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Regional & national history
Paperback. Even as unemployment rates soared during the Great Depression, FDR's relief and social security programs faced attacks in Congress and the courts on the legitimacy of federal aid to the growing population of poor. This book recovers this crucial aspect of American history, tracing the roots of the modern American welfare state. Num Pages: 352 pages, 23 halftones, 1 line drawing, 13 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW; JPQB; LAZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 160 x 20. Weight in Grams: 506.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226923499
- ISBN
- 9780226923499
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 28.79
€ 35.99
€ 28.79
Hardcover. Editor(s): Ford, Michele; Pepinsky, Thomas B. Num Pages: 192 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1FM; HBJF; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 18. Weight in Grams: 599.
- Publisher
- Southeast Asia Program Publications
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780877273264
- ISBN
- 9780877273264
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 139.86
€ 139.86
Paperback. This text examines the social, spatial and property practices of New Zealand's high country. It combines historical, literary and ethnographic approaches to draw a portrait of families whose many features can be used in the debates about land use in the colonies of the British diaspora. Num Pages: 328 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1MBN; HBJM; JFSL9; JHMC; RNT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 160 x 16. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742509528
- ISBN
- 9780742509528
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 73.41
€ 73.41
Hardcover. A new and comparative study of the ship type that fought at Jutland. Num Pages: 256 pages, 220 black and white photographs and line drawings. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DFG; 3JJC; 3JJF; HBJD; HBLW; HBWN; JWMV2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 289 x 245. .
- Publisher
- Seaforth Publishing
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848321847
- ISBN
- 9781848321847
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 37.19
€ 52.99
€ 37.19
Paperback. A gripping account of both an individual caught on the horns of an excruciating moral dilemma and a continent at a turning point. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFGK; BGH; HBJH; HBLW; JPZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 25. Weight in Grams: 258.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Number of pages
- 400
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- Reprint edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780007241972
- ISBN
- 9780007241972
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 12.91
€ 17.99
€ 12.91
Paperback. A story of grim comedy amid the apocalypse and a celebration of the sheer indestructibility of the human spirit in a nation run riot: Michela Wrong's vision of Congo/Zaire during the Mobutu years is incisive, ironic and revelatory. Num Pages: 336 pages, 16 b/w plates (8pp). BIC Classification: 1HFJC; 1HFJZ; HBJH; HBLW3; JPV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 128 x 22. Weight in Grams: 260.
- Publisher
- Fourth Estate
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781841154220
- ISBN
- 9781841154220
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 12.84
€ 17.99
€ 12.84
Matteo Ricci (1552-1610) is widely considered the most outstanding cultural mediator of all time between China and the West. This engrossing and fluid book offers a thorough, knowledgeable biography of this fascinating and influential man, telling a deeply human and captivating story that still resonates today. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JB; HBJF; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 165 x 241 x 28. Weight in Grams: 672.
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442205864
- ISBN
- 9781442205864
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 132.10
€ 132.10
Paperback. This work confronts the complex question of nationalism in France in its various permutations myths, obsessions, possibilities, and dangers. The author distinguishes between an open nationalism, based on the revolutionary values of liberty and equality for all, and closed nationalism. Translator(s): Todd, Jane. Num Pages: 352 pages, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 3JF; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLL; JPFN; JPFQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 366
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804732871
- ISBN
- 9780804732871
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.15
€ 37.99
€ 34.15
Paperback. Offers a study of those at the centre of Western civilization's vision of the world - the Enlightenment: nobles, priests, functionaries, men of letters, artists, explorers, soldiers and women. This book examines the fundamental structures of society, and attitudes to birth, death and sexuality. Editor(s): Vovelle, Michel. Translator(s): Cochrane, Lydia G. Num Pages: 460 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BGH; HBG; HBJD; HBLH; HBLL; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 155 x 28. Weight in Grams: 634.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 460
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226865706
- ISBN
- 9780226865706
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 59.21€ 50.62
€ 59.21
€ 50.62
Paperback. The second volume of Michel Leiris's hugely influential four-volume autobiographical essay, available to English-language readers in a brilliant and sensitive translation by Lydia Davis Translator(s): Davis, Lydia. Series: The Margellos World Republic of Letters. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JJ; BGH; BGLA; HBJD; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300212389
- ISBN
- 9780300212389
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 15.36
€ 18.99
€ 15.36
Paperback. A dazzling translation by Lydia Davis of the first volume of Michel Leiris's masterwork, perhaps the most important French autobiographical enterprise of the twentieth century Translator(s): Davis, Lydia. Series: The Margellos World Republic of Letters. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JJ; BGH; BGLA; HBJD; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300212372
- ISBN
- 9780300212372
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 17.98
€ 23.99
€ 17.98
Paperback. Asks how a virulent anti-Americanism developed in a Nicaraguan society that also seemed to embrace Americanization fervently and explores the historical roots of this paradox Series: American Encounters/Global Interactions. Num Pages: 392 pages, 26 illus., 3 tables, 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLCN; HBJK; HBLL; HBLW; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 24. Weight in Grams: 572.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822336471
- ISBN
- 9780822336471
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.60
€ 32.99
€ 29.60
Paperback. Interweaving substantial excerpts from primary historical documents with commentary, this text shows how the plague of sorceries and possessions in France that climaxed in the events at Loudun both revealed the deepest fears of a society in traumatic flux and accelerated its transformation. Translator(s): Smith, Michael B. Num Pages: 264 pages, 28 halftones, 5 maps, 1 table. BIC Classification: 3JD; HBJD; HBLH; HBTB; HRQX9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 15. Weight in Grams: 396.
