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Regional & national history
Paperback. Traces the black freedom struggle in all its diversity, from the first years of freedom during the Civil War to President Obama's inauguration. Moving from popular culture to high politics, from the Deep South to New England, the West Coast, and abroad, this title weaves stories of ordinary black people - as well as celebrated figures. Num Pages: 528 pages, 32 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; 3JM; HBJK; HBLL; HBLW; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 161 x 32. Weight in Grams: 744.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 528
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674062290
- ISBN
- 9780674062290
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 29.87
€ 34.99
€ 29.87
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Pen & Sword Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 176
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781473844872
- ISBN
- 9781473844872
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.16
€ 17.99
€ 14.16
Paperback. Presents essays on seven core, premodern classical Chinese texts. This book draws from literature, philosophy, religion, and art history and challenges the presumption of a monolithic Chinese tradition that has been promoted by scholars and popular culture alike, both in China and the West. Editor(s): Yu, Pauline; Bol, Peter; Owen, Stephen; Peterson, Willard. Series: Studies on China. Num Pages: 292 pages, 6 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 2GDC; DSB; HBG; HBJF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 292
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520224667
- ISBN
- 9780520224667
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 28.26
€ 38.99
€ 28.26
Hardcover. This study traces the story of how Jacob Mordecai and his family, German-American Orthodox Jews, adopted the Anglo-Irish enlightened pedagogical system developed by Richard Lovell Edgeworth and his daughter Maria. The text includes the complete diary of Rachel Mordecai Lazarus. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; JFC; JFSJ1; JN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 603.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820322520
- ISBN
- 9780820322520
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 60.89
€ 60.89
Paperback. Hegemony ---- domination by one power or state over others politically and culturally ---- is a fundamental element of historical theory. This book examines the concept of hegemony in the development of political thinking and shows how the changing organization of the world system not only influences politics but also culture and society. Num Pages: 290 pages, Illustrations, facsims. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DDN; 1KBB; HBJD1; HBJK; JPS; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 244 x 169 x 17. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 290
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780471965862
- ISBN
- 9780471965862
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 177.60
€ 177.60
Hardback. A striking look back at a remarkable period in history Featuring 125 black and white photographs by such renowned Farm Security Administration photographers as Dorothea Lange, Arthur Rothstein, Russell Lee, and several others, this book documents ranching culture in western states during the Great Depression and leading up to World War II. Num Pages: 176 pages, 125 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KBBW; AJC; HBJK; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 216. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781493027279
- ISBN
- 9781493027279
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 24.88
€ 26.99
€ 24.88
Paperback. A profoundly moving, piercingly frank memoir of grief -- of learning to live with grief -- that begins in Sri Lanka on December 26, 2004, when the author lost her parents, her husband, and her two young sons in the tsunami she miraculously survived. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1QSN; 3JMC; BG; HBJF; HBLX; RNR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 136 x 215 x 18. Weight in Grams: 246.
- Publisher
- Virago
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781844089079
- ISBN
- 9781844089079
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.81
€ 15.99
€ 11.81
Paperback. In 1935 Italy declared war on Abyssinia and Evelyn Waugh was sent to Addis Ababa to cover the conflict. This title captures the dilemmas and complexities of a feudal society caught up in twentieth-century politics and confrontation. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFGA; 3JJG; BGB; HBJH; HBLW; KNTJ; WT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 133 x 12. Weight in Grams: 134.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 176
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141185057
- ISBN
- 9780141185057
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.81
€ 15.99
€ 11.81
hardcover. A history of the innovative women's scholarship halls at the University of Kansas. Num Pages: 72 pages, 87 Photographs. BIC Classification: HBJK; JNMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 279 x 215 x 10. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University Press of Kansas United States
- Number of pages
- 72
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700622757
- ISBN
- 9780700622757
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 42.44
€ 42.44
paperback. Its clear and instructional discussions of hydraulic technology and engineering principles make it a useful resource for a range of courses, including the history of technology, urban history, and American business history. Series: Johns Hopkins Introductory Studies in the History of Technology. Num Pages: 272 pages, 39, 7 black & white line drawings, 32 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBBES; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTK; KNDD; TBX. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 161 x 214 x 18. Weight in Grams: 320.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780801893063
- ISBN
- 9780801893063
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.48
€ 38.48
Hardback. Its clear and instructional discussions of hydraulic technology and engineering principles make it a useful resource for a range of courses, including the history of technology, urban history, and American business history. Series: Johns Hopkins Introductory Studies in the History of Technology. Num Pages: 272 pages, 39, 7 black & white line drawings, 32 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBBES; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTK; KNDD; TBX. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780801893056
- ISBN
- 9780801893056
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.00
€ 63.00
Paperback. A history of Watermills of East Anglia Num Pages: 96 pages, 100ill. BIC Classification: 1DBKEA; HBJD1; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 165 x 10. Weight in Grams: 230.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752423593
- ISBN
- 9780752423593
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 14.47
€ 15.99
€ 14.47
paperback. 'Some battles change nothing. Waterloo changed almost everything.' Num Pages: 352 pages, (Two 16-page colour plate sections and 12 maps), With index. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; HBWH; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 196 x 28. Weight in Grams: 376.
