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Regional & national history
Paperback. A story of adventure and aspiration in the high peaks that makes a vivid case for the importance of mountains to American national identity. Num Pages: 448 pages, 65 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; RGBS; RGR; WSZG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 140 x 30. Weight in Grams: 350.
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393353761
- ISBN
- 9780393353761
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.45
€ 19.99
€ 18.45
Paperback. From xenophobic appropriations of Joan of Arc to Afro-futurism, the "national" characters of the colonial era often seem to be dissolving into postnational and virtual subjects. This text analyzes the French colonial experience as a case study in the erosion of belief in national destiny. Num Pages: 288 pages, 16 halftones. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBLL; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226023502
- ISBN
- 9780226023502
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 33.40
€ 43.99
€ 33.40
Paperback. The American Revolutionary War pitched the newly formed Continental Army against the professional British Redcoats - a highly trained organization manned by long-serving and experienced infantrymen with a formidable reputation forged on European battlefields during the Seven Years' War. This book deals with this war. Illustrator(s): Shumate, Johnny. Series: Combat. Num Pages: 80 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLL; HBWF; JWKT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 185 x 250 x 4. Weight in Grams: 260.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781472806482
- ISBN
- 9781472806482
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 15.50
€ 21.99
€ 15.50
Paperback. Contouring the Nation is the first book which historically explores obesity in Canada from a critical perspective. Deborah McPhail demonstrates how obesity as a problem was affixed to particular populations in order to separate true Canadians from others. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBC; HBJK; JFSJ; MB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442612723
- ISBN
- 9781442612723
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 33.04
€ 36.99
€ 33.04
hardcover. Contouring the Nation is the first book which historically explores obesity in Canada from a critical perspective. Deborah McPhail demonstrates how obesity as a problem was affixed to particular populations in order to separate true Canadians from others. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBC; HBJK; JFSJ; MB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442644502
- ISBN
- 9781442644502
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.71
€ 67.71
Hardback. Louis Mandrin led a gang of bandits who brazenly smuggled contraband into eighteenth-century France. Michael Kwass brings new life to the legend of this Gallic Robin Hood, exposing the dark side of early modern globalization. Decades later, the memory of Mandrin inspired ordinary subjects and Enlightened philosophers alike to challenge royal power. Num Pages: 440 pages, Illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white). BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JF; BGH; HBJD; HBLL; JFFS; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 164 x 238 x 34. Weight in Grams: 870.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674726833
- ISBN
- 9780674726833
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.13€ 58.19
€ 64.13
€ 58.19
Hardcover. How skirting the law once defined America's relation to the world. Num Pages: 384 pages, 20 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL; JKV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 263 x 249 x 34. Weight in Grams: 766.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- W. W. Norton & Company
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393065336
- ISBN
- 9780393065336
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 25.65
€ 30.99
€ 25.65
Paperback. The Bavarian army which fought the War of 1866 was not greatly distinguished for its performance, but a translation of the Bavarian general staff history of the war is a document which should be available in English, since it gives an official analysis of the conflict. Translator(s): Sutherland, Stuart. Num Pages: 136 pages. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 260.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Helion and Company
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781906033668
- ISBN
- 9781906033668
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.42
€ 33.99
€ 24.42
paperback. A collection of the most influential work on the Ojibwes by noted anthropologist A Irving Hallowell. Editor(s): Brown, Jennifer S. H.; Gray, Susan Elaine. Series: Critical Studies in the History of Anthropology. Num Pages: 664 pages, 7 photos, 2 maps, 5 tables, 1 figure. BIC Classification: 1KB; HBJK; HBTB; JFSL9; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 34. Weight in Grams: 898.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 664
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780803223912
- ISBN
- 9780803223912
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.99€ 46.49
€ 51.99
€ 46.49
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 266 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; HBJD; HBLA; JPV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 16. Weight in Grams: 542.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 266
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691631776
- ISBN
- 9780691631776
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 133.37
€ 133.37
Paperback. In trying to explain why unprecedented numbers of patrician women did not marry, historians have claimed that dowries became too expensive. However, this text aims to debunk this myth and argues that the rise of forced vocations happened within the context of aristocratic culture and society. Series: Women in Culture and Society Series. Num Pages: 376 pages, 31 halftones, 14 tables. BIC Classification: 1DST; HBJD; HBLH; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 27. Weight in Grams: 690.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226769363
- ISBN
- 9780226769363
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 37.06
€ 47.99
€ 37.06
Paperback. Pierre Bourdieu (1930-2002) is the most influential sociologist of our time. His works take in education, culture, sport, literature, painting, class, philosophy, religion, law, media, intellectuals, methodology, photography, universities, colonialism, kinship, schooling and politics. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFM; HBJH; JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 152 x 220 x 15. Weight in Grams: 344.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Wits University Press South Africa
