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Regional & national history
Paperback. With a major port on the Great Lakes, an extensive network of railroads and canals, and a river system including the Mississippi, the Illinois, and the Ohio, Illinois has long played a critical role in linking East Coast industrial cities, the agricultural heartland, and the Gulf Coast. Num Pages: 296 pages, 48 photographs, 5 linecuts. BIC Classification: 1KBBNC; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 149 x 23. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press
- Edition
- 1st THUS
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252068089
- ISBN
- 9780252068089
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.32
€ 26.99
€ 25.32
Hardback. These books, produced from the archives of the Library of Congress and edited by Vincent Virga, offer a glimpse into the history of the United States through rare historical full-color maps, narrative captions, and short essays. Series: Mapping the States Through History. Num Pages: 128 pages, black & white illustrations, colour illustrations, maps, frontispiece. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KBBN; HBJK; HBTP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 249 x 221 x 18. Weight in Grams: 50.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 128
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780762760114
- ISBN
- 9780762760114
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 21.00
€ 25.99
€ 21.00
Hardcover. Series: Ars Nova. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDF; ACK; HBJD; HBLC1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 261 x 199 x 23. Weight in Grams: 1122.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Brepols Publishers
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9782503518046
- ISBN
- 9782503518046
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 180.21
€ 180.21
Hardback. This book offers a cultural history of modern China by looking at the tension between memory and history, examining how Chinese intellectuals and artists experienced trauma, social upheavals, and transformations. Series: Cultural Memory in the Present. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 549.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804749466
- ISBN
- 9780804749466
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 161.00
€ 161.00
Hardcover. Natasha Heller offers a cultural history of Buddhism through a case study of the Chan master Zhongfeng Mingben. Monks of his stature developed a broad set of cultural competencies for navigating social and intellectual relationships. Heller shows the importance of situating monks as actors within wider sociocultural fields of practice and exchange. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 400 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; HRAX; HRE. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 160 x 37. Weight in Grams: 802.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Harvard University Asia Center
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674417113
- ISBN
- 9780674417113
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 46.12
€ 54.99
€ 46.12
Hardback. Num Pages: 140 black & white photographs. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ; JWTR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
- Publisher
- PeKo Publishing Kft.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Ill
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9786158007269
- ISBN
- 9786158007269
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.98€ 51.66
€ 54.98
€ 51.66
Paperback. Ilusion aulica e imaginacion caballeresca en El Cortesano de Luis Milan" Series: North Carolina Studies in Romance Languages and Literature. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1DS; DSB; HBJD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- The University of North Carolina Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781469609980
- ISBN
- 9781469609980
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 72.29
€ 72.29
Paperback. The passage of time and the reality of an aging survivor population have made it increasingly urgent to document and give expression to testimony, experience, and memory of the Holocaust. This title demonstrates that artistic representations are central to the practice of remembrance and commemoration. Editor(s): Jacobowitz, Florence; Hornstein, Shelley. Num Pages: 344 pages, 74 b&w photos, 1 maps, 1 index. BIC Classification: AG; HBJD; HBTZ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 159 x 239 x 23. Weight in Grams: 582.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press
- Edition
- 1st US - 1st Printing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253215697
- ISBN
- 9780253215697
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.40
€ 27.99
€ 26.40
Paperback. Looks at photograph collections of four Black German families taken between 1900 and the end of World War II and a set of portraits of Afro-Caribbean migrants to Britain taken at a photographic studio in Birmingham between 1948 and 1960. Num Pages: 256 pages, 118 photographs, 10 illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJ; AJC; HBJD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 253 x 179 x 14. Weight in Grams: 604.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822350743
- ISBN
- 9780822350743
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.29
€ 27.99
€ 26.29
Hardback. Looks at photograph collections of four Black German families taken between 1900 and the end of World War II and a set of portraits of Afro-Caribbean migrants to Britain taken at a photographic studio in Birmingham between 1948 and 1960. Num Pages: 256 pages, 118 photographs, 10 illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJ; AJC; HBJD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 257 x 185 x 20. Weight in Grams: 757.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822350569
- ISBN
- 9780822350569
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 110.83
€ 110.83
Paperback. Explores Mexico and its romance with the image as well as othe issues of Spanish colonialism. Translator(s): Maclean, Heather. Series: Latin America Otherwise. Num Pages: 296 pages, 20 b&w photographs, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; GTB; HBJK; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5893 x 3887 x 21. Weight in Grams: 481.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822326434
- ISBN
- 9780822326434
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 27.31
€ 29.99
€ 27.31
Paperback. Features several photographs from a defining era of the Central Asian region, collected and annotated by a descendant of the photographer. The photographs provide us with a rare Russian point of view of the Great Game - the rivalry between Britain and Russia for the domination of Central Asia. Num Pages: 264 pages, Over 100 duotone Ill. BIC Classification: 1FBN; 3JJC; AJC; HBJF1; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 277 x 26. Weight in Grams: 1380.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Saqi Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780863567353
- ISBN
- 9780863567353
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 36.58
€ 36.99
€ 36.58
Paperback. Of one-and-a-half million photographs related to Nazi concentration camps, only four depict the actual process of mass killing perpetrated at the gas chambers. This book reveals that these photos of Auschwitz, taken clandestinely by one of the Jewish prisoners forced to help carry out the atrocities there, were made as a potent act of resistance. Translator(s): Lillis, Shane B. Num Pages: 248 pages, 30 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DVP; 3JJH; AJCR; HBJD; HBLW; HBTZ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 141 x 13. Weight in Grams: 350. Four Photographs from Auschwitz. 248 pages, 30 halftones. Of one-and-a-half million photographs related to Nazi concentration camps, only four depict the actual process of mass killing perpetrated at the gas chambers. This book reveals that these photos of Auschwitz, taken clandestinely by one of the Jewish prisoners forced to help carry out the atrocities there, were made as a potent act of resistance. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DVP; 3JJH; AJCR; HBJD; HBLW; HBTZ1. Dimension: 215 x 141 x 13. Weight: 302. Translator(s): Lillis, Shane B.