- Publisher
- William Collins
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780007539406
- ISBN
- 9780007539406
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 12.84
€ 17.99
€ 12.84
paperback. .
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099563792
- ISBN
- 9780099563792
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.00€ 16.79
€ 19.00
€ 16.79
Hardback. The story of Waterloo, the battle that finally ended Napoleon's imperial dreams: how it was fought, how it has been remembered, and what it has come to mean. Series: Great Battles. Num Pages: 240 pages, 18 b&w halftones and 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1DDB; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; HBWH; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 149 x 22. Weight in Grams: 414.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199663255
- ISBN
- 9780199663255
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 22.28
€ 30.99
€ 22.28
Paperback. An epic page-turner about Waterloo, one of the greatest land battles in British history, rich in dramatic human detail and grounded in first class research. Num Pages: 704 pages, Section: 16, b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; HBWH; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 32. Weight in Grams: 506.
- Publisher
- Abacus
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780349123011
- ISBN
- 9780349123011
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.95
€ 19.99
€ 14.95
Paperback. Explore the history of the Battle of Waterloo through the voices of those that experienced it first hand. Num Pages: 304 pages, 30. BIC Classification: 1DDB; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; HBWH; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
- Publisher
- Amberley Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781445660165
- ISBN
- 9781445660165
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.89
€ 18.89
Paperback. Waterloo, the plain where Napoleon's Empire was dealt its final blow after a titanic fight, is not only a name on the map. La Haye-Sainte, Hougoumont, Plancenoit, are real places where men struggled, suffered and died. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDB; 3JH; HBJD; HBWH; JWLF; JWM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 315 x 12. Weight in Grams: 650.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Histoire and Collections
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9782352504351
- ISBN
- 9782352504351
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 28.54
€ 32.99
€ 28.54
Paperback. Waterloo is one of the defining campaigns of European history. Drawn from unpublished first-hand accounts, and using detailed illustrations, this volume is suitable for studying the intense fighting at the battles of Waterloo and Wavre, the final, decisive engagements of the Waterloo campaign. Illustrator(s): Embleton, Gerry. Series: Campaign. Num Pages: 96 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; HBWH; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 249 x 319 x 8. Weight in Grams: 312.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781472804129
- ISBN
- 9781472804129
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 16.34
€ 23.99
€ 16.34
Paperback. Provides a comprehensive resource for every aspect of the battle. This book details the battle of Quatre Bras where an initial 8,000 Allied troops faced 48,000 men of the French Armee du Nord under Marshal Ney. Illustrator(s): Embleton, Gerry. Series: Campaign. Num Pages: 96 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDB; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; HBWH; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 248 x 184 x 8. Weight in Grams: 308.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781472803634
- ISBN
- 9781472803634
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 16.34
€ 23.99
€ 16.34
Paperback. The Watergate scandal has been extensively dissected and vigorously debated. Keith Olson, however, offers a "layman's guide to Watergate", a concise and readable one-volume history that highlights the key actors, events, and implications in this dark drama. Num Pages: 264 pages, 20 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JFD; JPHC; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 235 x 25. Weight in Grams: 424.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University Press of Kansas
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700623570
- ISBN
- 9780700623570
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.49
€ 36.49
Paperback. Covering everything from Richard Nixon's acceptance speech at the 1968 Republican national convention to Gerald Ford's pardon in 1974, this textbook places the student in the midst of one of the most dramatic events in American political history. Editor(s): Kutler, Stanley I. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPL; HBJK; HBLW3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 356.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405188487
- ISBN
- 9781405188487
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.21
€ 51.21
Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages, b/w photos & illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW3; JPZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 228 x 16. Weight in Grams: 398.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Trine Day United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 246
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781936296118
- ISBN
- 9781936296118
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 19.63
€ 20.99
€ 19.63
Paperback. The story of Liverpool - warts and all - written with warmth and passion from the perspective of the working people of the docks. Num Pages: 376 pages, 50 maps and photographs. BIC Classification: HBJD1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 164 x 21. Weight in Grams: 824.
- Publisher
- Carnegie Publishing Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 376
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781859361795
- ISBN
- 9781859361795
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 25.26
€ 25.99
€ 25.26