Regional & national history
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Regional & national history
Paperback. An account of the rise of the Zulu nation in southern Africa, and its fall under Cetshwayo in the Zulu war of 1879. This work sets out to be not only a history of the Zulus but also a full-scale study of the British colonial and military policy in relation to southern Africa, and of those involved. Num Pages: 672 pages, 1. BIC Classification: 1HFM; 3JH; HBJH; HBLL; HBTQ; HBTR; JFSL9; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 149 x 49. Weight in Grams: 908.
- Publisher
- Pimlico London
- Number of pages
- 672
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780712661058
- ISBN
- 9780712661058
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 22.48
€ 33.99
€ 22.48
Hardcover. An insider's perspective on how international politics really works by a former Brazilian Ambassador to the United States Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KLSB; HBJK; JPSD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Vanderbilt University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780826520111
- ISBN
- 9780826520111
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 99.85€ 90.28
€ 99.85
€ 90.28
Hardcover. This book is the first study of the role of British Ambassadors in shaping Anglo-American relations during the first generation of the 'special relationship'. As well as showing how ambassadors wielded influence in Washington and helped to formulate British foreign policy, it offers insights into the role of the embassy in modern diplomacy. Editor(s): Hopkins, Michael F.; Kelly, Saul; Young, John W. (Chair of International History, University of Nottingham). Num Pages: 251 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD1; HBJK; HBLW3; JPSD. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 223 x 137 x 19. Weight in Grams: 430.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230522169
- ISBN
- 9780230522169
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.26
€ 64.26
This ground-breaking series is a comprehensive history that traces the "Presidential line" of the Washingtons. Volume one begins with the immigrant John Washington who settled in Westmoreland Co., Va., in 1657, married Anne Pope, and was the great-grandfather of President George Washington. Num Pages: 648 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 38. Weight in Grams: 1293.
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Savas Beatie United States
- Number of pages
- 648
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611212372
- ISBN
- 9781611212372
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.68€ 58.01
€ 62.68
€ 58.01
Hardback. This ground-breaking series is a comprehensive history that traces the "Presidential line" of the Washingtons. Volume one begins with the immigrant John Washington who settled in Westmoreland Co., Va., in 1657, married Anne Pope, and was the great-grandfather of President George Washington. Num Pages: 460 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 28. Weight in Grams: 880.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Savas Beatie United States
- Number of pages
- 460
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611212754
- ISBN
- 9781611212754
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 55.72€ 51.92
€ 55.72
€ 51.92
Hardback. This ground-breaking series is a comprehensive history that traces the "Presidential line" of the Washingtons. Volume one begins with the immigrant John Washington who settled in Westmoreland Co., Va., in 1657, married Anne Pope, and was the great-grandfather of President George Washington. Num Pages: 786 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 254. .
- Publisher
- Savas Beatie
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611212402
- ISBN
- 9781611212402
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.68€ 58.01
€ 62.68
€ 58.01
Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBES; 3JJP; 3JMC; BM; HBJK; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 265 x 27. Weight in Grams: 858.
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764349782
- ISBN
- 9780764349782
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 27.91
€ 42.99
€ 27.91
Hardback. A clothier and a deeply religious man, Joseph Ryder faithfully kept a diary from 1733 until his death in 1768. The author interprets Ryder's diary, which provides a real-life perspective on the relationship between capitalism and Protestantism at a time when Britain was rapidly changing from a traditional to a modern society. Series: The Lewis Walpole Series in Eighteenth-Century Culture and History. Num Pages: 288 pages, 15 black-&-white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JF; HBJD1; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 167 x 242 x 26. Weight in Grams: 606.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300169614
- ISBN
- 9780300169614
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 75.47€ 58.46
€ 75.47
€ 58.46
Hardcover. Why did the imperial Russian government fail to prevent revolution in 1917? Were its security policies flawed? This broadly researched study of Russia's security police investigates the government's efforts to maintain order against political opposition and threats of violence during the decade before the Revolution. Num Pages: 310 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JJC; HBJD; HBLW; JKSW1; JPW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 160 x 27. Weight in Grams: 603.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Northern Illinois University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 310
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780875803319
- ISBN
- 9780875803319
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 58.92
€ 58.92
Hardcover. .
- Publisher
- Pen & Sword Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781844155996
- ISBN
- 9781844155996
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.27
€ 33.99
€ 24.27
Paperback. A history of the science of hydrology as applied to the Nile, whose annual flows can produce acute drought or disastrous floods. The author makes it clear that the decisive forces in his complex story are political ones, in a context of internal and international rivalries and brutal civil wars. Num Pages: 464 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1H; 3JJ; HBJH; HBLW; JP; RBKF; RNF; TNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 626.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Markus Wiener Pub
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781558760998
- ISBN
- 9781558760998
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 30.46
€ 35.99
€ 30.46
Hardcover. Num Pages: 180 pages. BIC Classification: HBJF1; JPF; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 381.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Hoover Institution Press
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780817913342
- ISBN
- 9780817913342
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.71
€ 63.71
The Way and the Word. Science and Medicine in Early China and Greece.
