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Regional & national history
Paperback. A delightful book detailing the games and ways in which the Tudors amused themselves Num Pages: 224 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JB; HBJD1; HBLH; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 260.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752450315
- ISBN
- 9780752450315
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 13.47
€ 13.99
€ 13.47
paperback. During the 20th century, the Palouse became synonymous with wheat, and the landscape was irrevocably altered with soil erosion problems. This book traces the transformation of the Palouse region of Washington and Idaho from land thought unusable and unproductive to a wealth-generating industrial agricultural paradise. Series: Weyerhaeuser Environmental Books. Num Pages: 272 pages, 21 illus. BIC Classification: HBJK; TV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295990170
- ISBN
- 9780295990170
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.24
€ 36.24
Paperback. A memoir written at 95, by America's oldest living conscientious objector. It tells of the harsh treatment meted out to conscientious objectors during World War I, his upbringing in rural upstate New York, and the impact on his thinking by socialist leaders such as Eugene Dobs and Norman Thomas. Num Pages: 224 pages, 15 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGA; HBJK; HBWN; JPWF; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 141 x 17. Weight in Grams: 290.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815602767
- ISBN
- 9780815602767
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 19.67
€ 20.99
€ 19.67
Paperback. Num Pages: 368 pages, tables & charts. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBLW; KFCF; TV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 219 x 153 x 26. Weight in Grams: 538.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Independent Institute,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780945999034
- ISBN
- 9780945999034
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 22.67
€ 24.99
€ 22.67
Paperback. Series: Biopolitics. Num Pages: 280 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 15. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- NYU Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781479852819
- ISBN
- 9781479852819
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.59
€ 30.99
€ 27.59
Hardcover. Matthew Fraleigh examines the life and works of Narushima Ryuhoku (1837-1884): Confucian scholar, world traveler, pioneering journalist, and irrepressible satirist. This is the first book-length study of Ryuhoku in a Western language and one of the first Western-language monographs to examine Sinitic poetry and prose composition in modern Japan. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 500 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 2GJ; 3JH; DSBF; DSK; HBJF; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 190 x 263 x 41. Weight in Grams: 1070.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Asia Center
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674425224
- ISBN
- 9780674425224
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.08€ 59.21
€ 65.08
€ 59.21
hardcover. Num Pages: 336 pages, 1 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- University of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780226298993
- ISBN
- 9780226298993
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 25.47
€ 29.99
€ 25.47
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Classical Press of Wales United Kingdom
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 493
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781905125531
- ISBN
- 9781905125531
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 28.74
€ 33.99
€ 28.74
Hardback. Presents a study of Plutarco El'as Calles and the Mexican Revolution. This book traces the remarkable life story of a key figure in Mexico's history. It draws on an array of archival evidence from Mexico, US, and Europe to explore Calles's origins and political trajectory, leading to his reformist, yet authoritarian presidency from 1924 to 1928. Series: Latin American Silhouettes. Num Pages: 312 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, maps. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 3JJC; 3JJF; BGH; HBJK; HBLW; HBTV; JPWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 154 x 25. Weight in Grams: 617.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742537484
- ISBN
- 9780742537484
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 173.81
€ 173.81
Paperback. Pocahontas may be the most famous Native American who ever lived, but during the settlement of Jamestown, and for 2 centuries afterward, the great chiefs Powhatan and Opechancanough were the subjects of considerably more interest and historical documentation than the young woman. This book provides the biographies of these three important figures. Num Pages: 304 pages, 23 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JD; 3JF; HBJK; HBLH; HBTB; JFSL9. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 494.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813925967
- ISBN
- 9780813925967
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.38
€ 38.38
Num Pages: 160 pages, 253 color photos. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; HBJF; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 154 x 15. Weight in Grams: 494.
