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Hardback. The Honganji branch of Jodo Shinshu Buddhism was a powerhouse that exercised its military will by fanning violent uprisings of ikko ikki, loosely structured "leagues of one mind". This title looks at the complex and often contradictory relationship between these ikko leagues and the Honganji institution. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 275 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3H; HBJF; HBLC; HRE; JPWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 161 x 29. Weight in Grams: 622.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Harvard University, Asia Center United States
- Number of pages
- 275
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674025097
- ISBN
- 9780674025097
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 38.07
€ 45.99
€ 38.07
Hardback. A study of US imperialism that argues America's leaders have chosen to go to war for influence and power ever since the declaration of independence. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLL; HBLW; HBTQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 135 x 20. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Pluto Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745327655
- ISBN
- 9780745327655
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 100.56€ 83.84
€ 100.56
€ 83.84
Hardback. After the Cold War, Africa earned the dubious distinction of being the world's most bloody continent. Num Pages: 400 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1H; GTJ; HBJH; JPWS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 251 x 175 x 26. Weight in Grams: 802.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2nd Edition Fully Revised and Updated
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781509509041
- ISBN
- 9781509509041
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 85.43
€ 85.43
Paperback. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 1H; GTJ; HBJH; JPWS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 246 x 171. .
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781509509058
- ISBN
- 9781509509058
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 45.82
€ 46.99
€ 45.82
Hardcover. In Spain today the civil war remains 'the past that will not pass away'. The author explores the origins, nature and long-term consequences of this exterminatory war in Spain, charting the resonant forms of political, social and cultural resistance to it and the memory/legacy these have left behind in Europe and beyond. Num Pages: 256 pages, illus. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 3JJG; HBJD; HBLW; HBWP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 161 x 21. Weight in Grams: 532.
- Publisher
- Sussex Academic Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845195106
- ISBN
- 9781845195106
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 129.74
€ 129.74
Hardback. An analysis of the often contradictory reasons why President George W Bush went to war in Iraq and of the war's impact on future US armed intervention abroad. Drawing on various assessments of Bush's presidency, it contends that Bush's invasion of Iraq was more about the arrogance of post - Cold War American power than it was about Saddam Hussein. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; 1KBB; 3JMC; HBJF1; HBLX; HBWS5; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 163 x 24. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Publisher
- Potomac Books Inc
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781597974370
- ISBN
- 9781597974370
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.52
€ 33.52
Paperback. Series: The Lamar Series in Western History. Num Pages: 256 pages, 42 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; 1M; 3JH; BGH; HBJK; HBJM; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156. .
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300227123
- ISBN
- 9780300227123
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 16.25
€ 19.99
€ 16.25
Paperback. This book is part of the Images of London series, which uses old photographs and archived images to show the history of various local areas in England, through their streets, shops, pubs, and people. Series: Archive Photographs. Num Pages: 128 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBJD1; WQH; WQP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 163 x 9. Weight in Grams: 312.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 128
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752401133
- ISBN
- 9780752401133
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.23
€ 17.99
€ 14.23
Paperback. This book is part of the Images of London series, which uses old photographs and archived images to show the history of various local areas in England, through their streets, shops, pubs, and people. Series: Archive Photographs. Num Pages: 128 pages, 200ill. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBJD1; WQH; WQP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 163 x 10. Weight in Grams: 295.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752400266
- ISBN
- 9780752400266
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.60
€ 19.99
€ 18.60
paperback. Focusing on the native subjects of Sonora in Northwestern Mexico, this book explores the social process of peasant class formation and the cultural persistence of Indian communities, during the transitional period between Spanish colonialism and Mexican national rule. It is useful for those in the fields of Latin American and postcolonial studies. Series: Latin America Otherwise. Num Pages: 432 pages, 6 illustrations, 5 maps, 4 graphs. BIC Classification: 1KLC; 1KLS; HBJK; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 152 x 229 x 31. Weight in Grams: 703.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822318996
- ISBN
- 9780822318996
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.77
€ 33.99
€ 30.77
Hardcover. A memoir of China during World War II, when Barnett, a US airman, shared friendship and scholarly interests with a young Chinese historian. They translated part of an ancient Chinese history, and met again in 1982. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or. Num Pages: 156 pages, index. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 158 x 20. Weight in Grams: 445.
