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Regional & national history
This book examines a decade of extraordinary ferment in ideas, and the battles about those ideas out of which emerged the Britain of the late-twentieth century. Editor(s): Black, Lawrence; Pemberton, Hugh; Thane, Pat. Num Pages: 288 pages, Line drawings, black & white|Tables, black & white. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJPL; HBJD1; HBLW3; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 164 x 28. Weight in Grams: 596.
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719088148
- ISBN
- 9780719088148
Condition: New
€ 164.90
€ 164.90
Paperback. These essays do not assume the primacy of national allegiance. Instead, by using the 'sense of place' as a prism to look at German identity in new ways, they examine a sense of 'Germanness' that was neither self-evident nor unchanging. Editor(s): Blackbourn, David; Retallack, James N. Series: German & European Studies. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBC; HBJK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 154 x 229 x 19. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442628656
- ISBN
- 9781442628656
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 39.01
€ 44.99
€ 39.01
The Eastern San Juan Mountains. Their Ecology, Geology, and Human Hist...
. Ed(S): Blair, Rob; Bracksieck, George
Paperback. Editor(s): Blair, Rob; Bracksieck, George. Num Pages: 325 pages, colour photos & illus. BIC Classification: HBJK; WNW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 228 x 22. Weight in Grams: 546.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University Press of Colorado United States
- Number of pages
- 325
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781607320845
- ISBN
- 9781607320845
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 28.64
€ 32.99
€ 28.64
Drawing on decades of acquired expertise, this book examines wartime assessment in both theory and practice and, through alternative dimensions of assessment such as justice and proportionality, the war of ideas and economics. Editor(s): Blanken, Leo J.; Rothstein, Hy; Lepore, Jason J. Num Pages: 368 pages, 9 figures, 3 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBW; JPS; JWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Georgetown University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781626162457
- ISBN
- 9781626162457
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 133.02
€ 133.02
Hardback. Editor(s): Blowen, Sarah; Demossier, Marion; Picard, Jeanine. Series: Contemporary France Series. BIC Classification: HBJD; JFC; JHMP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230. Weight in Grams: 478.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books, Incorporated United States
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781571817280
- ISBN
- 9781571817280
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 158.58
€ 158.58
Paperback. Editor(s): Blowen, Sarah; Demossier, Marion; Picard, Jeanine. Series: Contemporary France Series. BIC Classification: 3JJ; HBJD; HBLW; HBTD; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230. Weight in Grams: 334.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books, Incorporated United States
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781571814999
- ISBN
- 9781571814999
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.73
€ 44.73
Paperback. The Canadian Society for Coptic Studies is a Toronto-based nonprofit organization whose purpose is to bring together individuals interested in Coptic studies and to promote the dissemination of scholarly information on Coptic Studies through the organization of meetings and conferences and through the preparation of scholarly works for publication. Editor(s): Boutros, Ramez; Dijkstra, Jitse; Moussa, Helene. Series: Journal of the Canadian Society for Coptic Studies. Num Pages: 109 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAE; 3D; HBJH; HBLA; HDDG. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 278 x 217 x 8. Weight in Grams: 295.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Lockwood Press United States
- Number of pages
- 109
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781937040338
- ISBN
- 9781937040338
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 54.59
€ 54.59
Hardback. Focuses on the end of the 1790s, when George Washington died, the federal government moved to Washington, DC, and the election of 1800 put Thomas Jefferson and the Democratic-Republican party in charge of the federal government. This book dispels the myths and misinformation that surround the federal government's move to Washington. Editor(s): Bowling, Kenneth R.; Kennon, Donald R. Series: Perspective History of Congress 1789-1801. Num Pages: 264 pages, illustrated. BIC Classification: 3JF; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5983 x 3971 x 585. Weight in Grams: 517.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Ohio University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780821416198
- ISBN
- 9780821416198
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.17
€ 67.17
hardcover. In writings about travel, the Balkans appear most often as a place travelled to. Western accounts of the Balkans revel in the different and the exotic, the violent and the primitive traits that serve (according to many commentators) as a foil to self-congratulatory defi nitions of the West as modern, progressive and rational. Editor(s): Bracewell, Wendy; Drace-Francis, Alex. Num Pages: 176 pages, ill. BIC Classification: HBJD; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845452544
- ISBN
- 9781845452544
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 155.73
€ 155.73
Paperback. Representing work by a mixture of veterans and a new generation of lithic analysts, "Contemporary Lithic Analysis in the Southeast" explores fresh ideas while reworking and pushing the limits of traditional methods and hypotheses. Editor(s): Bradbury, Andrew; Price, Sarah; Carr, Philip J. Num Pages: 248 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- The University of Alabama Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780817356996
- ISBN
- 9780817356996
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.28
€ 48.28
Hardback. Exploring the production of lack and desire through fine-grained ethnography, this volume examines how diagnoses of emptiness operate in a range of very different domains in contemporary China. Editor(s): Bregnbaek, Susanne; Bunkenborg, Mikkel. Num Pages: 200 pages, 3 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781785335808
- ISBN
- 9781785335808
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 157.87
€ 157.87
The World of John Winthrop. England and New England, 1588-1649.
