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Regional & national history
Hardcover. The original 1944 G I Bill holds a special place in the American imagination. This book takes the story of veterans' politics beyond the 1944 G I Bill as he seeks to uncover the reasons why Vietnam veterans were less well compensated than their predecessors. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW; JWXV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 236 x 22. Weight in Grams: 508.
- Publisher
- NYU Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814724873
- ISBN
- 9780814724873
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 58.80
€ 58.80
paperback. Once America's capitalist dream town, the Silicon Valley of the Jazz Age, Detroit became the country's greatest urban failure, having fallen the longest and the furthest. The city of Henry Ford, modernity, and Motown found itself blighted by riots, arson, unemployment, crime and corruption. Num Pages: 352 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBNG; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 199 x 26. Weight in Grams: 332.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780099553885
- ISBN
- 9780099553885
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 11.01
€ 19.99
€ 11.01
Hardback. Provides an interpretation of the emergence of British socialism in the late 19th century. This title shows that British socialists responded to the dilemmas of economics and faith against a background of diverse traditions, melding economic theories opposed to capitalism with theologies which argued that people were bound in divine fellowship. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; JPFF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 240 x 164 x 28. Weight in Grams: 656.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691150833
- ISBN
- 9780691150833
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.68€ 49.96
€ 64.68
€ 49.96
Paperback. Num Pages: 368 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; JPFF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 236 x 156 x 27. Weight in Grams: 586.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691173726
- ISBN
- 9780691173726
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 28.94
€ 40.99
€ 28.94
Hardback. Offers a survey of the famous historian and biographer Plutarch. This title presents a comprehensive discussion of major aspects of Plutarch's oeuvre. It provides essential background information on Plutarch's world, including his own circle of influential friends (Greek and Roman), his travels, his political activity, and more. Editor(s): Beck, Mark. Series: Blackwell Companions to the Ancient World. Num Pages: 644 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 1QDAR; 3D; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 184 x 255 x 36. Weight in Grams: 1134.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 648
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405194310
- ISBN
- 9781405194310
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 177.38
€ 177.38
Hardcover. Editor(s): Bassin, Mark; Ely, Christopher; Stockdale, Melissa. Num Pages: 250 pages, 5 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; HBJD; HBTP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 165 x 27. Weight in Grams: 568.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Northern Illinois University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 250
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780875804255
- ISBN
- 9780875804255
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.85
€ 53.85
Paperback. Series: Culture and Society After Socialism. Num Pages: 400 pages, 6 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; HBJD; JPFN; RGCP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 542.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781501702716
- ISBN
- 9781501702716
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.05
€ 27.05
Paperback. Series: Landscapes of the Imagination. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKESH; 1DBKESW; HBJD1; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 137 x 22. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Publisher
- Interlink Signal
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781908493071
- ISBN
- 9781908493071
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 19.57
€ 19.99
€ 19.57
Paperback. * A powerful and time-honoured collection of interviews with the veterans of Vietnam. Editor(s): Baker, Mark. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1FMV; HBJF; HBLW3; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 17. Weight in Grams: 192.
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1982
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780349102399
- ISBN
- 9780349102399
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.64
€ 14.99
€ 11.64
Hardback. An exciting, fresh look at one of the most important questions of medieval scholarship - the decline of serfdom and its implications. Num Pages: 392 pages, 5 black & white illustrations, 6 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3H; HBJD1; HBLC1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 163 x 30. Weight in Grams: 798.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843838906
- ISBN
- 9781843838906
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 131.27
€ 131.27
Paperback. The first volume in what will become the definitive history of Suffolk looks at how the county survived the three most tumultuous events of the period, the Great Famine, the Black Death and the Peasants' Revolt, to emerge as one of the richest English regions. Series: History of Suffolk. Num Pages: 360 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKEAS; 3H; HBJD1; HBLC1; HBTB; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 149 x 26. Weight in Grams: 556.
