Regional & national history
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Regional & national history
Hardcover. Szpiech draws on medieval Christian, Jewish, and Muslim polemics to investigate the role of narrative in the representation of conversion. By investigating conversion not as individual experience but as expression of communal visions of history, he shows how the narratives dramatize the conflict of ideas in disputational writing. Series: The Middle Ages Series. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 3H; HBJD; HBLC1; HRCC2. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 558.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812244717
- ISBN
- 9780812244717
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 80.61
€ 80.61
Paperback. Nelson Mandela's book Conversations With Myself is an unprecedented and official portrait of one of the great leaders of our time, with a foreword by President Barack Obama Num Pages: 480 pages, maps, ports. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; BGHA; HBJH; HBLW3; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 152 x 45. Weight in Grams: 626.
- Edition
- Main Market
- Publisher
- Pan Macmillan
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230755949
- ISBN
- 9780230755949
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 17.65
€ 23.99
€ 17.65
Hardcover. Offers a firsthand portrayal of the so-called Butcher of the Balkans, the Serbian president whose ambitions sparked the Bosnian conflict. At its heart the book is a portrait of an autocrat who rode the tiger of nationalism to serve his own ends and to promote those who furthered his agenda. Num Pages: 248 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1DVWY; 3JJP; HBJD; HBLW3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820349435
- ISBN
- 9780820349435
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 33.43
€ 37.99
€ 33.43
Paperback. Num Pages: 284 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJH; HBJK; HBLW; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 228 x 23. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Publisher
- Penguin Putnam Inc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780425271544
- ISBN
- 9780425271544
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 17.69
€ 19.99
€ 17.69
hardcover. Gives readers a glimpse into the life and times of Walter Cronkite in his own words. This book contains selections from interviews between the legendary journalist and an experienced oral historian - Cronkite's friend, Dr Don Carleton. Num Pages: 384 pages, 30 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGF; HBJK; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 263 x 186 x 29. Weight in Grams: 964.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Center for American History United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780976669739
- ISBN
- 9780976669739
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.68
€ 33.68
Paperback. Pierre Bourdieu (1930-2002) is the most influential sociologist of our time. His works take in education, culture, sport, literature, painting, class, philosophy, religion, law, media, intellectuals, methodology, photography, universities, colonialism, kinship, schooling and politics. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFM; HBJH; JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 152 x 220 x 15. Weight in Grams: 344.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Wits University Press South Africa
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781868145409
- ISBN
- 9781868145409
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 33.75
€ 37.99
€ 33.75
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 266 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; HBJD; HBLA; JPV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 16. Weight in Grams: 542.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 266
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691631776
- ISBN
- 9780691631776
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 141.38
€ 141.38
paperback. A collection of the most influential work on the Ojibwes by noted anthropologist A Irving Hallowell. Editor(s): Brown, Jennifer S. H.; Gray, Susan Elaine. Series: Critical Studies in the History of Anthropology. Num Pages: 664 pages, 7 photos, 2 maps, 5 tables, 1 figure. BIC Classification: 1KB; HBJK; HBTB; JFSL9; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 34. Weight in Grams: 898.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 664
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780803223912
- ISBN
- 9780803223912
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.99€ 45.78
€ 51.99
€ 45.78
Paperback. The Bavarian army which fought the War of 1866 was not greatly distinguished for its performance, but a translation of the Bavarian general staff history of the war is a document which should be available in English, since it gives an official analysis of the conflict. Translator(s): Sutherland, Stuart. Num Pages: 136 pages. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 260.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Helion and Company
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781906033668
- ISBN
- 9781906033668
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.34
€ 33.99
€ 24.34
Hardcover. How skirting the law once defined America's relation to the world. Num Pages: 384 pages, 20 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL; JKV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 263 x 249 x 34. Weight in Grams: 766.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- W. W. Norton & Company
