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Regional & national history
Paperback. The Appalachian mountain chain once contained the most dramatic mountains on earth. This title examines a succession of beautiful towns along this cordillera, from Alabama through fifteen states to the coast of Maine, revealing how their diverse cultural and geological history were instrumental in forming each town's distinctive character. Num Pages: illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KB; HBJK; RG. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 267 x 233 x 19. Weight in Grams: 1188.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press United States
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813925851
- ISBN
- 9780813925851
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 54.19
€ 54.19
Hardback. Accelerating seismic activity in late Meiji Japan climaxed in the legendary Great Nobi Earthquake of 1891, which rocked the main island from Tokyo to Osaka, killing thousands. This book presents the history of modern Japanese earthquakes and earthquake science. Num Pages: 346 pages, 18 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JH; 3JJC; 3JJF; HBJF; HBLL; HBTB; RBC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 162 x 27. Weight in Grams: 624.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 346
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520246072
- ISBN
- 9780520246072
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 83.45€ 65.36
€ 83.45
€ 65.36
Paperback. A major work setting out the inextricable link between politics and religion over the past two centuries, from the French Revolution to the present day's War on Terror. Num Pages: 576 pages, black & white illustrations, colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JF; 3JH; 3JJC; HBJD; HBLL; HBLW; HRAX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 36. Weight in Grams: 410.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 576
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- First Paperback Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780007195732
- ISBN
- 9780007195732
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 17.77
€ 21.99
€ 17.77
Paperback. Defines the economic history of early modern Britain. This book describes about the basic institutions and relationships of economic life, tracing the process of change, and examining how these changes affected men, women and children at various social levels. It demonstrates the gains and costs of economic change. Num Pages: 384 pages, maps, further reading, index. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3H; 3J; HBJD1; HBLH; KCB; KCC; KCS; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 18. Weight in Grams: 266.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 384
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140250015
- ISBN
- 9780140250015
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 16.06
€ 19.99
€ 16.06
Paperback. Conversing with Mariano and Nazario Turpo, father and son, Marisol de la Cadena explores the entanglements and partial connections between indigenous and non-indigenous worlds, and the ways in which indigenous knowing both include and exceed modern and non-modern practices. Series: The Lewis Henry Morgan Lectures. Num Pages: 368 pages, 51 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLS; HBJK; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 230 x 23. Weight in Grams: 548.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822359630
- ISBN
- 9780822359630
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.90
€ 32.99
€ 29.90
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Cambridge Library Collection United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 366
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- Reissue
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781108012850
- ISBN
- 9781108012850
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.71
€ 47.71
In the years before the Revolutionary War, intrepid frontiersmen with roots in northern Ireland claimed vast tracts of land in Kentucky on which they developed plantations. They settled the land and with their families built enduring stone houses that became the centerpieces of their properties. This title examines these early frontier homes. Num Pages: 280 pages, 186 photographs, 75 illustrations, 6 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBSK; AMKD; HBJK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 267 x 26. Weight in Grams: 1324.
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- The University Press of Kentucky United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813124797
- ISBN
- 9780813124797
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 54.77
€ 54.77
paperback. Editor(s): Reynolds, Craig J. Num Pages: 236 pages, 8. BIC Classification: 1FM; HBJF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 18. Weight in Grams: 599.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 236
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780877277439
- ISBN
- 9780877277439
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.90
€ 32.99
€ 29.90
Paperback. The emergence of Rome as an imperial power. In the first few centuries of its existence, Rome developed from a minor settlement on the Tiber into the most powerful city-state in Italy. This book examines the reasons for Rome's emergence and success within a highly competitive Italian environment, and how much it owed to its neighbours. Series: The Edinburgh History of Ancient Rome. Num Pages: 320 pages, 70 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 3D; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2020
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748621101
- ISBN
- 9780748621101
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 35.16
€ 42.99
€ 35.16
Hardback. The emergence of Rome as an imperial power. In the first few centuries of its existence, Rome developed from a minor settlement on the Tiber into the most powerful city-state in Italy. This book examines the reasons for Rome's emergence and success within a highly competitive Italian environment, and how much it owed to its neighbours. Series: The Edinburgh History of Ancient Rome. Num Pages: 320 pages, 70 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 3D; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2020
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748621095
- ISBN
- 9780748621095
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 158.67€ 148.09
€ 158.67
€ 148.09
Hardback. Offers an up-to-date assessment of the nature of early Roman warfare and the evolution of the legions, a subject debated for over a century. Num Pages: 208 pages, 2 maps, 9 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 3D; HBJD; HBLA; HBW; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 167 x 242 x 23. Weight in Grams: 478.
