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Regional & national history
Paperback. Pioneering study of the anglophone 'settler boom' in North America, Canada, South Africa, Australia, and New Zealand between the early 19th and early 20th centuries, looking at what made it the most successful of all such settler revolutions, and how this laid the basis of British and American power in the 19th and 20th centuries. Num Pages: 592 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1QDB; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 156 x 45. Weight in Grams: 864.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 592
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199604548
- ISBN
- 9780199604548
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.95
€ 29.95
Using archival materials, this work explains how and why the United States came to assume control as the dominant western power in Vietnam during the 1950s. This work examines diplomatic maneuvers in Paris, Washington, London, and Saigon to detail how Western alliance members failed to work together against the Communist threat. Num Pages: 384 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBWS2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 31. Weight in Grams: 703.
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- The University Press of Kentucky United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813124407
- ISBN
- 9780813124407
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 62.46
€ 62.46
Paperback. Series: Signale: Modern German Letters, Cultures, and Thought. Num Pages: 296 pages, 2, 2 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJP; HBJD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781501707629
- ISBN
- 9781501707629
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 33.31
€ 35.99
€ 33.31
Hardback. Examines the events that led up to the 1848 rising in Ireland and examines the reasons for its failure. This book places the rising in the context of political changes outside Ireland, especially the links between the Irish nationalists and radicals and republicans in Britain, France and north America. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTV. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 28. Weight in Grams: 635.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719065163
- ISBN
- 9780719065163
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 145.54
€ 145.54
Paperback. Editor(s): Salzberger, Ronald Paul; Turck, Mary C. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 225 x 176 x 20. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742514768
- ISBN
- 9780742514768
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 78.51
€ 78.51
Hardcover. Shows that postwar homesteading continued to shape the modern West in important ways. This study describes how the Bureau of Reclamation used lotteries to make available free land that had previously been part of Indian reservations, used for Japanese internment, or abandoned by unsuccessful settlers. Num Pages: 304 pages, 24 photographs, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW; HBLX; TV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University Press of Kansas
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700616572
- ISBN
- 9780700616572
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.42
€ 63.42
Hardcover. Examining rents and taxes in 19th- and 20th-century China, this text shows how in real terms, tax burdens on landlords rose due to higher state levies. Simultaneously, rents earned by landlords fell due to state interference and peasant resistance, csusing a progressive weakening of landlord power. Num Pages: 344 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJF; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 159 x 25. Weight in Grams: 640.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804718806
- ISBN
- 9780804718806
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 110.92
€ 110.92
Hardback. Num Pages: 248 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JJ; HBJD; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 166 x 245 x 18. Weight in Grams: 492.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Edition
- 2nd edition
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801446276
- ISBN
- 9780801446276
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 71.91
€ 71.91
hardcover. The definitive account of Canadians who fought in the Spanish Civil War. Series: Studies in Canadian Military History Series. Num Pages: 304 pages, 32 photos, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 1KBC; HBJD; HBJK; HBLW; HBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5969 x 4039. Weight in Grams: 658.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780774814171
- ISBN
- 9780774814171
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 41.44
€ 43.99
€ 41.44
Paperback. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: HBJQ; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 161 x 230 x 16. Weight in Grams: 182.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Folklore Publishing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781894864497
- ISBN
- 9781894864497
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 12.69
€ 16.99
€ 12.69
Organizing the "unorganizable" Series: Working Class in American History. Num Pages: 256 pages, 12 black and white photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB; JHBL; KNXB2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 161 x 22. Weight in Grams: 546.
