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Hardcover. In 1911, when a professor took his students to tour Nanjing's shantytowns, one student was grateful as his eyes had been opened to the poverty in his own city. Years later, when another professor showed his students a film on the poor quarters of Nanjing, they demanded his expulsion. This book explores the reasons for these different reactions. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 424 pages, 35 b/w figures, 5 maps, 10 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJG; HBJF; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 164 x 36. Weight in Grams: 758.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Harvard University Asia Center
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674021327
ISBN
9780674021327
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 45.96

User Unfriendly will be valuable to historians of technology, students of American culture, and anyone interested in our modern dependence on machines and gadgets. Num Pages: 296 pages, 13, 13 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; 3JM; HBJK; JFFT; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 161 x 234 x 24. Weight in Grams: 540.
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421401928
ISBN
9781421401928
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 68.78

Paperback. Series: Curiosities Series. Num Pages: 256 pages, 75 colour illustrations, 1 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBWU; HBJK; WTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 152. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
TwoDot
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781493022694
ISBN
9781493022694
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 23.17

Paperback. Presents a concise history of the German Left since the 1960s. This book traces the political journey of Germany's post-war generation and examines the influence that its ambivalent attitude to the Nazi past had on the foreign policy of the 'red-green' government between 1998 and 2005. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJP; HBJD; HBLW3; JPFQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 482.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849040242
ISBN
9781849040242
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 28.12

Hardcover. This book is the first full-length study of utopianism in eighteenth-century Ireland. It reveals that a distinct utopianism emerged in the early decades of the eighteenth century based on the improving visions of the Dublin Society Num Pages: 246 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JF; HBJD1; HBTB; JHMC; JPA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Publisher
Cork University Press Ireland
Number of pages
246
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782051688
ISBN
9781782051688
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 39.00
€ 31.26

paperback. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: 1DSP; 1KLSB; 2ADP; GTB; HBJD; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 148 x 12. Weight in Grams: 285.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
Edition
First Edition
SKU
V9780816638178
ISBN
9780816638178
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.53

Paperback. This work traces the scientific, administrative, and political strategies that enabled the foundation of the Museum d'Histoire Naturelle. It argues that agriculture and animal breeding rank alongside classification and collections in explaining why natural history was important for French rulers. Num Pages: 304 pages, 15 halftones, 3 maps, 1 table. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBLH; HBLL; HBTB; WN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 153 x 229 x 20. Weight in Grams: 464.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226768632
ISBN
9780226768632
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 37.06

Hardback. The first biography of the 18th-century landscape gardener, Uvedale Price, showing the key interconnections between his roles as landowner, art collector, forester, landscaper, connoisseur and scholar. Series: Garden and Landscape History. Num Pages: 276 pages, 43, 10 colour, 31 black and white, 2 line drawing. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JF; 3JH; AMV; HBJD1; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 251 x 180 x 24. Weight in Grams: 884. Decoding the Picturesque. Series: Garden and Landscape History. 276 pages, 43, 10 colour, 31 black and white, 2 line drawing. The first biography of the 18th-century landscape gardener, Uvedale Price, showing the key interconnections between his roles as landowner, art collector, forester, landscaper, connoisseur and scholar. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JF; 3JH; AMV; HBJD1; HBLL. Dimension: 251 x 180 x 24. Weight: 882.
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Number of pages
276
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843837084
ISBN
9781843837084
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 38.86

paperback. Num Pages: 400 pages, 50 colour. BIC Classification: 1DBKN; BTM; HBJD1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 150. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Merrion Press
Condition
New
SKU
9781785370878
ISBN
9781785370878
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 16.32

Paperback. As the Regia Aeronautica & the Luftwaffe unleashed their full might against the island of Malta, the civilian population was in the eye of the storm. Based on official wartime records & personal memoirs, the tale unfolds of the challenges they faced - as the enemy employed every possible weapon in a relentless bombing campaign. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DSM; 3JJH; HBJD1; HBWQ; JWH; JWM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 236 x 20. Weight in Grams: 432.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780752466194
ISBN
9780752466194
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.45

Hardcover. Along the Russian-Qing frontier in the nineteenth century, a new political space emerged, shaped by competing imperial and spiritual loyalties, cross-border economic and social ties, and revolution. David Brophy explores how a community of Central Asian Muslims responded to these historic changes by reinventing themselves as the Uyghur nation. Num Pages: 344 pages. BIC Classification: HBJF; HBTB; HRH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 156. .
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1St Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674660373
ISBN
9780674660373
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 50.99
€ 42.03

