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hardcover. Opening with a character-study of the period, followed by ten chapters of narrative history, this sixth volume presents a study of Ireland in 1914. It includes chapters on the economy, Literature, the Irish language, music, arts, education, administration and public service, and emigration, and concludes with a bibliography covering 1800-1921. Series: New History of Ireland. Num Pages: 1016 pages, 40 pp plates. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJD1; HBLL; HBLW; HBTB; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 164 x 50. Weight in Grams: 1306. Opening with a character-study of the period, followed by ten chapters of narrative history, this sixth volume presents a study of Ireland in 1914. It includes chapters on the economy, Literature, the Irish language, music, arts, education, administration and public service, and emigration, and concludes with a bibliography covering 1800-1921. Series: New History of Ireland. Num Pages: 1016 pages, 40 pp plates. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJD1; HBLL; HBLW; HBTB; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 164 x 50. Weight in Grams: 1306. [Vol VI only]. Scarce. Fine in fine dust wrapper. DW showing light age and shelfwear. Light markings on page edges, tight binding, text is crisp and clear and remains a fine copy
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Clarendon Press Oxford
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0030154
ISBN
9780198217510
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 85.00

hardcover. Editor(s): Martin, F.X.; Byrne, Francis John. Series: New History of Ireland. Num Pages: 602 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1DBR; HBJD1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 150 x 38. Weight in Grams: 996. [Vol VIII only, 2002 reprint]. Rare. Fine in fine illustrated covers. Covers showing very light age and shelfwear. Light markings on page edges, tight binding, text is crisp and clear and remains a fine copy
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1982
Publisher
OUP Oxford
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0030155
ISBN
9780198217442
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 85.00

hardcover. Editor(s): Martin, F.X.; Byrne, Francis John. Series: New History of Ireland. Num Pages: 602 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1DBR; HBJD1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 150 x 38. Weight in Grams: 996. Vol VIII only. Fine in fine cloth covers, lacking dust wrapper. Previous owner's name to ffep. Showing light age and shelf wear, remains a fine copy
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1982
Publisher
OUP Oxford
Edition
First Edition
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0028711
ISBN
9780198217442
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 98.00

paperback. Num Pages: 352 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JD; 3JF; HBJD1; HBLH; HBLL; HBTB; HRCC9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 156 x 236 x 28. Weight in Grams: 708.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Yale University Press
Condition
New
SKU
9780300101140
ISBN
9780300101140
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 24.99

Hardback. Nancy Rose Hunt tells the affective history of the convergence of biopolitics and colonial violence in the Belgian Congo. By showing how the shifts and interactions between the biopolitical state and the nervous state drove the colonial government's actions toward the Congolese, Hunt provides a new model for theorizing colonialism. Num Pages: 376 pages, 41 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFM; HBJH; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 658.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
376
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822359463
ISBN
9780822359463
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 169.31

Paperback. Nancy Rose Hunt tells the affective history of the convergence of biopolitics and colonial violence in the Belgian Congo. By showing how the shifts and interactions between the biopolitical state and the nervous state drove the colonial government's actions toward the Congolese, Hunt provides a new model for theorizing colonialism. Num Pages: 376 pages, 41 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFM; HBJH; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 230 x 24. Weight in Grams: 558.
Publisher
Duke University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822359654
ISBN
9780822359654
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 29.90

Paperback. A fresh look at the natural history of the southern Rocky Mountains and the Intermountain West region based on cutting-edge research, interviews, and the author's personal experience. Num Pages: 222 pages, black & white illustrations, colour illustrations, black & white tables, maps, frontispie. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; HBJK; RNC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 18. Weight in Grams: 540.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of Utah Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781607810285
ISBN
9781607810285
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.21

Hardback. Num Pages: 240 pages, 13. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JF; HBJD; HBLL; HBTV2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 485.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801449420
ISBN
9780801449420
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 63.04

Paperback. Michael Meeker combines anthropological and historical methods to examine the transition from the Ottoman Empire to the Turkish Republic in a major region of the country, the eastern Black Sea coast. Num Pages: 438 pages, 13 b/w photographs, 2 maps, 3 tables. BIC Classification: 1DVT; 1FB; 1QDT; HBJF1; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
438
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520234826
ISBN
9780520234826
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 38.10

hardcover. In this reinterpretation of American political culture, James Block offers a different perspective on the formation of the modern American self and society. Num Pages: 672 pages, 1 halftone. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 50. Weight in Grams: 1103.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
672
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674008830
ISBN
9780674008830
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 90.63
€ 82.66

Paperback. Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JJC; 3JJF; 3JJG; HBJD1; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 199 x 37. Weight in Grams: 426.
Publisher
Profile Books Ltd London
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781781250426
ISBN
9781781250426
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 16.06

Paperback. In A Narrow Vision, Brian Titley chronicles the career of Confederation poets Duncan Campbell Scott in the Department of Indian Affairs between 1880 and 1932. Num Pages: 255 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBC; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB; JFF; JFSL1; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887. Weight in Grams: 340.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1986
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press Canada
Number of pages
255
Condition
New
SKU
V9780774804202
ISBN
9780774804202
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 33.99

