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Regional & national history
Paperback. Coffin's exciting saga, written with the immediacy of a combat correspondent, dramatizes why and how a small, poor, remote Northern state responded so quickly and enthusiastically to President Lincoln's first call to arms in 1861. Num Pages: 376 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBEV; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 157 x 28. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780881503494
- ISBN
- 9780881503494
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 19.30
€ 19.99
€ 19.30
Hardback. Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVWR; HBJD; HBLW; HBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 147 x 23. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- East European Monographs United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780880336628
- ISBN
- 9780880336628
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 76.03
€ 76.03
Hardback. Baron Moric Kornfeld was a wealthy Hungarian industrialist, philanthropist, and intellectual. These writings represents the views of the author on milestone events in Hungarian history. Editor(s): Szechenyi, Agnes. Translator(s): DeKornfeld, Thomas J.; DeKornfeld, Helen D. Num Pages: 300 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVH; HBJD; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 149 x 26. Weight in Grams: 635.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- East European Monographs United States
- Number of pages
- 300
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780880336147
- ISBN
- 9780880336147
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 76.75
€ 76.75
Hardback. Featuring excerpts from the author's diary recounting the surveillance of his activities during the late years of the Ceausescu regime, this book also includes a documentary collection of archival documents contained in the files of the Romanian security police. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVWR; HBJD; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 148 x 21. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- East European Monographs United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780880336024
- ISBN
- 9780880336024
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 58.49
€ 58.49
Hardback. Examines the crucial first five years of Istvan Bethlen's premiership when, following the catastrophe of 1918-1920, he began the reconstruction of the country. This book argues that from 1920 to 1925, Bethlen engaged in a protracted and closely fought struggle to restore political, social, and economic stability. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVH; 3JJG; HBJD; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 486.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- East European Monographs United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780880335942
- ISBN
- 9780880335942
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.39
€ 64.39
Hardback. Bela Kiraly recounts his personal experiences of war, revolution, and regime change during a volatile century. Forced to become a professional officer, he rose to the position of commander in chief of Hungary's National Guard in the 1956 revolution and emigrated to the United States following Soviet suppression. Num Pages: 568 pages, ports., maps. BIC Classification: 1DVH; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLW; HBTV; HBW; JPWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 148 x 34. Weight in Grams: 862.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- East European Monographs United States
- Number of pages
- 568
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780880335799
- ISBN
- 9780880335799
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 77.91
€ 77.91
Hardback. Based on newly available archival sources, Krausz examines the holocaust in the Soviet Union and contrasts it with the genocide in Hungary. He studies the roots of Soviet anti-Semitism and its impact on politics before the holocaust. He also explains why the holocaust was a taboo subject in Eastern Europe before the collapse of communism. Num Pages: 128 pages, 23 cm. BIC Classification: 1DVH; 1DVU; 3JH; HBJD; HBTZ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 181 x 14. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- East European Monographs United States
- Number of pages
- 128
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780880335690
- ISBN
- 9780880335690
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 39.97
€ 39.97
Hardback. This volume is a study of the most important organization of Polish political exiles in Western Europe during the revolutions of 1848-1849. It recounts the group's political and military activities in France, Germany, Hungary, and their own partitioned Polish homeland. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVP; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; HBTV; JPWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 167 x 21. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- East European Monographs United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780880335638
- ISBN
- 9780880335638
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.41
€ 52.41
Hardback. This volume, by Hungary's preeminent scholar of Eastern European social history, illustrates the similarities and differences among the region's social and governmental structures by focusing on the cases of Prussia, Mecklenburg, the Habsburg Empire, the Russian empire, and Romania. Num Pages: 420 pages. BIC Classification: 1DV; HBJD; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 147. Weight in Grams: 681.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- East European Monographs United States
- Number of pages
- 420
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780880335553
- ISBN
- 9780880335553
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 76.75
€ 76.75
Hardback. This is a remarkable reconstruction of the idealogical evolution of a once idealistic young Romanian historian and journalist during the years of Romanian communist rule. It is based primarily on his personal acquaintance with notable Romanian and foreign intellectuals of that time, and their works. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVWR; HBJD; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 150. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- East European Monographs United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780880335423
- ISBN
- 9780880335423
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.04
€ 52.04
hardcover. This book explores the governance, population, trade, craftsmen, and churches of Kamianets-Podilsky and discusses city's enduring significance. Num Pages: 300 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVUK; HBJD; HBLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 151 x 27. Weight in Grams: 681.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- East European Monographs United States
- Number of pages
- 300
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780880335393
- ISBN
- 9780880335393
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.93
€ 64.93
Hardback. An examination of the dual policy Hungary pursued in the 1930s, through which it aimed to revise the Peace Treaty of Trianon by enlisting the help of the fascist powers. Despite its preference for Italian support, Hungary was forced into the German orbit by the late 30s. Num Pages: 280 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1DST; 1DVH; 3JJG; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 148 x 26. Weight in Grams: 540.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- East European Monographs United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780880335232
