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Regional & national history
Hardcover. Tells the story of how Americans made sense of their country's constantly fluctuating borders and its annexation of vast new territories. This book looks at a variety of sources, including letters, speeches, newspaper editorials, and schoolbooks, as well as visual and literary works of art. Num Pages: 208 pages, 9 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 426.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Michigan Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780472115709
- ISBN
- 9780472115709
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 106.65
€ 106.65
Hardcover. Most Southerners who fought in the Civil War were native born, white, and Confederate. However, thousands with other ethnic back-grounds also took a stand - and not always for the South. This book recounts the wartime experiences of the region's German Americans, Native Americans, and African Americans. Series: Georgia Southern University Jack N. and Addie D. Averitt Lecture Series. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 277.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press
- Edition
- First Edition (1st printing)
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820327570
- ISBN
- 9780820327570
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 29.52
€ 34.99
€ 29.52
Paperback. At the end of the Second World War, the Soviet Union unexpectedly found itself in control of a huge swathe of territory in Eastern Europe. Stalin and his secret police set out to convert a dozen radically different countries to a completely new political and moral system: Communism. Num Pages: 656 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DV; HBJD; HBLW3; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 31. Weight in Grams: 480.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780141021874
- ISBN
- 9780141021874
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 12.16
€ 17.99
€ 12.16
Paperback. As Europe's borderlands emerged from Soviet rule, the author travelled from the Baltic to the Black Sea, through Lithuania, Belarus, Ukraine and the Carpathian mountains. Rich in vivid characters and stories of tragedy and survival, this book illuminates the soul of a place, and the secret history of its people. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; HBJD; HBJF; HBTB; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 246.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780141979229
- ISBN
- 9780141979229
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 12.10
€ 16.99
€ 12.10
Paperback. Reveals one of the greatest horrors of the 20th century: the system of Soviet camps that are responsible for the deaths of countless millions. This work presents history of the camp: from its origins under the tsars, to its colossal expansion under Stalin's reign of terror, its zenith in the late 1940s and eventual collapse in the era of glasnost. Num Pages: 624 pages, 16pp b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVU; HBJD; HBLW; HBTB; JPVR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 28. Weight in Grams: 446.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- First Penguin Edition
- SKU
- 9780140283105
- ISBN
- 9780140283105
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 12.16
€ 19.99
€ 12.16
Paperback. A collection of the writings of survivors of the Gulag, the Soviet concentration camps. It includes the personal stories of figures such as renowned literary scholar Dmitri Likhachev; Anatoly Marchenko, the son of illiterate labourers; and, American citizen Alexander Dolgun. Editor(s): Applebaum, Anne. Translator(s): Miller, Jane Ann. Series: Annals of Communism. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLW; JPVR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 141 x 15. Weight in Grams: 224.
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300177831
- ISBN
- 9780300177831
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.21
€ 17.99
€ 14.21
hardcover. Editor(s): Deighton, Anne. Series: St Antony's Series. Num Pages: 215 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBL; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 425.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United States
- Number of pages
- 215
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1995th Edition
- SKU
- V9780312125806
- ISBN
- 9780312125806
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 123.95
€ 123.95
Paperback. Goddesses and Queens: The Iconography of Elizabeth I is a collection of essays which explores the ways in which the rich and varied image of the queen was developed and negotiated by Elizabeth and her contemporaries, in portraits as well as a range of other printed texts. Editor(s): Connolly, Annaliese; Hopkins, Lisa. Num Pages: 224 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; ACND; AGH; HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 159 x 13. Weight in Grams: 336.
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719090110
- ISBN
- 9780719090110
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.92
€ 38.92
Paperback. A grand overview of the New World's most recognizable but least understood ancient city--Teotihuacan, in the Valley of Mexico--which proposes a new model for the city's social and political structure. Series: The William and Bettye Nowlin Series in Art, History, and Culture of the Western Hemisphere. Num Pages: 230 pages, 131 figures. BIC Classification: 1KLC; HBJK; HD; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 7112 x 5487 x 508. Weight in Grams: 936.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 230
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780292723092
- ISBN
- 9780292723092
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 33.49
€ 36.99
€ 33.49
Small Media, Big Revolution: Communication, Culture, and the Iranian R...
Annabelle Sreberny-Mohammadi
Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBN; HBJF1; HBLW3; HBTV; JFD; JPWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 223 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 348.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- V9780816622177
- ISBN
- 9780816622177
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.41
€ 33.99
€ 30.41
Paperback. Deals with the theory of the city or commonwealth, what would come to be called the state, in early modern natural law discourse. This book takes an approach by looking at this political entity from the perspective of its boundaries and those who crossed them. Num Pages: 264 pages, 5 halftones. 1 map. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JB; HBJD; HBLH; JPA; LAB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 236 x 156 x 16. Weight in Grams: 372.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- New in Paper
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691162416
- ISBN
- 9780691162416
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 27.25
€ 36.99
€ 27.25
Hardback. Charles II's first and most important parliament sat for eighteen years without a general election, earning itself the sobriquet "Long". This book is the study of this Restoration Parliament. It recovers a crucial period of parliamentary history, that helps to explain the Glorious Revolution, and opens a discussion about historiographical method. Num Pages: 304 pages, 1 black-&-white illustration. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; HBJD1; HBLH; JP. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 36. Weight in Grams: 680.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300137088
- ISBN
- 9780300137088
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 30.85
€ 42.99
€ 30.85
Paperback. Argues that the West has also sought to possess Jerusalem by acquiring its representations. From relics of the True Cross and Templar replicas of the Holy Sepulchre to Franciscan recreations of the Passion to nineteenth-century mass-produced prints, this work describes the evolving forms by which the city has been possessed in the West. Num Pages: 296 pages, 78 halftones. BIC Classification: 1FBH; HBJF1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 180 x 302 x 18. Weight in Grams: 696.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226894225
- ISBN
- 9780226894225
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.99€ 40.52
€ 51.99
€ 40.52
Paperback. Portrays an Anglo-Irish ascendancy, struggling through the post-war depression aided by drink, horse-racing and religion, and their own idiosyncratic adaptations to modern life. Num Pages: 276 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JJP; BGA; HBJD1; HBLW3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 139 x 20. Weight in Grams: 358.
