Regional & national history
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Regional & national history
Paperback. Using transaction cost analysis and public choice theory, this book explores the growth of the federal bureaucracy and the political and economic obstacles to reforming it. It examines the political and economic forces that have shaped the civil service from the Pendleton Act of 1883 to today. Series: National Bureau of Economic Research - Long Term Factors in Economic Development. Num Pages: 240 pages, 5 line drawings, 20 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLL; HBLW; JPQ; KCZ; KFFD; KNV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 14. Weight in Grams: 339.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226401713
- ISBN
- 9780226401713
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 33.29
€ 43.99
€ 33.29
Hardcover. Forget the boring stuff you learned in school. Here's the REAL skinny on Irish history. Num Pages: 256 pages, 256 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBR; HBJD1; WHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 192 x 130 x 26. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Publisher
- O'Brien Press
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847170699
- ISBN
- 9781847170699
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 12.99€ 11.92
€ 12.99
€ 11.92
Hardback. "The Feast of Saint Abraham is characterized by originality, profound scholarship (especially with regard to new manuscript sources), and by clarity and felicity of style.. A fine book."-Bernard McGinn, University of Chicago Series: The Middle Ages Series. Num Pages: 200 pages, 2 illus. BIC Classification: 1DD; 3H; HBJF; HBLC; HR. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 420.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812235678
- ISBN
- 9780812235678
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.73
€ 66.73
Paperback. In June 1405, King Henry IV stopped at a small Yorkshire manor house to shelter from a storm. That night he awoke screaming that traitors were burning his skin. His instinctive belief that he was being poisoned was understandable: he had already survived at least eight plots to dethrone or kill him in the first six years of his reign. Num Pages: 496 pages, 30. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3H; BGH; HBJD1; HBLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 32. Weight in Grams: 374.
- Publisher
- Vintage United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 496
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781844135295
- ISBN
- 9781844135295
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 16.53
€ 23.99
€ 16.53
Paperback. Editor(s): Davis, David Brion. Num Pages: 408 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLL; HBLW; JPWJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 145 x 25. Weight in Grams: 546.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Edition
- 1 New ed
- Number of pages
- 408
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801491139
- ISBN
- 9780801491139
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.09
€ 37.99
€ 34.09
Hardback. This text paints a picture of Roosevelt and the American decade he has come to define. The book investigates the many facets of Roosevelt's politics and personality that inspired a nation to believe that the presidency had been reborn. Num Pages: 377 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW; JPFF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 29. Weight in Grams: 771.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 377
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231082983
- ISBN
- 9780231082983
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 118.84€ 89.47
€ 118.84
€ 89.47
Hardcover. Providing the first detailed analysis of a largely neglected aspect of FBI history, this book charts the evolution of the Bureau's efforts to combat the spread of obscenity and its perceived insidious effects. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University Press of Kansas
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700618255
- ISBN
- 9780700618255
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.04
€ 67.04
Paperback. From the 10th century to the end of the 12th century, the Fatimid Empire played a central, yet controversial, role in the history of Islam. By relating it to the wider history of Islam, the Crusades and its theocratic counterparts in Byzantium and Western Europe, this book shows the full historical significance of the empire. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1HB; 3F; 3H; HBJH; HBLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748640768
- ISBN
- 9780748640768
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 34.03
€ 40.99
€ 34.03
Hardcover. On 30 January 1933, Alfred Hugenberg's conservative German National People's Party (DNVP) formed a coalition government with the Nazi Party, thus enabling Hitler to accede to the chancellorship. This book analyzes in detail the complicated relationship between Conservatives and Nazis and offers a re-interpretation of the Nazi seizure of power.. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJG; HBJD; HBLW; JPFQ. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845454968
- ISBN
- 9781845454968
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 167.00
€ 167.00
Hardback. This engaging book harnesses the uncertainty and excitement of the Constitutional debates to show readers the clear departure the Constitution marked, the powerful reasons people had to view it warily, and the persuasive claims that Madison and his allies finally made with success. Series: Witness to History. Num Pages: 216 pages, 5 black & white halftones, 4 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL; JPHC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9781421420011
- ISBN
- 9781421420011
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.69
€ 63.69
Paperback. This engaging book harnesses the uncertainty and excitement of the Constitutional debates to show readers the clear departure the Constitution marked, the powerful reasons people had to view it warily, and the persuasive claims that Madison and his allies finally made with success. Series: Witness to History. Num Pages: 192 pages, 5 black & white halftones, 4 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: HBJK; JPHC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. .
