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Regional & national history
Hardback. Louisa Catherine Adams was daughter-in-law and wife of presidents, assisted diplomat J. Q. Adams at three European capitals, and served as a D.C. hostess for three decades. Yet she is barely remembered today. A Traveled First Lady (with Foreword by Laura Bush) corrects this oversight, by sharing Adams's remarkable story in her own words. Num Pages: 375 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; BGHA; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 158 x 33. Weight in Grams: 800.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1St Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674048010
- ISBN
- 9780674048010
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 33.71
€ 40.99
€ 33.71
Paperback. This volume presents an exploration of the origins of nationalism and cultural identity in China, tracing the ways in which a large, early modern empire of Eurasia, the Qing, incorporated neighbouring, but disparate, political traditions into a new style of emperorship. Num Pages: 417 pages, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; HBLL; JFC; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 154 x 25. Weight in Grams: 626.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 417
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520234246
- ISBN
- 9780520234246
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 28.98
€ 40.99
€ 28.98
Paperback. Num Pages: 296 pages, 11ill. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLH; HBTQ; HBTR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 137 x 16. Weight in Grams: 349. Paperback in good to very good condition. Some shelf wear.
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Hachette Books
- Number of pages
- 296
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1989
- SKU
- KRF0020529
- ISBN
- 9780306803529
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. On an icy dawn morning in Paris in January 1943, a group of 230 French women resisters were rounded up from the Gestapo detention camps and sent on a train to Auschwitz - the only train, in the four years of German occupation, to take women of the resistance to a death camp. This title presents the story of these women. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 29. Weight in Grams: 356.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099523895
- ISBN
- 9780099523895
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.90
€ 14.99
€ 11.90
Paperback. In 1986, the USX Homestead Works closed, with the loss of thousands of jobs. This book looks at the people of Homestead and how they dealt with the trauma that affected them, detailing the modifications and revisions of domestic strategies in a public crisis. Num Pages: 284 pages, photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW3; HBTB; JFSG; KCZ; KNJH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 241 x 178 x 25. Weight in Grams: 771.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- University of Pittsburgh Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822956761
- ISBN
- 9780822956761
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 78.59
€ 78.59
Hardback. Series: Nature | History | Society. Num Pages: 512 pages, 13 photos, 4 graphs, 3 maps. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBTB; RNP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 163 x 263 x 20. Weight in Grams: 498.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780774828413
- ISBN
- 9780774828413
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 106.37
€ 106.37
Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKN; 3JJPL; HBJD1; HBLW3; HBWS; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 582.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Helion and Company
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781910294499
- ISBN
- 9781910294499
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.28
€ 26.99
€ 20.28
Paperback. Series: The A to Z Guide Series. Num Pages: 360 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBFC; GBC; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 206 x 151 x 22. Weight in Grams: 508.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810855090
- ISBN
- 9780810855090
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 70.18
€ 70.18
Paperback. Series: The A to Z Guide Series. Num Pages: 622 pages, black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1F; HBJF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 220 x 144 x 35. Weight in Grams: 780.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 622
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810876439
- ISBN
- 9780810876439
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 75.44
€ 75.44
Paperback. Series: The A to Z Guide Series. Num Pages: 352 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJH; GBC; HBJD; HBTZ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 146 x 22. Weight in Grams: 472.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810855106
- ISBN
- 9780810855106
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 69.94
€ 69.94
Paperback. Series: The A to Z Guide Series. Num Pages: 424 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JF; GBC; HBJD; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 141 x 30. Weight in Grams: 546.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 424
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810855939
- ISBN
- 9780810855939
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 73.85
€ 73.85
Paperback. Series: The A to Z Guide Series. Num Pages: 646 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white line drawings, maps. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBJD1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 221 x 144 x 34. Weight in Grams: 762.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 646
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810872042
- ISBN
- 9780810872042
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 75.32
€ 75.32
Paperback. Series: The A to Z Guide Series. Num Pages: 968 pages. BIC Classification: GBC; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 220 x 143 x 57. Weight in Grams: 1321.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 968
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810868205
- ISBN
- 9780810868205
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 79.02
€ 79.02
Paperback. This is a reprint of a 2002 work titled, Historical Dictionary of the Civil War (Scarecrow Press). In this two-volume reference prepared for the wide audience of Civil War historians, buffs, and students, Jones (history, U. of Louisiana) provides a lengthy (75-page) introduction, giving a broad overview of the war and its origins and consequences. Num Pages: 1702 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; GBC; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 142 x 101. Weight in Grams: 2333.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 1702
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810853867
- ISBN
- 9780810853867
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 86.70
€ 86.70
Paperback. Series: The A to Z Guide Series. Num Pages: 408 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; GBC; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 142 x 25. Weight in Grams: 558.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 408
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810853607
- ISBN
- 9780810853607
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 73.97
€ 73.97
Paperback. Series: The A to Z Guide Series. Num Pages: 488 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAZ; HBJD. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 214 x 137 x 31. Weight in Grams: 658.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1955
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 488
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810855915
- ISBN
- 9780810855915
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 71.17
€ 71.17
Paperback. An exploration of the personal, social, and cultural meanings of the iconic Canadian cottage. Num Pages: 308 pages, , maps. BIC Classification: 1KBC; HBJK; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 308
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780774826082
- ISBN
- 9780774826082
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 33.99
€ 36.99
€ 33.99
Paperback. Praised by Ian McEwan, Michael Longley, the Guardian and many others, A Time to Speak tells the story of Helen Lewis, shipped from Prague to Auschwitz at the start of WW2 as part of the Final Solution, and her struggle to survive the Holocaust. Num Pages: 128 pages, map. BIC Classification: 1DVKC; 3JJH; BM; HBJD; HBLW; HBTZ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 186.
