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Regional & national history
Written by three prominent historians of the period, Slavery's Ghost forces readers to think critically about the way we study the past, the depth of racial prejudice, and how African Americans won and lost their freedom in nineteenth-century America. Series: The Marcus Cunliffe Lecture Series. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTS; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 147 x 14. Weight in Grams: 268.
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 128
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421402352
- ISBN
- 9781421402352
Condition: New
€ 57.62
€ 57.62
Paperback. The Rape of Nanjing was one of the worst atrocities committed during WWII. On December 13, 1937, the Japanese army captured the city of Nanjing, then the capital of wartime China. This book considers the post war treatment in China of the Nanjing Massacre and Japan. It examines how the issue has developed as a political and diplomatic controversy. Editor(s): Fogel, Joshua A. Series: Asia: Local Studies/ Global Themes. Num Pages: 264 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1FPJ; GTB; HBAH; HBJF; HBWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520220072
- ISBN
- 9780520220072
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 26.22
€ 35.99
€ 26.22
Hardback. Underworlds is a lively account of organized crime and the world of marginal groups in the seventeenth-- and eighteenth--century Netherlands. Rural banditry has often been associated with mountainous, poverty--stricken areas located at the peripheries of the European continent or on the borders between states. Num Pages: 268 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDN; 3JD; 3JF; 3JH; HBG; HBJD; HBLH; HBLL; HBTB; JFSF; JKV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 565.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 268
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745606446
- ISBN
- 9780745606446
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 77.43
€ 77.43
Paperback. This book tells the story of the Florescu family, from its feudal blood ties, to notorious 15th century figure Vlad Tepes (Count Dracula), right up to present day. The authors drew on research that had mostly been kept in family hands, and include original photographs and a full family genealogy. Num Pages: 326 pages, 4 black & white illustrations, 42 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1DN; 1DV; BGH; HBAH; HBJD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 158 x 27. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 326
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761861577
- ISBN
- 9780761861577
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 52.52
€ 54.99
€ 52.52
Hardcover. A serious and persuasive questioning of the Serbs' reputation as children of darkness in the Yugoslav War, drawing upon conversations with Serbian intellectuals in their capital. "Illuminating and compelling."-John Scanlan, former U.S. ambassador to Yugoslavia (1985-1989). Num Pages: 352 pages, M. BIC Classification: CBD; HBJD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 163 x 32. Weight in Grams: 681.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Ivan R Dee, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781566630610
- ISBN
- 9781566630610
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 37.10
€ 37.10
Paperback. The hardback edition has sold over 7,500 copies. Includes a chronology of key events. Draws on a wide variety of contemporary Roman sources. Takes account of much recent research, particularly anthropological. The hardback edition has sold over 7,500 copies. Includes a chronology of key events. Num Pages: 328 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; HBJD; HBLA; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 444.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631193951
- ISBN
- 9780631193951
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.78
€ 51.78
Paperback. A nineteenth-century social reform proposal, available again Translator(s): Livingston, Beverly. Num Pages: 192 pages, 1 photo. BIC Classification: HBJK; JHBL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 143 x 13. Weight in Grams: 254.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252075292
- ISBN
- 9780252075292
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 24.89
€ 24.99
€ 24.89
Paperback. An account, in her own words, of Christina Keith's ground-breaking education scheme among First World War soldiers. Keith, a Scottish lecturer, left behind the world of academia to live and work among soldiers of all social backgrounds. Her memoirs offer a fresh perspective on life with the army in northern France. Num Pages: 192 pages, 16 black & white plates, 25 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJF; BM; HBJD; HBLW; HBWN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 156 x 11. Weight in Grams: 316.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780750953665
- ISBN
- 9780750953665
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.27
€ 17.99
€ 16.27
Paperback. This book chronicles how the "forgotten borough" has grappled with its uneasy relationship with the rest of the City of New York since the 1920s. The authors analyze the politics behind events that have shaped Staten Island. Num Pages: 244 pages, black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JPHF; JPL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 150 x 15. Weight in Grams: 372.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 244
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761858317
- ISBN
- 9780761858317
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 58.42
€ 58.42
Paperback. Fitzroy Maclean's classic work has been updated with a new chapter by Magnus Linklater, examining how Scottish identity is faring in the wake of the first Scottish Parliament for nearly 300 years. Series: Illustrated National Histories. Num Pages: 248 pages, 238 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; HBJD1; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 181 x 15. Weight in Grams: 732.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Thames and Hudson Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780500282335
- ISBN
- 9780500282335
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 5.70
€ 16.99
€ 5.70
Paperback. Features three intellectual currents in East European Jewry - Hasidism, Rabbinic Mitnagdism, and Haskalah. Focusing on the social and intellectual odysseys of merchants, maskilim, and rabbis, and their varied attempts to combine Judaism and European culture, this title chronicles the story of these first modern Jews of Russia. Editor(s): Fishman, David E.; Funabashi, Yoichi. Num Pages: 212 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBJD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 151 x 14. Weight in Grams: 290.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 212
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- SKU
- V9780814726600
- ISBN
- 9780814726600
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 27.33
€ 29.99
€ 27.33
Hardcover. Tells the story of the disastrous housing market during the Great Depression and the extent to which an immensely popular New Deal relief program, the Home Owners' Loan Corporation (HOLC), was able to stem foreclosures by buying distressed mortgages from lenders and refinancing them. Series: National Bureau of Economic Research - Long Term Factors in Economic Development. Num Pages: 200 pages, 14 line drawings, 10 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; HBJK; HBLW; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226082448
- ISBN
- 9780226082448
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 34.05
€ 43.99
€ 34.05
Paperback. Correspondence between a Japanese couple separated in different internment camps in the US during WWII reveals the human side of this tragic and shameful episode in US history. Early chapters detail their lives in Japan, their arrival in Seattle in 1919, and their lives in the US up until 1941. Inc Series: The Scott & Laurie Oki Series in Asian American Studies. Num Pages: 316 pages, 32 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJH; HBJD; HBJK; HBTB; HBWQ; JFSL; JHBD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 156 x 229 x 23. Weight in Grams: 508.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 316
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295976457
- ISBN
- 9780295976457
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.90
€ 36.90
Paperback. This collection of eight essays and 24 supporting documents concerning mainland British North America includes essays about Native Americans, the transatlantic slave trade, regulation of the sexual behaviour of white and black women, and the creation of new religious practices. Editor(s): Fischer, Kirsten; Hinderaker, Eric. Series: Blackwell Readers in American Social and Cultural History. Num Pages: 408 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLH; HBTB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 30. Weight in Grams: 586.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 408
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631218548
- ISBN
- 9780631218548
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.14
€ 66.14
Hardback. This book offers an insight into the social relationships and topographies that fashioned both city life and landscape and serves as a useful counterpoise in a field that has largely focused on London. Series: Studies in Early Modern Cultural, Political and Social History. Num Pages: 246 pages, 5 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKEAN; 3JD; HBJD1; HBLH; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 162 x 238 x 21. Weight in Grams: 566.
