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Paperback. This book advances the argument that the events of July 14, 1958, when Iraqi military officers overthrew the British-installed Iraqi monarchy, constituted simultaneously as a coup and a revolution for a number of reasons, including military involvement, popular participation, and policies that radically departed from those of the previous regime. Num Pages: 268 pages, black & white line drawings, black & white tables, maps, figures. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; 3JJPG; HBJF1; HBLW; HBTV; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 424.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
University Press of America United States
Number of pages
268
Condition
New
SKU
V9780761852599
ISBN
9780761852599
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 71.23

hardcover. This book advances the argument that the events of July 14, 1958, when Iraqi military officers overthrew the British-installed Iraqi monarchy, constituted simultaneously as a coup and a revolution for a number of reasons, including military involvement, popular participation, and policies that radically departed from those of the previous regime. Num Pages: 268 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; 3JJPG; HBJF1; HBLW; HBTV; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 162 x 22. Weight in Grams: 576.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University Press of America United States
Number of pages
268
Condition
New
SKU
V9780761852582
ISBN
9780761852582
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 132.09

paperback. Reproducing the British Caribbean: Sex, Gender, and Population Politics after Slavery Num Pages: 296 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1KJ; HBJK; JFFJ; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 235 x 22. Weight in Grams: 440.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
The University of North Carolina Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9781469616056
ISBN
9781469616056
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.92

Paperback. This text tells the story of the true provenance of rice in the Americas. It establishes, through agricultural and historical evidence, the vital significance of rice in West African society for a millennium before Europeans arrived and the slave trade began. Num Pages: 256 pages, 18 halftones, 10 line illustrations, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1K; KNAC; TVKC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 159 x 17. Weight in Grams: 308.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674008342
ISBN
9780674008342
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 30.66

Paperback. This book is essential reading on the reign of Henry I and on the general development of English government in the twelfth century. Series Editor(s): McKitterick, Rosamond; Carpenter, Christine; Shepard, Jonathan. Series: Cambridge Studies in Medieval Life and Thought: Fourth Series. Num Pages: 316 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3H; HBJD1; HBLC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 138 x 18. Weight in Grams: 400.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1989
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
316
Condition
New
Edition
Revised ed.
SKU
V9780521375863
ISBN
9780521375863
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.80

Hardback. Examines contact stories from indigenous and newcomer populations from New Zealand and throughout North America. Focusing on misunderstandings embedded in the stories of "first contacts" and these narratives' contemporary relevance, production, and performance, this book introduces different tools for understanding the genre. Editor(s): Lutz, John Sutton. Num Pages: 256 pages, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBC; HBJK; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 485.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press Canada
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780774812627
ISBN
9780774812627
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 113.69

Paperback. Part biography, part memoir, all brilliantly written, Funny How Things Turn Out chronicles the long, long life of Muriel Newmarch and her daughter. Num Pages: 304 pages, 8pp b&w. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JJ; BG; HBJD1; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 131 x 20. Weight in Grams: 226.
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Ltd
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857208217
ISBN
9780857208217
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 9.90

Hardcover.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Univ College Dublin Pr
Edition
illustrated edition
Number of pages
440
Condition
New
SKU
V9781900621878
ISBN
9781900621878
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 50.55
€ 46.77

Paperback. This work offers insights into how specific films influenced the Americanization of the Holocaust and how the medium per se helped seed that event into the public consciousness. It provides an analysis of "Schindler's List" and the debate over the merit of Spielberg's vision of the Holocaust. Series: Judaic Traditions in Literature, Music and Art. Num Pages: 272 pages, 37 photographs, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: APFA; HBJD; HBTZ1; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 422.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815629269
ISBN
9780815629269
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.16

Paperback. Explores the way in which Islamic legal thinkers understood Islam as it related to women and gender roles. In seventeenth and eighteenth century Syria and Palestine, Muslim legal thinkers gave considerable attention to women's roles in society, this title shows how fatwas, or legal opinions, greatly influenced these roles. Num Pages: 232 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1FBP; 1FBS; 3H; 3J; HBJF1; HBLL; JFSJ1; JFSR2; LAFS; LNM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 178 x 19. Weight in Grams: 342.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520224742
ISBN
9780520224742
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 26.40

Paperback. Series: Brief History Of.. (Checkmark Books). Num Pages: 414 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HBJF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 151 x 24. Weight in Grams: 585.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
FACTS ON FILE
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816083626
ISBN
9780816083626
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.19

