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Regional & national history
Hardback. This book project is a cultural history of rice consumption in the city of Canton (now Guangzhou), China's southernmost metropolis. Special emphasis is placed on the qualitative dimension of the local food culture and the dynamic interactions between the local society and the modern state. Num Pages: 320 pages, 3 tables, 6 illustrations, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJ; HBJF; JPRB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 558.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804772266
- ISBN
- 9780804772266
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 87.25
€ 87.25
Paperback. Editor(s): Adejumobi, S. Num Pages: 263 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HBJF; HBJH; JFC; JPS; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 343.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2010
- Number of pages
- 263
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349288434
- ISBN
- 9781349288434
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
paperback. This title is a detailed examination of social interaction in the city of Chihuahua, a major silver mining center of colonial Mexico. Founded at the beginning of the 18th century, the city attracted people from all over New Spain, all summoned by the voices of the mines of Chihuahua. Num Pages: 264 pages, 7 tables. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 3JF; HBJK; HBLH; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 16. Weight in Grams: 331.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804741682
- ISBN
- 9780804741682
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.83
€ 32.99
€ 29.83
Hardcover. This volume advances the discussions of leadership in Africa's specific history, culture, economy, and politics. The book promotes an understanding of leadership and its paradoxes and illuminates the conditions under which political leadership has been produced, and how those conditions have shaped leaders. Editor(s): Obadare, Ebenezer; Adebanwi, Wale. Series: African Histories and Modernities. Num Pages: 318 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1H; 3JJ; 3JM; HBJH; HBLW; HBLX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 148 x 224 x 24. Weight in Grams: 530.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137563576
- ISBN
- 9781137563576
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 150.26
€ 150.26
hardcover. Series: Global issues series. Num Pages: 326 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JJ; HBJD; JPH; MQW; TCB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan Switzerland
- Number of pages
- 326
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2017
- SKU
- V9783319510033
- ISBN
- 9783319510033
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 139.62
€ 139.62
Governance, Domestic Change, and Social Policy in China
. Ed(S): Blanchard, Jean-Marc F.; Lin, Kun-Ch...
Hardback. Editor(s): Blanchard, Jean-Marc F.; Lin, Kun-Chin. Num Pages: 214 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, 7 colour illustrations, 7 colour tables, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJ; 3JM; HBJF; JP; KCP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 218 x 19. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 214
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137022844
- ISBN
- 9781137022844
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.19
€ 67.19
Hardback. Rather, the Revolution built upon a long history of civic engagement and a complicated relationship between the practice of majority-rule and exclusionary policy-making on the part of appointed and self-selected constituencies. Series: Studies in Early American Economy and Society from the Library Company of Philadelphia. Num Pages: 272 pages, 2, 2 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBBEP; 3JD; 3JF; HBJK; HBLH; HBLL; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 159 x 24. Weight in Grams: 506.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421415277
- ISBN
- 9781421415277
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 39.40
€ 46.99
€ 39.40
Hardback.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691150734
- ISBN
- 9780691150734
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 39.95
€ 54.99
€ 39.95
Paperback. Num Pages: 432 pages, 3 halftones. 2 line illus. 1 table. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 151 x 226 x 27. Weight in Grams: 574.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691163925
- ISBN
- 9780691163925
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.44
€ 40.99
€ 29.44
Paperback. "Governing China: 150-1850". Num Pages: 139 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 221 x 151 x 8. Weight in Grams: 176.
- Publisher
- Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 111
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781603843119
- ISBN
- 9781603843119
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 15.42
€ 18.99
€ 15.42
Hardcover. "Governing China: 150-1850". Num Pages: 139 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; HBL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 147 x 13. Weight in Grams: 284.
