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Regional & national history
Hardback. In 1666, King Charles II introduced a fashion that developed into the three-piece suit. This text examines the inspiration behind this royal revolution in masculine attire, showing how the ideology of modern English masculinity was a self-consciously political and public creation. Series: Studies on the History of Society & Culture. Num Pages: 313 pages, 39 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3J; HBJD1; HBLH; HBLL; JFSJ2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 165 x 239 x 32. Weight in Grams: 644.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 313
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520214934
- ISBN
- 9780520214934
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.29€ 49.47
€ 62.29
€ 49.47
Hardcover. This work tells the story of how George Mantello - First Secretary of the El Salvador Consulate in Geneva from 1942 to 1945 - defied censorship to launch a press campaign against the daily deportation of 12,000 Hungarian Jews to Auschwitz. Num Pages: 352 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFH; 3JJH; BGH; HBG; HBJD; HBTZ1; HBWQ; KNTJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 626.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815628736
- ISBN
- 9780815628736
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 34.95
€ 34.95
Paperback. Begun in 1926 to connect Chicago to Los Angeles, Route 66 was the country's first major east-west thoroughfare. This title traces the story of The Mother Road from origins to decline, including the roadside attractions and cottage industries it spawned and the efforts to save and restore it. Series: Shire Library. Num Pages: 56 pages, col. Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; WGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 149 x 5. Weight in Grams: 150. New.
- Publisher
- Shire
- Number of pages
- 56
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780747811329
- ISBN
- 9780747811329
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 8.89
€ 8.89
Paperback. Explores the history of British bricks and brick makers. Num Pages: 96 pages, 180. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBJD1; HBTK; TNTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 167 x 235 x 15. Weight in Grams: 282.
- Publisher
- Amberley Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781445659121
- ISBN
- 9781445659121
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 16.91
€ 20.99
€ 16.91
Hardcover. Num Pages: 194 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGH; HBJK; HBLL; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 460.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 194
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781604560619
- ISBN
- 9781604560619
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 101.07€ 71.63
€ 101.07
€ 71.63
Hardback. Num Pages: 312 pages, 28 photographs, 1 appendix. BIC Classification: 1KBBS; 3JJPK; HBJK; JFFJ; JFSL1; WSJM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 30. Weight in Grams: 608.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803288553
- ISBN
- 9780803288553
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 33.72
€ 33.99
€ 33.72
Paperback. The first major study of the experiences of the hundreds of thousands of African soldiers who served with the British army during the Second World War. Num Pages: 301 pages, 19, 16 black and white, 3 line drawing. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1H; 3JJH; HBJD1; HBLW; HBTD; HBWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 156 x 234 x 10. Weight in Grams: 544. African Soldiers in the Second World War. 301 pages, 19, 16 black and white, 3 line drawing. The first major study of the experiences of the hundreds of thousands of African soldiers who served with the British army during the Second World War. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1H; 3JJH; HBJD1; HBLW; HBTD; HBWQ. Dimension: 156 x 234 x 10. Weight: 544.
- Publisher
- James Currey
- Number of pages
- 301
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847010476
- ISBN
- 9781847010476
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 33.01
€ 33.99
€ 33.01
Paperback. Classic writing on war in the modern age of non-state actors, etc Series: Conflict Classics. Num Pages: 392 pages. BIC Classification: HBJK; JPS; JPWL; JWDG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Weight in Grams: 512.
- Publisher
- C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849047111
- ISBN
- 9781849047111
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 20.99
€ 21.99
€ 20.99
Paperback. A haunting and delicately observed description of the last days of Mandarin culture before the revolution. This book is a testimony to a way of life, a culture, an aesthetic and a civilisation which has since completely disappeared. Num Pages: 250 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJC; HBJF; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 137 x 16. Weight in Grams: 234.
- Publisher
- Eland Publishing Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 250
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781906011000
- ISBN
- 9781906011000
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.86
€ 19.99
€ 14.86
paperback. The author jumped into the chaos of occupied Europe on D-Day, fighting his way through Holland and finally capturing Hitler's Eagle's Nest. He was the only member of Easy Company to write down his experiences as soon as he came home from war. This book shows how a group of comrades entered the furnace of war and came out brothers. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ; JWH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 342.
