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Regional & national history

hardcover. This study contends that, contrary to popular belief, there was no single structure or paradigm of family that embraced all men and women in the late Middle Ages. It demonstrates how individuals lived simultaneously within the patriarchal structure, the nuclear family and networks of kin. Series: The Middle Ages Series. Num Pages: 304 pages, 17 illus. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3H; 3JB; HBJD1; HBLC; HBTB; JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 26. Weight in Grams: 700.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press
Edition
Illustrated
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812230727
ISBN
9780812230727
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 101.00

hardcover. This book deals with a sequence of lively and often bizarre episodes within San Francisco's Russian community set in motion in early 1888 by the arrival in San Francisco of a new Russian Orthodox bishop--and his entourage, which included some twenty clergymen and eleven boys. Num Pages: 268 pages, 13 half-tones. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HRCC8; JFFE; JFS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 222 x 146 x 23. Weight in Grams: 487.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Stanford University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
246
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804727679
ISBN
9780804727679
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 83.35

hardcover. This book presents both a biography of a Stanford University professor, one of the first academics of Asian ancestry in the United States, and, through Ichihashi's wartime writings, the only known comprehensive first-person account of life in U.S. "relocation centers" for persons of Japanese ancestry. Editor(s): Chang, Gordon G. Series: Asian America. Num Pages: 584 pages, 37 half-tones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJH; BGH; HBJK; HBWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 242 x 163 x 37. Weight in Grams: 1010.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Stanford University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
552
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804727334
ISBN
9780804727334
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 186.11

hardcover. Bringing local history to bear on major questions in Chinese social history and anthropology, this volume comprises a series of historical and ethnographic studies of the Pearl River Delta from late imperial times through the 1940's. Editor(s): Faure, David; Siu, Helen F. Num Pages: 300 pages, 8 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 160 x 26. Weight in Grams: 614.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Stanford University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
302
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804724340
ISBN
9780804724340
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 139.34

hardcover. This book is the first to examine life in the leading province of Elizabeth I's nascent empire, an Ireland of colonizing English farmers and an imported Protestant elite living in fortified manors and medieval castles Series Editor(s): Lethbridge, J. B. Series: The Manchester Spenser. Num Pages: 192 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JB; AMKL; HBJD1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 222 x 139 x 21. Weight in Grams: 360.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Manchester University Press Manchester
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719082467
ISBN
9780719082467
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 149.00

hardcover. Seeking the creation of a one-party totalitarian state, Ailtiri na hAiseirghe was Ireland's leading fascist movement during the Second World War. Architects of the Resurrection reconstructs the hidden history of this pro-Axis organisation, and its ambitious plans to make Ireland the leading light of ultra-right extremism in the postwar world. Num Pages: 336 pages, Illustrations, black & white|Maps. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JJH; 3JJPG; HBJD1; HBLW; JPFQ; JPL. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 30. Weight in Grams: 635.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Manchester University Press Manchester
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719079733
ISBN
9780719079733
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 139.57

hardcover. Exploring the politics of one of the most influential figures of twentieth-century Ireland, this book shows how John Hume helped to change the thinking of Irish nationalism, and lay the foundations of the Northern Ireland peace process. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JJ; HBJD1; JPFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 239 x 158 x 28. Weight in Grams: 596.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Manchester University Press Manchester, UK
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719079566
ISBN
9780719079566
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 150.18

hardcover. Drawing on a range of sources from the papers of landed families this book provides fresh insight into the place of women in the Irish wealthy landed class. Num Pages: 256 pages, Tables. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JF; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 233 x 165 x 24. Weight in Grams: 554.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Manchester University Press Manchester
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719077982
ISBN
9780719077982
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 149.91

hardcover. Presents an examination of the attempts to regulate female sexuality in twentieth-century Northern Ireland, from the 1900s to the 1960s. This study explores a wide range of women's experiences from those involved in prostitution and suspected of having VD, to the anxieties generated by the behaviour of girls and young women in general. Num Pages: 264 pages, Illustrations, black & white|Tables. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JJ; HBJD1; HBLW; HBTB; JFSJ1; JHBK5. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 224 x 143 x 25. Weight in Grams: 450.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Manchester University Press Manchester
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719076640
ISBN
9780719076640
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 149.37

hardcover. The first academic study of the Ulster Volunteer Force, a paramilitary organisation, which was formed in 1913 by Ulster Unionists opposed to the Third Home Rule Bill. The Ulster Volunteer Force provided the basis of the 36th (Ulster) Division formed in 1914 and was reactivated in 1920 to counter the I.R.A. threat to the new Northern Ireland state. Num Pages: 256 pages, Line drawings, unspecified|Maps. BIC Classification: HBJD1; HBLW; JP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 151 x 223 x 27. Weight in Grams: 450.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Manchester University Press
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719073717
ISBN
9780719073717
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 149.31

