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Regional & national history
Hardback. Volume 15 considers the developments in Mao's thoughts and how they related to China's government in this account of a turbulent period in Chinese history. Editor(s): MacFarquhar, Roderick; Fairbank, John King. Series Editor(s): Fairbank, John King; Twitchett, Denis. Series: The Cambridge History of China. Num Pages: 1136 pages, 14 maps 38 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; 3JJPN; HBJF; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 158 x 232 x 69. Weight in Grams: 1692.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 1134
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780521243377
- ISBN
- 9780521243377
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 180.27
€ 180.27
Paperback. Drawing on declassified documents, this book reveals missions as remarkable as a plot to assassinate Mussolini and plans to arm the Mafia, and brings home the risks that secret agencies run when trying to undermine well-entrenched regimes. It features a tale of desperate daring, tragic sacrifice and long-held wartime secrets. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 36. Weight in Grams: 374.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571299195
- ISBN
- 9780571299195
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 12.91
€ 17.99
€ 12.91
Paperback. The Special Operations Executive (SOE) was a secret British organisation created early in the Second World War to encourage resistance and carry out sabotage behind enemy lines. This title tells the stories of SOE agents, HQ staff, diplomats, aircrew and naval personnel in their own words. Num Pages: 400 pages, approx 60 b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJH; HBJD1; HBLW; HBWQ; JPSH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 27. Weight in Grams: 280.
- Publisher
- Ebury Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 400
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- UNKNOWN
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780091918514
- ISBN
- 9780091918514
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.74
€ 19.99
€ 14.74
Paperback. 6 June 1944: the day Allied forces crossed the Channel and began fighting their way into Nazi-occupied Northwest Europe. Drawing on thousands of hours of eyewitness testimony recorded by the Imperial War Museum, this book tells the story of this turning point in World War 2. Num Pages: 416 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 27. Weight in Grams: 296.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Ebury Publishing
- Edition
- New Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780091930691
- ISBN
- 9780091930691
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.75
€ 19.99
€ 14.75
Paperback. 'Romanticism had its roots in fantasy and fed on myth'. This book analyses the Romantic vision of the Orient from Ottoman Turkey, through the Middle East, including Egypt and Persia, to the Vale of Kashmir - fascination with the exotic Orient mixed with distaste for despotic rule. Num Pages: 272 pages, 14 integrated bw. BIC Classification: 1FB; DSB; HBJF1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 159 x 230 x 19. Weight in Grams: 364.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780764825
- ISBN
- 9781780764825
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 22.44
€ 25.99
€ 22.44
Hardback. Roderick Cavaliero provides a fascinating overview of Germany's cultural zenith and its artistic exports. Comprehensive and highly-readable, 'Genius, Power and Magic' surveys the legacy of this golden age, including the literature of Goethe and Grimm, the music of Wagner, Schumann and Mendelssohn and the philosophy of Schiller and Kant. Num Pages: 384 pages, 14 integrated bw. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JF; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 158 x 34. Weight in Grams: 750.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 384
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780764009
- ISBN
- 9781780764009
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 58.80€ 53.26
€ 58.80
€ 53.26
Paperback. This is a systematic account of Brazil's historical development from 1798 to 1852. The book analyses the process that brought the sprawling Portuguese colonies of the New World into the confines of a single nation-state. Editor(s): Barman, Roderick J. Num Pages: 348 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLC; 1KLSB; 3JF; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 475.
