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Paperback. Through informative case studies, this illuminating book remaps considerations of the Civil War and Reconstruction era by charting the ways in which the needs, interests, and experiences of going to war, fighting it, and making sense of it informed and directed politics, public life, social change, and cultural memory after the war's end. Editor(s): Cimbala, Paul A. Series: Reconstructing America. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 3895 x 5830 x 18. Weight in Grams: 411.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Fordham University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823232031
ISBN
9780823232031
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 41.07

Paperback. Tells how aboriginal Americans and then early Spanish and Mexican immigrants contrived to use and share the available water and how American settlers, arriving in ever-increasing numbers after the Gold Rush, transformed California into the home of the nation's preeminent water seekers. Num Pages: 832 pages, 94 b/w photographs, 25 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; HBJK; RNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 226 x 48. Weight in Grams: 1356.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
2 Rev ed
Number of pages
832
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520224568
ISBN
9780520224568
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 29.51

Paperback. Escape from British Rule: the Boer Exodus from the Cape Colony 1836. 584 pages, 30 b/w illustrations, 30 maps. Binckes has adopted a broader approach that studies the impact of the earlier white incursions and migrations-Portuguese, Dutch, French and British-on southern Africa, to create a better understanding of the trek and its causes. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1HFMS; 3JH; HBJH; HBLL. Dimension: 235 x 160 x 31. Weight: 816.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Helion and Company
Number of pages
584
Condition
New
SKU
V9781908916280
ISBN
9781908916280
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 32.65

Paperback. Num Pages: 264 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: B; HBJK; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 349.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813935874
ISBN
9780813935874
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.08

Paperback. China's Great Wall north of Beijing is one of the world's most famous sights. For 2,000 years, the Wall marked the border between China and nomadic peoples to the north and west. The author covers two millennia of history, from the country's first unification onwards, when the Great Wall, built and rebuilt over centuries of war. Num Pages: 464 pages, ill. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 126 x 28. Weight in Grams: 344.
Publisher
Bantam
Number of pages
416
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780553817683
ISBN
9780553817683
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.73

Paperback. Editor(s): Helleiner, Eric; Kirshner, Jonathan. Series: Cornell Studies in Money. Num Pages: 288 pages, 13, 2 tables, 11 charts. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; JPS; KCP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 230 x 22. Weight in Grams: 460.
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801479595
ISBN
9780801479595
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 34.56

Hardcover. In The Great War and American Foreign Policy, 1914-1924, Robert E. Hannigan challenges the conventional belief that the United States entered World War I only because its hand was forced and disputes the claim that Washington was subsequently driven by a desire "to make the world safe for democracy." Series: Haney Foundation Series. Num Pages: 368 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJF; HBJK; HBLW; HBWN; JPS. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 635.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812248593
ISBN
9780812248593
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 97.19

hardcover. Focuses on the traumatized German war veteran. This work traces how some of the most vulnerable members of society, marginalized and persecuted as 'enemies of the nation,' attempted to regain authority over their own minds and reclaim the authentic memory of the Great War. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJF; 3JJG; HBJD; HBLW; HBWN; JWXV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 164 x 22. Weight in Grams: 624.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Edition
2nd ed.
SKU
V9780859898423
ISBN
9780859898423
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 138.50

Paperback. Robert Fisk's bestselling eyewitness account of the events that have shaped the Middle East is alive with vivid reporting and incisive historical analysis. Num Pages: 1392 pages. BIC Classification: 1FB; HBJF1; HBLW3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 63. Weight in Grams: 936.
Edition
UK ed.
Publisher
Harper Perennial
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841150086
ISBN
9781841150086
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 18.01

Hardback. A new look at the legacy of WWI, a war fought for peace yet followed by a century of devastating violence Num Pages: 368 pages, 16 black-&-white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJF; HBJD; HBLW; HBWN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 165 x 41. Weight in Grams: 918.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Yale University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300173772
ISBN
9780300173772
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 26.55

Paperback. This detailed case study of a part of London shows how both the survivors and the bereaved sought to come to terms with the losses and implications of the Great War. Series: Royal Historical Society Studies in History New Series. Num Pages: 271 pages, 10 black & white illustrations, 1 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JJF; 3JJG; HBJD1; HBLW; HBWN; JWTY. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 233 x 12. Weight in Grams: 414.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Royal Historical Society
Condition
New
SKU
V9780861933273
ISBN
9780861933273
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 33.57

Paperback. In this, his most famous work, Marc Ferro looks at the realities faced by the millions who fought in the Great War and their families at home. In doing so, he presents us with one of the most significant reappraisals of the war ever written. Series: Routledge Classics. Num Pages: 288 pages, 5 black & white tables. BIC Classification: 3JJF; HBG; HBJD; HBWN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 198 x 129 x 23. Weight in Grams: 322.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415267359
ISBN
9780415267359
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 19.72

