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Regional & national history
Paperback. Is Russian history one big inevitable failure? The Soviet Union's demise and Russia's ensuing troubles have led many to wonder. But this is to look through a skewed prism indeed. This history of Russia takes us beyond the Soviet haze deep into the nation's - not at all inevitable, and in key respects remarkably successful - past. Num Pages: 136 pages, 6 maps. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; HBJD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 214 x 140 x 9. Weight in Grams: 180.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 136
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- 1St Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691126067
- ISBN
- 9780691126067
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 22.34
€ 30.99
€ 22.34
Paperback. This book places the dissent movement in the Soviet Union within the framework of modern Russian history. Num Pages: 228 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; HBJD; HBLW3; JPW; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 228
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780521100991
- ISBN
- 9780521100991
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 49.64
€ 49.64
Hardcover. This study of 13 personal accounts of the Mau Mau revolt by Kenyans, demonstrates that these memoirs serve to refute both the British version of the revolt and that of the leaders of the independent Kenyan state. It also points to the importance of Mau Mau in the making of modern Kenya. Num Pages: 300 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1HFGK; BG; HBJH; HBLW3; JPFN; JPWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 157 x 23. Weight in Grams: 558.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Lynne Rienner Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 300
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9781555875374
- ISBN
- 9781555875374
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 89.66
€ 89.66
Hardback. In this work, Marshall Foletta contends that by calling for a new American literature in their journal, "The North American Review", the second-generation Federalists helped American readers break free from imported neo-classical standards, thus paving the way for the American Renaissance. Num Pages: 288 pages, 9 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBBE; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; JPHC; JPHV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 29. Weight in Grams: 617.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813920597
- ISBN
- 9780813920597
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 74.36
€ 74.36
Paperback. Editor(s): Marshall, C. W.; Hawkins, Tom. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 2AHA; 3D; DSBB; HBJD; HBLA1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 234 x 17. Weight in Grams: 468.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781472588838
- ISBN
- 9781472588838
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 36.10
€ 42.99
€ 36.10
Hardcover. This book explores the French Enlightenment's use of cross-cultural comparisons - particularly the figures of the Chinese mandarin and American and Polynesian savage - to praise of critique aspects of European society and to draw general conclusions regarding human nature, natural law, and the rise and decline of civilizations. Series: Palgrave Studies in Cultural and Intellectual History. Num Pages: 279 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JF; HBJD; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 144 x 21. Weight in Grams: 462.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Indianapolis Bobbs Merrill 1966
- Edition
- 1st
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137002532
- ISBN
- 9781137002532
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 135.15
€ 135.15
Hardback. Surveys the relationships of workers and trade unions to the state in Egypt, bringing to light the often overlooked effect of workers' collective actions in shaping public policy. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1HBE; 3JJP; HBJH; HBLW3; HBTB; JHBL; JPQB; KNXB2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231106924
- ISBN
- 9780231106924
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 118.43€ 90.47
€ 118.43
€ 90.47
Paperback. Surveys the relationships of workers and trade unions to the state in Egypt, bringing to light the often overlooked effect of workers' collective actions in shaping public policy. Num Pages: 384 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HBE; 3JJP; HBJH; HBLW3; HBTB; JHBL; JPQB; KNXB2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 150 x 19. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231106931
- ISBN
- 9780231106931
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 30.87
€ 42.99
€ 30.87
Paperback. In 1839, encouraged by his friend Balzac, Custine set out to explore Russia. His impressions turned into what is perhaps the greatest and most influential of all books about Russia under the Tsars. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JH; BJ; HBJD; HBLL; WTLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 19. Weight in Grams: 236.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141394510
- ISBN
- 9780141394510
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.29
€ 17.99
€ 14.29
Self-made millionaire and mayor of Toledo, Ohio (1897-1904), Samuel M. Jones was one of the most important reformers of the progressive era. He implemented profit-sharing and day-care for factory workers, municipal-owned utilities, and free legal counsel. The compelling story of the only man in America to have run a city by the Golden Rule. Photos. Num Pages: 232 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BGH; HBJK; HBTB; HRCV; JPHL; JPR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 241 x 165 x 27. Weight in Grams: 703.