- ISBN
- 9780880335232
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.68
€ 67.68
Hardback. This collection of seminal studies sheds light on many controversial issues relating to the Holocaust in Hungary. The author, regarded as the world's leading authority on the catastrophe that befell Hungarian Jewry during the Nazi era, explores the factors that made the Hungarian chapter of the Holocaust unique. Num Pages: 180 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVH; 3JJH; HBJD; HBTZ1; HBWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 158 x 16. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- East European Monographs United States
- Number of pages
- 180
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780880334471
- ISBN
- 9780880334471
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 43.51
€ 43.51
hardcover. This text examines President Woodrow Wilson's policies regarding the future of the Danubian basin. It reveals that American attitudes and policies toward Hungarian participation in the Dual Monarchy were influenced by propaganda, the domestic American press and the demands of diplomacy. Series: EEM Atlantic Studies on Society in Change. Num Pages: 280 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1DVH; 1KBB; HBJD; HBJK; HBWN; JPA; JPSD; JPVN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 144. Weight in Grams: 635.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- East European Monographs United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- SKU
- V9780880333993
- ISBN
- 9780880333993
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 60.20
€ 60.20
Hardback. The first scholarly study of the resistance movement of Jewish youths against the Nazi regime in Hungary. Series: EEM Social Science Monographs. Num Pages: 277 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVH; 3JJH; HBJD; HBWQ; JPWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 278 x 153. Weight in Grams: 726.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1986
- Publisher
- East European Monographs United States
- Number of pages
- 277
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780880331036
- ISBN
- 9780880331036
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 82.86
€ 82.86
Hardback. An interesting set of studies on external perceptions of Yugoslavia during World War II by diverse observers including those by General de Gaulle and The Duke of Spoleto. Series: East European Monographs S. Num Pages: 166 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVWY; 3JJH; HBJD; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 178 x 224 x 15. Weight in Grams: 328.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1985
- Publisher
- East European Monographs United States
- Number of pages
- 166
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780880330817
- ISBN
- 9780880330817
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 80.96
€ 80.96
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
Book. In one pocket-sized volume, the full texts of both documents with all ratified twenty-seven Amendments to the Constitution are side by side along with Thomas Jefferson's Virginia Statute on Religious Freedom--another world-changing statement that formed the basis for what we have come to know as the wall of separation between church and state. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Georgetown University Press United States
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780878403462
- ISBN
- 9780878403462
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 43.06
€ 46.99
€ 43.06
Hardback. Illustrated with both archival and contemporary portraits and drawings, Stonewall Jackson provides a complete portrait of the general in both words and images. 8-page color insert. B&W photos throughout. Num Pages: 224 pages, illustrations (some colour), maps. BIC Classification: BGH; HBJK; HBLH; HBLL; HBWJ; JWT; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 284 x 224 x 20. Weight in Grams: 1125.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Taylor Trade Publishing United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780878332205
- ISBN
- 9780878332205
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 31.22
€ 32.99
€ 31.22
Hardback. This work offers illustrated biographies of 20 significant military leaders of the American Civil War. Each profile includes photographs, illustrations, anecdotes and descriptions of the most important military actions the general was involved in. Generals include John Bell Hood and J.E.B. Stuart. Num Pages: 208 pages, b&w photographs and illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGH; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 284 x 224 x 20. Weight in Grams: 957.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Taylor Trade Publishing United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780878331796
- ISBN
- 9780878331796
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 30.14
€ 32.99
€ 30.14
hardcover. Leikin draws on his own translations of trial transcripts (found in the personal library of his father, who served as chief rabbi in the town of Kazan, Russia) to chronicle a 1911 trial in Kiev that was trumped up to launch a vicious anti-Jewish campaign. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portla Editor(s): Leikin, Ezekiel. Num Pages: 241 pages. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBTZ1; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 162 x 25. Weight in Grams: 576.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Jason Aronson, Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 241
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- V9780876681794
- ISBN
- 9780876681794
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 124.50
€ 124.50
Paperback. The archives of the American School of Classical Studies excavations in the Athenian Agora contain a remarkable series of watercolours and drawings - well over 40 - by Piet de Jong, one of the best-known, most distinctive, and influential archaeological illustrators of the 20th century. Num Pages: 334 pages, 241 col and b/w figs. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HBJD; HBLA; HDD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 279 x 241 x 35. Weight in Grams: 1728.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- American School of Classical Studies at Athens United States
- Number of pages
- 334
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780876619605
- ISBN
- 9780876619605
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 102.08
€ 102.08
Hardback. This volume presents the results of the medieval component of the regional survey conducted by the Nemea Valley Archaeological Project. Num Pages: 200 pages, 72 colour figs., 57 b/w figs. BIC Classification: 1QDAZ; 3F; 3H; HBJD; HBLC1; HDD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 305 x 229. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- American School of Classical Studies at Athens United States
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780876619230
- ISBN
- 9780876619230
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 185.54
€ 185.54
Paperback. This volume publishes the editiones principes of fragments of inscriptions found during excavations in the Athenian Agora between 1931 and 1967. Num Pages: 150 pages, 100 figs. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 279 x 216 x 10. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- American School of Classical Studies at Athens United States
- Number of pages
- 150
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780876615386
- ISBN
- 9780876615386
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 64.53
€ 64.53