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Regional & national history
Hardback. Part biography, part history, part critical examination of Babel's legacy in Russian, European, and Jewish cultural context, The Enigma of Isaac Babel offers the first comprehensive view of the great Russian Jewish author since the opening of Soviet archives. Editor(s): Freidin, Gregory. Num Pages: 288 pages, 2 tables, 11 figures. BIC Classification: 3JJ; BGL; HBJD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804759038
- ISBN
- 9780804759038
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 81.31
€ 81.31
Paperback. The Soviet war in Afghanistan was a grueling debacle that has striking lessons for the 21st century. This title examines the conflict from the perspective of the soldiers on the ground. It depicts the invasion of a volatile country that no power has ever successfully conquered. Num Pages: 336 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 1FCA; 3JJPN; HBJF; HBLW3; HBWS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 132 x 21. Weight in Grams: 266.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780061143199
- ISBN
- 9780061143199
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.27
€ 16.27
Hardback. With extensive research in primary and select secondary studies, The Three Battles of Sand Creek will take its place as the definitive account of this previously misunderstood, and tragic, event. Num Pages: 212 pages, 19 images, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBWJ; JFSL9; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Publisher
- Savas Beatie
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611213119
- ISBN
- 9781611213119
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 28.23
€ 32.99
€ 28.23
Paperback. An evocative history of long frustration and ultimate failure, A Spirited Resistance tells of a creative people, whose insights, magic, and ritual add a much-needed dimension to our understanding of the American Indian. Series: Johns Hopkins University Studies in Historical and Political Science. Num Pages: 288 pages, 11, 11 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KB; 3JF; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801846090
- ISBN
- 9780801846090
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.44
€ 40.44
Paperback. Imaginatively conceived and compellingly told, War under Heaven redefines our understanding of Anglo-Indian relations in the colonial period. Num Pages: 380 pages, 17, 3 maps, 14 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 153 x 228 x 24. Weight in Grams: 532.
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Number of pages
- 384
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801878923
- ISBN
- 9780801878923
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 26.68
€ 31.99
€ 26.68
Hardback. They were all, by definition, groundless, but they were not all false, and they influenced the classic issues of historical inquiry: the formation of alliances, the making of revolutions, the expropriation of labor and resources, and the origins of war. Series: Early America: History, Context, Culture. Num Pages: 408 pages, 9, 2 black & white illustrations, 5 black & white illustrations, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3J; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 31. .
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 408
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421418650
- ISBN
- 9781421418650
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 44.53
€ 44.53
Paperback. Final Passages: The Intercolonial Slave Trade of British America, 1619-1807 Series: Published for the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture, Williamsburg, Virginia. Num Pages: 416 pages, 7 halftones, 11 figures, 7 maps, 26 tables. BIC Classification: 3JF; HBJK; HBLH; HBLL; HBTS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 158 x 235 x 25. Weight in Grams: 602.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- The University of North Carolina Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781469629841
- ISBN
- 9781469629841
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.70
€ 42.70
Hardcover. This study of the construction of intellectual authority examines the impact of Thucydides's "History". It argues that Thucydides's work succeeded for two main reasons: he refined the language of administration, and drew upon the abstract philosophical rhetoric that arose in the 5th century. Series: Greek Studies: Interdisciplinary Approaches. Num Pages: 288 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 2AHA; DSBB; HBJD; HBLA; HPCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 164 x 21. Weight in Grams: 553.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780847681297
- ISBN
- 9780847681297
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 138.15
€ 138.15
Paperback. This is the first colouring book to celebrate Dublin's architecture. Forty of the city's most iconic and beautiful buildings have been selected and each drawing is accompanied by succinct text summing up its history and explaining its architectural style, whether Neoclassical or Gothic, Art Deco or Industrial. Num Pages: 96 pages, 40 illustrations for colouring. BIC Classification: 1DBR; AM; HBJD1; WF; WZS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 283 x 242. .
- Publisher
- The Collins Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848893160
- ISBN
- 9781848893160
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 10.63
€ 10.99
€ 10.63
Hardback. Num Pages: 320 pages, 60 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1D; 1KBB; 3JJF; BGH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 158 x 23. Weight in Grams: 553.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield
- Edition
- 1St Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781493017362
- ISBN
- 9781493017362
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 26.41
€ 29.99
€ 26.41
Paperback. This diverse collection of material about the history of film exhibition in the United States documents and enlivens the history of moviegoing, film exhibition practices, business policies, and programming strategies. It is a comprehensive study of the cultural history of American film. Editor(s): Waller, Gregory A. Num Pages: 368 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; APF; HBJK; HBLW; JFC; KNTC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 245 x 171 x 20. Weight in Grams: 630.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631225928
- ISBN
- 9780631225928
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 57.71
€ 57.71
paperback. No American denomination identified itself more closely with the nation's democratic ideal than the Baptists, but paradoxically, no denomination could wield religious authority as zealously. Wills demonstrates how a freedom-loving individualists came to embrace an exclusivist spirituality. Series: Religion in America. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; 3JH; HBJK; HBLH; HBLL; HRCC92. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 173 x 30. Weight in Grams: 1006.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press, USA United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- SKU
- V9780195160994
- ISBN
- 9780195160994
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 79.53
€ 79.53
Hardcover. Num Pages: 144 pages, 105 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1DDB; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 166 x 238 x 25. Weight in Grams: 694.
