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Paperback. Charts the features of India's development since its independence in 1947, assessing those forces that have contributed to the nation's growth as well as those that have impeded it. This book explores the diverse roots of India's economic robustness, from agriculture to the export boom. Num Pages: 288 pages, 16 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HBJF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 22. Weight in Grams: 334.
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300158274
ISBN
9780300158274
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.47

paperback. India is the biggest democracy on earth, a country of dynamic change, huge divisions and countless identities. Is there any way to discover the 'real' India? This book tells the story of how India emerged from a turbulent struggle for independence to become a vibrant democracy with one of the fastest-growing economies in the world. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 3JJP; 3JM; HBJF; HBLW3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 152 x 197 x 27. Weight in Grams: 330.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Penguin
Condition
New
SKU
9780141041575
ISBN
9780141041575
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 12.37

Paperback. A new edition of the most authoritative and highly-regarded single-volume history of India. Fully revised to include the most recent research and to cover events from partition to the present day. Num Pages: 608 pages, 16 b/w, 16 col plates. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HBJF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 134 x 196 x 44. Weight in Grams: 530.
Edition
Revised edition
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007307753
ISBN
9780007307753
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.36

Hardback. Series: Contemporary Asia in the World. Num Pages: 152 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 1FKP; HBJF; JPS; JPV; JWMN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 306.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231143745
ISBN
9780231143745
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 87.95

Paperback. Offers an introduction to India. This title gives a panoramic overview of the continent on which the world's most fascinating ancient civilization gave birth to one of its most complex modern democratic nations. It includes sections on the country's global economic development, the national elections, and on its international relations. Num Pages: 264 pages, 29 b/w photographs, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HBJF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 396. 264 pages, Illustrations, map. Offers an introduction to India. This title gives a panoramic overview of the continent on which the world's most fascinating ancient civilization gave birth to one of its most complex modern democratic nations. It includes sections on the country's global economic development, the national elections, and on its international relations. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1FKA; HBJF. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 18. Weight: 396.
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
264
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
4th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520260320
ISBN
9780520260320
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 49.36

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
OUP India India
Edition
New Ed
Number of pages
444
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195635041
ISBN
9780195635041
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 56.79

Paperback. By 1885, India may have become the jewel in the British crown, but already a series of changes had occurred within Indian society that would set the foundations for the modern states of India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh. Providing an introduction to these dramatic changes, this volume introduces the major historical developments and debates. Series: Seminar Studies. Num Pages: 192 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HBJF; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 308.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Pearson Education Limited United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780582317383
ISBN
9780582317383
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.21

Hardcover. Twenty years ago India was still generally thought of as an archetypal developing country, home to the largest number of poor people of any country in the world, and beset by problems of low economic growth, casteism and violent religious conflict. Series: Politics Today. Num Pages: 332 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HBJF; HBLX; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 35. Weight in Grams: 714.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Polity Press United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
332
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745661117
ISBN
9780745661117
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 103.36

Paperback. Num Pages: 788 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HBJF; JP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 217 x 141 x 32. Weight in Grams: 666.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Penguin Books India Pvt Ltd India
Number of pages
788
Condition
New
SKU
V9780143104094
ISBN
9780143104094
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.58

Paperback. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HBJF; JP. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 177 x 127 x 10. Weight in Grams: 208.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Seven Stories Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9781583225400
ISBN
9781583225400
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 12.71

Paperback. Maps a series of historical events - since the Raj in the mid-nineteenth century - through which India was made fashionable to Western audiences within the popular cultural arenas of the imperial metropole. This book presents an examination of India as represented in department stores, exhibitions, painting, and picture postcards of the era. Num Pages: 230 pages, 48 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 3JF; 3JJ; HBJF; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 59.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
230
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520252318
ISBN
9780520252318
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 49.36

Hardcover. Num Pages: 413 pages, 9 Maps. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 3JJH; HBJF; HBLW; HBWQ; JWLF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 138. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199463534
ISBN
9780199463534
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 110.99

Paperback. Offers insight into the key economic, social, and political developments that have shaped both the individual countries of South Asia and the region as a whole. Num Pages: 336 pages, black & white tables, maps. BIC Classification: 1FK; HBJF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 132 x 25. Weight in Grams: 316.
Publisher
Oneworld
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781851689361
ISBN
9781851689361
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 12.32

Hardback. Beginning in 1947, when 'India and Pakistan were born to conflict', this title presents an account of what is potentially the world's most dangerous crisis. It distills sixty-three years of complex history, tracing the roots of the relationship between these two antagonists, and explaining the various attempts to resolve their disputes. Num Pages: 144 pages, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 1FKP; 3JJP; HBJF; HBLW3; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 304.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of California Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520266773
ISBN
9780520266773
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 80.17

