Regional & national history
Results 5545 - 5568 of 22013
Regional & national history
paperback. Translator(s): Walford, N. Num Pages: 687 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FC; HBJF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 144 x 209 x 51. Weight in Grams: 904.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1970
- Publisher
- Rutgers University Press United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 687
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813513041
- ISBN
- 9780813513041
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 54.95€ 54.27
€ 54.95
€ 54.27
Paperback. The Mughal empire (1526 1857) has long been viewed as a wonderland of unimaginable treasure; it was in fact the mightiest Islamic empire in the history of India. This book describes the political, military and economic rise of the Mughals, their system of rule, and their gradual collapse, finally supplanted by the British colonial empire in 1857. Num Pages: 352 pages, 26 black & white illustrations, 92 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 1QD; HBJF; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 208 x 25. Weight in Grams: 942.
- Publisher
- Reaktion Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781861892515
- ISBN
- 9781861892515
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 58.74
€ 58.74
Hardback. The true story of Napoleon Bonaparte's friendship with Betsy Balcombe and her family, the only English people he ever lived with, during his exile on St Helena. Num Pages: 464 pages, 8pp b+w photos and 8pp colour photos. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; HBWH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 169 x 242 x 43. Weight in Grams: 888.
- Publisher
- Allen & Unwin
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781760113452
- ISBN
- 9781760113452
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 8.34
€ 29.99
€ 8.34
Paperback. The fascinating story of the Austrian, German and Russian imperial families during the four years of the First World War and the political and personal struggles that brought about their ruin Num Pages: 304 pages, 25. BIC Classification: 1DFA; 1DFG; 1DVUA; 3JJF; HBJD; HBLW; HBTQ; HBWN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 126 x 198 x 30. Weight in Grams: 198.
- Publisher
- Amberley Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781445650500
- ISBN
- 9781445650500
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.65
€ 20.65
The Emperor's Old Clothes: Constitutional History and the Symbolic Lan...
Barabara Stollberg-Rilinger
Hardcover. For many years, scholars struggled to write the history of the constitution and political structure of the Holy Roman Empire. This book argues that this was because the political and social order could not be understood without considering the rituals and symbols that held the Empire together. Translator(s): Dunlap, Thomas. Series: Spektrum: Publications of the German Studies Association. Num Pages: 396 pages, 17 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3H; 3J; HBJD; HBLC; HBLH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 159 x 236 x 27. Weight in Grams: 676.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Edition
- Tra
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782388050
- ISBN
- 9781782388050
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 162.59
€ 162.59
Paperback. Editor(s): Barrett, Anthony A.; Fantham, Elaine; Yardley, John C. Num Pages: 280 pages, 11 halftones. 6 maps. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 3D; BGH; GBC; HBJD; HBLA1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691156514
- ISBN
- 9780691156514
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 31.13
€ 43.99
€ 31.13
Paperback. A study of the reign of Charles V constructed around a biographical framework and looking at his role in the German Reformation, the establishment of the state of the Netherlands, the formation of the Spanish overseas empire and the Habsburg-Valois rivalry in Italy. Series: Seminar Studies in History. Num Pages: 144 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JB; 3JD; 3JF; 4KL; HBJD; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 138 x 9. Weight in Grams: 404. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear.
- Publication date
- 1988
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Format
- Paperback
- SKU
- KKD0001337
- ISBN
- 9780582354753
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Paperback. After the deposition of Haile Selassie in 1974, which ended the ancient rule of the Abyssinian monarchy, Ryszard Kapuscinski travelled to Ethiopia and sought out surviving courtiers to tell their stories. This work depicts the lavish, corrupt world they had known - from the rituals, hierarchies and intrigues at court to the vagaries of a ruler. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFGA; 3JJPL; HBJH; HBLW3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 14. Weight in Grams: 154.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780141188034
- ISBN
- 9780141188034
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.99€ 10.64
€ 12.99
€ 10.64
Hardback. Shows that Spanish intellectuals, calls for Spain to modernize its political, social, and economic institutions brought the question of women's place to the forefront, along with women themselves. This book illustrates the visibility of women, and reveals the processes that led to their swift exit from public institutions in the early 1800s. Series: Studies on the History of Society & Culture. Num Pages: 330 pages, 8 b/w photographs, 6 tables. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 330
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520245839
- ISBN
- 9780520245839
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 84.81€ 64.27
€ 84.81
€ 64.27
Hardcover. Examines the turbulent history of the ideas, people, and institutions of French colonial and tropical medicine from their early modern origins through World War I. This book demonstrates that regions, more so than a coherent nation, built the empire and specific medical concepts and practices. Num Pages: 328 pages, 8 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DDF; HBJD; MBX; MMRT; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 60 x 90 x 23. Weight in Grams: 562.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226114521
- ISBN
- 9780226114521
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 56.14€ 47.68
€ 56.14
€ 47.68
Paperback.
