Regional & national history
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Regional & national history
Paperback. A study of colonialism and the colonial state based on South Asia. The author explores how the metropolitan state was hegemonic, and its claim to dominance was based on power in which persuasion outweighed coercion, yet it sired a non-hegemonic colonial state in which coercion was paramount. Series: Convergences: Inventories of the Present. Num Pages: 268 pages, 2 line illustrations, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 3JF; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJF; HBLL; HBLW; HBTB; HBTQ; HBTR; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 162 x 16. Weight in Grams: 399.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 268
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674214835
- ISBN
- 9780674214835
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.99€ 41.19
€ 48.99
€ 41.19
paperback. Different countries give different opening dates for the period of the Second World War, but perhaps the most compelling is 1937, when the 'Marco Polo Bridge Incident' plunged China and Japan into a conflict of extraordinary duration and ferocity. This book focuses on this incident. Num Pages: 480 pages, 2 x 8pp b&w. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1FPJ; 3JJH; HBJF; HBLW; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 23. Weight in Grams: 360.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780141031453
- ISBN
- 9780141031453
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 13.91
€ 16.99
€ 13.91
Paperback. This Very Short Introduction addresses the themes, developments, and controversies that have shaped Modern China. Covering a range of social issues, Rana Mitter provides a contemporary view of the world's most populous nation, with a new acknowledgement of China's changing foreign policy, and its unique engagement with the internet. Series: Very Short Introductions. Num Pages: 176 pages, 12 black and white halftones. BIC Classification: HBJ; JF; JP; RG. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 113 x 173 x 11. Weight in Grams: 132.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- OUP Oxford
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780198753704
- ISBN
- 9780198753704
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.99€ 10.38
€ 12.99
€ 10.38
Paperback. China is poised to take a key role on the world stage, but in the early twentieth century the situation could not have been more different. This book goes back to this pivotal moment in Chinese history to uncover the origins of the painful transition from a premodern past into a modern world. Series: Making of the Modern World. Num Pages: 384 pages, numerous halftones. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 198 x 22. Weight in Grams: 576.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 384
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780192806055
- ISBN
- 9780192806055
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 17.61
€ 23.99
€ 17.61
paperback. 'Masterful .. (A) scathing but heartfelt portrait.' Norman G. Finkelstein Comprehensive account of the last five years by leading Palestinian journalist. Num Pages: 240 pages, 26 photos. BIC Classification: 1FBP; 3JMC; HBJF1; HBLX; JPS; JPWS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 150 x 15. Weight in Grams: 277.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Pluto Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780745325477
- ISBN
- 9780745325477
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 21.39
€ 31.99
€ 21.39
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Pluto Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745328812
- ISBN
- 9780745328812
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 22.84
€ 33.99
€ 22.84
Paperback. The medieval Rajput queen Padmini - believed to have been pursued by Alauddin Khalji, the Sultan of Delhi - has been the focus of numerous South Asian narratives. This book investigates these legends and traces their subsequent appropriation by colonial administrators and nationalist intellectuals, for varying different political ends. Num Pages: 280 pages, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1FKA; GTB; HBJF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5830 x 3895 x 17. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295987606
- ISBN
- 9780295987606
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.70
€ 32.99
€ 29.70
Paperback. Focusing on the malaise of underdevelopment that has shaped the country since the Spanish conquest, the author offers a panoramic interpretation of Mexican history and culture from the pre-Hispanic and colonial eras through the twentieth century. He helps us understand where the country has come, why it is where it is today, and where it might go. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; HBJK; HBTB; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 414.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520262362
- ISBN
- 9780520262362
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.06
€ 40.99
€ 29.06
Paperback. New English translation of Llull's classic and significant text, restoring the nuances of the original. Translator(s): Fallows, Noel. Num Pages: 120 pages, 11, 11 colour illustrations, 11 colour. BIC Classification: 1D; 3H; HBJD; HBLC1; HBTB; JHBT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 10. Weight in Grams: 226.
