Regional & national history
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Regional & national history
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€ 24.80
€ 33.99
€ 24.80
hardcover. Num Pages: 132 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJH; AJ; HBJD; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 6452 x 6452 x 18. Weight in Grams: 1098.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253019561
- ISBN
- 9780253019561
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 47.76
€ 47.76
Paperback. What turns rich nations into great powers? How do wealthy countries begin extending their influence abroad? This book seeks to answer these questions by examining the most puzzling case of a rising power in modern history - that of the United States. Series: Princeton Studies in International History and Politics. Num Pages: 216 pages, 2 tables 4 maps 1 line illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JPA; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 310.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691010359
- ISBN
- 9780691010359
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 30.70
€ 42.99
€ 30.70
Hardback. Weimar has become synonymous with catastrophic political failure, the prelude to the moral and material disaster in the shape of Hitler and Nazi Germany. This work shows that such failure was never inevitable and that the option remained open right up to Hitler's assumption of power. Num Pages: 388 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJG; HBJD; HBLW; JPFQ; JPQB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 646.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1900
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 388
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333641521
- ISBN
- 9780333641521
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 195.34
€ 195.34
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€ 25.65
€ 34.99
€ 25.65
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
€ 163.71
€ 163.71
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€ 14.16
€ 17.99
€ 14.16
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€ 16.57
€ 17.99
€ 16.57
Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH; HBJD1; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349290956
- ISBN
- 9781349290956
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.00
€ 66.00
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
€ 56.08
€ 56.08
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€ 16.06
€ 19.99
€ 16.06
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
€ 82.91€ 65.54
€ 82.91
€ 65.54
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
€ 47.21
€ 47.21
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€ 19.88
€ 27.99
€ 19.88
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€ 28.99
€ 33.99
€ 28.99
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
€ 111.90
€ 111.90
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
€ 36.99€ 33.99
€ 36.99
€ 33.99
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€ 36.03
€ 40.99
€ 36.03
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
€ 76.16
€ 76.16
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€ 43.19
€ 54.99
€ 43.19