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- The University Press of Kentucky United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813120621
- ISBN
- 9780813120621
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.27
€ 48.27
Hardback. This book examines Bulmer Hobson (1883-1969) nationalist career in the period 1900-16, as well as his lesser-known activities in the years after the rebellion. Num Pages: 288 pages, Illustrations, black & white. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JJC; 3JJF; HBJD1; HBLW; JPFN. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 572.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719078682
- ISBN
- 9780719078682
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 139.14
€ 139.14
Hardback. This book tells the Korean immigrants' life stories in California's eight San Joaquin Valley farm communities. It describes how they survived through discrimination and injustices in the early 20th century America, and also details the Korean immigrants' efforts to regain their lost motherland from Japanese colonialism (1910-1945). Num Pages: 280 pages, Illustrations, maps, ports. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW; JFSL3; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 162 x 21. Weight in Grams: 549.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761852193
- ISBN
- 9780761852193
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 130.86
€ 130.86
Paperback. Num Pages: 348 pages. BIC Classification: 1FM; HBJF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of the Philippines Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789715506496
- ISBN
- 9789715506496
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 101.00
€ 101.00
Hardcover. Sensation novels - characterized by emotionally and socially provocative dialogue and plots - had their heyday in England in the 1860s and 1870s. Exploring the metaphor of marital violence, the author examines the relationship between the representations of such violence in fiction and in the law. Series: Victorian Literature and Culture Series. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; 3JH; DSBF; DSK; HBJD1; HBLL; JFC; JFFE3; LA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 29. Weight in Grams: 1061.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813919492
- ISBN
- 9780813919492
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 70.51
€ 70.51
hardcover. The story of thousands of Mennonite women who, having lost their husbands and fathers, assumed altered gender roles in their adopted homeland and created a culture of women refugees with its own distinctive historical narrative. Series: Studies in Gender and History. Num Pages: 296 pages, 12 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBC; HBJH; JFFN; JFS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 158 x 26. Weight in Grams: 565.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780802044914
- ISBN
- 9780802044914
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 79.37
€ 79.37
Paperback. Spanning more than two hundred years of history, from the eighteenth century to the twenty-first, Sisters or Strangers? explores the complex lives of immigrant, ethnic, and racialized women in Canada. Editor(s): Epp, Marlene; Iacovetta, Franca. Series: Studies in Gender and History. Num Pages: 528 pages, 20. BIC Classification: 1KBC; HBJK; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442629134
- ISBN
- 9781442629134
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 47.11
€ 52.99
€ 47.11
hardcover. This collection of selected excerpts focuses on The Canadian Historical Review?s contribution to the study of Canadian history from the journal's founding in 1920 to the present. Editor(s): Shore, Marlene. Num Pages: 304 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 159 x 33. Weight in Grams: 675.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Edition
- 74th ed.
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780802043054
- ISBN
- 9780802043054
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 86.98
€ 86.98
hardcover. This study uses the Holocaust to raise issues of memory and representation. Marla Morris argues that history is the systematization of memory and examines the way that the Holocaust is represented in historical texts and in novels. Series: Studies in Curriculum Theory Series. Num Pages: 278 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBAH; HBJD; HBTZ1; JNKC; JNU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 572.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Routledge United States
- Number of pages
- 278
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780805838121
- ISBN
- 9780805838121
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 197.51
€ 197.51
The Historical Dictionary of Kazakhstan contains a chronology, an introductory essay, an extensive bibliography, and several hundred cross-referenced dictionary entries. Series: Historical Dictionaries of Asia, Oceania and the Middle East. Num Pages: 362 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1FCZ; GBC; HBJF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 158 x 31. Weight in Grams: 700.
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 362
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810867826
- ISBN
- 9780810867826
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 179.74
€ 179.74
Paperback. Covered are the radio and wire controlled vehicles as used by the Wehrmacht in 1940-1943. Num Pages: 48 pages, over 100 b/w photos, line drawings. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJH; HBJD; HBWQ; JWD; JWM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 277 x 213 x 4. Weight in Grams: 218.
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764301780
- ISBN
- 9780764301780
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.00
€ 13.99
€ 11.00
Paperback. Num Pages: 230 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AVH; BGF; HBJK; HBLW; JPVH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 208 x 149 x 13. Weight in Grams: 302.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- ibidem-Verlag, Jessica Haunschild u Christian Schon Germany
- Number of pages
- 230
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783838201061
- ISBN
- 9783838201061
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 32.60
€ 45.99
€ 32.60
paperback. Num Pages: 268 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 1FKP; HBJF; JF; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 385.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Routledge United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 268
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415544467
- ISBN
- 9780415544467
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.30
€ 52.30
The Society of the Cincinnati. Conspiracy and Distrust in Early Americ...
Markus (University Of Munich) Hunemorder
Hardback. Num Pages: bibliog , index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLH; JPWD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845451073
- ISBN
- 9781845451073
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 154.77
€ 154.77
Paperback. Offers a comprehensive overview of scholarship on Somalia and Somaliland, one that transcends the usual boundaries and presents readers with an introduction to Somali culture, history and politics. Editor(s): Hoehne, Markus; Luling, Virginia. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFGS; HBJH; HBTB; JHMC; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 140 x 30. Weight in Grams: 574.
- Publisher
- C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
- Number of pages
- 416
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849040457
- ISBN
- 9781849040457
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 47.53
€ 52.99
€ 47.53