Regional & national history
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Regional & national history
Paperback. Exploring everything from fantasy architecture to neo-tribal sports and from Emirati dress codes to neo-Bedouin poetry contests, this title explodes the idea that the tribal is primitive and argues instead that it is an elite, exclusive, racist, and modern instrument for branding nations and shaping Gulf citizenship and identity. Num Pages: 224 pages, 19 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1FBX; 3JJP; 3JM; HBJF; HBLW3; HBLX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 141 x 13. Weight in Grams: 270.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 210
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520280106
- ISBN
- 9780520280106
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.81
€ 33.99
€ 24.81
Hardcover. Presents the story of the Beecher-Tilton scandal that shook American culture in the 1870s because the key players were such vaunted moral leaders. The book offers a tale of love, deception, faith and the indeterminacy of truth. It revises the conception of 19th-century morals and passions. Num Pages: 430 pages, 56 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 240 x 160 x 29. Weight in Grams: 770.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 2nd ed.
- Number of pages
- 430
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226259383
- ISBN
- 9780226259383
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 28.67
€ 36.99
€ 28.67
Paperback. Series: Routledge Sourcebooks for the Ancient World. Num Pages: 304 pages, 4 black & white halftones, 2 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 3D; HBJD; HBLA; LAZ. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 164 x 18. Weight in Grams: 468.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415618090
- ISBN
- 9780415618090
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.45
€ 66.45
Hardback. This book illuminates what judicial modernity actually meant to the Chinese state and society in the early twentieth century and how the judicial reform resulted in paradoxical consequences due to a lack of resources and a disjunction between the national reform agenda and local social ecology. Num Pages: 400 pages, 21 tables, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJ; HBJF; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 661. Weight in Grams: 658.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804755863
- ISBN
- 9780804755863
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 91.05
€ 91.05
Paperback. This unique reader allows students to examine Galileo's trial as a legal event and, in so doing, to learn about seventeenth-century European religion, politics, diplomacy, bureaucracy, culture, and science. Editor(s): Mayer, Thomas F. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JD; HBJD; HBLH; HR; LNF; PDR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 11. Weight in Grams: 296.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442605190
- ISBN
- 9781442605190
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.61
€ 33.99
€ 30.61
Hardcover. Num Pages: 166 pages. BIC Classification: HBJF1; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 417.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Hoover Institution Press
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780817913243
- ISBN
- 9780817913243
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.49
€ 26.49
Hardback. Num Pages: 336 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DDB; 3JJF; HBJD; HBLW; HBWN; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 166 x 33. Weight in Grams: 658.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Potomac Books Inc
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781612346908
- ISBN
- 9781612346908
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.38
€ 32.99
€ 29.38
Paperback. Details the long and violent endeavour of the English to dismember Europe's strongest state, a succession of wars that is one of the seminal chapters in European history. Beginning with the funeral of Charles IV of France in 1328, this book follows the Hundred Years War up to the surrender of Calais in 1347. Num Pages: 672 pages, 38 b&w maps. BIC Classification: 3H; HBJD; HBLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 49. Weight in Grams: 878.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Number of pages
- 672
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571200955
- ISBN
- 9780571200955
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 25.84
€ 40.99
€ 25.84
Paperback. 'A rich harvest of harrowing adventures recounted in fascinating detail' Daily Telegraph Num Pages: 288 pages, 8pp black and white integrated. BIC Classification: 1FPCT; HBJF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 20. Weight in Grams: 204.
- Publisher
- Hodder Pb
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719564499
- ISBN
- 9780719564499
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.41
€ 17.99
€ 13.41
Paperback. Pursued by British forces, Washington and his remaining 5,000 men resolved on a risky strike against the British and Hessian positions across the Delaware River. This book shows how, crossing the river, Washington took the Trenton garrison for the loss of only four men, before outflanking Cornwallis' 8,000-strong force and marching on Princeton. Illustrator(s): Turner, Graham. Series: Campaign. Num Pages: 96 pages, Illustrations (some col.). BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL; HBWF; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 242 x 185 x 8. Weight in Grams: 313.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 96
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846033506
- ISBN
- 9781846033506
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.00€ 15.44
€ 19.00
€ 15.44
Paperback. Why does Catholicism in the early modern era go by so many names? Taking up such questions, John O'Malley works out a guide to the intellectual and historical developments behind the concepts of Catholic reform, the Counter Reformation and Early Modern Catholicism. Num Pages: 240 pages, color frontispiece. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JB; HBJD; HRCC7. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 211 x 150 x 15. Weight in Grams: 278.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674008137
- ISBN
- 9780674008137
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 29.94
€ 34.99
€ 29.94
Paperback. Tells the history of the trenches, drawing on the renowned resources and photographic collection of the Imperial War Museums, providing an insight into trench warfare on the Western Front. Num Pages: 272 pages, Illustrations (black and white, and colour). BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJF; HBJD; HBLW; HBWN; JWD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 195 x 19. Weight in Grams: 918.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- New
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781472801326
- ISBN
- 9781472801326
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 16.33
€ 23.99
€ 16.33
Paperback. In the Company of Brave Men. 312 pages. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: HBJH; HBW. Dimension: 150 x 213 x 23. Weight: 332.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- House of Emslie
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780956774538
- ISBN
- 9780956774538
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.46
€ 17.99
€ 16.46
Paperback. A powerful exploration of trees in both the real and the imagined Anglo-Saxon landscape. Series: Anglo-Saxon Studies. Num Pages: 322 pages, 24, 6 black & white illustrations, 18 black & white line drawings, 6 black and white, 18. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3F; HBJD1; HBLC; HDL; JFHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 172 x 25. Weight in Grams: 566.
