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Paperback. The engaging lives that single women led in spite of (or perhaps because of) their "spinsterhood" Series: Women in American History. Num Pages: 240 pages, 7 black & white photographs. BIC Classification: HBJK; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 358.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252076312
ISBN
9780252076312
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.33

Paperback. Christine Kinealy provides a chronology of the Famine and examines the causes and consequences of this tragedy, and asks how could a famine of this magnitude occur at the centre of the British Empire? Why did Ireland starve? Num Pages: 40 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; HBJD1; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 281 x 229 x 7. Weight in Grams: 224.
Publisher
Quinnipiac University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
9780990468615
ISBN
9780990468615
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 12.00

Paperback. A New History of Ireland Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBR; HBJD1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 157 x 25. Weight in Grams: 488.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Number of pages
328
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
Updated ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780750948166
ISBN
9780750948166
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.27

Paperback. Even considering recent advances in the development of women's studies as a discipline, women remain underrepresented in the history and historiography of the Great Hunger. The various roles played by women, including as landowners, relief-givers, philanthropists, proselytizers and providers for the family, have received little attention. Editor(s): Kinealy, Christine; King, Jason; Reilly, Ciaran. Num Pages: 236 pages. BIC Classification: HBJD1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 297 x 228 x 17. Weight in Grams: 535.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Cork Univ Pr
Condition
New
SKU
9780990945420
ISBN
9780990945420
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.00
€ 21.31

Hardback. Examines the events that led up to the 1848 rising in Ireland and examines the reasons for its failure. This book places the rising in the context of political changes outside Ireland, especially the links between the Irish nationalists and radicals and republicans in Britain, France and north America. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTV. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 28. Weight in Grams: 635.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Manchester University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719065163
ISBN
9780719065163
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 136.86

paperback. The Irish famine of 1845-51 was a pivotal event in the development of modern Ireland. This work explores aspects of it, including the rise in crime, the food export controversy, the role of religion, the growth of the Orange Order, and the impact of the uprising in 1848. Series: British History in Perspective. Num Pages: 288 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JF; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 368.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Palgrave
Condition
New
SKU
9780333677735
ISBN
9780333677735
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 39.34

Hardcover. Asks how 'reading for the law' as literary history contributes to the progressive educational purposes of the Law and Literature movement. This title demonstrates the relevance of literary history to feminist jurisprudence and suggests how literary history might contribute to other forms of 'outsider jurisprudence'. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3J; DSB; HBJD; HBL; HBTB; LAZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 28. Weight in Grams: 635.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813928937
ISBN
9780813928937
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 59.22

Paperback. Presents an account of the great Ottoman Empire in the early nineteenth century, a key period often seen as the eve of Tanzimat westernizing reforms and the beginning of three distinct histories - ethnic nationalism in the Balkans, imperial modernization from Istanbul, and European colonialism in the Middle East. Num Pages: 320 pages, 3 b/w photos, 5 maps, 2 line drawings, and 1 table. BIC Classification: 1QDT; 3JF; HBJD; HBJF1; HBLL; HBTQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 151 x 20. Weight in Grams: 436.
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
First
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520266353
ISBN
9780520266353
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.43

Paperback. .
Publisher
John Donald Short Run Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781904607892
ISBN
9781904607892
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 28.62

Paperback. Truro is undoubtedly one of the most attractive cities in Britain. This fascinating collection of over 260 old photographs provides a glimpse into the life of the city from the last century to recent times. Series: Archive Photographs. Num Pages: 124 pages, 200ill. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBJD1; WQH; WQP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 166 x 9. Weight in Grams: 310.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Edition
First
Condition
New
SKU
V9780752410265
ISBN
9780752410265
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.35

Paperback. Beautiful Georgian Truro has always been a bustling market town although since 1877 it has been graced with the title of 'City'. Series: Archive Photographs: Images of England. Num Pages: 128 pages, 200ill. BIC Classification: HBJD1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 166 x 8. Weight in Grams: 310.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
128
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Condition
New
SKU
V9780752416434
ISBN
9780752416434
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.27

Hardcover. Lieut Col Laurence Austine Waddell (1854-1938) was a British Army officer with an established reputation mainly due to a work on the 'Buddhism' of Tibet. This book reconstructs Waddell's life from sources such as letters from Marc Aurel Stein at the British Museum and Theophilus G Pinches, held at the University of Glasgow Library. Num Pages: 260 pages, illus. BIC Classification: BGH; HBAH; HBJF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 161 x 20. Weight in Grams: 540.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Sussex Academic Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
260
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845193157
ISBN
9781845193157
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 126.94

Hardback. Historiography suggests that European nations regarded the New World as an inassimilable "other" that posed fundamental challenges to the accepted ideas of Renaissance culture. This work presents an interpretation that emphasizes the ways in which the lands and peoples in Africa, Asia, and the Americas were imagined as comprehensible and familiar. Series: Studies in Early Modern German History. Num Pages: 288 pages, 5 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; HBAH; HBJD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 581.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of Virginia Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813927121
ISBN
9780813927121
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.50