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804723305
- ISBN
- 9780804723305
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 33.47
€ 33.99
€ 33.47
Paperback. In the history of post-colonial Latin America no person has held power so firmly and for so long as did Pedro II as emperor of Brazil. This is the first full-length biography in 60 years, and the first in any language to make close use of Pedro II's diaries and family papers. Num Pages: 576 pages, 60 half-tones. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 156 x 235 x 34. Weight in Grams: 814.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 569
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804744003
- ISBN
- 9780804744003
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 56.42
€ 56.42
Paperback. As the elder daughter of an emperor whose wife had presented him with no sons, Isabel stood to inherit the monarchy of Brazil with the passing of Dom Pedro II. On three separate occasions, Isabel was named regent, or head of state. Series: Latin American Silhouettes. Num Pages: 291 pages, illustrations, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; 3JH; BGH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTG; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 520.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Scholarly Resources Inc.,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 291
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780842028462
- ISBN
- 9780842028462
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 62.55
€ 62.55
Hardback. This book provides the first comprehensive history of the peoples of the Middle Niger written by an English--speaking scholar. Series: Peoples of Africa S. Num Pages: 384 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1HBS; HBJH; HBTB; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 240 x 162 x 37. Weight in Grams: 764.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631173618
- ISBN
- 9780631173618
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 95.90
€ 95.90
Paperback. This concise history of France from the occupation in 1940 to liberation in 1944 focuses on the struggle between those who favoured collaboration with the occupying Germans and those who opted to resist. Series: Historical Association Studies. Num Pages: 96 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 3JJH; HBJD; HBWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 141 x 7. Weight in Grams: 154.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 96
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631139270
- ISBN
- 9780631139270
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.61
€ 52.61
Paperback. Explains why Mao launched the Cultural Revolution, and shows his Machiavellian role in masterminding it. This book documents the Hobbesian state that ensued. Power struggles raged among Lin Biao, Zhou Enlai, Deng Xiaoping, and Jiang Qing - Mao's wife and leader of the Gang of Four - while Mao often played one against the other. Num Pages: 752 pages, 57 halftones. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJPK; HBJF; HBLW3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 163 x 37. Weight in Grams: 948.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Number of pages
- 752
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- Later Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674027480
- ISBN
- 9780674027480
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 29.26
€ 34.99
€ 29.26
Hardcover. An authoritative account of Greek military and political power, architecture, sculpture and art, drama and philosophy, and their lasting influence on Western culture. Tells the myths and legends of the Olympian gods, including Zeus, Athena, Apollo, Artemis, Poseidon, Hermes, Ares, Aphrodite, Eros, Hephaestus and Dionysus. Num Pages: Over 1000 photographs. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HBJD; HBLA1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 282 x 216. .
- Publisher
- Lorenz Books
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Illustrated, Comprehensive
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780754833574
- ISBN
- 9780754833574
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.79
€ 26.99
€ 25.79
Paperback. Ordinary working people, convinced their life could be better than it was, demanded a share in Mexico's progress and also to be respected for their contribution to that progress. This study demonstrates how the workers resisted the radical ideology of foreign revolutionary dogmas and based their demands on indigenous sociopolitical traditions. Num Pages: 431 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, maps, charts. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 3JJC; HBJK; HBLW; HBTK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 250 x 150 x 15. Weight in Grams: 666.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Northern Illinois University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 431
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780875809922
- ISBN
- 9780875809922
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 33.63
€ 33.99
€ 33.63
Paperback. Colonel Rodney Foster, who retired to Hythe in the south of England after a military career in British India, joined the Home Guard in 1940 and kept a diary every day - a highly illegal act at the time - and in it meticulously chronicled his service in the real "Dad's Army". Num Pages: 400 pages, Illustrations (some col.), maps. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 30. Weight in Grams: 374.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 384
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 1st Paperback Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780670919802
- ISBN
- 9780670919802
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 16.69
€ 20.99
€ 16.69
Paperback. This is a comparative study of the role of English and French towns in feudal society in the middle ages. Series Editor(s): Roper, Lyndal. Series: Past and Present Publications. Num Pages: 188 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; HBJD; HBLC; JFSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 11. Weight in Grams: 250.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 188
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780521484565
- ISBN
- 9780521484565
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.78
€ 50.78
Hardback. A fresh look at William of Malmesbury which not only demonstrates his real greatness as a historian and his European vision, but also the breadth of his learning across a number of other disciplines. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3H; HBAH; HBJD1; HBLC1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 250 x 150 x 15. Weight in Grams: 666.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781783271368
- ISBN
- 9781783271368
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 96.47
€ 96.47
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Lawrence and Wishart Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2nd
- Number of pages
- 388
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781905007110
- ISBN
- 9781905007110
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 23.35
€ 26.99
€ 23.35
The Production of Difference: Race and the Management of Labor in U.S....
