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Hardback. Ranging from the founding era to Reconstruction, this book explores the legal and constitutional foundations of American nationhood through the little-known stories of five patriots and critics. It also shows how law and constitutionalism have powerfully shaped and been shaped by the experience of nationhood at key moments in American history. Num Pages: 392 pages, 8 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; LAZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 163 x 35. Weight in Grams: 608.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674023604
ISBN
9780674023604
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 39.84

Paperback. A reissue of Simon Schama's landmark study of the Netherlands from 1780-1813, this is a tale of a once-powerful nation's desparate struggle to survive the treacheries and brutality of European war and politics. Num Pages: 768 pages, Ill.M. BIC Classification: 1DDN; 3JF; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 194 x 50. Weight in Grams: 556.
Publisher
Harper Perennial
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780006861560
ISBN
9780006861560
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 17.42

Paperback. In this concise but ambitious historiographical essay, Wilson argues for an approach to the Meiji Restoration that emphasizes multiple lines of motive and action. "By bringing some very interesting critical theory to his reading, Wilson has produced a book that will shift the terms of discussion on this event." Harry D. Harootunian" Num Pages: 218 pages, 1 table, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; HBJF; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 214 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 314.
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
218
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226900926
ISBN
9780226900926
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 29.62

Paperback. Num Pages: 1008 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 58. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Sentinel United States
Edition
Rev Upd
Number of pages
1008
Condition
New
SKU
V9781595231154
ISBN
9781595231154
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.43

Hardcover. For the 160 national guardsmen from America's heartland, Baghdad was more than just a long way from home. It also confronted the 233rd Military Police Company with America's most difficult challenge in Iraq. This work features the horrors of firefights and summary executions and the drama of the UN bombing. Series: Modern War Studies. Num Pages: 320 pages, 34 photographs, 6 maps. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; 3JMC; BTM; HBJF1; HBLX; HBW; JWLP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 165 x 29. Weight in Grams: 626.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University Press of Kansas
Condition
New
SKU
V9780700614981
ISBN
9780700614981
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 74.40

Paperback. Living for thirty years in the Gilbert and Ellis Islands, Grimble was ultimately initiated but not before he was severely tested, as when he was used as human bait for a giant octopus. Num Pages: 272 pages, map. BIC Classification: 1MKCG; HBJM; WTLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 139 x 17. Weight in Grams: 334.
Publisher
Eland Publishing Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781906011451
ISBN
9781906011451
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.72

Hardcover. In this study of the rhetoric, narrative patterns, and intellectual content of the Zuozhuan and Guoyu, David Schaberg reads these two collections of historical anecdotes as traces of a historiographical practice that flourished around the 4th century BCE among the followers of Confucius. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 530 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 2GDC; DSBB; HBJF; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 179 x 38. Weight in Grams: 880.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
530
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674008618
ISBN
9780674008618
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 46.34

Hardcover.
Publisher
Classical Press of Wales United Kingdom
Number of pages
350
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9781905125029
ISBN
9781905125029
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 79.93

paperback. 'Neil Duxbury's splendid book will provide enjoyable and informative reading for anyone interested in jurisprudence ..It is a very fine book that fully deserves the high praise which it will undoubtedly receive.' The Cambridge Law Journal. The hardback won the 1996 SPTL First Prize for outstanding legal scholarship. Num Pages: 530 pages, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLL; HBLW; LAB; LN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 34. Weight in Grams: 800.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
530
Condition
New
Edition
Reprint
SKU
V9780198264910
ISBN
9780198264910
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 82.63

In this volume, an international group of leading academics undertake an examination of epit=edeumata ('way of life') in Greek history, looking at cultural practices as acts which relate meaningfully to perceived sequences of past acts. Editor(s): Moreno, Alfonso; Thomas, Rosalind. Num Pages: 288 pages, 9 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 2AHA; 3D; DSBB; HBJD; HBLA1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 223 x 143 x 22. Weight in Grams: 484.
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199668885
ISBN
9780199668885
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 168.77

Paperback. Patton's Drive tells the story of how a young man born to war-who believed himself the literal incarnation of all great warriors past-became a modern American general: in terms of enemy killed or captured, territory taken, and people liberated, the greatest field commander of World War II. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; HBJK; HBLW; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 162 x 22. Weight in Grams: 25.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780762761319
ISBN
9780762761319
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 15.24

