Regional & national history
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Regional & national history
Hardback. Editor(s): Chalabi, Tamara; Van Cauteren, Philippe. Num Pages: 152 pages, 408 color illus. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; 3JM; AFF; AGHF; HBJF1; JFFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 301 x 254 x 20. Weight in Grams: 1056.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300218206
- ISBN
- 9780300218206
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 18.88
€ 24.99
€ 18.88
Paperback. Theorists of autobiography tend to emphasize the centrality of the individual against the community. By contrast, in her reading of Hebrew autobiography, Tamar Hess identifies the textual presence and function of the collective and its interplay with the Israeli self. What characterizes the ten writers she examines is the idea of a national self, a Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBH; HBJF1; HBLX; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 319 x 16. Weight in Grams: 320.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Brandeis University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611688801
- ISBN
- 9781611688801
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 49.99€ 39.48
€ 49.99
€ 39.48
Hardback. Theorists of autobiography tend to emphasize the centrality of the individual against the community. By contrast, in her reading of Hebrew autobiography, Tamar Hess identifies the textual presence and function of the collective and its interplay with the Israeli self. What characterizes the ten writers she examines is the idea of a national self, a Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBH; HBJF1; HBLX; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Brandeis University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611688795
- ISBN
- 9781611688795
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 80.08€ 68.15
€ 80.08
€ 68.15
Hardcover. Girolamo Savonarola (1452-98), the religious reformer, preacher, and Florentine civic leader, was burned at the stake as a false prophet by the order of Pope Alexander VI. This book explores the networks of Savonarola's female followers that proliferated in the two generations following his death. Num Pages: 320 pages, 7 halftones, 1 line drawing, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3H; 3JB; HBJD; HBLC; HRAM7; HRCX1; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 163 x 29. Weight in Grams: 634.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226329154
- ISBN
- 9780226329154
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 48.99€ 38.52
€ 48.99
€ 38.52
Hardcover. The book shows how teachers struggled to liberate their country's education system from the legacy of dictatorship, combining a general evaluation of the phenomenon with intimate glances at the people who drove it forward. By vindicating the importance of democratic professionals it illuminates the Spanish transition to democracy from a new angle. Series: Palgrave Studies in the History of Social Movements. Num Pages: 280 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 3JJPL; HBJD; HBLW3; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 145 x 21. Weight in Grams: 466.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137323736
- ISBN
- 9781137323736
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Condition: New
€ 67.25
€ 67.25
Hardback. Explains the deft diplomatic footwork instigated since Putin came to power in 1999 and Moscow's stubborn backing of the Syrian and Iranian regimes Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 1FB; HBJF1; JPSL. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 143 x 217 x 28. Weight in Grams: 574.
- Publisher
- C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849042598
- ISBN
- 9781849042598
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 58.89€ 58.76
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Hardback. Num Pages: 352 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 1KBB; HBJK; HBTB; JFSL3; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 22. Weight in Grams: 626.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781479821785
- ISBN
- 9781479821785
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Condition: New
€ 97.45
€ 97.45
Paperback. Num Pages: 352 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 1KBB; HBJK; HBTB; JFSL3; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781479810796
- ISBN
- 9781479810796
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 31.02
€ 33.99
€ 31.02
Paperback. This study examines how views of the so-called Rape of Nanking, or the Nanjing Massacre, have evolved in history writing and public memory in Japan, China, and the United States from 1937 to the present. Num Pages: 280 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBJF; HBJK; HBLW; HBWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 143 x 18. Weight in Grams: 394.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 278
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195383140
- ISBN
- 9780195383140
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 54.43
€ 54.43
Hardback. Nishiyama's work offers lessons to policymakers interested in how a country can recover successfully after defeat. Series: Johns Hopkins Studies in the History of Technology. Num Pages: 280 pages, 9, 9 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJF; HBLL; HBLW; TBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 22. Weight in Grams: 494.
