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Paperback. An historical study of the polarity between the centripetal power in the capital and the centrifugal federalism of the Mexican states. It examines the crucial post-independence period of 1821-35 to understand both the theoretical and the practical causes of the development of this polarity. Num Pages: 330 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; JPH; JPQ; JPR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 482.
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
330
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803259416
ISBN
9780803259416
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.75

Hardcover. Across eighteenth-century China a wide range of common people forged government documents or pretended to be officials or other agents of the state. This examination of case records and law codes traces the legal meanings and social and political contexts of small-time swindles that were punished as grave political transgressions.

Num Pages: 280 pages, 1 maps, 3 black & white illustrations, 3 black & white tables, 3 b&w illus., 1 map, 3 tab. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; LAZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 155 x 28. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780295995090
ISBN
9780295995090
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 117.71

Hardback. 208 Squadron based at RAF Valley in Anglesey will be celebrating its 100th anniversary in October 2016, making it one of the few RAF squadrons to achieve this unique distinction whilst still part of the RAF's current order of battle. Num Pages: 224 pages, Illustrated throughout in B&W and colour. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJ; 3JM; HBJD1; HBLW; HBW; JWG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 249 x 179 x 29. Weight in Grams: 1020.
Publisher
Grub Street
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781910690147
ISBN
9781910690147
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 42.50

Hardcover. Num Pages: 288 pages, over 150 b/w images. BIC Classification: 1FMV; 3JJPK; HBJF; HBLW3; HBWS2; JWH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 162 x 27. Weight in Grams: 716. K-9 Operations in Vietnam. 288 pages, illustrations. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1FMV; 3JJPK; HBJF; HBLW3; HBWS2; JWH. Dimension: 235 x 162 x 27. Weight: 710.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780764333453
ISBN
9780764333453
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 25.12

Paperback. Evocative rural history of World War I. Num Pages: 240 pages, 8pp bw plates. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JJF; HBJD1; HBLW; HBWN; JFSF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 138. .
Publisher
I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd. United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
New
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784534844
ISBN
9781784534844
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 23.74

Paperback. The Asante had unique conceptions of time and motion, and the relationships between the unborn, the living and the dead. This study suggests that awareness of their past has much to do with the survival of their culture in this century. Num Pages: 405 pages, illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: HBJH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 157 x 25. Weight in Grams: 658.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Ohio University Press United States
Edition
New Ed
Number of pages
405
Condition
New
SKU
V9780821411353
ISBN
9780821411353
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.25

Paperback. Series Editor(s): Sivaramakrishnan, K. Series: Culture, Place, and Nature. Num Pages: 312 pages, 15 maps, 1 recorded music items, 12 black & white illustrations, 15 black & white tables,. BIC Classification: HBJF; JHMC; TVR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 152 x 36. Weight in Grams: 434.
Publisher
University of Washington Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295995489
ISBN
9780295995489
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.25

Hardcover. Series Editor(s): Sivaramakrishnan, K. Series: Culture, Place, and Nature. Num Pages: 312 pages, 15 maps, 1 recorded music items, 12 black & white illustrations, 15 black & white tables,. BIC Classification: 1FM; HBJF; JHMC; TVR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 21. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295995472
ISBN
9780295995472
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 117.71

Hardback. It sheds new light on how cultural conceptions about nature influenced political policies for resource conservation and land management in Venice. Num Pages: 376 pages, 13, 3 black & white line drawings, 1 maps, 9 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3H; 3JB; HBJD; HBLH; HBTB; RGBL; RNF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 29. Weight in Grams: 636.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
376
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801892615
ISBN
9780801892615
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.95
€ 60.15

Paperback. This book is part of the Images of London series, which uses old photographs and archived images to show the history of various local areas in England, through their streets, shops, pubs, and people. Series: Archive Photographs. Num Pages: 128 pages, 200ill. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBJD1; WQH; WQP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 166 x 8. Weight in Grams: 298.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Condition
New
SKU
V9780752400495
ISBN
9780752400495
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.41

Hardback. How wild and managed or artificially arranged environments coexist has long been a matter of intense debate among foresters and landscape professionals. In this study, Simo considers the developments of half a century, 1897-1949, when the contours of the debate were formed. Num Pages: 296 pages, 17 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AMV; HBJK; HBLW; RNA; RPG; WN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 30. Weight in Grams: 771.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
University of Virginia Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813921594
ISBN
9780813921594
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 61.31

