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Regional & national history

Hardback. A detailed study of changing patterns of consumption, showing how these related to wider political, social and economic developments. Series: Irish Historical Monographs. Num Pages: 319 pages, 14 black & white illustrations, 22 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JB; HBJD1; HBLH; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 162 x 26. Weight in Grams: 714.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843839507
ISBN
9781843839507
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 113.80

Paperback. Offers a reassessment of the 'consumer rites' that social critics have decried. This book discusses how holiday celebrations were almost banished by Puritans and religious reformers but went on to be romanticized and reinvented in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. It offers a cultural history of the commercialization of American holidays. Num Pages: 384 pages, 101 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTB; HRA; HRLF; JFC; JHBS; JHBT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 514.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
Edition
Revised ed.
SKU
V9780691017211
ISBN
9780691017211
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.92
€ 41.40

Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB; JFCA; JFD; JHB; WCC; WCW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231167598
ISBN
9780231167598
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 22.07

Europe endured such incessant political discord throughout the 20th century that some historians refer to the period's conflicts as the Long War. This book illuminates the complex diplomatic and military struggles of a region whose instability, rooted in a 19th-century nationalistic fervor, provided a catalyst for the political events that ensued. Num Pages: 280 pages, 9 maps. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLW; HBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 544.
Publication date
2009
Publisher
The University Press of Kentucky United States
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813125589
ISBN
9780813125589
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.90

Hardcover. Tappings on tables, questionable curatives, old wives' tales and whispers from beyond the grave - Victorians were fascinated by the supernatural. This title offers a layman's guide to 'matters magical and mysterious', and today is a quirky glimpse of a supernatural age now lost, by turns haunting and hilarious. Num Pages: 168 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB; JFH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 187 x 160 x 26. Weight in Grams: 298. Large format, illustrated. Clean copy
Condition
Used, Like New
Publisher
Old House
Number of pages
168
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
SKU
KEX0236063
ISBN
9781908402738
Hardback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 8.97

Hardcover. Tappings on tables, questionable curatives, old wives' tales and whispers from beyond the grave - Victorians were fascinated by the supernatural. This title offers a layman's guide to 'matters magical and mysterious', and today is a quirky glimpse of a supernatural age now lost, by turns haunting and hilarious. Num Pages: 168 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB; JFH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 187 x 160 x 26. Weight in Grams: 298.
Publisher
Old House
Number of pages
168
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
9781908402738
ISBN
9781908402738
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 8.97

This work attempts to theorize the process of the emergence, in 18th-century New Spain, of a position of intellectual subjectivity differentiated from that established by the regime of Spanish imperial authority. It traces how groups of ""criollo"" intellectuals try to construct such discourses. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 2ADSL; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 522.
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Purdue University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781557531988
ISBN
9781557531988
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 42.60

Constructing Spain explores the interactions between culture, geography, and society over fifty years of recent Spanish history through close readings of over a dozen films and novels. Num Pages: 354 pages, 1 tables. BIC Classification: 1DS; 3JJ; 3JM; DSB; HBJD; HBLW; HBLX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 158 x 236 x 28. Weight in Grams: 694.
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Bucknell University Press United States
Number of pages
354
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611483963
ISBN
9781611483963
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 151.16

Hardcover. Examines how archaeological finds from throughout Northeast Asia have been used in Korea to construct a myth of state formation. The book shows that the Korean state was in fact formed much later and that it reflected diverse influences from throughout Northern Asia, particularly of Han China. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 590 pages, 27 illustrations, 11 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1FPK; HBJF; HDD; JPH. Category: (P) Professional & Scholarly; (UP) Postgraduate; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 165 x 237 x 43. Weight in Grams: 942.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
590
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674002449
ISBN
9780674002449
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 51.69
€ 47.73

Hardback. Through an analysis of public discourse, national policies, and large-scale infrastructure projects, this book examines how Japanese intellectuals, bureaucrats, and engineers created a "technological imaginary" during the wartime era (1931-1945) to mobilize people for war and empire. Num Pages: 328 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJG; 3JJH; HBJF; HBLW; TBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 576.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804785396
ISBN
9780804785396
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 135.96