This volume, the first of its kind by western scholars, describes the development amongst the diverse inhabitants of the immense landmass between Carpathians and Urals of a political, economic and social nexus out of which would emerge the future Russia, Ukraine and Belarus.
Series: Longman History of Russia. Num Pages: 472 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3F; 3H; HBG; HBJD; HBLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 29. Weight in Grams: 690.- Publisher
- Routledge United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 472
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780582490918
- ISBN
- 9780582490918
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 61.60
€ 61.60
Paperback. First published in 2006. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company. Num Pages: 330 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBX; HBJF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 607.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 330
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781138989146
- ISBN
- 9781138989146
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 59.08
€ 59.08
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 414 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JH; 3JJC; HBJD; HBTB; JNF; JNMN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 24. Weight in Grams: 914.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 414
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691638782
- ISBN
- 9780691638782
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 212.23
€ 212.23
Paperback. Indonesia, Vietnam, Thailand, the Philippines, Myanmar, Malaysia, Singapore, Cambodia, Laos, Brunei and East Timor were once small polities linked by sporadic trade and occasional war. From the end of the 19th century, to the end of WWII, the US and some European powers controlled the region. This work offers a perspective on this complex region. Editor(s): Owen, Norman G. Num Pages: 576 pages, 75 illustrations, 6 maps. BIC Classification: 1FM; HBJF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 31. Weight in Grams: 1170.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Univ of Hawaii Pr
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780824828905
- ISBN
- 9780824828905
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.21
€ 51.21
Paperback. Presents a brief history about the Jews in Babylon (Iraq), and their Hebrew creativity. This book focuses on the years 1735-1950 and presents the secular Hebrew poetry written in Babylon at that time, the folktales, journalistic articles, and epistles, research of Hebrew literature, a story and a play. Num Pages: 247 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; 2CSJ; DSB; HBJF; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Purdue University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781557535146
- ISBN
- 9781557535146
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 56.91
€ 56.91
Hardback. This book uses a study of Syria under the French mandate to show what historical developments led people to start describing themselves and others as 'minorities'. Num Pages: 256 pages, 2 maps, 2 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBS; 3JJG; HBJF1; HBLW; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 548.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748641871
- ISBN
- 9780748641871
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 113.47€ 108.92
€ 113.47
€ 108.92
Paperback. This history of Latin America during its period of independence has been revised and updated to include new material based on recently published research, as well as augmented references covering areas of special contemporary interest. The bibliography has also been updated. Num Pages: 352 pages, halftones, map. BIC Classification: 1KLC; 1KLS; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTQ; HBTR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 203 x 136 x 19. Weight in Grams: 380.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 350
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195084023
- ISBN
- 9780195084023
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 156.27
€ 156.27
Hardcover. .
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 672
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781107031876
- ISBN
- 9781107031876
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 161.02
€ 161.02
Paperback. .
- Number of pages
- 660
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781316641552
- ISBN
- 9781316641552
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.83
€ 47.83
Paperback. A survey of classical Chinese history and thought Num Pages: 256 pages, 12 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; HBLA1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 234 x 18. Weight in Grams: 442.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Warring States Project United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781936166756
- ISBN
- 9781936166756
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.40
€ 33.40
Hardback.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd
- Number of pages
- 372
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843838548
- ISBN
- 9781843838548
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 157.02
€ 157.02
Hardcover. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: HBG; HBJH; JPSD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 168 x 237 x 38. Weight in Grams: 582.
- Publisher
- Beaufort Books
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780825308253
- ISBN
- 9780825308253
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 27.05
€ 29.99
€ 27.05
paperback. This is the book that made Simon Schama's reputation when first published in 1987. A historical masterpiece, it is an epic account of Dutch Culture in the Golden Age of Rembrandt and van Diemen. Num Pages: 720 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDN; HBJD; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 168 x 40. Weight in Grams: 1536.
- Publisher
- Harper Perennial
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780006861362
- ISBN
- 9780006861362
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 29.56
€ 46.99
€ 29.56
Paperback.
- Publisher
- Bedford/St. Martin's
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780312435813
- ISBN
- 9780312435813
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.99€ 45.25
€ 50.99
€ 45.25