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Regional & national history

Hardback. A groundbreaking study of the Franco regime's utilization of Hollywood film production in Spain, American tourism, and sophisticated public relations programs - including the most popular national pavilion at the 1964-65 New York World's Fair - in a determined effort to remake the Spanish dictatorship's post-World War II reputation in the US. Series: Palgrave Studies in the History of the Media. Num Pages: 288 pages, 10 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 3JJP; HBJD; HBLW3; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 143 x 21. Weight in Grams: 462.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
304
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Edition
2014th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137299284
ISBN
9781137299284
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 134.46

Paperback. An excellent introduction to Franco's rise to power and his four decades as autocratic head of state in Spain. Series: Profiles in Power. Num Pages: 272 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1DSE; BGH; HBJD; HBLW; JPHL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 145 x 15. Weight in Grams: 316.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
2nd Edition
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780582437531
ISBN
9780582437531
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 58.61

Paperback. Generalissimo Francisco Franco, the Caudillo of Spain from the Nationalists' victory over the Republican government in the Spanish Civil War until his quiet death in 1975, is the subject of this biography, which uses material from the archives of six countries. Num Pages: 1024 pages, 32pp b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 3JH; 3JJ; BGH; HBJD; HBLW; JPFQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 197 x 131 x 51. Weight in Grams: 724.
Publisher
Fontana Press London
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Condition
New
SKU
V9780006862109
ISBN
9780006862109
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 22.02

Hardback. Tells the story of Paraguay's most notorious ruler Francisco Solano Lopez. Despite the heroic stature he gained after his death, Lopez was a monumentally flawed leader who made the disastrous decisions in 1864 and 1865 to invade Brazil and Argentina. This work offers an analysis of Paraguayan politics and Lopez's life and erratic rule. Series: Latin American Silhouettes. Num Pages: 252 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KLSP; 3JH; BGH; HBJK; HBLL; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 161 x 22. Weight in Grams: 490.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
252
Condition
New
SKU
V9780742537545
ISBN
9780742537545
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 161.02

Hardback. This is a compelling biography of Francis Jeanson, French existential philosopher, member of the French Resistance during World War II, and head of the "Jeanson network," which raised funds for the Algerians during the French-Algerian war. Translator(s): Todd, Jane. Num Pages: 376 pages. BIC Classification: BG; HBJD; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 162 x 26. Weight in Grams: 636.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
376
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804755085
ISBN
9780804755085
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 81.69

paperback. This portrait of the controversial figure, Francis Bacon (1561-1626), aims to balance the outward life and actions of Bacon with the seemingly contradictory aspects of his refined philosophical reflections. Num Pages: 245 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JB; 3JD; BGH; HBJD1; HBLH; HPC; PDA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 3226 x 5182 x 19. Weight in Grams: 389.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
245
Condition
New
Edition
2nd Edition
SKU
V9780823215386
ISBN
9780823215386
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.12

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 438 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 1DFG; 3JJF; 3JJG; HBJD; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 24. Weight in Grams: 771.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2019
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
438
Condition
New
Edition
Reprint
SKU
V9780691635804
ISBN
9780691635804
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 184.19
€ 137.31

Paperback. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JJG; 3JJH; 3JJPG; HBJD; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 227 x 149 x 29. Weight in Grams: 634.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
480
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691156118
ISBN
9780691156118
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 30.78

Hardback. Editor(s): Marsh, Kate; Frith, Nicola. Series: After the Empire: The Francophone World & Postcolonial France. Num Pages: 202 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLL; HBLW; HBTQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 428.
Publisher
Lexington Books
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780739148839
ISBN
9780739148839
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 136.79

Paperback. Provides a comprehensive study of the German occupation of France between 1940 and 1944. The author examines the nature and extent of collaboration and resistance, different experiences of Occupation, the persecution of the Jews, intellectual and cultural life under Occupation, and the purge trials that followed. Num Pages: 688 pages, 2 Maps. BIC Classification: 3JJH; HBJD; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 157 x 37. Weight in Grams: 1026.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
688
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199254576
ISBN
9780199254576
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 21.27

Hardback. Demonstrates the intertwining threads of the protracted agony of France's war with Algeria, the American role in the fall of the Fourth Republic, the long shadow of Charles de Gaulle, and the decisive postwar power of the United States. This study offers an analysis of how Washington helped bring de Gaulle to power. Num Pages: 348 pages, 5 b/w photographs, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1HBA; 1KBB; 3JJP; HBJD; HBJH; HBLW3; JWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 160 x 234 x 29. Weight in Grams: 698.
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
348
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520225343
ISBN
9780520225343
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 58.23
€ 45.60