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764307287
- ISBN
- 9780764307287
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 15.71
€ 20.99
€ 15.71
Paperback. 'How much does it cost?' We think of this question as one that preoccupies the nation's shoppers, not its statesmen. This book shows, the twentieth-century American polity in fact developed in response to that very consumer concern. It offers an interpretation of state power by integrating popular politics and policymaking. Series: Politics and Society in Modern America. Num Pages: 368 pages, 20 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW; JPQB; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 158 x 21. Weight in Grams: 516.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691130415
- ISBN
- 9780691130415
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.49
€ 46.99
€ 33.49
Hardcover. Situating the politics of invention at the intersection of politics, law, and technology, Gispen (U. of Mississippi) describes how it occupied German inventors, industrial scientists, patent experts, business executives, and sometimes even the country's political leaders for the better part of a cen Series: Monographs in German History. Num Pages: 5 tables. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLW; PDX; TBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 223 x 146 x 27. Weight in Grams: 594.
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781571812421
- ISBN
- 9781571812421
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 166.71
€ 166.71
Paperback. Philosophers have often reflected on the Ancient Greeks' concepts of time, but an anthropological approach is necessary to understand their practical concept of time as tied to space. This work shows how the Ancient Greeks' collective memory was based on a remarkable faculty for the creation of ritual and narrative symbols. Series: Hellenic Studies Series. Num Pages: 275 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HBJD; HBLA; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 442.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Harvard University, Center for Hellenic Studies United States
- Number of pages
- 275
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780674021242
- ISBN
- 9780674021242
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 20.52
€ 23.99
€ 20.52
Hardback. Alshaer's book offers a subtle and historically grounded reading of modern Arabic poetry, emphasising the aesthetic integration of politics within poetic form. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1FB; 2CSR; 3JH; 3JJ; DSC; HBJF1; HBLL; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 138. Weight in Grams: 750.
- Publisher
- C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849043199
- ISBN
- 9781849043199
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 41.75
€ 46.99
€ 41.75
paperback. In 1749, Francois Bonis, a medical student in Paris, found himself hauled off to the Bastille for distributing an abominable poem about the king. So began the Affair of the Fourteen, a police crackdown on ordinary citizens for unauthorized poetry recitals. Why was the official response to these poems so intense? This book deals with this topic. Num Pages: 240 pages, 9 halftones, 1 chart. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JF; HBJD; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 226.
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674066045
- ISBN
- 9780674066045
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 30.90
€ 35.99
€ 30.90
Hardcover. Provides insight into the culture and society of the Chagga people Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFGT; HBJH; JHM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 150 x 224 x 24. Weight in Grams: 474.
- Publisher
- Signal Books
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781909930445
- ISBN
- 9781909930445
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 23.11
€ 24.99
€ 23.11
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Transcript Verlag
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783837637458
- ISBN
- 9783837637458
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.99€ 9.30
€ 51.99
€ 9.30
Hardcover. Tells the story of a long-forgotten criminal case: the poisoning of the communion wine in Zurich's main cathedral in 1776. This work shows how this affair became a cause celebre, the object of a lively public debate that focused on an issue much on the minds of intellectuals in the age of Enlightenment: the problem of evil. Num Pages: 256 pages, 17 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DFH; 3JF; GTB; HBJD; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 514.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691002330
- ISBN
- 9780691002330
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 71.06€ 55.14
€ 71.06
€ 55.14
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849043304
- ISBN
- 9781849043304
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.67
€ 43.67
Paperback. The definitive portrait of Pol Pot, the enigmatic man behind the most terrifying regime of modern times Num Pages: 560 pages, 24 pages of b/w. BIC Classification: BGH; HBJM; HBLW3; JPVR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 38. Weight in Grams: 420.
- Publisher
- John Murray
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719565694
- ISBN
- 9780719565694
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.06
€ 19.99
€ 15.06
Hardback. Series: Manchester Medieval Sources. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3F; 3H; HBJD1; HBLC1; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 139 x 25. Weight in Grams: 444.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719089749
- ISBN
- 9780719089749
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 138.37
€ 138.37
Paperback. Num Pages: 506 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVP; HBJD; HBLC; HBLH; HBLL; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 229 x 2. Weight in Grams: 684.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Northern Illinois University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 506
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reprint
- SKU
- V9780875807560
- ISBN
- 9780875807560
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.86
€ 33.99
€ 30.86
Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 336 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 1DVP; 1DVU; 3JJG; HBJD; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 203 x 127 x 19. Weight in Grams: 457.
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691651194
- ISBN
- 9780691651194
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 165.26
€ 165.26