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421412665
- ISBN
- 9781421412665
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Condition: New
€ 72.21
€ 72.21
Hardback. Offers a challenging reinterpretation of nationalism, racism, and wartime mobilization during the Asia-Pacific war. This title examines the US and Japanese empires as they struggled to manage racialized populations while waging total war. Series: Asia Pacific Modern. Num Pages: 520 pages, 23 b/w photographs, 2 maps, 6 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 1FPK; 1KBB; 3JJH; HBJF; HBLW; HBTQ; HBWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 157 x 236 x 36. Weight in Grams: 822.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 520
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520262232
- ISBN
- 9780520262232
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 83.62€ 65.36
€ 83.62
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Paperback. Offers a profound reinterpretation of nationalism, racism, and wartime mobilization during the Asia-Pacific war. This book demonstrates that the United States and Japan became increasingly alike over the course of the war, perhaps most tellingly in their common attempts to disavow racism even as they reproduced it in new ways and forms. Num Pages: 520 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 1FPK; 3JJH; HBJF; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 149 x 227 x 29. Weight in Grams: 704.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Number of pages
- 520
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520280212
- ISBN
- 9780520280212
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.44
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Hardcover. .
- Publisher
- The American University in Cairo Press
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789774166112
- ISBN
- 9789774166112
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 39.01
€ 39.01
- Publisher
- United States
- Number of pages
- 552
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822349037
- ISBN
- 9780822349037
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 34.29
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€ 34.29
Paperback. Looks at the deeply controversial role of political economy, and especially the policy of laissez-faire, during the Great Irish Famine. For its defenders, the free market was a self-regulating system and 'interference' with it by the state was fraught with danger; for its critics, state 'intervention' was crucial to save human lives. Num Pages: 48 pages. BIC Classification: HBJD1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 292 x 5. Weight in Grams: 282.
- Publisher
- Quinnipiac University Press Hamden, CT
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780997837414
- ISBN
- 9780997837414
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Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 12.02
€ 13.99
€ 12.02
Hardcover. Retrieved after World War II from metal boxes and milk cans buried beneath the ruins of the Warsaw Ghetto, the "Oyneg Shabes-Ringelblum Archive" was clandestinely compiled between 1940 and 1942 under the leadership of historian Emanuel Ringelblum. This book describes its contents. Editor(s): Epsztein, Tadeusz; Shapiro, Robert Moses. Num Pages: 568 pages, 92 b&w photos, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1DVP; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBTZ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 7112 x 5487 x 1016. Weight in Grams: 989.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 568
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253353276
- ISBN
- 9780253353276
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 97.20
€ 97.20
Paperback. Presents stories which are based on the author's own experiences surviving Auschwitz and Dachau. This title describes a world where the will to survive overrides compassion and prisoners eat, work and sleep a few yards from where others are murdered; and, where the difference between human beings is reduced to a second bowl of soup. Translator(s): Kandel, Michael; Vedder, Barbara. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVP; 3JJH; BG; HBJD; HBTZ1; HBWQ; JPVR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 12. Weight in Grams: 154.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140186246
- ISBN
- 9780140186246
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Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.53
€ 17.99
€ 13.53
paperback. Editor(s): Yamamoto, Tadashi. Num Pages: 747 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HBJF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 181 x 39. Weight in Grams: 1543.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Edition
- Revised, Subsequent
- Number of pages
- 747
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789813055056
- ISBN
- 9789813055056
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 57.51
€ 57.51
Hardback. Woodman's translation masterfully conveys Tacitus' distinctive and powerful literary style and reflects the best of relevant current scholarship. His introduction provides a wealth of insight into the period about which Tacitus wrote, Tacitus himself, and the principles of translation that have shaped this rendering. Translator(s): Woodman, A. J. Num Pages: 448 pages, 1 Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 2ADL; 3D; DNF; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 163 x 32. Weight in Grams: 734.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 412
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780872205598
- ISBN
- 9780872205598
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.94€ 52.21
€ 65.94
€ 52.21
Hardcover. Tacitus (c. 55 c. 120 CE), renowned for concision and psychology, is paramount as a historian of the early Roman empire. What survives of "Histories" covers the dramatic years 69 70. What survives of "Annals" tells an often terrible tale of 14 28, 31 37, and, partially, 47 66. Translator(s): Moore, C.H. Series: Loeb Classical Library. Num Pages: 497 pages, 2M. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; DNF; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 116 x 167 x 28. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Publisher
- Loeb
- Number of pages
- 497
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1925
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674991231
- ISBN
- 9780674991231
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 28.99
€ 33.99
€ 28.99