Regional & national history
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Regional & national history
Paperback. This text addresses a central question in the history of modern France and modern colonialism: how did the Third Republic, highly regarded for its professed democratic values, allow itself to be seduced by the insidious and persistent appeal of a civilizing ideology with distinct racist overtones? Num Pages: 384 pages, 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1HFD; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJD; HBJH; HBLL; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 155 x 24. Weight in Grams: 538.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804740128
- ISBN
- 9780804740128
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 36.70
€ 40.99
€ 36.70
Paperback. In the 1990s, policy specialists made "dependency" the issue and crafted incentives to get people off welfare. This work gives an account of the thinking behind these very different views of "the poverty problem," in a century-spanning inquiry into the politics, institutions, ideologies, and social science that shaped poverty research and policy. Series: Politics and Society in Modern America. Num Pages: 392 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB; JFCX; JFFA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 236 x 157 x 24. Weight in Grams: 554.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reprint
- SKU
- V9780691102559
- ISBN
- 9780691102559
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.81
€ 46.99
€ 33.81
Hardback. In her eagerly-awaited new book, Alice Taylor salutes the women whose energy and generosity made such a valuable contribution to all our lives. Num Pages: 208 pages, 45 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJ; BM; HBJD1; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 144 x 224 x 20. Weight in Grams: 402.
- Publisher
- O´Brien Press Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847177889
- ISBN
- 9781847177889
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 14.51
€ 16.99
€ 14.51
Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages, 1 b&w photo. BIC Classification: 1M; HBJM; JFFN; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816677573
- ISBN
- 9780816677573
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Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.52
€ 26.99
€ 25.52
Hardback. This book explores how the politics of memory and history affected representations of the internment of 120,000 Japanese Americans during World War II and the passage of redress legislation in 1988. Series: Asian America. Num Pages: 608 pages, 2 figures, 22 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBWQ; JFFJ; JFSL; JWXR. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 992. Weight in Grams: 948.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 608
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804745345
- ISBN
- 9780804745345
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 87.25
€ 87.25
Hardback. From 1886 to 1913, hundreds of Chiricahua Apache men, women, and children lived and died as prisoners of war in Florida, Alabama, and Oklahoma. Their names, faces, and lives have long been forgotten. Based on extensive archival research, From Fort Marion to Fort Sill offers long-overdue documentation of the lives and fate of many of these people. Editor(s): Delgadillo, Alicia. Num Pages: 456 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 38. Weight in Grams: 816.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Edition
- 0th edition
- Number of pages
- 456
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803243798
- ISBN
- 9780803243798
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 77.29
€ 77.29
Paperback. 'It was all about the cult of pleasure and beauty. Some lost their plumes, others lost their lives' - Anouchka, former model and Paris party girl Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JJPL; AKTA; HBJD; HBLW3; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 30. Weight in Grams: 338. Fashion, Genius and Glorious Excess in 1970s Paris. 448 pages. 'It was all about the cult of pleasure and beauty. Some lost their plumes, others lost their lives' - Anouchka, former model and Paris party girl. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JJPL; AKTA; HBJD; HBLW3; HBTB. Dimension: 131 x 198 x 30. Weight: 322.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 448
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780747585466
- ISBN
- 9780747585466
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 17.77
€ 23.99
€ 17.77
Paperback. A general text on Mexican history, combining political, economic, and historical information. Translator(s): Klatt, Andy. Num Pages: 411 pages, 22 line illustrations, 58 maps, 15 tables. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; HBJK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 570.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 411
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520244917
- ISBN
- 9780520244917
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.44
€ 40.99
€ 29.44
Hardcover. An examination of the portrayal of one of the most important uprisings in the middle ages in subsequent history writing. Num Pages: 290 pages, 6 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 1DBKW; 3H; HBJD1; HBLC1; HBTV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 242 x 22. Weight in Grams: 656.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- York Medieval Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781903153550
- ISBN
- 9781903153550
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 116.64
€ 116.64
Paperback. Dona Marina (La Malinche).. Pocahontas.. Sacagawea - their names live on in historical memory because these women bridged the indigenous American and European worlds. This title investigates the many roles played by go-betweens in the colonization of sixteenth-century Brazil. Num Pages: 391 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; HBJK; HBLH; JFC; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 24. Weight in Grams: 608.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press United States
- Edition
- annotated edition
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780292712768
- ISBN
- 9780292712768
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 35.47
€ 38.99
€ 35.47
Hardback. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1KJC; BGH; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 231 x 27. Weight in Grams: 586.
