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Regional & national history
Paperback. Presenting an environmental history of China, this book is based on literary, political, aesthetic, scientific, and religious sources that reveal the views of the Chinese people toward their environment and landscape. Num Pages: 592 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; RN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 158 x 35. Weight in Grams: 858.
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 592
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300119930
- ISBN
- 9780300119930
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.15
€ 26.99
€ 20.15
Paperback. The thrilling history of the turning point of the Second World War, when Hitler's armies were halted on the Eastern Front. Num Pages: 368 pages, 2x8pp b/w. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 24. Weight in Grams: 268.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- John Murray
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719569722
- ISBN
- 9780719569722
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.33
€ 17.99
€ 13.33
Hardback. This book examines how de facto segregation unfolded and operated at the New Jersey shore after the Civil War. Weaving together histories of race, leisure, and consumption, it argues that the politics of mass consumption contained early desegregation efforts and prolonged Jim Crow. Series: Reconstructing America. Num Pages: 200 pages, 12 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBEJ; 3JH; 3JJC; 3JJF; HBJK; HBTB; JFSL; JPVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823272716
- ISBN
- 9780823272716
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 125.55
€ 125.55
Paperback. Num Pages: 108 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJH; HBL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 7. Weight in Grams: 153.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1974
- Edition
- 1st ed. 1974
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349071784
- ISBN
- 9781349071784
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 60.69
€ 60.69
Hardback. Brown demonstrates how Florentine thinkers used Lucretius--earlier and more widely than has been supposed--to provide a radical critique of prevailing orthodoxies. She enhances our understanding of the "revolution" in sixteenth-century political thinking and our definition of the Renaissance within newly discovered worlds and new social networks. Series: I Tatti Studies in Italian Renaissance History. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 1DST; HBJD; HBLH; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 237 x 167 x 17. Weight in Grams: 392.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674050327
- ISBN
- 9780674050327
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.99€ 44.70
€ 53.99
€ 44.70
Paperback. The clever peasant Arnaud du Tilh had almost won his case, when a man with a wooden leg swaggered into the French courtroom, denounced du TiIh, and reestablished his claim to the identity, property, and wife of Martin Guerre. This book, by the noted historian who served as a consultant for the film, adds new dimensions to this famous legend. Num Pages: 176 pages, 9 halftones, 1 map. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBLC; HBLH; JFHX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 153 x 11. Weight in Grams: 212.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1984
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674766914
- ISBN
- 9780674766914
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 29.23
€ 34.99
€ 29.23
Hardback. This work documents the drawn-out debates and the decisions that led to the complete reunification of the Amami Islands with Japan. It traces the US military's insistence on occupying Okinawa and the Amami Islands under the rationale of increased international security. Series: Studies of Modern Japan. Num Pages: 168 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 1KBB; 3JJ; GTB; HBJF; HBLW; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 159 x 18. Weight in Grams: 444.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Lexington Books United States
- Number of pages
- 168
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780739107102
- ISBN
- 9780739107102
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 161.60
€ 161.60
Hardcover. This study explains how major events in the last years of the reign of Queen Elizabeth I, such as Spain's renewed ambitions in Northern Europe and the outbreak of rebellion in Ireland, had a lasting impact on the policies of the English government. Num Pages: 466 pages, 8 maps. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JB; 3JD; HBJD1; HBLC; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 221 x 145 x 42. Weight in Grams: 766.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 466
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198204435
- ISBN
- 9780198204435
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 283.20
€ 283.20
Paperback. The Return of the Native offers a look at the role of preconquest peoples such as the Aztecs and the Incas in the imagination of Spanish American elites in the first century after independence. Num Pages: 376 pages, 25 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLS; HBJK; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 153 x 24. Weight in Grams: 512.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 376
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822340843
- ISBN
- 9780822340843
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 31.29
€ 32.99
€ 31.29
Paperback. Editor(s): Williamson, Jennifer A. Num Pages: 360 pages, 2 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: B; HBJK; HBTS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 19. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815610687
- ISBN
- 9780815610687
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.39
€ 50.39
The Revenge of the Past. Nationalism, Revolution, and the Collapse of ...
Suny, Ronald Grigor. Ed(S): Suny, Ronald Grig...
hardcover. This timely and pathbreaking work shows how and why the dramatic collapse of the soviet Union was caused in large part by nationalism, that is, by the increasingly urgent demands of the subject nationalities of the Soviet Union for independence and autonomy. Editor(s): Suny, Ronald Grigor. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVU; HBJD; JPFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5499 x 3564 x 18. Weight in Grams: 381.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804721349
- ISBN
- 9780804721349
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 126.74
€ 126.74
Paperback. This timely and pathbreaking work shows how and why the dramatic collapse of the soviet Union was caused in large part by nationalism, that is, by the increasingly urgent demands of the subject nationalities of the Soviet Union for independence and autonomy. Editor(s): Suny, Ronald Grigor. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVU; HBJD; JPFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5499 x 3564 x 13. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 170
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804722476
- ISBN
- 9780804722476
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.35
€ 32.99
€ 29.35
Paperback. Essential reading for historians, political scientists, and policymakers, this reissued edition is being published to coincide with the centennial observation of the genocide. Series: The Johns Hopkins University Studies in Historical and Political Science. Num Pages: 208 pages, 1, 1 maps. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JJF; HBJD; HBTV; HBTZ; HBWN. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 230 x 351 x 15. Weight in Grams: 298.