Lloyd, Geoffrey; Sivin, Nathan
Paperback. In this work, two scholars compare and contrast the cosmology, science and medicine of China and Greece between 400 BC and AD 200. In the process they cast new light not only on these two rich civilizations but also on the evolving character of science. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1QDAG; 3D; HBJD; HBJF; HBLA; MBX; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 208 x 138 x 22. Weight in Grams: 410.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300101607
- ISBN
- 9780300101607
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 28.71
€ 38.99
€ 28.71
Hardback. Num Pages: 384 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; JFFM; JFSC; KCP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 41. Weight in Grams: 742.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Encounter Books,USA United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781594038570
- ISBN
- 9781594038570
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 28.14
€ 30.99
€ 28.14
Hardcover. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AJ; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 312 x 237 x 23. Weight in Grams: 1279.
- Publisher
- Texas A&M University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780890964446
- ISBN
- 9780890964446
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 28.51
€ 32.99
€ 28.51
Paperback. Num Pages: 122 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; BGH; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 137 x 9. Weight in Grams: 152.
- Publisher
- ibooks United States
- Number of pages
- 122
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781596871243
- ISBN
- 9781596871243
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.38
€ 10.99
€ 9.38
Paperback. In this first full biography of Philip Vickers Fithian, John Fea tells the story of how one young man sought to pursue the life of an eighteenth-century Presbyterian gentleman while continuing to yearn for the everyday passions that defined what it meant for him to be human. Series: Early American Studies. Num Pages: 280 pages, 12 illus. BIC Classification: HBJK. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812220599
- ISBN
- 9780812220599
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.03
€ 38.03
hardcover. The story of the bitter political struggles within a factionalized military elite, released in the 1920's from the constraints of the informal but unified system of Imperial leadership which had characterized the military in the Meiji era. Num Pages: 268 pages, 5 line diagrams 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJG; HBJF; HBLW; JWD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 163 x 230 x 23. Weight in Grams: 586.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 268
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804723756
- ISBN
- 9780804723756
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 86.58
€ 86.58
Paperback. Num Pages: 6 illus. BIC Classification: 1FM; HBJF; JHMC; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 211 x 18. Weight in Grams: 344.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Silkworm Books / Trasvin Publications LP
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9786162151163
- ISBN
- 9786162151163
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 35.67
€ 38.99
€ 35.67
Paperback. Hillwalking is Ireland's most widely practised leisure activity today. Rock climbing has developed to a level of technical excellence with crags in almost every county. This history recounts the adventures, dangers, successes and failures of these multifaceted activities. Num Pages: 344 pages, B&W photos. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JJ; 3JM; HBJD1; WSZG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 141 x 26. Weight in Grams: 452.
- Publisher
- Gill
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848892422
- ISBN
- 9781848892422
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 22.99€ 18.38
€ 22.99
€ 18.38
Paperback. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBP; 3JMG; HBJF1; HBLX; HRAM2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 26. Weight in Grams: 311.
- Publisher
- Granta Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781783783113
- ISBN
- 9781783783113
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 12.81
€ 17.99
€ 12.81
Paperback. Series: The Calvin P. Horn Lectures in Western History & Culture. Num Pages: 244 pages, illustrations, map. BIC Classification: HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 159 x 20. Weight in Grams: 445.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- University of New Mexico Press United States
- Number of pages
- 244
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780826316530
- ISBN
- 9780826316530
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 29.44
€ 34.99
€ 29.44
Paperback. This volume covers the author's life in the years 1944-1988. Born into privilege immediately before World War II, the author lived through the turbulent years of early Communism and later the Ceausescu-era dictatorship. Changes in government policy regarding class-warfare affected her family both professionally and personally. Num Pages: 450 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DV; HBJD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 502.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- East European Monographs United States
- Number of pages
- 450
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780880336796
- ISBN
- 9780880336796
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 77.57
€ 77.57
To a degree unique among democracies, the US has always placed responsibility for running national elections in the hands of county, city, and town officials. This book explores the causes and consequences of America's localized voting system, explaining its historical development and its impact on American sovereignty and democratic equality. Num Pages: 256 pages, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTB; JPH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Vanderbilt University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780826516534
- ISBN
- 9780826516534
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 99.85€ 90.28
€ 99.85
€ 90.28