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hardcover. An account of the conquest of the Itzas which details the layers of political intrigue and action that characterised every aspect of the conquest and its aftermath. Jones offers a comprehensive reconstruction of an independent Maya kingdom which reveals much about neighbouring lowland Maya groups with whom the Itzas interacted, often violently. Num Pages: 596 pages, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLC; 1KLS; HBJK; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 38. Weight in Grams: 934.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
596
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804733175
ISBN
9780804733175
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 251.64

Paperback. An account of the conquest of the Itzas which details the layers of political intrigue and action that characterised every aspect of the conquest and its aftermath. Jones offers a comprehensive reconstruction of an independent Maya kingdom which reveals much about neighbouring lowland Maya groups with whom the Itzas interacted, often violently. Num Pages: 596 pages, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLC; 1KLS; HBJK; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 32. Weight in Grams: 798.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
596
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804735223
ISBN
9780804735223
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.40
€ 52.60

Paperback. Presents a description of the Spanish landing in Mexico in 1520 and their amazement at the city, the exploitation of the natives for gold and other treasures, the expulsion and flight of the Spaniards, their regrouping and eventual capture of the Aztec capital. Editor(s): Cohen, John M. Translator(s): Cohen, John M. Num Pages: 416 pages, b&w maps. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; HBJK; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 130 x 24. Weight in Grams: 312.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1973
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Condition
New
SKU
9780140441239
ISBN
9780140441239
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 13.82

Paperback. An account of the capture of Lisbon in 1147 by the combined forces of King Alfonso Henriques of Portugal and a fleet of crusaders from the Anglo-Norman realm, Flanders, and the Rhineland. This work conveys the tensions between the secular and spiritual motives of a crusading army. Translator(s): David, Charles Wendell. Series: Records of Western Civilization Series. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 1DSP; HBJD; HBLC; HRAM9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 154 x 25. Weight in Grams: 358.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Edition
New Ed
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231121231
ISBN
9780231121231
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 27.43

Paperback. Between 58 and 50BC Caesar conquered most of the area now covered by France, Belgium and Switzerland, and twice invaded Britain. This title records of his campaigns. Translator(s): Gardner, Jane; Handford, S.A. Num Pages: 272 pages, maps, glossary, bibliography. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 3D; DNF; HBJD; HBLA; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 17. Weight in Grams: 204.
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1983
Edition
Revised
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140444339
ISBN
9780140444339
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.82

Paperback. Translator(s): McNeal, Edgar Holmes. Series: Records of Western Civilization Series. Num Pages: 168 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1DVG; 3H; HBJD; HBLC; HBW; JWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 227 x 9. Weight in Grams: 224.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
168
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231136693
ISBN
9780231136693
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 27.60

Paperback. A monograph that places Ainu - the native people living in Ezo, the northernmost island of the Japanese archipelago - at the center of an exploration of Japanese expansion during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, the height of the Tokugawa shogunal era. Num Pages: 344 pages, 23 figures, 4 maps, 3 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JD; 3JF; HBJF; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 542. Ecology and Culture in Japanese Expansion, 1590-1800. 344 pages, 23 figures, 4 maps, 3 tables. A monograph that places Ainu - the native people living in Ezo, the northernmost island of the Japanese archipelago - at the center of an exploration of Japanese expansion during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, the height of the Tokugawa shogunal era. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JD; 3JF; HBJF; HBLL; HBTB. Dimension: 227 x 155 x 22. Weight: 486.
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
344
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
Revised ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520248342
ISBN
9780520248342
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 26.56

Paperback. Num Pages: 528 pages, 45. BIC Classification: 1FCS; HBJF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 163 x 33. Weight in Grams: 800.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Cornell University Press ith
Number of pages
528
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801489228
ISBN
9780801489228
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.69

Hardback. The Spaniards portrayed the conquest and fall of Mexico Tenochtitlan as Armageddon, while native peoples in colonial Mesoamerica continued to write and paint their histories and lives often without any mention of the foreigners in their midst. This volume addresses aspects of indigenous perspectives of the conquest and Spanish colonialism. Editor(s): Schroeder, Susan. Num Pages: 273 pages, illus. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; HBJK; HBLC; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 161 x 235 x 21. Weight in Grams: 546.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
273
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845192990
ISBN
9781845192990
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 129.15

Paperback. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJ; 4KL; HBJD1; HBLW; JPHL. Category: (UA) A / AS level. Dimension: 112 x 175 x 14. Weight in Grams: 184.
Publisher
Connell Guides
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781907776847
ISBN
9781907776847
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.81

Hardback. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBE; HBJK; WTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 280. .
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2018
Condition
New
SKU
V9781493027729
ISBN
9781493027729
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 51.99
€ 46.05

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 544 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HBJF; JPA; JPHV; JPL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 30. Weight in Grams: 914.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2019
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
544
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691649269
ISBN
9780691649269
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 237.33
€ 176.45

Paperback. If one is to believe contemporary historians, the South never had a chance. This book explores not why the Confederacy collapsed so soon, but how it lasted so long. Using letters, diaries and newspapers of the day, it reveals the South's deep belief in their cause and expectations of victory. Num Pages: 230 pages, 40 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; HBWJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 203 x 177 x 20. Weight in Grams: 432.
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
230
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Edition
New ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674160569
ISBN
9780674160569
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 26.65

Hardcover. Num Pages: 192 pages, 152 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ; JWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 206 x 231. .
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
Number of pages
192
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780764348242
ISBN
9780764348242
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 48.99
€ 32.46

Paperback. This book recounts the history of the Denbigh, one of the Civil War's most successful blockade runners. A new introduction by J. Barto Arnold III reviews recent archival and archaeological research and highlights the blockade runner's place in the Confederacy's complex and ultimately insoluble problem of obtaining manufactured items from abroad. Num Pages: 190 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 230 x 154 x 3. Weight in Grams: 290.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Percheron Press United States
Number of pages
190
Condition
New
SKU
V9780975273852
ISBN
9780975273852
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.28

Paperback. Intense public debates have erupted over Confederate flags flying atop state capitals, being incorporated into state flags, waving from dormitory windows, or adorning the T-shirts and jeans of public school children. Polarizing Americans, these 'flag wars' reveal the profound schisms that have plagued the country since the Civil War. Num Pages: 448 pages, 40 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 142 x 31. Weight in Grams: 610.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
448
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674019836
ISBN
9780674019836
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 29.87

Paperback. This work on the Civil War describes how and why the Confederate leader, John Bell Hood, was ultimately defeated by the Union General, George G. Thomas, at Springhill, Franklin and Nashville after the fall of Atlanta. The story is told from both sides, illuminating both the good and the bad. Num Pages: 512 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLL; HBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 27. Weight in Grams: 757.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Univ Pr of Kansas
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780700606504
ISBN
9780700606504
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 33.96

Paperback. Series: History of American Civilization. Num Pages: 232 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 202 x 192 x 13. Weight in Grams: 254.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1962
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
Edition Not Stated
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226724515
ISBN
9780226724515
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 34.23

Paperback. Written when the author was only twenty-four, and inspired in particular by his time living amongst the poor in Manchester, this title explores the staggering human cost of the Industrial Revolution in Victorian England. Editor(s): Kiernan, V. G. Num Pages: 336 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB; JFSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 256.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141191102
ISBN
9780141191102
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.47

Paperback. Editor(s): McLellan, David. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 368 pages, figures, map. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2ACG; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; JFS; JHBL; JPFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 18. Weight in Grams: 256.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
368
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199555888
ISBN
9780199555888
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.50

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