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 120
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843838494
- ISBN
- 9781843838494
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 28.75
€ 33.99
€ 28.75
Hardback. The contributors to this major intervention into Indian historiography recover the long history of Dalit struggles against caste violence, exclusion, and discrimination by focusing on the importance of humiliation, dignity, and spatial exclusion to Dalit emancipatory politics. Editor(s): Rawat, Ramnarayan S.; Satyanarayana, K. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1FK; HBJF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822361138
- ISBN
- 9780822361138
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 114.89
€ 114.89
Paperback. The contributors to this major intervention into Indian historiography recover the long history of Dalit struggles against caste violence, exclusion, and discrimination by focusing on the importance of humiliation, dignity, and spatial exclusion to Dalit emancipatory politics. Editor(s): Rawat, Ramnarayan S.; Satyanarayana, K. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1FK; HBJF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5830 x 3895 x 18. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822361329
- ISBN
- 9780822361329
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.51
€ 31.99
€ 28.51
Paperback. Winner of the DEBUT POLITICAL BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD 2015 A searing, energetic portrait of life in modern Tehran - 'deeply researched yet as exciting as a novel' Simon Sebag Montefiore Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBN; 3JMG; HBJF1; HBLX; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 27. Weight in Grams: 242.
- Publisher
- Orion Publishing Co
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780225128
- ISBN
- 9781780225128
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.08
€ 13.99
€ 11.08
paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Edition
- New edition
- Number of pages
- 440
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295986500
- ISBN
- 9780295986500
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.27
€ 44.27
Paperback. Traces the diverse social currents that developed alongside and interacted with political and economic forces to bring about change in Eastern Europe. This book shows how the processes leading to the collapse of communism began more than a decade earlier and how they were necessarily manifested in spheres as diverse as religion and rock music. Num Pages: 616 pages. BIC Classification: 1DV; HBJD; HBTB; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 158 x 37. Weight in Grams: 1012.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 616
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822315483
- ISBN
- 9780822315483
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 33.91
€ 37.99
€ 33.91
Paperback. It took three weeks for the second Gulf War to shake the world, despite public protest and international negotiation. Here, Guardian journalists - some of them in the heat of battle, some of them at a more reflective distance around the world - tell the story of this controversial war. Editor(s): Ramesh, Randeep. Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrationsmap,ports. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; 3JM; HBJF1; HBLW; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 126 x 21. Weight in Grams: 225.
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Faber and Faber
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- SKU
- KNW0009756
- ISBN
- 9780571221103
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.49
€ 5.49
hardcover. Series: Routledge Studies in Middle Eastern Politics. Num Pages: 240 pages, 1 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1DVT; 3JJPR; 3JM; HBJF1; HBLW3; HBLX; JFSL1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 163 x 234 x 18. Weight in Grams: 502.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415824187
- ISBN
- 9780415824187
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 185.91
€ 185.91
Paperback. Num Pages: 383 pages, maps, ports. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HBJF; JF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 240. Weight in Grams: 726.
- Publisher
- International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs Denmark
- Number of pages
- 383
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788790730727
- ISBN
- 9788790730727
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 22.64
€ 25.99
€ 22.64
Hardback.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 254
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843843597
- ISBN
- 9781843843597
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 97.32
€ 97.32
Hardcover. These essays, first published in 1860, were developed from a series of lectures and show Emerson's interest in many practical aspects of human life and reflect his increasing involvement in politics - chiefly the anti-slavery movement - during the decade before the Civil War. Editor(s): Packer, Barbara L.; Wilson, Douglas Emory; Slater, Joseph. Num Pages: 560 pages, 3 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DNF; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 858.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Belknap Press of Harvard University Press
- Number of pages
- 560
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674011908
- ISBN
- 9780674011908
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 129.47€ 115.11
€ 129.47
€ 115.11
Paperback. King John long ago acquired the epithet 'Bad,' and he is reputed to be the worst of England's kings. Before his death in 1216, his desperate exploitation of his subjects for ever more money had turned him into the mythical monster of Hollywood legend. This is his biography. Num Pages: 240 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; HBJD1; HBLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 125 x 17. Weight in Grams: 260.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752448503
- ISBN
- 9780752448503
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.34
€ 17.99
€ 16.34