Paperback. Patton's last battle Series: Spellmount Siegfried Line. Num Pages: 328 pages, 24 b&w illustrations, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 1KBB; 3JJH; HBJD; HBJK; HBWQ; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 242 x 167 x 32. Weight in Grams: 660.
Publisher
Spellmount Publishers Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Condition
New
SKU
V9781862271494
ISBN
9781862271494
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 20.65

Hardcover. Paul Hymans was the champion of the small states in the League of Nations Commission at the Paris Peace Conference and was rewarded by becoming the League's first president. He thereby brought about Belgium's transition from the status of sheltered child to full participation in much great-power diplomacy. Series Editor(s): Sharp, Alan. Series: Makers of the Modern World. Num Pages: 224 pages, maps, black and white photographs. BIC Classification: 1DDB; HBJD; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 206 x 141 x 22. Weight in Grams: 420.
Publisher
Haus Publishing
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9781905791811
ISBN
9781905791811
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.44

Paperback. Series: Revolutionary Lives. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; BGF; HBJK; HBLW; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Pluto Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745335322
ISBN
9780745335322
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 16.65

Hardcover.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849042734
ISBN
9781849042734
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 43.67

Paperback. Guide to the landscapes of poverty in Britain, their historic monuments and their secret geography Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBJD1; HBTB; JFFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 142 x 18. Weight in Grams: 342.
Publisher
C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849045841
ISBN
9781849045841
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 19.68

Paperback. As a Greek who lived in Asia Minor during the second century AD, Pausanias travelled all through Greece and wrote a description of its classical sites that includes information on archaeology, religion, history and art. This is a study of the work and personality of Pausanias. Series: Sather Classical Lectures. Num Pages: 223 pages, 27 b/w photographs, 6 maps. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; BGH; HBG; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 54.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
223
Condition
New
Edition
Reprint
SKU
V9780520061705
ISBN
9780520061705
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 28.42

Paperback. Recreates the British Empire at its dazzling climax - the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Victoria in 1897, celebrated as a festival of imperial strength, unity, and splendour. This book portrays a nation at the very height of its vigour and self-satisfaction, imposing on the rest of the world its traditions and tastes, its idealists and rascals. Num Pages: 560 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDB; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJD1; HBLL; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 35. Weight in Grams: 412.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Number of pages
560
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571290710
ISBN
9780571290710
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.01

Hardcover. The recent political history of Lebanon has been defined by the legacy of war. While much has been written about the tragedy of the civil war, this title is the first book focused on the evolution of the postwar political scene. Editor(s): El-Husseini, Rola. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: HBJF1; JWDG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 680.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815633044
ISBN
9780815633044
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 56.75

Hardback. A masterful account of Lyndon Johnson and America's fall into Vietnam by one of our finest historians, filled with fresh interpretations, deft portraits, and new perspectives. Num Pages: 629 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1FMV; 1KBB; 3JJP; HBJF; HBJK; HBWS2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 162 x 47. Weight in Grams: 1048.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Ivan R Dee, Inc United States
Number of pages
629
Condition
New
SKU
V9781566630870
ISBN
9781566630870
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 47.85

Paperback. The story of Chief Payepot, an Aboriginal veteran of World War I, and his people, as told by his nephew Abel Watetch. Num Pages: 64 pages. BIC Classification: HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 193 x 129 x 7. Weight in Grams: 116.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of Regina Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780889772014
ISBN
9780889772014
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 15.44

Paperback. Translator(s): Fagan, Teresa Lavender. Num Pages: 368 pages, , black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 494.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780226420714
ISBN
9780226420714
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 21.05

Hardcover. What are the nation's obligations to those who fight in its name? And when does war's legacy of disability outweigh the nation's interests at home and abroad? This book examines the history of American warfare through the lens of its troubled legacy of injury and disability. It forces you to think about war and its painful costs. Num Pages: 368 pages, 41 halftones, 3 line drawings, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBW; JFFG; JWXV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 626.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226210094
ISBN
9780226210094
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 27.81

Paperback. An in-depth account of the relationship between the civil rights and antiwar movements of the 1960s. Series: Politics & Culture in Modern America. Num Pages: 280 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBLW3. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 448.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780812219753
ISBN
9780812219753
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.51

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