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Regional & national history
Paperback. This study presents a different approach to the question of power and influence after the Cold War. Inspired by the debate over German hegemony and drawing on fieldwork, it develops two cases of German relations with East-Central Europe to test competing arguments. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 1DV; 3JJPR; 3JM; HBJD; HBLW3; JPQB; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 148 x 12. Weight in Grams: 299.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780847695232
- ISBN
- 9780847695232
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 68.19
€ 68.19
Hardback. This book investigates Tankizs building program by identifying the works that he commissioned, exploring the nature of his participation in these works, and situating them within the broader contexts of architectural development in the region and patronage during the Mamluk period. Series: Chicago Studies on the Middle East. Num Pages: 269 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBS; HBJF1; HBLC1. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 287 x 218 x 20. Weight in Grams: 1111.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Chicago, Middle East Documentation Center United States
- Number of pages
- 269
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780970819949
- ISBN
- 9780970819949
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 89.76
€ 89.76
Paperback. Essays on the six monarchies of the Gulf: Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, and UAE. Editor(s): Davidson, Christopher. Num Pages: 256 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBX; HBJF1; JP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 215 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 258.
- Publisher
- C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849041218
- ISBN
- 9781849041218
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 36.57
€ 40.99
€ 36.57
Paperback. A fresh introductory study of late medieval Scotland. Includes: expert assessment of the period arranged in thematic chapters; fresh insights into the period that draw on a wide range of sources; extensive further reading lists. Series: New History of Scotland. Num Pages: 240 pages, 2 Maps. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 3H; HBJD1; HBLC; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 145 x 216 x 14. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748645862
- ISBN
- 9780748645862
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.67
€ 33.99
€ 30.67
Power And Resistance: US Imperialism In Latin America: Studies in Crit...
Petras, James, Veltmeyer, Henry
Paperback. Series: Studies in Critical Social Sciences. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KL; HBJK; HBTQ; JPF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 279 x 229. .
- Publisher
- Haymarket Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781608467129
- ISBN
- 9781608467129
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 39.65
€ 39.65
Paperback. Explores why the United States - counter to widely accepted wisdom in international relations theory - chose the course it did. In this book the author asserted that domestic political institutions and culture played a decisive role in preventing the mobilization of resources necessary to implement an expansionist grand strategy. Num Pages: 344 pages, 4 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBW; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Georgetown University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781626161771
- ISBN
- 9781626161771
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 75.64
€ 75.64
Hardback. The communist German Democratic Republic, founded in 1949 in the Soviet-occupied zone of post-war Germany is, for many people, epitomized by the Berlin Wall; Soviet tanks and surveillance by the secret security police, the Stasi, appear to be central. But is this really all there is to the GDR's history? Num Pages: 347 pages. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; HBJD; HBLW3; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 160 x 25. Weight in Grams: 598.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 347
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845454357
- ISBN
- 9781845454357
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 162.00
€ 162.00
Paperback. Series: Politics and Society in Modern America. Num Pages: 336 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBWZ; 3JJP; HBJK; HBLW3; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 166 x 255 x 24. Weight in Grams: 530.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691173542
- ISBN
- 9780691173542
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 22.26
€ 30.99
€ 22.26
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Skyhorse Publishing United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781616084646
- ISBN
- 9781616084646
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 23.78
€ 26.99
€ 23.78
Paperback. Since the early 1960s, scholarly thinking on the power of US presidents has rested on these words: "Presidential power is the power to persuade." Power, in this formulation, is strictly about bargaining and convincing other political actors to do things the president cannot accomplish alone. This work argues otherwise. Num Pages: 264 pages, 18 line illus. 20 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JPHL; JPHV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 159 x 234 x 24. Weight in Grams: 446.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691102702
- ISBN
- 9780691102702
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.75€ 42.52
€ 53.75
€ 42.52
Paperback. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152. .
