Regional & national history
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Regional & national history
Hardback. This book studies the growth and reconstriuction of the Spanish fiscal-military state. Series: Palgrave Studies in the History of Finance. Num Pages: 253 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 3JF; HBJD; HBLL; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 470.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 253
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137478658
- ISBN
- 9781137478658
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 184.63
€ 184.63
Hardcover. For more than a century, Alsace was the most contested region in western Europe, This analysis of working-class politics and nationality explains the successive attempts of French and German authorities to impose one national identity on the region and shows how workers responded. Num Pages: 261 pages. BIC Classification: 1DFG; HBJD; HBLL; HBLW; JFSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 160 x 23. Weight in Grams: 572.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Northern Illinois University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 261
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780875802718
- ISBN
- 9780875802718
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 50.74
€ 50.74
Hardback. Through an analysis of public discourse, national policies, and large-scale infrastructure projects, this book examines how Japanese intellectuals, bureaucrats, and engineers created a "technological imaginary" during the wartime era (1931-1945) to mobilize people for war and empire. Num Pages: 328 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJG; 3JJH; HBJF; HBLW; TBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 576.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804785396
- ISBN
- 9780804785396
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.12
€ 127.12
Paperback. Medieval Irish texts reveal distinctive and unexpected constructions of gender. Constructing Gender in Medieval Ireland illuminates these ideas through its fresh and provocative re-readings of a wide range of texts, including saga, romance, legal texts, Fenian narrative, hagiography, and ecclesiastical verse. Editor(s): Sheehan, Sarah; Dooley, Ann. Series: The New Middle Ages. Num Pages: 236 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: DSBB; HBJD; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 305.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 236
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349296613
- ISBN
- 9781349296613
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.78
€ 65.78
Hardcover. Author Anne Kane analyzes the intertwined cultural, political and social transformations that occur during historical events by focusing specifically on the case of the Irish Land War, a pivotal event in the formation of the modern Irish nation. Series: Cultural Sociology. Num Pages: 298 pages, 2 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBR; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB; JPFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 145 x 21. Weight in Grams: 470.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 298
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230120297
- ISBN
- 9780230120297
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.28
€ 67.28
Hardcover. This book examines the relationship between the Capetian monarchs of France and the Crusades, and considers the challenge to political authority that confronted them following their failure to join the early crusades, and their less-than-impressive involvement in later ones. Series Editor(s): Rigby, Steve. Series: Manchester Medieval Studies. Num Pages: 180 pages, Illustrations, black & white. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3H; HBJD; HBLC1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 147 x 224 x 18. Weight in Grams: 344.
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719090974
- ISBN
- 9780719090974
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 157.22
€ 157.22
Hardcover. Examines how archaeological finds from throughout Northeast Asia have been used in Korea to construct a myth of state formation. The book shows that the Korean state was in fact formed much later and that it reflected diverse influences from throughout Northern Asia, particularly of Han China. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 590 pages, 27 illustrations, 11 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1FPK; HBJF; HDD; JPH. Category: (P) Professional & Scholarly; (UP) Postgraduate; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 165 x 237 x 43. Weight in Grams: 942.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 590
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674002449
- ISBN
- 9780674002449
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 51.41€ 48.80
€ 51.41
€ 48.80
Paperback. Constructing Mexico City: Colonial Conflicts over Culture, Space, and Authority examines the spatial, material, and cultural dimensions of life in eighteenth-century Mexico City, through programs that colonial leaders created to renovate and reshape urban environments. Num Pages: 218 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTB; HBJK; HBL; JFC; JFF; JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 218
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349382286
- ISBN
- 9781349382286
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.53€ 46.05
€ 53.53
€ 46.05
Hardcover. Constructing Mexico City: Colonial Conflicts over Culture, Space, and Authority examines the spatial, material, and cultural dimensions of life in eighteenth-century Mexico City, through programs that colonial leaders created to renovate and reshape urban environments. Num Pages: 203 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; HBJK; HBTB; JFF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 212 x 157 x 17. Weight in Grams: 362.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230619579
- ISBN
- 9780230619579
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.53€ 46.85
€ 53.53
€ 46.85
Hardcover. Examining the social and political history of workers and entrepreneurs engaged in constructing the French capital from 1763-1815, this book argues that Paris construction was a core sector in which 'archaic' and 'innovative' practices were symbiotically used by guilds, the state, and enterprises to launch the commercial revolution in France. Num Pages: 362 pages, 46 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JF; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 223 x 137 x 25. Weight in Grams: 552.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230574717
