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Paperback. Features chapters that include a selection of letters from Irish immigrants fleeing the famine of the 1840s, writings from an immigrant who escaped the civil war in Liberia during the 1980s, and letters that crossed the US-Mexico border during the late 1980s and early '90s. Editor(s): Dublin, Thomas. Num Pages: 304 pages, 6 black and white photographs, 3 line drawings, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; JFFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 157 x 234 x 21. Weight in Grams: 530.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Edition
Second Edition, New and Revised Edition
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252078729
ISBN
9780252078729
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.51

Paperback. Major Mark Hammond was awarded the DFC, which ranks third after the VC, for remarkable feats in Afghanistan in his Chinook helicopter. Three times on the night of 6 September 2006 he flew into hostile zones to pick up injured soldiers. This title presents an account of the combat and provides readers with insights on the brutal realities of war. Num Pages: 336 pages, 16pp colour photographic inset. BIC Classification: 1FCA; 3JMC; HBJF1; HBLX; HBWS4; JWG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 22. Weight in Grams: 228.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141039046
ISBN
9780141039046
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.23

Paperback. .
Publisher
Disinformation Company
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781938875007
ISBN
9781938875007
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 26.87

Hardback. In 911, the French king ceded land along the river Seine to Rollo the Viking, on condition that he convert to Christianity. This work advances our understanding of early Normandy and the Vikings' transformation from pagan raiders to Christian princes. It also sheds light on the intersection of religious tradition, identity, and power. Series: Harvard Historical Studies. Num Pages: 272 pages, 1 map, 1 genealogical chart. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JB; HBJD; HBLH; HRCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 538.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674024434
ISBN
9780674024434
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 119.99
€ 106.50

Hardback. Series: Post-Communist Cultural Studies. Num Pages: 280 pages, 21 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVUC; HBG; HBJD; HBLW3; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 160 x 26. Weight in Grams: 576.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Pennsylvania State University Press United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780271022031
ISBN
9780271022031
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 60.56
€ 51.13

Hardback. The thirteen essays in Imagining the Jew in Anglo-Saxon Literature and Culture examine visual and textual representations of Jews before 1066. Editor(s): Zacher, Samantha. Series: Toronto Anglo-Saxon Series. Num Pages: 336 pages, 28. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2ABA; 3F; DSBB; HBJD1; HBLC; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Publisher
University of Toronto Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442646674
ISBN
9781442646674
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 82.26

Paperback. Editor(s): Bohan, Harry; Kennedy, Gerard. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; GTB; HBJD1; HBLW3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 143 x 9. Weight in Grams: 150. New.
Publisher
Veritas Publications
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
SKU
9781853908040
ISBN
9781853908040
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 4.99

Paperback. Num Pages: 221 pages, 9 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1HFJC; GTB; HBAH; HBJH; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 14. Weight in Grams: 304.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
2003 ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781403961600
ISBN
9781403961600
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 96.59

Paperback. By returning to a pivotal moment in South African history - the Cape Colony in the period 1770-1830 - this book addresses current debates about nationalism, colonialism and neo-colonialism, and postcolonial/post-apartheid culture. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; 3JH; DSBF; HBJH; HBLL; HBTQ. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 230 x 158 x 13. Weight in Grams: 356.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748664894
ISBN
9780748664894
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.77

Hardback. Drawing on examples from different local and regional contexts,Imagining the British Atlantic after the American Revolution demonstrates the many remarkably local ways that revolution and empire were experienced in London, Pennsylvania, Pitcairn Island, and points in between. Editor(s): Meranze, Michael; Makdisi, Saree. Series: UCLA Clark Memorial Library Series. Num Pages: 396 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 1DBK; 1KBB; DSB; HBJD; HBJD1; HBJK; HRAX; HRC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
396
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442650695
ISBN
9781442650695
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 70.30

Paperback. Imagining the Balkans examines how an innocent geographic appellation was transformed into a powerful and widespread pejorative designation. In a new afterword, Maria Todorova discusses the reaction to her dubbing of the term Balkanism and recent events in the Balkans. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVW; HBJD; HBLH; HBLL; HBLW. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 16. Weight in Grams: 434.
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
286
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
Updated Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195387865
ISBN
9780195387865
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.24

Paperback. In the first comprehensive critical study of Western literature about Thailand, Imagining Siam provides a thorough analysis, using Edward Said's concepts, of English language travelogues and travel literature. Caron Dann from Monash University. Num Pages: 262 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HBJF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 151 x 209 x 21. Weight in Grams: 416.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Monash Asia Institute
Condition
New
SKU
V9781876924621
ISBN
9781876924621
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 26.55

Hardback. Series: Frontiers of Narrative. Num Pages: 294 pages, 6 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKAS; DS; HBJF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 21. Weight in Grams: 585.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
294
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803288591
ISBN
9780803288591
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.50

