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paperback. Kaleidoscopic Odessa provides a detailed account of how local conceptions of imperial cosmopolitanism shaped the city's identity in a newly formed state. Num Pages: 240 pages, 11 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVUK; HBJD; JHM; JHMP; PSX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 148 x 223 x 16. Weight in Grams: 374.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780802095633
ISBN
9780802095633
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 38.32

Hardback. East Timor is at last, and at terrible human cost, firmly on the road to independence. Exploring the significance of its passage to freedom-for its people, for Asia, and for the world-this multi-voiced volume offers a comprehensive overview of this newest nation's travails and triumphs in an international context. Series: War and Peace Library. Num Pages: 312 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1FMNT; HBJF; JPH; JPVR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 157 x 22. Weight in Grams: 517.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9780742509672
ISBN
9780742509672
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 188.45

Giving an introduction to the political, social, and cultural development of imperial Chinese civilisation, this work introduces a number of important themes - such as the ethnic diversity of the early empires. It includes a general introduction, chronology, bibliography, illustrations, maps, and an index. Num Pages: 624 pages, b/w photos & maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 165 x 41. Weight in Grams: 1050.
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Hackett Pub Co Inc
Number of pages
610
Condition
New
SKU
V9780872209169
ISBN
9780872209169
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 77.23
€ 59.48

Paperback. Editor(s): Zimmerman, Tanja. Num Pages: 270 pages, 25 b/w & 2 colour illus. BIC Classification: 1DVW; GTC; HBJD; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 137 x 20. Weight in Grams: 396.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Transcript Verlag Germany
Number of pages
270
Condition
New
SKU
V9783837617122
ISBN
9783837617122
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.99
€ 36.07

hardcover. A pupil of Andre Grabar, Tania Velmans has worked for over thirty years on the art of the Byzantine empire and its wider diffusion throughout the neighbouring Slavic lands. This volume makes available sixteen of the author's studies divided into four sections. Num Pages: 556 pages. BIC Classification: 1DV; HBJD; HBLC1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Pindar Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
556
Condition
New
SKU
V9781899828708
ISBN
9781899828708
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 89.83

Paperback. Tania Lewis, Fran Martin, and Wanning Sun analyze the complex social and cultural significance of lifestyle television programming in China, India, Taiwan, and Singapore, showing how it adds insight into late Asian modernity, media cultures, and broad shifts in the nature of private life, identity, citizenship, and social engagement. Series: Console-ing Passions. Num Pages: 328 pages, 64 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1F; APT; HBJF; JFCA; JFDT. 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
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822362043
ISBN
9780822362043
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.51

Hardback. Tania Lewis, Fran Martin, and Wanning Sun analyze the complex social and cultural significance of lifestyle television programming in China, India, Taiwan, and Singapore, showing how it adds insight into late Asian modernity, media cultures, and broad shifts in the nature of private life, identity, citizenship, and social engagement. Series: Console-ing Passions. Num Pages: 328 pages, 64 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1F; APT; HBJF; JFCA; JFDT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 613.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822361886
ISBN
9780822361886
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 115.33

Paperback. Num Pages: 456 pages, 9 colour plates & 22 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1DVUC; 1DVUE; 1DVUF; AVGH; HBJD; HBLL; HBLW; HBTV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 160 x 22. Weight in Grams: 778.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Museum Tusculanum Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9788763541480
ISBN
9788763541480
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 39.83

Hardcover. Turkey's bid to join the European Union has lent new urgency to the issue of the Armenian Genocide as differing interpretations of the genocide are proving to be a major reason for the delay of the ratification. This book provides vital background information and is a prime source of legal evidence and eye-witness testimony.. Num Pages: 376 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVT; HBJD; HBTZ; HBWN; LBHG. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 156 x 237 x 25. Weight in Grams: 648. The Armenian Genocide Trials. 376 pages, black & white illustrations. Turkey's bid to join the European Union has lent new urgency to the issue of the Armenian Genocide as differing interpretations of the genocide are proving to be a major reason for the delay of the ratification. This book provides vital background information and is a prime source of legal evidence and eye-witness testimony. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. BIC Classification: 1DVT; HBJD; HBTZ; HBWN; LBHG. Dimension: 156 x 237 x 25. Weight: 646.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Number of pages
376
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857452511
ISBN
9780857452511
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 167.29

Hardback. Introducing evidence from more than 600 secret Ottoman documents, this book demonstrates in unprecedented detail that the Armenian Genocide and the expulsion of Greeks from the late Ottoman Empire resulted from an official effort to rid the empire of its Christian subjects. Series: Human Rights and Crimes Against Humanity. Num Pages: 528 pages, 5 halftones. 3 tables. 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1DVT; 1DVUR; 1QDT; HBJF1; HBLH; HBTZ; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 36. Weight in Grams: 884.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691153339
ISBN
9780691153339
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 53.48
€ 42.46

Paperback. Introducing evidence from more than 600 secret Ottoman documents, this book demonstrates in unprecedented detail that the Armenian Genocide and the expulsion of Greeks from the late Ottoman Empire resulted from an official effort to rid the empire of its Christian subjects. Series: Human Rights and Crimes Against Humanity. Num Pages: 528 pages, 5 halftones. 3 tables. 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1DVUR; 1QDT; 3JJF; 3JJG; HBJF1; HBLW; HBTZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 237 x 166 x 29. Weight in Grams: 776.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
528
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691159560
ISBN
9780691159560
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.82

