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Regional & national history

Hardcover. In doing so, the book highlights the conjoined history of broad transnational processes and local political change. Series: Johns Hopkins University Studies in Historical and Political Science. Num Pages: 272 pages, 13, 13 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1DDF; HBJD; HBLL; KCZ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 159 x 226 x 24. Weight in Grams: 512.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
The Johns Hopkins University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801899829
ISBN
9780801899829
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 68.92
€ 62.32

Paperback. An account of relations between the sexes and the role of myth in the transition between unconscious fantasy and cultural forms, based on studies of the mythologies of the Gimi, from the Eastern Highlands of Papua New Guinea. Num Pages: 416 pages, 24 halftones, 1 map, 12 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1MKLP; HBJM; JFHF; JFSL; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 153 x 23. Weight in Grams: 566.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226293813
ISBN
9780226293813
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 40.83

Paperback. Features some of Scotland's 'finest exports' to America including killers, conmen, scandalmongers and blundering military men. Reveals the dastardly deeds of the emigrant Scots who shamed their nation. A new and surprising insight into an untold aspect of Scottish/American history. Num Pages: 240 pages, 50 illustrations including portraits. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 1KBB; HBJD1; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 172 x 241 x 15. Weight in Grams: 534.
Publisher
Whittles Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849952637
ISBN
9781849952637
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 21.92

Paperback. Draws on the extraordinary memoirs, diaries, interviews, and letters of Jewish women and men to give readers an intimate portrait of Jewish life in Nazi Germany. 6 halftones. Series: Studies in Jewish History. Num Pages: 304 pages, 6 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DFG; HBJD; HBTB; HBWQ; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 203 x 136 x 15. Weight in Grams: 228.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195130928
ISBN
9780195130928
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.58

Paperback. As Europe's borderlands emerged from Soviet rule, the author travelled from the Baltic to the Black Sea, through Lithuania, Belarus, Ukraine and the Carpathian mountains. Rich in vivid characters and stories of tragedy and survival, this book illuminates the soul of a place, and the secret history of its people. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; HBJD; HBJF; HBTB; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 252.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141979229
ISBN
9780141979229
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.39

Paperback. Written by scholars from both sides of the Atlantic, the work discusses the role European dependence on American support played in the history of European unification. Editor(s): Trachtenberg, Marc. Num Pages: 256 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1D; 1KBB; HBJD; HBJK; HBLW3; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 148 x 13. Weight in Grams: 299.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780742521773
ISBN
9780742521773
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 62.80

Hardback.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804754583
ISBN
9780804754583
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 81.31

Paperback. Discusses the fluctuations of black suffrage in the ante-bellum North, using the 4 states of New York, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts and Rhode Island as examples. This book offers a framework for understanding and explaining how the issue of voting rights for blacks unfolded between the drafting of the Constitution, and the end of the Civil War. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; JFSL3; JPVH1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 385.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415956970
ISBN
9780415956970
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 27.96

Paperback. From an expert on the Eastern Front of World War II, this book chronicles the cataclysmic experience of the region that includes modern-day Lithuania, Estonia and Latvia. Series: General Military. Num Pages: 416 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 233 x 31. Weight in Grams: 566.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781472807496
ISBN
9781472807496
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 16.22

hardcover. This book examines the contest between local people, state officials, and foreigners to lay claim to urban streets, state institutions, historic monuments, and temples in Suzhou, one of China's most ancient and culturally rich metropolises, as it was transformed into a modern city. Num Pages: 344 pages, 7 figures, 19 illustrations, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJC; 3JJF; 3JJG; HBJF; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 26. Weight in Grams: 599.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804753593
ISBN
9780804753593
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 96.39

Paperback. A study of the cultural policies and activities of the Italian Communist Party, following the collapse of fascism and the struggle with popular consumer culture that led to its demise in 1991. This book is intended to those with an interest in modern Italy, the European left, political science, and media studies. Series: American Encounters/Global Interactions. Num Pages: 280 pages, 14 b&w photographs, 2 figures. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JJP; HBJD; HBLW3; JPA; JPFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 472.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Duke University Press Durham
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822325635
ISBN
9780822325635
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.37

