Regional & national history
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Regional & national history
Paperback. Even before the arrival of Europeans to the Americas, the practice of taking captives was widespread among Native Americans. This book talks about the many reasons behind the Indians taking captives. It offers a comprehensive historical and literary account of Indian captivity in Spanish-controlled territory from the 16th-20th century. Translator(s): Pellon, Gustavo. Num Pages: 288 pages, 20 b & w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLS; HBJK; HBLH; HBTB; JFSL9. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 21. Weight in Grams: 503.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813925875
- ISBN
- 9780813925875
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.97
€ 36.97
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
€ 19.00€ 17.03
€ 19.00
€ 17.03
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
€ 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€ 14.37
€ 19.99
€ 14.37
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
€ 65.36€ 50.63
€ 65.36
€ 50.63
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
€ 40.99€ 29.06
€ 40.99
€ 29.06
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
€ 48.99€ 47.16
€ 48.99
€ 47.16
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
€ 85.50
€ 85.50
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
€ 19.06
€ 19.06
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
€ 14.99€ 12.85
€ 14.99
€ 12.85
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
€ 40.99€ 29.28
€ 40.99
€ 29.28
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
€ 111.17
€ 111.17
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
€ 15.99€ 12.38
€ 15.99
€ 12.38
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
€ 59.42€ 46.32
€ 59.42
€ 46.32
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
€ 26.99€ 20.57
€ 26.99
€ 20.57
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
€ 134.26
€ 134.26
Paperback. India was the jewel in the British imperial crown. This is the story of her struggle for independence from 1880-1947, with Gandhi as its central figure. Series: Seminar Studies. Num Pages: 156 pages, illustrations maps, portraits. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 3H; 3J; HBJF; HBLL; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 157 x 10. Weight in Grams: 250.
- Publisher
- Pearson
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780582381735
- ISBN
- 9780582381735
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.52
€ 66.52
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
€ 83.17€ 63.81
€ 83.17
€ 63.81
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
€ 43.99€ 38.72
€ 43.99
€ 38.72
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
€ 33.99€ 30.71
€ 33.99
€ 30.71
Independent Belarus: Domestic Determinants, Regional Dynamics, and Imp...
Margarita M. Balmaceda (Ed.)
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
€ 31.99€ 26.57
€ 31.99
€ 26.57
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Press
- Edition
- 1st U.S. Ed.
- Number of pages
- 448
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781608190089
- ISBN
- 9781608190089
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 26.75
€ 32.99
€ 26.75
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
€ 15.99€ 11.81
€ 15.99
€ 11.81
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
€ 128.71
€ 128.71