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Regional & national history
Paperback. The fascinating story of the creation of the Ordnance Survey map, told for the first time by a brilliant young historian. Num Pages: 432 pages, Illustrations (some col.), maps (some col.). BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBJD1; HBTP1; RGV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 35. Weight in Grams: 366.
- Publisher
- Granta Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- paperback / softback
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847082541
- ISBN
- 9781847082541
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.07
€ 17.99
€ 13.07
Paperback. Observers have been predicting the demise of China's Communist state since Mao's death. Yet policymakers have managed the fastest sustained economic expansion in world history. This book shows that many contemporary techniques of governance have their roots in experimental policy generation and implementation dating to the revolution and early PRC. Editor(s): Heilmann, Sebastian; Perry, Elizabeth J. Series: Harvard Contemporary China Series. Num Pages: 336 pages, black & white illustrations, frontispiece. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; JPA; JPFC; JPHC; KCP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 154 x 23. Weight in Grams: 478.
- Publisher
- Harvard University, Asia Center United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674060630
- ISBN
- 9780674060630
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 28.71
€ 33.99
€ 28.71
Hardback. Num Pages: 328 pages, 66. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJPG; HBJF; HBLW3; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 167 x 28. Weight in Grams: 696.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801449345
- ISBN
- 9780801449345
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 140.33
€ 140.33
Paperback. An unprecedented, groundbreaking history of China's Great Famine Winner of the BBC Samuel Johnson Prize 2011 Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJPG; 3JJPK; HBJF; HBLW3; HBTB; JFFC1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 138 x 198 x 31. Weight in Grams: 328.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reissue
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781408886366
- ISBN
- 9781408886366
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 16.37
€ 23.99
€ 16.37
Hardcover. Maoists at the Hearth details the ways that inhabitants of a hill village in central Nepal managed their everyday activities following the arrival of Maoist insurgents in the late 1990s, exploring their changing social relationships with fellow villagers and the parties to the conflict both during and after the civil war. Series: The Ethnography of Political Violence Series. Num Pages: 200 pages, 6 illus. BIC Classification: 1FKN; HBJF; HBW; JFFE; JHMC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 236 x 153 x 20. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press
- Number of pages
- 200
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812244922
- ISBN
- 9780812244922
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 77.93
€ 77.93
Paperback. Based on a decade of research, and on interviews with many of Mao's close circle in China who have never talked before - and everyone outside China who had significant dealings with him, this book is the story of the life of Mao. It is full of revelations, exploding the myth of the Long March, and showing completely unknown Mao. Num Pages: 992 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: BG; HBJF; HBLW; JPHC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 44. Weight in Grams: 736.
- Edition
- Reprint
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099507376
- ISBN
- 9780099507376
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 16.54
€ 23.99
€ 16.54
Paperback. Mao Zedong was a giant of 20th century history. In this Very Short Introduction, Delia Davin provides an account of Mao the man. From his childhood as a peasant to ruler of the most populous nation on Earth, she considers the major events in his life, his revolutionary writing, and his utopian dreams that culminated in the Cultural Revolution. Series: Very Short Introductions. Num Pages: 160 pages, 10 black and white halftones. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJ; BGH; HBJF; HBLW; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 177 x 117 x 8. Weight in Grams: 128.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199588664
- ISBN
- 9780199588664
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.81
€ 11.99
€ 10.81
paperback. In a re-evaluation of Mao Zedong's leadership, Feigon seeks a more informed perspective on one of the most important political leaders of our time. Num Pages: 240 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; BGH; HBJF; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 206 x 136 x 17. Weight in Grams: 270.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Ivan R. Dee United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reprint
- SKU
- V9781566635226
- ISBN
- 9781566635226
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.33
€ 17.33
Paperback. Revolutionary and ruler, Marxist and nationalist, liberator and despot, Mao Zedong takes a place among the iconic leaders of the twentieth century. In this new book, Maurice Meisner offers a balanced portrait and in-depth account of the man who defined modern China. Series: Polity Political Profiles Series. Num Pages: 232 pages, 2. BIC Classification: 1FPC; BGH; HBJF; HBLW3; JPHL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 157 x 17. Weight in Grams: 352.
