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Regional & national history
Paperback. With rare archival illustrations, including over 150 prints and photographs, many in full color, the authors provide dramatic vignettes that capture the agony of this slave-holding state divided between North and South. Num Pages: 128 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HBJK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 280 x 216 x 10. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Maryland Historical Society United States
- Number of pages
- 128
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780938420514
- ISBN
- 9780938420514
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 29.63
€ 29.99
€ 29.63
Paperback. Tracing the litigations, highlighting the pivotal role of the NAACP, and including incisive portraits of key players, this book simply but powerfully shows that "Brown" not only changed the national equation of race and caste, it also changed our view of the Court's role in American life. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBLW; JPVH1; LNDA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University Press of Kansas
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700612895
- ISBN
- 9780700612895
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.64
€ 42.64
Hardback. As much historiography as reception history, Past Convictions analyzes and explicates the production of historical narratives, the subsequent contestation and appropriation of these narratives, and the insight such activities allows us into how people understand change and its remembrance. Series: The Middle Ages Series. Num Pages: 432 pages, 11 illus. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3F; HBAH; HBJD; HBLC1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 243 x 162 x 36. Weight in Grams: 868.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812241686
- ISBN
- 9780812241686
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 96.43
€ 96.43
Courtney Weikle-Mills discusses such characters as Goody Two-Shoes, Ichabod Crane, and Tom Sawyer in terms of how they reflect these conflicting ideals. Num Pages: 280 pages, 9, 9 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSY; HBJK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421407210
- ISBN
- 9781421407210
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 68.21
€ 68.21
Hardback. Examines the life of Albert Coates (1896-1989), the founder and first director of the Institute of Government at the University of North Carolina, and an exciting, transformative era in the history of UNC. Inspired by visionary President Edward Kidder, Coates adopted as his life mission his hero's dream of the university in service to the state. Num Pages: 368 pages, 49 illustrations, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JPR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 748.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- The University of North Carolina Press United States
- Edition
- 1 New ed
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780807834534
- ISBN
- 9780807834534
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.84
€ 46.84
Hardback. Covering the period from the accession of James I to the death of Queen Anne, this Companion provides a magisterial overview of the 'long' seventeenth century in British history. The chapters, each written by a leading expert, guide readers through the maze of scholarly debates about Stuart Britain. Editor(s): Coward, Barry (Reader in History, Birkbeck College, London). Series: Blackwell Companions to British History. Num Pages: 592 pages, 10. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JD; HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 258 x 186 x 37. Weight in Grams: 1254.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 592
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631218746
- ISBN
- 9780631218746
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 210.24
€ 210.24
Paperback. Editor(s): Cozzens, Peter. Num Pages: 740 pages, 120 photographs, 40 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 168 x 38. Weight in Grams: 939.
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252074509
- ISBN
- 9780252074509
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 21.82
€ 23.99
€ 21.82
Paperback. Sifting through reports from newspapers, magazines, personal memoirs, and letters, this work brings readers the first-person accounts of marches, encampments, skirmishes, and full-blown battles, as seen by participants on both sides of the civil war. It features illustrations, including maps of battlefields, troop movements, and fortifications. Editor(s): Cozzens, Peter. Num Pages: 632 pages, 120 Line Drawings. BIC Classification: BGH; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 39. Weight in Grams: 798.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 632
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780252074516
- ISBN
- 9780252074516
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.32
€ 26.99
€ 25.32
Hardcover. Num Pages: 320 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JD; HBJD; HBLH; HBTB; JKVQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 162 x 29. Weight in Grams: 614.
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226335339
- ISBN
- 9780226335339
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 36.35
€ 46.99
€ 36.35
Hardcover. Some nuns in sixteenth- and seventeenth-century Italy strayed far from the paradigms of monastic life. In this book, the author resurrects forgotten tales and restores to life the long-silent voices of these cloistered heroines. The nuns of early modern Italy, it shows, set the standard for religious transgression in their own age - and beyond. Num Pages: 264 pages, 25 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DST; HBJD; HBLH; HRCX8; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 150 x 23. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226534619
- ISBN
- 9780226534619
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.99€ 41.76
€ 53.99
€ 41.76
Paperback. When eight-year-old Lucrezia Orsina Vizzana (1590-1662) entered one of the preeminent convents in Bologna in 1598, she had no idea what cloistered life had in store for her. This title retells the story of Vizzana and the nuns of Santa Cristina to elucidate the role that music played in the lives of these cloistered women. Num Pages: 280 pages, 32 halftones, 3 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JD; AV; HBJD; HBLH. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 408. Nuns, Music, and Defiance in Seventeenth-century Italy. 280 pages, 32 halftones, 3 line drawings. When eight-year-old Lucrezia Orsina Vizzana (1590-1662) entered one of the preeminent convents in Bologna in 1598, she had no idea what cloistered life had in store for her. This title retells the story of Vizzana and the nuns of Santa Cristina to elucidate the role that music played in the lives of these cloistered women. Cateogry: (UF) Further/Higher Education. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JD; AV; HBJD; HBLH. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 16. Weight: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226535197
- ISBN
- 9780226535197
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 29.77
€ 37.99
€ 29.77
Paperback. Num Pages: 152 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; WGF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 227.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Northern Illinois University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 152
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reprint
- SKU
- V9780875807324
- ISBN
- 9780875807324
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 16.47
€ 16.99
€ 16.47
Hardcover. Contrary to 20th-century criticism that cast them as misguided dabblers, English virtuosi in 17th and early 18th centuries were erudite individuals with grounding in classics, appreciation for the arts, and sincere curiosity about the natural world. This title situates this group at the intersection of period's art, medicine, and antiquarianism. Num Pages: 296 pages, 12 colour plates, 62 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JD; 3JF; ACQ; HBJD1; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 24. Weight in Grams: 1034.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226315874
- ISBN
- 9780226315874
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.36€ 54.95
€ 65.36
€ 54.95
Hardcover. Operation Big Ben was a Top Secret plan to dive-bomb V rocket installations with Mark IX and Mark XVI Spitfires. For the first time the whole story can be told, showing the work of the Crossbow Committee, intelligence Commandos under Commander Ian Fleming, the brave RAF pilots and the essential contribution of the French and Dutch Resistance. Num Pages: 176 pages, 30 black and white photographs. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ; JWG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 165 x 27. Weight in Grams: 524.
