Regional & national history
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Regional & national history
Reveals the historical links between these two world regions, describes the emergence of South-South solidarities, and offers methodologies for the study of transnationalism, global culture, and international relations. Editor(s): Amar, Paul. Series: Public Cultures of the Middle East and North Africa. Num Pages: 366 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1KLSB; GTB; HBJF1; HBJK; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5830 x 3895 x 24. Weight in Grams: 645.
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 366
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253012234
- ISBN
- 9780253012234
Condition: New
€ 92.36
€ 92.36
Documenting the lives of Armenians since the early 1980s, this text is based on interviews with 300 Armenians and brings together firsthand testimony about the social, economic and spiritual circumstances of Armenians during this era when the country faced an earthquake, pogroms and war. Num Pages: 248 pages, 76 b/w photographs, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1DVUR; 3JJPN; 3JJPR; HBJD; HBLW3; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 472.
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520234925
- ISBN
- 9780520234925
Condition: New
€ 83.45€ 65.22
€ 83.45
€ 65.22
Argues that the Chinese Revolution of 1911 engendered a new political life - one that began to free men and women from the inequality and hierarchy that formed the spine of China's social and cultural order. This title demonstrates how a sea change in political performance left leaders dependent on popular support. Num Pages: 408 pages, 11 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; HBLW; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 162 x 31. Weight in Grams: 686.
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 408
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520267367
- ISBN
- 9780520267367
Condition: New
€ 83.45€ 65.22
€ 83.45
€ 65.22
Accounts of China's global rise emphasize economics and politics, largely neglecting the cultivation of China's people. This title by focusing on the decade since 2000, and especially 2004 - 09, argues that the vital politics of population has been central to the globalizing agenda of the reform state. Series: The Edwin O.Reischauer Lectures. Num Pages: 156 pages, 1 halftone, 5 line illustrations, 6 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; JHBD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 166 x 245 x 20. Weight in Grams: 394.
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 156
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674055711
- ISBN
- 9780674055711
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 40.39
€ 47.99
€ 40.39
Num Pages: 240 pages, 13, 13 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; JFSG; JFSL3; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 232 x 20. Weight in Grams: 442.
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801452826
- ISBN
- 9780801452826
Condition: New
€ 140.48
€ 140.48
Calls attention to the misuse of democracy to justify and commit genocide Num Pages: 456 pages, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTZ; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 38. Weight in Grams: 798.
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 456
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803224803
- ISBN
- 9780803224803
Condition: New
€ 107.41
€ 107.41
Series: Jewish Cultures of the World. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 3F; 3H; HBJD; HBLC1; HRJS; HRJX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 549.
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Rutgers University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813568751
- ISBN
- 9780813568751
Condition: New
€ 161.16
€ 161.16
Paperback. Describes the career of Senator McCarthy and explains how he was able to gain so much influence over the U.S. Senate. Num Pages: 372 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW3; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 140 x 28. Weight in Grams: 508.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1987
- Publisher
- University of Massachusetts Press
- Edition
- 2nd Revised ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780870235559
- ISBN
- 9780870235559
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.22
€ 36.22
In tracing the rapid changes of the 1960s, Harold Troper draws upon a wealth of historical documentation, including more than eighty interviews, to demonstrate that the expression of Canadian Jewishness was an increasingly public - and political - commitment. Num Pages: 384 pages, 24 photos. BIC Classification: 1KBC; HBJK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 160 x 29. Weight in Grams: 715.
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442641143
- ISBN
- 9781442641143
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 89.80
€ 89.80
Through analysis of cultural production that often countered governmental intentions for official diplomacy, Jennifer Ruth Hosek offers a broad-reaching history of the influence of the global South on the global North. Series: German & European Studies. Num Pages: 320 pages, 15 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 1KJC; 3JJP; HBJD; HBLW3; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 163 x 24. Weight in Grams: 620.
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442641389
- ISBN
- 9781442641389
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 69.27
€ 69.27
The Culture of the Seven Years' War. Empire, Identity, and the Arts in...
. Ed(S): Bruyn, Frans De; Regan, Shaun
With essays by notable scholars that address the war's impact in Europe and the Atlantic world, this volume is sure to become essential reading for those interested in the relationship between war, culture, and the arts. Editor(s): Bruyn, Frans De; Regan, Shaun. Num Pages: 372 pages, illustrations (some color). BIC Classification: 1D; 3JF; HBJD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 158 x 29. Weight in Grams: 700.
