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paperback. Tells the history of the past two centuries, showing how a disparate group of thinkers, journalists, radicals and charismatics emerged from the ruins of empire to create an unstoppable Asian renaissance, one whose ideas lie behind everything from the Chinese Communist Party to the Muslim Brotherhood, and have made our world what it is today. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 1F; 3JJP; HBJF; HBLW3; HBTQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 268.
Publisher
Penguin
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241954669
ISBN
9780241954669
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.84

Hardcover. This text provides a detailed historical study of Islam under post-war Soviet Communism. Yaacov Ro'i describes and analyzes all aspects of Islam which relate to the Soviet domestic scene, with the purpose of demonstrating how and why it survived in the face of Soviet repression and secularization. Num Pages: 775 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1DVU; HBJD; HBLW3; HRH; JFSR2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230. Weight in Grams: 1155.
Publisher
C Hurst & Co (Publishers)Ltd
Number of pages
775
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Edition
1St Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781850654032
ISBN
9781850654032
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 76.98
€ 75.25

Hardcover. World War I sounded the death knell of empires. The last Sultan Mehmet VI Vahdettin thought he could salvage the Ottoman state in something like its old form. But Vahdettin and his ministers could not succeed because the victorious Allies had decided on the final partition of the Ottoman state. This book deals with this topic. Series Editor(s): Sharp, Alan. Series: Makers of the Modern World. Num Pages: 240 pages, 1 tables, 3 maps, 3 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1DVT; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 209 x 138 x 23. Weight in Grams: 448.
Publisher
Haus Publishing Limited United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9781905791651
ISBN
9781905791651
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.44

Hardcover. By 1989 it was obvious that the majority of Hungary's population wanted fundamental political, economic and social changes. These essays examine the components of the peaceful transition that over a ten-year period led to democracy in Hungary. Editor(s): Schmidt, Maria; Toth, Laszlo. Series: EEM Atlantic Studies on Society in Change. Num Pages: 640 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVP; 3JJPR; HBJD; HBTB; JPHV; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 220 x 147 x 39. Weight in Grams: 817.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
East European Monographs United States
Edition
EEM #574
Number of pages
640
Condition
New
SKU
V9780880334723
ISBN
9780880334723
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 76.98
€ 59.90

Hardback. Many of the pieces collected here have not been published since their first appearance, making From Traveling Show to Vaudeville an indispensable resource for historians of popular culture, theater, and nineteenth-century American society. Editor(s): Lewis, Robert M. Num Pages: 400 pages, 19, 19 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; AN; HBJK; HBLL; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 32. Weight in Grams: 749.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801870873
ISBN
9780801870873
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.07

Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 262 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; HBJD; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 14. Weight in Grams: 457.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
262
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691610948
ISBN
9780691610948
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 37.97

hardcover. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 262 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; HBJD; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 16. Weight in Grams: 657.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
262
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691638997
ISBN
9780691638997
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 134.09

Hardback. Explores the political mobilisation of the two largest French veterans' associations during the interwar years, the Union federale (UF) and the Union nationale des combattants (UNC). Series Editor(s): Taithe, Bertrand; Summerfield, Penny; Gatrell, Peter; Jones, Max; Carden-Coyne, Ana. Series: Cultural History of Modern War. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBTB; HBW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 221 x 137 x 25. Weight in Grams: 446.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Manchester University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719085505
ISBN
9780719085505
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 149.51

Paperback. Between 1988 and 2013, the Chinese city of Zouping transformed from an impoverished village of 30,000 people to a bustling city of over 300,000, complete with factories, high rises, parks, shopping malls, and all the infrastructure of a wealthy East Asian city. This is a portrait of the rapid change of Zouping, its environs, and more. Num Pages: 280 pages, 26 b/w, 7 maps, 3 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Publisher
University of California Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520289710
ISBN
9780520289710
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.74

Paperback. Editor(s): Pabisch, Peter. Num Pages: 364 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1DFA; HBJD; HBLW. Dimension: 218 x 136 x 30. Weight in Grams: 508.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1989
Publisher
Ariadne Press United States
Number of pages
364
Condition
New
SKU
V9780929497099
ISBN
9780929497099
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 25.85

Hardback. This volume offers some answers through the case study of the relationship between two quite different states during the Cold War era - Austria, a small neutral country, and the United States, the reigning superpower. The authors challenge naive notions of cultural diffusion.. Editor(s): Good, David F.; Wodok, Ruth; Wodak, Ruth. Series: Austrian History, Culture & Society S. BIC Classification: 1DFA; 1KBB; HBJD; HBJK; HBLW3; JFC; JHM; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 142 x 20. Weight in Grams: 431.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Berghahn Books, Incorporated United States
Condition
New
SKU
V9781571811035
ISBN
9781571811035
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 154.88