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843839453
- ISBN
- 9781843839453
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 95.86
€ 95.86
Paperback. A respected historian of medieval Scotland releases the authentic historical Macbeth from a prison of literary and folkloric myth. Num Pages: 336 pages, 2 x 8pp b/w plate sections. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; BGH; HBJD1; HBLC1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 23. Weight in Grams: 238.
- Publisher
- Quercus Publishing
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 1st Edition Thus
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857381606
- ISBN
- 9780857381606
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.20
€ 17.99
€ 13.20
Paperback. From the early settlers after the last Ice Age, and the myth and ritual that surrounds that prehistoric period, Fiona Watson charts the evolution of the Scottish people. Num Pages: 256 pages, 80 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; HBJD1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 150 x 196 x 21. Weight in Grams: 330.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- First Thus
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752425917
- ISBN
- 9780752425917
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.29
€ 19.99
€ 18.29
Paperback. This textbook offers a chronological introduction to the New Deal which incorporates material on events and developments outside as well as within Washington DC and on popular reaction to the policies Series: British Association for American Studies (BAAS) Paperbacks. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; 3JJH; HBJK; JPQB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 22. Weight in Grams: 303.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781853312229
- ISBN
- 9781853312229
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 33.77
€ 36.99
€ 33.77
Hardback. Series: Edinburgh Critical Studies in Romanticism. BIC Classification: 1DBK; DSB; HBJD1; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781474426077
- ISBN
- 9781474426077
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.10
€ 32.99
€ 29.10
Hardcover. Offers an account of the vibrant history of Scotland, from the beginnings of Stewart rule up to modern day Scotland. Celebrating the cultural and historic achievements of the Scottish, from the fierce Jacobite uprising to John Logie Baird's insulating socks, this title gives an objective account of the nation's chequered history. Series: Very Peculiar History. Num Pages: 192 pages, black-&-white line illustration. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; HBJD1; YNH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 162 x 111 x 21. Weight in Grams: 202. A Very Peculiar History. Series: Very Peculiar History. 192 pages, black-&-white line illustration. Offers an account of the vibrant history of Scotland, from the beginnings of Stewart rule up to modern day Scotland. Celebrating the cultural and historic achievements of the Scottish, from the fierce Jacobite uprising to John Logie Baird's insulating socks, this title gives an objective account of the nation's chequered history. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DBKS; HBJD1; YNH. Dimension: 162 x 111 x 21. Weight: 204.
- Publisher
- The Book House
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781906714796
- ISBN
- 9781906714796
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.20
€ 10.99
€ 9.20
Paperback. Filtered through some of its colourful and eccentric inhabitants, from Lady Caroline Lamb in the 18th-century to Princess Diana in the 20th, this work is a portrait of Britain as both empire and the customs and certainties of the old order came to an end. Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJPG; BG; HBJD1; HBLW3; JHBT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 127 x 20. Weight in Grams: 258.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571228607
- ISBN
- 9780571228607
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 12.79
€ 17.99
€ 12.79
Hardback. Shows how the work of orchestral conductors was shaped by and enriched cultural life in Britain from the late Victorian era to World War I. Series: Music in Britain, 1600-2000. Num Pages: 320 pages, 17 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; 3JJC; AVH; HBJD1; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 666.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781783271450
- ISBN
- 9781783271450
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 113.96
€ 113.96
Hardback. The first in-depth study of the link between Scottish identity and Scottish language. Num Pages: 200 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; HBJD1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 163 x 18. Weight in Grams: 460.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Number of pages
- 200
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748624379
- ISBN
- 9780748624379
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 105.84€ 101.60
€ 105.84
€ 101.60
Hardcover. The Irish Times literary editor Fintan O'Toole selects 100 objects to narrate a history of Ireland. Num Pages: 250 pages, colour illustrations, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBR; HBJD1; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 182 x 26. Weight in Grams: 904.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Royal Irish Academy
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781908996152
- ISBN
- 9781908996152
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 30.00€ 22.92
€ 30.00
€ 22.92