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393065336
- ISBN
- 9780393065336
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 25.89
€ 30.99
€ 25.89
Hardback. Louis Mandrin led a gang of bandits who brazenly smuggled contraband into eighteenth-century France. Michael Kwass brings new life to the legend of this Gallic Robin Hood, exposing the dark side of early modern globalization. Decades later, the memory of Mandrin inspired ordinary subjects and Enlightened philosophers alike to challenge royal power. Num Pages: 440 pages, Illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white). BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JF; BGH; HBJD; HBLL; JFFS; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 164 x 238 x 34. Weight in Grams: 870.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674726833
- ISBN
- 9780674726833
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.23€ 58.97
€ 64.23
€ 58.97
hardcover. Contouring the Nation is the first book which historically explores obesity in Canada from a critical perspective. Deborah McPhail demonstrates how obesity as a problem was affixed to particular populations in order to separate true Canadians from others. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBC; HBJK; JFSJ; MB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442644502
- ISBN
- 9781442644502
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.36
€ 67.36
Paperback. Contouring the Nation is the first book which historically explores obesity in Canada from a critical perspective. Deborah McPhail demonstrates how obesity as a problem was affixed to particular populations in order to separate true Canadians from others. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBC; HBJK; JFSJ; MB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442612723
- ISBN
- 9781442612723
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 33.07
€ 36.99
€ 33.07
Paperback. The American Revolutionary War pitched the newly formed Continental Army against the professional British Redcoats - a highly trained organization manned by long-serving and experienced infantrymen with a formidable reputation forged on European battlefields during the Seven Years' War. This book deals with this war. Illustrator(s): Shumate, Johnny. Series: Combat. Num Pages: 80 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLL; HBWF; JWKT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 185 x 250 x 4. Weight in Grams: 260.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781472806482
- ISBN
- 9781472806482
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 15.59
€ 24.99
€ 15.59
Paperback. From xenophobic appropriations of Joan of Arc to Afro-futurism, the "national" characters of the colonial era often seem to be dissolving into postnational and virtual subjects. This text analyzes the French colonial experience as a case study in the erosion of belief in national destiny. Num Pages: 288 pages, 16 halftones. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBLL; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226023502
- ISBN
- 9780226023502
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 33.65
€ 43.99
€ 33.65
Paperback. A story of adventure and aspiration in the high peaks that makes a vivid case for the importance of mountains to American national identity. Num Pages: 448 pages, 65 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; RGBS; RGR; WSZG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 140 x 30. Weight in Grams: 350.
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393353761
- ISBN
- 9780393353761
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.66
€ 19.99
€ 18.66
Paperback. Editor(s): Hammond, John Craig; Mason, Matthew. Series: Jeffersonian America (Paperback). Num Pages: 313 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLH; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 157 x 22. Weight in Grams: 496.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813933054
- ISBN
- 9780813933054
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.76
€ 45.76
Hardcover. Editor(s): Hammond, John Craig; Mason, Matthew. Series: Jeffersonian America. Num Pages: 320 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 28. Weight in Grams: 635.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813931050
- ISBN
- 9780813931050
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 89.23
€ 89.23
Hardback. Ivan Strenski traces the history of sacrificial thought in France, starting from its origins in Roman Catholic theology to the counter-reformation and through the 20th century. This study suggests that sacrificial thought is deeply rooted in French history Num Pages: 256 pages, 18 halftones. BIC Classification: HBJD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 484.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226777368
- ISBN
- 9780226777368
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 59.52€ 50.90
€ 59.52
€ 50.90
Hardback. How does a nation come to terms with losing a war-especially an overseas war whose purpose is fervently contested? This is a study of the competing and intertwined narratives of the Indochina War. It analyzes the layers of French remembrance, focusing on state-sponsored commemoration, veterans' associations, and special-interest groups. Series: From Indochina to Vietnam: Revolution and War in a Global Perspective. Num Pages: 328 pages, 10 b/w images, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 1FMV; 3JJPG; HBJF; HBLW3; HBTQ; HBWS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520288607
- ISBN
- 9780520288607
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 70.24€ 54.77
€ 70.24
€ 54.77