- Publisher
- Chicago Review Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781613745366
- ISBN
- 9781613745366
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 29.36
€ 33.99
€ 29.36
Paperback. Num Pages: 70 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FC; HBJF; HBW; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 279 x 216 x 4. Weight in Grams: 191.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- RAND United States
- Number of pages
- 70
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780833085924
- ISBN
- 9780833085924
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 13.91
€ 19.99
€ 13.91
Paperback.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752498607
- ISBN
- 9780752498607
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 21.74
€ 24.99
€ 21.74
Hardback. Men -- as accused witches, witch-hunters, werewolves and the demonically possessed -- are the focus of analysis in this collection of essays by leading scholars of early modern European witchcraft. The gendering of witch persecution and witchcraft belief is explored through original case-studies from England, Scotland, Italy, Germany and France. Editor(s): Rowlands, Alison. Series: Palgrave Historical Studies in Witchcraft and Magic. Num Pages: 270 pages, 2 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; HBJD; HBLH; HRQX5. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 270
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230553293
- ISBN
- 9780230553293
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 183.29
€ 183.29
Paperback. Num Pages: 280 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBG; HBJD1; HBTQ; JFF; MBS; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 215 x 27. Weight in Grams: 366.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349509560
- ISBN
- 9781349509560
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 126.92
€ 126.92
Hardback. Num Pages: 280 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1MBF; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJD1; HBLL; HBLW; HBTQ; HBTR; MBNH; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 220 x 149 x 21. Weight in Grams: 480.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Palgrave USA United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403904881
- ISBN
- 9781403904881
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 160.89
€ 160.89
Hardback. Brown demonstrates how Florentine thinkers used Lucretius--earlier and more widely than has been supposed--to provide a radical critique of prevailing orthodoxies. She enhances our understanding of the "revolution" in sixteenth-century political thinking and our definition of the Renaissance within newly discovered worlds and new social networks. Series: I Tatti Studies in Italian Renaissance History. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 1DST; HBJD; HBLH; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 237 x 167 x 17. Weight in Grams: 392.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674050327
- ISBN
- 9780674050327
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.99€ 45.69
€ 53.99
€ 45.69
Hardback. A Companion to Roman Italy investigates the impact of Rome in all its forms political, cultural, social, and economic upon Italy s various regions, as well as the extent to which unification occurred as Rome became the capital of Italy. Editor(s): Cooley, Alison. Series: Blackwell Companions to the Ancient World. Num Pages: 576 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 3D; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 170. .
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 576
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781444339260
- ISBN
- 9781444339260
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 170.01
€ 170.01
Paperback. Original edition published under title: Pompeii. London: Routledge, 2004. Series: Routledge Sourcebooks for the Ancient World. Num Pages: 352 pages, 6 black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 3D; HBJD; HBLA; HDDK. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 157 x 16. Weight in Grams: 610.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415666800
- ISBN
- 9780415666800
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.29
€ 50.29
Paperback. Drawing insights from archaeology and anthropology as well as Classics, this book broadens our understanding of the gladiatorial contest and its place within the highly politicised cult practice of the Roman Empire. The author explores the arena as a key social and political institution for binding Rome and its provinces. Num Pages: 352 pages, 27 photos, 9 line drawings, 6 maps, 7 tables. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 556.
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780292725232
- ISBN
- 9780292725232
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.36
€ 37.99
€ 34.36
Hardcover. Editor(s): Gascoigne, Alison; Hicks, Leonie. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; HBJD; HBLC1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 166 x 280 x 24. Weight in Grams: 658.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Brepols Publishers
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9782503541730
- ISBN
- 9782503541730
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 159.74
€ 159.74
Hardback. John Benet's Latin chronicle covers the troubled years from 1399 to 1462 ('The Wars of the Roses' period), and is here presented in an English translation to enable non-Latinists to become acquainted with this lively and unique work of medieval history. Num Pages: 80 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2ADL; 3H; DSBB; HBJD1; HBLC1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 8. Weight in Grams: 256.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 80
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137589194
- ISBN
- 9781137589194
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 82.22
€ 82.22
Paperback. This exploration of the full diversity of the Italian Antimafia draws on primary sources and interviews to provide the first complete analysis of social, political and grassroots efforts since 1992. This fascinating study looks at Antimafia initiatives within the context of international initiatives against organized crime. Num Pages: 257 pages, 7 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLW; JKVF; JKVM; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 16. Weight in Grams: 366.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 257
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333801581
- ISBN
- 9780333801581
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 71.38
€ 71.38
Paperback. Lovers, companions, and husband and wife, Catherine and Prince Grigory Potemkin were also close political partners. This work reveals the complexity of Catherine and Potemkin's personal relationship in light of changes in matters of state, foreign relations, and military engagements. It gives insights into Catherine's passions, and her world. Editor(s): Smith, Douglas. Translator(s): Smith, Douglas. Num Pages: 475 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JF; BGH; HBJD; HBLL. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 156 x 31. Weight in Grams: 730.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Northern Illinois University Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 475
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780875806075
- ISBN
- 9780875806075
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.36
€ 37.99
€ 34.36