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Regional & national history
Paperback. From Hiroshima and Nagasaki to the Watergate scandal and the transformation of America into a national security state, this book lays bare how US presidents have ignored the constitution and international law to influence the course of world events for the interest of the few. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 127 x 22. Weight in Grams: 238.
- Publisher
- Ebury Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780091956806
- ISBN
- 9780091956806
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.04
€ 19.99
€ 15.04
Paperback. Editor(s): McLellan, David. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 368 pages, figures, map. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2ACG; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; JFS; JHBL; JPFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 18. Weight in Grams: 256.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 368
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- Reissue
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199555888
- ISBN
- 9780199555888
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 12.50
€ 15.99
€ 12.50
Paperback. Written when the author was only twenty-four, and inspired in particular by his time living amongst the poor in Manchester, this title explores the staggering human cost of the Industrial Revolution in Victorian England. Editor(s): Kiernan, V. G. Num Pages: 336 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB; JFSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 256.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141191102
- ISBN
- 9780141191102
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.47
€ 17.99
€ 13.47
Paperback. Series: History of American Civilization. Num Pages: 232 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 202 x 192 x 13. Weight in Grams: 254.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1962
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- Edition Not Stated
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226724515
- ISBN
- 9780226724515
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 34.23
€ 44.99
€ 34.23
Paperback. This work on the Civil War describes how and why the Confederate leader, John Bell Hood, was ultimately defeated by the Union General, George G. Thomas, at Springhill, Franklin and Nashville after the fall of Atlanta. The story is told from both sides, illuminating both the good and the bad. Num Pages: 512 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLL; HBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 27. Weight in Grams: 757.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Univ Pr of Kansas
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700606504
- ISBN
- 9780700606504
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 33.96
€ 36.99
€ 33.96
Paperback. Intense public debates have erupted over Confederate flags flying atop state capitals, being incorporated into state flags, waving from dormitory windows, or adorning the T-shirts and jeans of public school children. Polarizing Americans, these 'flag wars' reveal the profound schisms that have plagued the country since the Civil War. Num Pages: 448 pages, 40 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 142 x 31. Weight in Grams: 610.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 448
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674019836
- ISBN
- 9780674019836
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 29.87
€ 34.99
€ 29.87
Paperback. This book recounts the history of the Denbigh, one of the Civil War's most successful blockade runners. A new introduction by J. Barto Arnold III reviews recent archival and archaeological research and highlights the blockade runner's place in the Confederacy's complex and ultimately insoluble problem of obtaining manufactured items from abroad. Num Pages: 190 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 230 x 154 x 3. Weight in Grams: 290.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Percheron Press United States
- Number of pages
- 190
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780975273852
- ISBN
- 9780975273852
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.28
€ 46.28
Hardcover. Num Pages: 192 pages, 152 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ; JWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 206 x 231. .
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764348242
- ISBN
- 9780764348242
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 48.99€ 32.46
€ 48.99
€ 32.46
Paperback. If one is to believe contemporary historians, the South never had a chance. This book explores not why the Confederacy collapsed so soon, but how it lasted so long. Using letters, diaries and newspapers of the day, it reveals the South's deep belief in their cause and expectations of victory. Num Pages: 230 pages, 40 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; HBWJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 203 x 177 x 20. Weight in Grams: 432.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 230
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- New ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674160569
- ISBN
- 9780674160569
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 26.65
€ 31.99
€ 26.65
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 544 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HBJF; JPA; JPHV; JPL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 30. Weight in Grams: 914.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2019
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 544
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691649269
- ISBN
- 9780691649269
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 237.67€ 176.45
€ 237.67
€ 176.45
Hardback. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBE; HBJK; WTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 280. .
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2018
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781493027729
- ISBN
- 9781493027729
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 46.05
€ 52.99
€ 46.05
Paperback. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJ; 4KL; HBJD1; HBLW; JPHL. Category: (UA) A / AS level. Dimension: 112 x 175 x 14. Weight in Grams: 184.
