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Hardback. .
Publisher
Pen & Sword Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Edition
F First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848842106
ISBN
9781848842106
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.63

Hardback. The Black Middle is the first book-length study of the interaction of black slaves and other people of African descent with Mayas and Spaniards in the Spanish colonial province of Yucatan (southern Mexico). Num Pages: 456 pages, 39 tables, 4 figures, 13 illustrations, 11 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 3JB; 3JD; 3JF; 3JH; HBJK; HBLH; HBLL; HBTS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 30. Weight in Grams: 771.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
456
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804749831
ISBN
9780804749831
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 159.74

Paperback. This Very Short Introduction examines the Spanish conquistadors who invaded the Americas in the sixteenth century, as well as the Native American Kingdoms they invaded. Series: Very Short Introductions. Num Pages: 144 pages, 10 black and white halftones. BIC Classification: 1K; 3JB; 3JD; HBJK; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 172 x 114 x 8. Weight in Grams: 114.
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
128
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195392296
ISBN
9780195392296
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.26

Hardcover.
Publisher
Irish Academic Press Ltd
Number of pages
256
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780716529897
ISBN
9780716529897
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 35.00
€ 28.42

paperback. Explores the lives and experiences of those whose fortunes rose and fell with the West Indian empire. From the ambitious and brilliant entrepreneurs, to the grandees wielding power across the Atlantic, this title presents the story of how a few small islands and a handful of families decisively shaped the British Empire. Num Pages: 480 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KJ; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 192 x 160 x 30. Weight in Grams: 362.
Publisher
Windmill Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099558453
ISBN
9780099558453
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.43

Paperback. The compelling account of one of the most ferocious and costly battles of World War Two, including interviews with hundreds of veterans who have never spoken publicly before Num Pages: 480 pages, 16pp b/w plus 13 maps. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 34. Weight in Grams: 352.
Publisher
Headline Publishing Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
480
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780755311767
ISBN
9780755311767
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.81

Paperback. Traces a heroic dream that spanned four centuries: to build a canal linking the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. This book explores the fierce geo-political struggle behind the heroic vision of the canal, and the immense engineering and medical battles that were fought. Num Pages: 464 pages, 16. BIC Classification: 1KLCPC; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 30. Weight in Grams: 350.
Publisher
Cornerstone United Kingdom
Number of pages
464
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
paperback / softback
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099484332
ISBN
9780099484332
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.69

Paperback. At the beginning of the 1650s, England was in ruins - wrecked by plague and civil war. Yet shimmering on the horizon was a vision of paradise: Willoughbyland. This book fetures an untold story of Willoughbyland's spectacular rise and fall, set at a pivotal moment in British and world history. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLS; 3JD; HBJK; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Cornerstone United Kingdom
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099559399
ISBN
9780099559399
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 16.82

Hardback. Examines a pivotal period in the history of Europe and the near East. Spanning the ancient and medieval worlds, this title investigates the ideal of sacred kingship that emerged in the late Roman and Persian empires. It brings to life the courts of two global powers that affected the cultures of medieval Europe, Byzantium, Islam and South Asia. Series Editor(s): Brown, Peter. Series: Transformation of the Classical Heritage. Num Pages: 456 pages, 45 black-and-white photographs and 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1QDAP; 1QDAR; ACG; ACK; HBJD; HBJF1; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 165 x 40. Weight in Grams: 906.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
First
Number of pages
456
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520257276
ISBN
9780520257276
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 84.05
€ 64.94

Hardback.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
300
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843838159
ISBN
9781843838159
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 115.88

Hardback. Since 1945, as the U.S. has engaged in near-constant "wars of choice" with limited congressional oversight, the executive and armed services have shared primary responsibility for often ill-defined objectives, strategies, and benefits. Matthew Moten shows the significance of negotiations between presidents and the generals allied with them. Num Pages: 416 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBW; JPHC; JPS; JWK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 163 x 238 x 35. Weight in Grams: 812.
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674058149
ISBN
9780674058149
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 53.99
€ 45.42

Hardback. This book examines the emergence of modern Chinese geopolitics by showing how, in its relations with British India, the Qing empire came to understand its place in the world through competition with European imperialism. Num Pages: 408 pages, map. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 1FPC; HBJF; JPSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 28. Weight in Grams: 680.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
408
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804782241
ISBN
9780804782241
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 149.83

Paperback. .
Publisher
Manchester University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
232
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719070556
ISBN
9780719070556
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 19.56