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- KMR0000144
- ISBN
- 9780873325134
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Paperback. Num Pages: 344 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 3D; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 238 x 159 x 23. Weight in Grams: 580.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691173801
- ISBN
- 9780691173801
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.15
€ 40.99
€ 29.15
Hardback. Addressing a neglected but essential subject, this book focuses on the diaspora of tens of thousands of people between about 700 and 325 BCE, demonstrating the degree to which Greeks were liable to be forced to leave their homes due to political upheaval, oppression, poverty, warfare, or simply a desire to better themselves. Num Pages: 344 pages, 16 halftones. 7 maps. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 3D; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 240 x 163 x 27. Weight in Grams: 650.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691161051
- ISBN
- 9780691161051
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.61
€ 46.99
€ 33.61
Paperback. This excellent collection of nearly 200 old photographs illustatrates some of the dramatic changes that have occured over the last century in this busy London suburb. Series: Archive Photographs. Num Pages: 128 pages, 200ill. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBJD1; WQH; WQP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 163 x 9. Weight in Grams: 316.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 128
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752403595
- ISBN
- 9780752403595
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.50
€ 19.99
€ 18.50
Paperback. A superbly written personal account of fighting years on the Western Front. Num Pages: 272 pages, 8 page plate section plus maps etc in text. BIC Classification: 3JJF; BM; HBJD1; HBLW; HBWN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 292.
- Publisher
- Lion Hudson
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745970301
- ISBN
- 9780745970301
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.00€ 12.54
€ 13.00
€ 12.54
Hardcover. Unemployment, monetary and fiscal policy, and the merits and drawbacks of free markets were a few of the issues the journalist and public philosopher Walter Lippmann explained to the public during the Depression, when professional economists skilled at translating concepts for a lay audience were not yet on the scene, as Craufurd Goodwin shows. Num Pages: 370 pages. BIC Classification: BGB; HBJK; HBLW; KCZ; KNT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 243 x 162 x 33. Weight in Grams: 770.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674368132
- ISBN
- 9780674368132
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 40.27
€ 47.99
€ 40.27
Paperback. In September 1940, Walter Benjamin committed suicide in Port Bou on the Spanish-French border when it appeared that he and his travelling partners would be denied passage into Spain in their attempt to escape the Nazis. This is an essay about his cemetery, eyewitness accounts of Benjamin's border travails, and the circumstances of his demise. Num Pages: 248 pages, 40 halftones, 5 line drawings. BIC Classification: DNF; HBJD; HBTZ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 228 x 16. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226790046
- ISBN
- 9780226790046
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 29.67
€ 37.99
€ 29.67
Paperback. Talks about Walsall, and focuses on the post-war years. This work contains photographs, from a variety of sources, that illustrate various aspects of the changing town - streets and buildings, events and people - from the 1940s to the 1990s. Num Pages: 128 pages, 220 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKEMW; 3JJP; HBJD1; HBLW3; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 172 x 10. Weight in Grams: 330.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780750943222
- ISBN
- 9780750943222
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 19.52
€ 20.99
€ 19.52
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1988
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804714327
- ISBN
- 9780804714327
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.83
€ 33.99
€ 30.83
Paperback. Portrays an Anglo-Irish ascendancy, struggling through the post-war depression aided by drink, horse-racing and religion, and their own idiosyncratic adaptations to modern life. Num Pages: 276 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JJP; BGA; HBJD1; HBLW3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 139 x 20. Weight in Grams: 358.
- Publisher
- Eland Publishing Ltd
- Number of pages
- 276
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781906011024
- ISBN
- 9781906011024
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.27
€ 17.99
€ 13.27