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421420509
- ISBN
- 9781421420509
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 26.01
€ 30.99
€ 26.01
Hardback. The publication in English of this classic work will be welcomed by students and researchers in early modern European history, culture and politics. Num Pages: 290 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JD; HBJD; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 158 x 25. Weight in Grams: 546.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 290
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745607245
- ISBN
- 9780745607245
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 77.43
€ 77.43
Hardcover. An examination of the portrayal of one of the most important uprisings in the middle ages in subsequent history writing. Num Pages: 290 pages, 6 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 1DBKW; 3H; HBJD1; HBLC1; HBTV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 242 x 22. Weight in Grams: 656.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- York Medieval Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781903153550
- ISBN
- 9781903153550
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 113.36
€ 113.36
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 424 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JD; HBJD; HBTV; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 24. Weight in Grams: 771.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 424
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691646930
- ISBN
- 9780691646930
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 199.30
€ 199.30
Paperback. This is the story of a spectacular naval rebellion in which ordinary Brazilian seamen (mostly black and led by a black sailor) overpowered their officers on Dreadnought-class battleships in 1910, to abolish flogging and secure civic rights; it also tells how the sailors suffered lethal retribution, although flogging would never return. Num Pages: 176 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLS; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 458. Weight in Grams: 456.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804781091
- ISBN
- 9780804781091
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 27.17
€ 29.99
€ 27.17
Paperback. The 'Glorious Revolution' of 1688 was a massive, brutal and terrifying event, which completely changed the governments of England, Scotland and Ireland and which was only achieved through overwhelming violence. This book tells that this was a turning point in Britain's history, and also shows how severe a price was paid to achieve this. Num Pages: 640 pages, 16pp. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JD; HBJD1; HBLH; HBTV; JPWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 26. Weight in Grams: 436.
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 640
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141016528
- ISBN
- 9780141016528
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 17.53
€ 23.99
€ 17.53
Hardback. Portugal's 1974 Carnation Revolution was in many ways the culmination of a much longer history of resistance originating in universities and other sectors of society. Combining careful research with insights from social movement theory, this book traces these convulsions in Portuguese society over the course of the long 1960s. Series: Protest, Culture and Society. Num Pages: 188 pages, 6 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DSP; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; HBJD; HBLW3; HBTV. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 239 x 158 x 16. Weight in Grams: 402.
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781785331145
- ISBN
- 9781785331145
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 151.75
€ 151.75
Paperback. Translator(s): Eastman, M. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; HBJD; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 137 x 13. Weight in Grams: 260. 240 pages. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DVUA; HBJD; HBLW. Dimension: 215 x 137 x 13. Weight: 264. Translator(s): Eastman, M.
- Publisher
- Dover Publications Inc.
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780486433981
- ISBN
- 9780486433981
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 16.11
€ 23.99
€ 16.11
Paperback. Editor(s): Abinales, Patricio N. Num Pages: 182 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FM; HBJF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 10. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 182
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780877271321
- ISBN
- 9780877271321
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 25.97
€ 25.99
€ 25.97
Paperback. Editor(s): Pole, J. R. Series: History in Depth. Num Pages: 645 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBTB; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 37. Weight in Grams: 818.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1970
- Publisher
- Pan Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 645
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333102831
- ISBN
- 9780333102831
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 64.77
€ 64.77
Paperback. Is Venezuela's Bolivarian revolution under Hugo Chavez truly revolutionary? Some see the president as a shining knight of socialism, while others see him as an avenging Stalinist strongman. But the Chavez government does not fall easily into a seamless fable of emancipatory or authoritarian history, as these distinguished essays make clear. Editor(s): Eastwood, Jonathan; Ponniah, Thomas. Series: Series on Latin American Studies. Num Pages: 344 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLSV; 3JMC; HBJK; HBLX; JPF; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 550.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Harvard University, The David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies United States
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674061385
- ISBN
- 9780674061385
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 24.56
€ 27.99
€ 24.56
Hardback. This is a concise history of the Revolution of 1905, a critical juncture in the history of Russia when several possible paths were opened up for the country. This book by a leading scholar in the field explores the event and its ramifications for the political future of Russia. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JJC; HBJD; HBLW; HBTV; JPWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 21. Weight in Grams: 463.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804747196
- ISBN
- 9780804747196
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 124.97
€ 124.97