Hardback. This book examines the confiscation of Armenian properties during the genocide and subsequent attempts to retain seized Armenian wealth. Through the close analysis of laws and treaties, it reveals that decrees issued during the genocide constitute central pillars of the Turkish system of property rights. Series: War and Genocide. Num Pages: 220 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVT; 3JJF; HBJD; HBLW; HBTZ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 239 x 160 x 19. Weight in Grams: 540.
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782386230
ISBN
9781782386230
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 155.32

Paperback. The definitive history of the 1915 Armenian Genocide Num Pages: 608 pages, 8pp illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVT; HBJD; HBLW; HBTZ; HBWN; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 45. Weight in Grams: 498. The Armenian Genocide and the Question of Turkish Responsibility. 620 pages, 8pp illustrations. In 1915, the Turkish government systematically organized the wholesale slaughter of a complete race, the Armenians. Under the cover of World War-I, through the secret organization of unofficial gangs of Kurds, released prisoners, German officers and Turks who had lost their lands in the war against Balkans, over 1 million Armenians were murdered. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DVT; HBJD; HBLW; HBTZ; HBWN; JFSL. Dimension: 197 x 128 x 45. Weight: 414.
Publisher
Constable
Number of pages
620
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845295523
ISBN
9781845295523
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.39

Paperback. Editor(s): Tanabe, Shigeharu. Num Pages: 270 pages, 1 illus., 1 map. BIC Classification: 1FM; HBJF; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 142 x 17. Weight in Grams: 318.
Publisher
Silkworm Books / Trasvin Publications LP
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9786162151170
ISBN
9786162151170
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.81

Paperback. Examines the networks that linked academics across the British settler world in the age of 'Victorian' globalization. Drawing on extensive archival research, remaps the intellectual geographies of Britain and its empire in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Series: Studies in Imperialism. Num Pages: 256 pages, 2 black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1QDB; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTQ; JNM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 157 x 23. Weight in Grams: 420.
Publisher
Manchester University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719099304
ISBN
9780719099304
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.56

Paperback. It Happened in Iowa takes readers on a rollicking, behind-the-scenes look at some of the most fascinating characters and well-known and little-known tales from this Midwestern state's storied past. Included here are more than 30 interesting and unusual episodes that shaped the history of the Hawkeye State. Series: It Happened In Series. Num Pages: 120 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
TwoDot
Edition
First
Condition
New
SKU
V9780762764402
ISBN
9780762764402
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 15.54

Hardback. Cattail Moonshine & Milkweed Medicine takes readers on an entertaining and enlightening tour of how North American plants have come to our rescue and helped shape our culture and traditions. Num Pages: 256 pages, full colour photographs and illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; VXH; WNP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 187 x 306 x 20. Weight in Grams: 648.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Workman Publishing
Condition
New
SKU
V9781612126609
ISBN
9781612126609
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 20.21

Paperback. Offers knowledge and insight to those who want to understand the movements and events behind the modern-day hostilities wracking Western and Islamic societies. This title clarifies how the Muslim world, sees the history of the world, and what they therefore make of our own version of events. Num Pages: 416 pages, 30 maps throughout. BIC Classification: HBG; HBJF1; JFSR2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 142 x 28. Weight in Grams: 432.
Publisher
PublicAffairs
Number of pages
416
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
Illustrated
Condition
New
SKU
V9781586488130
ISBN
9781586488130
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 20.11

Paperback. By the author of Destiny Disrupted: an enlightening, accessible history of modern Afghanistan from the Afghan point of view, showing how Great Power conflicts have interrupted its ongoing, internal struggle to take form as a nation Num Pages: 416 pages, 8 maps. BIC Classification: 1FCA; HBJF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 148 x 28. Weight in Grams: 504.
Publisher
PublicAffairs,U.S.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
First Trade Paper Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781610393195
ISBN
9781610393195
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.08

Hardback. Based on newly available archival sources, Krausz examines the holocaust in the Soviet Union and contrasts it with the genocide in Hungary. He studies the roots of Soviet anti-Semitism and its impact on politics before the holocaust. He also explains why the holocaust was a taboo subject in Eastern Europe before the collapse of communism.

Num Pages: 128 pages, 23 cm. BIC Classification: 1DVH; 1DVU; 3JH; HBJD; HBTZ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 181 x 14. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
East European Monographs United States
Number of pages
128
Condition
New
SKU
V9780880335690
ISBN
9780880335690
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 39.97

Paperback. Translator(s): Bethenfalvy, Balint. Num Pages: 544 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 3JJ; BGH; HBJD; HBLW; JPFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 167 x 41. Weight in Grams: 870.
Publisher
Monthly Review Press,U.S.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781583674499
ISBN
9781583674499
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 28.96

Hardback. Who should have the right to own land, and how much of it? This book focuses on the follows the rise and fall of the land question in the Gilded Age - and the rise and fall of a particularly nineteenth-century vision of landed independence. Series: Western Histories. Num Pages: 286 pages, 12 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KBBW; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
286
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520289093
ISBN
9780520289093
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 50.99
€ 36.26

Hardcover. Tamara T. Chin explores the politics of representation during the Han dynasty at a pivotal moment when China was asserting imperialist power on the Eurasian continent and expanding its local and long-distance ("Silk Road") markets. Chin explains why rival political groups introduced new literary forms with which to represent these expanded markets. Series: Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph Series. Num Pages: 382 pages, illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white). BIC Classification: 1FPC; DSB; HBJF; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 158 x 229 x 28. Weight in Grams: 646.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Harvard University Asia Center
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674417199
ISBN
9780674417199
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 46.34

Hardback. Num Pages: 240 pages, 26, 26 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1FMT; 3JH; 3JJ; BGH; HBJF; HBLL; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 508.
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781501704635
ISBN
9781501704635
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 50.15

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