Paperback. A journalist examines the war in Kosovo.PW Best Book of the Year - Nonfiction, 2002 Num Pages: 240 pages, 12 b&w illustrations, 8 pages with halftones. BIC Classification: 1DVWYS; HBJD; HBLW3; JWXK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 222 x 145 x 16. Weight in Grams: 316.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814756614
ISBN
9780814756614
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.73

Hardback. Paper Memory tells of one man's mission to preserve for posterity the memory of everyday life in sixteenth-century Germany. Lundin takes us inside the mind of an undistinguished German burgher, Hermann Weinsberg, whose early-modern writings sought to make sense of changes that were unsettling the foundations of his world. Series: Harvard Historical Studies. Num Pages: 352 pages, 9 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JB; BM; HBJD; HBLH; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 165 x 236 x 25. Weight in Grams: 654.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674065949
ISBN
9780674065949
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 61.50
€ 56.59

Paperback. Explores the events of the Wars of the Roses through the eyes of the key players. Discover the personalities behind the fight for the throne. Num Pages: 304 pages, 40. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3H; HBJD1; HBLC1; HBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 126 x 328 x 20. Weight in Grams: 254.
Publisher
Amberley Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781445660233
ISBN
9781445660233
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.53

Hardcover. Matthew Lenoe traces the origins of Stalinist mass culture to newspaper journalism in the later 1920s. In examining the transformation of Soviet newspapers during the New Economic Policy and the First Five Year Plan, Lenoe tells a dramatic story of purges, political intrigues, and social upheaval. Series: Russian Research Center Studies. Num Pages: 326 pages, 6 halftones, 4 tables. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 3JJG; HBJD; HBLW; HBTB; JFC; JPFC; JPVN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 163 x 242 x 27. Weight in Grams: 618.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Number of pages
326
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674013193
ISBN
9780674013193
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 94.65
€ 85.38

Hardback. Num Pages: 480 pages, 6 maps. BIC Classification: 1DBKEY; HBJD1; HBLC1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 33. Weight in Grams: 848.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748632787
ISBN
9780748632787
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 136.14
€ 130.48

Paperback. Describes the formation of a masculine ideology in the decades prior to the war, and shows how it thrived - on the job, and through union politics. This title provides a context for our ideas of postwar masculinity and whiteness and finally returns the men of the home front to our reckoning of the Greatest Generation and the New Deal era. Num Pages: 360 pages, 29 halftones, 1 line drawing. BIC Classification: 1KBBWM; 3JJH; HBJK; HBTB; HBWQ; KNAT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226044194
ISBN
9780226044194
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 29.67

Paperback. Embarks on a journey through author's ancestor's footsteps, travelling through places they lived, and landscapes they survived, to provide an account of these extraordinary people and their unique history. Num Pages: 352 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVP; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 27. Weight in Grams: 328.
Publisher
Vintage Books
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099515999
ISBN
9780099515999
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.65

Hardback. A clothier and a deeply religious man, Joseph Ryder faithfully kept a diary from 1733 until his death in 1768. The author interprets Ryder's diary, which provides a real-life perspective on the relationship between capitalism and Protestantism at a time when Britain was rapidly changing from a traditional to a modern society. Series: The Lewis Walpole Series in Eighteenth-Century Culture and History. Num Pages: 288 pages, 15 black-&-white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JF; HBJD1; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 167 x 242 x 26. Weight in Grams: 606.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300169614
ISBN
9780300169614
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 76.95
€ 59.72

Paperback. Opens up new ways of thinking about the period, 1400-1750. An original and theoretically-informed contribution to the discipline. Wide-disciplinary appeal. Well-illustrated. Series: Social Archaeology. Num Pages: 244 pages, with 41 illus. BIC Classification: 1D; HBG; HBJD1; HBLH; HBLL; HDT; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 153 x 17. Weight in Grams: 428.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
244
Condition
New
SKU
V9781557863485
ISBN
9781557863485
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 57.53

Paperback. Over recent decades much has been written on the complexities of Imperial Germany. More is known today about the politics, society, economy and culture of the German Empire than ever before. However, the sheer volume of new scholarship makes it increasingly challenging to synthesize all the available information. Series: Contesting the Past. Num Pages: 248 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JH; 3JJC; 3JJF; HBJD; HBLL; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 18. Weight in Grams: 372.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405129978
ISBN
9781405129978
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.13

Hardcover. 223pp. Keywords: Irish Abroad. These essays examine diverse elements of the Irish American Experience in the fifteen years after World War II. It emphasises the transition through which the diaspora were moving with focus on social and political developments
Publisher
Irish Academic Press Ltd Dublin
Number of pages
276
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
9780716529873
ISBN
9780716529873
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 60.00
€ 42.11

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