Hardcover. Contains over 4100 citations offering information to aid the researcher in locating sources for the study of the foreign policy of the French Second Empire. It includes material published between the mid-1880s and the mid-1980s in English, French, German, Italian and Spanish. Series: Bibliographies & Indexes in World History. Num Pages: 436 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JH; GL; HBJD; HBLL. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 791.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1988
Publisher
ABC-CLIO United States
Number of pages
436
Condition
New
SKU
V9780313237997
ISBN
9780313237997
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 76.05
€ 73.75

Hardback. Examines the complex interactions between the US and new and developing nations from the end of WWII through the Cold War Editor(s): Sewell, Bevan; Ryan, Maria. Series: Studies in Conflict, Diplomacy and Peace. Num Pages: 386 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; 3JM; HBJK; HBLW3; HBLX; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 161 x 237 x 29. Weight in Grams: 686.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
The University Press of Kentucky
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813168470
ISBN
9780813168470
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 49.35

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 370 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJG; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBTB; KCF; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 685.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
370
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691650142
ISBN
9780691650142
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 186.09

Paperback. Foreign Front describes the activism that took place in West Germany in the 1960s when more than 10,000 students from Asia, Latin America, and Africa were enrolled in universities there. They served as a spark for local West German students to mobilize and protest the injustices that were occurring wordwide. Series: Radical Perspectives: A Radical History Review Book Series. Num Pages: 320 pages, 24 photographs. BIC Classification: 1DFGW; 3JJPK; HBJD; HBLW3; JPW. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 152 x 228 x 19. Weight in Grams: 440.
Publisher
Duke University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822351849
ISBN
9780822351849
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.42

Paperback. 'Difficult to put down .. irresistible' Daily Telegraph Num Pages: 272 pages, 8pp black and white. BIC Classification: 1FP; HBJF; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 132 x 19. Weight in Grams: 202.
Publisher
John Murray
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
Revised ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719564482
ISBN
9780719564482
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.81

Paperback.
Publisher
Cork University Press Cork, Ireland
Number of pages
300
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
SKU
V9781859183793
ISBN
9781859183793
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.00
€ 24.15

Paperback. This study enriches understanding of East Africa's refugee situation by examining the conditions that gave rise to it and how the refugees themselves sought to reconstruct their lives. Focusing on the 1990s, Veney compares Kenya and Tanzania, two nations that did not generate many refugees, but become important hosts for the general region. Num Pages: 287 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJF; HBJH; JFC; JHB; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
1st ed. 2007
Number of pages
287
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349536726
ISBN
9781349536726
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 63.67

Paperback. A reinterpretation of the American Revolution. Woody Holton shows that when Thomas Jefferson, George Washington and other elite Virginians joined their peers from other colonies in declaring independence from Britain, they acted partly in response to grassroots rebellion against their own rule. Series: Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture. Num Pages: 256 pages, 13 illustrations, 3 maps, notes, index. BIC Classification: 1KBBFV; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; HBTQ; HBTR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
The University of North Carolina Press
Edition
1st New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780807847848
ISBN
9780807847848
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.24

Paperback. A fascinating book celebrating the 'the most important body formed during the twentieth century' - the Women's Institute Num Pages: 304 pages, ill. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJ; 3JM; HBJD1; HBLW; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 126 x 20. Weight in Grams: 248.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Digital original
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844086603
ISBN
9781844086603
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.88

Paperback. Num Pages: 336 pages, 2 x 8 page b&w insets. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DVUA; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 143 x 22. Weight in Grams: 230.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781444785142
ISBN
9781444785142
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.81

Paperback. This text explores American culture from the mid-19th century to 1920 through the lens of one episode: the campaign led by Alexander Graham Bell and other prominent Americans to suppress the use of sign language amongst deaf people. Num Pages: 240 pages, 12 halftones, 3 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; CFZ; HBJK; HBLL; JFC; JFS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 155 x 230 x 12. Weight in Grams: 378.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226039640
ISBN
9780226039640
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 25.96

Paperback. Editor(s): Kolimon, Mery; Wetangterah, Liliya; Campbell-Nelson, Karen. Translator(s): Lindsay, Jennifer. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: 1FMN; 3JJPK; HBJF; HBTB; JFFE; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155. Weight in Grams: 367.
Publisher
Monash University Publishing Australia
Number of pages
200
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Translation
Condition
New
SKU
V9781922235909
ISBN
9781922235909
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 26.63

Paperback. This anthology encompasses a broad range of essays on sexuality spanning European history from the fifteenth century to the present. Editor(s): Fout, John C. Num Pages: 416 pages, 3 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; HBJD; HBTB; JFSJ; JMU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 153 x 230 x 30. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226257839
ISBN
9780226257839
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 25.29

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