Regional & national history
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Regional & national history
Hardback. This is a history of the secret activities of the British government in response to threats to the nation's well-being and stability during the twentieth century. It is based on intensive and widespread research in private and public archives and on documents many of which have only recently come to light or been made available. Num Pages: 480 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJ; HBJD1; HBLW; JPQB; JPSH; JPVH2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 162 x 36. Weight in Grams: 922.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631160663
- ISBN
- 9780631160663
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.81
€ 63.81
Paperback. Num Pages: 620 pages. BIC Classification: 1DST; HBJD; HBLC; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 225 x 154 x 40. Weight in Grams: 938. 620 pages. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: 1DST; HBJD; HBLC; HBTB. Dimension: 225 x 154 x 40. Weight: 936.
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Number of pages
- 620
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801499791
- ISBN
- 9780801499791
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 40.79
€ 45.99
€ 40.79
Hardback. In the summer of 1942, Japan's leading cultural authorities gathered in Tokyo to discuss the massive cultural, technological, and intellectual changes that had transformed Japan since the Meiji period. This book presents the English translation of the symposium proceedings. Editor(s): Calichman, Richard. Series: Weatherhead Books on Asia. Num Pages: 248 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJH; HBJF; HBWQ; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 160 x 23. Weight in Grams: 510.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231143967
- ISBN
- 9780231143967
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 95.32
€ 95.32
Hardcover. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; HBJF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 236 x 23. Weight in Grams: 556.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804797016
- ISBN
- 9780804797016
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 86.69
€ 86.69
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781138923263
- ISBN
- 9781138923263
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 49.99€ 41.40
€ 49.99
€ 41.40
Hardcover. Allan Austin was the youngest of 20 American engineers supervising construction. He wrote many letters to his father and took photographs detailing the human struggles involved in this undertaking. This text on his father's letters, documents, and photographs to tell how this cooperation between capitalist and communist was achieved Num Pages: 208 pages, 75 photographs & illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JJG; HBJD; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 260 x 218 x 21. Weight in Grams: 730.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Kent State University Press
- Edition
- y First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780873387309
- ISBN
- 9780873387309
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 57.06€ 52.74
€ 57.06
€ 52.74
Flexibound. A guide to Britain's monarchs and their chequered histories, from pre-Roman times onwards. It explores lives and personalities of each monarch, their involvement in and effect on events in their reign. It provides information on the spirit, traditions and innovations of the nation at the time, including politics, arts, architecture and fashions. Num Pages: 480 pages, 200 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBJD1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 159 x 127 x 37. Weight in Grams: 622. The Concise Guide. 480 pages, 200 colour illustrations. A guide to Britain's monarchs and their chequered histories, from pre-Roman times onwards. It explores lives and personalities of each monarch, their involvement in and effect on events in their reign. It provides information on the spirit, traditions and innovations of the nation at the time, including politics, arts, architecture and fashions. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBJD1. Dimension: 159 x 127 x 37. Weight: 634.
- Publisher
- David & Charles London
- Number of pages
- 480
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780715323762
- ISBN
- 9780715323762
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.01
€ 17.99
€ 13.01
Hardcover. During the decade of the 1940s, Greece experienced harsh German/Italian/Bulgarian occupation, the emergence of a powerful resistance movement and civil war between communist and nationalists. This title affords a penetrating insight into the history of the 1940s from a variety of perspectives. Num Pages: 247 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVG; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 226 x 139 x 19. Weight in Grams: 434.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333523698
- ISBN
- 9780333523698
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.41
€ 64.41
Paperback. Num Pages: 328 pages, 30 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1HBS; 3JM; HBJH; HBLX; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 127. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300215311
- ISBN
- 9780300215311
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.11
€ 17.99
€ 14.11
Paperback. Num Pages: 296 pages, 20 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1FM; 3JJ; 3JM; HBJF; HBLW; HBLX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156. .
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300225976
- ISBN
- 9780300225976
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 15.06
€ 18.99
€ 15.06
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Orion Publishing Co United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 384
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780304366576
- ISBN
- 9780304366576
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.72
€ 14.99
€ 11.72
Hardback. Num Pages: 146 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, 1 colour illustrations, 2 colour tables, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JF; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB; JKV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 157 x 15. Weight in Grams: 348.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137411952
- ISBN
- 9781137411952
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 69.39
€ 69.39
Hardcover. Aleksandur Stamboliiski came to power at the end of the First World War in which Bulgaria had been defeated. This book examines the origins of this traditional nationalism from the foundation of the Bulgarian state in 1878, and of the agrarian movement which came to represent the social aspirations of the majority of the peasant population. Series Editor(s): Sharp, Alan. Series: Makers of the Modern World. Num Pages: 208 pages, 5 black & white halftones, 5 maps, 5 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVWB; 3JJ; BGH; HBJD; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 208 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 412.
