Regional & national history
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Regional & national history
Hardback. Why is it that Japan, with few natural resources, has become one of the world's leading economies but not Latin America, which is so rich in natural resources? This anthropological essay questions the Euro-centric notion of modernity and modernization and argues that Latin America has to find its own form of modernity. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLS; HBJK; PDR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 220. Weight in Grams: 410.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books, Incorporated United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781571810120
- ISBN
- 9781571810120
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 154.60
€ 154.60
Paperback. Num Pages: 232 pages, 6. BIC Classification: HBAH; HBJD; HBTZ1; HBWQ; JMAF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 322.
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801484964
- ISBN
- 9780801484964
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.60
€ 32.99
€ 29.60
hardcover. In this brillant meditation on conceptions of history, Le Goff traces the evolution of the historian's craft. Examining real and imagined oppositions between past and present, ancient and modern, oral and written history, History and Memory reveals the strands of continuity that have characterized historiography from ancient Mesopotamia to modern Europe. Series: European Perspectives: A Series in Social Thought and Cultural Criticism. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBAH; HBJK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 635.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- SKU
- V9780231075909
- ISBN
- 9780231075909
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 134.60
€ 134.60
Paperback. In this brillant meditation on conceptions of history, Le Goff traces the evolution of the historian's craft. Examining real and imagined oppositions between past and present, ancient and modern, oral and written history, History and Memory reveals the strands of continuity that have characterized historiography from ancient Mesopotamia to modern Europe. Series: European Perspectives: A Series in Social Thought and Cultural Criticism. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBAH; HBJK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231075916
- ISBN
- 9780231075916
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 27.61
€ 37.99
€ 27.61
Paperback. Editor(s): Heggarty, Paul. Series: Studies of the Americas. Num Pages: 266 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTB; HBJK; JFC; JFSL; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 266
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2011
- SKU
- V9781349286256
- ISBN
- 9781349286256
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 64.49
€ 64.49
Paperback. Presents the attacks on the United States in historical perspective. This volume comments on the dangers of seeing the events of September 11 as splitting the nation's history into "before" and "after." It argues eloquently that no useful understanding of the present is possible without an unobstructed view of the past. Editor(s): Rosenzweig, Roy. Series: Critical Perspectives on the Past Series. Num Pages: 288 pages, 19 b&w illustrations, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JM; GTB; HBJK; HBLX; JFSR2; JPWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 19. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9781592132034
- ISBN
- 9781592132034
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 30.71
€ 31.99
€ 30.71
Paperback. Following the bestselling Historopedia, Fatti and John Burke return with a companion activity book. Num Pages: 32 pages. BIC Classification: HBJD1; YBG; YQH. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 320 x 225. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Publisher
- Gill Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780717175734
- ISBN
- 9780717175734
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 7.40
€ 7.40
Hardcover. Series: Renaessancestudier. Num Pages: 454 pages, b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1DND; 2ADL; HBAH; HBJD; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UA) A / AS level; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 255 x 180 x 37. Weight in Grams: 1122.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Museum Tusculanum Press Denmark
- Number of pages
- 454
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788772897035
- ISBN
- 9788772897035
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 51.09€ 40.69
€ 51.09
€ 40.69
Hardback. The Historia surveys a tumultuous century in which two competing dynasties struggled for supremacy, while great magnates seized the opportunity to carve out their own principalities. Richer tells of synods and coronations, deception and espionage, battles and sieges, disease and death, and even the difficulties of travel. Series: Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library. Num Pages: 496 pages, 1 line illustration. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3F; HBJD; HBLC1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 206 x 143 x 31. Weight in Grams: 608.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 496
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674061590
- ISBN
- 9780674061590
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 33.72
€ 40.99
€ 33.72
Hardback. The Historia surveys a tumultuous century in which two competing dynasties struggled for supremacy, while great magnates seized the opportunity to carve out their own principalities. Richer tells of synods and coronations, deception and espionage, battles and sieges, disease and death, and even the difficulties of travel. Series: Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3F; HBJD; HBLC1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 143 x 29. Weight in Grams: 560.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 448
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674060036
- ISBN
- 9780674060036
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 33.72
€ 40.99
€ 33.72
paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; HBJD1; JFCX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 173 x 24. Weight in Grams: 506.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Academic
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781472532954
- ISBN
- 9781472532954
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 30.69
€ 36.99
€ 30.69
Paperback. The true story of the Mau Mau rebellion of 1952-60 in Kenya, told for the first time Num Pages: 432 pages, 16, 6 maps. BIC Classification: 1HFGK; 3JJPG; HBJH; HBLW3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 136 x 32. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Publisher
- Orion Publishing Co
- Number of pages
- 416
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780753819029
- ISBN
- 9780753819029
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.06
€ 19.99
€ 15.06
Paperback. The countries have been selected to represent every continent and every type of state, large and small, and together they make up two-thirds of the world's population. This book is about the modern age. Num Pages: 272 pages, 28 illustrations, 24 in colour. BIC Classification: HBJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 133 x 199 x 24. Weight in Grams: 310.