- Publisher
- Fonthill Media
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781781554395
- ISBN
- 9781781554395
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 19.64
€ 26.99
€ 19.64
Paperback. "We want neither gods nor emperors", went the words from the Chinese version of The Internationale. Students sang the old socialist song as they gathered in Beijing's Tiananmen Square in the Spring of 1989. This book offers a carefully crafted analysis of the student movement, its leadership, its eventual suppression, and its continuing legacy. Num Pages: 350 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; HBLW3; JPHV; JPWF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 480.
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 350
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520211612
- ISBN
- 9780520211612
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 26.56
€ 36.99
€ 26.56
Paperback. Full of intrigue and swashbuckling adventure, this is the story of an Australian journalist who was at the heart of the most turbulent period in Chinese history. Num Pages: 384 pages, black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJ; HBJF; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 158 x 30. Weight in Grams: 537.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Allen & Unwin Australia
- Edition
- Main
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781742377971
- ISBN
- 9781742377971
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 24.06
€ 26.99
€ 24.06
Paperback. Num Pages: 188 pages. BIC Classification: 1MBF; HBJM; JFSL9. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 202 x 130 x 15. Weight in Grams: 254.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Aboriginal Studies Press Australia
- Number of pages
- 188
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780855753160
- ISBN
- 9780855753160
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.00€ 17.07
€ 19.00
€ 17.07
Paperback. Num Pages: 296 pages, illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1DBKN; 3JJ; HBJD1; HBLW; JPWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761810315
- ISBN
- 9780761810315
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 80.80
€ 80.80
Paperback. New findings show that the death toll from the Cambodian genocide was approximately 2.2 million about a half million higher than commonly believed. Despite regular denials from the surviving leaders of the Khmer Rouge, the author demonstrates not only that they were aware of the mass killings, but that they personally managed and directed them. Series: Modern Southeast Asia Series. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illus., maps. BIC Classification: 1FMC; HBJF; HBLW3; HBTZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 162 x 24. Weight in Grams: 482.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Texas Tech University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780896725805
- ISBN
- 9780896725805
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 24.34
€ 26.99
€ 24.34
paperback. Heron's examination of the impact of new technology in Canada's Second Industrial Revolution challenges the popular notion that mass-production workers lost all skill, power, and pride in the work process. Series: Canadian Social History Series. Num Pages: 223 pages, 16 illustrations, 4 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBC; HBJK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 203 x 127 x 10. Weight in Grams: 295.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 223
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9781442609846
- ISBN
- 9781442609846
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 35.12
€ 38.99
€ 35.12
Hardcover. Num Pages: 304 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBWJ; JWM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 307 x 27. Weight in Grams: 924.
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764350764
- ISBN
- 9780764350764
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 48.99€ 32.18
€ 48.99
€ 32.18
Hardback. English Maritime Logistics in the Fourteenth Century. Series: Warfare in History. 260 pages, 1, 1 black and white. Mariners made a major - but neglected - contribution to England's warfare in the middle ages. Here their role is examined anew, showing their importance. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3H; HBJD1; HBLC1; HBW; JWF. Dimension: 239 x 163 x 22. Weight: 622.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd
- Number of pages
- 260
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843836544
- ISBN
- 9781843836544
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 97.99
€ 97.99
Paperback. The Battle of Midway in the central Pacific, on the morning of June 4, 1942, marked a dramatic turning point in the Second World War, when Allied forces seized the upper hand from the Axis powers. Lincoln Prize winner Craig Symonds' riveting, global account of the Battle is now in paperback. Series: Pivotal Moments in American History. Num Pages: 464 pages, 40 halftones, 10 line. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 1KBB; 3JJH; HBJF; HBJK; HBLW; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 138 x 211 x 31. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc
- Number of pages
- 464
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199315987
- ISBN
- 9780199315987
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 22.30
€ 23.99
€ 22.30
Hardback. Despite a wealth of books on campaigns of the American Civil War, the subject of combined operations has been largely neglected. This book offers ten case studies of combined Army-Navy operations by Union forces. It is presented in chronological order, each essay illuminates an aspect of combined operations during a time of changing technology. Editor(s): Symonds, Craig L. Series: The North's Civil War. Num Pages: 240 pages, 6 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 160 x 28. Weight in Grams: 395.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823232864
- ISBN
- 9780823232864
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 81.00
€ 81.00