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Regional & national history

Hardback.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Hyperion
Edition
Box Har/Co
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9781401324254
ISBN
9781401324254
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 59.52
€ 42.98

Paperback. Shark attacks and sewage slicks, lifesavers and surfers, amusement parks and beach camps - the beach is Sydney's most iconic landscape feature. Sydney Beaches tells the story of how Sydneysiders developed their love of the beach, from 19th-century picnickers to the surfing and sun-baking pioneers a century later. Num Pages: 328 pages, 20 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1MBFN; HBJM; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 176 x 20. Weight in Grams: 680.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of New South Wales Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781742232898
ISBN
9781742232898
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 31.78

Paperback. The enthralling story of a dynamic empire whose impact is felt to this day Num Pages: 720 pages, 2 x 8pp b&w illustrations and six maps. BIC Classification: 1FB; 3H; BGH; HBJF1; HBLC; JFSR2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 41. Weight in Grams: 470.
Publisher
John Murray
Number of pages
720
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719561122
ISBN
9780719561122
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.75

paperback. Only a few years after Britain defeated fascism came the Mau Mau uprising in Kenya - a mass armed rebellion by the Kikuyu people, demanding the return of their land and freedom. Unearthing reams of documents, the author reveals the full savagery of the Mau Mau war and the ruthless determination with which Britain sought to control its empire. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFGK; 1QDB; 3JJ; HBJH; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 152 x 37. Weight in Grams: 644.
Publisher
Bodley Head
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847922946
ISBN
9781847922946
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 16.51

Hardcover. Provides a critical analysis of benevolence as it was inflected by regional ideals of race and gender, showing how a southern Jewish benevolent empire emerged in response to the combined pressures of post-Civil War devastation and the simultaneous influx of eastern European immigration. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBF; 1KBBS; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 161 x 236 x 25. Weight in Grams: 554.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
NYU Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781479854530
ISBN
9781479854530
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 47.72

Paperback. .
Publisher
The University of North Carolina Press United States
Number of pages
464
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781469629896
ISBN
9781469629896
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 44.65

Paperback. In 1775, when patriot leaders formed the Continental army, they were informed by their knowledge of the British army. This book shows that, following this decision, a gap existed in the conditions of service between soldiers and officers of the Continental army. It illuminates the social world of the Continental army. Num Pages: 368 pages, 11 illustrations, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL; HBW; JWT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 526.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
The University of North Carolina Press
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780807858615
ISBN
9780807858615
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 43.51

Paperback. The first study to focus on how popular representations of the forced relocation and internment of nearly 120,000 Japanese Americans during World War II affected the formation of Cold War culture Series: New Americanists. Num Pages: 248 pages, 4 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPG; HBJK; HBLW3; JFC; JFSL1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5995 x 3734 x 19. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822327462
ISBN
9780822327462
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.98

hardcover. This volume gives an account of contraction in household authority and the effects these changes had upon the governmental system. It argues that the disintegration of household powers during the mid 19th century is much more central to the modernization of the period than industrialization. Num Pages: 224 pages, 17 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JD; 3JF; 3JH; HBJK; HBTB; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University of Virginia Press United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813921259
ISBN
9780813921259
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 102.35

Paperback. This volume gives an account of contraction in household authority and the effects these changes had upon the governmental system. It argues that the disintegration of household powers during the mid 19th century is much more central to the modernization of the period than industrialization. Num Pages: 224 pages, 17 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JD; 3JF; 3JH; HBJK; HBTB; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 372.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813921266
ISBN
9780813921266
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.09

Paperback. The gripping account of World War Two's legendary heroine, who risked her life to save her country and her lover. Num Pages: 432 pages, 1 x 8pp b&w. BIC Classification: 3JJH; BGH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ; JWH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 28. Weight in Grams: 302.
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Number of pages
432
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781444724622
ISBN
9781444724622
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.39

Hardback. The idea of English medieval towns and cities as filthy, muddy and insanitary is here overturned in a pioneering new study. Num Pages: 445 pages, 32, 28 black & white illustrations, 4 black & white line drawings, 28 black and white, 4. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3H; HBJD1; HBLC1; HBTB; MBNH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 165 x 36. Weight in Grams: 1134.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
445
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843838364
ISBN
9781843838364
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 152.89
€ 132.70

Paperback. Set in the medical, religious and cultural milieu of the European Middle Ages, this book offers a study of leprosy. Num Pages: 436 pages, 35 black and white, 6 line drawing. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; HBJD1; HBLC1; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 157 x 28. Weight in Grams: 964. 436 pages, 35 black and white, 6 line drawing. Set in the medical, religious and cultural milieu of the European Middle Ages, this book offers a study of leprosy. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; HBJD1; HBLC1; MBX. Dimension: 235 x 157 x 28. Weight: 966.
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Number of pages
436
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843834540
ISBN
9781843834540
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.71

