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Regional & national history
Paperback. A study of 'community unionism' that examines the tenacity of union loyalty and communal values within the confines of a one-industry town: Anaconda, Montana, home to the world's largest copper smelter and the namesake of the Anaconda Copper Mining Company. It depicts the vibrant life of the smelter city at full steam. Series: The Working Class in American History. Num Pages: 328 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBWM; HBJK; HBTB; JFSC; KN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 585. Weight in Grams: 545.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252069888
- ISBN
- 9780252069888
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.70
€ 33.99
€ 30.70
Paperback. From WWI to Operation Desert Storm, American policymakers have repeatedly invoked the 'lessons of history' as they contemplated taking their nation to war. This work argues that leaders use analogies not merely to justify policies but also to perform specific cognitive and information-processing tasks essential to political decision-making. Num Pages: 304 pages, 11 line drawings, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPK; HBG; HBJF; HBLW; JPQB; JPS; JWK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 156 x 235 x 17. Weight in Grams: 492.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691025353
- ISBN
- 9780691025353
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.48€ 42.23
€ 53.48
€ 42.23
Hardback. Sho Konishi traces the emergence from 1860 to 1930 of transnational networks of Russian and Japanese "cooperatist anarchists" devoted to creating a state-free society. Arguing that this radical movement forms one of the intellectual foundations of modern Japan, Konishi offers a new approach to Japanese history that challenges Western narratives. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 450 pages, 15 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 1FPJ; HBJF; JFCX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 162 x 33. Weight in Grams: 750.
- Publisher
- Harvard University, Asia Center United States
- Number of pages
- 450
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674073319
- ISBN
- 9780674073319
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 46.12
€ 54.99
€ 46.12
Paperback. Editor(s): Mitchell, Dr. Piers. Num Pages: 198 pages. BIC Classification: HBJD1; HBLH; HBLL; HBTB; HD; JHBZ; MBX; WTHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 158 x 233 x 17. Weight in Grams: 316.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 198
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781138246454
- ISBN
- 9781138246454
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.32
€ 66.32
Paperback. Series: Cornell Studies in Security Affairs. Num Pages: 352 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 1KBB; 3JJP; HBJD; HBJK; HBLW3; JPA; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 542.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801486821
- ISBN
- 9780801486821
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Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.03
€ 37.99
€ 34.03
Paperback. An authoritative account of the operation of the Auschwitz death camp. Num Pages: 656 pages, 25 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1DVP; HBJD; HBTZ1; HBWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 154 x 36. Weight in Grams: 1052.
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 656
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253208842
- ISBN
- 9780253208842
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.78
€ 33.99
€ 30.78
Paperback. This title was first published in the late 1960s at a time when the ANC was forced by events to confront major ideological and policy issues. Many of these debates are still not resolved and many have great relevance for the present. The issues are: What was distinctive about the armed struggle? Editor(s): Turok, Ben. Series: Understanding the ANC Today Series. Num Pages: 144 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; 3JJPG; 3JJPK; HBJH; HBLW3; JPL; JPWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 132 x 10. Weight in Grams: 186. Series: Understanding the ANC Today Series. 144 pages, Illustrations. Editor(s): Turok, Ben. This title was first published in the late 1960s at a time when the ANC was forced by events to confront major ideological and policy issues. Many of these debates are still not resolved and many have great relevance for the present. The issues are: What was distinctive about the armed struggle?. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1HFMS; 3JJPG; 3JJPK; HBJH; HBLW3; JPL; JPWL. Dimension: 201 x 132 x 10. Weight: 188.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Jacana Media (Pty) Ltd South Africa
- Number of pages
- 144
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781770099685
- ISBN
- 9781770099685
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Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 14.37
€ 15.99
€ 14.37
Paperback. Translator(s): Fagan, Teresa Lavender. Num Pages: 194 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: GT; HBJF1; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 166 x 12. Weight in Grams: 292.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 194
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226067162
- ISBN
- 9780226067162
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 24.89
€ 31.99
€ 24.89
Paperback. Rescuing the pre-modern family from the grim picture many historians have given us of life in early Europe, this text offers a major reassessment of a crucial aspect of European history, and tells a story of age-old domesticity inextricably linked, and surprisingly similar, to our own. Num Pages: 192 pages, 6 halftones, 4 line illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; HBJD; HBTG; JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 197 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 252.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674004849
- ISBN
- 9780674004849
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Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 30.82
€ 36.99
€ 30.82
Paperback. A work on Chinese concepts of the afterlife. It explores how Chinese authors, including Daoists and non-Buddhists, received and deployed ideas about rebirth from the third to the sixth centuries CE. In tracing the antecedents of these scriptures, it presents non-Buddhist accounts that provide detail on the realms of the dead. Num Pages: 234 pages, A Lillienthal title. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; HRKN5. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 18. Weight in Grams: 362.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 234
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520259881
- ISBN
- 9780520259881
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.15
€ 40.99
€ 29.15
Hardback. In the sixteenth century, European missionaries brought a foreign and global religion to China. Converts then transformed this new religion into a local one. This book focuses on the Catholic communities of Fuan county in northeast Fujian. It suggests that Christianity became part of a pre-existing pluralistic, local religious space. Series: Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph Series. Num Pages: 450 pages, 5 halftones, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; HRCC7; HRCX7; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 163 x 34. Weight in Grams: 860.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Harvard University, Asia Center United States
