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Regional & national history
Hardback. Focusing on the responses of writers in Shanghai to the Japanese occupation, this book corrects the postwar conception of occupied China as a field of conflict between selfless resisters and shameless collaborators by showing a complexity and ambiguity of moral choices that defies such stereotyping. Num Pages: 288 pages, 16 half-tones 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJG; 3JJH; HBJF; HBWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 224 x 145 x 23. Weight in Grams: 521.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804721721
- ISBN
- 9780804721721
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 155.89
€ 155.89
Paperback. Analyzes the various ways black southerners transformed African American religion in Chicago during their Great Migration northward. This book illustrates how the migration launched a new sacred order among blacks in the city that reflected aspects of both Southern black religion and modern city life. Num Pages: 272 pages, 12 halftones. 3 line illus. 3 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBBNC; 3JJG; HBJK; HBLW; HRAX; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691133751
- ISBN
- 9780691133751
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.77
€ 46.99
€ 33.77
Paperback. An addition to the BATTLEGROUND EUROPE series published to coincide with the 80th anniversary of Passchendaele, which gives details of the attacks and provides a guide to the battlefield as it stands today, illustrated with maps and 'then and now' photographs. Series: Battleground Europe. Num Pages: 160 pages, illustrations maps, portraits. BIC Classification: 1D; HBJD; HBWN; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 136 x 9. Weight in Grams: 258.
- Publisher
- Pen & Sword Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780850525588
- ISBN
- 9780850525588
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.20
€ 17.99
€ 14.20
Paperback. A compelling account of the battle for Passchendaele from grand strategy at the highest levels right down to the experience of the ordinary infantrymen Series: Cassell Military Paperbacks. Num Pages: 352 pages, 35, 6 maps. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DFG; HBJD; HBWN; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 130 x 24. Weight in Grams: 308.
- Publisher
- W&N
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780304359752
- ISBN
- 9780304359752
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.10
€ 13.99
€ 11.10
Hardback. More than twelve million immigrants, many of them children, passed through Ellis Island's gates between 1892 and 1954. Children also came through the "Guardian of the Western Gate," the detention center on Angel Island in California that was designed to keep Chinese immigrants out of the United States. Num Pages: 208 pages, 18 b&w photos, chronology, bibliography, notes, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTD; JFFN; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Potomac Books Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781597972963
- ISBN
- 9781597972963
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 38.50
€ 38.50
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Verso Books United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 576
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781781680087
- ISBN
- 9781781680087
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 25.52
€ 27.99
€ 25.52
Hardcover.
- Publisher
- Haus Publishing Limited United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781905791781
- ISBN
- 9781905791781
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.49
€ 17.99
€ 13.49
Hardcover. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 334 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HBJF; HBTB; JPL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 514.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691652887
- ISBN
- 9780691652887
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 159.28€ 120.46
€ 159.28
€ 120.46
Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 334 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HBJF; JPF; JPL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 203 x 133 x 18. Weight in Grams: 342.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 334
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reprint
- SKU
- V9780691626673
- ISBN
- 9780691626673
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.49€ 42.11
€ 53.49
€ 42.11
Paperback. Reveals the flow of political events in the state of Alabama, and the people behind them, during the critical decade preceding the American Civil War. This study explains sectional rivalries and factional politics, as well as offering statistical data, election maps and tables of election results. Series: Library of Alabama Classics Series. Num Pages: 264 pages, 1 halftone, 13 maps and tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; JPHF; JPL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 417. Large format paperback. Clean copy.
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- Publisher
- The University of Alabama Press Alabama
- Number of pages
- 264
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Edition
- Reprint
- SKU
- KEX0211626
- ISBN
- 9780817307806
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 5.49
€ 5.49
Hardcover. The presidential campaign of 1848 saw the first strong electoral challenge to the expansion of slavery in the US; most historians consider the appearance of Free Soil Party in that election a major turning point of the 19th century. This title deals with the 1848 election, and clarifies our understanding of a pivotal moment in American history. Series: American Presidential Elections. Num Pages: 224 pages, 14 illustrations, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; JPHF; JPVL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 146 x 22. Weight in Grams: 481.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Univ Pr of Kansas
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700616404
- ISBN
- 9780700616404
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 70.79
€ 70.79
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Workman Publishing Company
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761180845
- ISBN
- 9780761180845
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.48
€ 17.99
€ 13.48
Hardcover. The Partition of British India into the nations of India and Pakistan in 1947 and the further redrawing of the borders in 1971 to create Bangladesh were major, wrenching events whose effects are still felt today. This volume gathers essays from scholars that explore substantial new ground in Partition research. Editor(s): Butalia, Urvashi. Num Pages: 272 pages, 12 halftones. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HBJF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 147 x 224 x 29. Weight in Grams: 384.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Zubaan/Penguin
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789383074778
- ISBN
- 9789383074778
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 35.60
€ 45.99
€ 35.60
Paperback. Translator(s): Sharkey, Paul. Num Pages: 300 pages, Illustrations, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJH; HBJD; HBWQ; JFSJ1; JPWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 154 x 21. Weight in Grams: 504.
