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Regional & national history
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€ 27.67
€ 29.99
€ 27.67
Paperback. An examination of how bodies and sexualities have been constructed, categorised, represented, diagnosed, experienced and subverted from the fifteenth to the early twenty-first century. It draws attention to continuities in thinking about bodies and sex: concept may have changed, but hey nevertheless draw on older ideas and language. Series: Genders and Sexualities in History. Num Pages: 287 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBL; HBTB; JMU; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 287
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349329007
- ISBN
- 9781349329007
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.89
€ 66.89
Hardback. Gloriously illustrated and impressive in scope, this book represents a comprehensive overview of ancient Nubia. Editor(s): Fisher, Marjorie; Lacovara, Peter; D'Auria, Sue H.; Ikram, Salima. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAE; 3B; 3D; HBJH; HBLA; HDDG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 305 x 239 x 37. Weight in Grams: 2518.
- Publisher
- The American University in Cairo Press Egypt
- Number of pages
- 432
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789774164781
- ISBN
- 9789774164781
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 92.55
€ 92.55
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€ 34.61
€ 43.99
€ 34.61
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
€ 39.16
€ 39.16
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
€ 68.08
€ 68.08
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
€ 98.73
€ 98.73
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€ 14.33
€ 17.99
€ 14.33
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€ 18.68
€ 19.99
€ 18.68
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
€ 38.99€ 34.28
€ 38.99
€ 34.28
Hardback. Series: Studies in Arthurian and Courtly Cultures. Num Pages: 207 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DB; HBJD1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 395.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave USA United States
- Number of pages
- 207
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403965431
- ISBN
- 9781403965431
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 116.31
€ 116.31
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
€ 33.99€ 29.90
€ 33.99
€ 29.90
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€ 14.33
€ 17.99
€ 14.33
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
€ 116.64
€ 116.64
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
€ 111.66€ 103.24
€ 111.66
€ 103.24
Hardcover. The highly performative categories of 'Irish culture' and 'Irishness' are in need of critical address, prompted by recent changes in Irish society, the arts industry and modes of critical inquiry. This book broaches this task by considering Irish expressive culture through some of the paradigms and vocabularies offered by performance studies. Num Pages: 269 pages, 9 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: AN; ASZP; AVGH; DSBH; DSG; HBJD1; HBLW3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 136 x 22. Weight in Grams: 484.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan Basingstoke, UK
- Number of pages
- 268
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230219984
- ISBN
- 9780230219984
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.19
€ 67.19
Paperback. The Republic of Ireland, which declared itself in 1949, allowed the Catholic Church to dominate its civil society and education system. Investment by American and European companies, and a welcoming tax regime, created the 'Celtic Tiger' of the 1990s. It needs to become a fully modern republic in fact as well as name. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JJPR; 3JMC; HBJD1; HBLW3; HBLX; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 153 x 20. Weight in Grams: 366. 8vo . Some light shelfwear otherwise a good copy.Signed and inscribed by the author
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Edition
- Main
- SKU
- KEX0280919
- ISBN
- 9780571270088
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 15.00
€ 15.00
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.
- Publisher
- Royal Irish Academy
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781908996152
- ISBN
- 9781908996152
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 30.00€ 22.92
€ 30.00
€ 22.92
Hardcover. An examination of Irish society and politics, providing a wide-ranging introduction to the involvement of the middle classes in Irish political life and the public sphere accrosss the eighteenth and twentieth centuries. Combines analytical surveys and case/area studies to offer new perspectives on crucial movements and figures in Irish history. Editor(s): Lane, Fintan. Num Pages: 306 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JF; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJD1; HBLL; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 225 x 147 x 23. Weight in Grams: 492.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan Basingstoke, UK
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230008267
- ISBN
- 9780230008267
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.37
€ 67.37
Paperback. Series: Security, Conflict and Cooperation in the Contemporary World. BIC Classification: HBJK. Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan UK
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349571949
- ISBN
- 9781349571949
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.96
€ 65.96
Hardback. Drawing on recently declassified American and Japanese documents, this book re-examines U.S.-Japanese relations at a critical juncture in the Cold War in Asia. Prime Minister Sato closely aligned Japan with the U.S. and was able to secure the return of lost territory. In return, Nixon forced him into a secret agreement on nuclear weapons. Series: Security, Conflict and Cooperation in the Contemporary World. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 1KBB; 3JJP; HBJF; HBJK; HBLW3; HBTW; HBWS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 223 x 20. Weight in Grams: 452.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137457615
- ISBN
- 9781137457615
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.89
€ 66.89
Paperback. Num Pages: 151 pages. BIC Classification: HBA; HBJH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 240 x 170 x 9. Weight in Grams: 298.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Oslo Academic Press Norway
- Number of pages
- 151
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788274772045
- ISBN
- 9788274772045
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 21.55
€ 27.99
€ 21.55
Hardback. Editor(s): Finkelman, Paul. Num Pages: 476 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 161 x 37. Weight in Grams: 953.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 476
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780945612360
- ISBN
- 9780945612360
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 186.53
€ 186.53