- Number of pages
- 450
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674035966
- ISBN
- 9780674035966
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 46.12
€ 54.99
€ 46.12
Paperback. This text provides insights into early prehistory to students of archaeology and landscape history, and all those interested in what life in prehistoric Britain might really have been like. Num Pages: 186 pages, 39 line figures, 22 b&w photographs, bibliography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBJD1; HBLA; HDDA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 155 x 13. Weight in Grams: 298.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 188
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415204323
- ISBN
- 9780415204323
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 57.02
€ 57.02
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Thames & Hudson Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780500292075
- ISBN
- 9780500292075
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.20
€ 17.99
€ 14.20
Paperback. Follows one family through six hundred years of Chinese history and brings to life the epic narrative of the nation, from the fourteenth century through the Cultural Revolution. The author draws from rare manuscripts and archival and oral history sources to provide an uncommonly personal and intimate glimpse into Chinese family history. Num Pages: 392 pages, 17 b/w photographs, 3 line illustrations, 2 maps, 3 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3J; HBJF; HBLH; HBLL; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 154 x 24. Weight in Grams: 534.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520267008
- ISBN
- 9780520267008
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.74
€ 33.99
€ 24.74
Hardback. Deconstructs earthen mounds and myths in examining their importance in contemporary Native communities. Drawing on ethnographic and archaeological studies, Jay Miller explores the wide-ranging themes and variations of mounds, from those built thousands of years ago to contemporary mounds, focusing on Native southeastern and Oklahoma towns. Num Pages: 232 pages, 2 illustrations, 1 diagram. BIC Classification: HBJK; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 16. Weight in Grams: 825.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803278660
- ISBN
- 9780803278660
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 59.88
€ 59.88
Paperback. Liutbirga, the adopted daughter of a noble Saxon widow, asked to be walled into a cell in a church at one of the family's cloisters for religious women. Hathumoda, the daughter of a noble Saxon couple whose progeny would establish the first German empire, became abbess of a similar community of women when she was twelve years old. Translator(s): Paxton, Frederick S. Num Pages: 216 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1D; HBJD; HBLC; HBLC1; HRAX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- The Catholic University of America Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813215693
- ISBN
- 9780813215693
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.10
€ 37.10
paperback. Presents a critique of the ancien regime, with its venality, oppression and inequality, yet acknowledges the reforms introduced under Louis XVI, and claiming that the post-Revolution state was in many ways as tyrannical as that of the King. This book raises questions about liberty, nationalism and justice. Translator(s): Bevan, Gerald. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JF; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; HBTV; JPWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 248.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780141441641
- ISBN
- 9780141441641
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 11.01
€ 19.99
€ 11.01
Paperback. Editor(s): Vogel, Joseph O. Series: African Archaeology Series. Num Pages: 320 pages, illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1H; G; HBJH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 146 x 17. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- AltaMira Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780742502611
- ISBN
- 9780742502611
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 70.99
€ 70.99
Hardcover. Describes the history and development of the Akamas Peninsula in Northwestern Cyprus during the Roman and early-Byzantine period, based on studies carried out by the Danish Akamas Project during the years 1989-1994. This volume includes inventories of literary and cartographic sources, a survey of the ancient road system, and more. Editor(s): Fejfer, Jane. Num Pages: 200 pages, illus. BIC Classification: 1DVC; HBJF; HBLA; HDDK; HDR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 328 x 250 x 20. Weight in Grams: 1328.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Aarhus University Press Denmark
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788772884813
- ISBN
- 9788772884813
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 25.70
€ 25.70
Paperback. Num Pages: 128 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBR; HBJD1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 166 x 9. Weight in Grams: 306.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845887537
- ISBN
- 9781845887537
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 14.51
€ 16.99
€ 14.51
paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 362 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVT; HBJF1; HDDC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 158 x 234 x 24. Weight in Grams: 556.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 362
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691625522
- ISBN
- 9780691625522
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 57.04€ 44.75
€ 57.04
€ 44.75
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198715900
- ISBN
- 9780198715900
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.81
€ 11.99
€ 10.81
Hardback. Editor(s): Cohen, Edward. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 246 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HBJD; HBTB; HBTM; LNDK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 16. Weight in Grams: 514.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 246
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691645919
- ISBN
- 9780691645919
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 121.08
€ 121.08
Hardcover. Utilizing a great variety of previously unknown cuneiform tablets, Ancient Babylonian Medicine: Theory and Practice examines the way medicine was practiced by various Babylonian professionals of the 2nd and 1st millennium B.C. Series: Ancient Cultures. Num Pages: 234 pages, b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1QDAB; 3D; HBJF1; HBLA1; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 160 x 18. Weight in Grams: 498.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 221
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405126526
- ISBN
- 9781405126526
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 43.27
€ 43.27