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Regional & national history
Hardback. This book brings together a collection of essays by western scholars about women in the Stalin era (1928-53). It explores both the realities of women's lived experience in the 1930s and 1940s, and the various forms in which womanhood and femininity were represented and constructed in these decades. Series: Studies in Russian and East European History and Society. Num Pages: 256 pages, 4 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; HBJD; HBLW; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 531.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333779309
- ISBN
- 9780333779309
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 116.96
€ 116.96
Hardcover. Num Pages: 272 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 5H; HBJK; HBTB; JFC; WJX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 614.
- Publisher
- Encounter Books
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781594038938
- ISBN
- 9781594038938
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 26.56
€ 29.99
€ 26.56
Hardcover. From the world's most repressive state comes rare good news: escape to freedom of a small number of its people. It is a crime to leave North Korea. They go first to China, which rejects them as criminals, then to Southeast Asia, and finally to South Korea, and other countries. They travel along a secret route known as the new underground railroad. Num Pages: 376 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPKN; HBJF; JPHX; JPW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 163 x 31. Weight in Grams: 716.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Encounter Books,USA United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 350
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781594036330
- ISBN
- 9781594036330
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 27.21
€ 29.99
€ 27.21
Hardback. How wild and managed or artificially arranged environments coexist has long been a matter of intense debate among foresters and landscape professionals. In this study, Simo considers the developments of half a century, 1897-1949, when the contours of the debate were formed. Num Pages: 296 pages, 17 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AMV; HBJK; HBLW; RNA; RPG; WN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 30. Weight in Grams: 771.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813921594
- ISBN
- 9780813921594
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.95
€ 64.95
Hardcover. Melek Ortabasi reassesses the influence of Yanagita Kunio (1875-1962), a folk scholar and elite bureaucrat, in shaping modern Japan's cultural identity. Only the second book-length English-language study of Yanagita, this book moves beyond his pioneering work in folk studies to reveal the full range of his contributions as a public intellectual. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 400 pages, illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white). BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 2GJ; BGL; DSB; HBJF; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 160 x 26. Weight in Grams: 640.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Harvard University Asia Center
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674492004
- ISBN
- 9780674492004
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 46.73
€ 54.99
€ 46.73
Hardcover. Meletij Smotryc'kyj was at the centre of the debates that agitated Ruthenia in the period following the Union of Brest (1596). This collection of works, written by Smotryc'kyj over a period of 20 years, offers insight into the elite of early modern Rus' and their place in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. Translator(s): Frick, David A. Series: Harvard Library of Early Ukrainian Literature. Num Pages: 880 pages, 9 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVUK; 3JD; HBJD; HBLH; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 180 x 62. Weight in Grams: 1304.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 880
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780916458645
- ISBN
- 9780916458645
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 32.10
€ 36.99
€ 32.10
Hardcover. This compelling new study examines the intersection between women, religion and politics in the late seventeenth and early eighteenth century in Britain. It demonstrates that what inspired Dissenting and Anglican women to political action was their concern for the survival of the Protestant religion both at home and abroad. Series: Early Modern History: Society and Culture. Num Pages: 253 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JF; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 168 x 211 x 19. Weight in Grams: 426.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137303196
- ISBN
- 9781137303196
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.25
€ 67.25
Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLSR; 3JJG; HBJK; HBLW; JPW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 161 x 23. Weight in Grams: 531.
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Bucknell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611484625
- ISBN
- 9781611484625
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 160.58
€ 160.58
Paperback. Explores the camera work of five women who directed their visions toward influencing social policy and cultural theory. Doris Ulmann, Dorothea Lange, Marion Post Wolcott, Margaret Bourke-White, and Berenice Abbott. Melissa McEuen considers the prisms though which they saw American culture in the 1920s and 1930s. Num Pages: 376 pages, 54 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; AJB; HBJK; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University Press of Kentucky
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813190945
- ISBN
- 9780813190945
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 55.63
€ 55.63
Paperback. "Simultaneously published in the UK"--T.p. verso. Series: Critical Moments in American History. Num Pages: 216 pages, 5 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBBF; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL; HBWF. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 165 x 11. Weight in Grams: 306.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415895613
- ISBN
- 9780415895613
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.57
€ 51.57
Hardback. The material lives of rural upcountry women improved dramatically by midcentury-yet in becoming middle class, Walker concludes, the women found their experiences both broadened and circumscribed. Series: Revisiting Rural America. Num Pages: 344 pages, 13, 13 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBF; 3JJG; HBJK; HBLW; JFSJ1; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801863189
- ISBN
- 9780801863189
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 74.01
€ 74.01
Paperback. Lavishly illustrated study of historical narrative stereography and the story it tells about women and gender roles Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University Press of New England United States
- Edition
- Nov
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611688399
- ISBN
- 9781611688399
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.41
€ 46.41