- ISBN
- 9780230574717
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.65
€ 128.65
Paperback. Examining the social and political history of workers and entrepreneurs engaged in constructing the French capital from 1763-1815, this book argues that Paris construction was a core sector in which 'archaic' and 'innovative' practices were symbiotically used by guilds, the state, and enterprises to launch the commercial revolution in France. Num Pages: 362 pages, 46 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JF; HBJD; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 149 x 217 x 20. Weight in Grams: 464.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137264343
- ISBN
- 9781137264343
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 127.81
€ 127.81
Hardcover. The end of empire shaped the way the British public saw their place in the world, society and the ethnic and racial boundaries of their nation. Focussing on some of the most controversial organisations of the 1960s, this book illuminates their central importance in constructing post-imperial Britain. Num Pages: 258 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD1; HBLW; HBTB; HBTQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 138 x 24. Weight in Grams: 436.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137008909
- ISBN
- 9781137008909
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.37
€ 67.37
Paperback. The end of empire shaped the way the British public saw their place in the world, society and the ethnic and racial boundaries of their nation. Focussing on some of the most controversial organisations of the 1960s, this book illuminates their central importance in constructing post-imperial Britain. Num Pages: 258 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD1; HBL; HBTB; HBTQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 258
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349435852
- ISBN
- 9781349435852
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.72
€ 66.72
Constructing Spain explores the interactions between culture, geography, and society over fifty years of recent Spanish history through close readings of over a dozen films and novels. Num Pages: 354 pages, 1 tables. BIC Classification: 1DS; 3JJ; 3JM; DSB; HBJD; HBLW; HBLX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 158 x 236 x 28. Weight in Grams: 694.
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Bucknell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 354
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611483963
- ISBN
- 9781611483963
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 161.57
€ 161.57
Paperback. This book is open access under a CC-BY licence. This book takes the first in-depth look at how people thought about, diagnosed and treated cancer in the early modern period, examining imaginative literature, medical texts and personal accounts. Series: Palgrave Studies in Literature, Science and Medicine. Num Pages: 219 pages, 15 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; 3JB; DSBD; HBJD1; HBLH; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 295.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137569196
- ISBN
- 9781137569196
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.61
€ 30.61
Hardcover. Tappings on tables, questionable curatives, old wives' tales and whispers from beyond the grave - Victorians were fascinated by the supernatural. This title offers a layman's guide to 'matters magical and mysterious', and today is a quirky glimpse of a supernatural age now lost, by turns haunting and hilarious. Num Pages: 168 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB; JFH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 187 x 160 x 26. Weight in Grams: 298.
- Publisher
- Old House
- Number of pages
- 168
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781908402738
- ISBN
- 9781908402738
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 8.97
€ 8.97
Hardcover. Tappings on tables, questionable curatives, old wives' tales and whispers from beyond the grave - Victorians were fascinated by the supernatural. This title offers a layman's guide to 'matters magical and mysterious', and today is a quirky glimpse of a supernatural age now lost, by turns haunting and hilarious. Num Pages: 168 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB; JFH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 187 x 160 x 26. Weight in Grams: 298. Large format, illustrated. Clean copy
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- Publisher
- Old House
- Number of pages
- 168
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- SKU
- KEX0236063
- ISBN
- 9781908402738
Hardback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 8.97
€ 8.97
Europe endured such incessant political discord throughout the 20th century that some historians refer to the period's conflicts as the Long War. This book illuminates the complex diplomatic and military struggles of a region whose instability, rooted in a 19th-century nationalistic fervor, provided a catalyst for the political events that ensued. Num Pages: 280 pages, 9 maps. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLW; HBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- The University Press of Kentucky United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813125589
- ISBN
- 9780813125589
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 48.92
€ 48.92
Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB; JFCA; JFD; JHB; WCC; WCW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231167598
- ISBN
- 9780231167598
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 22.20
€ 29.99
€ 22.20
Paperback. Offers a reassessment of the 'consumer rites' that social critics have decried. This book discusses how holiday celebrations were almost banished by Puritans and religious reformers but went on to be romanticized and reinvented in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. It offers a cultural history of the commercialization of American holidays. Num Pages: 384 pages, 101 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTB; HRA; HRLF; JFC; JHBS; JHBT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 514.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- SKU
- V9780691017211
- ISBN
- 9780691017211
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.64€ 42.10
€ 52.64
€ 42.10