. Ed(S): Bremer, Francis J.; Botelho, Lynn A.
Paperback. When John Winthrop, first governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, emigrated from Stuart England to America, he and the colonists who accompanied him carried much of their culture with them. This title includes the essays that assert a unity to the transatlantic and Puritan, Anglo-American sphere, integrating the English and colonial stories. Editor(s): Bremer, Francis J.; Botelho, Lynn A. Num Pages: black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBES; 3JB; HBJK; HBLH; HBTQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 608.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Massachusetts Historical Society United States
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780934909969
- ISBN
- 9780934909969
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.02
€ 52.02
This four-volume collective project by a team of leading scholars offers a vivid portrait of Jewish history in German-speaking countries over nearly four centuries. This series is sponsored by the Leo Baeck Institute, established in 1955 in Jerusalem, London, and New York for the purpose of advancing scholarship on the Jews in German-speaking lands. Editor(s): Brenner, Michael; Meyer, Michael Andrew; Mendes-Flohr, Paul; Lowenstein, Steven M. Series: German-Jewish history in modern times. Num Pages: 466 pages, With a new Preface. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJG; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBTB; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 158 x 33. Weight in Grams: 862.
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 466
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231074780
- ISBN
- 9780231074780
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 121.73
€ 121.73
paperback. "An important collection of original articles, so full of insight that summarizing them seems an impossible task..The research is exciting and engaging." - American Historical Review Editor(s): Brown, Jennifer S. H.; Vibert, Elizabeth. Num Pages: 504 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1K; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 720.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Broadview Press Ltd United States
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 504
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781551115436
- ISBN
- 9781551115436
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 35.43
€ 38.99
€ 35.43
State Governors in the Mexican Revolution, 1910-1952
. Ed(S): Buchenau, Jurgen; Beezley, William H...
Hardback. Editor(s): Buchenau, Jurgen; Beezley, William H. Series: Latin American Silhouettes. Num Pages: 220 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; HBJK; JFFX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 495.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 220
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742557697
- ISBN
- 9780742557697
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 161.88
€ 161.88
Paperback. The effects of floods, droughts, hurricanes, and earthquakes and tsunamis have destroyed people's lives and their built environments, and changed land forms, such as mountains, rivers, forests, and canyons. This collection of essays focuses on earthquakes in Latin America since the mid-nineteenth century. Editor(s): Buchenau, Jurgen; Johnson, Lyman L. Series Editor(s): Johnson, Lyman L. Series: Dialogos. Num Pages: 272 pages, 12 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KL; HBJK; HBTB; RNR. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of New Mexico Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780826346230
- ISBN
- 9780826346230
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.79
€ 40.79
Paperback. Crime has played a complicated role in the history of human social relations. This volume focuses on Mexico's social and cultural history through the lens of celebrated cases of social deviance from the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Each essay centers on a different crime story and explores the documentary record of each case. Editor(s): Buffington, Robert; Piccato, Pablo. Series Editor(s): Johnson, Lyman L. Series: Dialogos. Num Pages: 312 pages, 25 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; HBJK; HBTB; JKV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of New Mexico Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780826345295
- ISBN
- 9780826345295
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.16
€ 41.16
Paperback. Editor(s): Buhle, Paul; Dawley, Alan. Num Pages: 168 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HBJK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5830 x 3895 x 330. Weight in Grams: 200.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1985
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 168
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252012211
- ISBN
- 9780252012211
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.00
€ 29.00
The Suppression of the Atlantic Slave Trade. British Policies, Practic...