Paperback. Beginning in 1947, when 'India and Pakistan were born to conflict,' this title provides a primer on what is potentially the world's one of the dangerous crisis. It distills sixty-three years of complex history, tracing the roots of the relationship between these two antagonists, and explaining the various attempts to resolve their disputes. Num Pages: 144 pages, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 1FKP; 3JJP; HBJF; HBLW3; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 141 x 11. Weight in Grams: 190.
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
144
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520271401
ISBN
9780520271401
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.96

Hardback. Series: Anthem-Iseas India-China Studies. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 1FPC; HBJF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 33. Weight in Grams: 681.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Anthem Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9789380601175
ISBN
9789380601175
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 129.00

Hardcover. Editor(s): Mayor, John N. Num Pages: 214 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HBJF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 262 x 183 x 20. Weight in Grams: 650.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
214
Condition
New
SKU
V9781590332993
ISBN
9781590332993
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 80.88
€ 62.18

Paperback. Provides a comprehensive overview of the pronunciamiento practice following the Plan of Iguala. This fourth and final instalment in, and culmination of, a larger exploration of the pronunciamiento highlights the extent to which this model of political contestation evolved. Editor(s): Fowler, Will. Series: The Mexican Experience. Num Pages: 400 pages, 1 chronology, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 141 x 26. Weight in Grams: 536.
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803225398
ISBN
9780803225398
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 42.40

Paperback. A new intellectual community came together in the United States in the 1910s and 1920s, a community outside the universities, the professions and, in general, the established centers of intellectual life. This book is a cultural history of this community of free-lance critics. Series: American Social Experience. Num Pages: 310 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 420.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
310
Condition
New
Edition
Reissue
SKU
V9780814712320
ISBN
9780814712320
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.29

Paperback. To discuss developments in Belarus, an international group of scholars and policymakers gathered at Harvard University in 1999. The broad spectum of issues covered is examined in this volume, providing an understanding of Belarus and its prospects for the future. Editor(s): Balmaceda, Margarita; Clem, James I.; Tarlow, Lisbeteh. Series: Harvard Slavic studies. Num Pages: 496 pages, 1 figure. BIC Classification: 1DVUB; 3JJPR; HBJD; HBLW3; JPH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 38. Weight in Grams: 762.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Ukrainian Research Institute of Harvard University The Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies
Number of pages
496
Condition
New
SKU
V9780916458942
ISBN
9780916458942
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.34

Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; HBJD1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 215 x 24. Weight in Grams: 236.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141981574
ISBN
9780141981574
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.72

Hardcover. Presents a history of the struggle for independence after East Timor was invaded by Indonesia in 1975. This book addresses such multi-dimensional perspectives as: Indonesian, US and Australian diplomacy; Indonesian military operations and activities against the populace; East Timorese resistance at various social levels; and, human rights abuses. Num Pages: 261 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FM; HBJF; HBTQ; HBTR; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 159 x 26. Weight in Grams: 528.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Sussex Academic Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
261
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845194284
ISBN
9781845194284
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 156.45

Paperback. Num Pages: 261 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FM; HBJF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 229 x 16. Weight in Grams: 418.
Publisher
Sussex Academic Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
261
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845194918
ISBN
9781845194918
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.40

Paperback. Num Pages: 464 pages, 14 maps; 9 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL; HBTR; HBTV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 133 x 34. Weight in Grams: 366.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Random House Trade Paperbacks
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812981209
ISBN
9780812981209
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 18.16

Paperback. Extensively revised to incorporate the latest interpretations and address issues of race and gender as well as of economic interest, this is the only book that in such a short space covers the causes, events, and consequences of the wars of independence (1810-1825) in all of Latin America Num Pages: 224 pages, 32 b&w photographs, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KL; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 158 x 16. Weight in Grams: 328.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of Texas Press United States
Edition
Third
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780292745346
ISBN
9780292745346
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.80

Paperback. "This is a book I have long awaited, one that tells the life of a single building so as to illuminate American history from almost every angle-cultural, social, and political."-Mary Ryan, author of Civic Wars: Democracy and Public Life in the American City During the Nineteenth Century Num Pages: 368 pages, 60 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 612.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812222821
ISBN
9780812222821
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.70

Hardback. The first full examination of the English trade in indentured servants, who paid for their transportation and keep, and continued to work unpaid for years on their arrival. Often these people were deceived and coerced, despite half-hearted government efforts to curtail the activities of what was, after all, a useful crime for the English state. Num Pages: 320 pages, black and white figures. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1K; 3JD; HBJD1; HBJK; HBLH; HBTQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 240 x 162 x 22. Weight in Grams: 598.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198788904
ISBN
9780198788904
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 180.82

