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Regional & national history
Paperback. In 1945, Britain emerged as one of the 'Big Three' victors of the Second World War. Most people, in Britain and elsewhere, seem to have assumed that the British Empire would endure for a very long time to come. Yet within twenty years British power and influence had been enormously reduced. This book studies the causes and course of the process. Num Pages: 190 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD1; HBJF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 127. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 190
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349422449
- ISBN
- 9781349422449
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.96
€ 65.96
Paperback. Examining the epochal achievements of the Revolutionary era through the perspectives of war, leadership, and state formation, this collection demonstrates the author's belief that history is not shaped simply by vast, impersonal forces. It offers an interesting view into the character of George Washington by examining his relationships with women. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLH; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813923840
- ISBN
- 9780813923840
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.73
€ 33.73
Paperback. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 188 x 15. Weight in Grams: 249.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742522091
- ISBN
- 9780742522091
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.48
€ 46.48
Paperback. The 1918 Spanish flu epidemic is now widely recognized as the most devastating disease outbreak in recorded history. This cultural history reconstructs Spaniards' experience of the flu and traces the emergence of various competing narratives that arose in response to bacteriology's failure to explain and contain the disease's spread. Num Pages: 268 pages, 3 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBL; HBTB; MBX; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 348.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2013
- Number of pages
- 268
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349464395
- ISBN
- 9781349464395
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 126.85
€ 126.85
Paperback. Series: Studies in Military and Strategic History. Num Pages: 226 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBJD1; HBL; JPA; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2001
- Number of pages
- 226
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349426935
- ISBN
- 9781349426935
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.46
€ 66.46
Paperback. Series: Early Modern History: Society and Culture. Num Pages: 276 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1HB; HBJD; HBJH; HBLH; HBLL; HBTS; HRAC; HRAX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 142 x 17. Weight in Grams: 378.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 296
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403945518
- ISBN
- 9781403945518
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 35.19
€ 36.99
€ 35.19
Paperback. Based on extensive research in formerly secret archives, this volume examines the progress of Soviet industrialisation against the background of the rising threat of aggression from Germany, Japan and Italy, and the consolidation of Stalin's power. Num Pages: 496 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJ; HBL; HBW; KCD; KCZ; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 496
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349391240
- ISBN
- 9781349391240
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 250.65
€ 250.65
Paperback. An examination of the Soviet agricultural crisis of 1931-1933 which culminated in the major famine of 1933. Making extensive use of Russian and Ukrainian central and local archives, the book reaches new conclusions on how far this famine was 'organized' or 'artificial', and compares it with other famines in Russia and elsewhere. Num Pages: 572 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 3JJG; HBJD; HBLW; HBTK. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 141 x 216 x 35. Weight in Grams: 730.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230238558
- ISBN
- 9780230238558
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 198.31
€ 198.31
Paperback. This book examines the extraordinary events that led to China's transformation from a closed agrarian economy to an invincible manufacturing powerhouse of the global economy. Num Pages: 256 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJF; KCM; KCP; KCS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 167 x 19. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 2012 ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137351432
- ISBN
- 9781137351432
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 128.88
€ 128.88
Hardback. In this original and magisterial study, Spargo uses Levinas's work to approach our understanding of the suffering and death of others, and in doing so reintroduces an essential ethical element to the reading of literature, culture, and everyday life. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBTZ1; HP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801883118
- ISBN
- 9780801883118
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 78.05
€ 78.05
Hardback. This is a powerfully documented argument which contributes to the current reassessment of the Cold War and its origins. It shows that Stalin hoped for a general European war well before Hitler began World War II. Num Pages: 280 pages, 27 half-tones. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 1DVUA; 3JJG; 3JJH; HBJD; HBWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 160 x 24. Weight in Grams: 605.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804724159
- ISBN
- 9780804724159
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 80.79
€ 80.79
Hardback. The aim of this book is to present a long-term perspective on the City of London, seeking to examine, explain and evaluate the combination of trends and circumstances that have made it what it is today. Num Pages: 249 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJD1; JFSG; RGC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 470.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 249
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333550250
- ISBN
- 9780333550250
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.88
€ 127.88
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 432 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JB; 3JD; 3JF; HBJD; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 771.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691638195
- ISBN
- 9780691638195
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 221.33
€ 221.33
Hardcover. Armed with a wealth of new information, Craig examines the controversial 1948 allegations that Communist spies had penetrated the American government, and explores the "ambiguities" that have haunted it for more than half a century. Num Pages: 446 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BG; HBJK; HBLW; JPSH; JWK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 165 x 44. Weight in Grams: 794.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University Press of Kansas
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700613113
- ISBN
- 9780700613113
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 61.59
€ 61.59
Paperback. Series: Contemporary History in Context. Num Pages: 270 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD1; JPA; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 270
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349421251
- ISBN
- 9781349421251
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 127.06
€ 127.06
Paperback. Series: Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies Series. Num Pages: 286 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD1; HBJH; HBTB; HBTQ; JFFN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 359.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 286
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349338399
- ISBN
- 9781349338399
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.12
€ 66.12
hardcover. A Trying Question traces the history of the jury in Canada and links its nineteenth-century decline to the rise of the professional class. Series: Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History. Num Pages: 416 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBC; HBJK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 159 x 28. Weight in Grams: 680.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442640382
- ISBN
- 9781442640382
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 77.06
€ 77.06
Paperback. Arming and Disarming provides a careful exploration of how social, economic, cultural, legal, and constitutional concerns shaped gun legislation and its implementation, as well as how these factors defined Canada's historical and contemporary 'gun culture.' Series: Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History. Num Pages: 370 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBC; HBJK; JKV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 600.
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442626379
- ISBN
- 9781442626379
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 39.95
€ 43.99
€ 39.95
Paperback. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; JPA; KCP; KCZ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 157 x 21. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801483271
- ISBN
- 9780801483271
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 31.62
€ 34.99
€ 31.62
Paperback. This book explores the ways in which Ayurveda, the oldest medical tradition of the Indian subcontinent, was transformed from a composite of 'ancient' medical knowledge into a 'modern' medical system, suited to the demands posed by apparatuses of health developed in late colonial India. Series: Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies Series. Num Pages: 246 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD1; HBJF; HBTB; HBTQ; JPA; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 246
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349329687
- ISBN
- 9781349329687
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.08
€ 66.08