Regional & national history
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Regional & national history
Paperback. Num Pages: 176 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: BGA; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 249.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Heritage House Publishing Co Ltd Canada
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781927527139
- ISBN
- 9781927527139
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 18.26
€ 25.99
€ 18.26
Paperback. Editor(s): Mackie, Richard; Wynn, Graeme. Num Pages: 304 pages, 60 b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBCB; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 154 x 25. Weight in Grams: 672.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Harbour Publishing Canada
- Edition
- 1St Edition
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781550175776
- ISBN
- 9781550175776
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 27.44
€ 29.99
€ 27.44
Paperback. Home Truths uncovers the strange and often bizarre stories behind the inventions, and inventors, that have shaped our homes. From dado rails and stencilling - which date from Roman times - noggins and newel posts to power showers. Num Pages: 240 pages, 100 b&w. BIC Classification: HBJD1; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 124 x 17. Weight in Grams: 344.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752458595
- ISBN
- 9780752458595
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 13.52
€ 13.99
€ 13.52
Hardback. Offers an exploration of the oral histories of three generations of refugees from India's Partition. This book focuses on the emergent conceptual nexus of home, travel, and identity in the stories of participants from ten Hindu and Sikh families in Delhi. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white halftones, figures. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HBJF; HBLW3; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 150 x 25. Weight in Grams: 545.
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823256433
- ISBN
- 9780823256433
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 118.78
€ 118.78
Paperback. Explores the first nine thousand years of life in Britain, from the retreat of the glaciers to the Romans departure. This book traces the settlement of domestic communities, and shows how archaeology enables us to reconstruct the evolution of habits, traditions and customs. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3B; HBJD1; HBLA; HDDA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 197 x 23. Weight in Grams: 286.
- Publisher
- Penguin Classic
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780241955888
- ISBN
- 9780241955888
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.47
€ 17.99
€ 13.47
Hardback. Series: Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University. Num Pages: 320 pages, 14 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJH; 3JJP; HBJF; HBTB; HBWQ; JWXR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 164 x 264 x 24. Weight in Grams: 582.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231177702
- ISBN
- 9780231177702
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.42
€ 40.99
€ 29.42
Hardback. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVW; HBJD; HBLW3; HBW; JFFN; JPFN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 164 x 24. Weight in Grams: 568.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801441585
- ISBN
- 9780801441585
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 47.63
€ 47.63
Hardcover. Despite the massive influx of Hollywood movies and films from other European countries after World War II, Austrian film continued to be hugely popular with Austrian and German audiences. By examining the decisive role that popular cinema played in the turbulent post-war era, this book provides unique insights into the reconstruction of a society. Series: Film Europa. Num Pages: 272 pages, 10 ills. BIC Classification: 1DFA; 3JJPG; APFA; HBJD; HBLW3; HBTB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 237 x 158 x 21. Weight in Grams: 534.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857459459
- ISBN
- 9780857459459
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 161.93
€ 161.93
Hardback. Alive with personal stories, this book considers how people and communities on the Canadian home front perceived the Great War. Num Pages: 360 pages, 16 b/w photographs, 10 figures. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 3JJF; HBJK; HBTB; HBWN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 4217. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780774810135
- ISBN
- 9780774810135
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 113.85
€ 113.85
Paperback. When did the first people arrive here? What did they look like? How did they survive? Who were the Neanderthals? The author takes us back to when it was so tropical we lived alongside hippos, elephants and sabre-toothed tigers or to times so cold we hunted reindeer and mammoth, and to others even colder when we were forced to flee a wall of ice. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations (chiefly col.), col. maps, ports. (some col.). BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBJD1; JHMP; PDZ; PSX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 190 x 111 x 18. Weight in Grams: 226.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141018133
- ISBN
- 9780141018133
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.88
€ 15.99
€ 11.88
Paperback. Collects the primary texts on homosexuality in ancient Greece and Rome that are translated into modern English. Covering a period - from the earliest Greek texts in the late seventh century bce to Greco-Roman texts of the third and fourth centuries ce - this title includes well-known writings by Plato, Sappho, Aeschines, Catullus, and Juvenal. Editor(s): Hubbard, Thomas K. Num Pages: 575 pages, 35 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 1QDAR; 3D; HBJD; HBLA; JFSK2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 156 x 36. Weight in Grams: 922. A Sourcebook of Basic Documents. 558 pages, b/w illus. Editor(s): Hubbard, Thomas K. Collects the primary texts on homosexuality in ancient Greece and Rome that are translated into modern English. Covering a period - from the earliest Greek texts in the late seventh century bce to Greco-Roman texts of the third and fourth centuries ce - this title includes well-known writings by Plato, Sappho, Aeschines, Catullus, and Juvenal. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 1QDAR; 3D; HBJD; HBLA; JFSK2. Dimension: 227 x 156 x 36. Weight: 832.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Number of pages
- 558
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- First Printing Writing In Book
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520234307
- ISBN
- 9780520234307
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.00€ 34.76
€ 43.00
€ 34.76
Paperback. Bray explores how men who engaged in sodomy reconciled this behavior with their society's violent loathing for the sodomite, and shows how a social more that had remained stable for centuries changed dramatically toward the end of the seventeenth century. Series: Between Men - Between Women: Lesbian & Gay Studies. Num Pages: 165 pages, 5 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; DSBD; HBJD1; HBLH; JFSK2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 130 x 203 x 10. Weight in Grams: 208.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 165