. Ed(S): Burroughs, Robert M.; Huzzey, Richar...
The suppression of the Atlantic slave trade saw the British Empire turn naval power and moral outrage against a branch of commerce it had done so much to promote. The assembled authors bridge the gap between ship and shore to reveal the motives, effects, and legacies of this nineteenth-century campaign. Editor(s): Burroughs, Robert M.; Huzzey, Richard. Series: Studies in Imperialism. Num Pages: 204 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1QDB; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTQ; HBTS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 164 x 23. Weight in Grams: 480.
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719085116
- ISBN
- 9780719085116
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 164.24
€ 164.24
Refugees from Nazi Germany and the Liberal European States
. Ed(S): Caestecker, Frank; Moore, Dr. Bob
Hardback. The exodus of refugees from Nazi Germany in the 1930s has received far more attention from historians, social scientists, and demographers than many other migrations and persecutions in Europe. Editor(s): Caestecker, Frank; Moore, Dr. Bob. Num Pages: 360 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBTB; JFFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 240 x 166 x 26. Weight in Grams: 664.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845455873
- ISBN
- 9781845455873
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 168.76
€ 168.76
Paperback. A collection of essays that explains French identity as a fluid process rather than a category into which French citizens (and immigrants) are expected to fit. It offers examples drawn from an imperial history of France that show the power of the periphery to shape diverse and dynamic modern French identities at its centre. Editor(s): Callahan, Kevin J.; Curtis, Sarah A. Num Pages: 277 pages, 4 maps, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1DDF; GTB; HBJD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 277
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803215597
- ISBN
- 9780803215597
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.74
€ 42.74
The China Challenge. Sino-Canadian Relations in the 21st Century.
. Ed(S): Cao, Huhua; Poy, Vivienne
paperback. Canadian and Chinese experts examine the importance of Sino-Canadian relations and their impact on foreign and domestic policy in Canada. Editor(s): Cao, Huhua; Poy, Vivienne. Num Pages: 310 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1KBC; HBJF; HBJK; JPQB; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 494.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of Ottawa Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 310
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780776607641
- ISBN
- 9780776607641
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.46
€ 37.46
The Good Fight Continues. World War II Letters from the Abraham Lincol...
. Ed(S): Carroll, Peter N.; Nash, Michael H.;...
Paperback. When the United States entered World War II on December 7, 1941, only one group of American soldiers had already confronted the fascist enemy on the battlefield. This book contains 154 letters selected from thousands held in the Abraham Lincoln Brigade Archives at NYU's Tamiment Library, provides a fresh perspective on aspects of World War II. Editor(s): Carroll, Peter N.; Nash, Michael H.; Small, Melvin. Num Pages: 300 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJH; HBJK; HBWQ; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 19. Weight in Grams: 417.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 300
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814716601
- ISBN
- 9780814716601
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 39.80
€ 39.80
Hardback. Through the lives of a variety of Texans who put a human face on the state's history, this work presents the history of the 'Lone Star State'. Editor(s): Cashion, Ty; Teja, Jesus F. de la. Series: The Human Tradition in America. Num Pages: 239 pages, bibliography. BIC Classification: 1KBBSX; BGH; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 164 x 21. Weight in Grams: 540.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Scholarly Resources Inc.,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 239
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780842029056
- ISBN
- 9780842029056
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 164.66
€ 164.66