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Paperback. The Past has become a national obsession, spawning innumerable heritage organisations and occupying hours of TV time. How and when did this passion for the past become a collective fixation? This title traces the rise of heritage consciousness over the years since its origins in the writings of the seventeenth- and eighteenth-century antiquarians. Num Pages: 224 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; HBJD1; HBLL; HBLW; KNSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 248 x 174 x 12. Weight in Grams: 462.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780752440965
ISBN
9780752440965
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 20.65

Paperback. Num Pages: 120 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBJD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 151 x 7. Weight in Grams: 166.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Museum Tusculanum Press Denmark
Number of pages
104
Condition
New
SKU
V9788763537520
ISBN
9788763537520
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 18.78

Paperback. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBP; 3JMG; HBJF1; HBLX; HRAM2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 26. Weight in Grams: 311.
Publisher
Granta Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781783783113
ISBN
9781783783113
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.03

Paperback. An archive-based study of the failure of President Cardenas's agrarian reform in Mexico's Yucatan region. Num Pages: 240 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 3JJG; HBJK; HBLW; JPQB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 395.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822327677
ISBN
9780822327677
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.40

Paperback. This volume offers a powerful argument that Catholics and Catholicism had a more pervasive and impeding influence on postrevolutionary state formation in Mexico than historians have recognized or acknowledged. Num Pages: 360 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW; HRCC7. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 156 x 21. Weight in Grams: 480. 360 pages. Reshapes our understanding of agrarian reform, federal schooling, revolutionary anticlericalism, elections, and the Revolution's valorization of the Mesoamerican past. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW; HRCC7. Dimension: 236 x 156 x 21. Weight: 480.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822353379
ISBN
9780822353379
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.82

Paperback. Communist parties came to power in a variety of ways, usually by force, often with the acquiescence of people who hoped for a better future. Then came the imposition of Stalinism. The book examines this, and subsequent crises in Hungary, Poland and Czechoslovakia. Num Pages: 278 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVU; HBJD; HBLW; JPFC; JPFF; JPL; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 135 x 16. Weight in Grams: 354.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
2nd ed. 1995
Number of pages
278
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333651063
ISBN
9780333651063
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.14

Paperback. A penetrating study of the German army s military campaigns, relations with the Nazi regime, and complicity in Nazi crimes across occupied Europe" Num Pages: 664 pages, 16 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1DFG; HBJD; HBW; HBWQ; JWK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140. .
Publisher
Yale University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300228809
ISBN
9780300228809
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.98

Paperback. Num Pages: 160 pages, 16 colour plates. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3H; 3J; HBJF; HBLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 232 x 9. Weight in Grams: 290.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
V9780750955898
ISBN
9780750955898
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 20.55

Paperback. Num Pages: 160 pages, 30 black & white illustrations, 16 black & white plates. BIC Classification: 1DBKESX; 3JJH; HBJD1; HBLW; HBWQ; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Publisher
The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780750965910
ISBN
9780750965910
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.54

Hardback. This book challenges the usual ways in which development and change are regarded in rural Africa and provides a corrective to state-centred studies of development. Series: International African Library. Num Pages: 224 pages, 3 maps, 9 black & white illustrations, 6 black & white tables, 1 map, 9 b+w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFGU; HBJH; JFC; KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 163 x 18. Weight in Grams: 492.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
224
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748635184
ISBN
9780748635184
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 118.30
€ 113.90

Paperback. Despite a propaganda programme intent on maintaining the cliche of stability, Putin's regime was suddenly confronted in December 2011 by a public protest movement that told a different side of the story. The author argues that Putinism has brought economic growth to Russia but also weaker institutions, and this contradiction leads to instability. Num Pages: 400 pages, 20 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; HBJD; JPHL; JPW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 134 x 202 x 31. Weight in Grams: 448.
Publisher
Yale University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300205220
ISBN
9780300205220
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.81

Paperback. Offering an account of the Cambodian revolution and genocide, this book includes a preface that takes the story up to 2008 and the UN-sponsored Khmer Rouge tribunal. Num Pages: 544 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1FMC; 3JJPL; HBJF; HBLW3; HBTZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 196 x 129 x 35. Weight in Grams: 476.
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
544
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
3rd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300144345
ISBN
9780300144345
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.51

Paperback. An exploration of what happened in Cambodia from 1930 to 1975, this title traces the origins and trajectory of the Cambodian Communist movement and sets the ascension of Pol Pot's genocidal regime in the context of the conflict between colonialism and nationalism. Num Pages: 430 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1FMC; HBJF; HBLW3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 208 x 143 x 31. Weight in Grams: 556.
Publisher
Yale University Press
Number of pages
430
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300102628
ISBN
9780300102628
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.92

Paperback. A wartime romance, survival saga and murder mystery set in rural France during the First World War, from the bestselling author of 'Operation Mincemeat' and 'Agent Zig-Zag'. Num Pages: 320 pages, 35 b/w plates (16pp), With index. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JJF; BTM; HBJD1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 133 x 22. Weight in Grams: 250.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007395262
ISBN
9780007395262
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.00
€ 11.45

paperback. From the bestselling author of "Operation Mincemeat" and "Agent Zigzag" comes the fascinating story of Elisabeth Nietzsche--sister of the famed philosopher--and her insane attempt to found a utopian colony in the jungles of Paraguay in the late 19th century. Num Pages: 320 pages, 16pp black and white. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 1KLSP; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 132 x 20. Weight in Grams: 264. The Search for Elisabeth Nietzsche. 320 pages, 16pp black and white. From the bestselling author of "Operation Mincemeat" and "Agent Zigzag" comes the fascinating story of Elisabeth Nietzsche--sister of the famed philosopher--and her insane attempt to found a utopian colony in the jungles of Paraguay in the late 19th century. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DFG; 1KLSP; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; JFSL. Dimension: 200 x 132 x 20. Weight: 264.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9781408838150
ISBN
9781408838150
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.65

Paperback. An updated edition of Ben Pimlott's classic biography of the Queen: 'There is no better biography of Elizabeth II.' PETER HENNESSY, Independent on Sunday Num Pages: 816 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJP; 3JM; BGR; HBJD1; HBLW3; HBLX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 196 x 54. Weight in Grams: 640.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Diamond Jubilee edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007476626
ISBN
9780007476626
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 15.92

Paperback. Brash hustlers, sinister colonels, resilient refugees, and intrepid radio hosts: meet the future of Congo Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1HFJZ; HBJH; HBLX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 324.
Publisher
Oneworld Publications
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781851689651
ISBN
9781851689651
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.00
€ 12.38

Paperback. When British troops entered Bergen-Belsen concentration camp in April 1945, they confronted a terrible challenge, inside the camp were people, who would die unless they received immediate medical attention. This is the story of the men and women who faced that challenge to save the inmates of Belsen. Num Pages: 288 pages, 16 pp b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJH; HBJD; HBTZ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 19. Weight in Grams: 212.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844135400
ISBN
9781844135400
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.67

Paperback. Examines the formation of modern Vietnamese literature under French colonialism. Num Pages: 192 pages, 5 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FMV; 2GRV; 3JH; DSBD; HBJF; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 3887 x 5817 x 13. Weight in Grams: 272.
Publisher
Fordham University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823273140
ISBN
9780823273140
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.51

Hardback. Examines the formation of modern Vietnamese literature under French colonialism. Num Pages: 192 pages, 5 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FMV; 2GRV; 3JH; DSBD; HBJF; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780823273133
ISBN
9780823273133
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 97.15

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