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226459905
- ISBN
- 9780226459905
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 32.76
€ 42.99
€ 32.76
Paperback. "Will shape our thinking about America and the Middle East for years."-Christopher Dickey, Newsweek Num Pages: 864 pages, 68 black-and-white photographs, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1KBB; HBJK; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 159 x 45. Weight in Grams: 1084.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 800
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393330304
- ISBN
- 9780393330304
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 44.50
€ 52.99
€ 44.50
Hardcover. This study examines the realignment of the Chinese social order that took place over the course of the Sung dynasty. From the perspective of specific Sung families, it uses data on two groups of Sung elites - the grand councilors who led the bureaucracy, and locally prominent gentlemen in Wu-chou. Series: Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph Series. Num Pages: 384 pages, 1 table, 1 map, 8 figures. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3F; 3H; HBJF; HBLC; HBTB; JFSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 160 x 28. Weight in Grams: 720.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Harvard University Asia Center
- Edition
- Annotated edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674695924
- ISBN
- 9780674695924
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 44.46
€ 52.99
€ 44.46
paperback. A portrait and revisionist study of the famous Native leader Powhatan and his realm, which encompassed the Tidewater area of Virginia from the James River to the Potomac River. This work illuminates alternative conceptions of power and cosmology that force reconsideration of important components of Powhatan society. Num Pages: 12 figures, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBBFV; 3JD; HBJK; HBLH; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 230 x 31. Weight in Grams: 472.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780803260375
- ISBN
- 9780803260375
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.41
€ 26.99
€ 25.41
Hardcover. Offers a broad picture of the way in whiich Western medicine, and Western knowledge, was absorbed and adapted in Japan. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 276 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JH; HBJF; HBLL; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 168 x 24. Weight in Grams: 514.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Harvard University, Asia Center United States
- Number of pages
- 276
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674019522
- ISBN
- 9780674019522
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 38.29
€ 45.99
€ 38.29
Paperback. Shows how the sudden opportunity to "practice" democracy in 1867 opened up a free space in the land of Kaisers, generals, and Junkers. This book offers a reinterpretation of 19th- and early 20th-century Germany and engages historians concerned with the question of Germany's "special path" to modernity. Num Pages: 488 pages, 13 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLL; HBLW; JPHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 161 x 31. Weight in Grams: 798.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 488
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691048543
- ISBN
- 9780691048543
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 40.73
€ 46.99
€ 40.73
Hardcover. Editor(s): Peart, Daniel; Smith, I. P. Num Pages: 288 pages, tables, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL; JPHV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 825.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813937700
- ISBN
- 9780813937700
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 80.84
€ 80.84
Paperback. A work of the author whose writings represent one of America's most original contributions to the history of ideas. Based on a set of lectures, it also includes works such as "The Meaning of Truth", "Psychology", "The Will to Believe", and "Talks to Teachers on Psychology". Editor(s): Gunn, Giles. Num Pages: 400 pages, notes. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLL; HPC; HR; JFCX; JM; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 127 x 19. Weight in Grams: 270.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 400
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140437355
- ISBN
- 9780140437355
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.82
€ 15.99
€ 11.82
Paperback. A biography of the Supreme Court Justice of 34 years, Hugo Black, (1886-1971). He once was a member of the Ku Klux Klan, and went on to be one of the most celebrated and important civil libertarians in the history of the USA and the 20th century's chief proponent of the First Amendment. Series: American Philosophy. Num Pages: 207 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; BG; HBJK; HBLW3; JPVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 3895 x 5830 x 11. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 207
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823218684
- ISBN
- 9780823218684
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.32
€ 37.99
€ 34.32
Paperback. Translator(s): Short, David. Series: KP - Prague. Num Pages: 260 pages, 145 color plates. BIC Classification: 1DVKC; HBJD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 267 x 203. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Karolinum,Nakladatelstvi Univerzity Karlovy,Czech Republic Czech Republic
- Number of pages
- 260
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788024634227
- ISBN
- 9788024634227
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 22.24
€ 26.99
€ 22.24