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Hardback. Brahmanical Theories of the Gift constitutes the first critical edition and translation into any modern language of a d nanibandha, a classical Hindu legal digest devoted to the culturally and religiously important topic of gifting. David Brick has included an extensive historical introduction to the text and its subject matter." Series: Harvard Oriental Series. Num Pages: 470 pages. BIC Classification: D; DS; HBJF; HPDF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 257 x 173 x 41. Weight in Grams: 1474.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Edition
annotated edition
Number of pages
470
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674088481
ISBN
9780674088481
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 54.60
€ 50.22

Hardback. Noam Maggor shows how the moneyed elite in Gilded Age Boston leveraged their wealth to forge transcontinental networks of commodities, labor, and transportation. With the decline of cotton-based textile manufacturing, these gentleman bankers found new business opportunities in the mines, railroads, and industries of the Great West. Num Pages: 240 pages, 14 halftones, 7 graphs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTK; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 164 x 243 x 26. Weight in Grams: 608.
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674971462
ISBN
9780674971462
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 48.99
€ 40.99

Paperback. Karin Friedrich locates Brandenburg-Prussia in its historical, political, religious and economic context, from the demise of the Teutonic Knights to the Napoleonic crisis. Synthesising debates, the study focuses on key themes such as absolutism, foreign politics and the Enlightenment in order to provide a fresh reassessment. Series: Studies in European History. Num Pages: 184 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DF; 3J; HBJD; HBLH; HBLL. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 140 x 216 x 10. Weight in Grams: 234.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
184
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230535657
ISBN
9780230535657
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.67

Paperback. Harris's Brandywine is the first complete study to merge the strategic, political, and tactical history of this complex operation and important set-piece battle into a single compelling account. Num Pages: 528 pages, 35 images and 16 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL; HBWF; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Publisher
Savas Beatie
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611213225
ISBN
9781611213225
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 26.97

Hardcover. Num Pages: 240 pages, 236 colour photos. BIC Classification: 1KBBEC; AJCR; HBJK; HBTK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 304. Weight in Grams: 1778.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780764349300
ISBN
9780764349300
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 53.99
€ 35.44

Hardcover. Hugh Gough, 1st Viscount Gough, is an interesting and controversial figure of the late Georgian and early Victorian British Army. It is said he commanded in more battles than any other British soldier of this period, save for the Duke of Wellington. Series: War and Military Culture in South Asia, 1757-1949. Num Pages: 464 pages, 40 b/w illustrations, 10 maps maps. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JF; 3JH; BGH; HBJD1; HBLL; HBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Publisher
Helion and Company
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781910294611
ISBN
9781910294611
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 53.48
€ 41.44

Hardback. This book is the first full-length modern study of the Diggers, who were among the most remarkable of the radical groups to emerge during the English Revolution of 1640-60. The book also provides a reassessment of the Digger leader Gerrard Winstanley, a figure who has attracted great interest in recent years. Series Editor(s): Lake, Peter; Milton, Anthony; Peacey, Jason; Gajda, Alexandra. Series: Politics, Culture and Society in Early Modern Britain. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 553.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Manchester University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719061028
ISBN
9780719061028
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 149.91

Paperback.
Publisher
Luath Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781842820667
ISBN
9781842820667
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.46

Paperback. A sweeping survey of Brazilian representations--encompassing literature, art, propaganda, mass media, and other realms--across five centuries of evolving identity, brimming with powerful photographs. Series: The William and Bettye Nowlin Series in Art, History, and Culture of the Western Hemisphere. Num Pages: 408 pages, 79 b&w illus, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; HBJK; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 185 x 26. Weight in Grams: 612.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of Texas Press United States
Number of pages
408
Condition
New
SKU
V9780292718579
ISBN
9780292718579
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 37.22

Paperback. This is a systematic account of Brazil's historical development from 1798 to 1852. The book analyses the process that brought the sprawling Portuguese colonies of the New World into the confines of a single nation-state. Editor(s): Barman, Roderick J. Num Pages: 348 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLC; 1KLSB; 3JF; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 475.
Publisher
Stanford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804723305
ISBN
9780804723305
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.61

