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Paperback. 1905: Foreign Minister Edward Grey enters secret talks with France about sending British forces to their aid in the event of German attack. The details were only revealed to the Cabinet and Prime Minister in 1911, by which point the 'hidden perspective' was firmly entrenched. Owen argues that the outbreak of war in 1914 was far from inevitable. Num Pages: 283 pages, 1 Map. BIC Classification: 3JJC; 3JJF; HBJD; HBLW; HBWN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 138 x 25. Weight in Grams: 386. Good copy with some minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Haus Publishing Limited
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KKD0007764
ISBN
9781908323989
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

Hardcover. The author argues that by fostering awareness of membership in an elite group, the native place lodges generated a sense of belonging to a nation that furthered the reforms undertaken in the early twentieth century. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 326 pages, 10 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 180 x 27. Weight in Grams: 628.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Harvard University, Asia Center United States
Number of pages
326
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780674019560
ISBN
9780674019560
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 49.99
€ 42.19

Paperback. Looking beyond diplomats and generals, the author shows that neither nationalist passions nor desires for revenge took Europe to war in 1914. He gives voice to a generation who suddenly found themselves compelled to participate in a ghastly, protracted orgy of violence they never imagined would come to pass. Num Pages: 336 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJF; HBJD; HBLW; HBWN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 156 x 21. Weight in Grams: 524.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674725935
ISBN
9780674725935
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 24.73

Paperback. "Rubin raises . . . deep and disturbing questions about the nature of persecution and mass hysteria, and not least about the ways in which Christian beliefs have caused the deaths of Jews. . . . This is a courageous book, with implications far beyond medieval history."--Michael Clanchy, Series: The Middle Ages Series. Num Pages: 280 pages, 30 illus. BIC Classification: 1D; 3H; HBJD; HBLC; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 151 x 18. Weight in Grams: 448.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780812218800
ISBN
9780812218800
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.25

Paperback. An interdisciplinary anthology that includes many primary resources never before published in English. Editor(s): Joseph, Gilbert M.; Henderson, Timothy J. Series: Latin America Readers. Num Pages: 808 pages, 91 illus. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; HBJK; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 156 x 47. Weight in Grams: 1078.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
808
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822330424
ISBN
9780822330424
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.83

Hardback. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DBR; HBJD; HBTB; HBTQ; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 3887 x 5817 x 18. Weight in Grams: 422.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823270675
ISBN
9780823270675
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 101.88

Hardback. Discusses the complexities of a trading network in this period, outling commodity chains, links between colonies and colonial centres, and tensions between local polities and competing empires. Series: Worlds of the East India Company. Num Pages: 208 pages, 2 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 1FM; 3JH; HBJF; HBLL; HBTQ; KCLT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 162 x 20. Weight in Grams: 528.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
V9781783270699
ISBN
9781783270699
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 98.09

Paperback. Num Pages: 344 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JF; HBJD; HBLL; HBTV; HR; JPWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Pennsylvania State University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780271063782
ISBN
9780271063782
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 37.31

Hardcover. 'The Road to Crecy' is a graphically detailed account of one of the great battles of the Hundred Years War, when England broke France's stronghold on Europe. More dramatic, decisive and bloody than Agincourt, it heralded a new era in warfare. Num Pages: 384 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DDF; 3H; HBJD1; HBLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 164 x 33. Weight in Grams: 734.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Pearson
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780582784208
ISBN
9780582784208
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 174.04

Hardback. Translator(s): Lorton, David. Num Pages: 256 pages, 258. BIC Classification: 1QDAE; HBJF; HBLA; JHBZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 184 x 262 x 27. Weight in Grams: 756.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801444722
ISBN
9780801444722
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 47.25

Paperback. Tracing the evolution of state military institutions from the seventh to the twelfth centuries, this book challenges much of the received wisdom of Western scholarship on the origins and early development of warriors in Japan. Num Pages: 284 pages, 4 half-tones, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3F; 3H; HBJF; HBLC; JFSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 218 x 142 x 18. Weight in Grams: 334.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
284
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804726962
ISBN
9780804726962
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.93

Paperback. The remarkable story of the Lowndes County freedom struggle and its contribution to the larger civil rights movement Num Pages: 372 pages, 23 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1H; 1K; GTB; HBG; HBJK; HBLW; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 506.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
372
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814743317
ISBN
9780814743317
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.82

