Regional & national history
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Regional & national history
Paperback. The author shows how Qing China (1636-1911) used cartography and ethnography to pursue its imperial ambitions and her study provides a wealth of insights to anyone interested in the significance of cartography, the growth of empire, or this exciting period of Chinese history. Num Pages: 288 pages, 20 colour plates, 13 halftones, 6 maps, 4 line drawings, 4 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 181 x 16. Weight in Grams: 412.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226354217
- ISBN
- 9780226354217
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 33.73
€ 42.99
€ 33.73
Paperback. This important new book takes a fascinating thematic approach, providing a useful survey of the position and role of the nobility in the government of states in early modern Europe. Series: Historical Connections. Num Pages: 172 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3H; 3J; HBJD1; HBTG; JPHC. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 236.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415150446
- ISBN
- 9780415150446
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 57.62
€ 57.62
Paperback. Unravel the history behind of one of the most fascinating ancient civilisations with this engaging, entertaining and educational guide to the ancient Egyptians. Num Pages: 384 pages, ill. BIC Classification: 1QDAE; HBJH; HBLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 187 x 21. Weight in Grams: 696.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780470065440
- ISBN
- 9780470065440
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 16.87
€ 21.99
€ 16.87
Hardback. In the sixteenth century, European missionaries brought a foreign and global religion to China. Converts then transformed this new religion into a local one. This book focuses on the Catholic communities of Fuan county in northeast Fujian. It suggests that Christianity became part of a pre-existing pluralistic, local religious space. Series: Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph Series. Num Pages: 450 pages, 5 halftones, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; HRCC7; HRCX7; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 163 x 34. Weight in Grams: 860.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Harvard University, Asia Center United States
- Number of pages
- 450
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674035966
- ISBN
- 9780674035966
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 46.60
€ 54.99
€ 46.60
Paperback. Explains the causes and consequences of "white flight" in Atlanta and elsewhere. Seeking to understand segregationists on their own terms, this book moves past stereotypes to explore the meaning of white resistance. Series: Politics and Society in Modern America. Num Pages: 352 pages, 12 halftones. 12 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBFG; HBJK; HBLW3; JFSG; JFSL; JPFM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 485.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691133867
- ISBN
- 9780691133867
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 33.48
€ 37.99
€ 33.48
Paperback. * Provides survey of the ways in which the United States acquired, administered, and abandoned its various imperial possessions. * Offers a new interpretation of how and why America became an imperialist power. * Incorporates notions of imperialism, anti-imperialism, and geopolitics into American foreign policy decision making. Series: Problems in American History. Num Pages: 320 pages, 2 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLL; HBLW; HBTQ; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 142 x 17. Weight in Grams: 380.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781577180562
- ISBN
- 9781577180562
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 60.44
€ 60.44
Paperback. A detailed scientific and conservation record of a group of ivory and bone furniture overlays excavated at Begram, stolen from the National Museum of Afghanistan, privately acquired on behalf of Kabul, analysed and conserved at the British Museum and returned to the National Museum of Afghanistan in 2012 Num Pages: 336 pages, Highly illustrated throughout in colour. BIC Classification: 1FCA; HBJF; HDD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 298 x 211 x 15. Weight in Grams: 1110.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Archaeopress
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784910167
- ISBN
- 9781784910167
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 127.81
€ 127.81
Paperback. Illustrator(s): Dore, Gustave. Series: Anthem Travel Classics. Num Pages: 280 pages, 180+ halftone engravings. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JH; HBJD1; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 197 x 127 x 20. Weight in Grams: 266. A Pilgrimage. Series: Anthem Travel Classics. 280 pages, 180+ halftone engravings. Illustrator(s): Dore, Gustave. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JH; HBJD1; HBTB. Dimension: 197 x 127 x 20. Weight: 268.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Anthem Press
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843311935
- ISBN
- 9781843311935
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.33
€ 14.33
Paperback. Paints seven scenes from a boyhood and early adolescence in Korea at the height of the Japanese occupation, 1932 to 1945. This title presents a memory of family and a vivid portrayal of life in a time of anguish. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 1FPK; 3JJH; BGHA; HBJF; HBLW; HBTQ; HBTR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 213 x 143 x 15. Weight in Grams: 266.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 40 Anv
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520268128
- ISBN
- 9780520268128
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 24.82
€ 26.99
€ 24.82
Hardback. This book reconstructs American consular activity in Ireland from 1790 to 1913 and elucidates the interconnectedness of America's foreign interests, Irish nationalism and British imperialism Num Pages: 320 pages, ill. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 1KBB; 3JF; 3JH; 3JJC; HBJD1; HBLL; JPSD. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 237 x 167 x 32. Weight in Grams: 698 299pp
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780719083013
- ISBN
- 9780719083013
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 68.84
€ 68.84
Paperback. Between the early 1930s and his death in 1953, Joseph Stalin had more than a million of his own citizens executed. Millions more fell victim to forced labor, deportation, famine, bloody massacres, and detention and interrogation by Stalin's henchmen. This book tells the story of these crimes. Series: Human Rights and Crimes Against Humanity. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JJG; 3JJH; 3JJPG; HBJD; HBLW; HBTZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 171 x 217 x 13. Weight in Grams: 242.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691152387