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226100357
- ISBN
- 9780226100357
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 29.70
€ 37.99
€ 29.70
Paperback. This volume provides an analysis of Christian mysticism during the 16th and 17th centuries, along with an application of the author's transdisciplinary historiography. It aims to reveal the "mystical" aspect of postmodernism's movement of perpetual departure. Translator(s): Smith, Michael B. Series: Religion and Postmodernism. Num Pages: 384 pages, 2 halftones, 7 line drawings, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1D; HBAH; HBJD; HBLH; HBTB; HRCS1; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 156 x 229 x 28. Weight in Grams: 624.
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226100371
- ISBN
- 9780226100371
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.99€ 38.29
€ 48.99
€ 38.29
Paperback. Translator(s): Lorton, David. Num Pages: 128 pages, 12. BIC Classification: 1QDAE; HBJH; HBLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 9. Weight in Grams: 171.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801489532
- ISBN
- 9780801489532
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 31.70
€ 34.99
€ 31.70
Paperback. Translator(s): Lorton, David. Num Pages: 240 pages, 52. BIC Classification: 1QDAE; HBJH; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 154 x 14. Weight in Grams: 326.
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801485763
- ISBN
- 9780801485763
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.60
€ 32.99
€ 29.60
Paperback. A classic and memorable first-person account of the War of Independence in County Cork. Num Pages: 320 pages, 16. BIC Classification: HBJD1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 138 x 30. Weight in Grams: 360.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- The Mercier Press Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781781171486
- ISBN
- 9781781171486
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 13.21
€ 14.99
€ 13.21
Paperback. The first major academic study of the Ulster Plantation in over 25 years. This collection of essays by leading scholars in the field on a broad range of historical and literary topics redresses the previous coverage of the plantations, moving away from an exclusive colonial perspective, to include the native Catholic experience. Editor(s): O Siochru, Dr. Micheal; Ciardha, Eamonn. Series Editor(s): Edwards, David. Series: Studies in Early Modern Irish History. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKN; 3JD; HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 157 x 18. Weight in Grams: 472.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780719095504
- ISBN
- 9780719095504
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 23.26
€ 23.99
€ 23.26
Paperback. This volume explores one of the key episodes in Irish history from a variety of historical perspectives and situates the 1641 massacres in their early modern Irish, European and Atlantic contexts. Editor(s): O Siochru, Dr. Micheal; Ohlmeyer, Jane. Series: Studies in Early Modern Irish History. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JD; HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 157 x 25. Weight in Grams: 488.
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719097263
- ISBN
- 9780719097263
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.56
€ 48.56
Paperback. Describes how blacks, Africans, and Afro-Americans, deeply influenced white's perceptions, values, and identity, and that although two world views existed, there was a deep symbiotic relatedness that must be explored if we are to understand either or both of them. Num Pages: 388 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 571.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 388
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691006086
- ISBN
- 9780691006086
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.29€ 42.32
€ 53.29
€ 42.32
Paperback. Series: Jeffersonian America. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL; HBWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813934136
- ISBN
- 9780813934136
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.74
€ 35.74
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Northwestern University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810119598
- ISBN
- 9780810119598
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.86
€ 32.86
Hardcover. In this novel perspective on a much-maligned figure, Michal Biran explains the monumental impact Chinggis Khan has had upon the Islamic World, both positive and negative. Series: Makers of the Muslim World. Num Pages: 160 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1QDM; HBJF; HBLC; HRH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 135 x 19. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Publisher
- Oneworld Publications United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781851685028
- ISBN
- 9781851685028
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 34.86
€ 34.86
Hardback. Series: Wiley Blackwell Brief Histories of Religion. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBH; 1FBP; HBJF; HRAX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2018
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405179713
- ISBN
- 9781405179713
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.10€ 52.53
€ 66.10
€ 52.53