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252037320
- ISBN
- 9780252037320
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 59.65
€ 59.65
hardcover. In November 1774, a pamphlet to the "People of America" was published in Philadelphia and London. It forcefully articulated American rights and liberties and argued that the Americans needed to declare their independence from Britain. This book features a portrait of one of the most complex and controversial of the American revolutionaries. Num Pages: 410 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 38. Weight in Grams: 794.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- NYU Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780814767658
- ISBN
- 9780814767658
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 8.02
€ 24.99
€ 8.02
hardcover. The Pure Land sect of Japanese Buddhism is one of the strongest Buddhist sects in Japan, with three and a half million followers. In this book, the author provides a detailed, objective account in English of the life and thought of its founder, Honenbo Genku (1133-1212), known as Honen. Editor(s): Mentzas, Ioannis. Translator(s): Mentzas, Ioannis. Num Pages: 212 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; BGH; HBJF; HBLC; HPD; HRE. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 458. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- UNIV OF CALIFORNIA PR
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0033506
- ISBN
- 9780520211797
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.91
€ 5.91
Paperback. Features essays that deal with Renaissance humanism and philosophy, and also with Renaissance theories of art. This title focuses on topics such as humanist learning, humanist moral thought, the diffusion of humanism, Platonism, music and learning during the early Renaissance, and the modern system of arts in relation to the Renaissance. Series: Princeton Paperbacks. Num Pages: 248 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DST; HBJD; HBLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 230 x 154 x 18. Weight in Grams: 442.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 284
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Edition
- Exp Sub
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691020105
- ISBN
- 9780691020105
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 31.11
€ 42.99
€ 31.11
The first study on Renaissance theories of weather in five decades, Renaissance Meteorology offers a novel understanding of traditional natural philosophy and its impact on the development of modern science. Num Pages: 224 pages, 3, 3 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JB; 3JD; HBJD; HBLH; PDX; RBP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 162 x 232 x 19. Weight in Grams: 416.
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421401874
- ISBN
- 9781421401874
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.40
€ 66.40
Paperback. Originally published in 1948, Wallace K. Ferguson's The Renaissance in Historical Thought is a key piece of scholarship on Renaissance historiography. Series: Rsart: Renaissance Society of America Reprint Text Series. Num Pages: 450 pages. BIC Classification: 3JB; HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 29. Weight in Grams: 678.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 450
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780802094155
- ISBN
- 9780802094155
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 39.85
€ 43.99
€ 39.85
Hardback. Examines how the elite in early modern Ireland spoke about human societies and human bodies, and demonstrates that this elite discourse was grounded in a commitment to the languages and sciences of Renaissance Humanism Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 1DBR; 3JD; HBJD1; HBTB; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 162 x 25. Weight in Grams: 546.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780719088360
- ISBN
- 9780719088360
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 78.99€ 72.05
€ 78.99
€ 72.05
Paperback. In the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, the city of Florence experienced the most creative period in her entire history. This book offers an analysis of that community, focusing on the years 1380-1450 in an examination of the city's physical character, its economic and social structure and developments, and its political and religious life. Num Pages: 320 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DST; HBJD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 209 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 388.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1983
- Edition
- Updated Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520046955
- ISBN
- 9780520046955
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 25.00
€ 33.99
€ 25.00
Paperback. Num Pages: 226 pages, black & white illustrations, figures. BIC Classification: 1DST; 1FB; BGH; HBJD; HBJF1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 384.
- Publisher
- Olive Branch Pr
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781566569637
- ISBN
- 9781566569637
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 19.22
€ 20.99
€ 19.22
Paperback. Organized around the categories of materiality, women, and transgression during renaissance, this book promotes and challenges readers' thinking of the everyday. It foregrounds the common person, the marginal, and the domestic even as it presents the unusual details of their existence. Editor(s): Fumerton, Patricia; Hunt, Simon. Series: New Cultural Studies. Num Pages: 344 pages, 52 illus. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; HBJD1; HBLC; HBLH; HBTB; JFC; JHM. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 232 x 170 x 28. Weight in Grams: 582.
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 374
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Edition
- First Edition (US) First Printing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812216639
- ISBN
- 9780812216639
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 34.32
€ 36.99
€ 34.32