Regional & national history
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Regional & national history
Paperback. Giuseppe Garibaldi, the Italian revolutionary leader and popular hero, was among the best-known figures of the nineteenth century. This book seeks to examine his life and the making of his cult, to assess its impact, and understand its surprising success. Num Pages: 496 pages, 33 black-&-white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 156 x 42. Weight in Grams: 758.
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 496
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300144239
- ISBN
- 9780300144239
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.40
€ 26.99
€ 20.40
Paperback. Series: Routledge Historical Biographies. Num Pages: 374 pages, 6 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JB; HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 198 x 178 x 34. Weight in Grams: 402.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781138831414
- ISBN
- 9781138831414
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.99€ 49.68
€ 51.99
€ 49.68
Paperback. William Cavendish, courageous, cultured and passionate about women, embodies the popular image of a cavalier. Famously defeated at the Battle of Marston Moor in 1644, he went into a long and miserable continental exile before returning to England in triumph on the restoration of King Charles II to the throne in 1660. Num Pages: 368 pages, Illustrations (some col.). BIC Classification: 1DBKE; BGH; HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 22. Weight in Grams: 290.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 368
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571227044
- ISBN
- 9780571227044
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.51
€ 19.99
€ 14.51
Paperback. In the eighteenth century, the palace's assembly room was in fact a bloody battlefield. This was a world of skulduggery, politicking, wigs and beauty-spots, where fans whistled open like flick-knives. Ambitious people flocked to court of George II and Queen Caroline in search of power and prestige, but Kensington Palace was also a gilded cage. Num Pages: 432 pages, Illustrations (some col.), map, ports. (some col.). BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; HBJD1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 124 x 29. Weight in Grams: 348.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Number of pages
- 432
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571238903
- ISBN
- 9780571238903
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 12.95
€ 17.99
€ 12.95
Paperback. Why did the flushing toilet take two centuries to catch on? Why did Samuel Pepys never give his mistresses an orgasm? Why did medieval people sleep sitting up? Why did gas lighting cause Victorian ladies to faint? Why, for centuries, did people fear fruit? In this book, all these questions - and more - are answered. Num Pages: 368 pages, Illustrations (some col.). BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBJD1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 197 x 25. Weight in Grams: 320.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Number of pages
- 368
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571259540
- ISBN
- 9780571259540
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.01
€ 17.99
€ 13.01
paperback. Tells the story of a national obsession. This title presents a tale of dark deeds and guilty pleasures, a riveting investigation into the British soul by one of our finest historians. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBJD1; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 246.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- BBC Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781849906517
- ISBN
- 9781849906517
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 13.73
€ 16.99
€ 13.73
Hardback. This volume, with original contributions by leading German scholars, suggests that crises of integration should be seen as engines of progress throughout the history of European integration rather than as expressions of failure and regression, a widely held assumption. It therefore throws new light on the current crises in European integration.. Series: New German Historical Perspectives. Num Pages: Illustrations. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBLW3. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Weight in Grams: 374.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845454418
- ISBN
- 9781845454418
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 154.37
€ 154.37
Num Pages: 240 pages, over 500 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1DFG; HBJD; HBWQ; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 312 x 239 x 25. Weight in Grams: 1756.
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764304798
- ISBN
- 9780764304798
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.35€ 46.30
€ 65.35
€ 46.30
Hardback. Series: Historical Dictionaries of War, Revolution & Civil Unrest. Num Pages: 520 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1FCA; GBC; HBJF; HBW; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 142 x 37. Weight in Grams: 862.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Edition
- 2 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 520
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810849488
- ISBN
- 9780810849488
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 152.45
€ 152.45
Hardback. brings together key articles in one accessible volume includes new articles and approaches to the subject covers the role of women in the church. Editor(s): Luebke, David Martin. Series: Blackwell Essential Readings in History. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; HBJD; HBLH; HRCC7. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 238 x 159 x 21. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631211037
- ISBN
- 9780631211037
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 141.20
€ 141.20
Paperback. Comprises nine articles on the Counter-Reformation. This book shows that these reforms were more than a mere reaction against the Protestant challenge to Catholic doctrine and institutions, rather, they also constituted an internal renewal that transformed sixteenth and seventeenth-century Catholic religious life in many complex ways. Editor(s): Luebke, David (University of Oregon). Series: Blackwell Essential Readings in History. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; HBJD; HBLH; HRCC7. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 154 x 18. Weight in Grams: 356.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631211044
- ISBN
- 9780631211044
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.06
€ 52.06