Paperback. Examines the issues of gender and class in the teaching profession of late imperial Russia, at a time when the vocation was becoming increasingly feminized in a zealously patriarchal society. Series: Pitt Series in Russian and East European Studies. Num Pages: 270 pages, black & white tables, frontispiece. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; HBJD; HBLL; HBLW; JFSC; JN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 363. Lacking dustjacket otherwise a fine copy
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
University of Pittsburgh Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
KEC0000166
ISBN
9780822985761
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 6.86

Hardback. Challenges preconceptions which have held back aid work and reconstruction in the Sudan region. Provides a powerful critique of the position taken by the international community, NGOs and academia to the phenomenon of child soldiers, and calls for a new approach to conflict resolution in Africa. Num Pages: 320 pages, 8 integrated bw illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HBS; HBJH; HBWS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 145 x 223 x 27. Weight in Grams: 480.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
320
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780760179
ISBN
9781780760179
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 153.92
€ 135.20

Paperback. Christine Shawa s new biography uses a wealth of archival sources to paint a vivid portrait of one of the most remarkable and colourful men ever to sit on the papal throne. Admired and hated, his actions were always controversial and made him one of the most influential figures in Renaissance Italy. Num Pages: 416 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1DST; BGH; HBJD; HBLH; HRCC7. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 162 x 21. Weight in Grams: 542.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780631202820
ISBN
9780631202820
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 59.00

Paperback. In the early twentieth century, a brand of men and women moved to New York City. For them, the city's immigrant neighborhoods provided a place where the fancies and forms of a new America could be tested. This book tells the story of most famous of these neighborhoods, Greenwich Village, which became a symbol of social and intellectual freedom. Num Pages: 432 pages, 25 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JJC; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 632.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
440
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691142838
ISBN
9780691142838
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 32.94

Hardback. Num Pages: 312 pages, 24, 24 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 3JJPG; 3JJPK; HBJD; HBLW3; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 28. Weight in Grams: 599.
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801453076
ISBN
9780801453076
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.53

Paperback. The amazing life of Margaret of York, the woman who tried to overthrow the Tudors. Num Pages: 256 pages, 47 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 1DDF; 3JB; BGH; BGR; HBJD1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 125 x 15. Weight in Grams: 242. The Woman Who Tried to Overthrow the Tudors. 256 pages, 47 illustrations. The amazing life of Margaret of York, the woman who tried to overthrow the Tudors. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 1DDF; 3JB; BGH; BGR; HBJD1. Dimension: 199 x 125 x 15. Weight: 240.
Publisher
Amberley Publishing
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781445608198
ISBN
9781445608198
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.17

Hardcover. An exploration of the little-known yet historically important emigration of British army officers to the Australian colonies in the aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars. The book looks at the significant impact they made at a time of great colonial expansion, particularly in new south Wales with its transition from a convict colony to a free society. Series: War, Culture and Society, 1750-1850. Num Pages: 250 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJM; HBLL; HBTB; HBTQ; HBWH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 148 x 20. Weight in Grams: 430.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230252301
ISBN
9780230252301
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 119.49

Paperback. From ancient times, people appreciated the spiritual value of trees, singling out individual trees for special veneration. In words and images, this is a rich compendium about our relationship with trees, collating so many tree-related remnants of our pagan spiritual past and tree-related oral history into one place. Num Pages: 220 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; HBJD1; HRKP2; JFHF; WNP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 159 x 259 x 18. Weight in Grams: 622.
Publisher
The Collins Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848892774
ISBN
9781848892774
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 15.15

Paperback. Sacred stones and stone monuments feature the world over and Ireland is no exception. Our landscape is dotted with them. This is a wonderful reminder of our spiritual past as some of these stones and monuments enter their fifth millennium. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; HBJD1; HDD; JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 221 x 16. Weight in Grams: 540.
Publisher
The Collins Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848892767
ISBN
9781848892767
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 15.15

Hardback. In this concise, clearly written book, Thomas and Michael Christofferson provide a balanced introduction to every aspect of the French experience during World War II. Series: World War II: The Global, Human and Ethical Dimension. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JJH; HBJD; HBWQ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 3895 x 5830 x 23. Weight in Grams: 491.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823225620
ISBN
9780823225620
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 103.51

Hardback. This volume of readings examines the revolutions, civil wars, guerrilla struggles, insurgencies, counter-insurgencies, and interventions of this period. Offering a solid perspective on the Independence period, The Wars of Independence is an excellent text for Latin American survey courses and courses focusing on the colonial era. Editor(s): Archer, Christon. Series: Jaguar Books on Latin America. Num Pages: 325 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLS; HBJK; HBLL; HBTQ; HBTR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 163 x 24. Weight in Grams: 567.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Scholarly Resources Inc.,U.S. United States
Number of pages
325
Condition
New
SKU
V9780842024686
ISBN
9780842024686
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 147.22

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