Paperback. Even as a pup, Davy Crockett 'always delighted to be in the very thickest of danger.' This book describes his earliest days in Tennessee, his two marriages, his career as an Indian fighter, his bear hunts, and his electioneering. Num Pages: 211 pages, Illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5182 x 3404 x 16. Weight in Grams: 290.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1987
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
211
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780803263253
ISBN
9780803263253
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 17.43

Paperback. Describing the hard working conditions on plantations and harsh treatment of apprentices unjustly incarcerated, this book argues that apprenticeship actually worsened the conditions of Jamaican ex-slaves: former owners, no longer legally permitted to directly punish their workers, used the Jamaican legal system as a punitive lever against them. Editor(s): Paton, Diana. Series: Latin America Otherwise. Num Pages: 208 pages, 5 b&w photos, 2 maps, 7 figures. BIC Classification: 1KJ; 3JH; DNF; HBJK; HBLL; HBTS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3734 x 15. Weight in Grams: 313.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
Edition
Annotated
SKU
V9780822326472
ISBN
9780822326472
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 25.44

Paperback. Some Adventures, Dangers, and Sufferings of Joseph Plumb Martin. Series: Signet Classics. 269 pages. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; BGHA; BM; HBJK; HBLL; JW. Dimension: 171 x 114 x 21. Weight: 140.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Signet Classics
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
269
Condition
New
SKU
V9780451531582
ISBN
9780451531582
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 8.98

Hardback. On September 6, 1848, Abraham Ber Pilpel entered the kitchen of Rabbi Abraham Kohn and his family and poured arsenic in the soup that was being prepared for their dinner. Within hours, the rabbi and his infant daughter were dead. This book tells the story of the murder, the trial that followed, and the political and religious fallout of both. Num Pages: 160 pages, 11 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DV; HBJD; HBLL; HBTB; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 240 x 164 x 19. Weight in Grams: 410.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
168
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691128436
ISBN
9780691128436
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 31.19

Paperback. Examines the work experience, living conditions, and social relations of thousands of African men, women, and children on European-owned tobacco farms in colonial Zimbabwe from 1890 to 1945. Series: Ohio RIS Africa Series. Num Pages: 271 pages, photographs, maps, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1HFMW; 3JH; 3JJ; HBG; HBJH; HBLL; HBLW; KCF; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 141 x 14. Weight in Grams: 318.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Ohio University Press United States
Number of pages
271
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780896802032
ISBN
9780896802032
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 32.13

Hardcover. The first social and economic history of the founding era of American railroads. Drawing on vast research especially in period newspapers Miner identifies antebellum Americans' hopes and fears sparked by the introduction and adoption of the Iron Horse. Reveals how and why a free society adapts to rapid technological change." Num Pages: 320 pages, 20 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 703.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University Press of Kansas
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780700617555
ISBN
9780700617555
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 46.33

Hardcover. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; FXZ; HBJK; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 194 x 19. Weight in Grams: 746.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Basic Books
Condition
New
SKU
V9780465036691
ISBN
9780465036691
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 26.69

Paperback. Historian Pegg has produced a swift-moving, gripping narrative of a horrific crusade, drawing in part on thousands of testimonies collected by inquisitors in the years 1235 to 1245. These accounts of ordinary men and women bring the story vividly to life. Series: Pivotal Moments in World History. Num Pages: 288 pages, 9 halftones, 16 line illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3H; HBJD; HBLC; HBWC; HRAM9; HRAX; HRC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 150 x 24. Weight in Grams: 436.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
284
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195393101
ISBN
9780195393101
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.18

Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages, 8, 8 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HBJF; JHB; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781501707520
ISBN
9781501707520
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.67

Hardcover. In July 1917, a young man in the 12th East Surrey Regiment kept a journal of his experiences at the front. This poignant and moving account is narrated with a keen sense of observation, bringing to life the sights, sounds, smells, and horrors of war. Num Pages: 56 pages, 8 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DNJ; HBJD; HBWN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 139 x 196 x 11. Weight in Grams: 186.
Publisher
Bodleian Library
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Edition
2nd Revised ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781851244225
ISBN
9781851244225
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 11.44

Paperback. Translator(s): Archambault, Paul J. Num Pages: 248 pages, Illustrations, 1 map. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBLC; HRCX8. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 458.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Pennsylvania State University Press United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780271014821
ISBN
9780271014821
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 33.32

Hardcover. This book examines Elizabeth's correspondence with several significant rulers, analyzing how her letters were constructed, drafted and presented, the rhetorical strategies used, and the role these letters played in facilitating diplomatic relations. Series: Queenship and Power. Num Pages: 268 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JB; BJ; HBJD1; HBLH; JPSD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 221 x 143 x 20. Weight in Grams: 444.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
270
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137008350
ISBN
9781137008350
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.88

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