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764347900
- ISBN
- 9780764347900
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 28.55
€ 43.99
€ 28.55
Hardback. Building on ethnographic research in a rural village in Sichuan, this book examines changing relationships between social organization, politics, and economy during the 20th century. Num Pages: 256 pages, 12 half-tones 3 tables 6 figures 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJG; 3JJH; 3JJP; HBJF; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 22. Weight in Grams: 510.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804733779
- ISBN
- 9780804733779
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 138.69
€ 138.69
Paperback. This groundbreaking study offers a major reinterpretation of American strategy during the first half of the Vietnam War. Gregory A. Daddis argues senior military leaders developed a comprehensive campaign strategy, one not confined to 'attrition' of enemy forces. This innovative work is a must for a genuine understanding of the Vietnam War. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: 1FMV; 3JJP; HBJF; HBLW3; HBWS2; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 157 x 19. Weight in Grams: 424.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780190231460
- ISBN
- 9780190231460
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 55.05
€ 55.05
Hardback. This bibliography attempts to pull together from widely disparate sources the literature of research on the Nabataeans. Entries are listed alphabetically by author and then by date. Indexes by subject scheme as well as a comprehensive index to the authors and editors round out this reference work. Series: ATLA Bibliography Series. Num Pages: 304 pages, footnotes, bibliog , indexes. BIC Classification: 1FBJ; 3D; GBCR; HBJF1; HBLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 222 x 150 x 22. Weight in Grams: 552.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810848467
- ISBN
- 9780810848467
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 150.58
€ 150.58
This is the first modern critical edition of Alexander Barclay's translation of Sallust's Bellum Jugurthinum, a history of the war between the Romans and Jugurtha, King of Numidia. Published in 1522, it was one of the first translations of a classical text into English. Editor(s): Waite, Gregory. Series: Early English Text Society Original Series. Num Pages: 550 pages, 2 black-and-white halftones. BIC Classification: DB; HBJD; HBLA1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 144 x 217 x 40. Weight in Grams: 716.
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 550
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199688197
- ISBN
- 9780199688197
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 135.41
€ 135.41
Paperback. The "red files" revealed. Examining the period from the early 1930s through Stalin's death in 1953 the height of the Stalinist regime this enlightening book reveals what we have learned from the archives, what has surprised us, and what has confirmed what we already knew. Most of the authors have worked with these archives since they were opened." Num Pages: 202 pages. BIC Classification: HBJD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 372.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Hoover Institution Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780817928124
- ISBN
- 9780817928124
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.22
€ 25.22
Paperback. With the stroke of a pen at the Potsdam Conference following the Allied victory in 1945, Breslau, the largest German city east of Berlin, became the Polish city of Wroclaw. This work examines the long-term psychological and cultural consequences of forced migration in 20th-century Europe through the experiences of Wroclaw's Polish inhabitants. Num Pages: 552 pages, 90 halftones. 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1DVP; 3JJP; 3JM; HBJD; HBLW3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 158 x 235 x 30. Weight in Grams: 926.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 552
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691152912
- ISBN
- 9780691152912
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.48€ 42.00
€ 53.48
€ 42.00
Paperback. Gregor Ewing, accompanied by his dog, Meg, walks in the footsteps of Bonnie Prince Charlie across the Scottish Highlands. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKSH; HBJD1; WSZC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 144 x 12. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Publisher
- Luath Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781908373618
- ISBN
- 9781908373618
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.00
€ 13.99
€ 11.00
Paperback. Editor(s): Benton, Gregor. Series: Historical Materialism. Num Pages: 1269 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJ; HBJF; HBTV; JPFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Publisher
- Haymarket Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781608465545
- ISBN
- 9781608465545
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 83.42
€ 83.42
Paperback. One little-known aspect of early American history is the role of beer in its founding and formative years. This account of beer's imact on people and events that shaped the birth of a nation begins with the pre-colonial era and ends with America's emergence as an industrial power. Num Pages: 315 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JHBT; WBXD2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Publisher
- Brewers Publications United States
- Number of pages
- 315
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Edition
- 1ST
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780937381656
- ISBN
- 9780937381656
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.16
€ 18.16
Paperback. The vivid, fast-paced account of the siege of Khe Sanh told through the eyes of the men who lived it. Num Pages: 400 pages, 16 page insert, 6 maps. BIC Classification: 1FM; 1FMV; 3JJ; HBJF; HBLW; HBWS2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 463.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Da Capo Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780306823725
- ISBN
- 9780306823725
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 21.31
€ 23.99
€ 21.31
America's Forgotten Founders, second edition (Lives of the Founders)
Gregg Ii, Dr. Gary L., Hall, Mark David
Paperback. Editor(s): Gregg, Gary L., II; Hall, Mark David. Series: Lives of the Founders. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; HBJK; HBWF; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 197 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 300.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Intercollegiate Studies Institute
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781610170239
- ISBN
- 9781610170239
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 17.11
€ 19.99
€ 17.11