- Publisher
- Eland Publishing Ltd
- Number of pages
- 276
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781906011024
- ISBN
- 9781906011024
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.01
€ 17.99
€ 13.01
Paperback. Editor(s): Cooper, Annabel. Num Pages: 376 pages, 300. BIC Classification: HBJM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 239 x 26. Weight in Grams: 1270.
- Publisher
- Otago University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781927322024
- ISBN
- 9781927322024
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 22.30
€ 30.99
€ 22.30
Hardcover. This text reconstructs the history of the Sufi Naqshbandi brotherhood and its impact on the North Caucasus (Chechnya and Daghestan) in the early 19th century. It draws on Naqshbandi Arabic sources to explain the pivotal role of Sufism in transforming mountain society. Num Pages: 288 pages, 4 maps, b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FC; HBJD; HBJF; HBLL; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230. Weight in Grams: 763.
- Publisher
- C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781850653844
- ISBN
- 9781850653844
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 58.23€ 57.33
€ 58.23
€ 57.33
Hardcover. Hybrid Knowledge in the Early East India Company World presents a new reading of the English East India Company 1660-1720. It shows how innovative works - covering natural history, ethnography, theology, linguistics, medicine, and agriculture - were created amid early modern struggles for supremacy in Asia, the Indian Ocean and the Atlantic. Series: Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies Series. Num Pages: 333 pages, 3 tables, 14 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1FKA; 3JF; 3JH; HBJF; HBTQ; KCZ; KNGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 141. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2015
- Number of pages
- 333
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137380197
- ISBN
- 9781137380197
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 154.93
€ 154.93
Paperback. Num Pages: 480 pages, 1 x 8 page colour plate. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JB; HBJD1; HBLH; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 198 x 31. Weight in Grams: 362.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 480
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781408833643
- ISBN
- 9781408833643
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.51
€ 19.99
€ 14.51
Hardback. U.S. Army Captain Kimberly N. Num Pages: 304 pages, 16 pages color photos. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; 1KBB; 3JM; HBJF1; HBLX; HBWS5; JWG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 514. The Story of Captain Kimberly Hampton, America's First Woman Combat Pilot Killed in Battle. 304 pages, 16 page colour photos. An all-American girl, a top scholar, student body president, ROTC battalion commander, and highly ranked college tennis player; and the first woman combat pilot killed in battle. Told through nearly fifty interviews and her own e-mails to family and friends, and is entwined with Ann Hampton's narrative of loving and losing a child. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1FBQ; 1KBB; 3JM; HBJF1; HBLX; HBWS5; JWG. Dimension: 230 x 161 x 21. Weight: 514.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Casemate Publishers
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781612001029
- ISBN
- 9781612001029
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 27.93
€ 31.99
€ 27.93
Paperback. Translator(s): Silva, A.; Silvas, Anna. Series: Brepols Medieval Women Studies. Num Pages: 328 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3H; HBJD; HBLC; HRC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 594.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Pennsylvania State University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780271019543
- ISBN
- 9780271019543
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 33.77
€ 43.99
€ 33.77
Paperback. Editor(s): Abulafia, Anna Sapir. Num Pages: 223 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBL; HPC; HRAX; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 290.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2002
- Number of pages
- 223
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349424993
- ISBN
- 9781349424993
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 133.21
€ 133.21
Hardcover. Anna Riehl investigates the aesthetic, political, and gender-related meanings inscribed in Queen Elizabeth I's face by her contemporaries. Series: Queenship and Power. Num Pages: 248 pages, 14 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3J; HBJD1; HBLH; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 149 x 19. Weight in Grams: 402.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230614956
- ISBN
- 9780230614956
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 122.69
€ 122.69
Paperback. The siege of Leningrad is one of the great stories of extraordinary and heroic endurance in World War II Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 33. Weight in Grams: 432. Tragedy of a City Under Siege, 1941-44. 512 pages. The siege of Leningrad is one of the great stories of extraordinary and heroic endurance in World War II. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DVU; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ. Dimension: 198 x 130 x 33. Weight: 380.
- Edition
- First Paperback Edition
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
- Number of pages
- 512
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781408822418
- ISBN
- 9781408822418
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 16.13
€ 21.99
€ 16.13
Hardback. This work challenges contemporary thinking on memory by examining the complex ways in which the social inheritance of the Nazi Holocaust is gendered. It considers how the past is handed down in the US, Poland and Britain through means such as historiography, autobiographies, films and museums. Num Pages: 238 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBTZ1; JFC; JFSJ; JMRM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 417.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 238
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333761472
- ISBN
- 9780333761472
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 133.21
€ 133.21