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781868145409
- ISBN
- 9781868145409
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.03
€ 37.99
€ 34.03
hardcover. Gives readers a glimpse into the life and times of Walter Cronkite in his own words. This book contains selections from interviews between the legendary journalist and an experienced oral historian - Cronkite's friend, Dr Don Carleton. Num Pages: 384 pages, 30 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGF; HBJK; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 263 x 186 x 29. Weight in Grams: 964.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Center for American History United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780976669739
- ISBN
- 9780976669739
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.28
€ 33.28
Paperback. Num Pages: 284 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJH; HBJK; HBLW; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 228 x 23. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Publisher
- Penguin Putnam Inc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780425271544
- ISBN
- 9780425271544
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 17.55
€ 18.99
€ 17.55
Hardcover. Offers a firsthand portrayal of the so-called Butcher of the Balkans, the Serbian president whose ambitions sparked the Bosnian conflict. At its heart the book is a portrait of an autocrat who rode the tiger of nationalism to serve his own ends and to promote those who furthered his agenda. Num Pages: 248 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1DVWY; 3JJP; HBJD; HBLW3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820349435
- ISBN
- 9780820349435
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 32.16
€ 36.99
€ 32.16
Paperback. The author demonstrates how New England colonialists lived in a densely metaphoric landscape, exploring the links between such cultural expressions as witchcraft narratives and 18th-century crowd violence. He questions the actual impact of the Enlightenment on this climate of fear and instability. Num Pages: 480 pages, 134 illustrations, 5 maps, notes, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLL; JFC; JFHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 162 x 232 x 34. Weight in Grams: 766. Clean copy with some shelf wear
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Publisher
- The University of North Carolina Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Edition
- New edition
- SKU
- KOC0018537
- ISBN
- 9780807846889
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardcover. Szpiech draws on medieval Christian, Jewish, and Muslim polemics to investigate the role of narrative in the representation of conversion. By investigating conversion not as individual experience but as expression of communal visions of history, he shows how the narratives dramatize the conflict of ideas in disputational writing. Series: The Middle Ages Series. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 3H; HBJD; HBLC1; HRCC2. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 558.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812244717
- ISBN
- 9780812244717
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 81.89
€ 81.89
Hardcover. The Protestant and Catholic Reformations thrust the nature of conversion into the center of debate and politicking over religion as authorities and subjects imbued religious confession with novel meanings during the early modern era. The volume offers insights into the historicity of the very concept of "conversion." Editor(s): Luebke, David Martin; Poley, Jared; Ryan, Daniel C.; Sabean, David Warren. Series: Spektrum: Publications of the German Studies Association. Num Pages: 218 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3J; HBJD; HBLH; HRAM2. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 239 x 184 x 17. Weight in Grams: 436.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Number of pages
- 218
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857453754
- ISBN
- 9780857453754
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 154.94
€ 154.94
Hardcover. .
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719099151
- ISBN
- 9780719099151
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 106.98€ 38.61
€ 106.98
€ 38.61
Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBN; HBJK; MBPM; MBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Academy Chicago Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780897339254
- ISBN
- 9780897339254
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 17.07
€ 17.99
€ 17.07
Hardcover. .
- Publisher
- Prospect Books
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781909248328
- ISBN
- 9781909248328
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 43.49
€ 52.99
€ 43.49
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Prospect Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 560
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781903018873
- ISBN
- 9781903018873
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 44.13
€ 52.99
€ 44.13
Paperback. Demonstrates that European influence on decision-making processes in Washington during the Cold War worked through three mechanisms: norms prescribing consultations among the allies; use of domestic pressures for leverage in trans-atlantic interactions; and, trans-national and trans-governmental coalitions among societal and bureaucratic actors. Series: Princeton Studies in International History and Politics. Num Pages: 260 pages, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1D; 1KBB; 1KBC; HBJD; HBJK; HBLW3; JPQB; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 238 x 157 x 21. Weight in Grams: 396.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 260
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691017112
- ISBN
- 9780691017112
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 68.94€ 53.41
€ 68.94
€ 53.41
Hardback. This is a study of the evolving relationship between the British colonial state and the copper mining industry in Northern Rhodesia, from the early stages of development to decolonization, encompassing depression, wartime mobilization and fundamental changes in the nature and context of colonial rule. Series: Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies Series. Num Pages: 438 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1HFMW; HBJD1; HBJH; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 221 x 160 x 28. Weight in Grams: 654.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 440
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230555266
- ISBN
- 9780230555266
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 124.82
€ 124.82