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Regional & national history
Hardback. This is a study of the relationship between public commemoration and national identity in Egypt over the course of the twentieth century. By analyzing nationalism through the prism of public commemoration, the work extends our understanding of the shaping of national identity and the evolution of national imagining in modern Egypt. Series: Chicago Studies on the Middle East. Num Pages: 352 pages, black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1HBE; HBJF1. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 157 x 30. Weight in Grams: 726.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of Chicago, Middle East Documentation Center United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780970819918
- ISBN
- 9780970819918
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.32
€ 62.32
Paperback. Commemorating the Irish Famine: Memory and the Monument explores the history of the 1840s Irish Famine in visual representation, commemoration and collective memory from the 19th century until the present, across Ireland and the nations of its diaspora, explaining why since the 1990s the Famine past has come to matter so much in our present. Series: Reappraisals in Irish History. Num Pages: 344 pages, 45 colour illustrations, 15 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBR; HBJD1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 158 x 27. Weight in Grams: 768.
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781781381694
- ISBN
- 9781781381694
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 32.90
€ 36.99
€ 32.90
Paperback. Exploring the political and cultural layers of memory and commemoration Num Pages: 216 pages, 19 black and white photographs. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBTZ1; HBWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 364.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252077883
- ISBN
- 9780252077883
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 28.04
€ 28.04
Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages, 19 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; AM; HBJF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816683000
- ISBN
- 9780816683000
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 29.14
€ 29.99
€ 29.14
Paperback. Weaving together official documents, new research and veterans' own accounts, 'Commando' reveals the exhilarating full story of World War II's most formidable fighting force. Num Pages: 448 pages, Section: 16, b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJH; HBJD1; HBLW; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 193 x 124 x 29. Weight in Grams: 380.
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 448
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Digital original
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780349123622
- ISBN
- 9780349123622
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.31
€ 17.99
€ 13.31
hardcover. Num Pages: 336 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white line drawings, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBW; HBWJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 196 x 31. Weight in Grams: 46.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Lyons Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780762782239
- ISBN
- 9780762782239
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 22.91
€ 29.99
€ 22.91
Paperback. Num Pages: 336 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBWJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 189 x 23. Weight in Grams: 599.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780762787906
- ISBN
- 9780762787906
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.76
€ 20.76
Hardback. Commander A.F.C. Layard, RN, wrote almost daily in his diary from 1913 until 1947. The pivotal 1943-45 years of this edited volume offer an extraordinarily full and honest chronicle, revealing Layard's preoccupations, both with the daily details and with the strain and responsibility of wartime command at sea. Editor(s): Whitby, Michael. Series: Studies in Canadian Military History. Num Pages: 320 pages, 30 b/w photos, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 3JJH; BGX; HBJK; HBWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5969 x 4039. Weight in Grams: 699.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780774811934
- ISBN
- 9780774811934
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 43.19
€ 43.19
paperback. This volume contains the letters written during the Civil War by Colonel Patrick R. Guiney, of the Ninth Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry. This is the sixth volume in a series exploring "The Irish in the Civil War". Series: Irish in the Civil War. Num Pages: 280 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGH; BJ; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; HBWJ; JWTR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 3895 x 5830 x 20. Weight in Grams: 479.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- SKU
- V9780823218134
- ISBN
- 9780823218134
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 35.62
€ 36.99
€ 35.62
Hardback. Long interested in Nazi Germany, Dixon, now an investigator for the London police, presents his first book on it, emphasizing what is most important to him: the personalities of the people involved. He profiles 162 SS officers who served at Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp, of whom some served during the entire time the camp was in operation, Num Pages: 256 pages, over 130 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1DFG; HBJD; HBTZ1; HBWQ; JWD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 287 x 228 x 24. Weight in Grams: 1426. The SS Officers Who Ran the Largest Nazi Concentration Camp, 1940-1945. 256 pages, Illustrations. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DFG; HBJD; HBTZ1; HBWQ; JWD. Dimension: 287 x 228 x 24. Weight: 1420.
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764321757
- ISBN
- 9780764321757
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.67€ 45.85
€ 64.67
€ 45.85
Paperback. "Nobody describes a naval battle better than Taylor a flawless demonstration of the biographer s craft." Jan Morris, The Guardian" Num Pages: 384 pages, 8 pages of illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JF; 3JH; BGH; HBJD1; HBLL; JWF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 208 x 142 x 25. Weight in Grams: 310.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393347067
- ISBN
- 9780393347067
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 17.61
€ 18.99
€ 17.61
Paperback. Rudolph Hoess was Commandant of Auschwitz during the war. He was taken prisoner by the British. Between his trial and his execution he was ordered to write his autobiography. This is it. Num Pages: 256 pages, 13. BIC Classification: 1DVP; BGHA; HBJD; HBTZ1; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 136 x 22. Weight in Grams: 294.
- Publisher
- Weidenfeld & Nicholson
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781842120248
- ISBN
- 9781842120248
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.73
€ 14.99
€ 11.73
Hardback. .