- Publisher
- Ebury Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780091957988
- ISBN
- 9780091957988
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 16.69
€ 21.99
€ 16.69
hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- Dundurn Press Canada
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 330
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781550020601
- ISBN
- 9781550020601
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 35.06
€ 40.99
€ 35.06
Paperback. In The Brink of Freedom David Kazanjian revises dominant understandings of nineteenth-century conceptions of freedom by examining the letters of black settler colonists in Liberia and the letters and literature of Mayan rebels and their Creole antagonists in Yucatan, showing how they disrupted liberal formations of freedom. Num Pages: 336 pages, 16 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFDL; 1KLCM; 3JH; HBJH; HBJK; HBTQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 477.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822361701
- ISBN
- 9780822361701
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 34.28
€ 36.99
€ 34.28
Hardback. In The Brink of Freedom David Kazanjian revises dominant understandings of nineteenth-century conceptions of freedom by examining the letters of black settler colonists in Liberia and the letters and literature of Mayan rebels and their Creole antagonists in Yucatan, showing how they disrupted liberal formations of freedom. Num Pages: 336 pages, 16 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFDL; 1KLCM; 3JH; HBJH; HBJK; HBTQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822361510
- ISBN
- 9780822361510
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 150.58
€ 150.58
Paperback. Series: Critical American Studies. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; GTB; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 460.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- V9780816642380
- ISBN
- 9780816642380
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.56
€ 27.99
€ 26.56
Hardback. Series: Contemporary Asia in the World. Num Pages: 240 pages, 5 halftones, 13 tables. BIC Classification: 1FP; HBJF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 462.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231153188
- ISBN
- 9780231153188
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 98.73€ 76.74
€ 98.73
€ 76.74
Paperback. Neither a random event nor the act of a lone madman - the assassination of President John F Kennedy was an appalling and grisly conspiracy. Informed by original sources, this title adds fresh material to different aspects of the case. Num Pages: 536 pages, 28 halftones, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPK; HBJK; HBLW3; JPWL1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 146 x 33. Weight in Grams: 706.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 536
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674034723
- ISBN
- 9780674034723
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 30.99
€ 35.99
€ 30.99
Paperback. Takes the reader on a stroll through Thailand's intellectual history - the thoughts of the people of Siam, and the products of their thought, through history. The author touches upon political and religious thought, but also upon such "artistic" thought as that demonstrated in novels, paintings, and historical writing. Num Pages: 24 illus. BIC Classification: 1FMT; HBJF; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 214 x 11. Weight in Grams: 234.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Silkworm Books / Trasvin Publications LP Chiang Mai
- Number of pages
- 136
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789747551723
- ISBN
- 9789747551723
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 21.04
€ 21.99
€ 21.04
Hardcover. After fascism's defeat in 1945, Britain did not co-operate with Franco's Spanish opponents to end his dictatorship. This study demonstrates how divisions in the Spanish opposition were one factor, but argues that Britain's strategic and commercial interests in Spain also acted as a disincentive. Num Pages: 245 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DSE; 3JJH; 3JJPG; HBJD1; HBLW; JPHX; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333917961
- ISBN
- 9780333917961
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.84
€ 127.84
Hardcover. Fall of Hitler's Third Reich Num Pages: 192 pages, 70col.ill.30col.M. BIC Classification: 3JJH; HBJD; HBWQ; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 290 x 230 x 20. Weight in Grams: 1100.
- Publisher
- Spellmount Publishers Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- First edition.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781862272613
- ISBN
- 9781862272613
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 23.86
€ 26.99
€ 23.86
Hardcover. Art, Architecture, Religion, Everyday Life and Culture - The Native Civilizations of the Andes and South America Explored in 500 Colour Paintings, Drawings and Photographs. 256 pages, 500+ col. ill. This fascinating visual history tells the story of the ancient peoples of Peru and the Andes. Explores economics and the world of work, religious beliefs and life at home, crime and punishment, and death and sacrifice. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1KLS; HBJK; HBLC. Dimension: 304 x 236 x 24. Weight: 1606.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Anness
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780754817260
- ISBN
- 9780754817260
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 38.21
€ 38.21