Regional & national history
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Regional & national history
Paperback. Stephen Ellis has written a sweeping new survey of modern Africa that goes beyond the stereotypes. He shines a positive light on Africa's potential in the post-colonial world and highlights its strength in resources. This is a guide to how money, power, religion and indigenous development will shape Africa's coming generations. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 1H; 3JM; HBJH; HBLX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 141 x 13. Weight in Grams: 294.
- Publisher
- C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849041805
- ISBN
- 9781849041805
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 17.59
€ 17.99
€ 17.59
Paperback. Award-winning book looking at the complicated history of the ANC. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; HBJH; JPFN; JPL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 556.
- Publisher
- C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849045063
- ISBN
- 9781849045063
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 33.73
€ 36.99
€ 33.73
Paperback. This book traces the history of the civil war that has blighted Liberia in the 1990s and looks at its roots in the way governments have been established in West Africa during the 20th century. Num Pages: 370 pages, illustrations maps, portraits. BIC Classification: 1HFDL; 3JJ; HBJH; HBT; HBW; JPH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 26. Weight in Grams: 484.
- Publisher
- Hurst & Co Ltd
- Number of pages
- 370
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- 2nd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781850654179
- ISBN
- 9781850654179
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 24.33
€ 25.99
€ 24.33
Paperback. Stalin's reign of terror in the Soviet Union has been called 'the other Holocaust'. During the Stalin years, it is thought that more innocent men, women and children perished than in Hitler's destruction of the European Jews. This book tells the story of the survivors. Num Pages: 224 pages, 89 bw integrated in 38pp plates. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLW; HBTZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 134 x 212 x 17. Weight in Grams: 248.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- New
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780761374
- ISBN
- 9781780761374
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 23.85
€ 26.99
€ 23.85
Hardback. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 1DVUA; HBJD; HBLW; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 159 x 26. Weight in Grams: 606.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231148962
- ISBN
- 9780231148962
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 103.64€ 80.25
€ 103.64
€ 80.25
Paperback. Series: American Political Thought. Num Pages: 348 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGH; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 531.
- Publisher
- University Press of Kansas
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700614196
- ISBN
- 9780700614196
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.95
€ 34.95
Hardcover. Num Pages: 550 pages, 200 b&w and colour. BIC Classification: 1DBR; HBJD1; HBTB; KNTT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 259 x 35. Weight in Grams: 1510.
- Publisher
- Irish Academic Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Ill
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781911024323
- ISBN
- 9781911024323
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 22.71
€ 26.99
€ 22.71
Hardback. The Arab Muslim Ibn Khaldun developed a method of evaluating historical evidence that allowed him to explain the underlying causes of events such as the cyclical rise and fall of North African dynasties. As Stephen Dale shows, this work was the first structural history and historical sociology, four centuries before the European Enlightenment. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1HB; 3H; BGH; HBAH; HBJH; HBLC1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 439 x 217 x 34. Weight in Grams: 570.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674967656
- ISBN
- 9780674967656
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 46.00
€ 47.99
€ 46.00
paperback. Num Pages: black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 160 x 32. Weight in Grams: 553.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Random House USA Inc United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780553383485
- ISBN
- 9780553383485
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 20.95
€ 21.99
€ 20.95
Paperback. This collection presents views on key aspects of Russian/Soviet history such as the non-Slavic sources of Russian statehood; tsarist penal systems; the pre-evolutionary technological level; the famine of 1931-3; patronage practices in Stalin's Russia; and the fall of the Soviet Union. Editor(s): Wheatcroft, Stephen G. Series: Studies in Russian and East European History and Society. Num Pages: 263 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJ; HBJD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 344.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2002
- Number of pages
- 263
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349413423
- ISBN
- 9781349413423
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 127.76
€ 127.76
Chinese diplomat V.K. Wellington Koo was involved in virtually every foreign and domestic crisis in 20th century China. This biography gives a picture of one of the essential figures behind the creation of a modern China. Num Pages: 304 pages, 5 photographs. BIC Classification: 1FPC; BGH; HBJF; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 239 x 157 x 26. Weight in Grams: 658.
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- The University Press of Kentucky United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813123141
- ISBN
- 9780813123141
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 56.38
€ 56.38
Paperback. Num Pages: 312 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJH; HBG; HBJD; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 153 x 21. Weight in Grams: 503.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- The University Press of Kentucky United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813109435
- ISBN
- 9780813109435
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.87
€ 30.87
Hardback. From Lewis and Clark's epic 1803 expedition to the showmanship of Buffalo Bill, the story of the American West is epic in scope, full of amazing tales of tragedy and triumph. Num Pages: 320 pages, 450 Colour and black and white photos, 6 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 287 x 245 x 33. Weight in Grams: 1648.
- Publisher
- National Geographic Society
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781426215551
- ISBN
- 9781426215551
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 48.99€ 45.40
€ 48.99
€ 45.40
Paperback. President John F. Kennedy remains a subject of fascination for both historians and citizens. Consistently ranked among the most popular U.S. Num Pages: 272 pages, 11 photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW3; JPHL; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 153 x 21. Weight in Grams: 410.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Potomac Books Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781597971485
- ISBN
- 9781597971485
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 23.17
€ 24.99
€ 23.17
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 576 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBJD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 32. Weight in Grams: 971.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 576
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691646497
- ISBN
- 9780691646497
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 292.99
€ 292.99
Paperback. Num Pages: 352 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 514.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Sentient Publications United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781591810834
- ISBN
- 9781591810834
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 19.08
€ 26.99
€ 19.08
Hardback. Written by Stephen Grace, the companion book to The Great Divide, a film by Havey Productions, will be a sweeping, magnificently illustrated story of Colorado water from the region's first inhabitants to the incoming settlers and developers to modern environmentalists. Num Pages: 216 pages, 23 black & white halftones, 100 colour illustrations, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBWC; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 284 x 223 x 18. Weight in Grams: 957.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442247253
- ISBN
- 9781442247253
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 35.60
€ 37.99
€ 35.60
Paperback. An extraordinary wartime memoir, combining the best kind of adventure story with a coming of age testimony of unforgettable resonance and poignancy. Num Pages: 448 pages, 2 x 8pp b&w. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JJH; BM; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 29. Weight in Grams: 348.
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 448
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781444760620
- ISBN
- 9781444760620
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.51
€ 17.99
€ 13.51
Paperback. Explores the history of the world's greatest elective office and the role each incumbent has played in changing the scope of its powers. Using individual presidential portraits of each of the presidents, this title asks, and answers, a variety of crucial questions about each President. Num Pages: 976 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 197 x 129 x 42. Weight in Grams: 676.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 976
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- New Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141042459
- ISBN
- 9780141042459
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.35
€ 26.99
€ 20.35
Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1DFG; HBJD; JPSN2; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 199 x 31. Weight in Grams: 406.
- Publisher
- Haus Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Expanded
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781910376577
- ISBN
- 9781910376577
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.47
€ 17.99
€ 13.47