Chinese diplomat V.K. Wellington Koo was involved in virtually every foreign and domestic crisis in 20th century China. This biography gives a picture of one of the essential figures behind the creation of a modern China. Num Pages: 304 pages, 5 photographs. BIC Classification: 1FPC; BGH; HBJF; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 239 x 157 x 26. Weight in Grams: 658.
Publication date
2004
Publisher
The University Press of Kentucky United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813123141
ISBN
9780813123141
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 53.96

Hardcover. A history of the Vale of Taunton Deane Num Pages: 144 pages, 150 b7w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; HBJD1; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148 x 10. Weight in Grams: 570.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
144
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Condition
New
SKU
V9781860770449
ISBN
9781860770449
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.50

Paperback. Num Pages: 448 pages, 1. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL; JWJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 140. Weight in Grams: 376.
Publisher
Penguin Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780143110194
ISBN
9780143110194
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 17.47

Paperback. The last member of Operation Valkyrie - the daring July 20 1944 plot to assassinate Hitler - tells his remarkable story. Num Pages: 192 pages, 20. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJH; BGHA; HBJD; HBWQ; JPWL1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 15. Weight in Grams: 190.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Phoenix
Condition
New
SKU
V9780753825662
ISBN
9780753825662
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.25

Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages, 6. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JF; HBJK; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 428.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780801477164
ISBN
9780801477164
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 39.56

Paperback. Num Pages: 400 pages, 100 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1MBFT; 3JH; HBJM; HBLL; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 235 x 31. Weight in Grams: 642.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
9781845888855
ISBN
9781845888855
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 21.63

Paperback. Series: The World of the Roosevelt's. Num Pages: 369 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBJK; HBL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 273 x 304 x 25. Weight in Grams: 982.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
1st ed. 2005
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349532131
ISBN
9781349532131
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 68.44

Paperback. An account of old Siam written by the Dutch merchant Jeremias Van Vliet. It features his writings in English translation including, a chronicle of Siam's history and a description of the kingdom's geography, economy, society, politics, and religion. It includes details on Van Vliet's life, the Dutch community, and, the city of Ayutthaya. Editor(s): Pombejra, Dhiravat Na; Kraan, Alfons van der; Wyatt, D. K. Num Pages: 356 pages, 33 illus. BIC Classification: 1FM; GTB; HBJF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 151 x 230 x 25. Weight in Grams: 400.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Silkworm Books / Trasvin Publications LP Thailand
Number of pages
356
Condition
New
SKU
V9789749575819
ISBN
9789749575819
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.65

Hardback. Iran's Revolutionary Guards are one of the most important forces in the Middle East today, but remain poorly understood to outside observers. In Vanguard of the Imam, Afshon Ostovar has written the first comprehensive history of the organization. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBN; HBJF1; HBW; JPWQ; JWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 238 x 163 x 27. Weight in Grams: 590.
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199387892
ISBN
9780199387892
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 98.51

Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJH; HBJK; HBWQ; JWG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 139 x 209 x 19. Weight in Grams: 272.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Penguin Putnam Inc United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9781594632860
ISBN
9781594632860
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 15.32

Hardback. Num Pages: 288 pages, 16 pages of photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJH; BGH; HBJK; HBLW; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 163 x 236 x 30. Weight in Grams: 696.
Publisher
Casemate Publishers
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781612003955
ISBN
9781612003955
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.60

Hardcover. Bohemia and Moravia, today part of the Czech Republic, was the first territory with a majority of non-German speakers occupied by Hitler's Third Reich on the eve of the World War II. Tens of thousands of Jewish inhabitants in the so called Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia soon felt the tragic consequences of Nazi racial politics. Series: Making Sense of History. Num Pages: 264 pages, 14 ills. BIC Classification: 1DVK; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBTZ1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 240 x 151 x 18. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782382942
ISBN
9781782382942
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 155.20

Paperback. Europe's history is littered with kingdoms, duchies, empires and republics which have now disappeared but which were once fixtures on the map of their age. What happened to the once-great Mediterranean Empire of Aragon? This title lets you discover the stories of lost realms across the centuries. Num Pages: 848 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; HBJD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 39. Weight in Grams: 630.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd London
Number of pages
848
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141048864
ISBN
9780141048864
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 18.10

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