- Publisher
- AK Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 300
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781904859697
- ISBN
- 9781904859697
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 22.66
€ 23.99
€ 22.66
Hardback. Num Pages: 242 pages, 6. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBLW3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 514.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 242
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801442551
- ISBN
- 9780801442551
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 70.59
€ 70.59
Paperback. Documenting four painful years in the life of German writer Christa Wolf, this volume of essays, letters and diary entries portrays the cultural and political situation in the former German Democratic Republic. An admired writer, Wolf was reviled after the publication of her novel "What Remains". Editor(s): Heurck, Jan Van. Translator(s): Heurck, Jan Van; Heurck, J.V. Num Pages: 324 pages, 11 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJPR; BG; DNF; HBG; HBJD; HBLW3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 213 x 136 x 18. Weight in Grams: 380.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press Chicago
- Number of pages
- 324
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226905037
- ISBN
- 9780226905037
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 27.98
€ 34.99
€ 27.98
paperback. The first comprehensive account in decades of major party system change in Canada. Editor(s): Bittner, Amanda; Koop, Royce. Num Pages: 728 pages, 37 graphs, 35 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBC; HBJK; JPHF; JPL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- UBC Press Canada
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 728
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780774824095
- ISBN
- 9780774824095
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 36.19
€ 40.99
€ 36.19
Hardcover. A study of how the role of party agents grew and became professionalised in local political parties. Series: Royal Historical Society Studies in History. Num Pages: 296 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JH; 3JJC; HBJD1; HBLL; HBLW; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 161 x 25. Weight in Grams: 684.
- Publisher
- Royal Historical Society
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780861933402
- ISBN
- 9780861933402
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 116.50
€ 116.50
Paperback. In this engaging, succinct study of the accomplishments and difficulties of the young American republic, key historical questions are discussed with references to important scholarship. Series: American History S. Num Pages: 120 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 205 x 138 x 8. Weight in Grams: 150.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1967
- Publisher
- Harlan Davidson
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780882957043
- ISBN
- 9780882957043
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.92
€ 34.92
Paperback. Presents the author's interpretation of life in Ireland in the early 1880s. Series: Classics of Irish History. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 186 x 120 x 13. Weight in Grams: 163.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Univ College Dublin Press Dublin
- Edition
- New edition
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781904558163
- ISBN
- 9781904558163
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 20.60
€ 23.99
€ 20.60
Paperback. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JJH; BGH; HBJD; HBTZ1; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 139 x 11. Weight in Grams: 212.
- Publisher
- Paul Dry Books, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- First Printing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780966491302
- ISBN
- 9780966491302
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 17.46
€ 24.99
€ 17.46
Paperback. Catherine Allgor describes the various ways genteel elite women during the first decades of the 19th century used "social events" and the "private sphere" to establish the national capital and to build the extraofficial structures so sorely needed in the infant federal government. Series: Jeffersonian America. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; JFSJ1; JPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 517.
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813921181
- ISBN
- 9780813921181
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.76
€ 34.76
paperback. Over the last two hundred years Parliament has witnessed and effected dramatic and often turbulent change. Political parties rose - and fell. This second volume has a cast of characters that includes some of British history's most famous names: the Duke of Wellington, Sir Robert Peel, Gladstone, Disraeli, Lloyd George, Churchill and Thatcher. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBJD1; JPH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 32. Weight in Grams: 360.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Black Swan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780552779968
- ISBN
- 9780552779968
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 13.73
€ 19.99
€ 13.73
Paperback. Takes us on a 500-year journey from Parliament's earliest days in the thirteenth century through the turbulent years of the Wars of the Roses and the upheavals of the Civil Wars, and up to 1801, when Parliament - and the United Kingdom, embracing Scotland and Ireland - emerged in a modern form. Num Pages: 576 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBJD1; JPH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 127 x 41. Weight in Grams: 426.
- Publisher
- Black Swan
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780552779951
- ISBN
- 9780552779951
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 16.61
€ 23.99
€ 16.61