- Publisher
- Blackstaff Press Ltd
- Number of pages
- 128
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780856408557
- ISBN
- 9780856408557
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.76
€ 12.76
Hardback. Packed with vibrant characters-conniving friends, FBI agents, and rival politicians split by sectional and ideological interests as well as gamblers, revelers, and wronged wives-A Time of Scandal will appeal to anyone interested in political gossip, presidential politics, the "Ohio Gang," and the 1920s. Num Pages: 408 pages, 18, 18 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; HBJK; HBLW; JPP; JPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 179 x 237 x 31. Weight in Grams: 672.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421421308
- ISBN
- 9781421421308
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 32.66
€ 38.99
€ 32.66
Paperback. By revealing the ways in which the state and communities dealt with the Great Depression in Japan, this study brings us closer to a comparative, grassroots perspective on how average men and women addressed some of modernity's fundamental questions. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 512 pages, 3 maps, 9 line drawings, 12 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJG; GTB; HBJF; HBLW; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 155 x 32. Weight in Grams: 676.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Harvard University Asia Center
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674012776
- ISBN
- 9780674012776
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 24.60
€ 27.99
€ 24.60
Paperback. Provides an examination of the production, consumption, and circulation of tea. This book reveals how the female tea-pluckers seen in advertisements came to symbolise the heart of colonialism in India. It exposes how this image has distracted from working conditions, low wages, and coercive labour practices enforced by the patronage system. Series: A John Hope Franklin Center Book. Num Pages: 440 pages, 27 b&w photos, 6 tables. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HBJF; HBTQ; HBTR; JFSJ1; JFSL; JHBL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 29. Weight in Grams: 658.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 440
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822326748
- ISBN
- 9780822326748
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 30.95
€ 41.99
€ 30.95
Paperback. An as-told-to political autobiography of Phuntso Wangye (Phunwang), one of the most important Tibetan revolutionary figures of the twentieth century. It illuminates one of the world's most tragic and dangerous ethnic conflicts at the same time that it relates the details of a stormy life spent in the quest for a new Tibet. Num Pages: 400 pages, 25 b/w photographs, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPCT; BGH; HBJF; HBLW; JPW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 264 x 27. Weight in Grams: 572.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520249929
- ISBN
- 9780520249929
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 24.25
€ 32.99
€ 24.25
Paperback. This title brings together texts by and about Thomas More - poet, scholar, statesman, educational reformer, philospher, historian and saint. The writings focus upon More's views of education, political theory, church-state relations, love and friendship, practical politics and conscience. Editor(s): Wegemer, Gerard B.; Smith, Stephen W. Num Pages: 384 pages, Illustrations (some col.), maps. BIC Classification: 2AB; DNF; DSBD; DSK; HBJD1; HBLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 862.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- The Catholic University of America Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813213767
- ISBN
- 9780813213767
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.42
€ 48.42
hardcover. In 1940, for the first time since America's founding, a sitting president sought a third term in office. But this was only one remarkable aspect of that year's election. A Third Term for FDR reveals how domestic policy more than international events influenced Roosevelt's decision to run and his victory in November. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: HBJK; JPHC; JPHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- University Press of Kansas United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780700624027
- ISBN
- 9780700624027
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 71.82
€ 71.82