Roediger, David R., Esch, Elizabeth D.
Paperback. Centering on race and empire, this book revolutionizes the history of management. From slave management to U.S. managers functioning as transnational experts on managing diversity, it shows how "modern management" was made at the margins. Even in "scientific" management, playing races against each other remained a hallmark of managerial strategy. Num Pages: 300 pages, 3 illus. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBL; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 159 x 233 x 19. Weight in Grams: 442.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199376483
- ISBN
- 9780199376483
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 60.84
€ 60.84
paperback. Num Pages: 144 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLC; HBJK; JF; JPS; KCL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1984
- Publisher
- Monthly Review Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 144
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780853456353
- ISBN
- 9780853456353
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 14.25
€ 14.99
€ 14.25
Paperback. Based on over seventy interviews conducted with the members of the IRA, this book provides an evaluation of the personal and political consequences of the IRA's campaign of violence. Translated from the critically acclaimed "Matar por Irlanda", it answers the question faced by many armed revolutionary movements: 'Was the war worth it?' Series: Political Violence. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBJD1; JPWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 362.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd Abingdon, UK
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415396110
- ISBN
- 9780415396110
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.03
€ 65.03
Hardcover. This work looks at the airfields of the USAAF Ninth which were charged with the support of ground forces in the invasion of Normandy. The Ninth fielded a variety of aircraft, operating from over 60 airfields in Britain, and in this work these airfields are both explored and photographed. Series: After the Battle S. Num Pages: 256 pages, 510 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1KBB; HBJD1; HBJK; HBWQ; JWG; TBX; WGM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 306 x 222 x 26. Weight in Grams: 1440. Then and Now. Series: After the Battle S. 256 pages, 510 illustrations. This work looks at the airfields of the USAAF Ninth which were charged with the support of ground forces in the invasion of Normandy. The Ninth fielded a variety of aircraft, operating from over 60 airfields in Britain, and in this work these airfields are both explored and photographed. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1KBB; HBJD1; HBJK; HBWQ; JWG; TBX; WGM. Dimension: 306 x 222 x 26. Weight: 1458.
- Publisher
- After the Battle
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Edition
- UNKNOWN
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780900913808
- ISBN
- 9780900913808
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 27.55
€ 33.99
€ 27.55
Hardcover. Sixty years ago over 100 aerodromes in east and north-eastern England were occupied by the men and machines of RAF Bomber Command. This book describes the physical development, construction and operational history of every airfield It is illustrated with wartime and present-day aerial photographs. Num Pages: 360 pages, 830 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JJH; HBJD1; HBWQ; JWG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 302 x 218 x 27. Weight in Grams: 1888. 360 pages, 830 illustrations. Sixty years ago over 100 aerodromes in east and north-eastern England were occupied by the men and machines of RAF Bomber Command. This book describes the physical development, construction and operational history of every airfield It is illustrated with wartime and present-day aerial photographs. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JJH; HBJD1; HBWQ; JWG. Dimension: 302 x 223 x 28. Weight: 1914.
- Publisher
- After the Battle
- Number of pages
- 360
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781870067355
- ISBN
- 9781870067355
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.86€ 44.15
€ 52.86
€ 44.15
Paperback. A concise history of Russia from its beginnings in Kiev Rus through to the twenty-first century. Series: Palgrave Essential Histories Series. Num Pages: 336 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 432.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333632642
- ISBN
- 9780333632642
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 39.00
€ 39.00