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Regional & national history
Paperback. "The Only Thing Worth Dying For" is not only brilliant, it's the one book you must read if you have any hope of understanding what our fine American soldiers are up against in Afghanistan.--former Congressman Charlie Wilson. Num Pages: 424 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1FCA; 3JMC; HBJF; HBLX; HBWS4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 182 x 204 x 27. Weight in Grams: 342.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 400
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780061661235
- ISBN
- 9780061661235
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.70
€ 13.99
€ 10.70
Hardcover. Rise of a Japanese Chinatown focuses on a Chinese immigrant community in the Japanese port city of Yokohama from the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895 to the normalization of Sino-Japanese ties in 1972 and beyond. It tells the story of how Chinese immigrants found an enduring place within a monoethnic state during periods of war and peace. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 270 pages, Illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white). BIC Classification: 3JJ; HBJF; HBTB; JFFN; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 162 x 23. Weight in Grams: 568.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Harvard University Asia Center
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674491984
- ISBN
- 9780674491984
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 38.07
€ 45.99
€ 38.07
Paperback. In 1977 'Julia' became one of the 30,000 victims of Argentina's military dictatorship. Julia was a young physician and mother-to-be kidnapped from a medical clinic and found years later in a clandestine grave along with 334 other corpses. By covering the life of one victim, this book gives voice to the thousands of citizens who were 'disappeared'. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLSA; BGH; HBJK; HBLW3; JPQB; JPVH; JPWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 143 x 15. Weight in Grams: 268.
- Publisher
- Temple University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781566394376
- ISBN
- 9781566394376
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.81
€ 33.99
€ 30.81
Paperback. Num Pages: 336 pages, 2 x 8 page b&w insets. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DVUA; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 143 x 22. Weight in Grams: 230.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781444785142
- ISBN
- 9781444785142
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.81
€ 14.99
€ 11.81
Paperback. The 'Northern Crusades', inspired by the Pope's call for a Holy War, are less celebrated than those in the Middle East, but they were also more successful: vast new territories became and remain Christian, such as Finland, Estonia and Prussia. This title provides an account of a tumultuous era. Num Pages: 320 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1DV; HBJD; HBLC; HRC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 236.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Edition
- 2Rev Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140266535
- ISBN
- 9780140266535
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.88
€ 14.99
€ 11.88
Paperback. * Considers the Nordic peoples in Viking times without undue recourse to developmental theories. * Guides readers through some of the scholarly controversies surrounding these peoples. * Illustrated by reference to runic, poetic and archaeological evidence. . Series: Peoples of Europe. Num Pages: 392 pages, 11. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 570.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405149648
- ISBN
- 9781405149648
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.01
€ 45.01
Paperback. This is a history of the California prison movement from 1950 to 1980, highlighting the role that prison reading and writing played in the creation of radical inmate ideology in those years. Editor(s): Cummins, Eric. Num Pages: 320 pages, 24 half-tones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPG; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; HBJK; HBLW; JKVP1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 19. Weight in Grams: 480.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804722322
- ISBN
- 9780804722322
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.15
€ 37.99
€ 34.15
Paperback. Num Pages: 397 pages, 19 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; HBJF1; HBLW3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 472.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 397
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520235465
- ISBN
- 9780520235465
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 30.11
€ 41.99
€ 30.11
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 254 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HBE; 3JJ; HBJH; HBTQ; KNA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 514.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 254
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691641362
- ISBN
- 9780691641362
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 112.24€ 85.82
€ 112.24
€ 85.82
Hardcover. An irreplaceable portrait of George W. Bush Series: Focus on American History Series. Num Pages: 226 pages, 149 color photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JMC; AJCP; HBJK; HBLX; JPHL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 314 x 286 x 28. Weight in Grams: 2216.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780292745476
- ISBN
- 9780292745476
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 56.12
€ 56.12
Hardcover. Traces the widespread acceptance of Nazi policies requiring German individuals to prove their Aryan ancestry to the popularity of ideas about eugenics and racial science that were advanced in the late Imperial and Weimar periods by practitioners of genealogy and eugenics. Num Pages: 264 pages, 9 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJG; HBJD; HBLW; JFFJ; JFSL; JPFQ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 241 x 166 x 24. Weight in Grams: 574.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253349453
- ISBN
- 9780253349453
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 38.64
€ 38.64
Paperback. Num Pages: 112 pages, chiefly illustrations facsimiles, maps. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; HBJD1; WQH; WTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 272 x 211 x 11. Weight in Grams: 468.
