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Regional & national history
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
€ 51.91€ 47.73
€ 51.91
€ 47.73
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
€ 54.99€ 43.07
€ 54.99
€ 43.07
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
€ 54.99€ 43.83
€ 54.99
€ 43.83
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
€ 119.97
€ 119.97
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
€ 119.18
€ 119.18
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
€ 62.92
€ 62.92
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
€ 61.81
€ 61.81
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
€ 151.16
€ 151.16
This work attempts to theorize the process of the emergence, in 18th-century New Spain, of a position of intellectual subjectivity differentiated from that established by the regime of Spanish imperial authority. It traces how groups of ""criollo"" intellectuals try to construct such discourses. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 2ADSL; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Purdue University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781557531988
- ISBN
- 9781557531988
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.60
€ 42.60
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
€ 28.47
€ 28.47
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
€ 45.90
€ 45.90
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
€ 25.99€ 22.07
€ 25.99
€ 22.07
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
€ 53.15€ 41.40
€ 53.15
€ 41.40
Paperback. Series: Making Europe. Num Pages: 417 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; HBJD; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 246 x 189 x 23. Weight in Grams: 855.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 417
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230308022
- ISBN
- 9780230308022
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.36
€ 42.36
Paperback. This book is a history of reading in the British Isles from 1695-1870 that focuses on "common" rather than professional readers and which explores a range of previously undervalued sources. Num Pages: 249 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBF; HBJD1; HBTB; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 249
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349357574
- ISBN
- 9781349357574
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 61.75
€ 61.75
Hardback. A detailed study of changing patterns of consumption, showing how these related to wider political, social and economic developments. Series: Irish Historical Monographs. Num Pages: 319 pages, 14 black & white illustrations, 22 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JB; HBJD1; HBLH; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 162 x 26. Weight in Grams: 714.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843839507
- ISBN
- 9781843839507
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 113.80
€ 113.80
paperback. This book analyzes literary representations to explain how consumption, a killer disease, came to be the glamorous illnesss of the Romantic era. Num Pages: 251 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSB; DSBF; HBJD; JFC; MBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2007
- Number of pages
- 251
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349286119
- ISBN
- 9781349286119
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 129.16
€ 129.16
Contact and Conflict in Frankish Greece and the Aegean, 1204-1453
Carr, Mike. Ed(S): Chrissis, Dr. Nikolaos G.
The conquest of Constantinople by the Fourth Crusade shattered irreversibly the political and cultural unity of the Byzantine world in the Greek peninsula, the Aegean and western Asia Minor. This volume brings together western medievalists, Byzantinists and Ottomanists. Editor(s): Chrissis, Dr. Nikolaos G. Series Editor(s): Maier, Dr. Christoph. Num Pages: 252 pages, Includes 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1DVG; HBJD. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 240 x 161 x 22. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 252
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781409439264
- ISBN
- 9781409439264
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 184.90
€ 184.90
Hardback. Series: Contemporary History in Context. BIC Classification: HBJD. Dimension: 216 x 140. Weight in Grams: 480.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan UK
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780312219147
- ISBN
- 9780312219147
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 119.30
€ 119.30
Paperback. To find more information on Rowman & Littlefield titles, please visit us at www.rowmanlittlefield.com. Num Pages: 187 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; HBG; HBJD; HBTZ1; HBWQ; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 162 x 16. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Jason Aronson Inc. Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 187
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780765761118
- ISBN
- 9780765761118
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 58.10
€ 58.10
Paperback. 60 years after independence, African nations still find it difficult to face a number of challenges, from establishing meaningful democratic institutions to establish social structures centered on the advancement of gender equality. This volume approaches these contemporary African challenges while combating a reflexive and facile Afro-Pessimism. Editor(s): Falola, Toyin; Mbah, Emmanuel M. Series: African Histories and Modernities. Num Pages: 277 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJH; HBJK; HBTB; JFC; JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 277
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349494132
- ISBN
- 9781349494132
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 128.83
€ 128.83
Hardcover. 60 years after independence, African nations still find it difficult to face a number of challenges, from establishing meaningful democratic institutions to establish social structures centered on the advancement of gender equality. This volume approaches these contemporary African challenges while combating a reflexive and facile Afro-Pessimism. Editor(s): Falola, Toyin; Mbah, Emmanuel M. Series: African Histories and Modernities. Num Pages: 277 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JM; 3JMG; HBJH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 145 x 218 x 20. Weight in Grams: 452.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137438911
- ISBN
- 9781137438911
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 119.13
€ 119.13