Paperback. This sourcebook fully exploits the rich legal material of the imperial period, explaining the rights women held under Roman law, the restrictions to which they were subject, and legal regulations on marriage, divorce and widowhood. Series: Routledge Sourcebooks for the Ancient World. Num Pages: 376 pages, glossary. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 3D; HBJD; HBLA; JFSJ1; LAFR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 156 x 235 x 20. Weight in Grams: 548.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
376
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415152419
ISBN
9780415152419
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 67.79

Hardcover. Num Pages: 352 pages, 30 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 165 x 31. Weight in Grams: 670.
Publisher
Zone Books United States
Number of pages
352
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9781935408185
ISBN
9781935408185
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.80

Paperback. The 500-year story of how, and why, our homes have come to be what they are, from the bestselling author of The Victorian City and The Victorian House. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 1KBB; HBJD; HBJK; HBTB; JHBT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 33. Weight in Grams: 362.
Publisher
Atlantic Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848878006
ISBN
9781848878006
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.58

Paperback. Full of detail and colour about everyday life in Dickens's London, and leaves you with a sense not only of how hard life was then, but how strange. Even if you've read Dickens and the contemporary historians of the poor, there is still more to marvel at here.' Sebastian Faulks, Mail on Sunday Books of the Year Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 159 x 197 x 41. Weight in Grams: 546.
Publisher
Atlantic Books
Number of pages
544
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848877979
ISBN
9781848877979
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.39

Hardback. This book is a historical and archaeological examination of the prehispanic Isthmus Zapotec state, and the responses that its descendant populations made to the complex political, economic, and cultural changes introduced by Spanish colonialism. Num Pages: 352 pages, 1 table, 6 figures, 23 illustrations, 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; HBJK; HBLH; HDD; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 24. Weight in Grams: 612.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804733885
ISBN
9780804733885
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 92.29

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 304 pages, 21 halftones, 1 map, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JF; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJD; JFSJ1; KCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 599.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691634098
ISBN
9780691634098
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 150.68

Paperback. Editor(s): Giesberg, Judith. Num Pages: black & white illustrations, black & white halftones, figures. BIC Classification: 1KBBF; 3JH; BM; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 208 x 128 x 19. Weight in Grams: 308.
Publisher
Pennsylvania State University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780271063683
ISBN
9780271063683
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 18.22

Hardback. Editor(s): Giesberg, Judith. Num Pages: black & white illustrations, black & white halftones, frontispiece. BIC Classification: 1KBBF; 3JH; BM; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 139 x 213 x 23. Weight in Grams: 390.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Pennsylvania State University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780271063676
ISBN
9780271063676
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.35
€ 55.60

Paperback. For a thousand years, an extraordinary empire made possible Europe's transition to the modern world: Byzantium. This book provides various short chapters that focus on a theme, such as a building (the great church of Hagia Sophia), a clash over religion (iconoclasm), sex and power (the role of eunuchs), and a symbol of civilization (the fork). Num Pages: 416 pages, 24pp colour inset. BIC Classification: 1QDAZ; HBJD; HBLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 26. Weight in Grams: 342.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
9780141031026
ISBN
9780141031026
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.45

Hardback. Explores the exceptional roles that women played in the vibrant cultural and political life of medieval Byzantium. Drawing on a diverse range of sources, this title focuses on the importance of marriage in imperial statecraft, the tense coexistence of empresses in the imperial court, and the critical relationships of mothers and daughters. Num Pages: 352 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVG; 3H; HBJD; HBLC1; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 243 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 628.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691153216
ISBN
9780691153216
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 59.47
€ 46.91

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
The University Press Group Ltd United States
Edition
0th Edition
Number of pages
440
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691143699
ISBN
9780691143699
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.98

hardcover. Series: Oxford Studies in the History of English. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: CFF; CFM; DSBB; HBJD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
OXFORD UNIV PR United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780190657802
ISBN
9780190657802
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 217.44

Paperback. Through runic inscriptions and behind the veil of myth, this book aims to discover the true story of viking women. Num Pages: 248 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DBR; 1DNC; HBJD1; HBLC; HDD; JFC; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 157 x 14. Weight in Grams: 386. 248 pages, black & white illustrations. Through runic inscriptions and behind the veil of myth, this book aims to discover the true story of viking women. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DBR; 1DNC; HBJD1; HBLC; HDD; JFC; JFSJ1. Dimension: 233 x 157 x 14. Weight: 380.
Publisher
Boydell Press
Number of pages
248
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780851153605
ISBN
9780851153605
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 28.79

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