- Publisher
- Stenlake Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 112
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781872074689
- ISBN
- 9781872074689
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 27.47
€ 29.99
€ 27.47
Paperback. Num Pages: 52 pages, 55ill. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; HBJD1; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 173 x 3. Weight in Grams: 172.
- Publisher
- Stenlake Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 52
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781840330007
- ISBN
- 9781840330007
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 16.34
€ 16.99
€ 16.34
Paperback. "A masterwork [by] the preeminent historian of the Civil War era."-Boston Globe Num Pages: 448 pages, 16 pages of black-and-white illustrations; 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTS; JPHL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 172 x 209 x 28. Weight in Grams: 422.
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393340662
- ISBN
- 9780393340662
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 19.60
€ 20.99
€ 19.60
Hardcover. The story of how three remarkable New Yorkers helped over 3000 African American slaves escape to a life of liberty in Canada, in the decades before the American Civil War Num Pages: 320 pages, 35 black & white halftones, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KBC; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 242 x 164 x 33. Weight in Grams: 668.
- Publisher
- OUP Oxford
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198737902
- ISBN
- 9780198737902
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 22.28
€ 30.99
€ 22.28
Paperback. A new generation of scholars addresses the current themes and questions in interpreting American history Editor(s): Foner, Eric; McGirr, Lisa; American Historical Association. Series: Critical Perspectives on the Past Series. Num Pages: 440 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBAH; HBJK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 24. Weight in Grams: 596.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 440
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781439902448
- ISBN
- 9781439902448
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 36.36
€ 40.99
€ 36.36
Paperback. "Exhilarating .. strikes a balance between the personal and the abstract."-Edward Rothstein, New York Times Editor(s): Foner, Eric. Num Pages: 336 pages, 10 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 142 x 25. Weight in Grams: 310.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393337051
- ISBN
- 9780393337051
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 24.76
€ 27.99
€ 24.76
Paperback. Shaping the New World introduces students to the origins, growth, and consolidation of African slavery in the Americas and race-based slavery's impact on the economic, social, and cultural development of the New World. Series: International Themes & Issues. Num Pages: 192 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, maps. BIC Classification: 1K; 3J; HBJK; HBLH; HBLL; HBTS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 212 x 135 x 13. Weight in Grams: 262.
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442605558
- ISBN
- 9781442605558
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.62
€ 31.99
€ 28.62
paperback. "This smart, knowing book examines the evolution of early America in terms of region. I know of no better way to come to terms with the development of the British colonies." - Alan Gallay, The Ohio State University Num Pages: 368 pages, black & white tables, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 594.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442601406
- ISBN
- 9781442601406
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 39.84
€ 39.84
Hardback. This is compelling reading for British historians, environmental scholars, historians of technology, and anyone interested in state formation in early modern Europe. Series: Johns Hopkins Studies in the History of Technology. Num Pages: 416 pages, 25, 17 black & white halftones, 8 maps. BIC Classification: 1DBKEA; 3JD; HBJD1; RGBF; TBX; TNFR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 31. .
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421422008
- ISBN
- 9781421422008
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 56.12€ 52.02
€ 56.12
€ 52.02
Paperback. Using a combination of archaeological data, textual analysis, and ancient documents, this Very Short Introduction to the Trojan War investigates whether or not the war actually took place, whether archaeologists have correctly identified and been excavating the ancient site of Troy, and what has been found there. Series: Very Short Introductions. Num Pages: 152 pages, 8 b/w halftones, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 3D; HBJD; HBLA1; HBW; HRKP3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 145 x 174 x 8. Weight in Grams: 138.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc
- Number of pages
- 144
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199760275
- ISBN
- 9780199760275
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.47
€ 13.47
Paperback. Editor(s): Helleiner, Eric; Kirshner, Jonathan. Series: Cornell Studies in Money. Num Pages: 288 pages, 13, 2 tables, 11 charts. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; JPS; KCP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 230 x 22. Weight in Grams: 460.
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801479595
- ISBN
- 9780801479595
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 33.05
€ 35.99
€ 33.05
Paperback. The first book in a new Johns Hopkins series, Regional Perspectives on Early America, At the Edge of Empire explores one of British America's most intriguing regions, both widening and deepening our understanding of North America's colonial experience. Series: Regional Perspectives on Early America. Num Pages: 224 pages, 17, 17 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KB; 1QDB; HBJK; HBLH; HBTQ; HBTR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801871375
- ISBN
- 9780801871375
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 26.81
€ 31.99
€ 26.81
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Verso
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781781681800
- ISBN
- 9781781681800
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.52
€ 33.52