Regional & national history
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Regional & national history
paperback. Storytelling kept alive the myths, legends, and history of the Blasket Islands, which are three miles off Irelands Dingle Peninsula. In her old age, Peig Sayers, 'the Queen of Gaelic storytellers', recounted her life to her son, who recorded the tale in this book. She recalls the events of her life and her simple philosophy. Translator(s): Ennis, Seamus. Num Pages: 160 pages, endpaper map. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JH; 3JJ; BGH; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 11. Weight in Grams: 124 131pp. 2000 reprint. Translated from the Irish by Seamus Ennis
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1961
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press London
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780192812391
- ISBN
- 9780192812391
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 10.64
€ 15.99
€ 10.64
Paperback. A sweeping biography of the legendary Spanish queen who was patron of Christopher Columbus, brought the Inquisition to Spain, expelled the Jews from the Iberian Peninsula, and was mother of the first wife of King Henry VIII. Series: The Middle Ages Series. Num Pages: 496 pages, 22 illus. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 3H; 3JB; BGH; HBJD; HBLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 158 x 36. Weight in Grams: 754.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Edition
- Second Edition
- Number of pages
- 492
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812218978
- ISBN
- 9780812218978
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 37.49
€ 41.99
€ 37.49
Paperback. Translator(s): Ouahes, Colette; Floor, Willem. Num Pages: 582 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBN; 1QDT; HBJF1; HRAM2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 155 x 35. Weight in Grams: 910.
- Publisher
- Mage Publishers
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st Paperback Original
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781933823652
- ISBN
- 9781933823652
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 59.07€ 46.59
€ 59.07
€ 46.59
Paperback. One hundred and fifty years after Kansas became a state, historians are still uncovering the implications of its history as a territory. While most histories focus on the facts of the violence, this book focuses on the question of why both the local and national governments allowed the violence to continue unstaunched for so long. Num Pages: 292 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBNK; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 60 x 90 x 25. Weight in Grams: 431.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Northern Illinois University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780875807065
- ISBN
- 9780875807065
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.62
€ 31.99
€ 28.62
Hardcover. One hundred and fifty years after Kansas became a state, historians are still uncovering the implications of its history as a territory. While most histories focus on the facts of the violence, this book focuses on the question of why both the local and national governments allowed the violence to continue unstaunched for so long. Num Pages: 292 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBNK; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 60 x 90 x 28. Weight in Grams: 680.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Northern Illinois University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780875804866
- ISBN
- 9780875804866
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 139.86
€ 139.86
Hardcover. Does religion encourage altruism on behalf of those who do not belong? Are the very religious more likely to be altruistic toward outsiders than those who are less religious? In this volume, Pearl M. Oliner examines data on Christian rescuers and nonrescuers of Jews during the Holocaust to shed light on these important questions. Num Pages: 256 pages, 9 illustrations. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBTZ1; JH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 21. Weight in Grams: 517. Fine copy, with fine D.J
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- SKU
- KST0009839
- ISBN
- 9780300100631
Hardback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 5.49
€ 5.49
paperback. "Time Longer than Rope" unearths the ordinary roots of extraordinary change, demonstrating the depth and breadth of black oppositional spirit and activity that preceded the civil rights movement. Editor(s): Payne, Charles M.; Green, Adam. Num Pages: 584 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLL; HBLW; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 27. Weight in Grams: 782.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 584
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814767030
- ISBN
- 9780814767030
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.86
€ 33.99
€ 30.86
Hardback. Num Pages: 192 pages, 107 b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ; JWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764351907
- ISBN
- 9780764351907
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 28.55
€ 42.99
€ 28.55
Paperback. Winner of the 2011 Thomas E. Skidmore Prize, this new translation of Paulo Fontes's Migration and the Making of Industrial Sao Paulo is a detailed social history of the millions who migrated from Brazil's Northeast to Sao Paulo. Num Pages: 304 pages, 3 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLS; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 154 x 19. Weight in Grams: 442.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822361343
- ISBN
