Regional & national history
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Regional & national history
Paperback. "An important, revealing story, exceptionally well told."-Jonathan Yardley, Washington Post Num Pages: 416 pages, 8 pages of black-and-white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVP; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBTZ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 338.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393338874
- ISBN
- 9780393338874
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.25
€ 30.25
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 370 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JB; HBJD; JFF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 685.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691643724
- ISBN
- 9780691643724
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 195.08
€ 195.08
Hardback. Num Pages: 380 pages, 50 color + 150 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JD; ACQB; AFC; HBJD; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 280 x 216. .
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300174502
- ISBN
- 9780300174502
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.72€ 53.53
€ 67.72
€ 53.53
Hardback. Tells the story of why China's entry into the modern age was not just traumatic, but uproarious. The author argues that this period from the 1890s to the 1930s transformed how Chinese people thought and talked about what is funny. Num Pages: 352 pages, 32 b/w. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 163 x 238 x 27. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520283848
- ISBN
- 9780520283848
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 69.49€ 54.21
€ 69.49
€ 54.21
Paperback. Series: Routledge Historical Biographies. Num Pages: 400 pages, 1 black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 3JJ; BGH; HBJD; HBLW. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 166 x 201 x 25. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415519502
- ISBN
- 9780415519502
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.43
€ 51.43
Paperback. Kazakhstan is the most surprising country on earth, and certainly one of the most tolerant. The only thing most people know about Kazakhstan is that it is homeland to Borat - and he isn't even real. Num Pages: 304 pages, maps & illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FCZ; HBJF; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 20. Weight in Grams: 248.
- Publisher
- Profile Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781861971098
- ISBN
- 9781861971098
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.74
€ 14.99
€ 11.74
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 4th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415747882
- ISBN
- 9780415747882
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 61.94
€ 61.94
Paperback. Series: Men-at-Arms. Num Pages: 48 pages, illustrations, map. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBLC; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 250 x 184 x 3. Weight in Grams: 166.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1981
- Publisher
- Osprey Publishing United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st
- Number of pages
- 48
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780850453942
- ISBN
- 9780850453942
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.57
€ 17.99
€ 16.57
Hardcover. The man whose name is shorthand for all that is ugly in politics was more nuanced than his reputation suggests. Christopher Celenza's portrait of Machiavelli removes the varnish to reveal not just the hardnosed philosopher but the skilled diplomat, learned commentator on ancient history, comic playwright, tireless letter writer, and thwarted lover. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1DST; BGH; HBJD; HBLH; HPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 220 x 149 x 28. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674416123
- ISBN
- 9780674416123
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 40.39
€ 47.99
€ 40.39
Paperback. Examines soldiers' formal political indoctrination, focusing on the political training of draftees and short-term volunteers from 1940 to 1973. Thsi title explores the implications of trying to impose a political consensus on the army of a democracy. Series: Studies in War, Society, and the Military. Num Pages: 348 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW; JWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 19. Weight in Grams: 528.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 348
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803224865
- ISBN
- 9780803224865
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.38
€ 26.99
€ 25.38
California's Channel Islands: The Archaeology of Human-Environment Int...
Christopher S. Jazwa (Ed.)
Paperback. Definitive analyses of these unique Pacific coast islands and their inhabitants Editor(s): Jazwa, Christopher S; Perry, Jennifer E. Series: Anthropology of Pacific North America. Num Pages: 204 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white line drawings, black & white tables, maps, fig. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 253 x 182 x 14. Weight in Grams: 449.