Paperback. Presents a guided tour through centuries of history of Italy. This book examines Machiavelli and Mussolini, popes, pilgrims and prostitutes, cliques and conspiracies, Casanova and the crippling power of the Church. It also shows us a divided nation, injustice, ignorance, poverty and fear. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 1DST; HBJD; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 19. Weight in Grams: 274.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 400
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140145953
- ISBN
- 9780140145953
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.06
€ 19.99
€ 15.06
hardcover. Author of the Declaration of Independence, and president of the US, Thomas Jefferson is a classical liberal philosopher-king that America produced in the birth throes of the republic. This book helps readers recognize Jefferson as a champion of limited government, natural rights, and antagonism of the states towards interference by federal powers. Num Pages: 320 pages, index, bibliography. BIC Classification: HBJK; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Mercer University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780881461862
- ISBN
- 9780881461862
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 8.29
€ 24.99
€ 8.29
Hardback.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1900
- Publisher
- Cambridge Scholars Publishing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781443850582
- ISBN
- 9781443850582
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 56.71
€ 56.71
Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages, 13, 13 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; JFSG; JFSL3; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 160 x 15. Weight in Grams: 328.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780801479359
- ISBN
- 9780801479359
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.51
€ 32.99
€ 29.51
Paperback. The history of the British-Spanish Society, an example of 'soft' or cultural diplomacy between countries. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DSE; 3JJ; 3JM; HBJD; HBTB; JHMC; JPSD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 158 x 234 x 18. Weight in Grams: 326.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781781382752
- ISBN
- 9781781382752
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.99€ 6.23
€ 12.99
€ 6.23
Hardback. Algeria is noteworthy for its geopolitical position and the fact it has avoided destabilisation from grassroots uprisings along the lines of the Arab Spring and from hardline Islamists currently plaguing the region Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1HBA; 3JM; HBJH; HBLX; JPH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 225 x 145. Weight in Grams: 750.
- Publisher
- C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849045872
- ISBN
- 9781849045872
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.48€ 53.08
€ 53.48
€ 53.08
Hardback. Translator(s): Spedding, Alison. Num Pages: 456 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLSL; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2023
- Publisher
- Seagull Books London Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 456
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Translation
- SKU
- V9780857423344
- ISBN
- 9780857423344
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.74
€ 40.99
€ 31.74
Hardback. Series: The American South Series. Num Pages: 288 pages, 10 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBF; 1KBBS; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813938745
- ISBN
- 9780813938745
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.47
€ 67.47
Paperback. On March 18, 1975, Herbert Chitepo, an African nationalist in exile and chairman of the war council that struggled to liberate Zimbabwe from white-ruled Rhodesia, was killed by a car bomb. This title uncovers what is at stake in the various confessions and why Chitepo's assassination incites conflict and controversy in Zimbabwe's politics. Num Pages: 160 pages, 1 bibliog., 1 index. BIC Classification: 1HFMW; HBJH; HBLW3; JPWL1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 154 x 12. Weight in Grams: 260.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253216083
- ISBN
- 9780253216083
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 17.47
€ 17.99
€ 17.47
Paperback. In 1965 the white minority government of Rhodesia issued a unilateral declaration of independence from Britain, rather than negotiate a transition to majority rule. The author shows that the exception that was Rhodesian independence did not, in fact, make the state that different from new nations elsewhere in Africa. Num Pages: 368 pages, 5 halftones. BIC Classification: 1HFG; 1HFMS; HBJH; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 231 x 27. Weight in Grams: 488.
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226235196
- ISBN
- 9780226235196
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 27.92
€ 34.99
€ 27.92
Hardcover. In 1965 the white minority government of Rhodesia issued a unilateral declaration of independence from Britain, rather than negotiate a transition to majority rule. The author shows that the exception that was Rhodesian independence did not, in fact, make the state that different from new nations elsewhere in Africa. Num Pages: 368 pages, 5 halftones. BIC Classification: 1HFG; 1HFMS; HBJH; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 662.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226235059
- ISBN
- 9780226235059
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 99.82€ 82.79
€ 99.82
€ 82.79
Paperback. During the colonial period, Africans told each other terrifying rumors that Africans who worked for white colonists captured unwary residents and took their blood. Providing the stories that Africans told to describe colonial power, this book presents an epistemological inquiry into the nature of historical truth and memory. Series: Studies on the History of Society & Culture. Num Pages: 368 pages, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1HFG; 1HFJ; GTB; HBJH; HBLL; HBLW; JFHF; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 135 x 20. Weight in Grams: 488.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520217041
- ISBN
- 9780520217041
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 28.19
€ 38.99
€ 28.19
Hardback. An annual publication forging a link between social history, American studies, and the decorative arts. Editor(s): Beckerdite, Luke. Num Pages: 204 pages, 243 illus. (209 colour). End-paper illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AKR; HBJK; WCL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 279 x 216 x 25. Weight in Grams: 1270.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Chipstone Foundation United States
- Number of pages
- 204
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780976734451
- ISBN
- 9780976734451
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 73.18
€ 73.18