Paperback. Num Pages: 352 pages, 27 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; 3JJ; 3JM; HBJK; HBLW; HBLX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 198 x 36. Weight in Grams: 420.
Publisher
Yale University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300216974
ISBN
9780300216974
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 16.09

Paperback. Brazil is one of the largest economies in the world. Brazil: What Everyone Needs to Know evaluates the progress that has been made to date in consolodating democracy and addressing the challenging institutional issues that are obstacles to a higher level of development. Series: What Everyone Needs to Know. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; GTB; HBJK; HBL; RGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 141 x 17. Weight in Grams: 300.
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780190224530
ISBN
9780190224530
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 17.51

Hardback. Brazil's Steel City presents a social history of the National Steel Company (CSN), Brazil's foremost state-owned company and largest industrial enterprise in the mid-twentieth century. Num Pages: 352 pages, 12 tables, 5 figures, 20 illustrations, 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLS; 3JJ; HBJK; KNXB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 153 x 24. Weight in Grams: 606.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804771689
ISBN
9780804771689
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 86.77

Paperback. A fascinating history of sex and relationships. Breach of Promise was an archaic legal action brought about by a jilted lover (male or female) when their former intended broke off their engagement. This is the first ever non-academic book on the topic and reveals a fascinating romantic and legal underworld from the 1790s - 1960s. Num Pages: 208 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBJD1; HBTB; JHBK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 164 x 16. Weight in Grams: 356.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Pen & Sword Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9781783030361
ISBN
9781783030361
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 23.11

Paperback.
Publisher
University of Hertfordshire Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
220
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781907396632
ISBN
9781907396632
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.40

hardcover. An in-depth study of the changing patterns and fortunes of the provisioning of Norwich Cathedral Priory, c.1260 to 1536. The study of the food supply of late-medieval conventual households sheds much light on the wider process of decline and eventual collapse of direct demesne management and feudalism in the post-Black Death era. Series: Studies in Regional and Local History. Num Pages: 237 pages, Illustrations maps. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3H; HBJD1; HBLC1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 246 x 175 x 17. Weight in Grams: 654.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University Of Hertfordshire Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781907396625
ISBN
9781907396625
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 39.28

Paperback. Employing a wide range of source materials literary and artistic responses to violence, memoirs, and first-person accounts from victims, perpetrators, relief workers, and diplomats, the author argues that the international answer to the inhumanity of World War I in the Middle East laid the foundation for modern humanitarianism and more. Num Pages: 272 pages, 19 b/w images. BIC Classification: 1FB; HBJF1; JKSR; JPVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 154 x 18. Weight in Grams: 398.
Publisher
University of California Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520279322
ISBN
9780520279322
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.15

Hardcover. The newly awakened interest in the lives of craftspeople in Turkey is highlighted in this collection, which uses archival documents to follow Ottoman artisans from the late 15th century to the beginning of the 20th. The authors examine historical changes in the lives of artisans, focusing on craft organizations (or guilds).. Editor(s): Faroqhi, Suraiya. Series: International Studies in Social History. Num Pages: 368 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVT; 3J; HBJD1; HBLH; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 237 x 161 x 28. Weight in Grams: 670.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782385585
ISBN
9781782385585
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 167.20

hardcover. Constantine Vaporis challenges the notion that an elaborate and restrictive system of travel regulations in Tokugawa Japan prevented widespread travel, maintaining instead that a "culture of movement" developed in that era. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 400 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; AMVD; HBJF; KNG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 159 x 36. Weight in Grams: 720.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674081079
ISBN
9780674081079
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 59.36
€ 54.44

Paperback. An account that begins with the history of Tse-whit-zen village, and the 19th- and 20th-century impacts of contact, forced assimilation, and industrialization. It explores how the site was chosen, and how the decisions were made first to proceed and then to abandon the project, and the aftermath and implications of those controversial choices. Series: Capell Family Book. Num Pages: 288 pages, 92 colour illustrations, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBWS; HBJK; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 205 x 17. Weight in Grams: 767.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Washington Press
Edition
1St Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295988788
ISBN
9780295988788
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 32.66

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