- Publisher
- Haus Publishing Limited United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781905791774
- ISBN
- 9781905791774
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.20
€ 17.99
€ 13.20
Paperback. Series: Very Short Introductions. Num Pages: 152 pages, 10 b/w halftones. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJPK; HBJF; HBLW3; HBTB; HBTV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 174 x 119 x 8. Weight in Grams: 118.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc
- Number of pages
- 144
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199740550
- ISBN
- 9780199740550
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.75
€ 11.99
€ 10.75
Paperback. Charles I has often been portrayed as unfit to rule, with historians blaming him for the events surrounding the Civil War. This biography of Charles I addresses their judgments of the king - that he was an uncounselled ruler, insufficiently popular, and more effective as a party leader than as a monarch. Num Pages: 504 pages, col. Illustrations. BIC Classification: HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 158 x 31. Weight in Grams: 762.
- Publisher
- Pearson
- Number of pages
- 512
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405859035
- ISBN
- 9781405859035
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 49.46
€ 49.46
Hardback. Num Pages: 568 pages, 161 halftones, 34 line illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; HBJD1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 254 x 254 x 41. Weight in Grams: 1920.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1978
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st
- Number of pages
- 568
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674807310
- ISBN
- 9780674807310
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 187.61€ 172.70
€ 187.61
€ 172.70
Hardback. From a distinguished historian, a detailed and compelling examination of how the early Republic struggled with the idea that "all men are created equal" Num Pages: 400 pages, 22 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; JPHV; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 26. Weight in Grams: 726.
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300197112
- ISBN
- 9780300197112
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 30.85
€ 42.99
€ 30.85
Paperback. This work traces the development of the notion that the health of the US democracy would depend on the existence of an informed citizenry, from the 17th through to the 19th century. It assesses its continuing influence and changing meaning. Num Pages: 272 pages, 16 illustrations, notes, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JD; 3JF; 3JH; GTC; HBJK; HBLH; HBLL; JHM; JPA; JPVK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- The University of North Carolina Press United States
- Edition
- 2 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780807846636
- ISBN
- 9780807846636
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 54.73€ 50.73
€ 54.73
€ 50.73
hardcover. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 444 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJC; HBJK; HBTB; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 799.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 444
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691646206
- ISBN
- 9780691646206
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 209.04
€ 209.04
Paperback. Presents a 'Flaneur's eye view' of Parisian life in the first half of the nineteenth century: dress, cafes and restaurants, but also shops and passages, the omnibus, bals publics and carnival. This book provides general conclusions about the private and public spheres in 'le vieux Paris'. Series Editor(s): Thompson, Mike. Series: Durham Modern Languages Series. Num Pages: 80 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 215 x 141 x 6. Weight in Grams: 140.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 80
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719081873
- ISBN
- 9780719081873
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.43
€ 37.43
Hardcover. Through close examination of dozens of electoral contests in carefully chosen constituencies, the author demonstrates that the fundamental division separating the burgeoning liberal and conservative parties in England in the 1830s and 1840s was religion, and that this controversy was what created a perceptible two-party system in British politics. Series: Studies in Modern History. Num Pages: 311 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 223 x 138 x 22. Weight in Grams: 496.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230525405
- ISBN
- 9780230525405
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.75
€ 64.75
Paperback. Series: Columbia Studies in Contemporary American History. Num Pages: 552 pages, 70 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BM; HBJK; JPQ; KNXB2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 33. Weight in Grams: 726.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 552
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231134972
- ISBN
- 9780231134972
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.26
€ 46.26
Paperback. This book explores the king's successes and failures, offering a fresh assessment of his contribution to the making of Scotland as a nation. Num Pages: 304 pages, 8pp b/w plates. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 3H; HBJD1; HBLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 159 x 23. Weight in Grams: 496. King of Scots 1214-1249. 304 pages, 8pp b/w plates. This book explores the king's successes and failures, offering a fresh assessment of his contribution to the making of Scotland as a nation. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 3H; HBJD1; HBLC. Dimension: 233 x 159 x 23. Weight: 490.
- Publisher
- Birlinn Ltd
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781904607922
- ISBN
- 9781904607922
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.54
€ 33.99
€ 30.54
Hardcover. Like his mother Queen Victoria, Edward VII defined an era. Both reflected the personalties of their central figures: hers grand, imperial and pretty stiff; his no less grand, but much more relaxed and enjoyable. This book conveys Edward's distinct personality and significant influences. Series: Penguin Monarchs. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJC; BGH; HBJD1; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Weight in Grams: 170.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780241014806
- ISBN
- 9780241014806
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 21.63
€ 25.99
€ 21.63