694
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 160.66
€ 160.66
Paperback. Planet Taco examines the historical struggles between globalization and national sovereignty in the creation of "authentic" Mexican food. By telling the stories of the "Chili Queens" of San Antonio and the inventors of the taco shell, it shows how Mexican Americans helped to make Mexican food global. Num Pages: 320 pages, 46 halftones. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBLW; HBTB; JFCV; WBN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 23. .
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780190655778
- ISBN
- 9780190655778
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 23.05
€ 24.99
€ 23.05
Paperback. The sweeping story of one of the most notorious crusader knights, Reynald de Chatillon - a great Christian hero of the Second Crusade and one of the most hated figures in Islamic history. Num Pages: 320 pages, 1 x 8pp colour plates. BIC Classification: 1FBH; 3H; BGH; HBJF1; HBLC1; HBWC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
- Publisher
- Atlantic Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782399285
- ISBN
- 9781782399285
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.65
€ 13.99
€ 10.65