Paperback. Num Pages: illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JFFJ; JFSG; JFSL; RGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 219 x 15. Weight in Grams: 292.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780816697571
ISBN
9780816697571
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.48

Hardback. The first full analysis of the international thought of the British statesman A. J. Balfour (1848-1930). Num Pages: 336 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJC; 3JJF; 3JJG; HBJD1; HBLW; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 630.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780521581189
ISBN
9780521581189
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 116.55

Paperback. These essays rethink the nature of Stalinism and Nazism and establish a new methodology for viewing their histories. Editor(s): Geyer, Michael E.; Fitzpatrick, Sheila. Num Pages: 552 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 1DVUA; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 155 x 36. Weight in Grams: 776.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Condition
New
SKU
9780521723978
ISBN
9780521723978
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 31.58

Paperback. Examines the lives of Andalusian campesinos, rural workers and peasants, who were swept up by one of the 20th century's pivotal social movements. Num Pages: 360 pages, 28 b&w photos, 1 figures, 1 bibliog., 1 index. BIC Classification: 1DSE; HBJD; HBLW; JPFB; JWKW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 21. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253216588
ISBN
9780253216588
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 24.26

Paperback. Describing the hard working conditions on plantations and harsh treatment of apprentices unjustly incarcerated, this book argues that apprenticeship actually worsened the conditions of Jamaican ex-slaves: former owners, no longer legally permitted to directly punish their workers, used the Jamaican legal system as a punitive lever against them. Editor(s): Paton, Diana. Series: Latin America Otherwise. Num Pages: 208 pages, 5 b&w photos, 2 maps, 7 figures. BIC Classification: 1KJ; 3JH; DNF; HBJK; HBLL; HBTS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3734 x 15. Weight in Grams: 313.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
Edition
Annotated
SKU
V9780822326472
ISBN
9780822326472
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.29

Paperback. Tells the stories of Greek Leftists as paradigmatic figures of abjection, given that between 1929 and 1974 tens of thousands of Greek dissidents were detained and tortured in prisons, places of exile, and concentration and rehabilitation camps. This volume presents the history of how Greek Left was constituted by Greek state as a zone of danger. Num Pages: 256 pages, 44 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVG; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLW; JPFF; JPVR. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 225 x 153 x 19. Weight in Grams: 460.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823229680
ISBN
9780823229680
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 38.45

Paperback. Presents the history of Ireland (1900-2000). This book examines politics and political parties. It deals with the North in a comprehensive way, focusing on the social and cultural aspects, not just the obvious political and religious divisions. Num Pages: 896 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JJ; HBJD1; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 132 x 53. Weight in Grams: 710.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Profile Books
Condition
New
Edition
Main
SKU
9781861974433
ISBN
9781861974433
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 22.99
€ 15.29

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252078088
ISBN
9780252078088
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 24.18

Paperback. Series: Dover Thrift Editions. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DNF; FYB; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 131 x 7. Weight in Grams: 100. Good copy with some shelf wear, yellowing of pages but otherwise a good copy
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Dover Publications Inc.
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KKD0008782
ISBN
9780486280387
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

Hardcover. Though undeniably bloody the war was in fact a ferment of new ideas and new weapons. Gas, flame throwers, super-heavy artillery, concrete bunkers, tanks, aircraft and other innovations were all introduced, whilst older notions such as barbed wire, machine guns and armour took on a new lease of life. Num Pages: 144 pages, 40 drawings, maps & diagrams. BIC Classification: 3JJF; HBJD; HBLW; HBWN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 185 x 120 x 18. Weight in Grams: 232. Fine copy
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Conway London
Condition
Used, Like New
SKU
KKD0009020
ISBN
9781844860722
Hardback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 17.95

Paperback. The Palestinian experience of displacement within Israel, told through oral history and memory Editor(s): Masalha, Nur. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBP; 3JJP; HBJF1; HBLW3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 139 x 20. Weight in Grams: 410.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Zed Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9781842776230
ISBN
9781842776230
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 39.25

Paperback. An illuminating account of the politics of Britain's decision to support the US-led invasion of Iraq. Num Pages: 224 pages, Notes Bibliography Index. BIC Classification: HBJD1; HBLW3; JPFF; JPL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 164 x 14. Weight in Grams: 396.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Zed Books Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
annotated edition
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9781842777411
ISBN
9781842777411
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 39.20

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