Hardcover. The story of the battle to legalise free expression in America. Num Pages: 368 pages, 8 pages of illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 173 x 242 x 32. Weight in Grams: 716.
Publisher
W. W. Norton & Company
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393245462
ISBN
9780393245462
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.51

Num Pages: 128 pages, colour illus, maps & drawings. BIC Classification: 1QDT; AMX; HBJF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 320 x 267 x 16. Weight in Grams: 986.
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Blue Dome Press United States
Number of pages
128
Condition
New
SKU
V9781935295273
ISBN
9781935295273
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 26.14

Paperback. Uncovers twelve shocking stories, untold for over a century and reveals the darker side of the Victorian upper and middle classes - their sexuality, fears of inherited madness, financial greed and fraudulence - and chillingly evoke the black motives at the heart of the phenomenon of the 'inconvenient person'. Num Pages: 496 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB; JKSM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 36. Weight in Grams: 456.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Number of pages
496
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099541868
ISBN
9780099541868
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.00

Hardback. Marriages between close relatives were commonplace in nineteenth-century England. This title shows us just how the political networks of the eighteenth-century aristocracy were succeeded by hundreds of in-married bourgeois clans - in finance and industry, in local and national politics, in the church, and in intellectual life. Num Pages: 304 pages, 19 line art. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJ; HBJD1; HBLW; JHBT; JHMC; VFV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 148 x 32. Weight in Grams: 648.
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Number of pages
304
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674035898
ISBN
9780674035898
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 59.85

Paperback. Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; BGH; HBJF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. Weight in Grams: 368.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141981437
ISBN
9780141981437
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.13

Paperback. Over the decades, structural unemployment, concentrated urban poverty, and mass homelessness have also become permanent features of the political economy. This title traces the roots of this carceral crisis through a series of turning points in US history including the Watts insurrection in 1965, the Detroit rebellion in 1967, and more. Series: American Crossroads. Num Pages: 268 pages, 15 b/w images. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of California Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520281820
ISBN
9780520281820
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.67

Paperback. Featuring the translation of poems written to the Near Eastern goddess Inanna by Enheduanna, this work is an articulation of a theology. Num Pages: 225 pages, 23 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1QDAM; 2AB; 3D; DCF; HBJF; HBLA; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 19. Weight in Grams: 394.
Publisher
University of Texas Press United States
Number of pages
245
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Condition
New
SKU
V9780292752429
ISBN
9780292752429
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.55

Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages, 21 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; HBJK; JPQB; RND; WNCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 153 x 13. Weight in Grams: 22.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Edition
1 New ed
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780762797530
ISBN
9780762797530
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 16.22

This volume tells of the secret interrogation camp Wilton Park's history and the extraordinary life of Heinz Koeppler, its founding father. Series: Whitehall Histories. Num Pages: 468 pages, illustrations, index. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; AMKH; BG; HBJD1; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 40. Weight in Grams: 890.
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
468
Condition
New
SKU
V9780714654331
ISBN
9780714654331
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 202.50

Paperback. During World War I, the first US war in which women were mobilized by the armed services on a mass scale, more than sixteen thousand female personnel served overseas with the American Expeditionary Force. The author presents the stories of servicewomen in the context of women's employment in the early twentieth century. Num Pages: 224 pages, 16 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJF; HBJK; HBWN; JFSJ1. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 340.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780812218756
ISBN
9780812218756
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 39.93

paperback. Tracing the history of New York transit workers from the Depression to the 1966 transit strike, this work shows how, through collective action, the men and women who operated the world's largest transit system brought about a revolution in their daily lives. It is for those interested in New York City's subways, politics, history, and labor. Series: Labor in Crisis. Num Pages: 456 pages, 1 figure, 16 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JJH; 3JJPG; 3JJPK; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB; KNG; KNXB2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 29. Weight in Grams: 735.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Temple University Press United States
Number of pages
456
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9781566399227
ISBN
9781566399227
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.75

Paperback. From an award-winning journalist, this is a study of Ireland during the Second World War. It covers a range of topics, from German U-boats to conscription attempts in Northern Ireland. It also talks about Ireland's neutrality during the period, which is relevant for contemporary times. Num Pages: 672 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JJH; HBJD1; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 188 x 112 x 38. Weight in Grams: 712.
Publisher
Gill Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1985
Condition
New
SKU
V9780717124114
ISBN
9780717124114
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 22.99
€ 18.38

Paperback. As the Napoleonic wars raged, what was life really like for those left at home? This book reveals the colourful and turbulent everyday life of Georgian Britain through the diaries, letters and records of farmers, bankers, aristocrats and mill-workers. It tells the story of how people lived in one of the most momentous periods of history. Num Pages: 752 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JF; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 275 x 40. Weight in Grams: 546.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571269532
ISBN
9780571269532
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 15.71

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