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Regional & national history
Hardback. Covering more than 500 years of history, culture, and politics, The Lima Reader seeks to capture the many worlds and many peoples of Peru's capital city, featuring a selection of primary sources that consider the social tensions and cultural heritages of the "City of Kings." Editor(s): Aguirre, Carlos; Walker, Charles F. Series: The Latin America Readers. Num Pages: 296 pages, 67 illustrations, incl. 14 in color. BIC Classification: 1KLSR; HBJK; WT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5969 x 3963. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822363378
- ISBN
- 9780822363378
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 116.99
€ 116.99
Paperback. Covering more than 500 years of history, culture, and politics, The Lima Reader seeks to capture the many worlds and many peoples of Peru's capital city, featuring a selection of primary sources that consider the social tensions and cultural heritages of the "City of Kings." Editor(s): Aguirre, Carlos; Walker, Charles F. Series: The Latin America Readers. Num Pages: 296 pages, 67 illustrations, incl. 14 in color. BIC Classification: 1KLSR; HBJK; WT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5969 x 3963. .
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822363484
- ISBN
- 9780822363484
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 29.10
€ 29.99
€ 29.10
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 960
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199226863
- ISBN
- 9780199226863
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 69.59
€ 69.59
Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages, 8 black & white plates, 16 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKSHL; 3JJC; HBJD1; HBLW; HBTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 139 x 200 x 17. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780750953658
- ISBN
- 9780750953658
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.27
€ 17.99
€ 16.27
Paperback. Bess traces the technological transformations that shook post-war France, and shows how they led, in turn, to the rise of environmentalist ideas. As technological modernity merged with environmentalism, he contends, the boundaries between nature and society became profoundly blurred. Num Pages: 344 pages, 4 halftones, 4 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1D; HBJD; RNA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 266 x 29. Weight in Grams: 624.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226044187
- ISBN
- 9780226044187
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 27.27
€ 34.99
€ 27.27
Paperback. Through brilliant social analysis, the author exposed lynching as part of a larger framework of subjugation in which white people used violence as a deliberate tactic to combat black economic progress in the southern USA. This book tells her story. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; BJ; HBJK; HBTS; JPVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 134 x 27. Weight in Grams: 456.
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780143106821
- ISBN
- 9780143106821
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.98
€ 13.99
€ 10.98
Hardback. In The Lifeline of the Oregon Country, James Gibson compellingly immerses the reader in one of the most intractable problems faced by the Hudson's Bay Company: how to realize wealth from such a remote and formidable land. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; WG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5969 x 4039. Weight in Grams: 531.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780774806428
- ISBN
- 9780774806428
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 119.37
€ 119.37
Hardback. This work of social and cultural history paints a comprehensive picture of indigenous society from the point of view of households throughout a large region of central Mexico, from the middle of the seventeenth century up through the end of the eighteenth century. Num Pages: 344 pages, black & white line drawings, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 3JD; 3JF; HBJK; HBLH; HBLL; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 585. Weight in Grams: 540.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804781374
- ISBN
- 9780804781374
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 86.40
€ 86.40
Hardcover. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; HBJD1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 179 x 243 x 21. Weight in Grams: 578.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748646104
- ISBN
- 9780748646104
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 105.84€ 101.60
€ 105.84
€ 101.60
paperback. The Life of the Madman of U is a complete English translation of the biography of the Tibetan Buddhist ascetic Kunga Zangpo (1458-1532), who was renowned for adopting an extreme and unique form of tantric asceticism. Num Pages: 248 pages, 12 illus. BIC Classification: BGH; HBJF; HREX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 158 x 14. Weight in Grams: 362.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780190244033
- ISBN
- 9780190244033
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.41
€ 46.41
Hardback. Presents a remarkable collection of nineteenth-century Comanche oral histories given by Francis Joseph "Joe A" Attocknie. Kavanagh's introduction adds context to the personal narratives by discussing the process of transmission. Editor(s): Kavanagh, Thomas W. Num Pages: 252 pages, 1 genealogy. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBTB; HBTD; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 163 x 239 x 26. Weight in Grams: 574.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 252
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803285507