Paperback. A collection of the writings of sociologist Robert N. Bellah, including essays that consider the entire sweep of Japanese history and the character of Japanese society and religion. The book features an introduction that brings together intellectual and institutional dimensions of Japanese history. Num Pages: 254 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; GTB; HBJF; JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 157 x 16. Weight in Grams: 376.
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
254
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520235984
ISBN
9780520235984
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.24

Hardback. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Rutgers University Press United States
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813585215
ISBN
9780813585215
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 159.45

Hardcover. This book examines an Austrian identity based on a civic, rather than an ethnic conception of a national community. It analyzes the ideas of Joseph Samuel Bloch, an Austrian Jewish writer and politician, and compares them to those of other Austrian political thinkers of various ethnic and political backgrounds in order to discover how these individuals imagined a supraethnic Austrian nation. Num Pages: 220 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1DFA; 3JH; 3JJC; 3JJF; HBJD; HBLL; HBLW; JFSL; JPFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 145 x 218 x 20. Weight in Grams: 414.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
East European Monographs United States
Number of pages
220
Condition
New
SKU
V9780880335294
ISBN
9780880335294
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.49

Paperback. Drawing on a wide variety of contemporary journals, newspapers, films, and popular songs, Alan M. Ball compares American social, political, and cultural influence in two newborn Russian states: the young Soviet Union and the modern Russian Republic. Num Pages: 328 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 1KBB; 3JJ; GTB; HBJD; HBLW; JFC; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 151 x 18. Weight in Grams: 422.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9780742527935
ISBN
9780742527935
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 77.74

Hardback. Num Pages: 288 pages, 7, 6 black & white halftones, 1 black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1DFA; 1DFG; 3JJG; HBJD; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 163 x 237 x 26. Weight in Grams: 604.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781501704444
ISBN
9781501704444
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 62.39

Hardback. Focusing on one landmark catastrophic event in the history of an emerging modern nation - the Great Kanto Earthquake that devastated Tokyo and surrounding areas in 1923, this volume examines the history of the visual production of the disaster. Series: Asia: Local Studies/ Global Themes. Num Pages: 400 pages, 99 color illustrations, 101 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJG; ACX; HBJF; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 259 x 186 x 27. Weight in Grams: 1192. Tokyo and the Visual Culture of Japan's Great Earthquake of 1923. Series: Asia: Local Studies/ Global Themes. 400 pages, Illustrationsstrations. Focusing on one landmark catastrophic event in the history of an emerging modern nation - the Great Kanto Earthquake that devastated Tokyo and surrounding areas in 1923, this volume examines the history of the visual production of the disaster. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJG; ACX; HBJF; HBLW. Dimension: 259 x 186 x 27. Weight: 1192.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of California Press
Edition
Tion
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520271951
ISBN
9780520271951
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.38
€ 50.63

Paperback. Offers a collection of essays by twenty-one American historians that reflects on a peculiarly American way of imagining the past. Divided into three parts, this work contains chapters on exceptionalism, gender, economic history, social theory, race, and immigration and multiculturalism. It also has a chronological survey of non-American histories. Editor(s): Molho, Anthony; Wood, Gordon S. Num Pages: 512 pages, 3 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBAH; HBJK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 157 x 31. Weight in Grams: 722.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
512
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691058115
ISBN
9780691058115
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 71.32
€ 55.15

Hardback. Through a microhistory of a small province in Upper Egypt, this book investigates the history of five world empires that assumed hegemony in Qina province over the centuries. It depicts forms of subaltern discontent against "imagined empires" that failed in achieving their professed goals and brought about environmental crises to Qina province. Num Pages: 216 pages, 7 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1HBE; HBJF1; HBTV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 68.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520275522
ISBN
9780520275522
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 95.09
€ 72.21

Paperback. Through a microhistory of a small province in Upper Egypt, this book investigates the history of five world empires that assumed hegemony in Qina province over the centuries. It depicts forms of subaltern discontent against "imagined empires" that failed in achieving their professed goals and brought about environmental crises to Qina province. Num Pages: 216 pages, 7 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1HBE; HBJF1; HBTV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 152 x 228 x 13. Weight in Grams: 304.
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
216
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520275539
ISBN
9780520275539
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.93

Hardcover. Series: International Library of Twentieth Century History. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVG; 1DVT; 3JJG; HBJD; HBJF1; HBTB; JFFN. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 138. .
Publisher
I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd. United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Sew
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784531270
ISBN
9781784531270
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 154.52
€ 137.06

Courtney Weikle-Mills discusses such characters as Goody Two-Shoes, Ichabod Crane, and Tom Sawyer in terms of how they reflect these conflicting ideals. Num Pages: 280 pages, 9, 9 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSY; HBJK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 499.
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421407210
ISBN
9781421407210
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 68.21

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