Paperback. Edited by her niece Sophia Grene, the anthology 'A Life in Postcards' is divided into several sections, each introduced by members of the family or friends, who round out a sense of the writer's life. Melosina Lenox- Conyngham's writings are rich with a delightful sense of humour and her ironic, quizzical pleasure in the world is contagious. Editor(s): Grene, Sophia. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: BJ; HBJD1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 138 x 16. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Publisher
- The Lilliput Press Ltd
- Number of pages
- 232
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843514015
- ISBN
- 9781843514015
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.00€ 17.10
€ 20.00
€ 17.10
Paperback. With an executive order from President Franklin Roosevelt in 1941, the United States Marine Corps - the last all-white branch of the US military - was forced to begin recruiting and enlisting African Americans. This book tells the story of these pioneering African American Marines. Num Pages: 216 pages, 36 illustrations, 4 maps, bibl., index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; HBJK; HBLW3; HBW; JFSL3; JWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- The University of North Carolina Press United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780807861769
- ISBN
- 9780807861769
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 23.42
€ 25.99
€ 23.42
paperback. No group is quoted - and misquoted - more often than America's founders. The Quotable Founding Fathers offers a compilation of some 2,500 quotes summing up the wit and wisdom of the founders. It mines into the founders' essays, diaries, letters, speeches, and sermons to extract all the nuggets that are significant to the history of the US. Num Pages: 352 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; GBC; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 463.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Potomac Books Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781574888294
- ISBN
- 9781574888294
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.52
€ 26.99
€ 25.52
Hardback. The history of one of the most dramatic and underreported stories of WWII. Num Pages: 336 pages, 8-page black & white illustrated insert. BIC Classification: 1FMP; 1QSPN; 3JJH; HBJF; HBTM; HBWQ; JWF; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 41.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781592289783
- ISBN
- 9781592289783
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 22.03
€ 27.99
€ 22.03
This companion offers an overview of Richard M. Nixon s life, presidency, and legacy, as well as a detailed look at the evolution and current state, of Nixon scholarship. Editor(s): Small, Melvin. Series: Wiley Blackwell Companions to American History. Num Pages: 648 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW; JPHL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 251 x 178 x 41. Weight in Grams: 1318.
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 648
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781444330175
- ISBN
- 9781444330175
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 261.90
€ 261.90
Hardcover. Based on primary source research, this is the most comprehensive history of the Victoria Cross available, tracing the evolution of the award from its inception in 1856 to the most recent bestowals. The study also examines the evolution of the concept of heroism and how the definition of heroism changed along with the nature of warfare. Num Pages: 290 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; 3JJ; 3JMC; HBJD1; HBLW; HBW; JWT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 158 x 25. Weight in Grams: 588.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 2008th Edition
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230547056
- ISBN
- 9780230547056
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 60.16
€ 60.16
Paperback. Based on primary source research, this is the most comprehensive history of the Victoria Cross available, tracing the evolution of the award from its inception in 1856 to the most recent bestowals. The study also examines the evolution of the concept of heroism and how the definition of heroism changed along with the nature of warfare. Series: Studies in Military and Strategic History. Num Pages: 281 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD1; HBL; HBTB; HBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 281
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349361366
- ISBN
- 9781349361366
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 59.22
€ 59.22
Hardcover. Melvin G. Holli shows how presidential reliance on public opinion polls dates back to the New Deal era, when Franklin Roosevelt employed a first-generation Finnish American named Emil Hurja to conduct polls for his 1932 and 1936 presidential campaigns. Series: The World of the Roosevelt's. Num Pages: 172 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBBWS; 3JJG; HBJK; HBLW; JPHF; JPVK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 322.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780312293956
- ISBN
- 9780312293956
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.38
€ 66.38
Paperback. The first book-length study of Emil Hurja, who introduced the use of public opinion polls to drive presidential campaigning. Series: The World of the Roosevelt's. Num Pages: 172 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBL; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 172
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349634491
- ISBN
- 9781349634491
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Paperback. Focusing on "Amos 'n' Andy", a nightly American radio comedy in the 1930s, this text unveils a tale of America's shifting colour line, in which two professional directors of blackface minstrel shows produced a series so complex that it won admirers ranging from ultra-racists to racial egalitarians. Num Pages: 360 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; APW; HBJK; HBLW; JFD; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 248 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Edition
- 10th ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813920924
- ISBN
- 9780813920924
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 39.04
€ 39.04
Paperback. The Vietnam war destroyed the presidency of Lyndon Johnson and forced the resignation of Richard Nixon. Those presidents who followed constructed their foreign policies mindful that they would not survive politically if they were to lead the nation into another limited war. This book presents a study of the Vietnam War's domestic politics. Series: American Ways Series. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBWS2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 139 x 272 x 23. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Publisher
- Ivan R Dee, Inc Chicago, IL
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781566636476
- ISBN
- 9781566636476
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 22.56
€ 22.56
Paperback. In this first historical overview of the subject, Melvin Small examines the central role of domestic politics in the shaping and conduct of American foreign policy from the early republic to the end of the Cold War. Series: The American Moment. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLL; HBLW; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 156 x 230 x 14. Weight in Grams: 370.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801851780
- ISBN
- 9780801851780
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 26.97
€ 31.99
€ 26.97