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Regional & national history
Paperback. With the expanding presence of China in the global economy, Americans more and more look east for goods and trade. Focusing on the trade and consumption of porcelain, tea, and chinoiserie, this title shows that colonial Americans saw themselves as part of a world much larger than just Britain and Europe. Num Pages: 280 pages, 49 halftones, 1 line drawing, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1KBB; HBJK; HBLL; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226260280
- ISBN
- 9780226260280
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 29.91
€ 36.99
€ 29.91
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
€ 21.99€ 17.77
€ 21.99
€ 17.77
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: 652.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Bodley Head
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781847922946
- ISBN
- 9781847922946
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.10
€ 19.99
€ 15.10
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
€ 47.76
€ 47.76
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
€ 45.04
€ 45.04
Paperback. The history of the Aztecs has been haunted by the spectre of human sacrifice. Reinvesting the Aztecs with a humanity frequently denied to them, and exploring their spectacular religious violence as a comprehensible element of life, this book integrates a fresh interpretation of gender with an innovative study of the everyday life of the Aztecs. Series: Early Modern History: Society and Culture. Num Pages: 241 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBG; HBJK; HBLA; HBTB; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 241
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349280971
- ISBN
- 9781349280971
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.05
€ 66.05
Hardcover. The history of the Aztecs has been haunted by the spectre of human sacrifice. Reinvesting the Aztecs with a humanity frequently denied to them, and exploring their spectacular religious violence as a comprehensible element of life, this book integrates a fresh interpretation of gender with an innovative study of the everyday life of the Aztecs. Series: Early Modern History: Society and Culture. Num Pages: 241 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KLC; 3H; HBJK; HBLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st
- Number of pages
- 242
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230003309
- ISBN
- 9780230003309
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.99
€ 66.99
Paperback. Evocative rural history of World War I. Num Pages: 240 pages, 8pp bw plates. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JJF; HBJD1; HBLW; HBWN; JFSF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 138. .
- Publisher
- I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd. United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- New
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784534844
- ISBN
- 9781784534844
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 23.79
€ 26.99
€ 23.79
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€ 26.56
€ 33.99
€ 26.56
Hardcover. Accounting for Affection examines the multifaceted nature of early modern motherhood by focusing on the ideas and strategies of Roman aristocratic mothers during familial conflict. Illuminating new approaches to the maternal and the familial employed by such women, it demonstrates how interventions gained increasing favor in early modern Rome. Series: Early Modern History: Society and Culture. Num Pages: 330 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JD; HBJD; HBTB; JFSJ1; JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 138 x 23. Weight in Grams: 518.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230203310
- ISBN
- 9780230203310
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 117.30
€ 117.30
paperback. Accounting for Affection examines the multifaceted nature of early modern motherhood by focusing on the ideas and strategies of Roman aristocratic mothers during familial conflict. Illuminating new approaches to the maternal and the familial employed by such women, it demonstrates how interventions gained increasing favor in early modern Rome. Series: Early Modern History: Society and Culture. Num Pages: 330 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBL; HBTB; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2015
- Number of pages
- 330
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349301140
- ISBN
- 9781349301140
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 116.94
€ 116.94
Hardback. Num Pages: 376 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JF; HBJD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 30. Weight in Grams: 714.
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 376
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801449437
- ISBN
- 9780801449437
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 84.95
€ 84.95
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
€ 91.17
€ 91.17
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
€ 35.79
€ 35.79
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€ 14.31
€ 17.99
€ 14.31
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
€ 134.56
€ 134.56
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
€ 43.77
€ 43.77
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
€ 36.99€ 28.87
€ 36.99
€ 28.87
Hardback. Num Pages: 210 pages, 9 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD1; HBLH; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 477.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave USA United States
- Number of pages
- 210
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403960894
- ISBN
- 9781403960894
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.11
€ 67.11
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
€ 36.99€ 36.59
€ 36.99
€ 36.59