Regional & national history
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Regional & national history
Hardback. The first series of essays focuses on the evolution of American policy. American historians examine the workings of the the Department of State and the Pentagon, and an American and a Chinese analyze the foreign economic policy of the Eisenhower administration in East Asia. The second series of essays is Japan-centered. Series: U.S. and Pacific Asia: Studies in Social, Economic and Political Interaction. Num Pages: 331 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1FP; 3JJPG; HBJF; HBLW3; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 203 x 30. Weight in Grams: 635.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 331
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231071741
- ISBN
- 9780231071741
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 129.32
€ 129.32
Paperback. Reveals how the only hard evidence that dates the Great Pyramid - the quarry marks discovered by Colonel Vyse in 1837 - was forged Num Pages: 224 pages, 75 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAE; 3D; HBJH; HBLA; JFH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 229 x 21. Weight in Grams: 358.
- Publisher
- Inner Traditions Bear and Company
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781591437895
- ISBN
- 9781591437895
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 12.99
€ 17.99
€ 12.99
Paperback. The first new and comprehensive narrative history of the American railroads in a generation. 'Shrewd, articulate and incredibly well-informed' - Miranda Seymour, Daily Telegraph Num Pages: 432 pages, Illustrations (some col.), maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTK; WGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 173 x 200 x 33. Weight in Grams: 429. The Epic Story of the American Railroad. 432 pages, Illustrations (some col.), maps. The first new and comprehensive narrative history of the American railroads in a generation. 'Shrewd, articulate and incredibly well-informed' - Miranda Seymour, Daily Telegraph. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTK; WGF. Dimension: 173 x 200 x 33. Weight: 432.
- Publisher
- Atlantic Books
- Number of pages
- 432
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857890368
- ISBN
- 9780857890368
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.42
€ 33.99
€ 24.42
Hardback. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJF; HBJK; HBLW; HBWN; JWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 31. Weight in Grams: 646.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers Inc
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780062433862
- ISBN
- 9780062433862
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 25.28
€ 30.99
€ 25.28
The Great Road. The Building of the Baltimore and Ohio, the Nation's F...
Dilts, James S.. Ed(S): Dilts, James D.
Hardback. This masterful, richly illustrated account of the planning and building of the most important and influential early American railroad contributes not only to the railway history but to the history of the development of the United States in the 19th century. 80 illustrations. Editor(s): Dilts, James D. Num Pages: 496 pages, 80 half-tones 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; KNGT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 260 x 185 x 40. Weight in Grams: 1306.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 496
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804722353
- ISBN
- 9780804722353
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 232.54
€ 232.54
Paperback. This masterful, richly illustrated account of the planning and building of the most important and influential early American railroad contributes not only to the railway history but to the history of the development of the United States in the 19th century. 80 illustrations. Num Pages: 496 pages, 80 half-tones 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; KNGT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 254 x 175 x 33. Weight in Grams: 1020.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 496
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804726290
- ISBN
- 9780804726290
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.49€ 52.60
€ 53.49
€ 52.60
Paperback. Provides a history and a thematic analysis of the empire's institutions and aspects of life in the Seljuk world This book examines the political, administrative, military, economic and social organisation of the Great Seljuk Empire using a wide variety of historical and literary sources. It features images, maps, charts and family trees. Num Pages: 376 pages, 50 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FB; 3H; HBJF1; HBLC1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 159 x 23. Weight in Grams: 680.
- Publisher
- EDINBURGH UNIVERSITY PRESS
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748638260
- ISBN
- 9780748638260
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 36.40
€ 40.99
€ 36.40
Paperback. Num Pages: 391 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FB; HBJF1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 166 x 235 x 25. Weight in Grams: 808.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 391
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748638253
- ISBN
- 9780748638253
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 151.60
€ 151.60
Paperback. A new non-fiction book recounting the 19th century history of Ireland. The book traces the three causes of the halving of the Irish population in that century: the famine, the Irish emigrations to American and Canada, and the transportation of political activitists to Australia. It is a quest for the author's Irish ancestors. Num Pages: 752 pages, illustrations facsimiles, maps, portraits. BIC Classification: 1DBR; HBJD1; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 41. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780749386047
- ISBN
- 9780749386047
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 19.34
€ 25.99
€ 19.34
Paperback. British Battleships in World War II. 475 pages, 50 b/w photos. Offers a study of the battleship in World War II. This work covers the famous chase after the Bismarck, the sinking of the Scharnhorst, and the coastal bombardments on D-Day. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: HBJD1; HBLW; HBWQ; JWF; JWMV2. Dimension: 230 x 151 x 37. Weight: 806.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Stackpole Books
- Number of pages
- 475
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780811735148
- ISBN
- 9780811735148
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 17.51
€ 20.99
€ 17.51
Paperback. The Great Siege of Chester Num Pages: 208 pages, 103 b&w illustrations, 32 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKENC; 3JD; HBJD1; HBLH; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 248 x 172 x 10. Weight in Grams: 530.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752423456
- ISBN
- 9780752423456
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 28.91
€ 33.99
€ 28.91
Paperback. In the spring of 1565, a massive fleet of Ottoman ships descended on Malta, a small island centrally located between North Africa and Sicily, home and headquarters of the crusading Knights of St John and their charismatic Grand Master, Jean de Valette. This book describes the siege's geopolitical context, explains its strategies and tactics. Num Pages: 344 pages. BIC Classification: 1DSM; 3JB; HBJD; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 156. .
- Publisher
- University Press of New England
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2019
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781512601169
- ISBN
- 9781512601169
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 20.77
€ 25.99
€ 20.77
Paperback. The story of life after the Great War: a turning point in history Num Pages: 400 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJG; HBJD1; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 27. Weight in Grams: 282.
- Publisher
- John Murray Publishers Ltd
- Number of pages
- 416
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719562570
- ISBN
- 9780719562570
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.85
€ 15.99
€ 11.85
Paperback. The story of the Great Society Subway sheds light on the development of metropolitan Washington, postwar urban policy, and the promises and limits of rail transit in American cities. Num Pages: 376 pages, 66 black & white halftones, 9 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBBWS; HBJK; WGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 23. Weight in Grams: 658.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9781421415772
- ISBN
- 9781421415772
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 30.19
€ 34.99
€ 30.19
The Great Task Remaining Before Us. Reconstruction as America's Contin...
Miller, Randall M.. Ed(S): Cimbala, Paul A.
Hardback. 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 23. Weight in Grams: 531.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823232024
- ISBN
- 9780823232024
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 115.67
€ 115.67
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€ 37.22
€ 41.99
€ 37.22
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€ 30.07
€ 41.99
€ 30.07
Paperback. Major account of the fourteenth-century crisis which saw a series of famines, revolts and epidemics transform the medieval world. Num Pages: 420 pages, 93 colour illus. 12 tables. BIC Classification: 1D; 3H; HBJD; HBLC1; HDP; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 247 x 174. .
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780521144438
- ISBN
- 9780521144438
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 39.99
€ 41.99
€ 39.99
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€ 33.00
€ 46.99
€ 33.00
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
€ 19.99€ 19.32
€ 19.99
€ 19.32
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
€ 15.99€ 11.85
€ 15.99
€ 11.85
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
€ 36.99€ 32.80
€ 36.99
€ 32.80
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
€ 91.67
€ 91.67
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
€ 141.12
€ 141.12