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 322
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843838296
- ISBN
- 9781843838296
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 28.75
€ 33.99
€ 28.75
Paperback. Argues that the Haitian Revolution nonetheless had an enduring cultural and political impact, particularly on peoples and communities that have been marginalized in the historical record and absent from the discourses of Western historiography. This book interrogates the literary, historical, and political discourses that the Revolution produced. Editor(s): Garraway, Doris L. Num Pages: 296 pages, 2 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KJH; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTV; JPWQ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813926865
- ISBN
- 9780813926865
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.20
€ 38.20
Paperback. The Treaty of Bayonne of 1388 between Juan I, King of Castile, and John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster and Pretender to the Castilian throne, was one of the most important treaties of the Hundred Years War. In the transcription of the documents, the original spellings of words, however inconsistent, have been respected. Series: Exeter Hispanic Texts. Num Pages: 72 pages. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 3H; DNF; HBJD; HBLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 148 x 8. Weight in Grams: 140.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1988
- Publisher
- University of Exeter Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 72
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780859893169
- ISBN
- 9780859893169
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.88
€ 38.88
Paperback. At once a gazetteer, an ethnography, and a natural history of south China--mainly Guangxi and Hainan--and its indigenous people during the twelfth century Translator(s): Hargett, James M. Series: China Program Books. Num Pages: 368 pages, 13 illustrations, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3H; GTB; HBJF; HBLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 229 x 27. Weight in Grams: 674.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780295990798
- ISBN
- 9780295990798
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 38.32
€ 43.99
€ 38.32
Hardcover. This 1690s account describes in detail the relationship of the Portuguese with the peoples of East Central Africa, and tells of the rise of the Changamira dynasty in what is now Zimbabwe. Series: Fontes Historiae Africanae, New Series: Sources of African History. Num Pages: 146 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: HBJH; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 242 x 163 x 16. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1 Blg
- Number of pages
- 146
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780197264072
- ISBN
- 9780197264072
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 86.77
€ 86.77
Paperback. Num Pages: 225 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBSX; HBJK; WDKX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 141 x 15. Weight in Grams: 322.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Republic of Texas Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 225
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781556226991
- ISBN
- 9781556226991
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 15.67
€ 16.99
€ 15.67
At a time of acute interest in Scottish independence, the book charts the Treasury's response to Scottish claims from the late 19th century until the 1979 referendum. Key issues include Highland depopulation, fisheries, universities, support for farming, new towns, regional policy, North Sea Oil, budgetary responsibility and the Barnett formula. Editor(s): Levitt, Ian. Series: Records of Social & Economic History. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJD1; HBLW; KCZ; KFFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 164 x 236 x 30. Weight in Grams: 662.
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 300
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780197265796
- ISBN
- 9780197265796
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 122.35
€ 122.35
Paperback. On 26 November 1922, Howard Carter and Lord Carnarvon discovered the tomb of King Tutankhamun. This book puts Tutankhamun's short life into context by describing and explaining the complexities of life in Ancient Egypt and details the actual discovery and original expedition, drawing on the personal archives of Howard Carter himself. Num Pages: 64 pages, 175 colour & black & white images. BIC Classification: 1QDAE; 3D; HBJH; HBLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 263 x 296 x 32. Weight in Grams: 1276. 64 pages, 175 colour & black & white images. On 26 November 1922, Howard Carter and Lord Carnarvon discovered the tomb of King Tutankhamun. This book puts Tutankhamun's short life into context by describing and explaining the complexities of life in Ancient Egypt and details the actual discovery and original expedition, drawing on the personal archives of Howard Carter himself. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1QDAE; 3D; HBJH; HBLA. Dimension: 263 x 296 x 32. Weight: 1276.
- Publisher
- Andre Deutsch
- Number of pages
- 64
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780233003481
- ISBN
- 9780233003481
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 26.79
€ 40.99
€ 26.79
Paperback. In this comprehensive account of the culture and history of Central Asia, Edgar Knobloch describes the main centres of our human civilization. He spices the text with quotations from the works of contemporary travellers, while providing an expert's commentary on the archaeological, architectural and decorative features of the sites he describes. Num Pages: 232 pages, Illustrations (some col.), maps. BIC Classification: 1FC; HBJF; HDD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 246 x 173 x 16. Weight in Grams: 634.
- Publisher
- The History Press
- Number of pages
- 232
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752471174
- ISBN
- 9780752471174
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 28.75
€ 33.99
€ 28.75
Paperback. Adam Daubney and Antony Lee explore the fascinating treasures of Roman Lincolnshire. Num Pages: 96 pages, 180. BIC Classification: 1DBKEAL; 1QDAR; HBJD1; HBLA1; HDD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 166 x 14. Weight in Grams: 284.
- Publisher
- Amberley Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781445664705
- ISBN
- 9781445664705
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.00€ 16.71
€ 19.00
€ 16.71
Hardcover. Editor(s): Strachan, Stuart; Tyler, Linda. Num Pages: 240 pages, colour illus. BIC Classification: 1MBN; GLH; HBJM; WCS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 248 x 222 x 25. Weight in Grams: 1224.
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Publisher
- Otago University Press New Zealand
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781877372407
- ISBN
- 9781877372407
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 22.66
€ 30.99
€ 22.66