- Publisher
- Polity Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 232
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745631073
- ISBN
- 9780745631073
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.82
€ 25.82
Paperback. Describes Mao Zedong s life and thought in relation to the Chinese revolution and twentieth-century history. Series: Asia-Pacific: Culture, Politics, and Society. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJ; BGH; HBJF; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Number of pages
- 216
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822347958
- ISBN
- 9780822347958
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.01
€ 26.99
€ 25.01
Paperback. A biography that penetrates Mao's rhetoric and infamous self-will to distil an intimate portrait of a man as withdrawn and mysterious as the emperors he disdained. Num Pages: 224 pages, map. BIC Classification: 1FPC; BGH; HBJF; HBLW; JPFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 17. Weight in Grams: 210.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Orion Publishing Co United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780753810712
- ISBN
- 9780753810712
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.08
€ 13.99
€ 11.08
Hardback. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white halftones, frontispiece. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJF; HBJK; HBLW; HBWN; JWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 172 x 234 x 21. Weight in Grams: 532.
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442213425
- ISBN
- 9781442213425
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 70.67
€ 70.67
Paperback. Liam Riordan explores how the American Revolution politicized religious, racial, and ethnic identity among the diverse inhabitants of Pennsylvania, Delaware, and New Jersey from 1770 to 1830. Series: Early American Studies. Num Pages: 392 pages, 27 illus. BIC Classification: HBJK. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 658.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812220506
- ISBN
- 9780812220506
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.03
€ 37.99
€ 34.03
Paperback. The McCarthy era was a bad time for freedom in America. Encompassing far more than the brief career of Senator Joseph McCarthy, it was the most widespread episode of political repression in the history of the United States. This title gives us the complete post-Cold War account of McCarthyism. Num Pages: 608 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPG; HBJK; JPVR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 153 x 38. Weight in Grams: 928.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 602
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691048703
- ISBN
- 9780691048703
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.20
€ 40.99
€ 29.20
Paperback. Based upon extensive research in both manuscript and printed sources from the period between 1760 and 1830, this book will be of interest to historians of the early republic and economic historians as well as to students of technology, business, and industry. Series: Studies in Early American Economy and Society from the Library Company of Philadelphia. Num Pages: 312 pages, 6, 6 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBLH; KND. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 460.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801887505
- ISBN
- 9780801887505
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 28.66
€ 33.99
€ 28.66
Hardcover. British social critics in the Romantic tradition stigmatized industry as a threat to aesthetic "culture". Bizup argues that early Victorian advocates of industry sought to resist the power inherent in this opposition by portraying automatic manufacture itself as a cultural force or agent. Series: Victorian Literature and Culture Series. Num Pages: 256 pages, 6 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; JFC; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 508.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813922461
- ISBN
- 9780813922461
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 61.68
€ 61.68
Paperback. A new edition of Mottahedeh's gripping account of Islam and Politics in revolutionary Iran. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBN; HBJF1; HBLW; HRAM2; HRH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 136 x 30. Weight in Grams: 470.
- Publisher
- Oneworld Publications United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 416
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781851686162
- ISBN
- 9781851686162
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 26.97
€ 26.99
€ 26.97
Hardcover. Num Pages: 432 pages, 6 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JF; HBJD; HBLL; HRCC7; HRCX8. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 219 x 145 x 30. Weight in Grams: 868.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Catholic Record Society United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780902832305
- ISBN
- 9780902832305
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.24
€ 62.24
Hardcover. Tells the story of how people struggled to define, refine, reform, and ultimately overturn racial etiquette as a social guide for Southern Rhodesian politics. Series: Rochester Studies in African History and the Diaspora. Num Pages: 260 pages, 3 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFMW; 3JJ; HBJH; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 165 x 241 x 21. Weight in Grams: 542.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of Rochester Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781580465205
- ISBN
- 9781580465205
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 56.12
€ 56.12
Paperback. A new edition of a classic biography of Finland's greatest wartime leader and statesman. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1DNF; 3JJ; BGH; HBJD; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 168 x 20. Weight in Grams: 464.
- Publisher
- C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849043625
- ISBN
- 9781849043625
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.95
€ 43.95