- Publisher
- University of Utah Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781607813088
- ISBN
- 9781607813088
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.72
€ 24.72
Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages, 33 black & white illustrations, 16 black & white plates. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJF; HBJD1; HBLW; HBWN; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 234 x 22. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780750962988
- ISBN
- 9780750962988
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.64
€ 19.99
€ 18.64
Paperback. Num Pages: 837 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJF; HBJH; HBL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 230 x 49. Weight in Grams: 1228.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 5th
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780312233761
- ISBN
- 9780312233761
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 99.85
€ 99.85
Hardback. This work examines how an anthropological definition of culture shaped the central political and social narratives of the Cold War era. The author suggests that the emphasis on individualism in contemporary identity politics must be understood as a legacy of the Cold War liberalism of the 1950s. Series: American Intellectual Culture. Num Pages: 184 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBG; HBJK; HBLW; JFCX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 399.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780847690572
- ISBN
- 9780847690572
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 90.28
€ 90.28
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199547913
- ISBN
- 9780199547913
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.76
€ 13.99
€ 11.76
Hardcover. This book is a 'hidden' history of Bletchley Park during the Second World War, which explores the agency from a social and gendered perspective. It examines themes such as: the experience of wartime staff members; the town in which the agency was situated; and the cultural influences on the wartime evolution of the agency. Num Pages: 248 pages, 6 black & white tables, 2 graphs. BIC Classification: 1DBKESU; 3JJH; HBJD1; HBLW; HBWQ; JWKF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 223 x 19. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137484925
- ISBN
- 9781137484925
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.80
€ 66.80
Paperback. The seemingly intractable Kashmir dispute and the fate of Kashmiris throughout South Asia and beyond are the twin themes in Snedden's meticulously researched book. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HBJF; JPSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 143 x 216 x 26. Weight in Grams: 514.
- Publisher
- C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849043427
- ISBN
- 9781849043427
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.40
€ 26.99
€ 25.40
The Fighting Essex Soldier: Recruitment, War and Society in the Fourte...
Christopher Thornton (Ed.)
Paperback. The wars of the fourteenth-century English kings with France and Scotland resulted in a dramatic increase in the number of men involved in warfare on land and sea. This book draws upon new research to identify and analyse these soldiers at all social levels in the specific context of the county of Essex. Editor(s): Thornton, Christopher; Ward, Jennifer; Wiffen, Neil. Num Pages: 25 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKEAX; 3H; HBJD1; HBW. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 12. .
- Publisher
- University Of Hertfordshire Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781909291881
- ISBN
- 9781909291881
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 22.78
€ 25.99
€ 22.78
Paperback. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 3H; HBJD; HBLC1; HBWC; HRAM9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 197 x 28. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Publisher
- Penguin Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780241954652
- ISBN
- 9780241954652
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.33
€ 17.99
€ 14.33
Paperback. Christopher Tyerman offers this book-length study of the role of England in the Crusades which focuses on the courtroom and council chamber rather than the battlefield. Tyerman seeks to demonstrate the impact of the Crusades on the political and economic functions of English society. Num Pages: 508 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3H; 3JB; HBG; HBJD1; HBLC; HBTB; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 156 x 28. Weight in Grams: 708.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226820132
- ISBN
- 9780226820132
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 37.57
€ 47.99
€ 37.57
paperback. Num Pages: 296 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; LNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 21. Weight in Grams: 463.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780252067327
- ISBN
- 9780252067327
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 32.00
€ 34.99
€ 32.00
Paperback. Tracing the background to the Treaty of Union of 1707, this book explains why it happened and assesses its impact on Scottish society, including the bitter struggle with the Jacobites for acceptance of the union in the two decades that followed its inauguration. It challenges dominant view that the Scots were 'bought and sold for English gold'. Num Pages: 464 pages, black & white plates. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 3JF; HBJD1; HBLL; JPHC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 158 x 27. Weight in Grams: 764.
- Publisher
- EDINBURGH UNIVERSITY PRESS
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748680276
- ISBN
- 9780748680276
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 34.28
€ 38.99
€ 34.28
Paperback. In Skipjack, Christopher White spends a pivotal year with three memorable captains as they battle man and nature to control the fate of their island villages and oyster fleet. Through these lively characters, White paints a vivid picture of life on a skipjack, a wooden oystering sailboat. Num Pages: 384 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBF; GTB; HBJK; JHBT; KCN; KCU; KJVS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 219 x 141 x 25. Weight in Grams: 494.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442210882
- ISBN
- 9781442210882
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 19.76
€ 19.99
€ 19.76
Hardcover.
- Publisher
- Fonthill Media Ltd
- Number of pages
- 232
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781781550854
- ISBN
- 9781781550854
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 18.88
€ 25.99
€ 18.88