- Publisher
- Pen & Sword Books Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781781590218
- ISBN
- 9781781590218
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.31
€ 33.99
€ 24.31
Paperback. China is a vast nation comprised of hundreds of distinct ethnic communities, each with its own language, history, and culture. This book recounts the history of the most sweeping attempt to sort and categorize the nation's enormous population: the 1954 Ethnic Classification project (minzu shibie). Series: Asia: Local Studies/ Global Themes. Num Pages: 256 pages, 1 line illustration, 4 maps, 22 tables. BIC Classification: 1F; HBJF; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 150 x 16. Weight in Grams: 362. Ethnic Classification in Modern China. Series: Asia: Local Studies/ Global Themes. 256 pages, Illustrations, maps. China is a vast nation comprised of hundreds of distinct ethnic communities, each with its own language, history, and culture. This book recounts the history of the most sweeping attempt to sort and categorize the nation's enormous population: the 1954 Ethnic Classification project (minzu shibie). Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1F; HBJF; JFSL. Dimension: 228 x 150 x 16. Weight: 350.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520272743
- ISBN
- 9780520272743
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 28.66
€ 40.99
€ 28.66
Hardback. In this work, Marshall Foletta contends that by calling for a new American literature in their journal, "The North American Review", the second-generation Federalists helped American readers break free from imported neo-classical standards, thus paving the way for the American Renaissance. Num Pages: 288 pages, 9 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBBE; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; JPHC; JPHV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 29. Weight in Grams: 617.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813920597
- ISBN
- 9780813920597
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 73.36
€ 73.36
Paperback. Num Pages: 208 pages, 35 illus. BIC Classification: 1KB; BG; HBJK; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5830 x 4531 x 13. Weight in Grams: 345.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295986708
- ISBN
- 9780295986708
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 22.71
€ 25.99
€ 22.71
Hardback. Explores a watershed moment in American anthropology, when an unprecedented number of historians and anthropologists of all subfields gathered on the 1893 Chicago Columbian Exposition fairgrounds, drawn together by the fair's focus on indigenous peoples. At the fair they set the foundation for anthropological inquiry and redefined the field. Editor(s): Hinsley, Curtis M.; Wilcox, David R. Num Pages: 616 pages, 54 b&w illustrations, 18 color illustrations, 3 tables, 2 appendixes. BIC Classification: 1KBBNC; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 169 x 237 x 49. Weight in Grams: 1058.
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803268388
- ISBN
- 9780803268388
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 75.78
€ 75.78
Paperback. Coming for to Carry Me Home examines the concept of race in the United States from the 1830s, when the abolitionists rose to prominence, until the 1880s, when the Jim Crow regime commenced. J. Michael Martinez argues that Lincoln and the Radical Republicans were the pivotal actors, albeit not the architects, that influenced this evolution. Series: The American Crisis Series: Books on the Civil War Era. Num Pages: 334 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 146 x 24. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 334
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442214996
- ISBN
- 9781442214996
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.36
€ 48.36
Hardback. After recovering these lost chapters of our democratic past, Comic Democracies concludes with a draft for the future, using the old methods of comedy to envision a modern democracy rooted in the diversity, ingenuity, and power of popular art. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: DS; DSA; HBJK; HBLA1; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. .
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Edition Unstated
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421419343
- ISBN
- 9781421419343
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 50.57€ 46.41
€ 50.57
€ 46.41
Hardback. Comic Book Nation is at once a serious study of popular culture and an entertaining look at an enduring American art form. Num Pages: 360 pages, 53, 53 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; AKLC; HBJK; HBLW; JFCA; JFF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 28. Weight in Grams: 998.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801865145
- ISBN
- 9780801865145
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.41
€ 66.41
Paperback. Yoshimi provides a wealth of documentation and testimony to prove the existence of some 2,000 "comfort stations" where as many as 200,000 women of varying nationalities, euphemistically known as "comfort women," were imprisoned and forced to engage in sexual activity with Japanese military personnel. Translator(s): O'Brien, Suzanne. Series: Asia Perspectives: History, Society and Culture. Num Pages: 262 pages, 4 halftones, 3 illus. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJH; HBJD; HBJF; HBWQ; JFMX; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 14. Weight in Grams: 370.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231120333
- ISBN
- 9780231120333
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 28.91
€ 40.99
€ 28.91
Paperback. A book that perfectly balances memoir and history, interweaving a cross-cultural love story with the larger history of the colonial encounter Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1MBN; BT; HBJM; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 19. Weight in Grams: 194. 288 pages. A book that perfectly balances memoir and history, interweaving a cross-cultural love story with the larger history of the colonial encounter. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1MBN; BT; HBJM; HBTB. Dimension: 196 x 129 x 19. Weight: 192.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780747596707
- ISBN
- 9780747596707
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.09
€ 17.99
€ 13.09
Paperback. Formed in 1868, and possessors of a proud history by the outbreak of the First World War, the men of the 9th (Glasgow Highland) Battalion, The Highland Light Infantry, were right at the heart of the cataclysmic events that unfolded between 1914 and 1918 on the Western Front. This title presents the history of the Glasgow Highlanders in the WWI. Num Pages: 432 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 3JJF; HBJD1; HBLW; HBWN; JWTR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 32. Weight in Grams: 710.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd
- Number of pages
- 432
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752452012
- ISBN
- 9780752452012
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 23.47
€ 26.99
€ 23.47
paperback. Using archival sources and private documents recently unearthed, Come Back to Portofino chronicles the journey taken by volunteers in the 6th South African Armoured Division. From training camps in Egypt through to the blissful summer of 1945 the 'Div' left its mark on towns and villages across Italy. Num Pages: 544 pages, 120 b/w photos, maps. BIC Classification: 1DST; 1HFMS; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 162 x 243 x 35. Weight in Grams: 972.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- 30 Degrees South Publishers South Africa
- Number of pages
- 544
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781920143565
- ISBN
- 9781920143565
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 18.34
€ 24.99
€ 18.34