- ISBN
- 9780803285507
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 75.43
€ 75.43
Hardback. The Life of Sharatchandra Chatopadhyay presents a historical critical assessment of the novelist's upbringing and the experiences that informed his work. The author exposes Sharatchandra's innate conservative worldview and his romantic platonic concept of human sexuality that informs all his love stories. Num Pages: 180 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 2BM; BGL; DSB; HBJF; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 162 x 17. Weight in Grams: 422.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Fairleigh Dickinson University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 180
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611475074
- ISBN
- 9781611475074
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 119.29
€ 119.29
Hardback.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691162591
- ISBN
- 9780691162591
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 39.08
€ 54.99
€ 39.08
Paperback. Mahatma Gandhi became a legend in his own time. A tireless fighter for human rights and for Indian independence, his strategy of satyagraha, or passive resistance, earned him the admiration of millions. This biography offers a definitive account of Gandhi's life. It tells the story of one man who changed the world forever. Num Pages: 576 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; BGH; HBJF; HBLW; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 131 x 37. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784700409
- ISBN
- 9781784700409
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.72
€ 19.99
€ 14.72
hardcover. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBJD1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 220 x 140. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Coronet Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780851244877
- ISBN
- 9780851244877
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 21.83
€ 24.99
€ 21.83
Paperback. Translator(s): Cooperson, Michael. Series: Library of Arabic Literature. Num Pages: 480 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBH; 3F; HBJF1; HRH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 229 x 31. Weight in Grams: 712.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Edition
- Abridged
- Number of pages
- 480
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781479805303
- ISBN
- 9781479805303
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.67
€ 20.67
Paperback. Brings together a series of essays - many recognized as classics in the field - that present Hinduism as a vibrant, truly 'lived' religion. Celebrating the diversity for which Hinduism is known, this volume begins its journey in the 'new India' of Bangalore, India's Silicon Valley, where global connections and local traditions rub shoulders daily. Editor(s): Hawley, John Stratton; Narayanan, Vasudha. Series: The Life of Religion S. Num Pages: 337 pages, 13 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: HBJF; HRG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 153 x 228 x 20. Weight in Grams: 468. Series: The Life of Religion S. 337 pages, Illustrations. Editor(s): Hawley, John Stratton; Narayanan, Vasudha. Brings together a series of essays - many recognized as classics in the field - that present Hinduism as a vibrant, truly 'lived' religion. Celebrating the diversity for which Hinduism is known, this volume begins its journey in the 'new India' of Bangalore, India's Silicon Valley, where global connections and local traditions rub shoulders daily. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: HBJF; HRG. Dimension: 153 x 228 x 20. Weight: 468.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Number of pages
- 337
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520249141
- ISBN
- 9780520249141
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 28.94
€ 40.99
€ 28.94
Paperback. A fascinating memoir of one of Judaism's earliest female writers, translated from the original Yiddish, Gluckel of Hameln was a marvel of her time: an accomplished businesswoman as well as the mother of twelve, she wrote the riveting memoir that would become a timeless classic, revealing much about Jewish life in seventeenth-century Germany. Editor(s): Abrahams, Beth-Zion. Num Pages: 230 pages, 39 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; BM; HBJD; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 364.
- Publisher
- Jewish Publication Society United States
- Number of pages
- 234
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780827609433
- ISBN
- 9780827609433
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 18.45
€ 18.99
€ 18.45
Paperback. Editor(s): Faulkner, Robert; Carrese, Paul. Num Pages: 514 pages, maps, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; BGH; HBJK; HBLL; JPHL. Category: (ES) Secondary; (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 32. Weight in Grams: 832.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Liberty Fund Inc United States
- Edition
- Special Edition
- Number of pages
- 514
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780865972773
- ISBN
- 9780865972773
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 13.36
€ 16.99
€ 13.36
Hardcover. Editor(s): Faulkner, Robert; Carrese, Paul. Num Pages: 542 pages, maps, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; BGH; HBJK; HBLL; JPHL. Category: (ES) Secondary; (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 243 x 166 x 37. Weight in Grams: 1050.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Liberty Fund Inc United States
- Edition
- Special Edition
- Number of pages
- 542
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780865972766
- ISBN
- 9780865972766
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.47
€ 33.99
€ 24.47