paperback. The New York Times Bestseller Superb Lash has reached the highest level of the biographer s art. Wall Street Journal" Num Pages: 416 pages, 20 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; 3JJH; HBJK; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 139 x 30. Weight in Grams: 350.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
WW Norton
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393349764
ISBN
9780393349764
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.54

paperback. Now hailed as a classic, one of the most unforgettable and heartbreaking books ever written about the Vietnam War. Num Pages: 512 pages, 16 pages of photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPK; BGH; HBJK; HBLL; HBWS2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 208 x 141 x 23. Weight in Grams: 394.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
WW Norton
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
463
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393342819
ISBN
9780393342819
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 17.47

paperback. Num Pages: 438 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLL; HBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 133 x 202 x 24. Weight in Grams: 326.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
Anchor New York
Edition
Reissue
Number of pages
438
Condition
New
SKU
V9780385044516
ISBN
9780385044516
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.17

paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Vintage
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780307475213
ISBN
9780307475213
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 16.71

paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Edition
New edition
Number of pages
440
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295986500
ISBN
9780295986500
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.27

paperback. Traces the history of African Americans in California Editor(s): De Graaf, Lawrence Brooks; Mulroy, Kevin; Taylor, Quintard, Jr. Series: Series No Longer Used. Num Pages: 6 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; GTB; HBJK; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 33. Weight in Grams: 794.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
University of Washington Press Seattle
Number of pages
550
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295980836
ISBN
9780295980836
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 61.19

paperback. Features an account of the 19th century conquests of the highest and most imposing of Pacific Northwest mountains, Mt. Rainier. This is the history of organized mountaineering in the Northwest as well as of Mt. Rainier and those who accepted its challenge. It carries those stories when Mt. Rainier achieved the status of a national park. Series: Columbia Northwest Classics. Num Pages: 278 pages, 16 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; WSZG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 150 x 17. Weight in Grams: 382.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
University of Washington Press Washington
Edition
Revised ed.
Number of pages
278
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295978475
ISBN
9780295978475
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.05

hardcover. Corbin recreates the life and world of a man about whom nothing is known except for his entries in the civil registries and historical knowledge about the times in which he lived: Louis-Francois Pinagot, a forester and clog maker who lived during the heart of the nineteenth century -- the age of Romanticism, of Hugo and Berlioz -- from the Napoleonic Wars to the Third Republic. Translator(s): Goldhammer, Arthur. Series: European Perspectives: A Series in Social Thought and Cultural Criticism. Num Pages: 272 pages, 2 illus. BIC Classification: 3JH; BGH; HBJD; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 160 x 24. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Edition
0th Edition
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231118408
ISBN
9780231118408
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 82.31

paperback. Based on analysis of a generation of leaders who came to power in Chile after 1970, this text focuses on how Allende's followers justify their political objectives through the course of their victory, violent defeat and gradual return to politics during Chile's redemocratization process. Num Pages: 256 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1KLSH; HBJK; HBLW3; JPFF; JPHL; JPL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Edition
0th Edition
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231110174
ISBN
9780231110174
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 48.63

paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
St. Martin's Griffin
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230341982
ISBN
9780230341982
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 19.61

paperback. Relates the author's childhood in Palestine, the flight to Britain after the catastrophe of 1948, and coming of age in the coffee-bars of Golders Green, the middle-class Jewish quarter in North London. Num Pages: 452 pages, Illustrations, maps, ports. BIC Classification: 1FBP; 3JJP; BGA; HBJF1; HBLW3; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 38. Weight in Grams: 508.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Verso Books
Condition
New
SKU
9781844673681
ISBN
9781844673681
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.44

paperback. The Allied assault on Normandy was an almost flawless success, but it was to take three months of fighting before the German forces were beaten and Paris liberated. This account of the struggle is related through the different points of view of the six armies who fought to liberate and defend France. Num Pages: 416 pages, 38. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 27. Weight in Grams: 296.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Pimlico
Condition
New
SKU
9781844137398
ISBN
9781844137398
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 13.73

paperback. When the Germans arrived on the Channel Islands after the defeat of France in the summer of 1940, they and the islanders agreed that it would be a "Model Occupation". But as the war dragged on and Britain appeared to abandon the islands to their fate, so features of Nazi occupation already widespread throughout Europe emerged. Num Pages: 400 pages, 16. BIC Classification: HBJD1; HBWQ; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 135. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Vintage
Condition
New
SKU
9781784707163
ISBN
9781784707163
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.10

paperback. Tells the story of the death, in sinister circumstances, of the boy-king Edward V and his younger brother Richard, Duke of York, is one of the most fascinating murder mysteries in English history. This book presents a tale with profound moral and social consequences, rich in drama, intrigue, treason, scandal and violence. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3H; BGH; BGR; HBJD1; HBLC1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 197 x 21. Weight in Grams: 240.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Vintage
Condition
New
SKU
9781784700041
ISBN
9781784700041
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 12.37

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