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231102896
- ISBN
- 9780231102896
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 35.36
€ 40.99
€ 35.36
Hardcover. In 1997 the United Kingdom returned control of Hong Kong to China, ending the city's status as one of the last remnants of the British Empire and initiating a new phase for it as both a modern city and a hub for global migrations. This book presents a tour of Hong Kong city's post colonial urban landscape. Num Pages: 320 pages, 101 halftones, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPCH; 3JJPR; 3JMC; HBJF; HBLX; HBTR; JFSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 20. Weight in Grams: 839.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780226448565
- ISBN
- 9780226448565
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 95.56€ 79.56
€ 95.56
€ 79.56
Hardcover. Under-researched and often forgotten, documentary film-making in Hong Kong includes a thriving independent documentary film movement, a large archive of documentaries made by the colonial film units, and a number of classic British Official Films. In this book, case studies from all three categories are examined, including The Battle of Shanghai. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; APF; HBJF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 520.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748664696
- ISBN
- 9780748664696
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 113.47€ 109.28
€ 113.47
€ 109.28
Paperback. Sze-yuen Chung was closely and actively involved in the entire process of transferring Hong Kong's sovereignty back to China. These memoirs record his personal experiences in Hong Kong's political scene in the two decades between 1979 and 1999. Editor(s): Chung, Sze-Yuen. Num Pages: 388 pages, col. Illustrations, col. maps, col. ports. BIC Classification: 1FPCH; 3JJPN; 3JJPR; HBJF; HBLW3; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 685.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- The Chinese University Press
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789629960209
- ISBN
- 9789629960209
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.67
€ 20.67
hardcover. Series: Then and Now. Num Pages: 144 pages, 140 colour and b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1FPCH; AJ; HBJF; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 286 x 18. Weight in Grams: 958.
- Publisher
- Pavilion Books
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781910904084
- ISBN
- 9781910904084
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 18.32
€ 26.99
€ 18.32
Paperback. Num Pages: 160 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HBJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 11. Weight in Grams: 16.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780762740697
- ISBN
- 9780762740697
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 12.87
€ 14.99
€ 12.87
Paperback. The 'honorable men' who ruled the Old South had a language that comprised apparently outlandish features, yet revealed much about the lives of masters and the nature of slavery. This book demonstrates the language of honor that embraced a system of phrases, gestures, and behaviors centered on values, asserting authority and maintaining respect. Num Pages: 192 pages, 12 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; HBTS; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 28.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691017198
- ISBN
- 9780691017198
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.75€ 42.46
€ 53.75
€ 42.46
Hardback. W. Puck Brecher overturns standard narratives of wartime Japan's racial attitudes, focusing on the experiences of Western civilians rather than enemy POWs in Japan. His bold thesis is borne out by a broad mosaic of stories of police harassment, suspicion, relocation, starvation, internment, and torture, as well as extraordinary acts of charity. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 330 pages. BIC Classification: HBJF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 22 x 15. .
- Publisher
- Harvard University, Asia Center
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674975149
- ISBN
- 9780674975149
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 50.11€ 46.46
€ 50.11
€ 46.46
Honorer la vérité, réconcilier pour l'avenir: Sommaire du rapport f...
Commission de Verite Et Reconciliation Du Can...
paperback. Num Pages: 592 pages, 50 b&w illustrations, 5 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBC; HBJK; HBTB; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 6300 x 4369 x 41. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- McGill-Queen's University Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 592
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780773546707
- ISBN
- 9780773546707
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 45.04
€ 47.99
€ 45.04
Hardcover. As the University of Regina marks 100 years of excellence in education on its campus, "Honouring Our Past, Embracing Our Future "is a tribute to the thousands of students, faculty members, and staff who have contributed to the institution's development over the past century. Num Pages: 109 pages, colour illus. BIC Classification: HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 286 x 16. Weight in Grams: 948.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of Regina Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780889772434
- ISBN
- 9780889772434
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 32.09
€ 37.99
€ 32.09
Paperback. Honouring the Contract provides a novel perspective on the distinctive foundations of New Zealand's welfare state. It raises issues concerning modern-day concepts of citizenship as the welfare state comes under challenge. Num Pages: 296 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1MBN; HBJM; HBLW; HBLX; JKS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 565.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Victoria University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780864736345
- ISBN
- 9780864736345
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 28.79
€ 28.79
Hardback. A memoir about growing up in Montana and what it means to call Montana home. Num Pages: 248 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBBWM; BM; HBJK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803225183
- ISBN
- 9780803225183
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 23.11
€ 24.99
€ 23.11
Paperback. Examines various aspects of childhood delinquency, from hooliganism, teenage gangs and vandalism to juvenile crime and classroom anarchy. This book argues that far from being simply the product of society, the rebellion of under-privileged children and youth has a long and compelling history. It is intended for those interested in oral history. Num Pages: 288 pages, 0. BIC Classification: HBJD1; HBLW; HBTB; JFF; JFSP1; JFSP2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 460.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631199847
- ISBN
- 9780631199847
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.99€ 50.79
€ 51.99
€ 50.79