Paperback. Argues that some histories, including Tibetans armed resistance against the Chinese, are arrested, deliberately left untold until some future moment when changed circumstances favor their telling. Num Pages: 328 pages, 36 photographs, 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPCT; 3JJPG; 3JJPK; HBJF; HBLW3; HBTV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5983 x 3971 x 20. Weight in Grams: 458.
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
328
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822347712
ISBN
9780822347712
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.33

Paperback. With a new introduction that situates the original edition within the emerging genre of cultural biography, the second edition of The Heart and Stomach of a King explores the myriad ways Queen Elizabeth I represented herself as a public figure and how her subjects represented and responded to her. Num Pages: 264 pages, 12 illus. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JB; HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 454.
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Second
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812222401
ISBN
9780812222401
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.33

Paperback. This book aims to make a contribution to historical scholarship on Turkey by focusing on its key foundational myth, the battle of Manzikert in 1071. Num Pages: 304 pages, 20 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVT; HBJF; HBLC; JPHC; JWLF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 233 x 159 x 17. Weight in Grams: 582. The Battle of Manzikert. 304 pages, 20 colour illustrations. This book aims to make a contribution to historical scholarship on Turkey by focusing on its key foundational myth, the battle of Manzikert in 1071. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. BIC Classification: 1DVT; HBJF; HBLC; JPHC; JWLF. Dimension: 233 x 159 x 17. Weight: 582.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748625734
ISBN
9780748625734
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 38.78

Paperback. Explores how the violence of a protracted civil war shaped the meaning of freedom and citizenship in the new South. This book traces the meanings that redemption held for Americans as they tried to come to terms with the war and the changing social landscape. Series: American Beginnings, 1500 - 1900. Num Pages: 293 pages, 17 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; JFSL; JPVH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 229 x 18. Weight in Grams: 418.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
293
Condition
New
Edition
Reprint
SKU
V9780226269993
ISBN
9780226269993
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 25.82

Hardcover. In the months after the end of the Civil War, there was one word on everyone's lips: redemption. This title explores how the violence of a protracted civil war shaped the meaning of freedom and citizenship in the new South. Series: American Beginnings, 1500 - 1900. Num Pages: 288 pages, 17 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBBF; 1KBBS; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; JFSL; JPVH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 163 x 23. Weight in Grams: 558.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226024271
ISBN
9780226024271
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 95.24
€ 78.71

Hardback. Num Pages: 204 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; HBJK; HBLW3; HBTB; HBTZ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 162 x 19. Weight in Grams: 481.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Lexington Books United States
Number of pages
204
Condition
New
SKU
V9780739146064
ISBN
9780739146064
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 145.94

hardcover. This is a perfect resource for students interested in the Revolutionary War, the birth of the new nation, and the actual opinions and words of those involved. Series: Debating Historical Issues in the Media of the Time. Num Pages: 384 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLH; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 803.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
ABC-CLIO United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780313320835
ISBN
9780313320835
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 96.20

Hardback. The Honganji branch of Jodo Shinshu Buddhism was a powerhouse that exercised its military will by fanning violent uprisings of ikko ikki, loosely structured "leagues of one mind". This title looks at the complex and often contradictory relationship between these ikko leagues and the Honganji institution. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 275 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3H; HBJF; HBLC; HRE; JPWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 161 x 29. Weight in Grams: 622.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Harvard University, Asia Center United States
Number of pages
275
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674025097
ISBN
9780674025097
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 38.29

Paperback. A true Band of Brothers story from the Vietnam War, this first unit history of a naval air squadron uses extensive interviews to highlight the Navy's contribution to the air war. Series: Modern War Studies. Num Pages: 440 pages, 37 photographs, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1FMV; 1KBB; 3JJPL; HBJK; HBLW3; HBWS2; JWG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 702.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University Press of Kansas United States
Number of pages
440
Condition
New
SKU
V9780700616770
ISBN
9780700616770
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.67

Paperback. From the winner of the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize. In a time of death and terror, Gbowee brought Liberia's women together--and together they led a nation to peace. In the process, she emerged as an international leader who changed history. Num Pages: 266 pages, colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFD; BM; HBJH; JFSJ1. Category: (Y) Teenage / Young Adult. Dimension: 233 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 356.
Publisher
Beast Books United States
Number of pages
260
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
First Trade Paper Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780984295197
ISBN
9780984295197
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.08

Paperback. Analyzes the processes of migration and settlement of Sicilian fishers from three villages in Western Sicily to Monterey, California. This title demonstrates that the cannery work done by Sicilian immigrant women is crucial in terms of the identity formation and community development. Series: Statue of Liberty-Ellis Island Centennial Series. Num Pages: 184 pages, 9 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; HBJK; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 407. Weight in Grams: 313.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Illinois Press
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252073007
ISBN
9780252073007
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 23.19

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