- Publisher
- Connell Guides
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781907776847
- ISBN
- 9781907776847
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Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.81
€ 11.99
€ 10.81
Hardback. The Spaniards portrayed the conquest and fall of Mexico Tenochtitlan as Armageddon, while native peoples in colonial Mesoamerica continued to write and paint their histories and lives often without any mention of the foreigners in their midst. This volume addresses aspects of indigenous perspectives of the conquest and Spanish colonialism. Editor(s): Schroeder, Susan. Num Pages: 273 pages, illus. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; HBJK; HBLC; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 161 x 235 x 21. Weight in Grams: 546.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 273
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845192990
- ISBN
- 9781845192990
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 129.15
€ 129.15
Paperback. Num Pages: 528 pages, 45. BIC Classification: 1FCS; HBJF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 163 x 33. Weight in Grams: 800.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press ith
- Number of pages
- 528
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801489228
- ISBN
- 9780801489228
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.69
€ 33.99
€ 30.69
Paperback. A monograph that places Ainu - the native people living in Ezo, the northernmost island of the Japanese archipelago - at the center of an exploration of Japanese expansion during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, the height of the Tokugawa shogunal era. Num Pages: 344 pages, 23 figures, 4 maps, 3 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JD; 3JF; HBJF; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 542. Ecology and Culture in Japanese Expansion, 1590-1800. 344 pages, 23 figures, 4 maps, 3 tables. A monograph that places Ainu - the native people living in Ezo, the northernmost island of the Japanese archipelago - at the center of an exploration of Japanese expansion during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, the height of the Tokugawa shogunal era. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JD; 3JF; HBJF; HBLL; HBTB. Dimension: 227 x 155 x 22. Weight: 486.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Number of pages
- 344
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520248342
- ISBN
- 9780520248342
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 26.56
€ 36.99
€ 26.56
Paperback. Translator(s): McNeal, Edgar Holmes. Series: Records of Western Civilization Series. Num Pages: 168 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1DVG; 3H; HBJD; HBLC; HBW; JWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 227 x 9. Weight in Grams: 224.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 168
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231136693
- ISBN
- 9780231136693
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 27.60
€ 37.99
€ 27.60
Paperback. Between 58 and 50BC Caesar conquered most of the area now covered by France, Belgium and Switzerland, and twice invaded Britain. This title records of his campaigns. Translator(s): Gardner, Jane; Handford, S.A. Num Pages: 272 pages, maps, glossary, bibliography. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 3D; DNF; HBJD; HBLA; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 17. Weight in Grams: 204.
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1983
- Edition
- Revised
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140444339
- ISBN
- 9780140444339
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.82
€ 15.99
€ 11.82
Paperback. An account of the capture of Lisbon in 1147 by the combined forces of King Alfonso Henriques of Portugal and a fleet of crusaders from the Anglo-Norman realm, Flanders, and the Rhineland. This work conveys the tensions between the secular and spiritual motives of a crusading army. Translator(s): David, Charles Wendell. Series: Records of Western Civilization Series. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 1DSP; HBJD; HBLC; HRAM9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 154 x 25. Weight in Grams: 358.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- New Ed
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231121231
- ISBN
- 9780231121231
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 27.43
€ 37.99
€ 27.43
Paperback. Presents a description of the Spanish landing in Mexico in 1520 and their amazement at the city, the exploitation of the natives for gold and other treasures, the expulsion and flight of the Spaniards, their regrouping and eventual capture of the Aztec capital. Editor(s): Cohen, John M. Translator(s): Cohen, John M. Num Pages: 416 pages, b&w maps. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; HBJK; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 130 x 24. Weight in Grams: 312.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1973
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780140441239
- ISBN
- 9780140441239
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 13.82
€ 14.99
€ 13.82
Paperback. An account of the conquest of the Itzas which details the layers of political intrigue and action that characterised every aspect of the conquest and its aftermath. Jones offers a comprehensive reconstruction of an independent Maya kingdom which reveals much about neighbouring lowland Maya groups with whom the Itzas interacted, often violently. Num Pages: 596 pages, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLC; 1KLS; HBJK; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 32. Weight in Grams: 798.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 596
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804735223
- ISBN
- 9780804735223
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.48€ 52.60
€ 53.48
€ 52.60