Paperback. Comprehensive overview of Frome during the Great War. Num Pages: 160 pages, 100 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKEWS; 3JJF; HBJD1; HBLW; HBWN; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 234 x 13. Weight in Grams: 408.
Publisher
Pen & Sword Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781473835931
ISBN
9781473835931
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.21

Paperback. This account explores this battle which for many epitomises the futility of the Great War. In those few hours many heroic deeds were done but the battle caused a souring of Anglo-Australian relationships and truly was a baptism of fire for these British and Australian troops. This is their history. Num Pages: 240 pages, Illustrations, maps, ports. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JJF; HBJD; HBLW; HBWN; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 116 x 19. Weight in Grams: 258.
Edition
UK ed.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780752456010
ISBN
9780752456010
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.54

Hardcover. An irreplaceable portrait of George W. Bush Series: Focus on American History Series. Num Pages: 226 pages, 149 color photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JMC; AJCP; HBJK; HBLX; JPHL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 314 x 286 x 28. Weight in Grams: 2216.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of Texas Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780292745476
ISBN
9780292745476
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 56.12

Paperback. Kent has been on England's first line of defence. Many people in the county have lived closer to the enemy in Europe than they did to London. This book delves into the long history of military Kent, from Roman forts to Martello towers, from the ambitious Royal Military Canal to wartime airfields and underground Cold War installations. Num Pages: 160 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1DBKESK; HBJD1; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 248 x 173 x 10. Weight in Grams: 414.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9780750944601
ISBN
9780750944601
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.50

Hardback. A study of the cultural transformations arrived at by Spanish colonists, native-born creoles, mestizos (Chinese and Spanish), and indigenous colonial subjects in the Philippines during the crisis of colonial hegemony in the nineteenth century and the social anomie that resulted from this crisis in law and politics. Series: Asia Pacific Modern. Num Pages: 390 pages, 8 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1FMP; HBJF; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 31. Weight in Grams: 678.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
390
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520255197
ISBN
9780520255197
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 84.08
€ 64.99

Hardcover. Synthesizing the tensions between high and low politics and eastern and western regions in Pennsylvania before the Revolution, Patrick Spero recasts the importance of frontiers, as eighteenth-century Pennsylvanians would have understood them, to the development of colonial America and the origins of American Independence. Series: Early American Studies. Num Pages: 352 pages, 22 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBBEP; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 680.
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812248616
ISBN
9780812248616
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 47.25

Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 340.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Heritage House Publishing Co Ltd Canada
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9781927527092
ISBN
9781927527092
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 19.83

Paperback. Written by lawyer turned bestselling author Garrett Wilson, "Frontier Farewell" unravels the gruesome toll wrought by the overhunting and extinction of the buffalo and exposes the false mythology of the Old West. Num Pages: 525 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 157 x 36. Weight in Grams: 824.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of Regina Press
Edition
New Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780889773615
ISBN
9780889773615
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 28.75

Hardback. This book is a study of the development of Brazil's far western frontier during the years of the Empire (1822-1889). Num Pages: 312 pages, 22 tables, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 558.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804751797
ISBN
9780804751797
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 105.93

Paperback. Num Pages: 234 pages, 34 black & white illustrations, 4 maps, 34 b&w illus., 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1FM; HBJF; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
University of Washington Press
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295741734
ISBN
9780295741734
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.01

Paperback. Examines how the breeding ground for global jihad developed and flourishes today in the borderlands between Pakistan and Afghanistan Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1FCA; 1FKP; HBJF; HRH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 216 x 18. Weight in Grams: 366.
Publisher
C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849041836
ISBN
9781849041836
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 36.11

hardcover. Xiaoyuan Liu shows how the history of the Chinese Communist Party was, from the Yan'an period onward, intertwined with the ethnopolitics of the Chinese "periphery." As a Han-dominated party, the CCP had to adapt to an inhospitable political environment, particularly among the Hui (Muslims) of northwest China and the Mongols of Inner Mongolia. Num Pages: 256 pages, 7 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJG; 3JJH; HBJF; HBLW; HBT; JPFC; JPL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 549.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804749602
ISBN
9780804749602
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 76.84

Hardcover. Detroit's industrial health has long been crucial to the American economy. Today's troubles not withstanding, Detroit has experienced multiple periods of prosperity, particularly in the second half of the 18th century, when the city was the center of the thriving fur trade. This book details this seldom-discussed chapter of Detroit's history. Series: American Beginnings, 1500 - 1900. Num Pages: 288 pages, 19 halftones, 1 map, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; HBJK; HBLH; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 526.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226096704
ISBN
9780226096704
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 42.95

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