- 9780822361343
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.62
€ 31.99
€ 28.62
Paperback. Country by country, historians follow the routes taken by Che Guevara on his two trips across Latin America in the early 1950s. Editor(s): Drinot, Paulo. Num Pages: 4 photos, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KL; 3JJPG; BGH; HBJK; HBLW3; JPWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 215 x 139 x 19. Weight in Grams: 384.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822347675
- ISBN
- 9780822347675
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.62
€ 31.99
€ 28.62
Paperback. Presents essays on seven core, premodern classical Chinese texts. This book draws from literature, philosophy, religion, and art history and challenges the presumption of a monolithic Chinese tradition that has been promoted by scholars and popular culture alike, both in China and the West. Editor(s): Yu, Pauline; Bol, Peter; Owen, Stephen; Peterson, Willard. Series: Studies on China. Num Pages: 292 pages, 6 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 2GDC; DSB; HBG; HBJF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 458.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 292
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520224667
- ISBN
- 9780520224667
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 28.48
€ 38.99
€ 28.48
Hardcover. Drawing on 28 original essays, A Companion to the Early Middle Ages takes an inclusive approach to the history of Britain and Ireland from c. 500 to c. 1100 to overcome artificial distinctions of modern national boundaries. Editor(s): Stafford, Pauline. Series: Blackwell Companions to British History. Num Pages: 576 pages, Illustrations maps. BIC Classification: 3F; HBJD1; HBLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 249 x 179 x 35. Weight in Grams: 1120.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 576
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405106283
- ISBN
- 9781405106283
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 200.61
€ 200.61
Paperback. * Important study of women and power in medieval England. * Sets biographical study of two early English queens in social and political context. * Draws on latest research in womena s and feminist history as anthropology. * Provides insights into structure of medieval rule. . Num Pages: 384 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3F; 3H; BGH; BGR; HBJD1; HBLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 622.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631227380
- ISBN
- 9780631227380
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.99€ 50.57
€ 51.99
€ 50.57
Paperback. Drawing on 28 original essays, A Companion to the Early Middle Ages takes an inclusive approach to the history of Britain and Ireland from c. 500 to c. 1100 to overcome artificial distinctions of modern national boundaries. Editor(s): Stafford, Pauline. Series: Blackwell Companions to British History. Num Pages: 574 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3F; HBJD1; HBLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 246 x 173 x 25. Weight in Grams: 870.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 572
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781118425138
- ISBN
- 9781118425138
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.46
€ 52.46
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Edition
- Second Edition
- Number of pages
- 500
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393168167
- ISBN
- 9780393168167
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 79.16€ 77.37
€ 79.16
€ 77.37
Hardback. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 3JJ; AVGC; HBJD; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300217193
- ISBN
- 9780300217193
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 49.99€ 35.80
€ 49.99
€ 35.80
Paperback. Examines the role of white women in perpetuating racism after the American Revolution. The author examines the lives and writings of three women of the period - Mercy Otis Warren, Abigall Smith Adams, and Judith Sargent Murray.This book sheds light on a previously unknown chapter in race and gender relations in the early American Republic. Num Pages: 243 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLL; JFSJ1; JFSL1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 13. Weight in Grams: 349.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 243
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- New Ed
- SKU
- V9780814797624
- ISBN
- 9780814797624
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.73
€ 32.99
€ 29.73
hardcover. This book argues that the "Yan'an Way," long celebrated by the Chinese Communist Party as the foundation and model for its success, was a product of quite special circumstances that were not replicable in most other parts of China. Num Pages: 360 pages, 9 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJG; 3JJH; HBJF; HBLW; JPFC; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 161 x 26. Weight in Grams: 671.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804728256
- ISBN
- 9780804728256
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 86.69
€ 86.69
Paperback. Num Pages: 264 pages, 15. BIC Classification: 1DVK; 3JJP; HBJD; HBLW3; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 231 x 16. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801476426
- ISBN
- 9780801476426
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 31.81
€ 34.99
€ 31.81
Hardback. Num Pages: 360 pages, 23 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTB; JHBK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691162577
- ISBN
- 9780691162577
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.98
€ 33.99
€ 24.98