Paperback. Starting with the context and origins of the war, this work questions common assumptions about the nature of the First World War and how it has been consistently and, wrongly, perceived as an exercise in futility. It also covers the course of the conflict and its consequences for states, societies, and individuals. Series: Modern Wars in Perspective. Num Pages: 856 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJF; HBJD; HBWN; JWLF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 158 x 52. Weight in Grams: 1288.
Publisher
Pearson
Number of pages
856
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405812528
ISBN
9781405812528
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.56

Hardcover. The opening photograph is of the gun that fired the first shot of the war. The final photograph is of an audio recording showing the arrival of silence on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month of 1918. This book offers a chronology of events and a historical summary, together with detailed captions for every picture. Num Pages: 504 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJF; HBJD; HBLW; HBWN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 296 x 296 x 40. Weight in Grams: 3254.
Publisher
Jonathan Cape
Number of pages
504
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780224096553
ISBN
9780224096553
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 40.00

Paperback. Using postcards and photographs, this book tells the story of one newspaper editor's vision and the men and women who brought the idea to fruition in Herbert Park. Series: Images of Ireland. Num Pages: 128 pages, 125. BIC Classification: 1DB; 3JJC; HBJD1; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 165 x 10. Weight in Grams: 310.
Edition
Illustrated
Publisher
The History Press Ltd Dublin
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845885809
ISBN
9781845885809
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99

paperback. The story of the landmark case of Fletcher v. Peck (1810), in which Chief Justice John Marshall first expounded the contract clause of the Constitution. Series: Landmark Law Cases and American Society. Num Pages: 256 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; LNB; LNCJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 318.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University Press of Kansas United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780700623310
ISBN
9780700623310
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.30

hardcover. The story of the landmark case of Fletcher v. Peck (1810), in which Chief Justice John Marshall first expounded the contract clause of the Constitution. Series: Landmark Law Cases and American Society. Num Pages: 256 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; LNB; LNCJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University Press of Kansas United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780700623303
ISBN
9780700623303
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 90.08

Paperback. Num Pages: 336 pages, 219 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3J; HBJK; WS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 256 x 204 x 20. Weight in Grams: 666.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231146494
ISBN
9780231146494
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.19

Hardback. Shows that the experiences of depression-era children help us understand the course of the 1930s as well as the history of American childhood. This book states that federal policy extended childhood dependence through the teen years while cultural changes reinforced this ideal of modern childhood. Series: American Childhoods Series. Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 166 x 29. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Ivan R Dee, Inc United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9781566636605
ISBN
9781566636605
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 36.54

Paperback. Shows that the experiences of depression-era children help us understand the course of 1930s as well as the history of American childhood. Series: American Childhoods Series. Num Pages: 320 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB; JFSP1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 153 x 23. Weight in Grams: 472.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Ivan R Dee, Inc United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9781566637305
ISBN
9781566637305
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.28

Hardback. Editor(s): Ballon, Hilary. Num Pages: 224 pages, 200 illus; gatefold. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; HBJK; RPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 311 x 231 x 19. Weight in Grams: 1298.
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
224
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231159906
ISBN
9780231159906
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 72.92
€ 55.92

Hardcover. During the American Civil War the Republican party attempted to construct the world's most powerful and socially advanced nation. This book rejects the assumption of wartime legislation as piecemeal reactions, and argues that they engineered laws to promote their own theory of political economy. Series: Harvard Historical Studies. Num Pages: 350 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ; KCB; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 26. Weight in Grams: 649.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
350
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674362130
ISBN
9780674362130
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 70.50
€ 64.01

Paperback. One night in August 1323, a captive rebel baron, Sir Roger Mortimer, drugged his guards and escaped from the Tower of London. With the king's men-at-arms in pursuit he fled to the south coast, and sailed to France. There he was joined by Isabella, the Queen of England, who threw herself into his arms. Num Pages: 400 pages, 8. BIC Classification: BGH; HBJD1; HBLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 27. Weight in Grams: 292.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Vintage
Condition
New
SKU
9780099552222
ISBN
9780099552222
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 12.53

Paperback. An account of the historic sea battle which ended in a Greek victory at Salamis in 489 BC. It evokes the sweep of events that the Persian offensive set in motion, and describes the everyday details of the lives of the soldiers, statesmen and ordinary citizens. Num Pages: 356 pages, 16 b&w illustrations, 12 maps. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 1QDAP; HBJD; HBJF; HBLA; HBTM; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 156 x 26. Weight in Grams: 566. 356 pages, 16 b&w illustrations, 12 maps. An account of the historic sea battle which ended in a Greek victory at Salamis in 489 BC. It evokes the sweep of events that the Persian offensive set in motion, and describes the everyday details of the lives of the soldiers, statesmen and ordinary citizens. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 1QDAP; HBJD; HBJF; HBLA; HBTM; JW. Dimension: 233 x 156 x 26. Weight: 562.
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
356
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520203136
ISBN
9780520203136
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 26.22

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