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Paperback. Offers a profound reinterpretation of nationalism, racism, and wartime mobilization during the Asia-Pacific war. This book demonstrates that the United States and Japan became increasingly alike over the course of the war, perhaps most tellingly in their common attempts to disavow racism even as they reproduced it in new ways and forms. Num Pages: 520 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 1FPK; 3JJH; HBJF; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 149 x 227 x 29. Weight in Grams: 704.
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
520
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520280212
ISBN
9780520280212
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 28.92

Hardback. Offers a challenging reinterpretation of nationalism, racism, and wartime mobilization during the Asia-Pacific war. This title examines the US and Japanese empires as they struggled to manage racialized populations while waging total war. Series: Asia Pacific Modern. Num Pages: 520 pages, 23 b/w photographs, 2 maps, 6 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 1FPK; 1KBB; 3JJH; HBJF; HBLW; HBTQ; HBWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 157 x 236 x 36. Weight in Grams: 822.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
0th Edition
Number of pages
520
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520262232
ISBN
9780520262232
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 83.65
€ 64.27

Hardback. Nishiyama's work offers lessons to policymakers interested in how a country can recover successfully after defeat. Series: Johns Hopkins Studies in the History of Technology. Num Pages: 280 pages, 9, 9 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJF; HBLL; HBLW; TBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 22. Weight in Grams: 494.
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421412665
ISBN
9781421412665
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 72.01

Paperback. This study examines how views of the so-called Rape of Nanking, or the Nanjing Massacre, have evolved in history writing and public memory in Japan, China, and the United States from 1937 to the present. Num Pages: 280 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBJF; HBJK; HBLW; HBWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 143 x 18. Weight in Grams: 394.
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
278
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195383140
ISBN
9780195383140
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 59.56

Paperback. Num Pages: 352 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 1KBB; HBJK; HBTB; JFSL3; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9781479810796
ISBN
9781479810796
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.53

Hardback. Num Pages: 352 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 1KBB; HBJK; HBTB; JFSL3; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 22. Weight in Grams: 626.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9781479821785
ISBN
9781479821785
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 96.31

Hardback. Explains the deft diplomatic footwork instigated since Putin came to power in 1999 and Moscow's stubborn backing of the Syrian and Iranian regimes Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 1FB; HBJF1; JPSL. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 143 x 217 x 28. Weight in Grams: 574.
Publisher
C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849042598
ISBN
9781849042598
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 58.91
€ 58.25

Hardcover. Girolamo Savonarola (1452-98), the religious reformer, preacher, and Florentine civic leader, was burned at the stake as a false prophet by the order of Pope Alexander VI. This book explores the networks of Savonarola's female followers that proliferated in the two generations following his death. Num Pages: 320 pages, 7 halftones, 1 line drawing, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3H; 3JB; HBJD; HBLC; HRAM7; HRCX1; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 163 x 29. Weight in Grams: 634.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226329154
ISBN
9780226329154
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 48.99
€ 38.09

Hardcover. Tamar Herzog studies the judiciary in Quito, during 17th and 18th centuries, and shows that in this remote Spanish colony, order was a communal enterprise. The dominant rules were social and theological rather than legal. She reveals the intimacy of relations between the state and this early modern society. Series: History, Languages & Cultures of the Spanish & Portuguese Worlds S. Num Pages: 320 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLSE; 3JD; 3JF; HBJK; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 160 x 30. Weight in Grams: 535.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
University of Michigan Press
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780472113750
ISBN
9780472113750
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 99.14

Hardback. Theorists of autobiography tend to emphasize the centrality of the individual against the community. By contrast, in her reading of Hebrew autobiography, Tamar Hess identifies the textual presence and function of the collective and its interplay with the Israeli self. What characterizes the ten writers she examines is the idea of a national self, a Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBH; HBJF1; HBLX; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 431.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Brandeis University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611688795
ISBN
9781611688795
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 80.11
€ 67.01

Paperback. Theorists of autobiography tend to emphasize the centrality of the individual against the community. By contrast, in her reading of Hebrew autobiography, Tamar Hess identifies the textual presence and function of the collective and its interplay with the Israeli self. What characterizes the ten writers she examines is the idea of a national self, a Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBH; HBJF1; HBLX; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 319 x 16. Weight in Grams: 320.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Brandeis University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611688801
ISBN
9781611688801
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 49.99
€ 39.04

Hardback. Editor(s): Chalabi, Tamara; Van Cauteren, Philippe. Num Pages: 152 pages, 408 color illus. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; 3JM; AFF; AGHF; HBJF1; JFFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 301 x 254 x 20. Weight in Grams: 1056.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Yale University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300218206
ISBN
9780300218206
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 18.88

Hardback. Editor(s): Hareven, Tamara K.; Vinovskis, Maris A. Series: Quantitative studies in History Series. Num Pages: 266 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; JHBD; JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 16. Weight in Grams: 542.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691634630
ISBN
9780691634630
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 141.04