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Number of pages
- 248
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226148175
- ISBN
- 9780226148175
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 25.06
€ 31.99
€ 25.06
hardcover. Illuminates the various ways in which the American Revolution and its aftermath directly and indirectly influenced France before and after the French Revolution. This title includes essays that cluster several basic themes such as: the condition of Native Americans and African-Americans, and more. Num Pages: 228 pages, 7 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ADF; HBJD; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 539.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- Georgetown University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 228
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- V9780878404971
- ISBN
- 9780878404971
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 71.78
€ 71.78
Paperback. Num Pages: 115 pages, facsimiles, portraits. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBJD1; HBLL; JPW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 188 x 246 x 15. Weight in Grams: 336.
- Publisher
- The Merlin Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 115
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780850364750
- ISBN
- 9780850364750
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.46
€ 17.99
€ 16.46
Paperback. Drawing on archival sources and oral testimony, Keith Gildart examines the ways in which popular music played an important role in reflecting and shaping social identities and working-class cultures and - through a focus on rock 'n' roll, rhythm & blues, punk, mod subculture, and glam rock - created a sense of crisis in English society. Num Pages: 299 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AV; HBJD1; HBL; HBTB; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 389.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349285822
- ISBN
- 9781349285822
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 121.49
€ 121.49
Paperback. Oliver Cromwell ranks as one of the most hotly debated figures in the whole of English history. This complex historiography has left us today with many different versions of Cromwell as man, general and statesman and the conflicting images are the subject of this book. Editor(s): Richardson, R. C.; Richardson, R. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JD; HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 141 x 20. Weight in Grams: 334.
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719097546
- ISBN
- 9780719097546
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.07
€ 47.07
Paperback. LIMERICK Num Pages: Illustrations (some col.), maps, ports. BIC Classification: 1DBR; HBJD1; HBW; WTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). . 116pp A pictorial record of Sarsfield Barracks formerly known as New Barracks, which has its own unique place in the history of Limerick and Ireland
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781845889395
- ISBN
- 9781845889395
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.00
€ 10.00
Paperback. Num Pages: Illustrations (some col.), maps, ports. BIC Classification: 1DBR; HBJD1; HBW; WTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). . Very good copy with light shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KCW0015736
- ISBN
- 9781845889395
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. The medieval clergy, aristocracy, and commercial classes tended to regard peasants as objects of contempt and derision, yet, at the same time, they were not viewed like other condemned groups. This text examines these conflicting images from the post-Carolingian period to the German Peasants' War. Series: Figurae: Reading Medieval Culture. Num Pages: 484 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; HBJD; HBLC; JFSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 27. Weight in Grams: 685.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 484
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804733731
- ISBN
- 9780804733731
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 38.45
€ 42.99
€ 38.45
Hardback. The medieval clergy, aristocracy, and commercial classes tended to regard peasants as objects of contempt and derision, yet, at the same time, they were not viewed like other condemned groups. This text examines these conflicting images from the post-Carolingian period to the German Peasants' War. Series: Figurae: Reading Medieval Culture. Num Pages: 484 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JB; HBJD; HBLC; JFSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 34. Weight in Grams: 840.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 484
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804733724
- ISBN
- 9780804733724
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 169.52
€ 169.52
Hardback. Mark C. Yerger, responding to requests from readers of his previous books, this new photo album provides material for the model builder, vehicle enthusiast, memorabilia collector and those interested in SS holders of the Knights Cross. Num Pages: 176 pages, over 320 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1DFG; HBJD; HBWQ; JWD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 310 x 241 x 26. Weight in Grams: 1650.
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764300783
- ISBN
- 9780764300783
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.07€ 39.48
€ 54.07
€ 39.48
Paperback. Num Pages: 112 pages, 120ill. BIC Classification: 3JJH; HBJD; HBWQ; JWG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 245 x 191 x 8. Weight in Grams: 352.
- Publisher
- Pen & Sword Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 112
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781844150861
- ISBN
- 9781844150861
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 23.31
€ 25.99
€ 23.31
Hardback. "The definition of treason was so contested and the process of the prosecution so fluid that the trials Cunningham explores provide important resources for those interested in the early modern period."-Katharine Eisaman Maus, University of Virginia Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3H; HBJD1; HBLC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 237 x 163 x 22. Weight in Grams: 516.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812236408
- ISBN
- 9780812236408
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 89.10
€ 89.10