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 372
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442643550
- ISBN
- 9781442643550
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 70.55
€ 70.55
Flying P-38s, Jerry Johnson shot down 24 aircraft in 265 combat missions in the Pacific theater. At the age of only twenty-four, he commanded the highest-scoring fighter group in the Pacific. Num Pages: 330 pages, 2 maps, 52 b&w photos. BIC Classification: HBG; HBJD; HBWQ; JWG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 24. Weight in Grams: 358.
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Potomac Books Inc United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 330
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781574886948
- ISBN
- 9781574886948
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 16.53
€ 16.99
€ 16.53
George Washington became president of the newly formed United States just as the French Revolution erupted in 1789, a moment that would pave the way for Napoleon and his eventual empire. In this momentous year, the Americans consolidated the gains of their rebellion, and the French embarked upon a more radical transformation of their own. Num Pages: 272 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 542.
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Potomac Books Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781597972789
- ISBN
- 9781597972789
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.72
€ 33.72
An unparalleled look at America's Revolutionary War invasion of Canada Num Pages: 460 pages, 21 illus., 10 maps. BIC Classification: HBJK; JWM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 34. Weight in Grams: 807.
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University Press of New England United States
- Number of pages
- 460
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611684971
- ISBN
- 9781611684971
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 29.91
€ 36.99
€ 29.91
Paperback. This is an account of the life and times of Te Whiti o Rongomai set against the politics and Crown policies of the nineteenth century. It traces the forces that shaped his life's journey from Ngamotu, where he was born, to his settling at Parihaka and his evolving sense of the injustices and disempowerment Maori experienced and his response. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: 1MBN; 3JH; BGH; HBJM; JFSL9; JPWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 178. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Huia Publishers
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781775501954
- ISBN
- 9781775501954
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 31.02
€ 46.99
€ 31.02
The Great Expedition. Sir Francis Drake on the Spanish Main, 1585-86.
Konstam, Angus. Illus: Dennis, Peter; Gillila...
Paperback. Drake's daring raids had finally resulted in the outbreak of the long-expected war and it would be the last action of its kind for some years as England sought to protect herself against invasion and the Spanish invasion. Illustrator(s): Dennis, Peter; Gilliland, Alan; Delf, Brian. Series: Raid. Num Pages: 80 pages, 35 b/w; 7 col. BIC Classification: HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 185 x 6. Weight in Grams: 260.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 80
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849082457
- ISBN
- 9781849082457
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 19.72
€ 20.99
€ 19.72
Paperback. This edition has detailed information on the battle and maps pinpointing key moments in this campaign. The Gettysburg campaign was General Lee's last great gamble. By taking the war to the North he hoped to force Lincoln into peace or win support from European powers watching events closely. Illustrator(s): Hook, Adam. Editor(s): Chandler, David. Series: Osprey Military Campaign S. Num Pages: 128 pages, 70 b&w and 14 colour illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLL; JWD; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 249 x 185 x 10. Weight in Grams: 412.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Osprey Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 128
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781855323360
- ISBN
- 9781855323360
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 20.75
€ 21.99
€ 20.75
Words Between Us: First Maaori-Paakehaa Conversations on Paper = He Ka...
Professor Of Law Alison Jones
Paperback. This book traces M?ori engagement with handwriting from 1769 to 1826. Through beautifully reproduced written documents, it tells an image-led story about the earliest relationships between M?ori and P?keh? based around the written word. Num Pages: 180 pages, Illustrations (some col.), maps. BIC Classification: 1MBN; 2PGPA; HBJM; HBLL; HBTB; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 250 x 175. Weight in Grams: 525.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Huia Pub.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781869694784
- ISBN
- 9781869694784
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 31.02
€ 46.99
€ 31.02
Collects interviews with survivors, bystanders, and emergency workers during the September 11 terrorist attack on the World Trade Center, focusing on the different "zones of sadness" affected by the attack. Num Pages: 352 pages, 20 black-and-white photographs. BIC Classification: HBJK; JKSN; JM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 154 x 25. Weight in Grams: 550.
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231158985
- ISBN
- 9780231158985
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 25.06
€ 33.99
€ 25.06
- Publisher
- United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252078859
- ISBN
- 9780252078859
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.56
€ 27.99
€ 26.56