Regional & national history
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Regional & national history
Paperback. Beate Sirota Gordon was born in Vienna, but in 1929 her family moved to Japan so that her father, a noted pianist, could teach, and she grew up speaking German, English, and Japanese. In 1946, at age twenty-two, she helped to draft the new postwar Japanese constitution. This title chronicles the unlikely string of events that led her to that role. Num Pages: 176 pages, 47 halftones. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJPG; BM; HBJF; HBLW3; JPVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 162 x 10. Weight in Grams: 258.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226132518
- ISBN
- 9780226132518
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.92
€ 18.92
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781474401319
- ISBN
- 9781474401319
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 31.58
€ 34.99
€ 31.58
Paperback. Wajorese migrants exhibited remarkable versatility in adapting to local conditions in the areas where they settled. They perpetuated their own culture overseas while simultaneously using various assimilation strategies such as intermarriage to thrive in their adopted homelands. The author reconstructs the story of the Wajorese diaspora. Num Pages: 220 pages, 9 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FMN; HBJF; JFSL. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 231 x 153 x 17. Weight in Grams: 346.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Not Avail
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780875807126
- ISBN
- 9780875807126
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 41.49
€ 41.99
€ 41.49
Paperback. An innovative approach to early Chinese history, now updated and expanded up to 1800. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 236 x 156 x 29. Weight in Grams: 686.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- W. W. Norton & Company
- Edition
- Second Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393938777
- ISBN
- 9780393938777
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 46.41
€ 52.99
€ 46.41
Paperback. Consists of articles primarily focused on Home Rule, offering both historical and contemporary analyses. This book presents a collection that includes articles focused on Unionism, particularly on Ulster Unionism. It provides an insight into nationalist ideas about the fragility of the unionist bloc and the unreasonableness of their cause. Series: Classics of Irish History. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; HBJD1; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 186 x 121 x 11. Weight in Grams: 144.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University College Dublin Press
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781904558767
- ISBN
- 9781904558767
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.32
€ 20.32
Paperback. Six rollercoaster weeks that brought down America's top general by the ROLLING STONE journalist who broke the story. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: 1FCA; 1KBB; 3JM; HBJF; HBJK; HBLX; HBWS4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 25. Weight in Grams: 324.
- Publisher
- Phoenix (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd )
- Number of pages
- 432
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Digital original
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780753829387
- ISBN
- 9780753829387
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.74
€ 14.99
€ 11.74
Hardback. Caleb Smith explores the confessions, trial reports, maledictions, and martyr narratives that juxtaposed law and conscience in antebellum America's court of public opinion and shows how writers portrayed struggles for justice as clashes between human law and higher authority, giving voice to a moral protest that transformed American literature. Num Pages: 252 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; 3JH; DSB; HBJK; JPA; LAZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 163 x 25. Weight in Grams: 558.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 252
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674073081
- ISBN
- 9780674073081
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 39.28
€ 47.99
€ 39.28
Paperback. Num Pages: 286 pages, 17. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 485.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 286
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801480348
- ISBN
- 9780801480348
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 28.15
€ 28.15
Paperback. Num Pages: 296 pages, 49. BIC Classification: 1HFGR; HBJH; HBTZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 151 x 18. Weight in Grams: 394.
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801474927
- ISBN
- 9780801474927
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 30.59
€ 31.99
€ 30.59
Paperback. Looks at the concentration camp from the inside as a laboratory of cruelty and a system of absolute power built on extreme violence, starvation, "terror labor," and the business-like extermination of human beings. Based on historical documents and the reports of survivors, this book details how the resistance of prisoners was broken down. Translator(s): Templer, William. Num Pages: 368 pages, 3 line illus. 4 tables. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJG; 3JJH; HBJD; HBTZ1; HBWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 554. The Concentration Camp. 370 pages, black & white illustrations. Looks at the concentration camp from the inside as a laboratory of cruelty and a system of absolute power built on extreme violence, starvation, "terror labor," and the business-like extermination of human beings. Based on historical documents and the reports of survivors, this book details how the resistance of prisoners was broken down. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJG; 3JJH; HBJD; HBTZ1; HBWQ. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 23. Weight: 530. Translator(s): Templer, William.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 370
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691006857
- ISBN
- 9780691006857
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.05
€ 46.99
€ 33.05
Paperback. Num Pages: 400 pages, 21 cm. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 132 x 21. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Dover Publications Inc.
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780486424804
- ISBN
- 9780486424804
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.40
€ 13.40
Hardcover. The so-called Seven Weeks' War of 1866 between Prussia and Italy and Austria was notable not only for its effect on future German history but also because it was the last time the armies of the smaller German states fought as independent contingents. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; HBW; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 242 x 158 x 13. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Helion & Company United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 128
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781909384026
- ISBN
- 9781909384026
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 58.74€ 45.42
€ 58.74
€ 45.42
Paperback. Num Pages: 248 pages, 15. BIC Classification: 1DVWB; 3JJ; HBJD; JFSL1; JPF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 153 x 16. Weight in Grams: 394.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801477201
- ISBN
- 9780801477201
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 33.59
€ 34.99
€ 33.59
Hardback. Num Pages: 248 pages, 15. BIC Classification: 1DVWB; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLL; HBLW; JFSR2; JPFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 21. Weight in Grams: 635.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780801441325
- ISBN
- 9780801441325
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 89.00
€ 89.00
paperback. Patricia E. Roy continues her study into why British Columbians were historically so opposed to Asian immigration. Num Pages: 344 pages, 16ill. BIC Classification: 1KBCB; HBJK; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 463.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780774810111
- ISBN
- 9780774810111
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 40.12
€ 40.99
€ 40.12
Paperback. Unravels the mysterious life of a man born on the border between West and East, a Jewish man with a passion for the Arab world. This title gives an unexpected picture of the twentieth-century - of the origins of our ideas about race and religious self-definition, and of the roots of modern fanaticism. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: BGL; DSBH; DSK; HBG; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 32. Weight in Grams: 338.
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099483779
- ISBN
- 9780099483779
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.72
€ 19.99
€ 14.72
Paperback. Num Pages: 132 pages, frontispiece. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBWF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 189 x 124 x 10. Weight in Grams: 162.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Liberty Fund Inc United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 132
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780865978201
- ISBN
- 9780865978201
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.81
€ 11.99
€ 10.81
Paperback. Offers an analytical account of the origins of the Arab-Zionist conflict and its development from early in the twentieth century until 1948, focusing on the period when Britain ruled Palestine under mandate from the League of Nations. Num Pages: 200 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1FB; HBJF1; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 220 x 230 x 15. Weight in Grams: 40.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520065987
- ISBN
- 9780520065987
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.61
€ 33.99
€ 24.61
Paperback. This volume asserts that contrary to prevailing perceptions of African American literary voices as silenced and excluded from American history, those voices were loud and clear. The book provides evidence to demonstrate just how much writers engaged in a surprising number of dialogues with society. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSBD; DSBF; HBJK; HBLH; HBLL; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 29. Weight in Grams: 576.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813920672
- ISBN
- 9780813920672
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 39.96
€ 39.96
Paperback. By identifying a historic fight within Anglo-American Protestantism, and how it related to major contemporary political developments in the early American republic, Sam Haselby explains the origins of the distinct language and means of combining political and religious authority that characterizes American nationalism. Series: Religion in America. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HRAM2; HRC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 496.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780190630089
- ISBN
- 9780190630089
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 59.13
€ 59.13