- Publisher
- Thames & Hudson Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780500293003
- ISBN
- 9780500293003
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.20
€ 17.99
€ 14.20
Paperback. Num Pages: 310 pages, 22 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; 3JH; DSBF; HBJD1; HBTB; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 150 x 226 x 19. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Publisher
- Transcript Verlag
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783837637113
- ISBN
- 9783837637113
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.46€ 42.14
€ 53.46
€ 42.14
Paperback. This work comprises the first western historical writing. It provides a history of the then known world, and provides answers to questions such as: why did Pheidippides run from Marathon to Athens and why did Leonides and the Spartans comb their hair before the battle of Thermopylae. Translator(s): Rawlinson, George. Series Editor(s): Griffith, Tom. Series: Wordsworth Classics of World Literature. Num Pages: 768 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HBG; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 134 x 196 x 43. Weight in Grams: 486.
- Edition
- New
- Publisher
- Wordsworth Editions
- Number of pages
- 768
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781853264665
- ISBN
- 9781853264665
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 7.09
€ 7.09
Paperback. Editor(s): Bjerg, Helle; Lenz, Claudia; Thorstensen, Erik. Num Pages: 306 pages, 19 b/w & 7 colour illus. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBWQ; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 135 x 23. Weight in Grams: 442.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Transcript Verlag Germany
- Number of pages
- 306
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783837613254
- ISBN
- 9783837613254
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.99€ 35.46
€ 48.99
€ 35.46
Paperback. Comparative study of the writings and strategies of European women in two colonies, French Algeria and British Kenya, during the twentieth century. Its central theme is women's discursive contribution to the construction of colonial nostalgia. Num Pages: 329 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2H; DS; HBJD; HBJH; HBL; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 234 x 20. Weight in Grams: 498.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349341672
- ISBN
- 9781349341672
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.50
€ 65.50
Paperback. Num Pages: 215 pages, frontispiece. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; HBJD1; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 209 x 139 x 16. Weight in Grams: 316.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Liberty Fund Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 215
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780865972933
- ISBN
- 9780865972933
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.89
€ 11.99
€ 10.89
Hardcover. Num Pages: 208 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; HBJD1; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 146 x 21. Weight in Grams: 410.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Liberty Fund Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780865972926
- ISBN
- 9780865972926
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 16.06
€ 19.99
€ 16.06
Hardback. This text argues that the historical settlement of liberated Americans of African descent had a destabilising impact on the geography, politics, social and economic structure and culture of Liberia. It focuses on the environmental consciousness of indigenous Liberians. Num Pages: 172 pages, bibliograohy. BIC Classification: 1HFDL; HBJH; HBTB; JFC; JH; RNP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 172
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780819196538
- ISBN
- 9780819196538
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 123.72
€ 123.72
Paperback. Give a general guide to using old newspapers followed by detailed instructions how to locate, collate, analyse and interpret information Num Pages: 192 pages, 50 illustrations integrated, pictures, diagrams and written examples. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBA; HBJD1; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 159 x 234 x 14. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Publisher
- Pen & Sword Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781473859005
- ISBN
- 9781473859005
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.21
€ 17.99
€ 14.21
Hardback. Written by Ouyang Xiu, an intellectual giant of the eleventh century, this is a history of the preceding century (907 - 979), a period known as the Five Dynasties. This book emphasises on the art of historical writing in the eleventh century. It includes sections that are helpful to understand the politics and personalities of the time. Translator(s): Davis, Richard L. Num Pages: 736 pages, 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3F; HBAH; HBJF; HBLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 168 x 44. Weight in Grams: 1271.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 736
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231128261
- ISBN
- 9780231128261
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 161.80
€ 161.80
Paperback. Written by Ouyang Xiu, an intellectual giant of the eleventh century, this is a history of the preceding century (907 - 979), a period known as the Five Dynasties. This book emphasises on the art of historical writing in the eleventh century. It includes sections that are helpful to understand the politics and personalities of the time. Translator(s): Davis, Richard L. Num Pages: 736 pages, 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3F; HBJF; HBLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 146 x 37. Weight in Grams: 1082.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 736
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231128278
- ISBN
- 9780231128278
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.72
€ 46.99
€ 33.72
Hardcover. Deals with the letters and documents of Tasmania in the year 1830. This title shows the development of educational and religious institutions, the maturation of Governor Arthur's convict system, issues of trial by jury, and original dispatches of the period between the Governor and London. It offers an account of the early growth of Australia. Editor(s): Chapman, Peter. Num Pages: 1488 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1MBF; HBJM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 215 x 145 x 51. Weight in Grams: 1146.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Melbourne University Publishing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780522851885
- ISBN
- 9780522851885
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 153.93
€ 153.93