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 360
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843835295
- ISBN
- 9781843835295
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 28.22
€ 33.99
€ 28.22
Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages, illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1FMV; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; HBJF; HBJK; HBLW3; HBWS2. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 16. Weight in Grams: 278.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199924400
- ISBN
- 9780199924400
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 56.83
€ 56.83
Paperback. THE VIETNAM WAR examines the origins, course, and consequences of the wars in Vietnam, providing a balanced, broadly accessible narrative that takes account of the latest research in multiple languages and reflects changing scholarly understandings of the war. Num Pages: 224 pages, 21 maps & halftones. BIC Classification: HBJF; HBJK; HBLW3; HBWS2. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 208 x 142 x 15. Weight in Grams: 242.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199753932
- ISBN
- 9780199753932
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.12
€ 33.12
Paperback. To understand the course of the Vietnam wars, it is essential to explore the connections between events within Vietnam and global geopolitical currents in the decade after WWII. This work examines the various dimensions of the struggle between France and Vietnamese revolutionaries that began in 1945 and reached its climax at Dien Bien Phu. Editor(s): Lawrence, Mark Atwood; Logevall, Fredrik. Num Pages: 384 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1FMV; 3JJPG; HBJF; HBLW3; HBW; JWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 558.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674023925
- ISBN
- 9780674023925
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 36.42
€ 43.99
€ 36.42
Hardback. Presents a comprehensive analysis of race, health, and colonization in a specific cross-cultural contact zone in the Texas borderlands between 1780 and 1861. Throughout this eighty-year period, ordinary health concerns shaped cross-cultural interactions during Spanish, Mexican, and Anglo colonization. Series: Borderlands and Transcultural Studies. Num Pages: 258 pages, 6 photos, 4 figures, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBBSX; 3JF; 3JH; HBJK; HBTB; HBTQ; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 19. Weight in Grams: 535.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 258
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803285880
- ISBN
- 9780803285880
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 70.34
€ 70.34
Paperback. Recounts the story of the largest mass murder trial in California's history, in which 22 Mexican-American youths were tried and 17 were convicted for a crime to which none of the defendants were ever tied. Opens a window onto a time and place that highlights the historical prejudices of white America towards Mexican Americans. Series: Landmark Law Cases and American Society. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBLW; LAZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 295.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Univ Pr of Kansas
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700617470
- ISBN
- 9780700617470
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.15
€ 35.15
paperback. Coupled with problems such as speculation, food and clothing shortages, conscription, taxation, and a focus on the protection of local interests, desertion started as a military problem and spilled over into the civilian world. This book studies desertion in the Confederate army. It confronts a question: did desertion hurt the Confederacy? Num Pages: 346 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBWJ; JWD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 21. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 346
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803220805
- ISBN
- 9780803220805
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.09
€ 27.09
paperback. This text is the complete life story of one of the most controversial yet least well known generals on either side during the Civil War. The number one graduate of the West Point class of 1843, William Buel Franklin served in the US Army's Corps of Topographical Engineers. Series: North's Civil War S. Num Pages: 392 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGH; HBJK; HBLL; JWKW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 3895 x 5830 x 23. Weight in Grams: 604.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- SKU
- V9780823221493
- ISBN
- 9780823221493
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 45.34
€ 46.99
€ 45.34
Hardcover. Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HRAM3; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 161 x 26. Weight in Grams: 558.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226275062
- ISBN
- 9780226275062
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 26.25
€ 33.99
€ 26.25
In the Beginning Was the Word provides a sweeping, engaging, and insightful survey of the relationship between the Bible and public issues from the beginning of European settlement through the American Revolution. Num Pages: 448 pages, 18 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3J; HBJK; HRAM2; HRAX; HRCM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 38. Weight in Grams: 703.
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 448
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780190263980
- ISBN
- 9780190263980
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 32.21
€ 34.99
€ 32.21