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Regional & national history
Hardback. This study focuses on James Legge (1815-1897), one of the most important 19th-century figures in the cultural exchange between China and the West. The narrative illuminates the era in which Legge lived as well as the surroundings in which he worked. Num Pages: 810 pages, 38 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 1FPC; BGH; GTB; HBJD1; HBLL; HRAC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 50. Weight in Grams: 1421.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 810
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520215528
- ISBN
- 9780520215528
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 94.64€ 72.77
€ 94.64
€ 72.77
Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages, 19. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 399.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press Ithaca
- Number of pages
- 235
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801487682
- ISBN
- 9780801487682
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 31.96
€ 34.99
€ 31.96
Paperback. During the nineteenth century, Britain became the first gaslit society, with electric lighting arriving in 1878. At the same time, the British government significantly expanded its power to observe and monitor its subjects. This book explores how light facilitated such practices as safe transportation and private reading. Num Pages: 368 pages, 65 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; 3JJC; HBJD1; HBLL; HBT; TNKH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 161 x 20. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226640778
- ISBN
- 9780226640778
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 29.77
€ 37.99
€ 29.77
Paperback. Full of detail and colour about everyday life in Dickens's London, and leaves you with a sense not only of how hard life was then, but how strange. Even if you've read Dickens and the contemporary historians of the poor, there is still more to marvel at here.' Sebastian Faulks, Mail on Sunday Books of the Year Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 159 x 197 x 41. Weight in Grams: 546.
- Publisher
- Atlantic Books
- Number of pages
- 544
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848877979
- ISBN
- 9781848877979
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.54
€ 19.99
€ 14.54
Paperback. Presenting a collection of Victorian and Edwardian images, this book explores the growth of tourism from the 1840s until the outbreak of the First World War. Series: Shire Library. Num Pages: 128 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; 3JJC; HBJD1; HBLL; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 208 x 149 x 9. Weight in Grams: 276. New.
- Publisher
- Shire
- Number of pages
- 128
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780747811534
- ISBN
- 9780747811534
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.98
€ 10.98
Paperback. Stalin's reign of terror in the Soviet Union has been called 'the other Holocaust'. During the Stalin years, it is thought that more innocent men, women and children perished than in Hitler's destruction of the European Jews. This book tells the story of the survivors. Num Pages: 224 pages, 89 bw integrated in 38pp plates. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLW; HBTZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 134 x 212 x 17. Weight in Grams: 248.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- New
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780761374
- ISBN
- 9781780761374
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 23.62
€ 26.99
€ 23.62
Paperback. This text examines how the French nation has dealt with "les annees noires" of defeat, occupation and repression, specifically studying what this proud nation has chosen to remember and what it has chosen to conceal. Translator(s): Goldhammer, Arthur. Num Pages: 400 pages, 7 halftones , 7 line illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJH; 3JJP; HBJD; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 584.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Number of pages
- 400
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674935396
- ISBN
- 9780674935396
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 36.02
€ 42.99
€ 36.02
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Helion & Company United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 576
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781908916501
- ISBN
- 9781908916501
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 70.92€ 54.37
€ 70.92
€ 54.37
Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; HBJD1; HBT; KFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 514.
- Publisher
- Chartered Accountants Ireland
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781908199294
- ISBN
- 9781908199294
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.33
€ 24.33
Paperback. As the dust settles on Labour's time in office, Toynbee and Walker strip away political rhetoric and spin and investigate their failures and achievements in a lively, comprehensive, acerbic analysis. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JMC; HBJD1; HBLX; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 23. Weight in Grams: 238.
- Publisher
- Granta Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847082503
- ISBN
- 9781847082503
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.71
€ 13.99
€ 10.71
Paperback. For six centuries, the Republic of Venice was a maritime empire, its sovereign power extending throughout much of the eastern Mediterranean. This book reconstructs the whole of this glittering dominion in the form of a sea-voyage, travelling along the historic Venetian trade routes from Venice itself to Greece, Crete and Cyprus. Num Pages: 208 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1DST; HBJD; HBLC; PDX; RGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 13. Weight in Grams: 158.
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140119947
- ISBN
- 9780140119947
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.00€ 11.88
€ 13.00
€ 11.88
Paperback. A detailed study of the political relations between church and state in modern Ireland. Num Pages: 324 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JJ; HBJD1; HBLW; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 510. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KKD0004136
- ISBN
- 9780521530521
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Paperback. Ranging from Virginia, Massachusetts, New York, South Carolina, and Pennsylvania to the backcountry regions of the South, the Mid-Atlantic, and northern New England, The Varieties of Political Experience in Eighteenth-Century America offers an ambitious overview of political life in pre-Revolutionary America. Series: Early American Studies. Num Pages: 376 pages, 25 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 24. Weight in Grams: 649.
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 376
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812219777
- ISBN
- 9780812219777
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.12
€ 37.99
€ 34.12
Paperback. Num Pages: 388 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJ; HBG; HBJD; HBTV; HBTZ; HBWN; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141976372
- ISBN
- 9780141976372
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 14.79
€ 18.99
€ 14.79
Hardcover. Num Pages: 336 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; 3JJC; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 191 x 263 x 42. Weight in Grams: 1412.
- Publisher
- Dover Publications Inc.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781606600764
- ISBN
- 9781606600764
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 21.09
€ 27.99
€ 21.09
Paperback. Series: Culture and Society After Socialism. Num Pages: 448 pages, 42. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 3JJPR; HBJD; HBLW3; JFSF; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 157 x 26. Weight in Grams: 680.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801488696
- ISBN
- 9780801488696
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 40.93
€ 45.99
€ 40.93
Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; HBJD1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 124 x 169 x 20. Weight in Grams: 334.
- Publisher
- Strange Attractor Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781907222290
- ISBN
- 9781907222290
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.59
€ 17.99
€ 14.59
Paperback. The Vandals is the first book available in the English language dedicated to exploring the sudden rise and dramatic fall of this complex North African Kingdom. This complete history provides a full account of the Vandals and re-evaluates key aspects of the society. Series: Peoples of Europe. Num Pages: 368 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1D; 3F; HBJD; HBLC; HDD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 151 x 17. Weight in Grams: 468.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781118785096
- ISBN
- 9781118785096
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 40.89
€ 40.99
€ 40.89
Paperback. Num Pages: 368 pages, , black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVH; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLW; KCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226314600
- ISBN
- 9780226314600
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 36.38
€ 46.99
€ 36.38
Hardback. In The Value of Comparison Peter van der Veer highlights anthropology's continuing ability to gain insights on the whole through the comparative study of the particular and unique while critiquing the quantitative social sciences for their sweeping generalizations. Series: The Lewis Henry Morgan Lectures. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1F; HBJF; JHBA; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 238 x 17. Weight in Grams: 442.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822361398
- ISBN
- 9780822361398
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 108.60
€ 108.60