Regional & national history
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Regional & national history
Paperback. What changes occurred and what remained the same in Chinese civil justice from the Qing to the Republic? Drawing on archival records of actual cases, this study provides a new understanding of late imperial and Republican Chinese law. It also casts a new light on Chinese law by emphasizing rural areas and by comparing the old and the new. Series: Law, Society & Culture in China. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJF; HBLW; L. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 14. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804741118
- ISBN
- 9780804741118
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 35.59
€ 36.99
€ 35.59
hardcover. Based on newly available records of 628 civil dispute cases from the 1760's to the 1900's, this book challenges many conventional assumptions about the Qing legal system. Series: Law, Society & Culture in China. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; HBLL; LN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 605.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804727402
- ISBN
- 9780804727402
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 158.16
€ 158.16
Paperback. In 1941, before America entered World War II, determined young LeRoy Gover signed on with Britain's Royal Air Force to fly the plane of his dreams, the fast, sleek Spitfire. When America joined the fight, he transitioned to the powerful P-47 Thunderbolt. Former USAF pilot and aviation historian Philip D. Series: Warriors. Num Pages: 430 pages, 31 b&w photographs, 1 map. BIC Classification: 3JJH; BTM; HBJD; HBWQ; JWG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 134 x 16. Weight in Grams: 216.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Potomac Books Inc United States
- Edition
- 1st
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781574888447
- ISBN
- 9781574888447
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.79
€ 10.79
Paperback. In the next few thousand years, the ice may form again and the Bay will once more be the valley of the Susquehanna, unless, of course, human-induced changes in climate create some other currently unpredictable condition."-from the Introduction Editor(s): Curtin, Philip D.; Brush, Grace S.; Fisher, George W. Num Pages: 416 pages, 48, 19 black & white halftones, 29 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBBFM; HBJK; PSAF; RGBP; RGM; RN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 24. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780801864681
- ISBN
- 9780801864681
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 38.66
€ 46.99
€ 38.66
Hardcover. 180 of London's best conserved and least known interiors are revealed in 1200 spectacular photographs. Num Pages: 448 pages, 1500 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; HBJD1; WTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 297 x 40. Weight in Grams: 2628. 448 pages, 1500 colour illustrations. 180 of London's best conserved and least known interiors are revealed in 1200 spectacular photographs. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; HBJD1; WTM. Dimension: 254 x 297 x 40. Weight: 2864.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Atlantic Publishing Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780956864246
- ISBN
- 9780956864246
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 37.74
€ 37.74
Paperback. Num Pages: 816 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JH; BGH; HBJD; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 236 x 52. Weight in Grams: 922.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781408843246
- ISBN
- 9781408843246
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 22.02
€ 33.99
€ 22.02
paperback. Napoleon Bonaparte's rise to power was neither inevitable nor smooth; it was full of mistakes, wrong turns and pitfalls. This book examines the evolution of Napoleon's character and the means by which at the age of thirty he became head of the most powerful country in Europe and skilfully fashioned the image of himself. Num Pages: 672 pages, Illustrations, maps, ports. (some col.). BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JH; BGH; HBJD; HBLL; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 137 x 43. Weight in Grams: 534. Clean copy with light reading wear. Newspaper clippings pasted to inside front cover and half-title page by previous owner. Remains a very good copy
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Paperbacks
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KMK0022766
- ISBN
- 9780747566779
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.96
€ 5.96
Paperback. 'The narrative is as suspenseful as any thriller. Truly, an excellent read' Lynn Barber, Sunday Times Married for almost seventy years to the most famous woman in the world, Prince Philip is the longest-serving royal consort in British history. Yet his origins have remained curiously shrouded in obscurity. Num Pages: 384 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJ; BGR; HBJD1; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 24. Weight in Grams: 286.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780007305391
- ISBN
- 9780007305391
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.51
€ 13.99
€ 10.51
Paperback. A biography of the last Ranee of Sarawak, born into the aristocracy as Sylvia Brett in 1885 and destined to become 'Queen of the Headhunters'. Num Pages: 384 pages, 85, 1 maps. BIC Classification: 1FMNX; 3JH; 3JJ; BGH; HBJF; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 26. Weight in Grams: 344.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Orion Publishing Co London
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780753823811
- ISBN
- 9780753823811
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.74
€ 14.99
€ 11.74
Hardback. Philip Freeman brings together for the first time the greatest works of early Christian Ireland, from the letters of Patrick himself to the life of Brigid, Ireland's first female saint, and the voyage of Brendan and his monks across the unknown ocean. Num Pages: 240 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3D; HBJD1; HBLA; HRCC2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 144 x 22. Weight in Grams: 294.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199372584
- ISBN
- 9780199372584
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 34.55
€ 35.99
€ 34.55
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster United States
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781416592815
- ISBN
- 9781416592815
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 12.13
€ 16.99
€ 12.13
Hardback. Num Pages: 336 pages, 2 line illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HRAX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 685.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691147673
- ISBN
- 9780691147673
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 32.94
€ 46.99
€ 32.94
paperback. All at once, as it seemed, something we could have only imagined was upon us - and we could still only imagine it. This is what fascinates me most in existence: the peculiar necessity of imagining what is, in fact, real. Series: Picador Classics. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFGR; 3JJPR; BTC; HBJH; HBTZ; JFFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 25. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Picador
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781447275268
- ISBN
- 9781447275268
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.17
€ 13.99
€ 10.17
Hardback. This book is an unprecedented synthesis of the literature on state development that explains how and why the contours of the British state have changed over the last three centuries. Ranging in scope from the Glorious Revolution to New Labour, it provides a fluent and comprehensive introduction to the changing shape and role of the British state. Num Pages: 296 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JF; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJD1; HBLL; HBLW; JPHC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 238 x 159 x 28. Weight in Grams: 548.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745621920
- ISBN
- 9780745621920
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 77.43
€ 77.43
Hardback. .