- ISBN
- 9780691152387
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 22.50
€ 30.99
€ 22.50
Hardcover. A biography of Patience Darton that tells the story of this young, upper middle-class nurse in the 1930s who becomes dramatically caught up in Spain's civil war and the passionate political issues of her times, but whose intimate writings reveal emotions and attitudes that strike a chord with most self-aware and determined women. Num Pages: 256 pages, 140 illus. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLW; HBWP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 160 x 20. Weight in Grams: 524.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Sussex Academic Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845195144
- ISBN
- 9781845195144
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 73.24
€ 73.24
Paperback. Treason Num Pages: 244 pages, Illustrations, 1 map, ports.,. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; BTC; HBJD1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 146 x 196 x 21. Weight in Grams: 240.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- New Ed
- Number of pages
- 244
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780750939188
- ISBN
- 9780750939188
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.61
€ 17.99
€ 16.61
Hardcover. Num Pages: 268 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DV; HBJD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 162 x 25. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Northern Illinois University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 268
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780875804224
- ISBN
- 9780875804224
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.33
€ 53.33
Paperback. Nineteenth-century France was renowned for its literature, philosophy, art, poetry and technology. Yet this was also a century of political anarchy and bloodshed, where each generation of the French Revolution's 'children' would experience their own wars, revolutions and terrors. This book explores various aspects of these rapidly changing times. Num Pages: 560 pages, Illustrations, maps, ports. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 196 x 26. Weight in Grams: 394.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780141016535
- ISBN
- 9780141016535
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 17.36
€ 25.99
€ 17.36
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Gibb Memorial Trust United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780906094532
- ISBN
- 9780906094532
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 83.27€ 75.63
€ 83.27
€ 75.63
Hardcover. Islam as a cultural, intellectual, and religious venture appears in the popular imagination as a monolithic entity. Num Pages: 204 pages, 39 illus. BIC Classification: HBJF; HBLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 252 x 177 x 21. Weight in Grams: 726.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Gibb Memorial Trust United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 204
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780906094556
- ISBN
- 9780906094556
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 83.27€ 75.63
€ 83.27
€ 75.63
Hardcover. Translation and analysis of a rare Russian survey of the khanate of Shirvan, now Azerbaijan, after its annexation by Russia in 1820. Num Pages: 288 pages, 4. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 170. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Gibb Memorial Trust
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781909724808
- ISBN
- 9781909724808
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 118.96€ 108.80
€ 118.96
€ 108.80
Paperback. Num Pages: Illustrations (some col.), maps, ports. BIC Classification: 1DBR; HBJD1; HBW; WTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). . Very good copy with light shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KCW0015736
- ISBN
- 9781845889395
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardcover. Muhammad b. Hatim's chronicle is the fullest historical source on Yemen for the period it covers, from the conquest of Yemen by Saladin's brother Turanshah to when the Rasulids, who had come to the country as followers of the Ayyubids, had replaced their old masters as its rulers. Editor(s): Smith, G.R. Series: New. Num Pages: 786 pages, and 188pp. BIC Classification: 1FBXY; 3H; DNF; HBJF1; HBLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 276 x 174 x 61. Weight in Grams: 1900.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1974
- Publisher
- Gibb Memorial Trust United Kingdom
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 786
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780906094297
- ISBN
- 9780906094297
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 154.65€ 148.25
€ 154.65
€ 148.25
Paperback. A tour de force from one of the world's top historians of fascism. Unrivalled in its breadth of coverage, this is not only the first full history of fascism in interwar Europe, but also survey of fascist theory and postwar fascism. Num Pages: 628 pages, 35 illustrations, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJF; 3JJG; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; JPFQ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 156 x 36. Weight in Grams: 956.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781857285956
- ISBN
- 9781857285956
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.34
€ 51.34
Hardback. Series: Conjunctions of Religion and Power in the Medieval Past. Num Pages: 328 pages, 5, 3 maps, 2 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 3H; HBJD; HBLC; HBTS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 176 x 239 x 28. Weight in Grams: 732.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801445026
- ISBN
- 9780801445026
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.86
€ 66.86
Hardback. Num Pages: 414 pages, 18. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBG; HBJK; HBLW3; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 168 x 243 x 33. Weight in Grams: 754.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 414
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801448157
- ISBN
- 9780801448157
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.48
€ 46.48
Paperback. A fascinating, in-the-round portrait of Britain in 1846, a nation on the brink of economic and social change as the Industrial Revolution deepened its impact. Num Pages: 352 pages, 8pp colour illus. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 196 x 21. Weight in Grams: 252.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Head of Zeus
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781781853542
- ISBN
- 9781781853542
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 5.70
€ 11.99
€ 5.70