Hardcover. For more than a century, Alsace was the most contested region in western Europe, This analysis of working-class politics and nationality explains the successive attempts of French and German authorities to impose one national identity on the region and shows how workers responded. Num Pages: 261 pages. BIC Classification: 1DFG; HBJD; HBLL; HBLW; JFSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 160 x 23. Weight in Grams: 572.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Northern Illinois University Press United States
Number of pages
261
Condition
New
SKU
V9780875802718
ISBN
9780875802718
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 56.58

Paperback. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 3D; HBJD; HBLA1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155. .
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691171418
ISBN
9780691171418
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.02

Paperback. Num Pages: 204 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DSE; HBJD; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 222 x 14. Weight in Grams: 272.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Iberoamericana Editorial Vervuert S.L.U Spain
Number of pages
204
Condition
New
SKU
V9788484895572
ISBN
9788484895572
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 22.71

Hardback. Nine essays which examine constitutional issues at different points in American political history to explain how the constitutional issues resulting in the Civil War were central to politics for a long time before and after the actual conflict. Treats the period from the 1780s through the 1920s. Editor(s): Moreno, Paul D. Series: The North's Civil War. Num Pages: 288 pages, 9 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 3895 x 5830 x 28. Weight in Grams: 517.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823251940
ISBN
9780823251940
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 46.85

Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; LAB; LND. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 230 x 16. Weight in Grams: 360.
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781501705601
ISBN
9781501705601
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 24.81

Paperback. A history of the period of constitutional monarchy in France from 1814 to 1848. The text reveals that, although the French experimented with two Monarchies and a Republic during this period, there was substantial stability. It contains extracts from diaries, memoirs, novels and cartoons. Series: Seminar Studies. Num Pages: 152 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; JPHC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 141 x 9. Weight in Grams: 202.
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Routledge
Number of pages
154
Publication date
1999
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780582312104
ISBN
9780582312104
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 48.99
€ 46.77

Paperback. Num Pages: 92 pages. BIC Classification: HBJD; JPB; LNTX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 173 x 6. Weight in Grams: 188.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Uniwersytet Jagiellonski, Wydawnictwo Poland
Condition
New
Number of pages
92
SKU
V9788323328988
ISBN
9788323328988
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 30.49

Hardcover. The founding fathers' words, "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof", are the constitutional means of ensuring, however imperfectly, the American freedom to stand for something sacred. This book relocates religious identity, placing it within the individual citizen of America. Num Pages: 270 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JPVH4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 162 x 23. Weight in Grams: 534.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Baylor University Press United States
Number of pages
270
Condition
New
SKU
V9781602584198
ISBN
9781602584198
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 48.51

Paperback. An argument that the people, the legitimate ground of public authority in the United States, are not a coherent or sanctioned collective; rather, they exist as an effect of successful claims to speak on their behalf. Num Pages: 360 pages, 2 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 233 x 157 x 22. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822346753
ISBN
9780822346753
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 31.45

Paperback. In the spring of 1453, the Ottoman Turks advanced on Constantinople in pursuit of an ancient Islamic dream: capturing the thousand-year-old capital of Christian Byzantium. This title deals with this topic. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVT; 1QDAZ; 1QDT; 3H; HBJD; HBLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 26. Weight in Grams: 268.
Publisher
Faber & Faber United Kingdom
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571298204
ISBN
9780571298204
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 12.91

Paperback. 'Without question one of the best books ever written by an Englishman on the Turks' William Dalrymple Num Pages: 560 pages, 16pp b/w integrated onto text paper. BIC Classification: HBJF; HBLC; HBLL; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 36. Weight in Grams: 374.
Publisher
John Murray
Number of pages
544
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719568800
ISBN
9780719568800
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 16.43

Paperback. Drawing on recent scholarly advances and new evidence, Timothy Barnes offers a fresh and exciting study of Constantine and his life. Constantine: Dynasty, Religion and Power in the Later Roman Empire clearly sets out the problems associated with depictions of Constantine and answers them with great clarity. Series: Blackwell Ancient Lives. Num Pages: 280 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 3D; HBJD; HBLA1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 14. Weight in Grams: 370.
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781118782750
ISBN
9781118782750
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.04

An authoritative and vibrant new account of the extraordinary life of Constantine Num Pages: 368 pages, 55 illus., 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 3D; BGH; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 166 x 31. Weight in Grams: 640.
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199755868
ISBN
9780199755868
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 36.12

Paperback. .
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780190231620
ISBN
9780190231620
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 18.50

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