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Publisher
- Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 111
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781603843126
- ISBN
- 9781603843126
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.99€ 39.06
€ 53.99
€ 39.06
Paperback. Glen O'Hara draws a compelling picture of Second World War Britain by investigating relations between people and government: the electorate's rising expectations and demands for universally-available social services, the increasing complexity of the new solutions to these needs, and mounting frustration with both among both governors and governed. Num Pages: 320 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD1; HBL; HBTB; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349311552
- ISBN
- 9781349311552
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 67.09
€ 67.09
Hardcover. Glen O'Hara draws a compelling picture of Second World War Britain by investigating relations between people and government: the electorate's rising expectations and demands for universally-available social services, the increasing complexity of the new solutions to these needs, and mounting frustration with both among both governors and governed. Num Pages: 320 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJPG; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; HBJD1; HBLW3; JPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 144 x 23. Weight in Grams: 508.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230230569
- ISBN
- 9780230230569
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 68.01
€ 68.01
Hardback. Editor(s): Crook, Tom; Esbester, Mike. Num Pages: 329 pages, 3 black & white illustrations, 4 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JF; 3JJ; HBJD1; HBLL; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148 x 23. Weight in Grams: 560.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 329
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137467447
- ISBN
- 9781137467447
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 117.12
€ 117.12
Paperback. When and how did public health become modern? This book offers a fresh answer to this question through an examination of Victorian and Edwardian England, long considered one of the critical birthplaces of modern public health. Series: Berkeley Series in British Studies. Num Pages: 408 pages, 31 b/w images. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JH; HBJD1; MBN; MBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 230 x 29. Weight in Grams: 562.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520290358
- ISBN
- 9780520290358
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.44
€ 40.99
€ 29.44
Hardback.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691119748
- ISBN
- 9780691119748
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 71.34€ 55.72
€ 71.34
€ 55.72
Paperback. This study of political institutions provides an objective appraisal of the precolonial institutions of the Basotho before colonial rule in 1868. It appraizes the impact of colonial rule on the old political structure, the introduction of new institutions and the development of new perceptions. Num Pages: 374 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1HFML; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJH; HBLL; HBLW; JPH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 505.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 374
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333515709
- ISBN
- 9780333515709
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 72.76
€ 72.76
Hardback. Explores the idea that the people most important in a flourishing democracy are those who challenge the status quo. Num Pages: 273 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL; JPW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 162 x 235 x 24. Weight in Grams: 510.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 273
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814738245
- ISBN
- 9780814738245
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.85
€ 52.85
Hardback. Strict decrees on the observance of death were part of the myriad laws enacted under the Tokugawa shogunate to control nearly every aspect of Japanese life. Hirai explores how this class of legislation played an integrative part in Japanese society by codifying religious beliefs and customs the Japanese people had cherished for generations. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 450 pages, 15 black and white photos; 3 maps; 13 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; HBJF; JHBT; JHBZ; LAZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 159 x 231 x 36. Weight in Grams: 800.
- Publisher
- Harvard University, Asia Center United States
- Number of pages
- 450
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674066823
- ISBN
- 9780674066823
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 46.60
€ 54.99
€ 46.60
hardcover. This rhetorical and historical analysis of sermons in the reign of James I argues that the official polemic of Jacobean government belies its claim to religious consensus and political moderation in pre-Civil War England. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JD; HBJD1; HBLH; HRCC91. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5182 x 3226 x 20. Weight in Grams: 455.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804732215
- ISBN
- 9780804732215
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 87.25
€ 87.25
Paperback. Provides an overview of the government of the early empires of China. This work discusses topics such as: the seat of supreme authority; the structure of central government; provincial and local government; the armed forces; officials; government communications; laws of the empire; control of the people and the land; and, problems and weaknesses. Num Pages: 248 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3D; HBJF; HBLA. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 142 x 14. Weight in Grams: 304.
- Publisher
- Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780872208186
- ISBN
- 9780872208186
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 15.42
€ 18.99
€ 15.42
Provides an overview of the government of the early empires of China. Topics discussed are: the seat of supreme authority; the structure of central government; provincial and local government; the armed forces; officials; government communications; laws of the empire; control of the people and the land; and more. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; HBLA. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 147 x 19. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780872208193
- ISBN
- 9780872208193
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.99€ 37.31
€ 51.99
€ 37.31
Hardback. Series: Anthem South Asian Studies. Num Pages: 407 pages, 16+ photographs. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HBJF; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Anthem Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 407
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843312772
- ISBN
- 9781843312772
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 139.21
€ 139.21
Paperback. The acclaimed biography by Jeffrey Robinson, previously published as Rainier and Grace, now revised and updated to coincide with the major motion picture starring Nicole Kidman as Princess Grace. BIC Classification: 1DDFM; BGR; HBJD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 131 x 27. Weight in Grams: 426.
- Publisher
- Hachette Book Group
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- UK
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781602862586
- ISBN
- 9781602862586
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 23.86
€ 26.99
€ 23.86