Hardback. Between Justice and Politics is a critical and dissenting interpretation of the Ligue des Droits de l'Homme. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLW; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 21. Weight in Grams: 517.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804753173
ISBN
9780804753173
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 105.66

Hardcover. Christopher Pastore traces how Narragansett Bay's ecology shaped the contours of European habitation, trade, and resource use, and how littoral settlers in turn, over two centuries, transformed a marshy fractal of water and earth into a clearly defined coastline, which proved less able to absorb the blows of human initiative and natural variation. Num Pages: 276 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: HBJK; RGBP; WNC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 164 x 241 x 25. Weight in Grams: 606.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674281417
ISBN
9780674281417
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 40.16

Paperback. Presents a history of Colombia's "long twentieth century," from the civil wars of the late nineteenth century to the drug wars of the late twentieth. This book explains Colombia's political history, discussing key leaders, laws, parties, and ideologies; corruption and inefficiency; and the paradoxical nature of government institutions. Translator(s): Stoller, Richard. Series: Latin America in Translation. Num Pages: 320 pages, 7 tables. BIC Classification: 1KLSC; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 159 x 234 x 22. Weight in Grams: 502.
Publisher
Duke University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822337676
ISBN
9780822337676
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.56

Hardcover. During the Cold War, Chinese Americans struggled to gain political influence in the United States. This book looks at the divergent ways that Chinese Americans in these two cities balanced domestic and international pressures during the tense Cold War era. Num Pages: 328 pages, 11 halftones. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1KBB; 3JJPG; HBJF; HBJK; HBLW3; HBTW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226193564
ISBN
9780226193564
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 51.99
€ 39.88

Hardback. Features essays that explore how German mourning changed over the 20th century in different contexts, with a particular view to how death was linked to larger issues of social order and cultural self-understanding. This volume contributes to a history of death in 20th-century Germany that does not begin and end with the Third Reich. Editor(s): Betts, Paul; Confino, Alon; Schumann, Dirk. Series: Studies in German History. Num Pages: 329 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; AMGD; HBJD; HBLW; JHBZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 152 x 235 x 22. Weight in Grams: 586.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Berghahn Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
329
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845453978
ISBN
9781845453978
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 166.71

Paperback. Middle Easterners struggle to find solutions to crises of economic stagnation, political gridlock, and cultural identity. The author presents an analysis of Islam's place in Middle East and integrates the medieval and modern history of the region to show how the sacred and secular are tightly interwoven in its political and intellectual life. Num Pages: 328 pages, 1 map, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1FB; HBJF1; JFSR2; JP. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 454.
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
328
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
First Edition,Revised
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520246911
ISBN
9780520246911
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 29.94

Paperback. Series: Princeton Analytical Sociology Series. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 1FKA; 3JD; 3JF; HBJF; HBLH; KCLT; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 236 x 157 x 17. Weight in Grams: 428.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691173795
ISBN
9780691173795
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 27.43

Hardback. The English East India Company was one of the most powerful and enduring organizations in history. This book locates the source of that success in the innovative policy by which the Company's Court of Directors granted employees the right to pursue their own commercial interests while in the firm's employ. Series: Princeton Analytical Sociology Series. Num Pages: 272 pages, 12 line illus. 8 tables. 1 map. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 1FKA; 3JD; 3JF; HBJF; HBLH; KCLT; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 238 x 163 x 22. Weight in Grams: 526.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691159065
ISBN
9780691159065
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 39.41

Hardback. Editor(s): Hutter, Manfred. Num Pages: 268 pages. BIC Classification: 1F; HBJF; HBTB; HRJ; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 165 x 23. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
V&R unipress GmbH Germany
Number of pages
268
Condition
New
SKU
V9783847101581
ISBN
9783847101581
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 73.68
€ 56.66

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