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421420028
- ISBN
- 9781421420028
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 22.04
€ 24.99
€ 22.04
paperback. An epic description of the brutal transportation of men, women and children out of Georgian Britain into a horrific penal system which was to be the precursor to the Gulag and was the origin of Australia. Num Pages: 720 pages, 16. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1MBF; 3JF; HBJM; HBLL; JKVP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 40. Weight in Grams: 576.
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099448549
- ISBN
- 9780099448549
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.95
€ 19.99
€ 14.95
Paperback. Christopher Wood, a young Englishman, decided to be the greatest painter the world had seen. Richard Hilary, confident, handsome and unprincipled, flew Spitfires in the Battle of Britain before being shot down and horribly burned. Jeremy Wolfenden was born in 1936, the son of Jack, later Lord Wolfenden. This work talks about these three people. Num Pages: 352 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; BG; HBJD1; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 22. Weight in Grams: 264.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780099518013
- ISBN
- 9780099518013
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 12.45
€ 18.99
€ 12.45
Paperback. * Three Extraordinary Men and Their Race for the Land Speed Record * The story of the speed kings - the obsessive fast-car record-breakers of the 1920s to 1940s Num Pages: 352 pages, Section: 8, b/w. BIC Classification: HBJD1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 126 x 25. Weight in Grams: 260.
- Publisher
- Abacus
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780349115962
- ISBN
- 9780349115962
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.28
€ 18.28
Hardback. Series: Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University. Num Pages: 224 pages, 21, 21 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1DST; 1FPJ; 3JJ; HBJD; HBJF; HBLW; JPFQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 166 x 245 x 21. Weight in Grams: 466.
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801453410
- ISBN
- 9780801453410
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 45.85
€ 45.99
€ 45.85
![Leplat, Fred, [Ed] - The far right in Europe - 9780902869752 - V9780902869752](https://www.kennys.ie/products/thumbs/9780902869752.jpg "Leplat, Fred, [Ed] - The far right in Europe - 9780902869752 - V9780902869752")
Paperback. Editor(s): Leplat, Fred. Num Pages: 340 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; HBJD; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 143 x 215 x 25. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Publisher
- IMG Publications
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- NSR
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780902869752
- ISBN
- 9780902869752
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 15.44
€ 16.99
€ 15.44
Hardcover. Charles Downing provides one of the first detailed descriptions of life in China by a western visitor. Num Pages: 1016 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JH; HBJF; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 25. .
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 1016
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2020
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784535865
- ISBN
- 9781784535865
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 379.80
€ 379.80
Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; JFFC1; JFFN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845888909
- ISBN
- 9781845888909
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.00€ 19.69
€ 25.00
€ 19.69
Paperback. Studies the evolution of the family from the sixteenth to the eighteenth century and how the process radically influenced child-rearing, education, contraception, sexual behaviour and marriage. Num Pages: 464 pages, facsimiles, portraits. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JB; 3JD; 3JF; HBJD1; HBLH; HBLL; HBTB; JHBK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 127 x 29. Weight in Grams: 344.
- Publisher
- Penguin England
- Number of pages
- 464
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140137217
- ISBN
- 9780140137217
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.94
€ 19.99
€ 15.94
Paperback. BIC Classification: 1DBR; HBJD1; HBTG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
- Publisher
- Family Tree Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781440348808
- ISBN
- 9781440348808
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 23.55
€ 30.99
€ 23.55
Paperback. Richard's family was his making and undoing.. Num Pages: 240 pages, 35. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3H; HBJD1; HBLC1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
- Publisher
- Amberley Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781445660158
- ISBN
- 9781445660158
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 14.98
€ 16.99
€ 14.98
Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages, 3. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JF; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; JFSJ; JPVH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 399.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801474088
- ISBN
- 9780801474088
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.03
€ 37.99
€ 34.03
Paperback. How often does a visitor to Rome drift towards some landmark and wonder who created it? Why? What was their story? This book provides the answers. At once a history and a guide, it divides Rome into the districts dominated by the fabulously rich families of the Popes: the Colonna, della Rovere, Farnese, Borghese, Barberini and others. Num Pages: 432 pages, app 100 integrated maps and drawings. BIC Classification: 1DST; HBJD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 152 x 34. Weight in Grams: 578.
- Publisher
- Vintage United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 432
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781844134090
- ISBN
- 9781844134090
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 16.53
€ 23.99
€ 16.53
Hardback. Editor(s): Blower, Brooke L.; Bradley, Mark Philip. Num Pages: 224 pages, 22 black & white halftones, 1 tables, 1 charts. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AV; HBAH; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 245 x 163 x 19. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801452499
- ISBN
- 9780801452499
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 139.23
€ 139.23