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Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781472814210
- ISBN
- 9781472814210
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 20.43
€ 21.99
€ 20.43
Hardback. The late nineteenth century is generally thought of as a period of fervent imperial enthusiasm in Britain. However, beneath the surface there were currents of discontent. This title examines modes of thought in Late Victorian Britain that were described as anti-imperialist in the period 1878-1901. Series: Library of Victorian Studies. Num Pages: 304 pages, 8 bw integrated illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 219 x 146 x 29. Weight in Grams: 506.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848856097
- ISBN
- 9781848856097
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 141.13€ 125.03
€ 141.13
€ 125.03
Paperback. As cousins, George V, Kaiser Wilhelm II and the last Tsar Nicholas II should have been friends - but they happened also to rule Europe's three most powerful states. This book offers an account of how three men who should have known better helped bring down an entire world is a gripping story of abdication, betrayal and murder. Num Pages: 624 pages, 2x16 insets. BIC Classification: 3JJC; 3JJF; HBJD; HBLW; HBWN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 41. Weight in Grams: 442.
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141019987
- ISBN
- 9780141019987
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 13.17
€ 19.99
€ 13.17
Hardback. The French Revolution invented the notion of the citizen, but it also invented the noncitizen--the person whose rights were nonexistent. The South American outpost of Guiana became a depository for these outcasts of the new French citizenry, and an experimental space for the exercise of new kinds of power and violence against marginal groups. Series: Harvard Historical Studies. Num Pages: 296 pages, 2 maps, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1KLSF; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 167 x 242 x 24. Weight in Grams: 562.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674057548
- ISBN
- 9780674057548
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 59.92€ 54.99
€ 59.92
€ 54.99
Paperback. This fascinating book delves into these corners to examine all aspects of the gods, ritual customs, cult objects and sacred places of the ancient Celtic peoples. Num Pages: 256 pages, 16 b&w illustrations, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1D; 3D; HBJD; HBLA; HRKP2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 125 x 20. Weight in Grams: 308.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- Revised
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780750934794
- ISBN
- 9780750934794
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.34
€ 17.99
€ 16.34
Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages, 20 black & white illustrations, 16 black & white plates. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 159 x 234 x 21. Weight in Grams: 430.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780750961837
- ISBN
- 9780750961837
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 20.17
€ 21.99
€ 20.17
Paperback. Exploring the effects of military defeat and Nazi occupation on French articulations of gender in wartime France, this text uses such sources as governmental archives and propaganda to explore the ways in which Vichy politicians used gendered images to maintain political and social order. Series: Women in Culture and Society Series. Num Pages: 304 pages, 19 halftones. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBWQ; JFFK; JPQB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 430.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- First Printing
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226673509
- ISBN
- 9780226673509
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Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 34.05
€ 43.99
€ 34.05
Paperback. Eyots and Aits Num Pages: 192 pages, Illustrations (chiefly col.). BIC Classification: 1DBKES; HBJD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 250 x 12. Weight in Grams: 634.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd
- Number of pages
- 144
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752462134
- ISBN
- 9780752462134
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 28.55
€ 33.99
€ 28.55
Hardcover. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVWR; HBJD; HBLW3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 150 x 26. Weight in Grams: 588. 416 pages. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1DVWR; HBJD; HBLW3. Dimension: 223 x 150 x 26. Weight: 588.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- East European Monographs
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780880336581
- ISBN
- 9780880336581
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 68.21€ 53.13
€ 68.21
€ 53.13
Paperback. The Middle Ages (c.500-1500) includes a thousand years of European history. In this Very Short Introduction Miri Rubin tells the story of the times through the people and their lifestyles. Including stories of kingship and Christian salvation, agriculture and trade, Rubin demonstrates the remarkable nature and legacy of the Middle Ages. Series: Very Short Introductions. Num Pages: 160 pages, 10 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3F; 3H; HBJD; HBLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 174 x 122 x 9. Weight in Grams: 126.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199697298
- ISBN
- 9780199697298
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.74
€ 11.99
€ 10.74
Paperback. "Rubin raises . . . deep and disturbing questions about the nature of persecution and mass hysteria, and not least about the ways in which Christian beliefs have caused the deaths of Jews. . . . This is a courageous book, with implications far beyond medieval history."--Michael Clanchy, Series: The Middle Ages Series. Num Pages: 280 pages, 30 illus. BIC Classification: 1D; 3H; HBJD; HBLC; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 151 x 18. Weight in Grams: 448.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780812218800
- ISBN
- 9780812218800
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 35.59
€ 36.99
€ 35.59
paperback. There is no more haunting, compelling period in Britain's history than the later middle ages. This account brings the reader a long lost world, a strange, Catholic, rural country of monks, peasants, knights and merchants, almost perpetually at war, but continues to define so much of England's national myth. Num Pages: 400 pages, col. Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBJD1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 25. Weight in Grams: 322.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Penguin Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780140148251
