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Regional & national history

Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages, 6 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; 3JH; 3JJ; 3JM; HBJK; HBLL; HBLW; HBLX; HBTQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 148 x 18. Weight in Grams: 388.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691156071
ISBN
9780691156071
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 27.51

Paperback. Essays written by Antoinette Burton since the mid-1990s trace her thinking about modern British history and engage debates about how to think about British imperialism in light of contemporary events. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 153 x 26. Weight in Grams: 578.
Publisher
Duke University Press
Number of pages
416
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822349020
ISBN
9780822349020
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.73

Hardback. A large number of hill stations were developed by the British in the Indian colony and these were chosen as the summer capitals and seats of administrative authority of the Raj. This work looks at the way the Empire was built in the hills through the sites of the church, schools, and sport activities to imitate the lifestyle of the British. Num Pages: 456 pages, 27. BIC Classification: HBJF; HBLL; HBTQ. Dimension: 224 x 147 x 38. Weight in Grams: 612.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
456
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199463558
ISBN
9780199463558
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 76.72

Hardcover. Starting from the analysis of the Irish characters in Kipling's Indian stories, this book shows that the representation of the British Empire was greatly indebted to analogies and comparisons made between colonies. It contrasts two different ways of making colonial analogies: 'imperialist' and 'nationalist'. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: HBJD1; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 163 x 240 x 22. Weight in Grams: 467. Good clean copy in dustwrapper with minor shelf wear
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Cork University Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KAC0004385
ISBN
9781859184080
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback.
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9781416502937
ISBN
9781416502937
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.94

Paperback. Empire of Law shows how seventeenth-century Indian claimants, by litigating and petitioning before Mexico City tribunals, became full participants in an early modern cosmopolitan legality that gave rise to a colonial politics of justice that struggled, with some success, against the utter degradation of subject peoples. Num Pages: 392 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; HBJK; HBLH; HBLL; HBTQ; LAZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Stanford University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804776622
ISBN
9780804776622
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 36.10

Paperback. A magnificent new volume in the acclaimed Oxford History of the United States, written by the bestselling, Pulitzer Prize-winning author, Gordon S. Wood. Series: Oxford History of the United States. Num Pages: 800 pages, 40 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 159 x 234 x 53. Weight in Grams: 1102.
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
800
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199832460
ISBN
9780199832460
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 16.86

Hardcover. Integrating all aspects of life, from politics and law to the economy and culture, "Empire of Liberty" offers a marvelous account of this pivotal era when America took its first unsteady steps as a new and rapidly expanding nation. Series: Oxford History of the United States. Num Pages: 800 pages, Illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 172 x 244 x 61. Weight in Grams: 1218.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Oxford University Press, USA
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195039146
ISBN
9780195039146
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 44.79

Paperback. Series: Culture and Society After Socialism. Num Pages: 392 pages, 27. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JJF; HBJD; HBLW; HBTV; JPWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 155 x 24. Weight in Grams: 540.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
392
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801489082
ISBN
9780801489082
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.93

Hardback. Series: Culture and Society After Socialism. Num Pages: 392 pages, 27. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JJF; HBJD; HBLW; HBTV; JPWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 29. Weight in Grams: 742.
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801442735
ISBN
9780801442735
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 138.75

Hardcover. Provides a counterhistory of the academic study of religion, an alternative to standard accounts that have failed to link the field of comparative religion with either the power relations or the historical contingencies of the imperial project. Num Pages: 400 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1H; HBJH; HRAC; HRAX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 60 x 90 x 28. Weight in Grams: 658.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226117263
ISBN
9780226117263
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 110.36
€ 90.73

Paperback. How is knowledge about religion and religions produced, and how is that knowledge authenticated and circulated? The author aims to answer these questions. He shows that race, rather than theology, was formative in the emerging study of religion in Europe and North America. Num Pages: 400 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1H; HBJH; HRAC; HRAX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 228 x 22. Weight in Grams: 540.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226117430
ISBN
9780226117430
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 32.34

Paperback. Explains how both distinctive features of American culture - being exceptionally religious and exceptionally violent - work together Num Pages: 274 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HRCX6; JFFE. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 15. Weight in Grams: 363.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
New York University Press
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814768952
ISBN
9780814768952
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.60

Paperback. Examines the networks that linked academics across the British settler world in the age of 'Victorian' globalization. Drawing on extensive archival research, remaps the intellectual geographies of Britain and its empire in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Series: Studies in Imperialism. Num Pages: 256 pages, 2 black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1QDB; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTQ; JNM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 157 x 23. Weight in Grams: 420.
Publisher
Manchester University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719099304
ISBN
9780719099304
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.56

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
St. Martin's Griffin
Number of pages
560
Condition
New
SKU
V9781250023209
ISBN
9781250023209
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 24.98

Paperback. A sensational history of love, politics and corruption in the Jazz Age Num Pages: 416 pages, 6. BIC Classification: 1KBBSL; 3JJG; AVGJ; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 124. .
Publisher
Amberley Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
416
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781445651231
ISBN
9781445651231
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.96

Hardback. By the turn of the twentieth century, Japan's military and economic successes made it the dominant power in East Asia. This book explores how colonial and semicolonial writers discussed, adapted, translated, and recast thousands of Japanese creative works, both affirming and challenging Japan's cultural authority. Series: Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph Series. Num Pages: 550 pages, 1 halftone. BIC Classification: 1F; 2GJ; DSB; HBJF; JFFN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 38. Weight in Grams: 1048.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Harvard University, Asia Center United States
Number of pages
550
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780674036253
ISBN
9780674036253
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 59.27
€ 54.32

Paperback. How did Britain so lose the plot that today there is not a single aircraft manufacturer of any significance in the country? The author captures that season of glory in a book that fuses his own memories of being a schoolboy plane spotter with a ruefully realistic history of British decline. It is the story of machines and men who flew them. Num Pages: 416 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJPN; 3JMC; HBJD1; HBTK; KNDV; WGM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 34. Weight in Grams: 326.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Condition
New
SKU
9780571247950
ISBN
9780571247950
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 4.99

Paperback. The bestselling complete history of the British Navy - our national story through a different prism. Num Pages: 720 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBJD1; HBW; JWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 143 x 43. Weight in Grams: 568.
Publisher
Phoenix
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780753829202
ISBN
9780753829202
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 16.53

Hardback. Leading writer Boris Kagarlitsky offers an ambitious account of 1000 years of Russian history. Translator(s): Clarke, Renfrey. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3H; 3J; HBJD; JPFC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 238 x 162 x 27. Weight in Grams: 660.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Pluto Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745326825
ISBN
9780745326825
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 40.97

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