- Publisher
- Pen & Sword Books Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781781592540
- ISBN
- 9781781592540
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 10.71
€ 10.71
Paperback. In16th and 17th century England conversation was an embodied act that held the capacity to negotiate, manipulate and transform social relationships. Early Modern Women in Conversation illuminates the extent to which gender shaped conversational interaction and demonstrates the significance of conversation as a rhetorical practice for women." Series: Early Modern Literature in History. Num Pages: 230 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSB; HBJD; HBL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 345.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 230
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349334841
- ISBN
- 9781349334841
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Hardcover. The Anglophone history of the War of the Spanish Succession (1701-14) in the Low Countries is dominated by military biographies of John Churchill, first Duke of Marlborough (1650-1722), and studies of the battles he fought. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JF; HBJD; HBLL; HBW; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 234. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Helion and Company
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781910294475
- ISBN
- 9781910294475
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.53€ 41.99
€ 53.53
€ 41.99
Paperback. "It is difficult to think of a better way of introducing students to the rich diversity of Hispanic civilization in the Golden Age and Enlightenment than through the pages of this book."-History Editor(s): Cowans, Jon. Num Pages: 288 pages, bibliographical references, index. BIC Classification: 1DSE; HBJD; HBLH. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 231 x 154 x 21. Weight in Grams: 446.
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812218459
- ISBN
- 9780812218459
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.90
€ 32.99
€ 29.90
Paperback. "A tour de force." - Vladimir Steffel, Ohio State University Num Pages: 399 pages, black & white tables, maps, figures. BIC Classification: 1D; HBJD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 550.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Edition
- 2 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 399
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442600041
- ISBN
- 9781442600041
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 42.08
€ 46.99
€ 42.08
Hardcover. This reader brings together original and influential recent work in the field of early modern European history. * Provides a thought-provoking overview of current thinking on this period. Editor(s): Collins, James B.; Taylor, Karen. Num Pages: 480 pages, 1. BIC Classification: 1D; HBJD; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 175 x 33. Weight in Grams: 980.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 480
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631228929
- ISBN
- 9780631228929
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 141.13
€ 141.13
Paperback. This reader brings together original and influential recent work in the field of early modern European history. * Provides a thought-provoking overview of current thinking on this period. Editor(s): Collins, James B.; Taylor, Karen. Num Pages: 480 pages, 1. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JB; 3JD; HBJD; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 248 x 173 x 37. Weight in Grams: 796.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 480
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631228936
- ISBN
- 9780631228936
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 55.34
€ 55.34
Paperback. An introduction to Europe between 1500 and 1800. "Early modern" is the term used by historians for the period between the end of the Middle Ages and the start of the 19th century. It examines society, religion, the economy and politics. Editor(s): Cameron, Euan K. Num Pages: 440 pages, numerous halftones. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JB; 3JD; 3JF; 3JH; HBJD; HBLH; HBLL. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 662.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 440
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198207603
- ISBN
- 9780198207603
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 49.02
€ 49.02
Hardback. The essays in this book analyze a range of genres and considers geographical areas beyond the Ottoman Empire to deepen our post-Saidian understanding of the complexity of real and imagined "traffic" between England and the "Islamic worlds" it encountered and constructed. Editor(s): McJannet, Linda; Andrea, Bernadette. Series: Early Modern Cultural Studies Series. Num Pages: 287 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1QDT; 2AB; DSBD; HBJF1; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 219 x 143 x 21. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 287
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230115422
- ISBN
- 9780230115422
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.23
€ 67.23
Paperback. The essays in this volume interrogate the unique and often problematic relationship between early modern cultural studies and ecocriticism, providing theoretical insights and models for a future practice that successfully wed the two disciplines. Series: Early Modern Cultural Studies. Num Pages: 322 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBB; DSC; HBJD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 459.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 322
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349372355
- ISBN
- 9781349372355
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 67.04
€ 67.04