- ISBN
- 9780140148251
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 16.46
€ 19.99
€ 16.46
paperback. A paperback edition of Miri Rubin's highly successful study of the meaning of the eucharist, c. 1150-1500. Num Pages: 452 pages, 19 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1D; 3H; 3JB; HBJD; HBLC; HRCL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 226 x 147 x 26. Weight in Grams: 664.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780521438056
- ISBN
- 9780521438056
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 39.99€ 31.58
€ 39.99
€ 31.58
Paperback. From Homer's hymn to Apollo to the writing of French-Algerian philosopher Jacques Derrida, this anthology juxtaposes the voices and experiences of travelers, exiles, and colonizers who have lived in or visited the Mediterranean region since before 1200 B C E. Editor(s): Cooke, Miriam G.; Goknar, Erdag M.; Parker, Grant. Num Pages: 416 pages, 32 illustrations, 7 maps, bibl., index. BIC Classification: DQ; HBJ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 157 x 25. Weight in Grams: 596.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- The University of North Carolina Press
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780807858714
- ISBN
- 9780807858714
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 63.47
€ 63.47
Paperback. Exploring everything from fantasy architecture to neo-tribal sports and from Emirati dress codes to neo-Bedouin poetry contests, this title explodes the idea that the tribal is primitive and argues instead that it is an elite, exclusive, racist, and modern instrument for branding nations and shaping Gulf citizenship and identity. Num Pages: 224 pages, 19 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1FBX; 3JJP; 3JM; HBJF; HBLW3; HBLX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 141 x 13. Weight in Grams: 270.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 210
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520280106
- ISBN
- 9780520280106
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.51
€ 33.99
€ 24.51
Paperback. Num Pages: 280 pages, 7. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JJPG; HBJD; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 235 x 17. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780801477485
- ISBN
- 9780801477485
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.09
€ 27.09
Paperback. This is a study of Arab writers such as Ghada al-Samman, Hanan al-Shaikh, Emily Nasrallah and Etel Adnan. It presents a constructive literary approach to the ravages of the civil war in the Lebanon. The ways in which women's consciousness is awakened in terms of female liberation is a theme. Num Pages: 228 pages, index. BIC Classification: 1FBL; DSBH; HBJF1; HBW; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 228
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815603771
- ISBN
- 9780815603771
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.08
€ 20.08
Hardback. The soldiers who occupied Germany after the Second World War were not only liberators: they also brought with them a new threat, as women throughout the country became victims of sexual violence. Translator(s): Somers, Nick. Num Pages: 350 pages. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJH; 3JJPG; HBJD; HBLW; JFFE2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 164 x 328 x 30. Weight in Grams: 530.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781509511204
- ISBN
- 9781509511204
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.68€ 49.10
€ 64.68
€ 49.10
Paperback. Nero's personality and crimes have always intrigued historians and writers of fiction. This book offers a fascinating insight into the sensational life and troubled times of the Emperor Nero. Series: Roman Imperial Biographies. Num Pages: 332 pages, illustrations geneal. table, map. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; BGH; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 512.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1987
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415214643
- ISBN
- 9780415214643
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 56.72
€ 56.72
Hardback. Reassesses the celebrated Maoist health care model through the lens of Mao's famous campaign against snail fever. This volume documents how economic, political, and cultural realities led to grassroots resistance. It reconsiders the relationship between science and political control during the ostensibly antiscientific Maoist era. Num Pages: 368 pages, 15 b/w, 1 map, 5 table. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJP; HBJF; HBLW3; HBTB; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520288836
- ISBN
- 9780520288836
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 69.39€ 53.84
€ 69.39
€ 53.84
hardcover. Provides fresh perspectives on colonialism, tourism, imagery, and the anthropology of place Series: Culture, Place, and Nature. Num Pages: 288 pages, 40 illus. BIC Classification: 1F; GTB; HBJM; JHM; KNSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295991016
- ISBN
- 9780295991016
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 119.52
€ 119.52
Hardback. Series: Asia: Local Studies/ Global Themes. Num Pages: 328 pages, 9 b/w photographs, 4 line illustrations, 1 map, 5 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; HBJF; JFFH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 151 x 26. Weight in Grams: 586.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520276734
- ISBN
- 9780520276734
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 58.80€ 46.12
€ 58.80
€ 46.12
Hardcover. This comprehensive encyclopaedia covers every German artillery piece mounted afloat during the Second World War, from the huge 15-inch (380mm) guns carried by the Bismarck to the smallest machine gun used by coastal forces. Num Pages: 416 pages, 1000 illustrations in colour, B&W and line. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ; JWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 302 x 219 x 31. Weight in Grams: 1704.
- Publisher
- Pen & Sword Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 416
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848320802
- ISBN
- 9781848320802
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 37.01
€ 52.99
€ 37.01
Paperback. Translator(s): Floor, Willem M. Num Pages: 337 pages, May 2008. BIC Classification: 1FBN; HBJF1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 278 x 212 x 18. Weight in Grams: 816.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Mage Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 337
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781933823232
- ISBN
- 9781933823232
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 31.93
€ 44.99
€ 31.93