Hardback. .
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st ed. 2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9783319440774
ISBN
9783319440774
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 144.30

Paperback. .
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
396
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1980
Edition
Revised
Condition
New
SKU
V9780192850904
ISBN
9780192850904
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.81

Paperback. In this book, now available in paperback, he examines the history of France from the rise of the Capetians in the mid--tenth century to the execution of Joan of Arc in the mid--fifteenth. Series: A History of France. Num Pages: 360 pages, 0. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 245 x 172 x 34. Weight in Grams: 702.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631189459
ISBN
9780631189459
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 60.85

Paperback. By placing politics and material culture at the heart of historical change, Daniel Roche captures the complexity and depth of the Enlightenment. He shows the reader the 18th-century France of the peasant, the merchant, the noble, the King, from Paris to the provinces. Translator(s): Goldhammer, Arthur. Series: Harvard Historical Studies. Num Pages: 732 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 164 x 36. Weight in Grams: 968.
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
732
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
New ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674001992
ISBN
9780674001992
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 26.65

Hardback. In interwar France, there was a growing sense that organizationA" was the solution to the nation's perceived social, economic and political ills. This book examines the roots of this idea in the industrial rationalization movement and its manifestations in areas as diverse as domestic organization and economic planning. Series: Monographs in French Studies. Num Pages: 230 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JJG; HBJD; HBLW. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 236 x 162 x 18. Weight in Grams: 468.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Berghahn Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
230
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857450807
ISBN
9780857450807
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 155.05

Hardback. In this concise, clearly written book, Thomas and Michael Christofferson provide a balanced introduction to every aspect of the French experience during World War II. Series: World War II: The Global, Human and Ethical Dimension. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JJH; HBJD; HBWQ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 3895 x 5830 x 23. Weight in Grams: 491.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823225620
ISBN
9780823225620
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 105.49

Paperback. Intends to analyse the schism in French public opinion during the Spanish Civil War that was to end in the tragic collapse of French national unity. This book examines how the French people viewed their position in the international imbroglio swirling around the Spanish question, and how news was manipulated as never before. Num Pages: 433 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBLW; HBWP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 234 x 25. Weight in Grams: 712.
Publisher
Sussex Academic Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
433
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845195311
ISBN
9781845195311
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 47.27

Hardcover. France experienced four major conflicts in the fifty years between 1914 and 1964: two world wars, and the wars in Indochina and Algeria. In each the role of myth was intricately bound up with memory, hope, belief, and ideas of nation. This is the first book to explore how individual myths were created, sustained, and used for purposes of propaganda Editor(s): Holman, Valerie; Kelly, Debra. Series: Contemporary France Series. Num Pages: 192 pages, 3 maps, 10 ills. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJ; GTB; HBJD; HBLW; JFD; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 223 x 145 x 13. Weight in Grams: 298.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Condition
New
SKU
V9781571817013
ISBN
9781571817013
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 153.97

Hardback. .
Publisher
Unicorn Publishing Group
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781910500125
ISBN
9781910500125
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.81

Hardcover. In the second half of the twentieth century France played a great role in shaping the European Union. By the early twenty-first century, however, in a hugely transformed Europe, this era had patently come to an end. This book shows how France coupled the pursuit of power and the furtherance of European integration over a sixty-year period. Series: Monographs in French Studies. Num Pages: black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JJP; 3JMC; HBJD; JPSL; JPSN2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 238 x 162 x 26. Weight in Grams: 690.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845453930
ISBN
9781845453930
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 167.54

Paperback. This original narrative demonstrates that the transition to sugar and the plantation complex was more gradual in the French properties than generally depicted-and that it was not inevitable. Num Pages: 392 pages, 25, 25 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBLH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 165 x 21. Weight in Grams: 532.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
392
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801887260
ISBN
9780801887260
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.79

Paperback. Providing an up-to-date synthesis of the history of an extraordinary nation-one that has been shrouded in myths, many of its own making-France and Its Empire Since 1870 seeks both to understand these myths and to uncover the complicated and often contradictory realities that underpin them. Num Pages: 480 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JH; 3JJ; 3JM; HBJD; HBLW. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 157 x 226 x 18. Weight in Grams: 620.
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199384440
ISBN
9780199384440
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 137.87

hardcover. Series: Routledge Studies in Fascism and the Far Right. Num Pages: 212 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, 1 black & white tables, 1 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JJG; HBJD; HBLW; HBTV; JPFQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 242 x 163 x 19. Weight in Grams: 462.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
212
Condition
New
SKU
V9781138860339
ISBN
9781138860339
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 185.91

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