- Publisher
- Pen & Sword Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781781591024
- ISBN
- 9781781591024
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.37
€ 33.99
€ 24.37
Paperback. The battle of Borodino was one of the greatest encounters in European history, and one of the largest and most sanguinary in the Napoleonic Wars. This title covers the events of Napoleon's disastrous Russian campaign of 1812 in its entirety, with the set-piece battle of Borodino proving the focal point of the book. Series: Campaign. Num Pages: 96 pages, Illustrations (chiefly col.). BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWH; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 248 x 186 x 8. Weight in Grams: 310.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 96
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849086967
- ISBN
- 9781849086967
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 15.38
€ 20.99
€ 15.38
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Olive Branch Pr
- Number of pages
- 700
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781566569040
- ISBN
- 9781566569040
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 28.82
€ 30.99
€ 28.82
Paperback. This selection of articles focuses on Washington's changing attitudes towards the institution of slavery and his everyday relationships with the slaves who shared his Mount Vernon estate. Editor(s): Schwarz, Philip J. Series: George Washington Bookshelf. Num Pages: 182 pages, 52 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLH; HBTB; HBTS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 422.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press United States
- Number of pages
- 182
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780931917387
- ISBN
- 9780931917387
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.94
€ 15.94
paperback. Explaining and illustrating the dramatic training and tactics of the Light Infantry and Rifle regiments, this comprehensive guide will appeal to anyone interested in the Napoleonic wars. Illustrator(s): Hook, Adam. Series: Elite. Num Pages: 64 pages, 40 b/w; 13 col. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; HBWH; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 187 x 248 x 6. Weight in Grams: 218.
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781472816061
- ISBN
- 9781472816061
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.38
€ 19.99
€ 18.38
Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages, 200 black & white illustrations, 17 colour illustrations, 8 colour plates. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; HBWH; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 276 x 216 x 10. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780750969758
- ISBN
- 9780750969758
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 29.04
€ 30.99
€ 29.04
Hardcover. .
- Publisher
- Pen & Sword Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781844155996
- ISBN
- 9781844155996
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.31
€ 33.99
€ 24.31
Hardback. One of the Duke of Wellington's officers once remarked, "We would rather see his long nose in the sight than a reinforcement of ten thousand men. Series: Military Profiles. Num Pages: 160 pages, 16 b&w illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; BGH; HBJD; HBLL; HBWH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 204 x 126 x 18. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Potomac Books Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781574888928
- ISBN
- 9781574888928
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 24.51
€ 24.51
Hardcover. A unique chronicle of Royal Naval Air Service practices during the First World War. Consolidates five original documents, published here in full for the first time. Num Pages: 280 pages, 450 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJF; HBJD1; HBWN; JWF; JWG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 276 x 215. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Pen & Sword Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781473828193
- ISBN
- 9781473828193
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 49.99€ 47.80
€ 49.99
€ 47.80
Paperback. In 1912, the Balkan states formed an alliance in an effort to break free from the crumbling Ottoman Empire. Forming an army of some 645,000 troops from Greece, Bulgaria, Serbia and Montenego, they took on a force of 400,000 Turkish soldiers. This book looks at the diverse and sometimes colourful uniforms worn by both sides. Illustrator(s): Walsh, Stephen. Series: Men-at-Arms. Num Pages: 48 pages, Illustrations (some col.). BIC Classification: 1DVW; 3JJC; HBJD; HBW; JWD; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 245 x 184 x 4. Weight in Grams: 166.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 48
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849084185
- ISBN
- 9781849084185
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.35
€ 17.99
€ 16.35