Hardback. Num Pages: 240 pages, 26, 26 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1FMT; 3JH; 3JJ; BGH; HBJF; HBLL; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 508.
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781501704635
ISBN
9781501704635
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 49.74

Hardcover. Tamara T. Chin explores the politics of representation during the Han dynasty at a pivotal moment when China was asserting imperialist power on the Eurasian continent and expanding its local and long-distance ("Silk Road") markets. Chin explains why rival political groups introduced new literary forms with which to represent these expanded markets. Series: Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph Series. Num Pages: 382 pages, illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white). BIC Classification: 1FPC; DSB; HBJF; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 158 x 229 x 28. Weight in Grams: 646.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Harvard University Asia Center
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674417199
ISBN
9780674417199
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 45.97

Hardback. Who should have the right to own land, and how much of it? This book focuses on the follows the rise and fall of the land question in the Gilded Age - and the rise and fall of a particularly nineteenth-century vision of landed independence. Series: Western Histories. Num Pages: 286 pages, 12 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KBBW; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
286
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520289093
ISBN
9780520289093
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 49.99
€ 36.06

Paperback. Translator(s): Bethenfalvy, Balint. Num Pages: 544 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 3JJ; BGH; HBJD; HBLW; JPFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 167 x 41. Weight in Grams: 870.
Publisher
Monthly Review Press,U.S.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781583674499
ISBN
9781583674499
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 28.98

Hardback. Based on newly available archival sources, Krausz examines the holocaust in the Soviet Union and contrasts it with the genocide in Hungary. He studies the roots of Soviet anti-Semitism and its impact on politics before the holocaust. He also explains why the holocaust was a taboo subject in Eastern Europe before the collapse of communism.

Num Pages: 128 pages, 23 cm. BIC Classification: 1DVH; 1DVU; 3JH; HBJD; HBTZ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 181 x 14. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
East European Monographs United States
Number of pages
128
Condition
New
SKU
V9780880335690
ISBN
9780880335690
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 42.14

hardcover. While most studies of the Holocaust stop in 1945, the year of the liberation and the official end of the Holocaust, Tamas Stark follows the fate of the Hungarian Jews until the Communist takeover in the late 1940s. The author goes on to cover the enlarged, war-years territory of Hungary, and then to a detailed comparison of the destruction of Jewish communities and the emigration of the survivors. Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVH; 3JJH; 3JJP; HBJD; HBTZ1; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 144 x 15. Weight in Grams: 317.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
East European Monographs United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780880334495
ISBN
9780880334495
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 37.77

Paperback. By the author of Destiny Disrupted: an enlightening, accessible history of modern Afghanistan from the Afghan point of view, showing how Great Power conflicts have interrupted its ongoing, internal struggle to take form as a nation Num Pages: 416 pages, 8 maps. BIC Classification: 1FCA; HBJF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 148 x 28. Weight in Grams: 504.
Publisher
PublicAffairs,U.S.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
First Trade Paper Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781610393195
ISBN
9781610393195
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 15.71

Paperback. Offers knowledge and insight to those who want to understand the movements and events behind the modern-day hostilities wracking Western and Islamic societies. This title clarifies how the Muslim world, sees the history of the world, and what they therefore make of our own version of events. Num Pages: 416 pages, 30 maps throughout. BIC Classification: HBG; HBJF1; JFSR2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 142 x 28. Weight in Grams: 432.
Publisher
PublicAffairs
Number of pages
416
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
Illustrated
Condition
New
SKU
V9781586488130
ISBN
9781586488130
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 18.02

Hardback. Cattail Moonshine & Milkweed Medicine takes readers on an entertaining and enlightening tour of how North American plants have come to our rescue and helped shape our culture and traditions. Num Pages: 256 pages, full colour photographs and illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; VXH; WNP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 187 x 306 x 20. Weight in Grams: 648.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Workman Publishing
Condition
New
SKU
V9781612126609
ISBN
9781612126609
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 16.42

Paperback. It Happened in Iowa takes readers on a rollicking, behind-the-scenes look at some of the most fascinating characters and well-known and little-known tales from this Midwestern state's storied past. Included here are more than 30 interesting and unusual episodes that shaped the history of the Hawkeye State. Series: It Happened In Series. Num Pages: 120 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
TwoDot
Edition
First
Condition
New
SKU
V9780762764402
ISBN
9780762764402
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 16.30

Paperback. Examines the networks that linked academics across the British settler world in the age of 'Victorian' globalization. Drawing on extensive archival research, remaps the intellectual geographies of Britain and its empire in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Series: Studies in Imperialism. Num Pages: 256 pages, 2 black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1QDB; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTQ; JNM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 157 x 23. Weight in Grams: 420.
Publisher
Manchester University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719099304
ISBN
9780719099304
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.17

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