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Regional & national history
Hardcover. In 1849, news of the discovery of gold in California triggered an enormous wave of emigration toward the Pacific. Lured by the promise of riches, thousands of settlers left behind the forests, rain, and fertile soil of the eastern United States in favor of the rough-hewn lands of the American West. This title brings their perspective to life. Num Pages: 352 pages, 89 halftones, 10 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 162 x 33. Weight in Grams: 650.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780226519609
- ISBN
- 9780226519609
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.11€ 45.00
€ 52.11
€ 45.00
Hardcover.
- Publisher
- Haus Publishing Limited United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781905791767
- ISBN
- 9781905791767
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.44
€ 17.99
€ 13.44
Hardback. .
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781138157699
- ISBN
- 9781138157699
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 142.11€ 88.23
€ 142.11
€ 88.23
Paperback. Covering the years between 1895 and 1963, this work examines how Kenya moved from Mau Mau trauma to national freedom. The immediacy of the eye witness is combined with the fruits of reflection and archival research to create an authoritative study of this important period of African history. Series: Contemporary History in Context S. Num Pages: 276 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1HFGK; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJH; HBLL; HBLW; HBTQ; HBTR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 542.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- 1999th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333760987
- ISBN
- 9780333760987
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 69.91
€ 69.91
Paperback. A work on the Suez Crisis. It draws on a documentary evidence to tell this political, military and diplomatic story. It is suitable for those interested in the history of the twentieth century, military history and the end of empire. Num Pages: 712 pages, 3 maps, 8pp bw plates. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1FB; 1HBE; 3JJPG; HBJF1; HBJH; HBLW3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 52. Weight in Grams: 968.
- Publisher
- I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd.
- Number of pages
- 712
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848855335
- ISBN
- 9781848855335
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 31.01
€ 35.99
€ 31.01
Paperback. This book is a comprehensive study of the Iraq Wars in the context of the revolution in military affairs debate. Num Pages: 262 pages, 2 b/w illus. 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; 1KBB; 3JJPR; 3JMC; HBJF1; HBJK; HBWS5; JWK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 224 x 176 x 18. Weight in Grams: 406.
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 264
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780521128841
- ISBN
- 9780521128841
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.65
€ 34.65
Hardback. This collection of essays deals with the latest research on British labour history in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. It has been written by leading British historians, such as Ken Brown, Malcolm Chase and Matthew Worley, in honour of Professor Chris Wrigley Num Pages: 288 pages, 1 table. BIC Classification: HBJD1; HBTB; JFSC; JHB; JPF; JPW; KNXB2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784995270
- ISBN
- 9781784995270
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 161.45
€ 161.45
Paperback. The end of the Second World War saw a terrible explosion of violence across Europe. Prisoners murdered jailers. Soldiers visited atrocities on civilians. Resistance fighters killed and pilloried collaborators. Ethnic cleansing, civil war, rape and murder were rife in the days, months and years after hostilities ended. Num Pages: 480 pages, 16 pp photographs. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJP; HBJD; HBLW3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 192 x 122 x 29. Weight in Grams: 382.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780141034515
- ISBN
- 9780141034515
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 13.91
€ 19.99
€ 13.91
Hardback. When studying the origins of the First World War, scholars have relied heavily on the series of key diplomatic documents published by the governments of both the defeated and the victorious powers in the 1920s and 1930s. Editor(s): Wilson, Keith M. Num Pages: 224 pages, Appendices, Index. BIC Classification: 3JJ; HBAH; HBG; HBJD; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books, Incorporated United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781571818621
- ISBN
- 9781571818621
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 155.32
€ 155.32
Paperback. Series: Readings in Western Civilization. Num Pages: 480 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; HBJD; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 230 x 152 x 32. Weight in Grams: 679.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1987
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 480
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226069500
- ISBN
- 9780226069500
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 26.91
€ 33.99
€ 26.91
Paperback. The author of this text challeges the the conventional view of the Scottish nobility as violent, unlearned and backward, with the aim of demonstrating that the nobility were as steeped in contemporary European debates and movements as they were rooted in local society. Num Pages: 370 pages, 30 halftones, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 3J; HBJD1; HBLH; HBTB; JFC; JFSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 156 x 32. Weight in Grams: 676.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748612994
- ISBN
- 9780748612994
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.99€ 44.19
€ 48.99
€ 44.19
Paperback. Series: Expertise: Cultures and Technologies of Knowledge. Num Pages: 264 pages, 15, 15 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1DN; AK; HBJD; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 371.
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- First Edition (US) First Printing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801479663
- ISBN
- 9780801479663
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 32.04
€ 34.99
€ 32.04
Hardback. Labor historians have long noted that members of various occupational groups in nineteenth and twentieth century France had distinct political identities, but few have explored how these identities were constructed and reproduced across generations. Series: International Studies in Social History. Num Pages: 282 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JJC; 3JJF; 3JJG; HBJD; HBLW; HBTB; JHBL; JP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 237 x 161 x 23. Weight in Grams: 512.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 282
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845456450
- ISBN
- 9781845456450
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 155.63
€ 155.63
Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages, 16 black & white illustrations, 8 black & white plates. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JJPG; HBJD; HBLW3; WSZG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 150 x 17. Weight in Grams: 250.
- Publisher
- The History Press
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752491486
- ISBN
- 9780752491486
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 13.39
€ 13.99
€ 13.39
Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages, 8 black & white plates, 16 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKSHL; 3JJC; HBJD1; HBLW; HBTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 139 x 200 x 17. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780750953658
- ISBN
- 9780750953658
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.41
€ 17.99
€ 16.41
Hardcover. A cross-cultural study of opium in 19th-century China. It explores early Western observations of opium smoking, the formation of arguments for and against the legalization of opium, the portrayals of opium smoking in Chinese poetry and prose, and scenes of opium-smoking interactions in China. Num Pages: 256 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JH; HBJF; HBLL; HBTB; JFC; JFFH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 147 x 19. Weight in Grams: 456.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742518025
- ISBN
- 9780742518025
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 173.88
€ 173.88
Paperback. The Watergate scandal has been extensively dissected and vigorously debated. Keith Olson, however, offers a "layman's guide to Watergate", a concise and readable one-volume history that highlights the key actors, events, and implications in this dark drama. Num Pages: 264 pages, 20 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JFD; JPHC; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 235 x 25. Weight in Grams: 424.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University Press of Kansas
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700623570
- ISBN
- 9780700623570
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.49
€ 36.49
paperback. Two cultures collided in Tipu, Belize in the 1600s: that of the native Maya and of the Spanish missionaries. Combining historical documentation with archaeological finds, the author provides an account of the meshing of these cultures and the Tipu's assimilation of Catholic practices. Num Pages: 400 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLCB; 3JD; HBJK; HBLH; HDD; HRAF; HRCC7; HRKT; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 28. Weight in Grams: 671. Clean copy with minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University Alabama Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KMK0024175
- ISBN
- 9780817310257
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 15.00
€ 15.00
Paperback. Deals with British politics in the 1760s and 1770s during the American Revolution and looks at colonialism and the general conduct of the war with America and also surveys the development of radicalism in Britain subsequent to the war. Series: British History in Perspective. Num Pages: 192 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1KBB; 3JF; HBJD1; HBJK; HBLL; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 214 x 139 x 12. Weight in Grams: 248.
- Edition
- 1990th Edition
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333404621
- ISBN
- 9780333404621
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.33
€ 47.33
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Reaktion Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781861893352
- ISBN
- 9781861893352
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.86
€ 29.86